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After 49 years, gregarious Father Naus no longer at Marquette

CREATED Aug. 30, 2012

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  • Fr, John Naus, a long time campus figure at Marquette University, chats with Janelle Smith, an Evans Scholar, as he is given a retirement sendoff on his 88th birthday at Marquette, Tuesday, August 28, 2012. He interacted with students and taught for many years. Journal Sentinel photo by Rick Wood/RWOOD@JOURNALSENTINEL.COM Image by Rick Wood

It's this silliness and sly humor that have made the 88-year-old priest perhaps the best known and most beloved Jesuit at Marquette for the past 49 years, former University President Father Robert Wild said Tuesday at a celebration for Naus.