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Belmont Abbe^ College
VOLUME 4II ISSUE
BELMONT, NORTH CAROLINA 28012
AUGUST, 1975
Abbot Edmund Resigns
Father Jude Cleary
Named Abbot-Elect
The Very Reverend
Jude Cleary, O.S.B., 49,
was designated today as
abbot-elect of Belmont
Abbey in a special
election held in the
monastery chapel.
Following confirmation
by Pope Paul VI, which is
expected to take ap
proximately four weeks.
Father Jude' will become
the fifth abbot in Belmont
Abbey’s 99-year history.
Forty-seven members
of the Belmont Abbey
tv
Abbot Edmund McCaffrey
community voted in the
election, which was
conducted by the
president of the
federation of Benedictine
monasteries to which
Belmont Abbey belongs,
the Right Reverend
Martin Burne, O.S.B., of
St. Mary’s Abbey in
Morristown, New Jersey.
The selection of a new
abbot was necessitated
by the resignation of the
Right Reverend Edmund
F. McCaffrey, O.S.B., on
June 3. McCaffrey had
been abbot since March
' 1970. He "Will continue to
serve as a monk at
Belmont Abbey.
Since Abbot Edmund’s
resignation, the prior of
Belmont Abbey, Father
Peter N. Stragand,
O.S.B., has been serving
as apostolic ad
ministrator. He will
remain in charge of the
monastery until Father
Jude’s election is ap
proved by Pope Paul.
Father Jude came to
Belmont Abbey in 1950,
following his graduation
from Georgia Institute of
Technology with a
bachelor’s degree in
mechanical engineering.
He was professed hs a
Benedictine monk in
November 1951 and was
ordained to the
priesthood in 1956.
Since his ordination.
Father Jude’s services to
Belmont Abbey College
have been many and
varied. He has served as
mathematics instructor,
chaplain, academic dean
pro tempore, registrar,
and development
director. The physical
expansion at the College
is due in large part to his
direction.
He was appointed
president of Belmont
Abbot-Elect Jude Cleary
Abbey College in May
1967 and served in that
.capacity until the ap
pointment of The Very
Reverend John P.
Bradley in August 1970.
He has served as
assistant to Father
Bradley since 1970.
Father Jude was born
in Savannah, Georgia,
and is the son of the late
George Joseph and Annie
Travers Ccleary. He
attended parochial
schools in Savannah and
served in the Air Force
Aviation Cadet Program
during World War II. He
has two brothers,
William and Bernard,
both of Savannah.
125 Belmont Abbey Seniors Receive Degrees
One hundred and
twenty-five seniors were
awarded bachelor’s
degrees during com
mencement exercises on
Sunday, June 18. The
following students
graduated with honors:
Summa cum laude:
Paul Ellis Brown, Jr., of
Burlington, N.J.; Grace
Johanne DiSanto of
Morganton, N.C.; and
Donald William Pruitt of
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Magna cum laude:
John Aloysius Beyrau,
Jr., of Lynchburg, Va.;
Gary Maynard Greene of
Lowell, N.C.; Danny
Albert McBee of
Gastonia, N.C.; Kevin
Murray McGowan of
Richmond, Va.; and
Glenn James Trull, Jr. of
Belmont, N.C.
Cum laude: Walter
Duncan Brown, Jr. of
Charlotte, N.C.; Michael
Richard Dove of Winston-
Salem, N.C.; Kathy
Haverty Drumm of Mt.
Holly, N.C.; William
Liles Jones of
Wadesboro, N.C.;
Dominick Francis
Terranova of Warlton,
N.J.; and Malcolm Niven
Thrower of Charlotte,
N.C.
Robert Lee Daniel, Jr.,
a senior Economics and
Business major from
Chesapeake, Va., won the
coveted “Abbeyman of
the Year” award.
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Sam J. Ervin, Jr.
...the speaker
Senior Michael Dove
...the listener