Background
O'Donovan, Leo Jeremiah was born on April 24, 1934 in New York City. Son of Leo J. O'Donovan Junior.
academic administrator priest theologian
O'Donovan, Leo Jeremiah was born on April 24, 1934 in New York City. Son of Leo J. O'Donovan Junior.
AB, Georgetown University, 1956. Licentiate in Philosophy, Fordham University, 1961. STB, Woodstock College, 1966.
Licentiate in Sacred Theology, Woodstock College, 1967. Total harmonic distortion Münster, Federal Republic Germany, 1971. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Sogang University, Seoul, 1993.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Loyola College, 1991. Doctor of Humane Letters, College St. Rose, 2000. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Georgetown University, 2001.
Instructor philosophy, Loyola College, Baltimore, 1961-1963;
assistant professor, Woodstock (Maryland.) College, 1971-1974;
associate professor, Weston School Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1981;
professor, Weston School Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1989;
president, Georgetown University, Washington, since 1989. Provincial assistant formation Maryland. Province Society of Jesus (Jesuit), Baltimore, 1985-1988.
Consultant National Conference Catholic Bishops, Washington, 1986-1989. Visiting fellow Woodstock Theological Center. Board directors The Riggs National Bank, Walt Disney Company.
Board of directors U. Detroit Mercy, 1986-1995. Member Consortium of Universities of Washington Metropolitan Area, since 1989, chair, 1994-1996. Member Federal City Council, since 1993, Business-Higher Education Forum, since 1989, National Council on Arts, since 1994, Campus Compact, since 1989, board directors 1992-1998.
Board directors National Association Indiana Colls. andUnivs., 1991-1994, Consortium on Financing Higher Education, since 1990. Fellow Society for Values in Higher Education. Member Association of Jesuit Colleges Universities (federal relations committee since 1994), Association Catholic Colleges Universities (board directors since 1994), Boston Theological Society, University Club.