Julia M. McNamara

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Julia M. McNamara
Education Yale University (Ph.D.)

Julia M. McNamara is a scholar of French literature, an academic administrator, and a former nun. She served as president of Albertus Magnus College in New Haven from 1982 to 2016. [1] [2]

McNamara grew up in Queens, New York and attended Dominican Academy. [3] She earned degrees from Ohio Dominican University and Middlebury College before completing her PhD in French at Yale University, with a dissertation on Julien Green. [1] [4] A member of the Dominican Sisters of Peace until 1987, she joined the faculty of Albertus Magnus, founded by the order, in 1976, and became a dean there in 1980. [3] She presided over a thorough transformation of the college, beginning with the admission of men for the first time in 1985. [5] She also expanded the college's fundraising efforts, succeeding in significantly adding to its endowment. [6] She retired in 2016. [2]

Outside of Albertus, McNamara has served on the board of Yale New Haven Hospital and other local charities. [1] She was the first woman to serve on the Committee of the Proprietors of the Common and Undivided Lands, which oversees the New Haven Green. [1] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dr. Julia M. McNamara (bio)" (PDF). Albertus Magnus College.
  2. 1 2 "President Julia M. McNamara - Albertus Magnus College". Albertus Magnus College.
  3. 1 2 Holahan, David (April 20, 2016). "Julia McNamara: On More Than Three Decades Leading Albertus Magnus College". Hartford Courant.
  4. Legge, June M.; Clowney, Earle D. (1980). "Dissertations in Progress". The French Review. 54 (1): 126–135. ISSN   0016-111X. JSTOR   391705.
  5. Rierden, Andi (November 5, 1989). "The View From: Albertus Magnus College; A Small College Undergoes A Metamorphosis". The New York Times.
  6. Hamilton, Robert A. (November 25, 1984). "Colleges That Ask, Receive". The New York Times.
  7. Wittemann, Betsy (July 27, 2003). "Keeping a Close Eye on the Green (Published 2003)". The New York Times.