Identifier	lmu_ajcu_0028
Title	William Cordero and President Charles Casassa, S.J. in flight suit
Creator	LA Airport Photography
Date Created	circa 1963
Subject (Topic)	Air pilots; College presidents--California--Los Angeles; Jesuits; Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae
Subject (Name)	Cordero, William Edward; Casassa, Charles S.; Loyola University of Los Angeles
Subject (Place)	Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	Image
Form/Genre	Photographs; Portrait photographs
Physical Description	1 photograph: black and white; 26 x 21 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	Controlled
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Copyright Holder	LA Airport Photography
Collection Identifier	Loyola Marymount University Archives
Item/Call Number	Photographic prints 03D10
Description	Former Loyola University student William (aka Bill) Cordero explains to President Charles Casassa about the oxygen system of high altitude flying gear as the President prepares for a fly on a F-101 Voodoo Interceptor at Oxnard Air Force Base.
Historical Background	LMU established an AFROTC detachment in 1948, establishing a squadron from a core of returning veterans into the heart of the aerospace industry. The AFROTC had the full support of University President Charles Casassa, S.J., seen here in flight suit. With the Korean War looming, he required all underclassmen to join AFROTC, effectively steering his students out of the Selective Service draft. William Edward Cordero graduated from Loyola University of Los Angeles in 1958. He was a Vietnam veteran killed in 1965. Reverend Charles S. Casassa, S.J., was the tenth President of Loyola University of Los Angeles from 1949 to 1969.
Additional Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Project note	AJCU