Background
Roesch, Raymond August was born on September 16, 1914 in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Aloysius Adam and Anna Estelle (Fleck) Roesch.
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Roesch, Raymond August was born on September 16, 1914 in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Aloysius Adam and Anna Estelle (Fleck) Roesch.
Bachelor, University Dayton, 1936. Master of Arts, Catholic University America, 1945. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1949.
Doctor of Philosophy, Fordham University, 1954. D. Pedagogy (honorary), College of Steubenville, 1976. Doctor of Humanities (honorary), Wright State University, 1979.
P.H.L. (honorary), University Dayton, 1982.
High school teacher, Cathedral Latin School, Cleveland, 1936-1941; ordained priest, Roman Catholic Church, 1944; guidance director, Chaminade High School, Mineola, New York, 1945-1949; parish priest, St. Mary's Church, Mt.Vernon, New York, 1949-1951; professor psychology, department chairman, U. Dayton, 1951-1959; president, U. Dayton, 1959-1979; president emeritus, U. Dayton, 1979-1991; special assistant to university president, U. Dayton, 1989-1991; president, Chaminade University of Honolulu, 1982-1989. Director Kukui Gardens corporation, 1985-1989. President Dayton-Miami Valley Consortium, 1968-1978.
Secretary board trustees Ohio Higher Education Assistance Commission. Member Educational Commission of States, 1969-1979. Member advisory council Reserve Officers Training Corps Affairs, 1963-1966.
Member Ohio Higher Education Facilities Commission, 1968-1982. Board directors Serenity Foundation, Dayton, Dayton Metropolitan Young Men’s Christian Association, 1975, Dayton American Power Conversion, 1979. Chairman board Ohio Foundation Independent Colleges, 1976-1978.
Trustee Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Mary Manse College, Toledo. Member governor's board Ohio Scholarship Fund. Member Dayton Area Progress Council, 1979.
Board directors Dayton chapter National Conference of Christians and Jews, from 1980, Dayton chapter American Red Cross, from 1980. Member Hawaii Educational Loan Program Council, from 1984. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American, American Catholic psychological associations, National Education Association, Ohio College Association (president 1967-1968), Association American Colleges (member commission faculty and students 1965), Indiana Colleges and Universities Ohio (vice president 1968), Association Urban Universities (vice president from 1976), Hawaii Association Indiana Colleges and Universities (chairman 1984), Phi Delta Kappa, Tau Alpha Pi.
Lodges: Rotary.