Thomas Aquinas College is unique among American colleges and universities, offering a faithfully Catholic education comprised entirely of the Great Books and classroom discussions.
Truth, and nothing less, sets men free; and because truth is both natural and supernatural, the College’s curriculum aims at both natural and divine wisdom.
The intellectual tradition and moral teachings of the Catholic Church infuse the whole life of Thomas Aquinas College, illuminating the curriculum and the community alike.
Do you enjoy grappling with complex questions? Are you willing to engage in discussions about difficult concepts, with the truth as your ultimate goal?
There is always something to do at TAC — something worthwhile, something fulfilling, and something geared toward ever-greater spiritual and intellectual growth.
Nothing speaks more to the versatility of the College’s academic program than the good that our alumni are doing throughout the Church and the world.
Michael Grace has served as an intellectual property and trial attorney for over 35 years and now is a member of the Sovereign Council of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, a religious order and subject of international law in Rome, where he serves as Coordinator of the Second Class (Members in Obedience) and as President of the Commission on Names and Emblems.
An emerita member of the Thomas Aquinas College Board of Governors, Maria O. Grant served as the Board’s Chairman from 2003 to 2009. She is an Overseer at the Huntington Library, Gardens and Art Collections and a tour guide at the Huntington Library and the Norton Simon Museum. Mrs.
It was 2003 when Berni Neal of Capistrano Beach, Calif., first learned about Thomas Aquinas College, and “it truly has been a love affair” ever since, she says. For Mrs. Neal and her husband, Robert, the relationship was a natural fit.
Frederick J. Ruopp has been a member of the Thomas Aquinas College Board of Governors since 1982 and served as its chairman from 1986 to 1992. One of the nation’s top-rated money managers, he has lent his vast expertise in financial concerns in overseeing the College’s budget and financial affairs.
Donald E. Swartz of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., is a semi-retired entrepreneur and real-estate investor. Mr. Swartz has had a strong relationship with the College dating back to the mid-1980s, at which time he was convinced of the need to promote its unique academic program.
“When I was in College, I used to be on my knees in the chapel begging God to let me be a philosopher,” says Dr. Henry Zeiter. “But my father said, ‘You need to get a life, then you can be a philosopher.’” Dr. Zeiter got a life. In fact, he became one of the nation’s foremost eye surgeons. And he also became a philosopher.
Having grown up in the forests of Washington state’s Olympic peninsula, Andrew W. Zepeda (’79) made a big leap geographically and culturally to attend Thomas Aquinas College.
Rosemary E. Donohue was born the oldest of three children to her father, a prominent New York/New Jersey physician, and her mother, the daughter of the famed jeweler, Adolph Walter. Miss Donohue thus came from third generation Irish Catholics on her father’s side and fourth generation German Catholics on her mother’s side. But her mother died when she was four years old, leaving her father to raise the three young children alone. He saw to it that his children (Rosemary, Eugene, and Daniel) received the best Catholic education available in New York and New Jersey.
Felix S. McGinnis, Jr., was involved with Thomas Aquinas College from almost the very beginning. He joined the Board of Governors in 1974 and served on it until his retirement in 2001, at which point, by resolution of his erstwhile colleagues, he was granted emeritus status in honor of his many years of exemplary work.
