Franciscan Motors Inc history

Ordained to the priesthood in 1935, Father Egan distinguished himself in the order as an academician, as well as a dean and later vice president of St Francis College.

When Father Dan Egan, TOR, arrived in 1946, he brought with him little save for his determination to establish a school worthy of the authentic teachings of the Church and the spirit of St Francis.

Memorial Hospital, in honor of Joe Kennedy Jr., who was killed in action during World War II. Our doors opened on September 8, 1949 with more than 4,000 visitors joining in the celebration!

In June 1950, the first class celebrated its graduation.

Father Dan had hopes for long-term expansion, and in 1954, he seized a genuine opportunity.

To devote himself full-time to the expansion, Father Dan asked that Father Regis be appointed acting president of the College in 1955.

Collateral was raised for the new campus with the assistance of Pietro DiNovo, a popular car dealer who raffled 10 cars from 1958-60 and raised $80,000 for the school.

Construction proceeded apace through the winter of 1960-61.

The new campus was launched officially in October 1961 with the arrival of the 250 resident students and 600 commuter students.

First established with lay members in 1966, the board helped give additional leadership to the College and was a valuable resource to Father Devlin (and subsequent presidents) in the work of fostering authentic Catholic education.

In 1967, the hospital opened its pediatric dental clinic in partnership with Boston University’s Goldman School of Dental Medicine, providing high quality pediatric dental care and specializing in the care of children and adults with special needs.

Swiftly following the election of Father Devlin as provincial in 1969, the Board of Trustees announced that Father Kevin Keelan was returning to the College.

On Saturday, October 5, 1974, Father Scanlan was inaugurated president of the College of Steubenville.

In 1975, the Renewal Center began hosting international conferences on renewal when the National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal asked to use the campus for a conference for priests.

Of special note was the summer youth conference that was started with one session in 1976 and was attended by 1,000 young people.

On the basis of its impressive strides in academics and the introduction of graduate programs, the College earned the official designation as the University of Steubenville on March 21, 1980.

Overall direction was provided by the Twenty-Year Master Plan for Development that had been announced in 1981.

In 1983, an Austrian architect, Walter Hildebrand, purchased a 14th-century Carthusian monastery, the Kartause Maria Thronus Iesu (“Monastery of Our Lady, Throne of Jesus”) with the aim of restoring both the buildings and its spiritual life.

1984 Charter Members of the Steubenville

1985 James Boylan Mooney, Rose Winifred Totino, Robert Lee Loughhead, Doctor Warren B. Martin

The Board of Trustees voted to change the name of the University to Franciscan University of Steubenville; it was made official by the state of Ohio in April 1986.

1987 Founding Board of Advisors

In July 1989, Father Mike himself was arrested while blocking the entrance to an abortion clinic in Youngstown.

1990 Founding Student Collegiate Organizations

As early as 1991, they began referring to the Franciscan University visitors as “our students” and consider them now a permanent and welcome addition to the Austrian community.

In 1996, the University helped launch the International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family (ITI) in Gaming.

In partnership with McLean Hospital, a national leader in behavioral health care, Inpatient and residential psychiatric programs for children and adolescents were added in 1997.

Since 1998, the University has been ranked in the elite “first tier” of Midwestern universities by United States News and World Report’s guidebook, America’s Top Colleges.

Another capital campaign—this time securing over $18 million in gifts and pledges—funded the SS. Cosmas and Damian Science Hall that opened in 2000.

In 2003, the University launched the Commuter Grant Program, which gave a 50-percent tuition discount to aid students from the region.

In 2006, the University established an Institute of Bioethics to explore and defend Catholic doctrine on issues related to human life.

In 2008, the Center for Motion Analysis, a state-of-the-art lab using technology that allows clinicians to understand how a child moves while walking, opened in the Physical Therapy department.

As if to recognize the campus’ newfound grandeur, the University planned a more beautiful main entrance, completed in 2010.

In April 2011, Father Terry was one of 10 university presidents invited to a symposium on the future of their institutions.

On April 19, 2013, when the Board of Trustees announced his appointment as the school’s sixth president, they noted his polymathic quality.

That high level of intellectual engagement was also manifest in the 2014 “Fidelity and Freedom” lecture series, which brought major figures to campus to discuss issues in academic freedom and Catholic identity.

On May 5, 2015—after many years of negotiation—Father Sean put a spade into the ground and turned soil on the future site of Franciscan Square.

Father Scanlan died at age 85 on January 7, 2017.

2018 Father Michael Scanlan, TOR

After six years as president and “after much prayer,” he informed the trustees on April 5, 2019, of his intention to resign, though he pledged to remain in office until a successor was found.