William C. McInnes

William Charles McInnes Jr., S.J. (January 20, 1923 – December 8, 2009) was an American Jesuit and academic.

McInnes served as the fifth President of Fairfield University, located in Fairfield, Connecticut, from 1964 to 1973, and the President of the University of San Francisco from 1972 to 1977. He served as the president of both universities simultaneously for a few months in 1972. The Graduate School of Corporate and Political Communication, School of Nursing and Center for Lifetime Learning were all established during McInness' tenure as college president. However, he remained the president of both Fairfield and San Francisco simultaneously for four months during the Fall 1972 semester while transititioning between the two colleges. Today, the Lone Mountain campus houses administrative offices, classrooms and the offices of the university's president and vice president.

McInnes also founded the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning, a program for retirees, during his tenure as president.

Later life He later became the campus minister at the University of Connecticut in 1990. That same year, McInnes also became the parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Parish in Storrs, Connecticut.

In 1998, McInness rejoined Boston College as an adjunct professor at the Carroll School of Management. He also became the faculty advisor for BC's chapter of the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit honor society.

McInnes campaigned to build a Vietnam War memorial on the Boston College campus. The memorial, which measures 70 feet long and commemorates members of the Boston College community killed in Vietnam, was dedicated on November 11, 2009.

Father William McInnes died on December 8, 2009, from complications of cancer and a fall at the Campion Center Jesuit retreat facility in Weston, Massachusetts, at the age of 86. His funeral was held at St. Ignatius Church in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and he was buried at the Campion Center Cemetery in Weston, Massachusetts.