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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 24, 194(1
Father O'Leary, President of Spring Hill,
Goes to Loyola University of the South
(Special to The Bulletin i
MOBILE, Ala. — Father W. D.
O’Leary, S. J., M. D., who in his
eight years as president of Spiing
1 Till College became one of Mo
bile’s outstanding civic, social and
religious workers, has been trans
ferred to Loyola University of the
South, New Orleans.
Father O’Leary’s transfer is in
line with the policy Of the Society
to give new assignments to its
members at regular intervals. His
eight-years at Spring Hill was two
years longer than the normal dura
tion of a Jesuit’s assignment.
Coming to Spring Hill College in
3938 as its president, Father
O’Leary has since become one of
Mobile’s most distinguished citi
zens. He has been a leader in so
cial service work and in community
affairs, and has taken an active
part in various civic programs and
projects.
Loyola University has recently
launched a new school~of social
services, and it is expected that
Father O’Leary will be assigned to
that department of the university.
In recognition of his achieve
ments as president of Spring Hill
College. Father O’Leary was re
cently honored at a banquet given
by the Spring Hill College Alumni
Association, at which both mem
bers and non-members paid glow
ing tribute to his accomplishments
in the fields of religion, education
social endeavor and civic affairs. ,
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Father W. D.
O’Leary, who has been transferred
to Loyola University of the South
in New Orleans after serving as
president of Spring Hill College,
Mobile, Ala., for the last eight
years, is a native of Augusta, the
•son of Mrs. Thomas J. O'Leary, of
this city, and the late Mr. O’Leary.
He attended the Richmond Acad
emy and the Sacred Heart College
^hero, and the University of Geor
gia. in Athens. In 1923. Iv gradu
ated from the Medical College of
the University of Georgia, in Au
gusta. After serving as interne at
the Cambridge City Hospital and
the Boston City Hospital, lie en
tered the practice of medicine in
New York City, specializing in pe
diatrics.
Deciding to abandon the medical
profession for the priesthood. Fath
er O’Leary entered the Society ft
Jesus in 1925. at the novitiate at
St. Charles College. Grand Coteau.
FATHER O’LEARY
La. He later attended St. Louis
University, where lie received a
master’s degree in physehology.
After studying theology at St.
Mary's College, St. Mary's, Kansas,
he was ordained to the priesthood
In 1934. After his tertianship in
Cleveland, he spent a year in post
graduate study, and was then made
Superior of Novices at Grand Co-
tcau, later serving in the same ca
pacity at Spring Hill, until he was
named president of the college in
1938.
In 1940, Father O'Leary was ap
pointed to the State Welfare Board
by Governor Frank M. Dixon, of
Alabama, and frequently served on
the Alabama' Civil Service Board.
Father O’Leary’s sister. Sister
Kathleen Marie, of the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet. is sta
tioned at Mount St. Joseph’s Acad
emy in Augusta. His niece. Miss
Peggy Dec Reid, of New Rochelle,
N. Y.. entered the novitiate of the
Ursuline Nuns last month. He is
a first cousin of Father Sebastian
Doris, O. S B.. Sub-prior of Bel
mont Abbey. Belmont. N. C., and
of Fraler Andrew Doris, O. S. B.,
also of Belmont Abbey. His
nephew, Edward Cashin. Jr., is a
Marist Brother.
PROVIDING BENEFITS alike
for public and non-public schools,
a measure envisioning a ten-year
Federal-aid educational develop
ment program has been intro
duced in the Senate by Senator
James E. Murray, of Montana,
chairman of the Senate Education
and Labor Committee.
HIS HOLINESS Pope Pius XII
received in private audience on
July 29, John Gillen, Edwin Ma
honey and Floyd Williams, of
ficials of the United States Post
Office Department.
Best Wishes
FROM
BENTON BROS.
1 VICTORY DRIVE SAVANNAH, GA.
Editorial in Mobile Newspaper
Sounds Praise of Father O’Leary,
Retiring President of Spring Hill
(Special to The Bulletin)
MOBILE, Ala., — Announce
ment of the transfer of Father
W. I). O'Leary, S. J., from
Spring Hill College, where he
has been president for eight
years, to Loyola University of
the South in New Oilcans,
bronchi forth manv expressions
of admiration on the part of the
people of Mobile.
The Mobile Press-Register,
in an editorial entitl“d, “Father
O'Leary, Friend of Mobile.”
said:
In (he eight years Rev. W. D.
O’Leary, S. J., has redded in Mo
bile liis influence has reached fai
beyond the precincts of Spring
Hill College which tie has served
so 'veil as president.
Mobile has come to regard him
with deep and lasting affection for
his constant contributions to com
munity welfare, and for his in
variable persona] modesty in what
ever be did.
Father O'Leary lias established
himself so firmly in the hearts of
the people of Mobile that they
consider him one of their own. Ilis
transfer to a new assignment, even
though it takes him only to Loyola
University in nearby New Orleans,
means a separation which 111 ■
people of this city will accept with/
•tmanimous regret while wishing
him all the good fortune they
know he wishes them.
Father O’Leary’s many deeds of
service to Mobile and its people
are too generally known to re
quire any attempt at enumeration.
As the whole community is aware
and for which it is Grateful, he has
extended a faithful helping hand
for eight years whenever and
wliereever he saw the opportunity.
And in all of these efforts he
sought no acclaim.
* In departing for his new duties,
Father O’Leary leaves behind a
record of devotion and service to
Mobile — and something more. He
leaves for us the example and in
spiration which only men of his
character can give. This heritage
we should resolve to use to carry
on in his absence as he has helped
us lo carry on.
None of us in Mobile says good
bye to Father O’Leary. Instead wc
say, “In our sentiments, you be
long lo Mobile. We are conscious
of our debt to you and impatient
for your return. Good luck and
best wishes while you arc away.”
NOTRE DAME SCHOLARSHIP
AWARDED TO GEORGIAN
DOUGLAS, Ga.—Because of his
outstanding academic record in
high school. Truman V. Williams,
Jr.. Ik's been named recipient of
a 1948 scholarship at the Univer
sity of Notre Dame, according to
an announcement by the univer
sity’s committee of scholarships.
Williams, a graduate of Douglas
High School this year, will receive
| a partial academic scholarship to
! Notre Dame for the semester be-
! ginning this fall. He was selected
I from a number of Douglas grad
uates with distinguished academic
| records and with high ratings in
the College Entrance Board exam-
i inations for the Douglas area,
j The scholarship which has been
, awarded him was established
1 from funds made available by
I Notre Dame alumni, and is in
' memory of Father James A.
; Burns, C. S. C\, who at the time
'of his death, in 1940, was Assist
ant Superior General of the Con
gregation of tli(J Holy Cross,
which conducts Notre Dame Uni
versity.
A DELIBERATE CAMPAIGN
of insult against His Eminence
August Cardinal Ulond, Primate
of Poland, is being waged by the
Polish Provisional Government,
according to reports received in
London, which state that when
Cardinal Hlond took over His new
See of Warsaw, civil authorities
boycotted the ceremony and had
even considered banning it, and
that other discourtesies and ob
stacles are being placed constantly
in the Cardinal’s way.
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