The Department of Education faculty, ca. 1964. Front row, left to right: Sister M. Elsa, O.S.F. M.A.; Jean Warthen, Ph.D.; Mona Shevlin, M.A.; Msgr. Eugene Kevane, Ph.D. (Department Chair); Christine Sweeny, Ph.D.; Wylma Curtain, Ph.D.; Sr. M. Rita, S.N.D., Ph.D. Back row, left to right: George Donovan, Ph.D.; Raymond Steimel, Ph.D.; Rev. Aubert Clark, O.F.M., Conv. Ph.D.; Msgr. Joseph Gorman, M.A., S.T.L.; Msgr. F.J. Houlihan, S.T.D, Ph.D.; Rev. Henry Frederick Fox, S.J., Ph.D.; Frank Drobka, Ph.D. Special Collections, University Photographs, The Catholic University of America.

In 1953 Msgr. Francis Houlahan succeeded Dr. Foran as chair of the Department. He distributed a petition to faculty proposing the Department of Education be made of School of Education. In 1963 Msgr. Eugene Kevane took over as Chair of the Department of Education. In 1964, at the urging of Kevane, Rector William McDonald asked the Board of Trustees to change the Department of Education to a School of Education, citing its unique needs as an expanding professional school. The Board unanimously approved the request.

Source:

John J. Convey, Professor of Education at The Catholic University of America, “The Catholic University Department of Education, 1908-2021 (Unpublished manuscript, 2021), Special Collections, Archives, The Catholic University of America, 11.