Father Roderick Malachy Dooley OP., passed away on June 15, 2002, aged 82. The Son of Mildred I. Loney and Daniel B. Dooley, he was born in Minneapolis.
He started at Fenwick in 1950, as a theology teacher. When administrators asked him in the early 1950's to head fundraising projects for the school, he threw himself into the new task.
In the 1950's Father Dooley raised more than $1 million for Fenwick's first capital campaign that resulted in construction of the west wing, including an auditorium and classrooms. In the 1980's he raised more than $3 million for science laboratories and an endowment fund, and in the 1990's he raised $10 million for an athletics field house and pool.
From 1963 till 1973, Father Dooley was assigned to St. Pius V Parish in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, St. Anthony Parish in New Orleans and Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas. He then returned to his work at Fenwick, Oak Park. He was at nearly every wedding, funeral, baptism and party involving alumni of Fenwick High School.
Dooley passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2002, of cancer at the Dominican Priory of River Forest.
Wake services were held at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, 7200 W. Division St., River Forest, followed by funeral Mass on Wednesday at 9.30 am., at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 1530 Jackson Ave., River Forest. Interment took place at the Dominican Plot in All Saints Cemetery.
He started at Fenwick in 1950, as a theology teacher. When administrators asked him in the early 1950's to head fundraising projects for the school, he threw himself into the new task.
In the 1950's Father Dooley raised more than $1 million for Fenwick's first capital campaign that resulted in construction of the west wing, including an auditorium and classrooms. In the 1980's he raised more than $3 million for science laboratories and an endowment fund, and in the 1990's he raised $10 million for an athletics field house and pool.
From 1963 till 1973, Father Dooley was assigned to St. Pius V Parish in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, St. Anthony Parish in New Orleans and Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas. He then returned to his work at Fenwick, Oak Park. He was at nearly every wedding, funeral, baptism and party involving alumni of Fenwick High School.
Dooley passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2002, of cancer at the Dominican Priory of River Forest.
Wake services were held at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, 7200 W. Division St., River Forest, followed by funeral Mass on Wednesday at 9.30 am., at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 1530 Jackson Ave., River Forest. Interment took place at the Dominican Plot in All Saints Cemetery.
Father Roderick Malachy Dooley OP., passed away on June 15, 2002, aged 82. The Son of Mildred I. Loney and Daniel B. Dooley, he was born in Minneapolis.
He started at Fenwick in 1950, as a theology teacher. When administrators asked him in the early 1950's to head fundraising projects for the school, he threw himself into the new task.
In the 1950's Father Dooley raised more than $1 million for Fenwick's first capital campaign that resulted in construction of the west wing, including an auditorium and classrooms. In the 1980's he raised more than $3 million for science laboratories and an endowment fund, and in the 1990's he raised $10 million for an athletics field house and pool.
From 1963 till 1973, Father Dooley was assigned to St. Pius V Parish in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, St. Anthony Parish in New Orleans and Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas. He then returned to his work at Fenwick, Oak Park. He was at nearly every wedding, funeral, baptism and party involving alumni of Fenwick High School.
Dooley passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2002, of cancer at the Dominican Priory of River Forest.
Wake services were held at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, 7200 W. Division St., River Forest, followed by funeral Mass on Wednesday at 9.30 am., at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 1530 Jackson Ave., River Forest. Interment took place at the Dominican Plot in All Saints Cemetery.
He started at Fenwick in 1950, as a theology teacher. When administrators asked him in the early 1950's to head fundraising projects for the school, he threw himself into the new task.
In the 1950's Father Dooley raised more than $1 million for Fenwick's first capital campaign that resulted in construction of the west wing, including an auditorium and classrooms. In the 1980's he raised more than $3 million for science laboratories and an endowment fund, and in the 1990's he raised $10 million for an athletics field house and pool.
From 1963 till 1973, Father Dooley was assigned to St. Pius V Parish in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, St. Anthony Parish in New Orleans and Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas. He then returned to his work at Fenwick, Oak Park. He was at nearly every wedding, funeral, baptism and party involving alumni of Fenwick High School.
Dooley passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2002, of cancer at the Dominican Priory of River Forest.
Wake services were held at St. Thomas Aquinas Priory, 7200 W. Division St., River Forest, followed by funeral Mass on Wednesday at 9.30 am., at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, 1530 Jackson Ave., River Forest. Interment took place at the Dominican Plot in All Saints Cemetery.
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