Order of St. Albert

Statue of St. Albert the Great

Established in 1998, the Order of St. Albert is named for the great 13th century bishop and celebrated scientist. In addition to being the instructor of our patron, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Albert the Great was a friend and adviser to popes, bishops, kings, and statesmen.

Membership in the Order of St. Albert is reserved for those benefactors whose generosity to Thomas Aquinas College has been exceptional. For, just as St. Thomas would not have risen to the heights that he did without the aid of his mentor, so, too, Thomas Aquinas College could not accomplish the good that it does without the generosity of these benefactors.

Members of the Order of St. Albert are awarded a cast bronze bust of St. Albert the Great modeled on the statue that stands in the academic quadrangle on the California campus, just outside the science hall, and their names are engraved on its pedestal.

Members of the Order of St. Albert
1998	Mr.† and Mrs. James Barrett Dr.† and Mrs. Harry Browne Mrs. George V. Caldwell † Mr. and Mrs. Carl Karcher †† Mr. and Mrs. Francis Montgomery †† Mr. Henry Salvatori † Mr. Thomas P. Sullivan †
1999	The Dan Murphy Foundation The Fritz B. Burns Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
2001	William H. Hannon Foundation Mr.† and Mrs. Harry G. John
2008	The Family of R. Scott & Lannette Turicchi Mr. Richard L. Noble † The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
2009	Mr.† and Mrs. J. R. Smeed
2010	Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Mills †† Dr.† and Mrs. Henry J. Zeiter
2011	Miss Kathleen Burke †
2022	Dorothy and Kenneth Olsen † June and Jack Heffernan
2023	Daniel T. Flatley Mr.† and Mrs. Richard Grant
2024	Heather A. and Milton F. Daily