(Thomas Aquinas College Newsletter, Spring 2003 )

The Hon. William A. Wilson, the first U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See in 117 years and an emeritus member of the Thomas Aquinas College Board of Governors, died of cancer on December 5, 2009, at his home in Carmel Valley, Calif.

Long before joining the Board of Governors in 2010, Dr. Thomas Krause actively supported Thomas Aquinas College as a benefactor, a parent and, perhaps most notably, an employer. A founding partner at the Krause Bell Group, an international consulting firm specializing in organizational culture and safety management, Dr.

“The story of Thomas Aquinas College is one of Divine Providence,” said Founding President Dr. Ronald P. McArthur in 2011. “What this College has become, what it has achieved, in just four decades is far greater than the sum of our human labors. Where our own efforts have failed — where we have erred or simply come up short — He has, again and again, offered His blessings and protection.”

Thomas P. Sullivan was president of Jefferson Realty Corp. and Jefferson Development Corp. in Los Angeles. Mr. Sullivan served as president of the Pasadena City College Foundation and was president of the Los Angeles Rotary Club No. 5 for 1987-88.

Judy and James Barrett are owners of Chateau Montelena in Calistoga, Calif. Mr. Barrett opened the winery in 1972, after having founded a successful law firm in Los Angeles. Although the winery had been established in 1882, it had long since abandoned commercial wine production when Mr. Barrett took it over.

A 1985 graduate of Claremont McKenna College with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics, R.

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