J. Eugene Gallery

Joseph Eugene Gallery was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1898. He studied at Gonzaga College High School, and then Georgetown University, where his studies were interrupted by his service in World War I as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. He graduated from Georgetown in 1919, Upon his graduation, Gallery worked in business in the Washington, D.C., area for a decade, and became active in the Knights of Columbus, eventually becoming district master. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1931, == Academic career ==

Gallery became involved in the child welfare agencies of New York City. He then transferred to the University of Scranton, becoming one of the initial members of the university's Jesuit community in 1942. Given his work in the industrial relations field, he was frequently appointed an arbitrator in industrial disputes. He continued to remain involved in child welfare, working with local agencies, and being appointed by two governors of Pennsylvania as the chair of commission on child welfare. In 1947, Gallery was appointed president of the University of Scranton, succeeding W. Coleman Nevils. Soon after assuming the office, he purchased three surplus Navy barracks, and had them erected on the campus in the fall of 1947, to accommodate the rapid increase in enrollment due to the G.I. Bill. The university's graduate school was established in 1950, awarding degrees in education, business administration, and chemistry. His presidency came to an end in 1953. == Later years ==

Gallery then became a professor of sociology at Loyola College in Maryland in 1953, and then transferred to Saint Joseph's College in 1958 as treasurer. He died of cancer on July 28, 1960, at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. == References ==