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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.
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