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Tom O’Leary ’54 Remembers His Father Through Faculty Awards Program

Tom O’Leary ’54 has established the Arthur J. O’Leary Faculty Recognition awards in remembrance of his father, a 1920 graduate of Holy Cross.

This $1.2 million gift allows the Provost to recognize faculty members who make a special contribution to the student body through their teaching, scholarship and service. O’Leary wants these monetary awards to be meaningful in amount, to honor the recipients and inspire other members of the faculty. He got the idea for the faculty recognition awards from a program at Burlington Northern Railroad. “I copied from the past,” he explains, “in an effort to single out those Holy Cross teachers who make a special contribution to students’ lives on campus and beyond.”

A lifetime member of the President’s Council, he served as a Trustee of the College from 1992-1999. In addition to the Arthur J. O’Leary Faculty Recognition Awards, O’Leary established The Eleanor H. O’Leary Chair in History several years ago in honor of his mother.