University of San Francisco - USF Don Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Reverend Edmond J. Smyth. S.J. seated in his office in Campion Hall. 7

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DEDICATED TO REVEREND EDMOND J. SMYTH. S.J. THE REVEREND FRANCIS J. CALLAHAN, S.J., AND THE REVEREND JOHN F. CONNOLLY, SJ. The i ast decade has been a decade of progress for the University and the student body. While practically doubling its attendance and facilities, the University has achieved an academic advance unixtralleled in the Bay Area. Undoubtedly, numerous factors, economic and otherwise, might be enumerated to account for this phenomenon. Yet. all in all, after all has been said, the advance of an institution is not self-generative: IT MUST NECESSARILY BEGIN WITH MEN. In this, USE has been fortunate. This institution calls forth great men — men of commitment who have placed the interests of the University above their own: men whose dedication and perseverance have made possible what the city and the student body too often take for granted. To these men, the University shall ever be grateful. REVEREND EDMOND J. SMYTH, S.J. Few men at this University are more respected than Fr. Smyth, S.J., Dean of the Colleges of Arts and Science. Fr. Smyth was bom in San Francisco on May 21st, 1919. He received his A.B. degree from Gonzaga University in 1942 and his M.A. from the same institution in 1943. From 1943 to 1947, he attended the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies. In 1951 he received his S.T.L. from Alma College and in 1953 his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. In the Fall of 1955, Fr. Smyth was appointed to his present position. Since that lime, he has been the personal counsel and guide of unknown hundreds of students. He is an educator of the Eastern Tradition. His sentences are measured, his manner is reserved, and his thought is precise. His overall bearing and appearance is that of a scholar. Fr. Smyth’s deep interest in the individual, reflected in the long and sometimes tedious hours spent in his office discussing with, talking to, admonishing, and encouraging the undergraduate, manifests an attitude of sincere humanism. He is an administrator who has not forgotten, who will not let himself forget, that the student is the foundation of the University.

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REVEREND FRANCIS J. CALLAHAN, S.J. Fr. Callahan. S.J.. vice president in charge of development, is a modest man with a deep personal dynamism. Perhaps he might best be described as a man who calls a spade a spade. He is straightforward and unpretentious in his manner. Born in San Francisco on April 29th, 1913, Father Callahan attended St. Ignatius High School before receiving his A.B. and M.A. from Gonzaga University. Subsequently, he was awarded degrees from Alma College, Catholic University, and the Pontifical Gregorian University. After teaching at Santa Clara University and Alma College, Father Callahan joined the USF faculty in 1952 as Law School chaplain and assistant professor of jurisprudence and canon law. Two years later he was appointed associate director of development, and in 1956 he was appointed director of development and alumni moderator for the University. Perhaps the growth of the University during these past five years speaks best for the accomplishments of this man: the USF Memorial Gym, the new wing of Phelan Hall, the Kendrick law school building, and the projected science center. In all of this, Father Callahan has remained in the background, working hard and asking little. No doubt he shall continue to do so. He is truly one of the men ‘‘behind the scenes.”