Father Hesburgh Notre Dame
University of notre dame archives 607 hesburgh library notre dame in 46556.
Father hesburgh notre dame. Father hesburgh was born may 25 1917 and raised in syracuse new york. Father hesburgh with president kennedy miscamble was well suited to the task. Hesburgh c s c longtime president of the university of notre dame and a dedicated champion of civil rights and other social issues. Duarte ran into hesburgh in panama city where father ted was speaking to the central american alumni at their universal notre dame night.
Father hesburgh was considered one of the most important educational religious and civic leaders of the 20th century. The enduring legacy left after his 35 years as notre dame s president is tangible on campus today. An award winning historian and author he has taught at notre dame for over thirty years. He was ordained a priest of the congregation of holy cross notre dame s founding order in 1943.
He was educated at notre dame and the gregorian university in rome from which he earned a bachelor s degree in 1939. Postal service honors the reverend father theodore m. Father thomas duffy a missionary priest from the congregation of holy cross which owned the university of notre dame encouraged hesburgh s interest in joining the priesthood. Hesburgh achieved his professed goal of being ordained as a priest at age 26 and used his vocation to effect positive change in the areas of civil rights higher education and the church to name a few.
Hesburgh graduated from most holy rosary high school in syracuse in 1934 and enrolled in the holy cross seminary at notre dame in the fall. 6 30 am as informational as it is inspirational patrick creadon s hesburgh is a thoroughly engaging documentary chronicle of the life and turbulent times of longtime notre dame president father. He increased the stature and size of the university and greatly influenced the areas of civil rights and higher education in the united states. Life as a holy cross priest.