Peter Donohue | |
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32nd President of Villanova University | |
Assumed office September 8, 2006 | |
Preceded by | Edmund J. Dobbin |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City,New York,U.S. |
Education | Villanova University (BA) Catholic University of America (MA) Washington Theological Union (MDiv) University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign (PhD) |
Peter M. Donohue OSA is an American academic administrator and Roman Catholic priest who was inaugurated as Villanova University's 32nd President on September 8,2006. He had served as the Chair of the Villanova Theatre Department since 1992.
Donohue was born in The Bronx,and raised in Royal Oak,Michigan. [1] Donohue received his bachelor's degree from Villanova University in 1975. Ordained in the Order of Saint Augustine in 1979,Donohue received his Master of Arts degree in theater from the Catholic University of America in 1983 and a Master of Divinity degree from Washington Theological Union in 1985. He was conferred a Doctor of Philosophy degree in theater from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990,while also managing the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. [2]
His early years as an educator were spent serving the St. Augustine Parish in Andover,Massachusetts,and at Archbishop John Carroll High School in Washington,D.C. From 1985 through 1990,he was an instructor in Villanova's Theater Department.
While at Villanova,he designed The Augustinian Connection,a history of the Augustinian Friars and their involvement with Villanova University,which is shown to all incoming Freshmen during New Student Orientation. He has served as a resident hall minister and as chaplain of Villanova's renowned Naval ROTC program,and presides over their annual commissioning Mass.
Donohue has served as a faculty representative on the Villanova Board of Trustees,the Academic Affairs Committee,the university's College of Liberal Arts &Sciences Diversity Committee,the university's Judicial Boards,the Strategic Planning Committee,the Fine Arts Subcommittee Curriculum Program,the College Diversity Subcommittee,the Planning Committee for the Church in the Modern World Conference,and the Preparation Committee for Rhodes Scholars Interviews. In addition,Donohue served on the Board of Trustees of Merrimack College from 1994 to 2002.
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