Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara,California,United States. Established in 1851,Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university's campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asís which traces its founding to 1777. The campus mirrors the Mission's architectural style and is one of the finest groupings of Mission Revival architecture and other Spanish Colonial Revival styles. The university is classified as a "Doctoral/Professional" university.
Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis,Missouri,United States,and Madrid,Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg,it is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and the second-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
Leonard Neale was an American Catholic prelate and Jesuit who became the second Archbishop of Baltimore and the first Catholic bishop to be ordained in the United States. While president of Georgetown College,Neale became the coadjutor bishop to Bishop John Carroll and founded the Georgetown Visitation Monastery and Academy.
The Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University is a Jesuit seminary within Santa Clara University and one of the member colleges of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley,California. Prior to its merger with Santa Clara University it was known as the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (JSTB).
Joseph Michael McShane is an American Jesuit priest,who served as President of Fordham University from 2003 until his retirement in 2022. Before becoming President of Fordham University,McShane was the President of the University of Scranton and Dean of Fordham College at Rose Hill. In addition to his role as President of Fordham,McShane was appointed to the Commission on Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Financing by New York Governor David A. Paterson in 2008. On July 1,2009,McShane threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium to commemorate the 150th anniversary of baseball at Fordham. In September 2021,he announced his resignation in June 2022. Soon after his resignation,he was unanimously named President Emeritus of the university by Fordham's Board of Trustees.
Nicholas Congiato was an Italian-born Jesuit priest. He was born in Cagliari,Sardinia and entered the Society of Jesus,an order of the Roman Catholic Church,when he was fourteen years of age. After his initial education,he went to Turin,Italy,for advanced studies in philosophy. Congiato then became Vice-President of the College of Nobles in Turin and held a similar position at the Jesuit College in Fribourg,a city in Switzerland.
James J. Martin is an American Jesuit Catholic priest,writer,editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine America and the founder of Outreach.
The College of Saint Teresa was a Catholic women's college in Winona,Minnesota. Previously a women's seminary,it became a college in 1907 and was operated by the Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester,Minnesota until its closing in 1989.
The Gloria L. and Charles I. Clough School of Theology and Ministry (CSTM) is a Jesuit school of graduate theology at Boston College. It is an ecclesiastical faculty of theology that trains men and women,both lay and religious,for scholarship and service,especially within the Catholic Church.
The Rev. Dennis Dease is a Roman Catholic priest,who served as the 14th president of the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota from his election in 1991 to 2013.
Michael Eric Engh is an American Jesuit priest,academic and historian. He was the 28th President of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara,California from January 5,2009 to June 30,2019.
Joseph Burchard Villiger was appointed Santa Clara University's fourth president in 1861 after the presidency of Felix Cicaterri. Burchard Villiger had served as the president of two Jesuit Colleges in the east. During his presidency at Santa Clara University in California United States he had built the Science Building,a Jesuit Residence,and the Facade of the Old Mission Church. He served as president till 1865 which coincided with the Civil War. Later Villiger was rector of the College of the Sacred Heart in Woodstock,Maryland.
Jo Ann Rooney is an American educator with a background in higher education,law,business,health care,and public service. On May 23,2016,she was named the 24th president of Loyola University Chicago,a Jesuit,Catholic university in Chicago,Illinois. Rooney is the first lay,non-Jesuit president of the university in its history and began her term as president on August 1,2016. On August 23,2021,she announced in a statement that the current school year will be her last as President of the University. Dr. Rooney's tenure at Loyola ended on September 30,2022.
The history of Fordham University spans over 175 years,from the university's beginnings as St. John's College in 1841,to its establishment as Fordham University,and to its clerical independence in the mid-twentieth century. Fordham is the oldest Roman Catholic institution of higher education in the northeastern United States,and the third-oldest university in the state of New York,after New York University and Columbia University.
Tania Christina Tetlow is an American lawyer and law professor who has served as president of Fordham University since July 1,2022. Previously,she was president of Loyola University New Orleans. She is the first woman and the first layperson to hold each of those positions at those two Catholic universities.
Kevin Fleming O'Brien,SJ is an American Jesuit priest,theologian,educator,and former president of Santa Clara University from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as the dean of SCU's Jesuit School of Theology and as Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown University.
Robert James Fulton was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who twice served as the president of Boston College,from 1870 to 1880 and 1888 to 1891. He was influential in the early years of Boston College,as he was in charge of all the school's academic affairs.
Julie Kate Doyle is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
