The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-15
REV. FATHER FULTON DEAD
The Eminent Jesuit Priest
Passes Away at Santa
Clara College.
Brief Review Of a Career Distin-
guished by His LaborS and
Achievements.

One of the most able Jesuits and beloved
priests of the order, Rev. Robert Fulton,
died at Santa Clara College recently of
apoplexy at the age of 20 years. He had
been sufferer for the past five years and
his death was not unexpected.
Father Fulton was one of those pioneers
of education and religious advancement
whose whole life was given up to the paths
he had chosen, and where he walked his
works were shown by the betterment of
the people and those with whom he came
in contact.
His mother became Visitation nun
after his fathers death, and afterward was
Sister Superior of the Georgetown Vista
ton Convent. While devoting her life to
this work her son went abroad to study
and travel, but the news followed him that
his mother had passed away. 1t was a
great shock to the young priest, and it has
since been the regret of his life that he
was not at her bedside when she was
called. The good woman was buried be-
side the remains of her husband in George
town, and while Father Fulton was re-
turning to California after the interment
he expressed to Martin Murphy of San
Jose that when the hand of death settled
beloved parents.
Strangely enough, Mr.. Murphy, son of
Hon. B. D. Murphy of San Jose, was one
of Father Fulton's favorite pupils at
Georgetown College and came West with
him. The attachment between master and
pupil was so strong that the latter invited
the former to make his fathers home his
own while in San Jose. This invitation
was accepted and during the last days of
RI f-it h ff1l SC dan,
by the attention he received from his
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy, her son and
others.
During Father Fulton's lifetime he had
made many staunch and devoted friends,
who were with him to the last. Ernest
Doyle, prominent attorney of Sen Fran
cisco, with his residence at Menlo Park,
was a collegemate of Rev. Robert Fulton.
The Bowie brothers, sons of the late DR..
Bowie, were pupils of Father Fulton's, and
during the illness of the deceased. young
DR.. Bowie attended him, doing all in his
power to prolong the life of his dear pro-
lessor and remained at his side to the last.
Attorney Loughborough was also pupil
Of the departed priest, as were a great
many other prominent men. They are
plentiful wherever the reverend gentle
man has ever been.
Father Fulton had come to California
from Boston in the hope that the genial
climate of this State might prove benefi-
cial to his health, but it was too late.
The deceased was distinguished men,
Der of the Jesuit order. and held all the
highest offices in the order except that of
general. He was born at Alexandria, Va,
June 26, 1926, and was educated at George
town College, Washington, D. G. At the
conclusion of his studies he entered the
Jesuit order August 81. 1s43. His labors
in Boston for the advancement of literary
culture among all classes of society gained
him the respect OF such men as Il. w.
Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The latter considered Father Fulton the
most brilliant conversationalist in Amer
lea.
While president of Boston College
Father Fulton built magnificent hall for
the Young Mems Catholic Association and
fitted it up at great expense. His enthu-
siasm and love for that institution was
indirectly the cause of his death.
He was the only Jesuit who had ever
been invited to address the students of
Harvard College, and his death will be
felt by all classes of people and all kinds of
men In America. He was a Christian at
heart and sincere man.