Rev. Joseph Hanselman, S.J.

   
Joseph F. Hanselman was born on October 28, 1856 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was educated at St. Vincent's College, Pennsylvania and St. Francis Xavier, New York City from which he graduated in 1877. 
   He entered the Grand Seminary, Montreal, but in 1878 he decided to enter the Society of Jesus at West Park, N.Y.
   After teaching at St. Peter's College, Jersey City and theological studies at Woodstock College, he was ordained a priest in 1892. He began his priestly work at Holy Cross in 1893 as Dean of Studies and Discipline. In 1901 he was named President of Holy Cross. He erected Alumni Hall which was a gift of the Holy Cross Alumni. In 1906, he was appointed Provincial of the new Maryland-New York Province; in 1912, Rector of Woodstock College and in 1918, he was named American Assistant to the General of the Society of Jesus in Rome. He served in that office until his death on January 16, 1923.

Link to papers of President Hanselman RG 12.14 (.pdf file)