Hesburgh, Theodore M.

Hesburgh, Theodore M.

▪ American priest and educator
in full  Theodore Martin Hesburgh 
born May 25, 1917, Syracuse, N.Y., U.S.

      American Roman Catholic priest and educator under whose presidency the University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, University of) in South Bend, Ind., became as respected for its academic record as for its athletic one and who achieved national prominence through his public-service work.

      Hesburgh, who said he knew he wanted to be a priest from early childhood, joined the Order of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1934. He was ordained a priest in 1943, and in 1945 he was assigned to teach religion and serve as chaplain at Notre Dame. He was promoted to head of the department of religion in 1948, executive vice president of the university in 1949, and president in 1952. As president, a post he held until his retirement in 1987, Hesburgh liberalized the rules regulating student life, promoted academic freedom, and worked toward making Notre Dame one of the top universities in the country.

      Outside the university, Hesburgh served as a member, chairman, director, or trustee of, among others, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, the American Council on Education, the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Negro College Fund, the U.S. Overseas Development Council, the U.S. Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. He received numerous awards and more than 120 honorary degrees. His publications include Thoughts for Our Times (1962), The Humane Imperative (1974), The Hesburgh Papers: Higher Values in Higher Education (1979), and an autobiography, God, Country, Notre Dame (1990).

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