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Date
1958
Description
The Student Council meets in Berchman’s Hall. A poster for the Shadowbrook Fund is in the background. Students we have identified include: Gordon G. Willard ’58 in the center with cigarette, and next to him, Robert Healey ’59 seated on the right. Student Council President William J. Doyle ’58 is seated to the left of the Shadowbrook poster. The Rev. Thomas F. Lyons, S.J., Dean of Students, is seated to the right behind the students.
Notes
Shadowbrook was an 100-room mansion built in 1893 by banker Anson Phelps Stokes in Lenox, Massachussets. Established as a Jesuit novitiate in 1922, it was an active educational center for generations of young men who studied and practiced there. Tragedy struck in 1956 when Shadowbrook was destroyed by fire and four Jesuit fathers perished in the flames. The Jesuits decided to build a new facility just down the hill which was completed in 1957. The Shadowbrook Fund Drive of which Fairfield University was a part contributed to the new school. Eventually, due to declining enrollment and rising costs, the Society of Jesus sold the facility in 1970. Image date is approximate.
Publisher
Fairfield University
Collection
Image Archive
Original Format
Photographic print; black-and-white; 5 x 7 in.
Digitization Date
2008
Repository
Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections
Copyright
© Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections. This resource may be used for educational or non-commercial purposes. Please direct any questions to digital@fairfield.edu.
Repository Citation
"Student Council in Berchman’s Hall." 1958. Image Archive. Fairfield University Archives and Special Collections. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/image-archive/201.