Aceto, Tom, 418
Adelson, Warren, 434
Adelson Gallery (New York), 434
Alexander V, Pope, 304
Allen, Judy, 378, 424
Allerton (urban district), 4–5
Almain, Jacques, 220
American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 352, 353
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 294, 333, 500, 501
American higher education
antitrust investigation, 455–56
colleges and universities, 233–34
criticism of, 332–33, 334, 370, 480–81, 483–85
debate on quality of, 478–80
faculty appointments and promotions, 345–47
faculty evaluation, 339–40
governance system, 405–6
governmental support of, 407
in historical perspective, 482–83, 494
institutional leadership, 407–10
number of institutions of, 398
public opinion about, 396–97, 406–7
“publish or perish” cliché, 334, 485
relationship between teaching and research, 331–34, 335–37
student population, 486
surveys of, 334–35, 337–38, 486
tenure system, 340–41
transformation of, 272–73
transition to coeducation, 377, 378
Amherst, Jeffrey, 231, 232
Amherst College, 236, 255, 281, 347, 365, 381, 465
Amis, Kingsley, 254
Anderson, Gordon, 14
Anderson, Ken, 14
Anderson, Martin, 331, 335, 478, 485
Angevine, Jay, 274
Anscombe, G. E. M., 138
Aristotle, 105
Astin, Alexander, 337, 338
Aston, Trevor, 103, 104
Athlone, town of, 6, 76, 89
Attlee, Clement, 357
Auden, W. H., 262
Augustine of Hippo, 246
Austen, Jane, 63
Ayer, A. J., 72, 105
Bahlman, Dudley, 249, 280, 342
Bainton, Roland, 208, 210, 211, 212, 214
Ballycasey, village of, 77, 81
Baron, Hans, 496
Barraclough, Geoffrey, 68, 219, 330
Bascom, John, 276
Basel, Council of, 306
Baumer, Franklin Le Van, 207, 208, 209, 212, 213
Baxter, James Phinney, 236, 238, 267
Becker, Marvin, 261
Becket, Samuel, 182
Becket, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 90
Bede, the Venerable, 98
Behan, Brendan, 3, 4
Bell, Michael, 371, 372
Bellah, Robert, 411–12
Bellarmine, Robert, 313
Belloc, Hilaire, 67
Beloff, Max, 103
Benedict XIII, Pope, 305
Benedict XVI, Pope, 309
Bennett, Alan, 69
Bennett, William J., 241, 407, 479, 481, 482
Bennington College, 261, 262–63, 264–65
Benoit, Joan, 345
Berdyaev, Nikolai, 105
Berek, Peter, 432, 441
Berg, Alan, 432
Berkeley, George, 139
Berlin, Isaiah, 97, 100
Bevis, Bill, 292
Biko, Steven, 381
Blackheath (South East London), 156
Black Student Union, 459, 473
Blanshard, Paul, 217
Blitzer, Charles, 212
Bloom, Allan, 281, 479, 482
Bok, Derek, 382, 387
Bolin, Gaius Charles, 281, 430
Bolin, Lionel, 430
Boorman, John, 37
Booth, David, 366, 424, 445
Bord na Móna (Peat Board), 84, 86–87
Bostert, Russell H., 373
Bouwsma, William J., 256
Bowen, Howard, 334
Bowen, William G., 382
Boyer, Ernest, 334
Boyle, Robert, 256
Brandt, Willi, 318
Breslin, Cathy, 135, 145
Breslin, Dana, 134–36
Breslin, Dr. (father of Cathy and Dana), 136, 145
Briggs, James R., 420–21
Bristol, city of, 176, 182–83
British Library, 156, 501
British Museum, 156, 252, 294, 320
Brock, Michael, 96, 102, 103, 156
Brokaw, Tom, 60
Bronfman, Edgar, 432
Brown, Norman O., 297
Brown, Tina, 259
Browne, Noel, 76
Brownson, Orestes, 301
Bucky, J. Bernard, 361
Bulger, William, 437
Bundy, McGeorge, 217
Burke, Edmund, 413
Burns, James MacGregor, 368, 410
Bury, J. B., 324
Bushell, Eric, 71
Butterfield, Herbert, 66
Callaghan, James, 59, 60
Callus, Daniel, 102
Cambridge, MA, 146–47
Cammell Laird shipyards, 18
Campion, Edmund, 67
Canada
class distinctions, 134
higher education, 133
political system, 129
Card, Michael, 454
Carnegie, Andrew, 13
Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, 268, 334
Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, 483
Carpenter, Edmund Snow, 137
Catholicism
anti-Modernist sentiments in, 300–301, 310–11
changes and reforms, 298, 299–300
ecclesiological tensions within, 308–9
papal primacy issue, 311, 312
teaching on contraception, 310
Catterick Camp, 172
Chandler, John
administrative style, 351, 384, 424
creation of Affirmative Action Office, 378
decision to retire, 388, 418
early life experience, 357–58
faculty committee appointment, 93
personality, 360
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 486
Cheney, Lynne, 407
Chenu, Marie-Dominique, 300–301
Chesterton, G. K., 64
Churchill, Winston, 66, 357
Church of England, 161–62
Civil Investigative Demand (CID), 455, 457
Clark Art Institute. See Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Clarke, Gary, 131
Clwydian Range, 5
Coalition Against Racist Education (CARE), 466
Cohen, Michael D., 396, 397, 408
Colish, Marcia, 323
Coll, Fran, 258
Coll, Marilyn, 258
Collingwood, R. G., 106, 207
Collins, Bob, 222
Collins, Diana, 222
Collins, Michael, 66
Columbus, Christopher, 139
Commager, Henry Steele, 102
Commonwealth Communications Army Network (COMCAN), 176, 177, 178
Compton, Charlie, 367
Congar, Yves, 301
Connaught, province of, 76
Constance, Council of, 305, 306, 307–8, 310, 312–14, 321, 436
Coombs, Bobby, 467
Cooper, James Fenimore, 229, 235, 259
Cornell University, 280, 281, 291–92
Corpus Christi College, 92–122
Costello, John A., 75
Coulton, G. G., 67
Courtenay, William J., 324
Coventry, city of, 3, 4
Cronkite, Walter, 60
Crowther-Hunt, Norman, 95
Culinary Institute of America (CIA), 345, 346
Curran, Peter, 148
Cuyler, Jane, 258
Cuyler, Lou, 258
d’Ailly, Pierre
as “conciliarist,” 305
education and career, 125, 321
on natural right, 304
reputation, 304
scholarly works on, 97, 139–40, 146, 210, 219
Tractatus de materia concilii generalis, 139, 156
Dalzell, Robert F., 392, 449
Dante, Alighieri, 139, 496
Dartmouth College, 461, 462
Darwin, Charles, 209
Davis, Alison, 281
Davis, John, 281
Deck, John, 133
Decter, Midge, 60
Deerfield, town of, 229, 230
de Gaulle, Charles, 30
de Lubac, Henri, 300
Dennet, Tyler, 236, 281
Dennis, Catherine (née Curran), 147
Dennis, Ralph, 147–48
d’Entrèves, Alessandro Passerin, 220–21
Detroit, MI, 141
de Valera, Éamon, 66, 75
Devaney, Tommy (Francis Oakley’s uncle), 9, 76, 78, 81
de Vooght, Paul, 307, 310, 313
Dewey, John, 217
Dickinson, Emily, 486, 499, 502
Dilthey, Wilhelm, 207
Dover, Kenneth, 102, 104, 132
Dublin, city of, 9, 76
Dukakis, Michael Stanley, 433, 438
Duncan, Douglas, 111
Dunham, William Huse, 208, 213, 215, 222
Dvornik, Francis, 70
Eden, Anthony, 184
Edwards, Joan, 469, 473, 475
Einstein, Albert, 217
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 144
Eliot, Charles, 396, 480
Eliot, T. S., 64, 87, 90, 110
Elmsly, “Aunt” Lily (Oakley family friend), 26
Elmsly, “Uncle” Peter (Oakley family friend), 26
Elmsly, “Aunt” Rosie (Oakley family friend), 26
Elton, John, 108, 109, 114, 156
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 486
English, Jim, 389
Eschmann, I. Th., 128
Eugenius IV, Pope, 306
Evergreen State College, 340, 341
Exeter College, Oxford, 92, 95, 97, 448
Fanny (Francis Oakley’s aunt), 11
Fawaz, Faiza, 147, 157
Fink, Karl August, 307
First Vatican Council (1869–1870), 306, 311, 312, 313, 314
Fishwick, Duncan, 115
Fix, Stephen F., 420, 425, 469, 489
Flexner, Abraham, 481
Fliche, Augustin, 70, 219
Florrie (Francis Oakley’s aunt), 10, 11
Flyte, Sebastian, 69
Fokke (cadet), 174–75
Formby, town of, 168, 170
Fraenkel, Eduard, 108
Frank, “Uncle” (Oakley family friend), 34
Frye, Northrop, 136, 137
Fulton, Oliver, 334–35, 336
Fulwood Barracks, 158, 159–60
Galea, Tony, 69, 71
Galway, city of, 76, 78
Gardner, Howard, 411
Gardner, John, 262
Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 67
Gates, Bill, 292, 367
Gaudino, Robert, 283
GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), 181
Geach, Peter Thomas, 138
Geddes, Jenny, 90
Gerson, Jean, 97, 220
Gewertz, Deborah, 379
Giap, Vo Nguyen, 144
Gifford, Don, 279
Gifford, Prosser, 365
Gilson, Étienne, 106, 117, 125, 127, 138, 304, 496
Ginsberg, Allen, 297
Girard, René, 365
“Glass House” (military prison), 190
Glubb, John Bagot, 180
Goethals, George R., 408, 457, 465
Goldstein, Darra, 439
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 439
Gould, Roger, 362
Govan, Michael, 240, 436
Grabois, Neil, 417, 434
Grace, W. F. F., 66, 70
graduate studies in Toronto (Francis Oakley)
academic courses, 127–28, 132–33
commotion in McNamara’s house, 123–24
daily routine in Toronto, 124–25
departure for England, 152–53
evenings at McLuhans’ house, 137
friends and colleagues, 130–31, 133–35, 136–37, 147–48
Goldsmith’s Travelling Research Scholarship, 116, 140
homesickness, 131
meeting Claire-Ann, 149–53
offer of faculty appointment, 151
research project, 125–27
residence, 124
study of Latin palaeography, 127
summer’s work in Cambridge, MA, 145–47
teaching experience, 128–29
thesis topic, 138–39
travels, 135–36, 140–44
graduate studies at Yale (Francis Oakley)
acceptance to, 200
appointment to the Yale faculty, 212
dissertation, 210, 218, 219
examinations, 211–12
foreign language tests, 206
grades, 210
house decorating, 210–11
progress report, 212–15
relations with Alessandro Passerin d’Entrèves, 220–21
research papers, 209, 219
research topic, 207–8
residence, 206
seminars, 208–9
teaching responsibilities, 212, 219
trip to England, 218
Graham, Martha, 262
Graver, Larry (Lawrence), 285, 342, 354, 367
Graver, Suzanne, 475
Great Britain
foreign policy, 184–85
IRA activity, 3–4, 94, 191
Great War in popular memory, 17–18
Greene, Graham, 34, 64, 169
Green River, 228
Gregory XII, Pope, 305
Griffin, Dustin H., 448
Griffin, Keith, 96
Griswold, Whitney, 216
Grotius, Hugo, 209
Grunebaum, Gustave von, 266
Guggenheim Museum in New York, 438
Hampshire College, 381, 465
Harper, William Rainey, 396
Harris, Joseph R., 283–84
Harris, Rose, 284
Harvard College, 233
Haskins, Charles Homer, 238
Havelock, Eric, 137
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 486
Hayn, Walter, 345–46
Hemlock Brook valley, 231
Henning, Basil Duke, 211–12
Henri (French student), 83
Higher Education Financing Authority (HEFA), 455
Highfield, J. R. L., 103, 104
High Kirk (St. Giles Cathedral), 90, 111
Hilbre Island, 18, 21
Hirschman, Albert, 413
Hitler, Adolf, 30
Hitler, Alois, 33
Hitler, William Patrick, 33
Hobbes, Thomas, 105, 415
Hobbs, Tony, 173, 178, 182, 191, 202
Hocart, A. M., 497
Holborn, Hajo, 208
Home Guard volunteers, 31
Hoosic River, 228
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 64
Hopkins, Mark, 235, 236, 276
Hopkins Memorial Forest, 227
Howley, Barbara, 131
Howley, Frank, 131
Hoylake, town of, 20–21
Hudson River, 228
Hufford, Charlie, 465
Hulme, Geoff, 119, 120
Hunter, Paul, 278
Hurnard, Naomi, 102
Hus, Jan, 97, 307
Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 396
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 209
Hyde, John, 367
Ilchmann, Alice, 240
Ilchmann, Warren, 240
Innis, Harold, 137
International Students Union, 84
Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC), 382
Ireland
domestic policy, 75–76
establishment of Free State of, 9
Great Hunger, 81–82
health care, 76
home rule, 7, 75
Irish Republican Army (IRA), 3–4, 7, 191–92, 194
Jacob, E. F., 117, 139, 198
Jacobsohn, Gary, 361
Jay, Peter, 59–60
Jedin, Hubert, 310
Joep (Dutch girl), 83
John of Paris, 246
John Paul II, Pope, 309, 314
Johns, W. E., 25
John XXIII (1410–15), 305, 436
John XXIII (1958–63), 296, 299, 302, 304, 307
Jones, Eldred, 109, 119
Jones, Marjorie, 119
Jordan, David Starr, 233, 234, 396
Jorling, Thomas C., 442
Joyce, James, 7, 88
Julian of Norwich, 37
Karolyn (friend of Geoff Hulme’s fiancée), 119, 120
Kavanaugh, Robert D., 420
Kemeny, Jean Alexander, 393
Kemeny, John George, 393
Kennedy, John F., 280
Kennedy, Robert F., 280
Kenny, Anthony, 96, 138
Keohane, Nannerl O., 379
Kershaw, Joseph, 415
Kevarian, George, 437
Kieffer, Bruce, 440
Kilconly, village of, 81–82
Kimball, Roger, 479, 481, 482
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 280, 281, 282, 289
King, Rodney, 460
Kipling, Rudyard, 206–7
Kirkpatrick, Dorothy, 418
Klimt, Gustav, 49
Knight, Michael, 465, 466
Koenig, Franz, 312
Kosnik, Edward, 437, 438
Krens, Thomas, 401, 402, 434–36, 438
Küng, Hans, 307–8, 309, 310, 311, 312
Kurt (Austrian student), 83
Kwast (music teacher), 56
Ladd, Everett Carll, 333
Ladner, Gerhart, 266
Lamenzo, Alice, 205–6
Lamenzo, David, 280
Larkin, Philip, 270
Lasell Gymnasium, 358–59
Las Vegas, NE, 142
Leavis, F. R., 136
Leinster, province of, 84
Lennon, John, 15
Levitt, Arthur, Jr., 445
Lewis, C. S., 64, 220
Lewis, Stephen R., 283, 291, 292, 293, 390, 393, 415
Leyser, Karl, 102
Liebeschütz, Hans, 68
Lipset, Seymour Martin, 334
Lissananny, village of, 76, 78–79, 80, 82, 89
Little Three Faculty Colloquium, 364, 365–66, 368
Liverpool
“Cast Iron Shore,” 38
German raids on, 29, 32
Gladstone Dock complex, 32
IRA bombing in, 3–4
Irish population, 45–46
parks, 15
schools, 48–49
trans-Atlantic convoys in, 32
Lloyd George, David, 66
Logan, Rayford, 281
Lonergan, Bernard, 138
Long Beach State College, 215
Lopez, Robert, 208, 212, 213, 214, 215, 221
Loretta (Claire-Ann’s aunt), 211
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, 436
Lovejoy, Arthur O., 105, 323, 324, 494, 495
Lovelock, James, 491
Loyal Regiment, 157–59
Lurie, Alison, 255
Luther, Martin, 311
Mair, John, 220
Malamud, Bernard, 262
Manchester, city of, 3, 4
Marcel, Gabriel, 105
March, James G., 396, 397, 408
Marcuse, Herbert, 297
Maritain, Jacques, 106
Markgraf, J. Hodge, 342, 354, 367, 402–3, 421, 422, 449, 454
Marsden, George, 217
Marshall, Delia, 258
Marsiglio of Padua, 246
Martin V, Pope, 305, 306
Marx, Karl, 156
Mary (Francis Oakley’s aunt), 76
Massachusetts
administrative division, 227
Convention Centers Bill, 438
Department of Public Works (DPW), 296, 297
Governor’s Task Force on Economic Development, 433–34
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), 437, 438
MASS MoCA Foundation, 433, 434
Mather, Cotton, 230
Mather, Increase, 230
Matthews, Sam, 278, 292
Maurer, Armand, 128
Mauriac, François, 64
McCall, Creina, 254, 255, 316
McCall, Ian, 254
McCarthy, Joseph, 144, 148, 149
McCaughey, Robert, 334, 337
McDonnell, Chris, 71
McGill University, 136
McIntire, Nancy, 424, 465, 467
McIntosh, Alistair, 109
McKernan, Eddie, 12
McKernan, Francis, 11
McLuhan, Marshall, 136, 137, 149
Mellon Foundation, 439
Melville, Herman, 486
Mersenne, Marin, 139
Merseyside, 18, 32–33
military service (Francis Oakley)
at Catterick Camp, 172, 176
cookhouse assignment, 162
court martial service, 187–91
demobilization, 202
entertainment, 165–66
food parcels from home, 165
at Formby, 168, 170
in Fulwood Barracks, 158, 159–60
home and foreign postings, 170–71, 176–80, 184
last months of, 201–2
leadership experience, 197–98
meals, 164–65
medical examination, 157
meetings with Claire-Ann, 182–83, 187
Officer Cadet Training Unit, 167–70
officer’s mess, 196
Operation Musketeer, 184
parades, 161–62, 175
pay scale, 164
processing of new recruits, 160–61
regimental dinner, 196–97
religious service, 175–76
in Robinswood Barracks, 196–97
at Royal Signals Officer Cadet School, 172–74
selection process for officer candidates, 168–70
during Suez conflict, 186–87
threat of IRA attacks, 191–94
training and drilling, 157, 162–64, 166–67, 171–72, 173–74
transmission of messages, 180–81
university graduates’ group, 166–67
Mill, John Stuart, 328
Miller, Perry, 208, 217
Milne, A. A., 61
Mistry, Rohinton, 25
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 456
Mollet, Guy, 186
Monsarrat, Nicholas, 33
Mons Officer Cadet School, 170–71, 173
Moody, Ernest, 266
Moomaw, Bill, 285
Moore, Charles, 358
Moore, Zephaniah Swift, 236
More, Thomas, 221
Morgan, Edmund, 208, 209
Mott, Charles H., 429
Mt. Greylock Regional High School, 344
Mt. Holyoke College, 381
Mughal, Saeed, 422
Mumford, Lewis, 217
Murphy, Francis Xavier, 299
Murray, John Courtney, 301
Murray, Tony, 71, 100
Murrow, Edward R., 149
Nabokov, Vladimir, 141
Naipaul, Vidia (V. S.), 114, 115
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 180, 184
National Defense Education Act, 261
National Endowment for the Humanities, 407
National Humanities Center in North Carolina, 500
NATO radio transmission system, 185–86
NDEA Summer Institute in European Cultural History, 294
Nelson, Janet, 320
Nemerov, Howard, 262
New England Association of Schools and Colleges, 331
New England Small Colleges Athletic Conference (NESCAC), 401
Newhall, Richard, 238
Newman, John Henry, 301
Newton, Isaac, 209
Nine Years’ War (War of the League of Augsburg), 229
North Adams State College (NASC), 418
Notestein, Wallace, 208
Novick, Peter, 216
Oakeshott, Michael, 105
Oakley, Brian, 318, 344
Oakley, Christopher, 219, 222, 344, 388
Oakley, Claire-Ann (née Lamenzo)
art work exhibition of, 392
background, 149–50
career choice, 199, 200
in Chelsea, 182
education, 151, 152
in England, 182, 198–99
horse-related accident, 361–63
letters to Francis, 155–56
personality, 150–51
postgraduate studies, 182
pregnancy, 218
as presidential spouse, 391–92
retirement, 502
social engagement, 60, 294, 391, 392–93
teaching positions, 201, 210, 260
at University of Bristol, 176
vacation in Quebec, 152–53
Oakley, Deirdre, 219, 221, 242, 258, 316, 344, 345, 368
Oakley, Francis
academic career, 92, 93, 97, 222–23, 342–43
ACLS research fellowship, 294–95
as acting president at Williams, 388
administrative duties, 277
aeroplane ride story, 25
application to American graduate schools, 199
aptitude to sports, 50
awards, 210, 211, 498
Berlin Lectures, 321
birth place, 4–5
childhood years, 5, 11–12
children, 219, 222, 242, 252, 253, 258–59, 344, 345
committee service, 278–79, 282–85, 294, 342, 348–49, 350–51, 359, 361, 497
community engagement, 296–97
Community of Learning, 407, 469, 480, 486
The Conciliarist Tradition, 210, 321, 492
conference presentations, 329–30
on contemporary historical scholarship, 494–97
Council over Pope? Towards a Provisional Ecclesiology, 309–10
Creation: The Impact of an Idea, 251
curriculum change initiative, 370–75
as dean of the faculty, 265, 359, 360–61, 364, 366–68
elective courses, 248
The Emergence of Western Political Thought in the Latin Middle Ages, 493
encounter with George Pierson, 215–16
Étienne Gilson Lecture, 324
experience of being at sea, 120
on faculty meetings, 277–78
family life, 4–5, 252, 345
financial situation, 260, 261, 265
first arrival at Williams College, 237–38
first meeting with Claire-Ann, 149–51
friends and colleagues, 240–42, 243, 257, 258–59
gathering at Harmonie Club in New York, 432
housing in Williams College, 240–41, 257
Hunger for the Divine, 330
incident with the horse, 259–60
on institutional leadership, 276–77
Irish identity, 5
Jack Sawyer and, 275
job offers, 265–67
“landed immigrant” status, 121–22
marriage, 211
Mead-Swing Lectures, 323, 388
as member of Yale History Department, 218–19, 221
Natural Law, Laws of Nature, Natural Rights, 323
Omnipotence, Covenant, and Order, 323, 324, 493
organization of autumn trail ride, 343
political interests, 65, 144–45, 148–49
The Political Thought of Pierre d’Ailly, 126, 255, 328
Politics and Eternity, 492
promotion to full professor, 342
publications, 313–14, 327, 328, 329
relations with in-laws, 200, 205
relations with parents and siblings, 9–11, 17, 26–27, 39–40
religious views, 432
relocation to Williamstown, 224
research work, 97–98, 239–40, 251, 252–56, 294, 306–7, 314–15, 321–23, 324, 344, 359, 491–93
retirement life, 499–502
sabbatical leave, 261, 294, 316, 388 (see also sabbatical year in London)
siblings, 4
studies of Vatican II Council, 304
teaching responsibilities, 239–40, 244–45, 247, 261–63, 331, 363, 414–15
tenure promotion, 218, 257
travels, 10–11, 76–82, 97, 98, 203–4, 499
Trinity episode, 388–90
work as trustee, 500–501
See also graduate studies in Toronto; graduate studies at Yale; military service; presidency at Williams College; prewar memories; university years at Oxford; war memories
Oakley, Joseph Vincent (Francis’ father)
background, 5–6
Black and Tan ambush incident, 6–7
death, 202–3, 218
family house, 4–5
occupation, 5, 6
personality, 6
Oakley, Julia (née Curran [Seabeán Ní Cureán], Francis’ mother)
background, 7–8
civil service, 9
death, 17
education, 8
identity, 7–8
personality, 8, 15–16, 24–25, 202
widowhood, 203
Oakley, Margaret (Vincent’s wife), 157
Oakley, Molly (Francis’ sister)
children, 203
correspondence with distant relatives, 147
education, 24
life in evacuation, 23
marriage, 155
music lessons, 56
Oakley, Noel (Francis’ brother)
at agricultural camp, 83–84, 89
bicycle trips, 56
demobilization, 62
education, 22, 24, 46
at family picnic, 15
homecoming, 27
life in evacuation, 23
marriage, 155
military service, 151
Oakley, Oliver (Francis’ uncle), 117
Oakley, Paddy (Francis’ uncle), 11
Oakley, Timothy, 253, 318, 345–46
Oakley, Vincent (Francis’ brother)
demobilization, 56, 62
education, 22–23, 62–63
employment, 63
at family picnic, 15
illness, 16
marriage, 155, 157
military service, 16, 151
Oakley, William, 5
Oberlin College, 281, 323, 377
Oberman, Heiko, 207, 256, 321, 329, 330
O’Connell, Kay, 265
O’Connor, Dan, 93, 238, 251, 283, 383, 384, 419, 476
O’Connor, Mary, 419
O’Donnell, Reginald, 130, 145
Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU), 167, 168
O’Keeffe, Bernard, 58–59
O’Keeffe, Kathleen, 58
O’Keeffe, Laurence
career, 59, 60
education, 70
employment, 71
friendship with Oakley, 182, 253
occupation, 156
personality, 59, 60–61, 254
as schoolboy, 58
O’Keeffe, Suzanne, 59, 61, 156, 182, 253
Oliver, Bill, 279
Oman, Michael, 402–3, 421–22, 449
Orwell, George, 300
Osborne, John, 254
Ottaviani, Alfredo, 301
Outler, Albert, 314
Oxford University
architecture, 100
Bodleian Library, 97, 98
Catholic Chaplaincy, 107–8
collaboration with Williams College, 97, 448
collections, 112–13
community, 92
Corpus Christi College, 92–122
Ephraim Williams House, 92–93
examinations, 111–12
freshman expectations, 100–101
lectures, 101–2
living conditions, 98–100
political science curriculum, 104–5
production of Murder in the Cathedral, 89–91
Pusey House library, 105
students, 97, 108
system of colleges, 111
teachers, 102–4
tutor program, 94–96
visiting scholars, 108
Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS), 110
Palm Springs, CA, 142
Parish, Pete, 369, 427, 453
Park, Clara (Claiborne), 257
Park, David, 257, 371
Park, Jessie, 257
Park, Katie, 257
Parsons, Talcott, 335
Paul VI, Pope, 302, 303, 308, 309, 310
Pavia-Siena, Council of, 306
Pawdy (Francis Oakley’s uncle), 77
Payne, Deborah, 449
Payne, Harry C., 449, 488, 489
Peck, Robert R., 401
Pelikan, Jaroslav, 256
Perkins, Tom, 442
Perry, Bliss, 272
Peterson, Julie, 418–19
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 100
Pew Foundation, 440
Phelan, Gerald, 128
Pickles, Wilfred, 68
Picton Reference Library, 64
Pierson, George, 212, 215, 222
Pisa, Council of, 304, 305
Pittsfield, town of, 135
Pius X, Pope, 300
Pius XI, Pope, 310
Plamenatz, J. P., 101
Plansky, Tony, 467
Platt, Gerald, 335
Podhoretz, Norman, 60
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 117, 125
Popper, Karl, 207, 209
Powicke, Michael, 138
Prendergast, Charles, 402, 434
Prendergast, Eugénie, 434–35
Prendergast, Maurice, 402, 434
presidency at Williams College (Francis Oakley)
administrative appointments, 418–19, 422
alumni relations, 428
bicentennial celebration events, 448–49
as candidate for, 390, 393–94
capital campaign, 428
challenges of, 447–48, 458, 472
colleagues, 415, 417, 424
curriculum review, 442
day-to-day routine, 399, 400–403
educational initiatives, 442–43
election to, 218
first day at work, 399–400
housing provisions initiative, 443–44
immediate priorities, 417, 419–21
initiatives concerning board of trustees, 427–28
instructional load initiative, 445
Jewish Religious Center building initiative, 430
last day of work, 489
managerial functions, 403–5
MASS MoCA issue, 434–38
minority students’ demands, 465–67
Parents’ Weekend address, 462–64
pilgrimages to Eugénie Prendergast, 434–36
policy of “disinvestment advocacy,” 464
proactive approach to potential campus crisis, 415–17
publication of President’s Report, 441
racial issues, 460, 461–62, 473
retreat in Vermont resort, 424–25
second-year faculty seminar initiative, 439–40
statement on disciplinary procedures, 471–74
student affairs, 425–27
student-faculty ratio issue, 452–54
support staff, 403
Third Century Campaign, 449–52
writing activities, 407
prewar memories (Francis Oakley)
of air raids, 19–20
of Hoylake vacation, 20–21
of local public library, 12–14
of preparations for war, 20
of school friends, 11–12, 14
of summer picnics, 14–16
Psacharopoulos, Nikos, 401
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, 107
Québec City, 152, 157–58
Quinlan, Mr., 11
Raffeld, Beth, 432
Rahner, Karl, 138
Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, 11
Rand Corporation, 415
Ranum, Orest, 261
Redlich, Norman, 432
Redmond, John, 7
Reed, Carol, 211
Reed, William S., 402, 417, 422, 434, 436, 437, 444
Reichert, John, 361, 417, 475
Repp, Richard, 96
Richards, I. A., 136
Richer, Edmond, 491
Rimmer, Mr., 20
Roberts, Denys Kilham, 64
Robinson, Marilynne, 501
Robinswood Barracks, 176, 180, 183–84, 189, 192, 193, 196
Roethke, Theodore, 262
Roszak, Theodore, 297, 298
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 105
Royal Air Force (RAF), 29–30, 31
Royal Army Education Corps, 157, 167
Royal Corps of Signals, 178–79
Royal Signals Officer Cadet School, 171, 172
Rudolph, Fred, 248, 249, 288
sabbatical year in London (1969–1970)
European train ride, 319–20
house on Blackheath Park, 316
research work, 320, 325–27
riding lessons, 320
social life, 317
vacation in Austria, 317–20
violin playing, 320–21
visits to relatives, 317
Sabot, Richard H., 442
Salembier, Louis, 146
Samuels, Charles, 279
San Francisco, 142
Sarpi, Paolo, 313, 491
Sawyer, Ann, 244, 452
Sawyer, John E. (Jack)
academic career, 273–74
administrative duties, 342, 415, 424
in Committee on Appointments and Promotions, 351
first meeting with, 238
intrusion in Third Century Campaign, 451, 468–69
personality, 454
position on fraternity issue, 274–75
presidency at Williams College, 408
resignation, 354
response to Angevine committee’s recommendations, 275
response to black students’ demands, 289, 290–91
as role model, 245, 349
at social events, 244
on student-faculty ratio, 452–53, 454
Schapiro, Morton O., 443
schooling years (Francis Oakley)
anti-Irish feeling, 45
aptitude to sports, 57–58
bicycle trips, 56–57
dancing lessons, 58
elementary school, 44–45
extracurricular activities, 64–65
friends, 58, 60–61
game playing, 55
Higher School Certificate, 67
interest in reading, 63–64
Junior City Scholarship, 24, 44
music lessons, 24, 55–56
Oxford Open Scholarships competition, 70–71
preparations for examinations, 61–62, 65–67
religious upbringing, 53–55
scouting, 55
St. Francis Xavier’s College, 44, 46–47
teachers, 45–46, 66
Schuster, Jack, 334
Scott, Bob, 222, 248
Scott, Giles Gilbert, 49
Scott, Wally, 261
Scribner, Charles, 329
Second Vatican Council
agenda items, 302–3
Constitution on the Church (Lumen gentium), 303, 312
convocation of, 296, 304, 307
debates on papal authority, 302–4
declaration on religious liberty, 297
development of Christian doctrine, 301–2
press coverage of, 298–99
proceedings, 298, 303
significance, 298, 299
traditionalist Minority’s views, 301, 302, 303
Second World War
Atlantic convoys, 43
Battle of Britain, 31, 33
Battle of the Atlantic, 32
BBC broadcasts, 27–28
bombing of London, 31, 33
civilian casualties, 33
evacuations, 28
Merseyside bombing, 33–34
Nazi invasion of Western Europe, 22, 27, 30
“Phony War” period, 27
Soviet-Finnish war, 26
Selznick, Philip, 276, 410
Seven Years’ War, 230
Shakespeare, William, 70, 486
Sheldon, Mark, 109
Shirley (Geoff Hulme’s fiancée), 119, 120
Shirley, William, 229, 230
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, 305
Sillitoe, Alan, 254
Simpson, Hartley, 208
Singer, Peter, 491
Skinner, James, 465
Skinner, Quentin, 323, 324
Slack, Paul, 95
Sloane, Samuel, 235
Smalley, Beryl, 102
Smith, Adam, 104
Smith, Maggie, 110
Smith, Page, 331, 335, 478
Smith College, 377, 381
Smythe, Bernard, 38, 39
South Africa
collapse of apartheid, 382–83
the divestment issue, 380–87, 461–64
Southern, Richard, 102
Soweto uprising, 376, 381
Speculum (medieval journal), 494–95
Sprague Electric Company, 401, 432, 433, 436
Stahl, Lesley, 332
Stamelman, Richard, 364, 365
Stanford University, 94, 233
Starr, Steve, 281
State University of New York, 273
Steinbeck, John, 141
Steinbrenner, George, 467
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 228, 241, 369, 433, 500, 501
St. Francis Xavier’s College
atmosphere, 53
courses, 48–49, 61, 65–66, 72
description of, 46, 47
disciplinary system, 51–52
music lessons, 49–50
physical education, 50
relocation of, 22
reputation of, 52–53
teachers, 50–51, 66
St. Michael’s College, Toronto, 125, 130, 133
Stone Hill, 228
Strauss, Richard, 90
St. Salvator, Chapel of (John Knox’s church), 90, 111
Stubbs History Society, 116
Suez crisis, 184–85, 186–87
Sullivan, John, 71
Swarthmore College, 281, 377
Sykes, Charles, 331, 332, 335, 478, 479, 485
Sylvester, Dick, 221
Taconic Golf Club, 402
Taconic Range, 228
Taylor, Charles, 301
Taylor, Mark, 368
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, 346
Terre Haute, city of, 141
Tewkesbury Abbey, 183
Theall, Donald, 136, 149
Third Century Campaign, 428, 448
Thomas, Keith, 96
Thompson, Joseph, 436, 438
Thornburgh, Richard, 456
Thun, Ferdinand K., 354
TIAA-CREF, 381, 387, 464
Tierney, Brian, 256, 325
Timmins, Jane, 131
Tolkien, J. R. R., 220
Toronto, city of, 129–30, 136
Torquemada, Juan de, 139
Trapp, Joe, 221
Trent University, 136
Trinity College (Dublin), 233–34
Trinity College (Hartford, CT), 388, 389
Trinkaus, Charles, 329, 330
Troeltsch, Ernst, 207
Trow, Martin, 334–35, 336
Tschackert, Paul, 146
Twain, Mark, 486
Udall, Nicolas, 109, 110
Ullmann, Walter, 70, 325–26, 327, 328
Union College, 236
United States
attractions, 142–44
racism, 280, 281
student protests, 280–81
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 265–66, 273, 337
University of Munich, 386
University of Tbilisi in Soviet Georgia, 439
University of Toronto, 128, 132, 138
university years at Oxford (Francis Oakley)
acquaintance with England, 106–7
agricultural camp in Thames valley, 83–84
Christopher Bushell History Prize, 116
examinations, 116, 118
extracurricular life, 107
final year at Oxford, 116–17
Gibbs Prize Scholarship competition, 113
job for Bord na Móna, 84–89, 91
meals, 114
plans for post-secondary education, 117–18
public events, 111
readings in history and philosophy, 105–6
residence, 115
romance, 119–20
scholarships and awards, 68, 116–17
selection of college, 68
social activities, 109–10
summer months, 113–14
theatrical productions, 110–11
Vancouver, WA, 143
Vassar College, 377
Veblen, Thorstein, 481
Vernani, Guido, 139
Versenyi, Adam, 240
Versenyi, Andrea, 240
Versenyi, Dinny, 240
Versenyi, Laszlo, 240, 241–42, 250, 465
Vietnam war, 280
Village (Williamstown) Ambulance Service, 448
Vincent, Francis T., Jr., 391
Voegelin, Eric, 325
Wain, John, 254
Waite, R. G. L., 247, 249
Walker, Alice, 486
Wallace, Jay, 371
Wallace-Hadrill, J. M., 103
war memories (Francis Oakley)
of daily routine, 35–37
of evacuation, 22–24
of food rationing, 27
of German air raids, 34–35, 36, 38, 39
of German propaganda broadcasts, 30–31
of land mines, 40
of military preparations, 29–31
of nighttime shots, 29
of scenes of troops, 43–44
of shrapnel collections, 37
War of Austrian Succession, 230
War of Spanish Succession, 229
Washington, Preston, 291, 292
Wassenar, Winthrop M., 93, 402, 419
Wasserman, Benno, 209
Waugh, Evelyn, 64, 69
Weber, Max, 494
Weld, William F., 448
Wesleyan Center for the Humanities, 364–65
Wesleyan College, 347, 381
Wey, Joseph, 127
White, Lynn, Jr., 265
Whitehead, Alfred North, 502
Whitman, Walter, 486
Wilkinson, Bertie, 138
William of Ockham, 126, 127, 128, 219, 266, 304
Williams, Edward H., 448
Williams, Ephraim, Jr., 230, 231, 232, 448
Williams, John, 230
Williams, Ralph Vaughan, 49
Williams, Robert, 231
Williams Afro-American Society, 281, 282, 288, 289, 293
Williams Anti-Apartheid Coalition (WAAC), 380, 381, 383–84, 385, 387, 416, 461, 462, 464
Williams Black Student Union (WBSU), 469, 471, 474
Williams College
administration, 267, 292, 366, 382, 399
admission process, 278, 285, 286–88
Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibilities (ACSR), 382
Affirmative Action Office, 378
Afro-American studies, 282–84, 288–89, 290
Alumni Relations Office, 420
antitrust investigation of, 455–56, 457
athletic facilities, 451
bicentennial celebration, 447–49, 469
board of trustees, 405, 427–28
building renovations, 454–55
campus, 234–35
Center for Development Economics, 440
Center for Environmental Studies, 440
Center for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, 440, 442
Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Oakley Center), 368–69
civil suit against, 470, 472
collaboration initiatives, 364–66, 368, 369–70
Committee of Three, 279
Committee on Appointments and Promotions (CAP), 341–42, 347–49, 350, 351–54
Committee on Coordinate Education and Related Questions, 293
Committee on Educational Policy (CEP), 278, 282–83, 284, 293, 442
Committee X, 279, 293
community building, 366
curriculum development, 244, 247–48, 370–75, 482
departmental culture, 249–50
disciplinary proceedings, 470–72
early history of, 235–36
events in South Africa and, 382–83
evolution of, 271–73
faculty appointments, 347, 349, 350–51
faculty housing development, 257–58
faculty meetings, 277–78
faculty salaries, 363
finances, 358, 403, 422, 429
foundation of, 232
fraternity culture, 237–38, 274–76
fundraising efforts, 358
Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships, 429–30
growth of, 236–37
Honors Degree Committee, 278
hunger strikes, 384–85, 387, 475–78
interdisciplinary program, 250–51
Latino Studies appointments, 475–76, 477
leadership transition, 487–88
location, 228
mannequin incident, 376, 379
minority student population, 281–82, 286, 429–30, 431, 445–46, 459, 466, 474
Multicultural Center, 440
non-discrimination statement, 379
number of students at, 271, 272
Oxford program, 94, 414, 417, 419, 448
policy towards “disadvantaged” students, 284–86, 288
Pre-medical Committee, 278
Presidential Search Committee, 354–57, 389
President’s Report, 441, 448
publicity, 416
quality of education, 480
racial issues, 460, 469–70, 473
ranking among national colleges, 446, 468
reputation, 96, 135, 222–23, 338
social activities, 243–44, 364, 367
student exchange program, 439
student-faculty ratio, 452
student newspaper, 289
students’ activism and protests, 275, 281, 289, 290, 291–93, 375–77, 383–85, 458–60, 465–67
study abroad program, 92, 96–97
summer institutes in European cultural history, 260–61
tenure system, 248–49
theatrical productions, 294
Third Century Campaign, 449–52, 468
Thursday Night Coalition, 379, 380
transition to coeducation, 279–80, 293, 377–78
Trustee Finance Committee, 429
vice president search, 421
visiting fellows, 369
women faculty, 378–79
women students, 272, 293–94, 376
Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), 358, 401, 402, 433, 435
Williams Development Office, 420, 421, 423, 450, 452
Williams Hall Annex, 240–41, 242
Williams Jewish Religious Center, 430, 431–32, 450
Williams Mystic Program in Maritime Studies, 402
Williams Office of Financial Aid, 423
Williams President’s Administrative Group, 423–24
Williams President’s Executive Group, 422–23, 487
Williams Record, The, 218, 289, 376, 383, 460, 465, 471
Williams Reports, 387
Williamstown
downtown, 228–29
early history of, 229–31, 231–32
environment, 235
first schools, 231–32
geography of, 228
highway projects, 296–97
population of, 227, 235
Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, 392
Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF), 401
Willmott, Peter S., 427–28, 449
Wilmer, John, 109
Wilson, C. H., 103
Wilson, Edmund O., 365
Winks, Robin, 238
Winston, Gordon, 292
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 138
Wodehouse, P. G., 63
Wood, James B., 370, 371, 441
Woof, Robert, 129
Wordsworth, William, 41, 42
WOSBYs (War Office Selection Boards), 167, 168
Wuthnow, Bob, 53
Yale University, 200, 216–17, 219, 234, 248
Yeats, William Butler, 64
Yellowstone National Park, 143
Zabarella, Francesco, 220
FRANCIS OAKLEY is the Edward Dorr Griffin Professor of the History of Ideas Emeritus, and president emeritus of Williams College and of the American Council of Learned Societies in New York. He has written extensively (fifteen books and three co-edited volumes) on medieval intellectual and religious life and on American higher education.