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

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which the office was created: relieving the strain on the president of the University, Father Hesburgh. We have rescued the flow into Hesburgh ' s office. Faccenda said, by tidying up the four operating parts of the University. The appointment of Faccenda to the position of Vice-president and General Counsel made official the function Faccenda has per- formed since his appointment in 1967 as Father Hesburgh ' s spe- cial assistant. His main function has always been to handle the legal matters of the University, but he also has done extensive trouble shooting for the president. The only difference now he says, is that more people come to him because of his official position. Faccenda is a personable young lawyer who has had a varying association with Notre Dame since his graduation in 1952 with a degree in chemical engineering. After obtaining his law degree from Loyola, he served as president of the Notre Dame Alumni Association in 1964. and president of the Notre Dame Club of Chicago. He was serving as president of the Notre Dame Law Association in 1967 when he was appointed special assistant to the president and assistant secretary of the board of Trustees by the newly reorganized Board of Trustees as one of its first official actions. He is an elected member of the University ' s tri-partite Student Life Councel. Assistant Secretary of the University and Assistant Secretary of the Fellows of the University. The other likely candidate for the presidence. Executive Vice- president Rev. Edmund Joyce, C.S.C.. has been functioning re- 20

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The toughest problems that Blantz will have to deal with, ac- cording to McCarragher. concern the direction and thrust that stu- dent government will take and resolution of the student press problems He also felt that the proposed renovation of the student center and the arts center will be a major concern to Blantz as well as the need to adapt Whole new social events change. I broke my neck for big dances. But students seem to want some- thing different today Burtchaell. commonly sporting a pastel shirt during working hours on the second floor of the administration building, has made an advance at Notre Dame parallel to that of Father Hesburgh He graduated magna cum laude from Notre Dame in 1956 and was ordained a priest in the Congregation of the Holy Cross in 1960 In the next six years he studied at the Ecole Biblique et Archeolo- gique Franchise (Jerusalem) and at Cambridge University. He re- turned to Notre Dame in 1966 to teach in the theology depart- ment and two years later was named chairman of the department Father Hesburgh attended Notre Dame as an undergraduate and returned to teach theology in 1945. Three years later he was named chairman of the department. After only one year as chair- man. Father Hesburgh was appointed executive vice-president, at the time the second highest position in the University, under the Rev John J. Cavanaugh. C.S C In 1952. at the age of 35. Father Hesburgh was appointed President Despite the manner in which the appointment was made, the reorganization appears to be ac- complishing its purpose. In a day when the average tenure of those who hold the top job on America ' s campuses has slipped to four years. Father Hesburgh is in his nineteenth year as the univer- sity ' s fifteenth president When Father Hesburgh retires, there is little doubt that Father Burtchaell will have the inside track on the presidency, especially if he performs well a provost. In the short time he was chairman of the theology department he enacted major changes, especially on the graduate level. He established chairmen for the three major fields of liturgical, bibli- cal, and systematic theology studies so that the burden would be spread out. He also organized a steering committee for the depart- ment to revise the general thinking on policy. It was his rule that fundamental policies must be presented to the faculty before it was enacted. On the undergaduate level, he reduced the number of required courses and the number of required hours, allowing the majors a chance to take a double major. But above all. it was his ability to listen, to seek out advice, and then to act decisively which made the theology department function. As a result, he was very forceful. If he wanted something done, one faculty member said, he only asked once Everyone knew he meant business He was also pop- ular as a teacher and counselor. His evening masses consistently drew overflow crowds while he was assistant rector of Dillon Hall. He still lives in Dillon, but his all-hours counseling services and evening masses have been reduced because of the new demand of his office. The most frequent complaint that is heard about Fa- ther Burtchaell also involves his decisiveness. Some students are intimidated by his overwhelming command of the situation. They call it arrogance. They call it competence They call it charisma. Whatever description is employed about James Burtchaell it is seldom neutral. He invokes great confidence and respect or cre- ates resistance. But usually there is no in-between The appointment seems to be working out for the purpose for Student Life Council, assistant secretary of the University and as- sistant secretary of the Fellows of the University ' if Rev Theodore M Hesburgh. CSC. President

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I markably well. but. like many other key figures in the administra- tion, has often been ignored in the publicity surrounding Father Hesburgh. As chairman of the University Buildings Committee, and driving wheel in the Notre Dame ' s fund-raising drives. Chal- lenge I. Challenge II and Summa. which will total nearly 100 mil- lion dollars. Joyce has been one of the key figures in Notre Dame ' s expanding progress. The forgotten men in the publicity shuffle are Rev. Ferdinand Brown. C.S.C.. Rev Jerome Wilson, C.S.C.. Jame Frick. Brother Kieran Ryan and Father McCarragher. Father Brown became as- sociate provost when the office of academic affairs, where he was assistant vice-president, was incorporated into the provost ' s of- fice. Frick remains as vice-president for public relations and devel- opment. Brother Ryan was promoted to assistant vice-president for financial affairs under Wilson, with Father McCarragher replac- ing him as director of financial aid and scholarships. Wilson and Ryan have perhaps the most thankless job in the administration. They handle the finances of the University. Almost every problem in the university has at one time or another been blamed on financial considerations and thus placed squarely in the laps of these two men. There seems to be no real way out of the bind. Skyrocketing inflation and the effect of rising expectations have produced budget deficits recently and the likelihood is that they will continue. Rev Thoms E Blanti. CSC. Vice-President for Student Affir 21