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mfrM^ University of California Berkeley Regional Oral History Office University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California Society of California Pioneers Series Charles W. Dullea, S.J. A JESUIT PRIEST IN THE SERVICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO With an Introduction by John LoSchiavo, S.J. An Interview Conducted by Ruth Teiser 1983-1984 the of California Copyright (c~) 1985 by The Regents of University All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between the University of California and Charles W. Dullea, S.J., dated May 15, 1985. The manuscript is thereby made available for research purposes. All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Director of The Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, and should include identification of the specific passages to be quoted, anticipated use of the passages, and identification of the user. The legal agreement with Charles W. Dullea, S.J., requires that he be notified of the request and allowed thirty days in which to respond. It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows: Charles W. Dullea, S.J., "A Jesuit Priest in the Service of Higher Education: The University of San Francisco," an oral history conducted 1983-1984 by Ruth Teiser, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, 1985. Copy No. FATHER DULLEA President of the University of San Francisco, at freshman orientation, 1965. TABLE OF CONTENTS Father Charles W. Duliea PREFACE INTRODUCTION by John LoSchiavo, S.J. INTERVIEW HISTORY BRIEF BIOGRAPHY I THE DULLEA FAMILY 1 Irish Origins Three Brothers: Charles, Edward, and John Duliea II CHARLES W. DULLEA, SR. 5 6 Early Years with San Francisco Police Department Appointment as Chief of Police, 1940 Police Chiefs William Quinn and Daniel J. O'Brien 9 Camaraderie and Sports Within the Department 10 Family Homes in Eureka Valley and West Portal H St. Cecilia's Parish Skaggs Springs Resort The Atherton Investigation V-J Day Riots Retirement as Police Chief, 1947 20 22 Appointment to Adult Authority Final Years 23 III CHARLES W. DULLEA, S.J. 26 St. Ignatius High School, 1930-1934 Growing Up as a Son of a Police Officer 31 More on High School Years 36 The Novitiate, Los Gatos, 1934-1938 42 The Demands of a Special Way ot Life 45 Novice Training Today ^7 Dining, Exercising, and Studying 49 Jesuit Goals and Training Mount St. Michael's College, Spokane, 1938-1941 55 University of San Francisco, 1941-1944 The Effects of the War on the Campus 59 Instruction and USF Students 62 Alma College, 1944-1948 67 Curriculum and Library 68 Ordination 69 Port Townsend, 1948-1949 71 First Ministry Work 72 The Jesuit Curia, Rome, 1949-1954 75 Travels En Route to Rome 76 Duties as a Regional Secretary 78 The Jesuit Hierarchy 81 Special Events and Papal Audiences 83 First Experience in Administration 85 The Novitiate, Los Gatos, 1954-1955 87 Bellarmine College Preparatory, 1955-1958 89 University of San Francisco, 1958-1969 92 Separation of St. Ignatius High School 95 Fund Raising 97 The Sutro Library 99 Community Outreach Programs 100 Ecumenism 101 The Student Movement of the 1960s 103 The Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees 106 The Building Program 112 Admission of Women, 1964 115 Tuition 117 Graduate Degrees and Evening Programs 118 Rancho Olompali 120 Presidential Duties and Helpful Colleagues 121 Annexation of San Francisco College for Women 124 The Upward Bound Program 126 Computer Science 127 Other Special Programs 128 Curriculum and Calendar Changes 129 Campus Unions 131 The San Francisco Consortium 132 More on Fundraising 134 Achievements as President 137 Soccer 139 ROTC 140 Gregorian University, Rome, 1969-1971 143 Dissertation and Book on Billy Graham 145 Visit to the Holy Land 148 Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, 1971-1976 149 University of San Francisco, 1976 and Since 152 St. Ignatius Institute 153 Appointment as Chancellor, 1977 154 Changes on Campus Since the 1960s 155 Duties as Chancellor 158 The Future of the University of San Francisco 161 Update 167 Synod in Rome 167 USF 171 TAPE GUIDE 173 INDEX 1?4 ORGANIZED 1850 THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS 456 McAtLISTER STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102 415-861-5278 PREFACE PRESIDENT Michael Coonan The purpose of The Society of California Pioneers is the TREASURER Grant A Settlemier collection, preservation, and proper maintenance of historical SECRETARY material of all kinds relating to the early days of San Francisco Christian de IV Guigne. and California. We have since oar founding in 1850 taken upon our DIRECTORS selves the of the Vincent Cullman responsibility preserving records and relics that Christian de Cuigne, IV are as ties the to the Joseph A Donohoe. IV indispensible binding past present and future lohn M Fuller Further to this The Horace O Hayes generations. contributing ambition, Society Russell O Keil. |r in 1977 initiated an Oral Series. The intent of the Series Robert F Peckham History Stephen M Rieden is to the recollections of men and women in RmaldoF Ritchie preserve prominent lames M Rockett their fields whose and Grant A Settlemter respective achievements, knowledge, exper H Bovd Sevmour. fr tise form a contribution to the and of C Albert Shumate significant history progress Franklin H Watson, III California. They record in permanent form the continuation of the VICE PRESIDENTS traditions of California's founders. Gerald C Davalos lohn A Ditz loseph A Donohoe, V Herbert E Garcia These memoirs have been created by a grant from The James R Tormev Hero Id - George R McMahon Irvine Foundation. James Irvine, 1868 1947, was the son of a Woodward Melone Martin D Murphy forty-niner, a native of California, and Director and Vice-President George N Patterson of The Society of California Pioneers from 1928 until his death. )ARD OF GOVERNORS T The Irvine he left an George Brady. )r Through James Foundation, enduring legacy lames Flood to Richard C Ham the people of California. RobertG Hill William H Howard Philip Hudner This is the of a Catholic of his John 8 Huntmgton story Roman priest and long Russell O Keil association with lame^R Moore the University of San Francisco. Son of a San H W Poett. |r Francisco Police Father Charles Dullea tells of his Henrv I Pnen Chief, boyhood Dantel V Ryan and education as a time in Of Shorb Steel*1 Jesuit, including spent Rome. parti Palmer Wheaton cular interest is the of his tenure as President and Chancellor Stephen A Zellerbach history of the University of San Francisco. Events covering a span of almost EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR seven decades are revealed in this the sixth Oral History of the Serie I Roger jobson April 1985 J. Roger Jobson Executive Director ii SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS SERIES McLaren, Norman Loyall, Jr., Business and Club Life in San Francisco, Reflections of a Pioneer Scion, 1978. Shumate, Albert, M.D., San Francisco Physician, Historian, and Catholic Layman, 1981. Rosenberg, Margaret Barbree, San Bernardo Rancho and the Southern Salinas Valley, 1871-1981, 1982. Cunningham, Sister Catharine Julie, A Native Daughter's Leadership in Education: College of Notre Dame, Belmont, California 1956-1980, 1983. Rowell, Margaret Avery, Master Teacher of Cellists, and Humble Student of Nature, 1984. Dullea, Charles W. , S.J., A Jesuit Priest in the Service of Higher Education: The University of San Francisco, 1985. iii CHARLES WILLIAM DULLEA AN INTRODUCTION Charles William Dullea. For different people, the name conjures up different, though complementary, portraits of the man. Yet the man is one and the same, variety only in angle and perspective. To many people, Charles Dullea is The Native San Franciscan. That special person, in quintessential San Francisco Irish Catholic lore, for whom your origins and identity rest not with street number and ZIP code, but with your parish and district. Born into a well-known San Francisco family and son of a distinguished chief of police, Charlie Dullea even today knows the genealogical 'Who's Who' of "The City" as well as he knows his own family roots in County Cork and County Donegal . Immersed for most of his life in the City of Saint Francis, he demonstrates intimate familiarity with her history and knows and is known by a host of San Franciscans. For some few (certainly not many), Charles Dullea is The Swimmer - strong, dedicated, and regular. Even today, approaching age 69, he is among those "fanatics" (some San Franciscans would say "nuts") of the South End Rowing Club who persist in swimming, in season and out, through the frosty waters of San Francisco Bay. You will find him with those regulars, veteran and novice, venturing the trans- Golden Gate Swim and the Crossing from Alcatraz. Among his brother Jesuits, his strength and skill are remembered well, talents which enabled him to save the life of one fellow Jesuit from the treacherous ocean undertow below Santa Cruz . For yet others, he is The Educator, one of the archi tects of the modern University of San Francisco, itself reborn as The City and the nation emerged from World War II. As a young seminarian, he taught Philosophy and Theology at USF . He later returned to serve as President through six years of dynamic growth (1963-1969), overseeing the advent of coeducation to USF, the construction of five major buildings and the acquisition of the St.