University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Associate Board of Lay Trustees UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME MR. THOMAS H. BEACOM Office of the lire president The First National Bank of Chicago 33 South Clark Street Chicago, Illinois MR. BYRON V. KANALEY Office of the President Cooper, Kanaley and Company 120 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois MR. JOHN P. MURPHY Office of the President The Higbee Company Cleveland, Ohio MR. JOSEPH M. BRYNE, JR. Office of the Vice Chairman The Port of New York Authority 828 Broad Street Newark, New Jersey MR. TERENCE B. COSGROVE A ttorney-tit-Law 458 South Spring Street Los Angeles, California MR. EDWARD J. DOYLE f !li, ' of the President Commonwealth Edison Company 72 West Adams Street Chicago, Illinois HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY Room 953 130 Park Avenue New York 17, New York MR. JOSEPH A. LaFORTUNE Office of the Vice President Warren Petroleum Corporation M. Oklahoma MR. JOHN L. MCCAFFREY Office of the President International Harvester Company 180 North Michigan Avenue Chicago 1, Illinois MR. C. ROY McCANNA Chairman of the Board Bank of Burlington Burlington, Wisconsin MR. I. A. O ' SHAUGHNESSY Office of the President The Globe Oil and Refining Company W-3072 First National Bank Building St. Paul, Minnesota MR. PETER C. REILLY Office of the President Reilly Tar and Chemical Corporation 1615 Merchants Bank Building Indianapolis, Indiana MR. GEORGE W. STRAKE Gulf Building Houston, Texas MR. JOHN C. TULLY 215 South Spring Street La Grange, Illinois MR. WALTER DUNCAN LaSalle State Bank Building LaSalle, Illinois MR. CONSTANTINE E. McGUIRE Cosmos Club Washington, D. C. MR. BERNARD J. VOLL Office of the President Sibley Machine and Foundry Corporation South Bend, Indiana MR. CHARLES T. FISHER Office of the President Fisher and Company Fisher Building Detroit, Michigan MR. JOHN MOODY Office of the President Moody ' s Investors Service 65 Broadway New York, New York HON. FRANK C. WALKER 1600 Broadway New York, New York MR. TIMOTHY P. GALVIN Attorney-at-Law Calumet Building Hammond, Indiana MR. ERNEST M. MORRIS Chairman of the Board Associates Investment Company South Bend, Indiana MR. CHARLES F. WILLIAMS Office of the President The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company Cincinnati, Ohio PAGE l

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Father Cavonaugh, C.S.C., speaks at football rally. The PRESIDENT CINDER THE PARENTAL GUIDANCE of the presidents of the University, Notre Dame has risen from its early status as a small Indiana school into one of the leading academic institutions of the nation. Now that the University has reached a stage of maturity, men of the same caliber as the presidents of old are needed to direct its activities through the turbulent times of mid- twentieth century America. It was with a realization of this need of firm leadership that the trustees, in 1946, selected Father John J. Cavanaugh as the fifteenth suc- cessor to Father Sorin. In just a quick glance at the record which Father John has made for himself, one can easily see the wisdom of the trustees ' choice. Born in Owosso, Michigan just before the turn of the century, Father John spent his early years much as would any American Catholic youth. In the early twenties he was employed in the advertising department of the Studebaker Corporation in South Bend. Forsaking the business life for one of devotion, he joined the Holy Cross Order in 1926 and was ordained five years later. In the interim he earned his Ph.B. degree from Notre Dame and, in 1932 was awarded a Ph.L. degree from Gregorian Universitv in Rome. Father Cavanaugh, C.S.C. and E. M. Morris break ground for Morris Inn. Father Cavanaugh, C.S.C., President Gray of North Carolina and Mel Allen before the game. Upon returning to America and to Notre Dame, Father Cavanaugh became Prefect of Religion, a post he held until 1940 when he was elevated to the rank of Assistant Provincial of the Order of Holy Cross. Six years later he was named to the presidency of Notre Dame, and was immediately faced with the rapidly increasing problems and affairs of the post. Enveloped not only by internal administrative difficulties, such as the handling of the huge postwar desire for educa- tion, and the ensuing problem of adequately housing those who enrolled at Notre Dame, Father John was also beset by a consideration which requires that a college president be a one man embassy from the school he represents to the 48 states. Nevertheless he was able not only to solve these taxing problems, but to think and to plan for the future of Notre Dame. Under his leadership the University was to competently handle the student surplus problem and, at the same time, to remain, as tradition dictates, basically a boarding school. All this was done without in any manner or degree sacri- ficing the academic standards of the University. At the same time, Father Cavanaugh was to travel extensively to meet old friends of the college and to make new ones, all for the ultimate benefit of Notre Dame. Yet, for Father Cavanaugh, the future holds promise of even better things to come. At the present time, an ambi- tious building program which will add or renovate a dozen buildings on the campus is underway. Also, alumni and friends of the University are beginning to realize the poten- tialities of Notre Dame and are extending to her all the financial, and moral support they can muster. Perhaps in a few years when he has aged and the many seasons of unselfish devotion to God, Country and Notre Dame leave their mark upon his handsome face, Father John will be able to thank Our Lady that These were my best days.