Board of Governors
The Board of Governors is a self-perpetuating body of men
and women entrusted with the task of supervising, controlling,
and managing the affairs of the College in such a way as to
achieve its end as outlined in the College's founding document,
A Proposal for the Fulfillment of Catholic Liberal Education.
All authority and responsibility within the College resides
with the Board of Governors.
Current Governors
(* indicates College faculty member )
R. James Wensley, Chairman: Retired President and
CEO of Capstone Turbine Corp.; former CFO and Vice President of
Hughes Aircraft Company.
Mark E. Montgomery, Vice Chairman: Member of the
Board of Directors and officer of Montgomery Management Company,
a real estate management and development business in Los Angeles,
California; Vice-President of the Americanism Educational League
John W. Neumayr, Vice President:* [profile]
Founder and senior tutor; Dean (1971-81); formerly taught at Santa
Clara University and at St. Mary's College of California
Marcus R. Berquist, Vice President:* [profile]
Founder and senior tutor; formerly taught at St. Mary's College
of California and the University of San Diego
Peter L. DeLuca, III, Vice President for Finance and
Administration, Treasurer:* [profile]
Founder and senior tutor; Vice President for Finance and Administration
John Quincy Masteller, Secretary:* [article]
General Counsel and Vice President for Development of the
College
James L. Barrett: [interview]
Owner/operator of Chateau Montelena Winery, Calistoga, California;
former senior partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Barrett, Stearns,
Collins, Gleason & Kinney
Mark A. Belnick: [article]
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel of Tyco
International, Ltd.; former senior partner in the New York law firm
of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; former Deputy Chief
Counsel to the U.S. Senate Iran-Contra Committee
Margaret Brooks-Llamas: President of Veris International,
a management consulting firm; former senior human resources
executive at Citicorp.
James P. Conn: Managing Director and Chief Investment
Officer of Financial Security Assurance; former President
and CEO of Bay Meadows Operating Company
Bud (Milton F.) Daily: The managing general partner of the M.F. Daily Investment
Company, a Ventura County based property ownership and development company.
Rosemary E. Donohue: [profile]
A Trustee of the Dan Murphy Foundation; Lady of the Equestrian
Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem; Dame of the Pontifical
Order of St. Gregory the Great
Michael K. Grace: Senior Partner with Grace &
Grace, LLP, a Los Angeles law firm specializing in intellectual
property and complex business litigation; Chairman of the
Southern California Membership Committee of the Order of Malta.
Maria O. Grant: [article] [article]
A Trustee of the Dan Murphy Foundation, Los Angeles, California;
Vice Chair of Overseers of the Huntington Library, Art Gallery and
Gardens, Pasadena, California
Frances O'Connor Hardart: [article]
Dame of the Order of Malta; Lady of the Equestrian Order of the
Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem; serves on the Board of Directors of
Saint Vincent's Hospital, New York, New York and of Mohawk Paper
Mills, Inc., Cohoes, New York
Barbara B. Henkels: Dame of the Order of Malta; Lady
of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem;
Co-Founder and President of Regina Coeli Academy.
Dieter Huckestein: President and CEO of Yellowstone Club World,
the world's only private golf and ski community.
Michael F. McLean:* President (October 24, 2009); Dean of
the College since 2003; Tutor since 1978; Vice President for Development
(1987-92); Assistant Dean for Student Affairs (1981-87).
Bernarda Neal: President of Mary's Shelter, which provides
assistance to homeless mothers. Member of the boards of the Orange
Catholic Foundation, the Magis Institute, and Mudpuddle Films.
Ronald J. Richard:* [article]
Tutor at the College since 1976; M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics
from the University of Michigan; Former Research Engineer for Jet
Propulsion Laboratories.
Frederick J. Ruopp: [profile]
Chairman and CEO of Chelsea Management Co, an investment firm
in Los Angeles, California; Knight of Malta
Theresa Salameno: Member of the boards of Stone Hill College
in Massachusetts and Ramapo College in New Jersey. Also active with
the Boston-based educational group Peace Games and the Colonial
Williamsburg Teacher Institute
Thomas P. Sullivan: President of Jefferson Realty Corporation
and Jefferson Development Corp., Los Angeles, California; Vice-President
of the Salvation Army Board
R. Scott Turicchi: Co-President and CFO of j2 Global Communications.
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Reed Institute.
Henry J. Zeiter: [profile]
Founder and Director of the Zeiter Eye Clinic, Stockton, California;
fellow of the American College of Surgeons; member of the American
Board of Ophthalmology and of many other medical associations; contributing
author for the Time-Life publication, The Mind.
Andrew W. Zepeda: [profile]
General Counsel for the Griffin Companies of Calabasas, California;
of counsel in the law firm of Lurie, Zepeda, Schmalz & Hogan
in Beverly Hills; graduate of Notre Dame Law School; founder of
Life Legal Defense Foundation; president of the Board of Directors
of St. Monica Academy in Pasadena; member of Legatus.
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Governors Emeriti
(* indicates former College faculty member)
John W. Blewett:* Retired in 1997 after 18 years as Vice-President
of the College; previously held senior management positions in employee,
industrial, and labor relations with the Kaiser companies from 1963-80
Ronald P. McArthur: [profile]
President Emeritus and tutor of the College; previously taught
at San Francisco College for Women, St. Mary's College of
California, University of San Francisco, and Santa Clara University.
Herbert H. McDade, Jr.: Chairman of Access Pharmaceutical
Corp. in Dallas, Texas; CEO of Thomas Corp.; former chairman
and president of Armour Pharmaceutical Corp. and of several
other pharmaceutical companies
Felix S. McGinnis: [article]
President of the Leonardt Foundation of Los Angeles; Knight
of Malta; Knight of the Holy Sepulchre; Knight of St. Gregory
Edward N. Mills: [profile] Founder
of Milsolv Companies, a group of chemical and energy concerns in
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa; Knight Commander of the Equestrian
Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
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Deceased Governors
William Bently Ball: [in
memoriam] Senior partner in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania law
firm of Ball, Skelly, Murren & Connell; prominent constitutional
lawyer noted for his defense of religious liberty and litigation
before the U.S. Supreme Court; d. Jan 99.
Harry G. Browne, M.D.: [in
memoriam] Vice President of Therapeutic Antibodies,
Inc., New York, New York; Clinical Assistant professor of pathology
at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; specialist in tropical
medicine; d. Aug 2009.
Margaret Browne: Dame of Malta; long active in Catholic
social services and orphanage work; d. May 90.
Thomas E. Dillon: President of the College, 1991-2009; Dean
(1981-91); tutor since 1972; member of the U.S. Department of Education's
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity,
which advises the Secretary of Education on matters of accreditation;
d. Apr 2009.
J. Peter Grace: Chairman and president of W.R. Grace
& Co.; d. Jun 95.
William R. Hayden: Founder, Shopping Bag Food Stores; Vice-President,
Vons Stores; President, William R. Hayden & Associates, San
Gabriel, California; Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory;
Knight of Malta; member of the Board of Governors of Thomas Aquinas
College 1972-1974; d. 1990.
William J. Isaacson: Senior partner in the Chicago,
Illinois law firm of Henehan, Donovan & Isaacson; co-founder
of the Institute on Religious Life; Knight of Holy Sepulchre; board
member of the Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights and
many other Catholic organizations; d. Mar 96.
Carl N. Karcher: Founder of the "Carl's Junior"
restaurant chain; Chairman Emeritus of Carl Karcher Enterprises;
Horatio Alger Award Winner; Knight of Malta; d. Jan 2008.
John R. Kiely: Executive consultant to Bechtel,
Inc. in San Francisco; Knight of Malta; d. Jan 96.
William S. Lawton, Jr.: [in
memoriam] [profile]
Founding Board member of the College; served in the Korean and
Vietnam wars and later as a liaison officer in France and Japan;
graduate of the State Department's School of Foreign Service; d.
Sep 00.
Sr. Eileen MacDonald, I.H.M.: Superior General of the
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Wichita, Kansas; d. Dec
90.
J. Edward Martin: [profile]
Partner at Albert C. Martin and Assoc. in Los Angeles, one of the
oldest and largest architectural, engineering and planning firms
in the West; instrumental in soliciting the funds necessary to open
the College in 1971.
Ralph M. McInerny: [profile]
[article]Michael
P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies and Director of the
Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame; prolific
author and co-founder and publisher of Crisis and
Catholic Dossier magazines; d. Jan. 2010.
Francis J. Milligan, Jr.: Senior partner in the Chicago,
Illinois law firm of Hoogendoorn, Talbot, Davids, Godfrey &
Milligan; co-founder of the Institute on Religious Life; Knight
of Holy Sepulchre; director of National Conference on Christians
and Jews and many Catholic organizations; d. Dec 97.
Francis J. Montgomery: [interview]
CEO of Montgomery Management Co., a real estate management and development
business in Los Angeles, California; Knight of Malta; Knight of
the Holy Sepulchre; member of Board of Governors of Thomas Aquinas
College, 1971-2003; d. Jan 06.
Richard L. Noble: [in
memoriam] A partner in the Los Angeles-based law firm of Noble
and Campbell; lecturer at the USC Tax Institute and contributor
to legal publications; d. Dec 02.
John E. Schaeffer: Senior partner in the law firm of
Cooper, White and Cooper in San Francisco. Member of the board of
Thomas Aquinas College 1971-1995; d. Jan 05.
William Weber Smith: [profile]
[article]
Specialist in internal medicine with practice group in Beverly Hills,
California; associated with Saint John's Hospital, Santa Monica,
as former Chief of Staff and member of its Board of Trustees; associated
with Santa Monica Hospital; examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration;
d. Feb 07.
Chauncey Stillman: Founder of the Homeland Foundation
and the Wethersfield Institute; d. Jan 89.
William A. Wilson: [profile]
The first United States Ambassador to the Holy See under President
Reagan (1984-86), and Personal Envoy to the Vatican (1981-84); Chairman
of San Vincente Investments Co., an independent business and financial
consulting company in Los Angeles
Joseph A. Wynne: President, Joseph A. Wynnne Insurance Agency,
San Francisco, California; Knight of Malta; member of the Board
of Governors of Thomas Aquinas College 1975-1987; d. 1988.
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