Background
Hesburgh, Theodore Martin was born on May 25, 1917 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Theodore Bernard and Anne Marie (Murphy) Hesburgh.
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In these memoirs Father Theodore Hesburgh chronicles the transformation of Notre Dame from a somewhat mediocre midwestern university into a major teaching and research institution
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Ruminating on the joy of travel, the author describes his post-retirement sojourns around the world on the Q.E. II, across America, throughout Latin America and down the Amazon
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Hesburgh, Theodore Martin was born on May 25, 1917 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Theodore Bernard and Anne Marie (Murphy) Hesburgh.
Student, University Notre Dame, 1937. Bachelor of Philosophy, Gregorian University, 1939. Postgraduate, Holy Cross College, Washington, 1943.
STD, Catholic University America, 1945. 124 honorary degrees awarded between 1954-1992.
Ordained priest of Congregation of Holy Cross 1943. Joined University of Notre Dame 1945, Head of Theology Department 1948-1949, Executive Vice-President of University 1949-1952, President 1952-1987. Chairman 1969-1972), President's Commission, on All-Volunteer Armed Force, Carnegie Commission, on the Future Structure and Financing of Higher Education, Commission, on the Future of Private and Independent Higher Education in New York State, Adlai East. Stevenson Institute of Institute Affairs.
Permanent
Representative of Holy See to Institute Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna 1957. President Institute Federation Catholic Universities. Trustee, Rockefeller Foundation, Chairman Board of Trustees, Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching (President 1963-1964).
Chairman Academy Council, Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Studies in Jerusalem.
Chair, with rank of Ambassador United States Delegate to United Nations Conference on Science and Technical, for Development since 1977. Former Director American Council on Education.
Director Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Corporation, Nutrition Foundation and other organisations. Fellow, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
89 honorary degrees (June.
Distinguished Service.
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Former director Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Corporation. Member Civil Rights Commission, 1957-1972. Member of Carnegie Commission on Future of Higher Education.
Chairman United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1969-1972. Member Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force, 1970. Chairman with rank of ambassador United States delegation United Nations Conference Science and Technology for Development, 1977-1979.
Board directors American Council Education, Freedoms Foundation Valley Forge, Adlai Stevenson Institute International Affairs. Past trustee, chairman Rockefeller Foundation. Trustee Carnegie Foundation for Advancement Teaching, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Institute International Education, Nutrition Foundation, United Negro College Fund, others.
Chairman Overseas Development Council. Chairman academy council Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Studies, Jerusalem. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member National Academy of Sciences (honorary), International Federation Catholic Universities, Commission on Humanities, Institute International Education (president, board directors), Catholic Theological Society, Chief Executives Forum, American Philosophical Society, National Academy Education, Council on Foreign Relations (trustee).