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[1]
The Office of the President is housed in Healy Hall.

Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C. that was founded
[2]
as Georgetown College by Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore in 1789. The president of Georgetown
[3]
University is its chief executive officer, and from its establishment until the 1960s was also the
[4]
rector of the university's Jesuit community. The president is elected by and may be removed by the

university's board of directors, and is ex officio a member of the board. The president is also one of
[3]
five members of the university's legal corporation, known as the President and Directors of
[5]
Georgetown College, which was first chartered by the United States Congress in 1815.

The president is charged with control over the "business affairs and properties" of the university, and
appoints the vice presidents and administrators and, with the concurrence of the board, appoints the
provost, secretary, and treasurer of the university. The president may remove any officer, vice
president, or administrator by his accord, except the provost, secretary, and treasurer, which require
the concurrence of the board. If the office is vacant, then the powers of the presidency are exercised
[3]
by the provost. The president is among the 100 highest-paid university presidents in the United
[6]
States.

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Of the 41 individuals to have held the office, nearly all have been Jesuits. Only one has been a

member of another religious order while president: Louis William Valentine DuBourg, who was a
[7] [7] [8]
Sulpician. Three presidents have gone on to become bishops: DuBourg, Leonard Neale, and
[9]
Benedict Joseph Fenwick. Every president has been a Catholic priest except one, the current
[4] [10]
president, John J. DeGioia. Having assumed office on July 1, 2001, DeGioia is the university's
[4]
longest-serving president.

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Contents

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● Presidents
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● 2
● See also
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● 3
● References
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○ Citations
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○ 3.2
○ Sources
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● External links
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Presidents[edit]
Giovanni Antonio Grassi

Patrick Francis Healy

J. Havens Richards
 W. Coleman Nevils

Timothy S. Healy

John J. DeGioia

No. Name Years Notes Ref.

1 Robert Plunkett SJ 1791–179 [11]

3
2 Robert Molyneux SJ 1793–179 Superior of the Jesuit Maryland Mission [11]
6 [12]
(1805–1808)

3 Louis William 1796–179 Founder and President of St. Mary's [11]

Valentine DuBourg 8 College (1799–1810); Bishop of Louisiana
SS and the Two Floridas (1815–1826); Bishop
of Montauban (1826–1833); Archbishop of
[7]
Besançon (1833).

4 Leonard Neale SJ 1798–180 Coadjutor Bishop of Baltimore (1795–1815); [11]

6 [8]
Archbishop of Baltimore (1815–1817)

5 Robert Molyneux SJ 1806–180 [11]

8

6 Francis Neale SJ 1808–180 Acting president [11]

9

7 William Matthews 1809 President of the Washington Seminary [11]

[13] [14]
(1824–1848). Georgetown alumnus.
Was a Jesuit novice only for the duration of
[13]
his presidency.

8 Francis Neale SJ 1809–181 [11]

2

9 Giovanni Antonio 1812–181 Superior of the Jesuit Maryland Mission [11]

Grassi SJ 7 (1812–1817); Provincial Superior of the
Jesuit Province of Turin (1831–1835);
Rector of the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de
[15]
Propaganda Fide (1840–1842).
Sometimes referred to as Georgetown's
[16]
"second founder."
10 Benedict Joseph 1817 [9] [11]
Bishop of Boston (1825–1846).
Fenwick SJ [17]
Georgetown alumnus.

11 Anthony Kohlmann 1817–182 Apostolic Administrator of New York [11]

SJ 0 (1810–1815); Superior of the Jesuit
[18]
Maryland Mission (1817–1819);
President of the Washington Seminary
[19]
(1820–1824).

12 Enoch Fenwick SJ 1820–182 [11]

5

13 Benedict Joseph 1825 Acting president [11]

Fenwick SJ

14 Stephen 1825–182 [20] [11]

Georgetown alumnus
Larigaudelle 6
Dubuisson SJ

15 William Feiner SJ 1826–182 [11]

9

16 John W. Beschter SJ 1829 [11]

17 Thomas F. Mulledy 1829–183 Provincial Superior of the Jesuit Maryland [11]

SJ 8 [12]
Province (1837–1840); President of the
[21]
College of the Holy Cross (1843–1845).
[22]
Georgetown alumnus.

18 William McSherry SJ 1838–183 Provincial Superior of the Jesuit Maryland [11]

9 [12]
Province (1833–1837, 1839).
[23]
Georgetown alumnus.
19 Joseph A. Lopez SJ 1839–184 Acting president. First Latin American [11]
0 [24]
college president in the United States.

20 James A. Ryder SJ 1840–184 Provincial Superior of the Jesuit Maryland [11]

5 [12]
Province (1843–1845); President of the
College of the Holy Cross (1845–1848);
President of Saint Joseph's College
[25] [26]
(1856–1857). Georgetown alumnus.

21 Samuel Mulledy SJ 1845 [27] [11]

Georgetown alumnus

22 Thomas F. Mulledy 1845–184 [11]

SJ 8

23 James A. Ryder SJ 1848–185 [11]

1

24 Charles H. 1851–185 Provincial Superior of the Jesuit Maryland [11]

Stonestreet SJ 2 [12]
Province (1852–1858); President of
[28]
Gonzaga College (1858–1860).
[29]
Georgetown alumnus.

25 Bernard A. Maguire 1852–185 [30] [11]

Georgetown alumnus
SJ 8

26 John Early SJ 1858–186 President of the College of the Holy Cross [11]
5 (1848–1851); President of Loyola College in
[31]
Maryland (1852–1858, 1866–1870).
[32]
Georgetown alumnus.

27 Bernard A. Maguire 1866–187 [11]

SJ 0
28 John Early SJ 1870–187 [11]
3

29 Patrick Francis 1873–188 Self-identified as white but posthumously [11]

Healy SJ 2 recognized as the first black American to
become a Jesuit, earn a Ph.D. and become
the president of a predominantly white
[33]
American university. Sometimes referred
[34]
to as Georgetown's "second founder."

30 James A. Doonan SJ 1882–188 [35] [11]

Georgetown alumnus
8

31 J. Havens Richards 1888–189 [11]

SJ 8

32 John D. Whitney SJ 1898–190 [36]

1

33 Jerome Daugherty 1901–190 [36]

SJ 5

34 David Hillhouse Buel 1905–190 [36]

SJ 8

35 Joseph J. Himmel SJ 1908–191 Rector of St. Andrew-on-Hudson [36]

2 [37]
(1915–1921)

36 Alphonsus J. Donlon 1912–191 [38] [36]

Georgetown alumnus
SJ 8

37 John B. Creeden SJ 1918–192 [36]

4
38 Charles W. Lyons SJ 1924–192 Rector of Gonzaga College (1908–1909); [36]
8 President of Saint Joseph's College
(1909–1914); President of Boston College
[39]
(1914–1919)

39 W. Coleman Nevils 1928–193 President of the University of Scranton [36]

SJ 5 [40]
(1942–1947)

40 Arthur A. O'Leary SJ 1935–194 [36]

2

41 Lawrence C. 1942–194 [36]

Gorman SJ 9

42 J. Hunter Guthrie SJ 1949–195 [36]

2

43 Edward B. Bunn SJ 1952–196 President of Loyola College in Maryland [42]

4 [41]
(1938–1947)

44 Gerard J. Campbell 1964–196 [42]

SJ 8

45 Robert J. Henle SJ 1969–197 [42]

6

46 Timothy S. Healy SJ 1976–198 President of the New York Public Library [42]
9 [43]
(1989–1992)

47 Leo J. O'Donovan SJ 1989–200 [44] [42]

Georgetown alumnus
1
48 John J. DeGioia 2001–pres First lay president of a Jesuit university in [42]
ent [45]
the United States. Georgetown
[4]
alumnus.

See also[edit]
● History of Georgetown University
● Jesuits in the United States
● List of Georgetown University faculty

References[edit]

Citations[edit]
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