The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus Vol. 33 No. 6 November-December 1935 James E. Aniistrong, '25, Editor John N. Cackley, Jr., '37 Managing Editor V, DAME ALUMNUS THE OTHER FIFTY hiR...joUj. (javaiiauqlt, e.s.e- Sec page 3 Culliton Succeeds McCarthyj As Commerce College Dean New Deoelopment Program Organized Dean James E. McCarthy has been in industrial affairs of highly competent During the past three years Culliton appointed Dean Emeritus of the Col­ Notre Dame men whose knowledge is has been director of Notre Dame's Pro­ lege of Commerce and Dr. James W. matched by integrity of purpose and gram for Administrators, which in­ Culliton has succeeded him as Dean, dedication to a better America. tegrates a broad liberal arts education according to an announcement by Rev. "At this moment in the historical with specialized training. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., presi­ development of Notre Dame's College From 1937 to 1941 and again from dent. In his new post McCarthy will of Commerce, the University is fortu­ 1944 to 1951 Dr. Culliton was an be in cliarge of the College of Com­ nate in having Dean Emeritus Mc­ associate professor at Harvard Univer­ merce development program. Culliton Carthy dedicate himself to this newest sity, where he received his master's has been a member of the Notre Dame step fonvard towards the fullest de­ degree and doctorate. He took his faculty since 1951. velopment of the College of Commerce undergraduate work at Canisius Col­ During Dean McCardiy's 32-year whose growth he has guided from its lege, Buffalo, N. Y, During \Vorl(?~ tenure, commerce school enrollment earliest years," Father Hesburgh em­ War II he was executive director of has grown from less than 400 to more phasized. the Post War Readjustment Committee tlian 1,500 students, making it the of the Commonwealth of Massachu­ The establishment of a College of setts. He also taught for one year at Commerce development program was Boston College (1941-42). recommended by Dean McCarthy and Dr. Culliton is the author of several his faculty in a recent report. Father publications of the Har\'ard Graduate Hesburgh said. The report stressed the School of Business Administration. need for developing new and increased Among them are IVriting Business sources of financial support so that the Cases, The Management of Market­ college may reach its full internal de­ ing, The Use and Disposition of Ships^ velopment, he explained. He cited and Shipyards at the End of WorlcT' improved facilities, a librar)' and facul­ War II, and Make or Buy. A native ty development as essential to the con­ of Buffalo, N. Y., Culliton is married tinued academic improvement of the to the former Jane K. Hogan of that college. city. They have four sons. Dean Emeritus McCarthy is a di­ rector of the First Bank and Trust Company and the Associates Invest­ ment Company, South Bend; the Ad­ vertising Council, Inc., New York; and the Gerity-Michigan Corporation, Ad­ rian, Mich. He is a trustee of the Foundation for Economic Education; DEAN EMERITUS McCARTHY a member of the American Marketing Association, the National Association largest college at the University. At of Cost Accountants and the American the same time die college's curriculum Institute of Management, and he is and faculty were greatly expanded. associated in an advisory capacity with "Notre Dame men everywhere are Junior Achievement, Inc. indebted to Dean McCarthy for his Bom in Holyoke, Mass., he graduated generous and devoted ser\'ice for so from Columbia in 1916 and joined many years," Father Hesburgh stated. the Notre Dame faculty in 1921 as an "We wish him continued success as instructor in foreign trade. He is the dean emeritus in promoting the Col­ author of The Physical Assets of the lege of Commerce development, which State of Indiana and the Earnings and will make possible the full fruition of Distribution of Income of Indiana his life's work: the presence everywhere Corporations. DEAN CULLITON Notre Dame Alumnus, November-December, 1955 31 THE OTHER FIFTY By REV. JOHN J. CAVANAUGH, C.S.C, Dheclor, Unircrsity of Notre Dame Foundation Corporations Ask: Do Your Alumni Support N.DJ Slightly more than fifty percent of alumni supporters, and foundations will Notre Dame alumni took part in the Annual take even a more generous and lively Alumni Fund for 1954-55. That was a good interest in the programs of Notre Dame. record, notably good compared with the The number of alumni who participate in showings of the alumni of many other supporting the University, by a gift of one colleges and universities. dollar or even fifty cents, is important to­ If, percentage-wise, the participation day, not only in itself but in what it will of Notre Dame alumni in the Annual Fund influence others to do. could be increased, the effect for Notre Because of this fact. Foundation Week Dame, just now, would be incalculable. was started on the campus last year. One very large foundation is trying to de­ Foundation Week was conducted by the cide the particular educational institutions students themselves. They wanted a large which will receive parts of one of the great­ response from the student body. So one est sums ever to be given away. This of the rules they established was this: No foundation is circulating questionnaires student is permitted to give more than five among universities and colleges. Signifi­ cents. Nearly every student on the cam­ cantly, this foundation wants to know, pus was approached. The results were Hov/ many alumni are supporting your in­ remarkable. Ninety-two percent of the stitution? student body on campus gave to the Foundation. This was an expression of each Of all university and college alumni, student that he assumed some responsi­ certainly Notre Dame's are among the most bility in the work of the Foundation, that he loyal. When they sense an oDportunity understood what the Foundation was trying for the University, they are likely to take to do, and that he heartily endorsed the advantage of it. But a large part of our Foundation Program. alumni are young. Some 65 percent of them have been graduated since 1940. The importance now placed upon the This means that 65 percent are under 36 number of alumni and students who assist years of age. A large number are raising the University is likely to be continued for families, sending sons and daughters to many years. By this direct appeal to alum­ school, helping build churches, schools and ni and by the Foundation Week, we hope hospitals, obligating themselves for in­ to instill in Notre Dame men the habit of surance as protection for their loved ones. giving what they can every year. If the alumnus gives one dollar, and this is all that These alumni are saying to themselves, his budget permits, he may derive merit as "In a few years, I shall do my part for great as another who gives one thousand Notre Dame. I cannot do it now." dollars. Not only that, but his dollar may If, however, participation of Notre be multiplied by several times, through the Dame alumni can be advanced from fifty influence his participation will have upon to ninety percent—or 100 percent—it is corporations, foundations, and non-alumni almost inevitable that corporations, non- friends of Notre Dame. Notre Dame Alumrms, November-December, 1955 Grants Assist N.D. £AitM*d eo4tuH^HU ..iTsi::;^ Research Projects '"^ > Notre Dame has received grants} totalling $49,556 from the National \ The Class of 1906 will celebrate its E. M. Morris, long-time Trustee and Institutes of Health for research at its Golden Jubilee next June. advisor of Notre Dame's development. Lobund Institute and its departments ^Vhat is it that, through the years, T. B. Cosgrove, another valued Lay of biolog)' and chemistr>'. has made it one of Tmstee of the University, outstanding The Lobund Institute was awarded the unique and one Los Angeles attorney and leader of a grant of $29,814 for research di­ of the great Class­ Notre Dame interests. rected by Professor James A. Rejniiei-s es? on "The Rearing and Study of Germ- .-Arthur Funk, LaCrosse, Wis., manu­ Sixty-six Senior free Animals." Rcynicrs is the founder facturer, whose interest in Notre Dame pictures in the first and director of the Institute which hag was translated into his estate with a DOME — the year­ developed the gennfree animal as a $30,000 bequest this year, but whose book founded by unique tool in biological and medical family and activities contributed to tliis Class. research. Fift)'-eight degrees Notre Dame all th.rough his active life. Jim Annstrong Professor Charles E. Brambel, head awarded! Frank "Shag" Shaughncssy, a pillar of Notre Dame's biolog)- department, Perhaps it was the impetus of the of athletic integrity and international received a grant of $12,193 in support first year of the golden presidency of friendship, as long-time president of of his research on "Blood Coagulation the late Rev. John AV. Cavanaugh, the International League, a baseball Inhibitors." A gi:ant of §4,358 was C.S.C., whose orator)' and pei-sonality great. awarded to Dr. Donald T. Chalkley, raised the focus of Notre Dame from assistant professor of biologj-, for re­ John F. Shea, who, widi his brother the Midwest to the world. search on "The Differentiation in Vitro Rev. Michael Shea, '04, is remembered of Regeneration Blastema." v' Undoubtedly it was in part the by Notre Dame men everj'time their Rev.