University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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FR. JAMES A. KINO, S.J. Dean of Faculties Dean of Arts and Sciences EDWIN J. OWENS Dean of Law GEORGE L. SULLIVAN Dean of Engineering CHARLES J. DIRKSEN Dean of Business Administration

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Reverend William C. Gianera, S.J.

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liilllilillBWillWirT ' ' ' ' THE ADVISORY BOARD rX SESSIOX EDWARD M. STRETCH, S.J. Vice-President Within the past three years the University of Santa Clara has undergone a tremendous transition. She has abandoned her role as a small school, and has taken on the burdens of larger institu- tion of higher learning. This process of change was not accom- plished without considerable growing pains, and yet El Dorado ' s first born daughter underwent this transition gracefully and without fanfare. Such an achievement is a credit to those men who guide her course. If it is true that the spirit of a school is personified by the motivating force behind it, then the spirit of Santa Clara is Father William G. Gianera, S. J. Father Gianera came to Santa Clara as a student in 1903. He left in 1907 to join the Society of Jesus and in 1914 he returned to the University where he remained as a teacher until 1917. Finally after the long period of Jesuit training was completed, Father Gianera returned to the mission campus in 1926 to become Vice-President of the school; after holding this office for two years, he assumed the office of Dean of Faculties in 1928, and remained in this capacity until 1945 when he became president of his Alma Mater. Around him. Father President has gathered a staff of competent and able men to help him administer the University. The most prominent of these men is Reverend Edward M. Stretch, S. J., who holds the vital position of Vice-President. Like Father Gianera, Father Stretch also calls Santa Clara his Alma Mater, but unlike the President, Father Stretch returned to the mission campus only three years ago. Immediately prior to this date he served as a Chaplain in the Army. Handling a post which all too often requires long hours and which constantly demands a keen understanding of men. Father Stretch has merited the respect of faculty and students alike. His work as moderator of the Student Congress and of the Redwood has shown him an excellent administrator.