Canisius College

Thomas A. Weber Sr. in his 1949 yearbook photo.

In September 2006, the Rev. J. Clayton Murray, S.J. Archives received several photographic memories from Jane Weber, the widow of Thomas A. Weber Sr., '49.  Mrs. Weber also included a brief biography of her husband's life and involvement at Canisius College.

Thomas A. Weber Sr. was born and lived in New Jersey.  He joined the Army Air Force the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and was eventually sent to England with the 8th Army Air Force.  Mr. Weber was sent back to the United States in the summer of 1943 where he received training as an Army Air Corp Cadet at Canisius College.  It was at Canisius College where he met his future bride, Jane.  He was later sent to Scottfield, Illinois and married Jane in Belleville, Illinois in 1944.  The couple moved to Olympia, Washington until the end of the war.  They returned to Buffalo, N.Y. in November 1945.  Mr. Weber decided to take advantage of the GI Bill and returned to Canisius College graduating in 1949 as an accounting major.  He was not the only one of his family to attend Canisius College.  His brother-in-law, Albert E. Gunther '44, his father-in-law, Albert Gunther, M.D., and his son, Thomas A. Weber Jr. '68, all graduated from Canisius.  Mr. Weber died in November 2004.

Below are the pictures sent to the Rev. J. Clayton Murray, S.J. Archives by Mrs. Jane Weber.

	The top two photos are of Thomas A. Weber Sr. at his college graduation.  In the top right (above the Reunion Weekend nametag) is a picture of Albert Gunther '44, his brother-in-law, Thomas Weber, and Albert  Gunther M.D., his father-in-law.  All were Canisius grads.     The center contains Thomas A.Weber's nametag from the Canisius College Reunion Weekend in 1994. The rest of the photos are candid shots of Thomas A. Weber Sr. in Sea Bright and Highlands, N.J., in the state of his birth.
	On the left, the top two photos show the Canisius Army Air Cadets at attention: the first image is near the Consistory where they lived, the second in the open space behind Canisius College's Old Main. The two shots in the middle row are of the Cadets behind Old Main and five cadets standing for a photo. The next two photos are of the Consistory where the Cadets lived.  The building is now Canisius High School. The lower left picture is of the Cadets marching.  Cadets would walk from the Consistory on Delaware Ave. to Delavan Ave.and then straight down Main St. to Canisius College where they took their classes.  The last photo is of George Saltarelli '43, at Canisius [n.b. For more information on Saltarelli, visit the Memoir Page of Leonard Amborski].
	Pictures of Thomas A. Weber Sr. and his classmates at Canisius College after the war.  He would go on to earn a BBA in accounting.