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The Most Reverend Bishop Charles Francis Buddy,

Founders Chapel, a 1,000 seat theatre, classrooms, offices

first Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, planned con- and dormitories. struction of the San Diego University complex soon after

The colleges functioned separately until the late 1960s when joint academic operations began. Plans for a merg- er were complete in 1971; the new organization contained

his appointment in late 1936. From the beginning, he worked with Mother Rosalie Clifton Hill of the Society of

the Sacred Heart's San Francisco College for Women. Later, in 1946, Mother Hill and a group of nuns came to San Diego and took up residence in Old Town where they could su- pervise the planning, design and construction of the University's College for Women. Together the nuns and the Bishop searched for an appropriate site. They settled on the sage- and chaparral-covered Linda Vista Mesa overlooking Mission Valley, Tecolote Canyon and Mission Bay • an ideal site for

the College of Arts and Sciences, and Schools of Law, Education and Business Administra- tion. Bishop Leo T. Maher became Chairman of the Board of Trustees. In 1974 the Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing was begun and the university continued to grow. In the fall of 1979 the combined student enrollment was 4,123; by 1989, it had reached 5,800. Dr. Au- thor E. Hughes took the helm as president in 1971. His leadership, with the assistance of Sister Sally Furay, vice president and provost, and the support of dedicated scholars within the university, assured continuance of the The School of Law developed an enviable record throughout the West because of the school's unique community role.

university purposes. By 1949 Bishop Buddy • Bfshop C.F.

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had carefully and systematically acquired 167

acres. In that year, the private coeducational ../~s~op,,of the Roman Catholic university received its 1 ~ Diego, •

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charter from the State of California.

The first unit of the liberal arts division - the San research and professionalism of its faculty, the services Diego College for Women - opened in 1952; it was de- of its legal clinics to the community and success of its signed, financed and equipped by the Society of the graduates. The School of Education from 1972 to 1979 Sacred Heart. The College for Men, sponsored and fi. concentrated on developing three areas of special educa- nanced by the Diocese of San Diego, began classes in tion · severely handicapped, physically handicapped and 1954. The School of Law, inaugurated in 1954 in tempo- learning handicapped. This program, coupled with strong rary quarters, opened on campus in Thomas More Hall in master's degree programs in curriculum and instruction, December, 1957. counseling, special education and educational adminis- The architectur- tration, helped fill a community need for high quality al style for the uni- graduate education. In 1978 the school added a doctoral versity buildings program (Ed.D.) with an emphasis in was determined by leadership. Mother Hill. She The School of Business Administration had been favor- reflects a nationwide tide of interest in ably impressed by the corporate world. Established in 1972, the University of it has been the fastest-growing branch of Alcala de Henares the University of San Diego. Within a near Mad rid, short time, students and faculty alike be- Spain, where San gan to engage in significant research pro- Diego de Alcala jects and community internships. Full-

talents. Once they enrolled, I knew that a spirit was being communicated to them by faculty, staff, adminis– trators. I firmly believe that this spirit, expressed in the 'personal touch,' in caring about others, is USD's underlying continuity in its 40-year life. Then and now, this spirit resides in and emanates from students, faculty, staff, administrators, par– ents and friends who find an intellectual and spiritual 'home' at the University of San Diego." Sr. Sally M. Furay, RSCJ USD Provost

Mother Ro?tdill Hill lf\:– companied.,..oy two sisters of the Socie.ty of the Sa– tn-ed Heart.

(St. Didacus) had perfo rmed his

time faculty members increased from sev-

;,_~i~ Sr. Sall)' M.' Fpfa)'; RSCJ, our -l>rovost -,id Vice-President.

en to thirty and enrollment from 250 to work. She, there- 1,186 during the first decade. The School

fore, chose Spanish Renaissance architecture for the first unit of the University of San Diego and set the pattern for the buildings to follow. Bishop Buddy, in agreement

of Nursing has also been recognized for its out~tanding professional education for

registered nurses in San Diego. Their program leads to a with Mother Hill's concept, vowed that the ornamenta- , bachelor or master of science in nursing. It announced a tion would embody his research into Christian symbol- doctorate in nursing science in 1984. ism. . . . . "Back in the College for Women days, I often marveled :h~ Umv~rs1ty rece1v~ m_any of its elegant tapestries, that USD continued to attract such fine students year parntmgs, silver and fu~mshmgs th~ugh a bequest from after year- bright, responsive, articulate, sharing their

the James Flood estate m San Francisco to the Society of the Sacred Heart. The College for Women, designed by architect Frank L. Hope, represented an investment by the Society of the Sacred Heart of more than $4 million and today houses the James and Helen K. Copley Library,

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