Background
Harrington, Donald James was born on October 2, 1945 in Brooklyn. Son of John Joseph and Ruth Mary Harrington.
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Donald James Harrington
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Bachelor, Mary Immaculate Seminary, Northampton, Pennsylvania, 1969; Master of Divinity, Mary Immaculate Seminary, Northampton, Pennsylvania, 1972; Master of Theology, Mary Immaculate Seminary, Northampton, Pennsylvania, 1973; Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. John's U., 1985; postgraduate, U. Toronto, 1980-1982; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Fu Jen U., Taipei, Taiwan, 1994; HHD (honorary), American U. Rome, 1994; DHum (honorary), Dowling College, 1996.
Career
Instructor, Niagara U., Niagara University, New York, 1973-1980; director student activities, Niagara U., Niagara University, New York, 1974-1977; dean student activities, Niagara U., Niagara University, New York, 1977-1980; executive vice president, Niagara U., Niagara University, New York, 1981-1984; president, Niagara U., Niagara University, New York, 1984-1989; president, St. John's U., Jamaica, New York, since 1989. Board directors The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., since 1993, Commission Indiana Colleges Universities, Albany, New York, 1987-1989. Member board Catholic education Diocese of Buffalo, 1987-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Niagara U., since 1984, St. John's U., since 1986, DePaul University, 1988-1991, Seminary Immaculate Conception, 1990-1997, Reserve Group, since 1988. Chair WesternN.Y. Consortium for Higher Education, 1988-1989, member Executive Committee, 1985-1989. Trustee Sisters Hospital, Buffalo, 1988-1989.
Chair advising committee Love Canal Land Use, 1988-1989. Board directors, member Executive Committee Commission Indiana Colleges Universities, since 1991. Chair Big East Athletic Conference, 1994-1997.
Member sanctity of life committee Diocese of Brooklyn, 1990-1997. Member Association Catholic Colleges Universities (board directors), Association of Catholic Colls.and Universities (board directors since 1997).
