Aloysius C. Galvin; Georgetown Prep TeacherNovember 24, 2007
The Rev. Aloysius Carroll Galvin, 82, a Jesuit priest who was the former president of the University of Scranton and a longtime mathematics teacher at Georgetown Preparatory School, died of cancer Nov. 23 in the Jesuit community on the campus of the school in North Bethesda.
Father Galvin, known to family and friends as "Wish," was born in Baltimore and graduated from Loyola High School in 1942.
He enrolled at Loyola College in Baltimore but entered the Navy's V-12 emergency
officers' training program soon afterward and was sent to Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Md. He served as the executive officer of a patrol craft
submarine chaser and was assigned to the Aleutian Islands.
He returned to Loyola College in 1946. A lifelong sports enthusiast, he played basketball and boxed while he was in the Navy and was a basketball standout at Loyola. He received his bachelor's degree in 1948. In August of that year, he entered the Society of Jesus in the Maryland Province and was ordained a priest June 23, 1957. After teaching English and Latin for a year at St. Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia, he became the academic dean at Loyola College, serving in that position from 1959 to 1965. He took his final vows Aug. 15, 1965.
He once said that he decided to become a Jesuit because he enjoyed the work of
the order: teaching and working with children. "All the Jesuits I knew were
happy," he said.
Father Galvin was president of the University of Scranton from 1965 to 1970, when he left to teach at Georgetown Prep. Three days after his arrival, he had a heart attack and lived in the infirmary in 1970 and 1971. After his recovery, he returned to the classroom and continued teaching math until his death nearly four decades later. He was a fan of Georgetown Prep athletics and frequently watched games from the sidelines, in recent years from a golf cart the alumni gave him. He also was the football team's chaplain. He was frequently named a favorite teacher and in October was inducted as an inaugural member of the Georgetown Prep Athletic Hall of Fame, recognized for counseling students over the years. Asked why he stayed at Georgetown Prep for so many years, he replied: "Nobody asked me to move, and I was very happy here. It was a good religious community."
Survivors include a sister and a brother.
Survivors include a sister and a brother.
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From Georgetown Prep website
Rev. Aloysius C. Galvin, S.J., 1925-2007
November 23, 2007
Members of the Prep Community,
Today Prep lost one of its greatest treasures. Rev. Aloysius Carroll Galvin, S.J. passed away peacefully this morning. He was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year but never lost his positive attitude and loving spirit. Fr. Galvin devoted his life to Christ and the Society of Jesus. For the past thirty-seven years our Georgetown Prep community has benefited from his loving service. As a priest, teacher, college counselor, and chaplain to the football team, he made a lasting impact on thousands of students, scores of fellow faculty members, countless parents, alumni, and friends. We frequently ask the students at Prep to look for God in all things and we teach them, as Christ teaches us, that God is present here on earth, working through us to fulfill His will. Fr. Galvin’s life was a witness to that ideal. In a very real way he lived it every day. It is our mission at Prep to form men of competence, conscience, courage, and compassion; men of faith, men for others. Fr. Galvin’s life personified that mission especially through his thanksgiving for and devotion to the Eucharist. He believed in it, preached it, taught it, and lived it. We will miss Fr. Galvin’s daily presence on our campus but we know he will continue to work for us and for God’s glory as he looks on in Heaven. We invite you to join us as we say goodbye to Fr. Galvin and celebrate his life.
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