It was a rainy Sunday in October when the bronze tablet presented by the Fordham Alumni Sodality was unveiled by Mrs. Roosevelt. The inscription on the tablet sets forth that the church was erected in 1845 by the third president of the college, Rev. James Roosevelt Bayley, later Bishop of Newark and Archbishop of Baltimore. He was the nephew of St. Elizabeth Seton and cousin to Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Mrs. Roosevelt accepts the bouquet of flowers from Joan.
Richard Breen FC 1940 and Harry Schnibbe FC 1940 talk with Mrs Roosevelt and Father Gannon in the president's office at Fordham.
Edward Bianco, Law 1920, President of Sodality, is holding the umbrella over Father Gannon, while Joseph B. Lynch, 1913, former president of Sodality, is holding the umbrella over Mrs. Roosevelt, who has just unveiled the tablet and been presented with a bouquet by Joan Bianco, younger daughter of President Bianco. Hon. James J. Lyons, Borough President of the Bronx is on the right.
In his book Up to the Present, Fr. Gannon remembers Mrs. Roosevelt as the "most charming of all the Roosevelts". Following the ceremony, all participants were throroughly drenched from the rain, she was invited to Gannon's office to warm up with a glass of sherry. She replied "For one awful moment I thought you were going to suggest a cup of tea."
