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Acknowledgments My list of people to thank is long. For inspiration, one who most stands out appears in these pages. Joseph R. Frese, S.J., was my mentor from my arrival at Fordham when I served his daily Mass on the fourth floor of Dealy Hall. He gave me my topic for my first book, The Eagle and Brooklyn, concelebrated my first Mass, and preached at my final vows. Thomas Hennessy, S.J., Robert Grimes, S.J., Roger Wines, and Msgr. Thomas Shelley generously shared their deep knowledge of Fordham history. Patrice Kane and Vivian Shen, Fordham archivists, generously made their treasures available. Many professionals and friends read parts of the manuscript and offered corrections and suggestions or helped with research: Kate Adams, John Antush, Richard and Bernadette Cieciuch, Tom Curran, Daniel A. Degnan, S.J., John Deedy, Jim Dwyer, Herman Eberhardt and Laura Chmielewski, Susan (Barrera) Fay, Alice Gallin, O.S.U., Don Gillespie, John Harney, David Herndon, Robert H. Hinkle, Jerry Holden, John and Carolyn Holl, Jonah Hulst, Robert Keck, S.J., James R. Kelly, John Kezel, William Lanouette, James Loughran, S.J., Mark Massa, S.J., Morgan Melchiore, Joe Muriana, Paul Nigido, Danny O’Byrne, Nick and Patricia O’Neill, John W. Padberg, S.J., Nicola Pitchford, Peter Reichard, Rene Sanchez, Arthur Schore, Stephen Stuart, David Toolan, S.J., Rupert Wentworth, and Mike Wilson. Finally, I thank my own Jesuit community at St. Peter’s College, where most of this was written, and the staffs of the St. Peter’s College library and of the Jesuit villa houses at Cornwall-on-Hudson and Mitchell Farm, where I could interrupt my writing with a swim. ix 16950-00_Fordham_FM 6/4/08 11:47 AM Page ix ...

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