Thomas M. Lucas, S.J.

Professor Lucas has served on KFF’s board since 2002 and is currently a member of its Heritage, Human Energy and Education committees.

Professor Lucas is founding chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department at the University of San Francisco, and director of USF's Thacher Gallery. Lucas holds a doctorate in Theology and Art from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. He designed and directed the restoration of the rooms of St. Ignatius in Rome and curated an exhibit on Jesuit architecture at the Vatican Library. His book, Landmarking: City, Church and Jesuit Strategy, won an Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities book prize in 2000. A nationally recognized liturgical designer, his work at St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco, has won awards from the AIA. His most recent large project is a collaboration with Chinese artists on the design of stained glass windows for Shanghai's St. Ignatius Cathedral.