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Jan. 16, 2002
 Rev. Joseph R. Fahey, S.J., former professor and dean at Holy Cross, died
Jan. 16 at Deaconess-Waltham (Mass.) Hospital, at 65.
Fr. Fahey had most recently been provincial assistant for finance of the
New England Province of the Society of Jesus. Previously, he had served 11
years as president of Boston College High School, Dorchester, Mass. During
his tenure, the school underwent a period of expansion, which included completion
of the McNeice Pavilion; the addition of Corcoran Library; the Link Computer
Lab; enhancement of athletic facilities; and a sizable increase in the school's
endowment.
Entering the Society of Jesus in 1955, Fr. Fahey received his bachelor of
arts degree in humanities from Boston College in 1960 and his master of arts
degree in philosophy in 1961. He also received his Ph.L degree in 1961 from
Weston (Mass.) College.
Fr. Fahey received a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in Economics in 1961-62 and
a National Science Foundation Fellowship in Economics in 1962-64. He received
his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967.
Following his ordination to the priesthood in 1968, Fr. Fahey served two years
as an assistant professor of economics at Holy Cross. He then held the position
of dean of academics at the College for 10 years.
A member of the board of trustees at Boston College from 1972-79 and 1981-82,
Fr. Fahey was named academic vice president and dean of faculties there in
1982.
During his career, Fr. Fahey had been a trustee of several Jesuit institutions
of higher learning; he most recently served on the boards of Regis College;
Weston; and Loyola University in Chicago, Ill.
Fr. Fahey had been a member of the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education
for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges from 1983-86. He had
also served on the Archdiocese of Boston Synod Subcommittee on Higher Education
from 1986-89, and the Catholic Schools Foundation. He had been an active member
of the Cardinal's Catholic School Fund for Scholarships.
Fr. Fahey is survived by his sister; a cousin; and many nephews and nieces.
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