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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography/Administrative History
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Indexing Terms
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Thomas P. O'Malley, S.J., Collection
    Dates: 1985-1988
    Collection Number: 045
    Creator/Collector: O'Malley, Thomas, P., S.J.
    Extent: 1 oversize flat box (1.75 linear feet)
    Repository: Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library
    Los Angeles, California 90045-2659
    Abstract: This collection consists primarily of plaques and awards given Rev. Thomas P. O’Malley, S.J., prior to his service at Loyola Marymount University.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.

    Publication Rights

    Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors

    Preferred Citation

    Thomas P. O'Malley, S.J., Collection. Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Rev. Thomas P. O'Malley, S.J. Accession number: 1991.1

    Biography/Administrative History

    Reverend Thomas P. O’Malley, S.J., was born in Massachusetts in 1930 and died in Boston in 2009. He became a novitiate of the Society of Jesus sometime around 1953 and was ordained in Brussels in 1961. Six years later he earned his doctorate in early Christian Theology from Nijmegen University (the Netherlands). He taught at Boston College, chairing the Classics department and the Department of Theology, before leading the College of Liberal Arts there. In 1980 he became president of John Carroll University in Cleveland and in 1991 assumed the presidency of Loyola Marymount University, where he led a significant expansion of the school’s endowment and physical infrastructure as well as hiring a significant number of minority faculty members. He left LMU in 1999.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Rev. Thomas P. O’Malley, S.J. (1930-2009), was president of Loyola Marymount University from 1991 to 1999. Upon his retirement in 1999, he donated many items to the Department of Archives and Special Collections. This includes this collection consisting primarily of plaques and awards given to O'Malley prior to his service at Loyola Marymount University. The donation also included books and postcards, which were treated separately from this collection. The University Archives also contains material relating to Rev. O’Malley and his presidency of the University.

    Indexing Terms

    O'Malley, Thomas, P., S.J.
    University president

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