Background
Mooney, Michael Joseph was born on December 15, 1942 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph Thomas and Marie Louise (DeJean) Mooney.
Mooney, Michael Joseph was born on December 15, 1942 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph Thomas and Marie Louise (DeJean) Mooney.
AB summa cum laude, St. Meinard College, 1964; Licentiate of Sacred Theology magna cum laude, University Innsbruck, Austria, 1968; Master in Philosophy, Columbia University, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1982.
Lecturer, department religious studies, St. Mary's U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1968-1970;
lecturer, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1972-1974;
project coordinator, Columbia University, New York City, 1973-1974;
preceptor department religion, Columbia University, New York City, 1975-1976;
special assistant to executive vice president for academic affairs, Columbia University, New York City, 1976-1977;
assistant provost, Columbia University, New York City, 1977-1979;
associate provost, Columbia University, New York City, 1979-1982;
deputy provost, Columbia University, New York City, 1982-1989;
president, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, since 1989. Visitor Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1984. Trustee Journal Philosophy, since 1982.
Board directors National Association Indiana Colleges Universities, since 1995. Member Executive Committee NAICU, 1997, secretary, since 1998. Member Commission Women in Higher Education, American Council Aging, since 1997.
Member Commision on International Education, Am.Coun. on Education, 1993-1995. Board directors Reid Hall, Inc., New York City and Paris, 1977-1989, vice president, 1983-1989.
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Board of directors Roothbert Fund, 1980-1992, Portland Opera Association, 1992-1993. Trustee Scuola d'Italia, New York City, 1986-1990, World Affairs Council, since 1992, Oregon Ballet Theater, since 1992. Member of advisory committee Chamber Music N.W., since 1990.
Fellow Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in American (senior). Member Society forValues in Higher Education, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, International Society for History of Rhetoric, Renaissance Society American, American Academy Religion, American Philosophical Association Beta Kappa (honorary).
Children: Susanne, Julia.