I was lucky to have known several Jesuit priests during my time at Gonzaga. All were incredible men of deep faith and great intellect.
I only had a few classes with Jesuit professors, as I changed majors to Public Accounting my sophomore year, a major that required 30 upper division hours.
Fr. Tony Lehmann, SJ was a campus ministry leader, who seemingly knew everybody by name on campus, no mean feat considering there were 2000 undergrads back then. He'd later take on the role of the chaplain for the basketball team.
He was known by his sign off phrase of "to be continued", and honored with a memorial in the "Kennel":
Father Tony always had a smile on his face, and always had an encouraging word for those who came to him for counsel.
Another was Fr. Robert Spitzer (GU '74), who was President of GU from 1999-2009, give or take. A brilliant man and dynamic speaker, Fr. Bob represents the best the Jesuit order has to offer.
He's been fighting an uphill battle against the liberals in his order, and I'm proud to say that I'm a fellow Zag. O/T, up until a couple of weeks ago, I did not know he was also a Public Accounting grad.
Shortly before he spoke as a keynote speaker in Dallas a few weeks ago, I was able to spend a few minutes with him. When I told him I majored in accounting, the topic turned to the professor we had for over 30 hours of accounting.
The memories washed over me...that professor, Dr. Dan Brajcich, taught for at least 30 years, and never used numbers, strictly focusing on accounting theory.
Fr. Spitzer knows what he speaks of, his book from 15 years ago, Healing the Culture, which I should pick up and reread. His section on the hierarchy of love, leading to agape love is inspiring, and enabled me to reach the sixth graders I taught at my parish.
Those men are the real Jesuits IMO.