Jesuit Administrators: 1919-1968
Regents were members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) appointed by the University President, with the approval of the Maryland Provincial, in Georgetown schools which did not have Jesuit Deans.
Functions of the Position of Regent
The Regents were liaisons between the University President and the school deans. They represented the school they were assigned to on the Board of Directors and acted as consultants to the President for the affairs of those schools. Additionally they served as advisors to the Deans.1 They were not members of the Board Of Regents.
History of the Position of Regent
The position appears to have been created in 1919, around the time the School of Foreign Service was founded. It is first mentioned in a published source in the November 1919 issue of the Georgetown College Journal. This identifies Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., as Regent for the School of Foreign Service and states that a Regent was part of the permanent administrative structure of the School.2 The position is mentioned for the last time in an article in the May 2, 1968 issue of The Hoya which describes Frank L. Fadner, S.J. as “the bushy browed regent of the School of Languages and Linguistics.”3
List of Regents and their Schools
Business School
Frank Fadner, S.J., 1957-1961
Joseph Sebes, S.J., 1961-1968
Dental School
Walter Summers, S.J., 1924-1929
John Gipprich, S.J., 1929-1934
David V. McCauley, S.J., 1934-1946
Paul McNally, S.J., 1946-1948
Edward B. Bunn, S.J., 1948-1952
Thomas O’Donnell, S.J., 1953-1959
William Maloney, S.J., 1959-1962
Foreign Service School
Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., 1920-1956
Frank Fadner, S.J., 1956-1962
Joseph Sebes, S.J., 1962-1966
Languages and Linguistics
Frank Fadner, S.J., 1962-1968
Law School
Thomas Chetwood, S.J., 1928-1930
Francis E. Lucey, S.J., 1930-1961
Brian A. McGrath, S.J., 1961-1968
Medical School
Walter Summers, S.J., 1924-1929
John Gipprich, S.J., 1929-1934
David V. McCauley, S.J., 1934-1946
Paul McNally, S.J., 1946-1953
Thomas O’Donnell, S.J., 1953-1959
William Maloney, S.J., 1959-1962
Nursing School
Edward B. Bunn, S.J., 1948-1952
William Maloney, S.J., 1952-1953
Lawrence C. McHugh, S.J., 1953-1954
Thomas O’Donnell, S.J., 1956-1959
William Maloney, S.J., 1959-19624
- 1Georgetown University Faculty Handbook, 1960 revision, p. 7.
- 2Walsh, Edmund A., S.J.. “Systematic Training for Foreign Service.” Georgetown College Journal, vol. 48, no. 2, November 1919, p.79 and p. 83. hdl.handle.net/10822/1049926
- 3Casper, Don. “The Changing Role of the Modern Jesuit.” Hoya, vol. 51, no. 21, May 2, 1968, p.15. hdl.handle.net/10822/555296
- 4Curran, R. Emmett. History of Georgetown University, Georgetown University Press, 2010, vol. 2, appendix O
