Robert J. Slavin, O.P. served as president from 1947 to 1961. During his tenure in 1955, Providence acquired the House of Good Shepard property that pushed the original boundaries of campus to Huxley Avenue.[15] Slavin also oversaw the establishment of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) on campus in 1951,[15] and the Liberal Arts Honors Program in 1957.[15]