A Jesuit And His Golf Clubs

Beer filling charity's tap: Trust donating profit from sales of Pabst and its other brands, but ethical concerns raised

September 08, 2008

John LoSchiavo, S.J. has been a fixture at the University of San Francisco for decades, serving as its president from 1977 to 1991 before taking the chancellor's post. Meanwhile, Giraudo's wife, Suzanne Giraudo, works at California Pacific Medical Center's Kalmanovitz Child Development Center. Giraudo said neither LoSchiavo's or his wife's relationship with grantees poses any ethical issues. The Kalmanovitz foundation made multiyear pledges to both the University of San Francisco and California Pacific Medical Center before either he or LoSchiavo joined the foundation's board, Giraudo said. As for personal benefits, he said neither his wife nor LoSchiavo get any from grants made by the foundation. LoSchiavo "is a Jesuit priest who's taken a vow of poverty," Giraudo said. "Anything he gets has to go to the Jesuit community of San Francisco." He owns "a set of golf clubs" and that's about it, Giraudo said.

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