Robert Flaherty

Alum Remains Active Participant In LMU Life

“I think it’s an important thing to support your university if you got anything out of it,” says Robert Flaherty ’55, “and I got a lot out of it.”

To Robert Flaherty ’55 the commitment to LMU has indeed been lifelong. He attended LMU with the help of a football scholarship, and he was a founding member of the Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity. Flaherty has contributed since the early 1960s as a supporter of the Fr. Al Kilp Scholarship fund, athletics and his fraternity.

Now a member of the Golden Lions—members of the LMU community who celebrate 50 years as alumni—Flaherty sees giving to LMU as a habit. The consistency of his support, he explains, helps him remain a participant in LMU’s life.

“I think it’s an important thing to support your university if you got anything out of it,” Flaherty says, “and I got a lot out of it.”