In 1978, the General Alumni Association (GAA) started the Bishop Healy Committee. The Committee’s purpose is to "discover and implement means of alumni participation in efforts to foster interracial understanding, interaction and friendship within the Holy Cross community."

Last year, an in-depth study conducted by the GAA leadership revealed the need for additional projects and programs. Joe Reilly ’55, immediate past president of the GAA, is now chair of the Bishop Healy Committee and a special assistant to the President, Rev. Gerard Reedy, S.J.

A formal Mentor Program has recently been established. The Committee is striving to have an African American and a Caucasian alumni mentor for each of the black students on campus. This Mentor Program requires no great expenditure of money or time. The Bishop Healy Committee wants you to become involved. You do not have to live near campus to be a mentor.

Please contact Joe Reilly at (508) 793-3581 or by mail at Box 146A, College of the Holy Cross, One College St., Worcester, Mass., 01610.