Evening star., 1942-12-18
Father German
Named Headof
Georgetown i.
Replaces Dr.. O'Leory,
Who Is Assigned
To St. AIoysius'

Georgetown University. greeted q
new president today in the Very
; Rev. Lawrence Clifton German, g. j.,
former faculty member, welcomed
back after an absence of six and q
half years during which time he
was vice president and dean OF
studies Of Loyola College in Balti-
more.
The change in the administration
Of Washington's 153-year -old Jesuit
university, which took place infor-
mally last. night, had a pleasant
sequel, however, for the many
friends .of Or. Arthur A. OLeary,
S. j., whose retirement came after
seven years in the Office of presi-
dent. He has been assigned to
parochial duties with st. Aloysius
Church in Washington. 1t is the
same parish in which he was born,
grew up and received his early
schooling in Gonzaga High School.
The new president of Georgetown,
A years old, one of the youngest
to hold that position. He assumed
his duties on the authority of the
Very Rev. Zachus ]. Maher, S. j., of
New York City. American repre-
sentative Of the general of the So
ciety of Jesus In Rome. He came
here from Baltimore in the late
afternoon to green the Jesuit mem
bers of the faculty. The orders an
nouncing his appointment and DR..
OLeary's new assignment were read
at dinner by the Rev. David T.
Madden, S. j., minister of the re-
lgious community.
Veteran Chemistry Teacher.
The change places at George
towns helm man who has de-
voted most of his teaching career
to the field of chemistry. On two
separate occasions, HI the past
Father German has been a member
Of its faculty.
His first association was from 1926
to 1929 as assistant professor of
chemistry when he was a young
Jesuit scholastic. He returned again
in 1885 to become professor and
director of the department of chem
1stry, a position he held until his
transfer and promotion to Loyola
College. When Dean George F. Stro-
haver, S. j., died at Georgetown in
September, 1884, Father German
was selected to succeed him as acting
dean of the college OF arts and
sciences, position he held for sew
era1 months. 49,
The position Of president of
Georgetown 4csrries with 1t the
chairmanship Of It's Board of Re-
gents and Father Germans ap-
pointment is expecta To be ratified
at an esa4y board meeting. "A de-
cision may alsosbermNle then with
respect to a. posslt 4ckmAl in-
augural ceremony.
When DR.. O'Leary's six-year term
expired last spring II was known
that he would continue in ONCE only
as long it it would take to find a
suitable successor. With the pass
ing of nearly eight months, however,
1t was thought that he would re-
main until the close Of the, aca-
demic year on January 81.
Active in Many Societies.
Since the armed services are pre-
pairing program of college training
for soldiers and boys in the 1919
year group it was believed the
change in the Georgetown presi-
dency was made at this time to give
the new executive an opportunity to
take over his duties before the &C
tual start of the Army and Navy
training program.
Father German was born in New
York City on September %, 1893. He
entered the Jesuit Order in 1920
after his graduation from Fordham
University. He obtained a M. A.
degree from Boston College in 1926
and a Phi. D. from the Gregorian
University in Rome in 1888.
He was ordained at woodstock
College, Maryland, on June 81. 1882,
by the Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-
Biondi, then apostolic delegate to
the United States.
AS dean at Loyola College, he
made steady improvements IN Its
academic standards and gained
reputation as an experienced execu-
tive. He is widely known in scien-
tific and educational circles, being
active in the American Academy for
the Advancement of Science, the
Jesuit and Catholic Educational As
sociations and a member Of the
American Council on Education. He
belongs also to the Eastern Associ-
alton of College Deans and Advisers
to Men.
DR.. O'Leary Says Farewell.
Father German is of rugged
physique, only few inches shorter
than DR.. OLeary, who towers 6 feet
6 6inches in height.
Georgetowns former president
took leave of the student body last
Monday, before the Christmas holi-
DAYS. 1t was the occasion Of the
celebration of his silver jubilee OF
service on the faculty, which in
cluded 18 years as professor Of ethics
and chairman of the department OF
philosophy. An ardent football fan
Georgetown students will long re-
member him as the restorer Of big
time athletics at the Hilltop after a
long period OF sports de-emphiza-
ton.
A Phi. D. of Georgetown, the uni
versity made him doctor Of divinity
upon his Inauguration to the pres
idency in 1885, The year previous
DR.. OLeary had served as acting
president for a period during the
absence Of the Rev. w. Coleman
Nevils, S.NJ., who was sent Is an
American delegate to the Interna-
tienal Red Cross In Toxic.
He is an LII. D. Of Boston College
and was . member Of the first class
of Jesuit scholastics' to be ordained
ut Georgetown University in 1919 by
the late James Cardinal Gibbons of