Saint Michael's College

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JOHN J. NEUHAUSER
16th President of Saint Michael's College

Saint Michael’s College embraced its 16th president, John J. Neuhauser, with formal ceremony and warm sociability during his Inauguration and related festivities the weekend of Sept. 29-30, 2007.

It was perfectly crisp and sunny fall weather as faculty, staff, students and others in town for Alumni and Family Weekend converged with President Neuhauser’s family and distinguished leaders of church, state and academia to celebrate Saint Michael’s traditions and its optimistic view forward under the longtime Boston College professor and administrator.

Saturday’s events began with late-morning Mass in the chapel, celebrated by Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Burlington diocese. That was followed by a sit-down luncheon in Tarrant Center and a mid-afternoon formal Inauguration ceremony that lasted a bit over two hours complete with processional, bagpipes and other music by the college Chorale and a brass quintet. Directly after the ceremony came an outdoor reception on the library green, and later an elegant evening dinner for faculty and staff with toasts, live music and dancing.

In the greetings, prayers, formal exhortations, informal remarks and testimonials that filled the day, prominent themes recurred: The college’s trademark commitment to social service, justice and sense of community, the founders’ faith-anchored vision for the college, the centrality of teaching, students, truth and academic freedom, and even the Boston Red Sox rivalry with the New York Yankees. The new president, an avid Sox fan, watched the team’s last regular-season game along with several hundred students who turned out for a barbecue Sunday afternoon. more ...