Ceremony of Presidential Installation

The Reverend Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.The 32nd President of Holy Cross

Friday, the fourteenth of September

Two thousand and twelve

three o’clock

Francis J. Hart, S.J. Recreation Center

College of the Holy Cross

College of the Holy Cross

One College StreetWorcester, Massachusetts 01610-2395

www.holycross.edu/inauguration

Mission of the College

The College of the Holy Cross is, by tradition and choice, a Jesuit liberal arts college serving the Catholic community, American society, and the wider world. To participate in the life of Holy Cross is to accept an invitation to join in dialogue about basic human questions: What is the moral character of learning and teaching? How do we find meaning in life and history? What are our obligations to one another? What is our special responsibility to the world’s poor and powerless?

As a liberal arts college, Holy Cross pursues excellence in teaching, learning, and research. All who share its life are challenged to be open to new ideas, to be patient with ambiguity and uncertainty, to combine a passion for truth with respect for the views of others. Informed by the presence of diverse interpretations of the human experience, Holy Cross seeks to build a community marked by freedom, mutual respect, and civility. Because the search for meaning and value is at the heart of the intellectual life, critical examination of fundamental religious and philosophical questions is integral to liberal arts education. Dialogue about these questions among people from diverse academic disciplines and religious traditions requires everyone to acknowledge and respect differences. Dialogue also requires us to remain open to that sense of the whole which calls us to transcend ourselves and challenges us to seek that which might constitute our common humanity.

The faculty and staff of Holy Cross, now primarily lay and religiously and culturally diverse, also affirm the mission of Holy Cross as a Jesuit college. As such, Holy Cross seeks to exemplify the long-standing dedication of the Society of Jesus to the intellectual life and its commitment to the service of faith and promotion of justice. The College is dedicated to forming a community that supports the intellectual growth of all its members while offering them opportunities for spiritual and moral development. In a special way, the College must enable all who choose to do so to encounter the intellectual heritage of Catholicism, to form an active worshipping community, and to become engaged in the life and work of the contemporary church.

Since 1843, Holy Cross has sought to educate students who, as leaders in business, professional, and civic life, would live by the highest intellectual and ethical standards. In service of this ideal, Holy Cross endeavors to create an environment in which integrated learning is a shared responsibility, pursued in classroom and laboratory, studio and theater, residence and chapel. Shared responsibility for the life and governance of the College should lead all its members to make the best of their own talents, to work together, to be sensitive to one another, to serve others, and to seek justice within and beyond the Holy Cross community.

Welcometo the

Presidential Installation

of

The Reverend Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.The 32nd President of Holy Cross

The Reverend Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.

In May 2012, the Board of Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross elected Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., to become the 32nd president of the College.

Fr. Boroughs, 63, who has served as a member of the Holy Cross Board of Trustees since 2008, has been professionally involved in Jesuit higher education for 20 years as a faculty member and administrator at Gonzaga,

Seattle, and Georgetown Universities. He was appointed in 2003 as Georgetown’s first-ever vice president for mission and ministry. In addition to overseeing a division of the university as well as ministry on campus and at Georgetown University Hospital, Fr. Boroughs taught seminars on the Ignatian tradition, and directed numerous programs for faculty, staff, students, and alumni which further advanced Catholic and Jesuit identity. During his eight-year tenure at Georgetown, he raised funds to develop and endow the Calcagnini Contemplative Center, to renovate the historic Dahlgren Chapel, and to endow positions and programs for the Office of Mission and Ministry.

Prior to his work and ministry at Georgetown, Fr. Boroughs served as the rector of the Jesuit Community at Seattle University where he was also a faculty member in the School of Theology and Ministry and an administrator (1992-2001). Previously, he taught religious studies at Gonzaga University (1989-91), served as the assistant novice director for the Oregon Province of Jesuits (1980-82), and was a parish priest at St. Leo Church in Tacoma, Wash. (1978-80). He is a former member of the Board of Trustees at the University of San Francisco.

Fr. Boroughs was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1949, and raised in Seattle, the third of five children of the late Robert and Catherine Boroughs. He entered the Jesuit order in 1967, was ordained a priest in 1978, and professed his final vows as a Jesuit in 1986.

He holds a Ph.D. in Christian spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union. His doctoral dissertation was on John Woolman (1720-1772), the itinerant Quaker preacher in Colonial America, who advocated against slavery and whose journal is considered a spiritual classic.

Fr. Boroughs holds a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley; and a Master of Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago. He received his B.A. from Gonzaga University.

Fr. Boroughs has traveled extensively for professional responsibilities and to pursue his personal interests. He has often visited Ireland on retreats and led Georgetown faculty and staff on immersion experiences to Kenya. Nairobi has also figured frequently in his travels because of his long-standing commitment to support and fundraise for St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School, which serves young people whose parents have died of AIDS. He periodically visits his relatives in Canada, Scotland, and England, and frequently reunites with his four siblings, who live on the West Coast. During his leisure time, Fr. Boroughs enjoys hiking and outdoor recreation. He is also an avid reader of international mysteries and historical biographies.

prelude

Colonial Song, Percy Aldridge Grainger

The Holy Cross Ceremonial Orchestra

Eric Culver, Conductor

master of ceremonies

Timothy R. Austin, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College

order of procession

Delegates of Colleges, Universities, and Learned Societies

Patricia M. Ring, Registrar Carrier of the College Mace

Faculty

Trustees

Platform Party

Academic Festival Overture, Johannes Brahms, Op. 80

Cortege, Eric Culver

invocation

Marybeth Kearns-Barrett ’84, Director, Office of the College Chaplains

Virginia Coakley, Assistant Chaplain/Director of Protestant and ALANA Ministries

the national anthem

The Holy Cross Ceremonial Orchestra,

The Holy Cross College Choir and Assembly

welcome

P. Kevin Condron ’67, Chair, Board of Trustees

The Order of Ceremony

greetings

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray

The City of Worcester

Mayor Joseph M. Petty

The Colleges of Worcester Consortium

Jack P. Calareso, Ph.D., President, Anna Maria College

The Society of Jesus

The Very Reverend Patrick J. Lee, S.J., Provincial of Oregon

The Very Reverend Myles N. Sheehan, S.J., Provincial of New England

musical interlude

Kortte lebe, Kortte blühe! Johann Sebastian Bach

The Holy Cross College Choir

Christopher Shepard, Director

greetings

The Faculty

Patricia E. Kramer, Ph.D., Speaker of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Psychology

The Students

Paul J. Misci ’13, Kate J. Shea ’13, Co-Chairs, Student Government Association

The Employees

Kenneth McNickles, Dining Manager, Jesuit Residence

The Alumni

Maureen E. Moran ’89, President, Alumni Association

The Order of Ceremony

poem

Robert K. Cording, Ph.D., James N. and Sarah L. O’Reilly Barrett Professor in Creative Writing, and Professor of English

In honor of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus

The Weeper

The name his followers gave Ignatius, who weptWhile saying Mass, or while listening to the coosOf a common dove. Ignatius never knew When his throat would tighten, a wave of sobsBreaking him open as he stood watching cloudsMove in the wide gaze of the sky, or passed a boyClimbing a pine, lost in the play of his body. Yet it wasn’t the reverie of blue sky and clouds,Nor even the boy’s self-forgetful happinessThat brought on those tears beyond his control. These days, when passion is cooled by irony,When we try to live as if each day werePredictable and self determined, when GodAnd the soul are off-limits, how can we understandSuch abandonment in a man who wept Almost daily—not because of the time he’d wastedOr would waste, not because of his weak stomachOr his leg’s old war injury, or because he’d given upThe feel of trembling flesh along the inner curveOf a woman’s thigh or the full, idle hoursSpent in his father’s castle. Not even because ofThe wearied and hopeless poor whom he metOn every road and went among in cities.He wept, they say, because he’d suddenly feelEntirely empty, and utterly grateful, all the doorsOf his heart, which was and was not hisAt these moments, and which we know Only as metaphor, swung wide open, able nowTo receive and find room for all the world’sOrphaned outpourings and astonishments.

inaugural address John J. DeGioia, Ph.D., President, Georgetown University

The Order of Ceremony

The Order of Ceremony

musical interlude Serve the Lord and Spurn His Enemies from Saint Nicolas, Benjamin BrittenPlease stand and join us in singing this hymn at the end of the choral movement.

1. All people that on earth do dwell Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice! Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell Come ye before Him and rejoice. 2. O enter then His gates with praise, Approach with joy His courts unto, Praise, laud and bless His name always, For it is seemly so to do. 3. For why? The Lord, our God is good: His mercy is forever sure. His truth at all times firmly stood And shall from age to age endure. Amen.

inauguration of the president P. Kevin Condron ’67, Chair, Board of Trustees

presidential address The Reverend Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.

benediction The Most Reverend Robert J. McManus, S.T.D., Bishop of Worcester

the alma mater Oh hear thy voices one in songHoly Cross, Oh Holy Cross!Thy spirits loyal, true and strongHoly Cross, Oh Holy Cross!Thy purple banner floats on high,While songs of praise swell to the sky.Thy honored name will never die,Holy Cross, Oh Holy Cross!

Words by Augustine P. Conniff , Class of 1902 | Tune: My Maryland

The Holy Cross Ceremonial Orchestra, Holy Cross Chorus and Assembly

recessional Frainsby, George Dyson

postlude Suite of Songs of Holy Cross, arranged by Eric Culver

The Crusader March, John Philip Sousa

We give to thee our hearty praise,Holy Cross, Oh Holy Cross!In memory of happy days,Holy Cross, Oh Holy Cross!Ring out! Ring out old Tower Bell;Our Alma Mater’s triumphs tellTo those who love her name so well,Holy Cross, Oh Holy Cross!

Colonial Song, Percy Aldridge Grainger

Born in Australia, Grainger became an American citizen in 1918, and lived in White Plains, New York. He had a great career as a pianist, and appeared several times in Worcester with the Worcester Music Festival (which presented two Grainger world-premieres), and with the New York Philharmonic on tour. His most famous piece was Country Gardens, but he composed vast amounts of music. Colonial Song, written for piano in 1911, is an attempt by Grainger to write a “typical” Australian piece, with a sentimental wistfulness expressed in much American art; for instance in Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, and in Stephen C. Foster’s songs My Old Kentucky Home, and Old Folks at Home.

Academic Festival-Overture, Johannes Brahms, Op. 80

The Academic Festival Overture was written in the summer of 1880 by Brahms upon receiving the Honorary Doctorate from the University of Breslau, founded as a Jesuit school and later the alma mater of Edith Stein. This carpe diem Overture is written from a student’s perspective, and traditional student songs are liberally quoted (which we are playing in the Prelude) including “Alles schweige!” (Silence, everyone!) “Wir hatten gebauet ein stattliches haus,” (We have built a stately house) “Fuchslied” (Fox Song) and, of course, “Gaudeamus Igitur,” (So Let Us Rejoice), often as not a drinking song, and “De Brevitate Vitae” (On the Shortness of Life).

Kortte lebe, Kortte blühe! Johann Sebastian Bach

In his years working in Leipzig, Johann Sebastian Bach essentially served as the town’s Music Director. In this capacity, not only did he write cantatas for the churches, he also composed music for special events, such as royal visits and town council elections. In 1726, he wrote his cantata BWV207 for the inauguration of a new Professor of Roman Law at the University of Leipzig, Gottfried Kortte. The German text praises Professor Kortte and wishes him long life and prosperity—appropriate sentiments for today’s celebration.

Translation:

Long live Kortte, may Kortte flourish! This man whom laurels support,who sits in the lap of happiness,who through prosperity always ascends higher,and who inclines all hearts to himself, must for innumerable years stand honored in the midst of blessing.And though he may see crowds of envious people, he shall not see an enemy.

About the Music

Serve the Lord and Spurn His Enemies from Saint Nicolas, Benjamin Britten

Last spring, the College Choir gave a performance of Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas, a work that examines the real life of the patron saint of children and sailors. Born into a prosperous family on the southern coast of Turkey around 300 AD, Nicolas gave his money to the poor and was consecrated Bishop of Myra. This movement is from the cantata’s consecration scene; Nicolas is commanded to “serve the Lord and spurn his enemies.”

These Songs of Holy Cross were arranged and used by Bruce I. Miller on many occasions on campus, including Commencement and past Inaugurations. The Crusader March by John Philip Sousa was written in 1888.

holy cross college choir

sopranos

Alicia Carcione ’15 | Meghan Casey ’15 | Alison Christopher ’13

Melanie Collins ’15 | Lauren Connolly ’15 | Daniella Donati ’13

Michelle Driffill ’13 | Victoria Gower ’14 | Nora Huntley ’15

Valerie Kisselback ’15 | Elizabeth Knuff ’15 | Natalya Krykova ’14

Margaret Mackinson ’13 | Hana Polachek ’14 | Megan Quinn ’13

Roselien Reyes ’14 | Christina Richardson ’14 | Emily Vyse ’14

altos

Nicole Costa ’15 | Elizabeth Mazzeo ’13 | Catherine Morrison ’14

Emily Richards ’15 | Tess Staley ’15 | Mary Tobin ’15

Maura Tracy ’15 | Emely Ventura ’14

tenors

Kevin Blanchette ’14 | Adrian Fekula ’14 | Paul Fontelo ’13

Thomas Guarino ’15 | Walker Lahr ’15 | Connor Moynihan ’15

basses

Colby Baker ’15 | Daniel Bullock ’14 | Patrick Chiarolanzio ’13

John Hanebuth ’14 | Jacob Miller ’14 | Nicholas Pelletier ’13

For more than three decades, John J. DeGioia, Ph.D., has helped to define and strengthen Georgetown University as a premier institution for education and research. Receiving his bachelor’s degree in English from Georgetown University in 1979 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University in 1995, he is a professorial lecturer in the department of philosophy. In July 2001, he became Georgetown’s 48th president. Prior to his appointment as president, DeGioia held a variety

of senior administrative positions, including senior vice president, responsible for university-wide operations, and dean of student affairs.As president, DeGioia is deeply committed to sustaining academic excellence at Georgetown. He has helped to recruit intellectual leaders to the faculty and secured substantial funding for scholarly research and academic programs.Under DeGioia’s leadership, the University completed in December 2003 the largest fundraising effort in its history. The $1 billion capital campaign benefited Georgetown’s Main, Medical, and Law Center campuses to secure endowment funds for curriculum and faculty support, increase student financial aid, and build and renovate facilities. In 2002-2003, he oversaw the largest expansion of campus facilities, at the forefront of which are the Southwest Quadrangle—a 1 million square-foot complex of student housing; study, seminar and music rooms; and a new Jesuit Community Residence.DeGioia addresses broader issues in higher education as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Forum for the Future of Higher Education, the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, and the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metro Area. He also serves on the boards of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, the Executive Committee of the Council on Competitiveness, and the Big East Conference Executive Committee. In addition, he is a Commissioner on the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.To prepare young people for leadership roles in the global community, DeGioia has expanded opportunities for intercultural and interreligious dialogue, welcomed world leaders to campus, and convened international conferences to address challenging issues. He represents Georgetown at the World Economic Forum and the Council on Foreign Relations.DeGioia places special emphasis on sustaining and strengthening Georgetown’s Catholic and Jesuit identity and its responsibility to serve as a voice and an instrument for justice. He has also been a strong advocate for interreligious dialogue. DeGioia is a member of the Order of Malta, a lay religious order of the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to serving the sick and the poor.In 2004, he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Academia from the Sons of Italy. In 2008, he was named a Washingtonian of the Year by The Washingtonian magazine.

Inaugural SpeakerJohn J. DeGioia, Ph.D.

President, Georgetown University

Delegates

1551Pontifical Gregorian University

Rev. James J. Conn, S.J.1636

Harvard UniversityThomas M. Reardon ’62

1701Yale UniversityJoseph W. Gordon

1740University of Pennsylvania

Stanley Levenson1746

Princeton UniversitySusan Yeomans Breen

1749Washington & Lee University

Shaun R. Levesque1772

Salem Academy and CollegeSusie Y. Bruttomesso

1773Dickinson College

Mary Rushton Bresnahan1781

Washington & Jefferson CollegeSamuel R. Pazicni

1782Washington College

Thomas Heald1784

Becker CollegeRobert E. Johnson

1785University of Georgia

Keane B. Johnson1789

Georgetown UniversityJohn J. DeGioia

1793Williams College

Nancy R. Baldiga1795

Union CollegeRichard S. Herrick

1798University of Louisville

Margaret A. Taney1801

University of South CarolinaDavis W. Baird

1815Nichols CollegeJeffrey G. Hunter ’69

1819Centre CollegeJoseph D. Fehribach

1819Colgate University

Robert L. Tyburski1826

Furman UniversityNancy A. Liebezeit

1826Lafayette College

Mary A. Armstrong1831

New York UniversityNorman E. Beisaw

1831University of New England

Vincent E. Furey, Jr. ’611831

Xavier UniversitySteven Herbert

1833Haverford College

Carl E. Metzger1834

Wake Forest UniversityMary E. Pugel

1834Wheaton College

Joan McNamara Crowley1837

Mount Holyoke CollegeAndrea M. Mattei

1838Westfield State University

Gerald W. Hayes ’691839

Boston UniversityGerard H. Cohen

1839Virginia Military Institute

Patrick Griffin1841

Fordham UniversityJeffrey L. Gray

1842Mary Baldwin College

Patricia E. Gonzalez

1842Ohio Wesleyan University

Elizabeth A. Vietze1842

Villanova UniversityDaniel H. Bathon, Jr.

1843Clarke University

Barbara M. Kane1844

Saint Mary’s College Notre Dame, INJeanne A. Aversa

1846Bucknell University

Michael A. Smyer1846

Saint Vincent CollegeRamon F. Martin

1851Lasell College

Joseph Aieta III1851

Saint Joseph’s UniversityThomas M. Monaghan, Jr.

1852Loyola University Maryland

Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J.1852

Tufts UniversityJohn H. de Jong

1853Manhattan College

Kathleen McCarrick Weiden P07, 101853

Monmouth CollegeMauri A. Ditzler

1853University of Florida

Maria I. Kontaridis1854

Salem State UniversityNancy Lusignan Schultz ’78

1855Bates College

David A. Terricciano1855

University of San FranciscoRev. John D. Savard, S.J.

1856Niagara Unversity

Edward J. Kampf1857

Edinboro UniversityFrank E. Musiek

1861Massachusetts Institute

of TechnologyRobert M. Randolph

1861Vassar College

Brian C. Daly

1862Xavier High School

New York, NYJoseph F. Gorski III ’66

1863Boston College

Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J.

1865Lehigh University

Fred Jamieson

1866The College of WoosterCheryl M. Lower-Coonahan

1869Southern Illinois University

CarbondaleKaren L. Turner

1869Trinity University

San AntonioJohn Catlin

1870Canisius CollegeAnthony B. Maglione

1870 Loyola University Chicago

Kathleen Maas Weigert

1870Wellesley College

Quesiyah S. Ali

1871Smith College

Judith L. Campagnari

1873Vanderbilt University

William Bernet ’63

Delegates

1874Worcester State University

Charles Cullum1878

Creighton UniversityRev. Gregory A. Lynch, S.J.

1880Emerson College

Suzanne M. Fantaroni1880

Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart

Sr. Barbara J. Rogers, R.S.C.J.1881

Marquette UniversityJohn J. Garvey

1881St. Mary’s High School

Grace C. Regan1883

Houghton CollegeSteven C. Bullock

1884Temple UniversityCatherine A. Veinbachs

1885Bryn Mawr College

Eileen P. Kavanagh1885

Springfield CollegeBrian D. Claypool

1885University of St. Thomas

St. PaulJoseph R. Miller

1886John Carroll University

John T. Day ’701886

Winthrop UniversityRobby D. Sisco

1887Clark University

SunHee Gertz1887

Gonzaga UniversitySherry Fischer

1887North Carolina State University

Matthew C. Johnsen

1887The Catholic University of America

Richard C. Browne ’60

1888The University of Scranton

Robert B. Farrell ’87

1889Agnes Scott College

Sarah Swygert1889

Gordon CollegeRev. James V. Pocock, Jr.

1889Saint Anselm College

Rev. Augustine G. Kelly, O.S.B.1891

Drexel UniversityRev. Patricia B. Kepler

1891Seattle University

Rev. Thomas Murphy, S.J., ’811891

Stanford UniversityBrian E. Mariscal

1892Labouré CollegeMaureen A. Smith

1892University of Rhode Island

Leigh A. Persico1894

Fitchburg State UniversityWilliam Kavanaugh

1894Massachusetts College

of Liberal ArtsSharon T. Claffey ’98

1896Adelphi University

David H. Swanson1897

Bay Path CollegeMichael Konig

1898Friends University

Cara N. Houde1898

Saint John’s High SchoolMichael W. Welch

1899Simmons College

Suzanne Michelle Murphy1901

Sweet Briar CollegeMartha M. Swanson

1902University of Indianapolis

Robert L. Manuel1903

Milwaukee School of EngineeringPatrick J. Coffey ’65

1903Skidmore College

Janet Galligani Casey ’851904

Assumption CollegeChristian McCarthy ’73

1904Saint Michael’s College

Paul J. Reiss ’521905

St. Catherine UniversityEleanor K. Simcoe

1906Suffolk UniversityJames F. McCarthy ’71

1908James Madison University

Elena M. Kleifges1908

University of Mary WashingtonPatricia M. Reinhardt

1910Rockhurst University

Rev. Thomas B. Curran1912

Loyola University New OrleansJohn Francis Madaio

1912Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

Vincent J. Kloskowski III1914

Johnson & Wales UniversitySusan J. Pasquale

1916Indiana University

South BendJeffrey Jones

1917Providence College

Colleen M. Duffy1919

Babson CollegeWilliam F. Glavin ’53

1919Emmanuel College

Sr. Janet M. Eisner, S.N.D.1920

Immaculata UniversityMary J. Kerrigan

1920The College of Saint Rose

Megan S. Overby1923

Felician CollegeAnne Prisco

1923Fontbonne University

Dennis C. Golden ’631927

Regis CollegeAntoinette M. Hays

1929Marist CollegeShaileen Kopec P98

1932University of Saint Joseph

Darcy A. D’Andrea1933

Rivier UniversitySr. Paula Marie Buley, I.H.M.

1933Wilkes University

Janet Seeley1937

Siena CollegeWilliam B. Picotte ’71

1942Fairfield University

Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J.1946

Anna Maria CollegeMichael E. Donnelly

1946Le Moyne College

Robert M.Turner1947

Merrimack CollegeJohn R. Dalphin ’64

Delegates

1948Brandeis University

Michaele Whelan1948

Stonehill CollegeMark T. Cregan, C.S.C.

1952St. Thomas Aquinas College

Blair J. DeWitt1954

Wheeling Jesuit UniversityThomas A. Kelleher

1955Molloy College

Edward J. Thompson, Jr.1962

Franklin Pierce UniversityJames F. Birge

1962Graduate Theological Union

James A. Donahue ’691962

Newbury CollegeHannah McCarthy

Delegates

1962University of Massachusetts

Medical SchoolAnthony Carruthers, Ph.D.

1963Quinsigamond Community College

Gail E. Carberry1966

Bishop Connolly High SchoolE. Christopher Myron

1976Boston Baptist College

Rev. David V. Melton1991

American Public University SystemDonna E. Scribner

2004Cristo Rey Boston High School

Jeff D. Thielman2009

Nazareth AcademyPhyllis A. Morrison

learned societies andprofessional organizations

1776Phi Beta Kappa

National Honor SocietyAnthony B. Cashman III, Ph.D.

1914Pi Mu Epsilon

Honor Society – MathematicsThomas E. Cecil, Ph.D., ’68

1915Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society

Jesuit Colleges and UniversitiesRonald M. Jarret, Ph.D.

1915Omicron Delta Epsilon

Honor Society – EconomicsDavid Schap, Ph.D.

1919Sigma Delta Pi

Honor Society – SpanishIsabel Alvarez-Borland, Ph.D.

1920Alpha Kappa Delta

Honor Society – SociologyMelissa F. Weiner, Ph.D.

1921Phi Alpha Theta

Honor Society – PhilosophyRev. Vincent A. Lapomarda, S.J., Ph.D.

1929Psi Chi

Honor Society – PsychologyCharles S. Weiss, Ph.D.

1963Dobro Slovo

Honor Society – Slavic StudiesOlga S. Partan, Ph.D.

1967Association of Independent Colleges

and Universities in MassachusettsRichard J. Doherty, M.P.A., P09

1968Colleges of Worcester Consortium

Mark P. Bilotta, M.B.A., ’801970

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

Rev. Gregory Lucey, S.J., Ph.D.1992

CollegiumThomas M. Landy, Ph.D.

From the beginning of his tenure as the second Bishop of Boston, Benedict Joseph Fenwick of the Society of Jesus longed to establish a Catholic College within the boundaries of his all-New England diocese. Catholics in great numbers, fleeing religious persecution and famine, and seeking economic opportunity, were pouring into the region. He recognized the need to educate them and to provide priests for his growing number of parishes as a major challenge of his episcopacy.

An alumnus of Georgetown College, Benedict Fenwick later served twice as president of his alma mater. As a Jesuit, his religious life had been marked with

a certain academic mentality that prepared him well to undertake the establishment of a college. He was enterprising and courageous. And he knew that he could call upon the resources of his fellow Jesuits of the Maryland Province if and when he needed them to staff a school.

The location in Worcester was fortunate. Other sites had been considered, but here, in 1836, Father James Fitton purchased 52 acres of land and began an academy for boys. The academy prospered but Father Fitton’s pastoral responsibilities in Worcester, Rhode Island, and Connecticut left him neither time nor energy to manage a boarding school, and he gladly conveyed the property and buildings to Bishop Fenwick for his college. The Bishop’s letters record his enthusiasm for the project as well as its location.

“Next May I shall lay the foundation of a splendid College in Worcester…It is calculated to contain 100 boys and I shall take them for $125 per an. & supply them with everything but clothes. Will not this be a bold undertaking? Nevertheless I will try it. It will stand on a beautiful eminence & will command the view of the whole town of Worcester.”

“Will not this bea bold undertaking?”

History of the College

He gave the College the name of his cathedral church, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Father Thomas F. Mulledy, S.J., a former Provincial of the Maryland Province Jesuits and, like Bishop Fenwick, a former president of Georgetown, was assigned to take charge of this project. The cornerstone was put in place with great solemnity on June 21, 1843 and on the second day of November, with six students aged 9 to 19, the first classes were held. The College held its first Commencement in 1849, of which the valedictorian was James Healy, the son of a slave.

Within three years, the enrollment had increased to 100 students. In spite of very limited finances, the College was beginning to grow until in the summer of 1852 a catastrophic fire destroyed it. Were it not for the insistence of Bishop John B. Fitzpatrick, who had succeeded Bishop Fenwick, and the tireless labors of Father Anthony F. Ciampi, S.J., the fourth president, the Jesuits would have abandoned the project and returned to Georgetown. Funds were raised to rebuild the College, and in 1853, it opened for the second time.

Petitions to secure a Charter for the College from the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts were denied in 1847 for a variety of causes, including anti-Catholicism on the part of some legislators. Nonetheless, the College conducted its business and awarded its diplomas. Validating their reputation for cleverness, the Jesuits at Holy Cross had each one of them signed by the President of Georgetown. Finally, with the energetic support of Governor John A. Andrew, the Charter was granted on March 24, 1865.

The pioneers of more than a century and a half ago scarcely could have imagined the College whose 32nd president we inaugurate today. With an enrollment of about 2,900 men and women from across the United States and abroad, offering academic concentrations in some 26 fields within a physical plant renowned for its beauty and sophistication, the College of the Holy Cross stands as one of the finest undergraduate, liberal arts colleges in our nation. Faithful to its Jesuit tradition and character, religion in both scholarship and practice plays an important part in the curriculum and daily life of the College. With an agreed upon mission to educate men and women for others, Holy Cross students are urged to measure their personal successes in life by what they have done to better the lives of others, especially those less fortunate than themselves.

Although relatively small, Holy Cross is a quite elaborate institution. Its full-time faculty numbers 258, 97 percent of whom hold doctorates, and its library holdings are in excess of 630,000; classrooms, libraries, residence halls, laboratories and facilities for sports and recreation are up to date and well-equipped. The College’s net assets are valued at $672 million, and its endowment stands at $608 million.

Fr. Boroughs’ inauguration recalls the accomplishments of a long line of distinguished presidents. It also continues the hope and promise of a bright future for the College of the Holy Cross.

1843-45 Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy, S.J.

1845-48 Rev. James Ryder, S.J.

1848-51 Rev. John Early, S.J.

1851-54 Rev. Anthony F. Ciampi, S.J.

1854-57 Rev. Peter J. Blenkinsop, S.J.

1857-61 Rev. Anthony F. Ciampi, S.J.

1861-67 Rev. James Clark, S.J.

1867-69 Rev. Robert W. Brady, S.J.

1869-73 Rev. Anthony F. Ciampi, S.J.

1873-78 Rev. Joseph B. O’Hagan, S.J.

1878-83 Rev. Edward D. Boone, S.J.

1883-87 Rev. Robert W. Brady, S.J.

1887-89 Rev. Samuel Cahill, S.J.

1889-93 Rev. Michael O’Kane, S.J.

1893-95 Rev. Edward A. McGurk, S.J.

1895-01 Rev. John F. Lehy, S.J.

1901-06 Rev. Joseph F. Hanselman, S.J.

1906-11 Rev. Thomas E. Murphy, S.J.

1911-18 Rev. Joseph N. Dinand, S.J.

1918-24 Rev. James J. Carlin, S.J.

1924-27 Rev. Joseph N. Dinand, S.J.

1927-33 Rev. John M. Fox, S.J.

1933-39 Rev. Francis J. Dolan, S.J.

1939-45 Rev. Joseph R. N. Maxwell, S.J.

1945-48 Rev. William J. Healy, S.J.

1948-54 Rev. John A. O’Brien, S.J.

1954-60 Rev. William A. Donaghy, S.J.

1960-70 Rev. Raymond J. Swords, S.J.

1970-94 Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J.

1994-98 Rev. Gerard Reedy, S.J.

1998-00 Frank Vellaccio, Ph.D., acting president

2000-12 Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J.

Past Presidents

the college seal

The College’s seal identifies Holy Cross as an educational institution founded by Rev. Benedict J. Fenwick, S.J., second Bishop of Boston. The outer circle of the seal states in Latin “College of the Holy Cross, Society of Jesus, Worcester, Massachusetts.”

The inner shield contains an open book (symbol of learning) and a cross of gold (symbol of Christian faith). The Latin

motto “In Hoc Signo Vinces” (in this sign you shall conquer) has been attributed to King Constantine the Great, Roman emperor noted for his tolerance of Christians. According to some historians, King Constantine had a dream or vision of a flaming cross in the sky with this inscription, on the day preceding his decisive victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge (Oct. 28, 312). This victory led to his capturing Rome and convinced him of the importance of Christianity.

The cross divides the lower part of the shield into quarters, which are alternately red and sable, the colors on the ancient shield of Worcester, England.

The upper part of the shield has in its center the emblem of the Society of Jesus, a blazing sun with the letters IHS, the first three letters of Jesus’ name in Greek. On either side is a martlet, reminiscent of those on the ancestral crest of Bishop Fenwick.

the school color

There are two theories of how the College of the Holy Cross chose purple as its official color. One suggests it was derived from the royal purple used by King Constantine the Great (born about 275 A.D., died in 337 A.D.) as displayed on his labarum (military standard) and on those of later Christian emperors of Rome.

The other version is attributed to Walter J. Connors, an 1887 graduate, and was printed in the October 1940 issue of the Alumnus. According to the account, there was a disagreement during the 1870s between Holy Cross students from Massachusetts and Connecticut concerning the school’s baseball uniform colors. Those from Massachusetts purportedly favored the crimson of Harvard, while those from Connecticut favored the deep blue of Yale. Legend has it that a fellow student with a sense of diplomacy resolved the dispute in the chemistry laboratory, where he mixed copper sulphate (blue) with iron oxide (red) to produce the color of deep purple.

College Identity

Profile: College of the Holy Cross

Founded in 1843 in Worcester, Massachusetts, the College of the Holy Cross is among the nation’s leading liberal arts institutions, and is the oldest Catholic college in New England. A highly selective, four-year, exclusively undergraduate college of 2,900 students, Holy Cross is renowned for offering a rigorous, personalized education in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition.

As a liberal arts college, Holy Cross pursues excellence in teaching, learning and research in the arts, humanities, physical sciences and social sciences. As a mission-based college, Holy Cross seeks to educate men and women who, as leaders in business, professional, and civic life, live by the highest intellectual and ethical standards, and serve others in their communities, American society, and the wider world.

The recipient of numerous architecture and landscaping awards, Holy Cross is located on Pakachoag Hill/Mount St. James, providing panoramic views of the City of Worcester. The 174-acre campus—a registered arboretum—offers a beautiful blend of Gothic, Classical Revival and contemporary architecture including 11 academic buildings, 11 residence halls, a library, chapel, four stadiums and several athletic fields, a sports complex with a pool and fitness center, a student center with a book store, convenience store, coffee shop and Post Office, a stage theatre, movie theater, concert hall, art gallery, and a dining hall and food court. The College hosts many conferences and academic symposia, and is home to the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, as well as the Integrated Science Complex, outfitted with the latest research equipment and technology.

Founded 1843

Oldest Catholic college in New England

Affiliation Jesuit, Catholic

Location Worcester, Massachusetts 2nd largest city in Massachusetts and New England (population 181,045)

Total enrollment

Undergraduate 2,872

Graduate (exclusively undergraduate) 0

Geographic enrollment

Massachusetts 36%

New England 56%

Outside New England 44%

Male 47%

Female 53%

Acceptance rate 33%

Enrollment rate 31%

Minority and international students 22%

Students housed on campus 90%

Student organizations 102

Freshmen retention rate 95%

Four-year graduation rate 89%

Six-year graduation rate 91%

Class of 2011 attending graduate school 15%

Percent of applicants admitted to medical school 84%

Percent of applicants admitted to law school 83%

Full-time faculty 258

Part-time faculty 67

Faculty with doctorate 97%

Student to faculty ratio 11:1

Average class size 19

NCAA Division I (I-AA for Football)

Member of the Patriot League, Atlantic Hockey Association (Men’s Hockey), Division III Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (Women’s Hockey)

Varsity sports 27

Club sports 22

Intramural sports 12

Academic buildings 11

Residence halls 11

Libraries 4

Chapels 3

Tuition $42,800

Room & Board $11,730

Total annual costs $55,130

Total financial aid $37.8 million

Percent of students aided 61%

Total net assets $67.2 million

Endowment $608 million

Alumni annual donations $8.8 million

Alumni giving rate 55%

P. Kevin Condron ’67, Chair Chairman and CEO, The Granite Group, Inc.

Reverend Ronald J. Amiot, S.J. Rector, Loyola University Maryland Jesuit Community

Robert Atchinson Managing Director, Adage Capital Management

Reverend John F. Baldovin, S.J., ’69 Professor of Historical & Liturgical Theology, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry

Reverend Philip L. Boroughs, S.J. President, College of the Holy Cross

Thomas H. Carey ’66 Retired Executive Vice President, Omnicom Group

James J. Collins, Jr., Ph.D., ’87 Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University and Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Susan Power Curtin ’93 Partner, Power Family Enterprises

Michael E. Daniels ’76 Senior Vice President & Group Executive, Services, IBM Corporation

William M. Doran, Jr. ’77 Managing Director, Stifel Nicolaus & Co., Inc.

Susan F. Feitelberg ’84 Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Anne M. Fink ’85 Senior Vice President, PepsiCo Sales, PepsiCo, Inc.

John B. Fisher ’79 President and CEO, Federated Advisory Companies

Reverend Kevin T. FitzGerald, S.J., Ph.D. Dr. David P. Lauler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics, Georgetown University Medical School

Reverend James G. Gartland, S.J. Rector, Blessed Peter Faber Jesuit Community

Joan Hogan Gillman ’85, Vice Chair EVP and President, Media Sales, Time Warner Cable

David J. Grain ’84 Founder and CEO, Grain Communications Group, Inc.

Michael Greene ’84 Managing Partner, AeroEquity Partners, LLC

Mark G. Holowesko ’82 President and CEO, Holowesko Partners Ltd.

Kathleen McLaughlin LaCroix ’79 Vero Beach, Fla.

Priscilla W. Lam ’12 Clinical Research Coordinator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Trustees

Reverend Brian F. Linnane, S.J. President, Loyola College in Maryland

Edward J. Ludwig ’73 Retired Chairman and CEO, Becton Dickinson and Company

John E. Luth ’74 Chairman, President and CEO, Seabury Group LLC

John J. Mahoney, Jr. ’73 Retired Vice Chairman and CFO, Staples, Inc.

Reverend Mark S. Massa, S.J. Dean and Professor, School of Theology and Ministry, Boston College

James F. Mooney III ’90 Partner, The Baupost Group

Robert F. Moriarty ’83 General Partner, Twin Oaks Partners

Robert S. Morrison ’63 Retired Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Quaker Oats Co.

Richard H. Patterson ’80 Co-Founder and Partner, Spire Capital Partners, LLC

Maria Eugenia Ferré Rangel ’89 President and CEO, El Nuevo Dia

Cdr. Bernadette M. Semple, U.S.N., ’82 Washington, D.C.

Park B. Smith ’54 Chairman, Park B. Smith, Inc.

David A. Spina ’64 Retired Chairman and CEO, State Street Corporation

Peter Spadoni ’11 Graduate Student, Northeastern University

Nancy M. Taylor ’81 President & CEO, Tredegar Corporation

William J. Teuber, Jr. ’73 Vice Chairman, EMC Corporation

Mary Murphy Westover ’85 Chief Financial Officer, Symmetric Capital LLC

Donna M. Winn ’76 Retired President and CEO, OFI Private Investments, Inc.

Ruth Ann Elias ’76 Secretary

Vincent F. O’Rourke, Jr. ’69 Acting General Counsel

Vice Presidents

Timothy R. Austin Ph.D., University of Massachusetts – Amherst

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College

Tracy W. Barlok B.A., Colgate University

Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations

Reverend Paul F. Harman, S.J. Ed.D., Columbia University, Teacher’s College

B.D.,S.T.L., Weston School of Theology Vice President for Mission

Michael J. Lochhead M.B.A., Boston College

Vice President for Administration and Finance

Jacqueline D. Peterson M.S.Ed., Nazareth College

Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

Frank Vellaccio Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior Vice President

presidential inauguration committee

John F. Cannon, Jr., Associate Director, Physical Plant/Planning and Operations

Barbara J. Dean, Executive Assistant, Office of the Senior Vice President

Ruth Ann Elias, Executive Assitant, Office of the President

Christopher Gillis ’14, Student

Thomas R. Gottschang, Professor, Economics

Reverend Paul F. Harman, S.J., Vice President for Mission, Chair

Patricia G. Haylon ’83, Director, Stewardship Programs

Paul A. Irish, Associate Dean of Students

Arthur J. Korandanis, Director, Auxiliary Services

Ellen Ryder, Director, Public Affairs

Reverend John D. Savard, S.J., Rector, Jesuit Community

Amy R. Wolfson, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Professor, Psychology

With the assistance of departments and divisions from across the Holy Cross campus

Mission of the College

The College of the Holy Cross is, by tradition and choice, a Jesuit liberal arts college serving the Catholic community, American society, and the wider world. To participate in the life of Holy Cross is to accept an invitation to join in dialogue about basic human questions: What is the moral character of learning and teaching? How do we find meaning in life and history? What are our obligations to one another? What is our special responsibility to the world’s poor and powerless?

As a liberal arts college, Holy Cross pursues excellence in teaching, learning, and research. All who share its life are challenged to be open to new ideas, to be patient with ambiguity and uncertainty, to combine a passion for truth with respect for the views of others. Informed by the presence of diverse interpretations of the human experience, Holy Cross seeks to build a community marked by freedom, mutual respect, and civility. Because the search for meaning and value is at the heart of the intellectual life, critical examination of fundamental religious and philosophical questions is integral to liberal arts education. Dialogue about these questions among people from diverse academic disciplines and religious traditions requires everyone to acknowledge and respect differences. Dialogue also requires us to remain open to that sense of the whole which calls us to transcend ourselves and challenges us to seek that which might constitute our common humanity.

The faculty and staff of Holy Cross, now primarily lay and religiously and culturally diverse, also affirm the mission of Holy Cross as a Jesuit college. As such, Holy Cross seeks to exemplify the long-standing dedication of the Society of Jesus to the intellectual life and its commitment to the service of faith and promotion of justice. The College is dedicated to forming a community that supports the intellectual growth of all its members while offering them opportunities for spiritual and moral development. In a special way, the College must enable all who choose to do so to encounter the intellectual heritage of Catholicism, to form an active worshipping community, and to become engaged in the life and work of the contemporary church.

Since 1843, Holy Cross has sought to educate students who, as leaders in business, professional, and civic life, would live by the highest intellectual and ethical standards. In service of this ideal, Holy Cross endeavors to create an environment in which integrated learning is a shared responsibility, pursued in classroom and laboratory, studio and theater, residence and chapel. Shared responsibility for the life and governance of the College should lead all its members to make the best of their own talents, to work together, to be sensitive to one another, to serve others, and to seek justice within and beyond the Holy Cross community.

Ceremony of Presidential Installation

The Reverend Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.The 32nd President of Holy Cross

Friday, the fourteenth of September

Two thousand and twelve

three o’clock

Francis J. Hart, S.J. Recreation Center

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