Salesianum School Teacher Bill McGowan ‘97 Selected for Prestigious Madison Fellowship

Salesianum School history teacher Bill McGowan ’97 has been awarded a James Madison Graduate Fellowship. This award is presented to only one history teacher in each state and provides for graduate study in field of U.S. History.

McGowan has been a history teacher at Salesianum for six years, starting his career at the school after graduating for Mt. St. Mary’s University on Emmitsburg, MD. In addition to his teaching duties, he is also the head freshman basketball coach, and junior varsity football coach.

“Bill is already an accomplished teacher, we are very fortunate to have him here,” said Mrs. Stacy Walls-Bartowski, chair of the history department at Salesianum School. “The award affirms that he is truly one of the best young teachers in the state.”

The James Madison Fellowships were created to honor Madison's legacy and Madisonian principles by providing support for graduate study that focuses on the Constitution—its history and contemporary relevance to the practices and policies of democratic government. The benefits of the fellowship program are manifold and lasting. Fellowship recipients have a unique opportunity to strengthen their research, writing, and analytical skills. In the process they form professional ties that can significantly influence their career aspirations. Fellows gain a deeper understanding of the principles of constitutional government which they in turn transmit to their students.

Salesianum School is a Roman Catholic independent secondary school that teaches young men to Live Jesus, guided by the spirituality of Saint Francis de Sales, through a college preparatory education, enabling them to take their place in the world as Salesian gentlemen.