Background
Leahy, William Patrick was born on July 16, 1948 in Omaha. Son of Edward and Alice (McGinnis) Leahy.
(Professor Leahy recounts the academic tensions between re...)
Professor Leahy recounts the academic tensions between religious beliefs and intellectual inquiry, and explore the social changes that have affected higher education and American Catholicism throughout this century. He attempts to explain why the significant growth of Catholic colleges and universities was not always matched by concomitant academic esteem in the larger world of American higher education.
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academic administrator educator historian
Leahy, William Patrick was born on July 16, 1948 in Omaha. Son of Edward and Alice (McGinnis) Leahy.
Student, Creighton University, 1966—1967. Student, Jesuit College, 1967—1970. Bachelor in Philosophy, St. Louis University, 1972.
Master of Arts in the United States History, St. Louis University, 1975. Master of Divinity in Theology, Jesuit School Theology, Berkeley, California, 1978. Master of Sacred Theology in History Theology, Jesuit School Theology, Berkeley, California, 1980.
Doctor of Philosophy in the United States History, Stanford University, 1986.
Teacher, Campion Jesuit H.S., Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, 1973-1975; teaching assistant, Stanford University, 1981; instructor history, Marquette U., Milwaukee, 1985-1986; assistant professor, Marquette U., Milwaukee, 1986-1991; acting assistant chairman, Marquette U., Milwaukee, 1988-1990; associate professor of history, executive vice president, Marquette U., Milwaukee, 1991-1996; president, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, since 1996.
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Board trustees Boston College, Loyola University, Chicago, Station WGBH. Member Association Indiana Colleges Universities (Massachusetts, member Executive Committee), American Cath.Hist. Society, History Education Society, Orgns. American Historians.