About Us

Leadership

Administration

Brother James Gaffney, FSC, D.Min.
President

Stephany Schlachter, Ed.D.
Provost

Wayne Draudt, M.S., C.P.A.
Executive Vice President

Raymond Kennelly, M.S.
Vice President for Enrollment Management

Joseph T. Falese, M.A.
Vice President for Student Services

Robert C. DeRose, C.P.A., M.B.A.
Vice President for Business and Finance

Daniel J. Allen, M.A.
Vice President for University Advancement

Bonnie Bondavalli, Ph.D., J.D.
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Rami Khasawneh, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Business

Jeanette Mines, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Education

Peggy Rice, Ed.D.
Dean, College of
Nursing and Health Professions

Katheryn Slattery, M.S.
Dean of Student Services

Mary DeGraw, M.A.
Associate Vice President
for Enrollment Management

Graciela Dufour
Associate Vice President
for Human Resources

Charles E. Jones, M.P.A., M.A.
Associate Vice President
for Diversity and Community Partnerships

Kurt Schackmuth, M.B.A.
Associate Vice President
for Mission

John Dalby, M.S.
Chief Information Technology Officer

Founders

Michael Fitzpatrick (1844-1933)
Most Rev. Bernard J. Sheil, D.D. (1888-1969)
Frank J. Lewis (1867-1960)
Franciscan Brothers of the Holy Cross

Honorary Founders

Most Rev. Bernard J. Sheil, D.D. (1965)
Bishop Martin D. McNamara, D.D. (1965)
Brother I. Philip, FSC (1965)
Mrs. Frank J. (Julia Deal) Lewis (1965)
Dr. Irving Crown (1965)
Brother Leander Paul McGinnis, FSC (1965)
Arthur J. Schmitt (1965)
Reverend John Brennan (1966)
William Joyce, Sr. (1966)
Thomas H. Andersen (1967)
Brother Louis De La Salle Seiler, FSC (1967)
John R. Lewis (1967)
A.P. Dailey (1967)
Dr. Leslie J. Farrington (1968)
Albert H. Luke (1968)
Matthew Stefanich (1983)
Frank J. Gospodaric (1983)
Brother Joel Damian, FSC (1984)
Peter J.J. Kosiba (1999)

Presidents

Bishop Bernard J. Sheil (1932-1949)
Admiral Herbert J. Grassie (1949-1954)
General Paul X. English (1954-1960)
Brother Leander Paul McGinnis, FSC (1960-1967)
Brother Paul French, FSC (1967-1971), President Emeritus
Dr. Lester Carr (1971-1976)
Dr. Paul A. Whelan (1977-1981)
Brother David Delahanty, FSC (1982-1987)
Brother James Gaffney, FSC (1988-)

School Names

Holy Name Technical School (1932)
Lewis Holy Name Technical School (1934)
Lewis Holy Name School of Aeronautics (1935)
Lewis School of Aeronautics (1940)
Lewis College of Science and Technology (1946)
Lewis College (1962)
Lewis University (1974)

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