The DRAGONMagazine - Bishop O'Dowd High School

60 Wonderful Years Celebrated
Alumni from throughout the decades,
past and current faculty and staff, as well
as current students and their families,
gathered on the Bishop O’Dowd High
School campus on March 25 to celebrate
the school’s 60th anniversary.
“The whole event was first class. So
many alums kept telling me how grateful
they were for the gift of their O’Dowd
education, both academically and for its
values and the self discipline it instilled.
It was clear that O’Dowd’s reputation
of excellence and care came in large part
from the lives and skills of our graduates,”
President Steve Phelps said.
The day began with a Mass held in
the large gymnasium concelebrated by
former faculty member and O’Dowd
Regent Fr. Jay Matthews, former faculty
member Fr. Leo Dummer, OMI, and
former principals Fr. Frank Wagner,
OMI, and Fr. Ronald Schwenzer, CSB.
Deacon Earl JOHson ’61 and Boyer and
Joan August, both members of the Class
of 1956, also participated.
Bishop John Cummins, a former
O’Dowd teacher and dean, and
The 60th anniversary Mass was concelebrated by former faculty member and O'Dowd Regent
Fr. Jay Matthews, former faculty member Fr. Leo Dummer, OMI, and former principals
Fr. Frank Wagner, OMI, and Fr. Ronald Schwenzer, CSB. Deacon Earl JOHson ’61 and
Boyer and Joan August, both members of the Class of 1956, also participated. Photo by Briana
Loewinsohn.
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1951 – O’Dowd is established as a co-institutional
high school by the Archdiocese of San Francisco and
opens in facilities provided by St. Louis Bertrand,
with a staff of two diocesan priests and four Adrian
Dominican Sisters. Fr. Mark J. Hurley serves as the first
principal.