He studied at Saint Joseph's College there, but by 1877 he had traveled to Santa Clara, California, and joined the Jesuits there.
He continued to teach there until 1899, when he became the pastor of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph (San Jose).
[2] From 1911 to 1914 he headed the newly founded Loyola Marymount University in Southern California, becoming its first president.
[1] In December 1950 the University of San Francisco's Gleeson Library was dedicated and named for him.
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