Our fathers
Dan Lahart, S.J., and MBA classmate and fellow Jesuit Tom Smolich
didn't know each other when they arrived at Stanford in 1994, and neither knew quite what to expect of the GSB. "Speaking for both of us, it has been a wonderful experience," wrote Lahart in the student newspaper, The Reporter.
Although they're not part of the big-house-with-the-hot-tub crowd (they live at Santa Clara University's Jesuit community), the two priests have taken an active part in student affairs. At their second annual "Party with the Priests," they entertained 100 classmates. The barbeque has been called the social event of the quarter -- due perhaps to the abundance of margaritas. The two have celebrated mass and heard confessions at Stanford's Memorial Church and Tresidder Union, and they have several GSB weddings scheduled for this summer.
"A lot of people don't really understand what a Jesuit is," wrote Lahart, showing by means of an organizational chart that "the Jesuits are a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Roman Catholic Church" that reports to the "CEO" in Rome, who in turn reports to "the Chairman (we all know who that is!)." The two priests came to the GSB "to prepare for leadership positions in this large, multinational company." Their tailored job searches were successful. Father Dan will become vice president for finance and administration at Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.; Father Tom is taking a position as project manager at the Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition, where he spent his first-year internship.
Learning about mammon to better serve "the Chairman" is not all that unusual. Al diUlio, S.J., MBA '83, prepared for a career in university administration at the GSB. He recently completed a six-year term as president of Marquette University.
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