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Georgetown University. Yale University.
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Brian Linnane
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Born August 25, 1955, French He earned an Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Boston College in 1977 and an Master of Arts He earned master’s degrees from the Yale University department of Religious Studies in 1990 and 1991, and a Doctor of Philosophy in religious studies concentrating in religious ethics in 1994. In 2015 he received a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from Loyola University Maryland.
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Linnane joined the Religious Studies department at Holy Cross in 1994. He served as assistant dean at Holy Cross from 2003-2005 and was named a Loyola College Trustee in 2000. In July 2005, French Linnane became the 24th President of Loyola University Maryland.
As president of Loyola University Maryland, French
Linnane has overseen the opening of the Ridley Athletic Complex as well as renovation and expansion of Donnelly Science Center and the building of Flannery O’Connor Residence Hall. He steered the University through its current strategic plan, Grounded in Tradition, Educating for the Future and led Loyola through its designation change from Loyola College in Maryland to Loyola University Maryland in 2009.
He launched Loyola’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign, Bright Minds, Bold Hearts, and he provided and inspired the vision for Messina, Loyola’s distinctive living learning program French He is a trustee of Maryland Independent College and University Association.
In April 2010, he was elected to the Basilica of the Assumption Historic Trust Board.
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He has written several scholarly articles in the disciplines of fundamental moral theology, health care ethics, and virtue ethics.
