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Article: Thomas O'Malley; BC teacher led Loyola Marymount; at 79
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2009
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LOS ANGELES - The Rev. Thomas P. O'Malley, an engaging and
scholarly priest who headed Loyola Marymount University during a
period of significant expansion in the 1990s, died in Boston
Wednesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 79.
His death was announced by Boston College, where he was a
professor and former dean.
Father O'Malley was president of Loyola Marymount, the Jesuit
campus in Los Angeles, from 1991 to 1999. A skillful fund- raiser,
he oversaw a capital improvement drive that raised $144 million, $16
million more than its goal. Among the projects completed during his
tenure were the Hilton Center for Business and the Burns Recreation
Center.
He also initiated the development of ...