Rev. Francis Wade, S.J., (1907–87) was a longtime member of the Marquette Jesuit community and Department of Philosophy. Arriving at Marquette in 1945, he became and remained a beloved professor and esteemed role model for students, a diligent and student-oriented scholar who supported other faculty while guiding Marquette’s Department of Philosophy to a position of significant stature. Father Wade inspired his students through his teaching and his love of philosophy and was awarded the Père Marquette Award for Teaching Excellence in 1970. He also encouraged students to enter the field of philosophy and higher education, all the while discerning the proper role of a Jesuit in a university.

In 1988, the university received a gift from the Marquette Jesuit community endowing a chair in honor of Father Wade and in recognition of his contribution to the university and Jesuit community.

Current Wade Chair

Rev. Charles R. Gallagher, S.J.

Charles R. Gallagher, S.J., is Professor of History at Boston College. In 2017, he was the William J. Lowenberg Memorial Fellow on America, the Holocaust, & the Jews, at the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.  In 2009, his book, Vatican Secret Diplomacy: Joseph P. Hurley and Pope Pius XII (Yale University Press, 2008), won the American Catholic Historical Association’s John Gilmary Shea Prize.

His 2021 book, Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten History of the Christian Front was published by Harvard University Press and won a Catholic Press Association Award for History. Gallagher is interested in religion and right-wing movements, the Holocaust, American Catholicism, Vatican diplomacy, and the intersection of religion and espionage. His current Wade Chair project looks at how German intelligence recruited, retained, and used Catholic clerics to act as spies in the United States during World War II.

Qualifications

Ordinarily, the holder of the Wade Chair will be a member of the Society of Jesus and be eligible for appointment to the Marquette University faculty at senior rank. He will have demonstrated excellence as both a teacher and a scholar.

Terms of appointment

The Jesuit holder of the Wade Chair must be willing to become a member of the Jesuit community at Marquette University and therefore subject to the contractual arrangements between that corporation and Marquette University. Appointments to the Wade Chair may be for either one or two semesters.

It is expected that the Wade Chair will teach one to two courses per semester, conduct research in his field of study, engage in publication of his research, deliver one to two public lectures while he is at Marquette, and participate as appropriate in the activities of his department and college. The chair will be given office space and a computer in his home department at Marquette. Funds will be made available to the chair for a graduate student assistant, for office and research expenses, and for moving expenses to Milwaukee.

How to apply

Please send letter of intent and CV to:

Rev. Greg O'Meara, S.J.
c/o Sally Doyle
Marquette University
Office of the Provost
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881

The Rev. Francis C. Wade, S.J., Chair Committee is charged with seeking individuals to fill the Wade Chair. The committee seeks the names of suitable candidates from all available sources and in consultation with the deans and department chairs of the university. The committee makes recommendations to the provost, who invites the recipient to accept the chair.

Selection Committee

2024-25 committee members

• Dr. Joseph Ogbonnaya, Associate Professor, Department of Theology
• Dr. Dinorah Cortes-Velez, Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
• Rev. Nathaniel Romano,, S.J., Assistant Director of Campus Ministry for Liturgical Programs
• Rev. James Pribek, S.J., Assistant Vice President, Office of Mission and Ministry
• Rev. Joseph Simmons, S.J., Assistant Professor, Department of Theology

Ex-officio members

• Rev. Gregory J. O'Meara, S.J., (Chair), Rector, Jesuit Community
• Dr. Scott D'Urso, Acting Dean of the Graduate School
• Ms. Sally Doyle, Assistant Provost for Budget and Division Operations
• Rev. John Thiede, S.J., Vice President for Mission and Ministry
• Ms. Julie Bach, Executive Assistant to the Provost (Program Coordinator)

Previous Wade Chairholders/Scholars

2023-2024	Rev. Peter Nguyen, S.J.
2021-2023	Rev. Baskara Wardaya, S.J. (spring 2022, fall 2022)
2020-2021	Rev. Antony Antonysamy, S.J. (spring)
2019-2020	Rev. Joseph Puliparambil, S.J. (fall)
2018-2019	Rev. Tomás García Huidobro, S.J.
2017-2018	Rev. Jayme Stayer, S.J. (spring)
2017-2018	Rev. Luis O. Jiménez-Rodríguez, S.J (fall)
2016-2017	Rev. Michael Guzik, S.J
2015-16	Rev. Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, S.J. (fall-spring)
2015	Rev. James T. Bretzke, S.J. (spring)
2014	Rev. Harry J. Gensler, S.J. (spring)
	Rev. Dorian Llywelyn, S.J. (fall)
2013	Rev. Daniel Kendall, S.J. (spring)
	Rev. Oliver Plunkett Rafferty, S.J. (fall)
2012	Rev. John S. Thiede, S.J. (spring)
	Rev. Thomas Michel, S.J. (fall)
2011	Rev. Johannes Ehrat, S.J.
2010	Rev. Dean Brackley, S.J. (spring)
	Rev. Thomas D. Stegman, S.J. (fall)
2009	Rev. Thomas Worcester, S.J. (spring)
	Rev. William S. Kurz, S.J. (fall)
	Rev. Cedric Prakash, S.J. (Wade Scholar) (fall)
2007–08	Rev. Phillip Renczes, S.J.
2006–07	Rev. Gerald O'Collins, S.J.
	Rev. Hans S. Waldenfels, S.J. (Wade Scholar)
2005–06	Rev. John B. Breslin, S.J.
	Rev. David J. Leigh, S.J. (Wade Scholar)
2004–05	Rev. Joseph Godfrey, S.J.
2003–04	Rev. James Spillane, S.J.
2002–03	Rev. John Haughey, S.J.
2001–02	Rev. David Schultenover, S.J.
	Rev. Guido Dierickx, S.J. (Wade Scholar)
1999–2000	Rev. Arthur Madigan, S.J.
1998–99	Rev. Robert Doran, S.J. (spring)
	Rev. Gerald O'Collins, S.J. (fall)
1997–98	Rev. Albert Fritsch, S.J. (spring)
	Rev. Edward Yarnold, S.J. (fall)
1994–95	Rev. Gerald O'Collins, S.J. (fall)
1990–92	Rev. Paul Prucha, S.J.