Edward Malloy

The Rev. Edward Malloy, C.S.C. (born May 3, 1941), nicknamed "Monk", served from 1987 to 2005 as the 16th president of the University of Notre Dame.

Biography

Edward Malloy was born on May 3, 1941 in Washington, D.C.. He received a B.A. and an M.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1963 and 1967, and an M.A. in Theology in 1969. He was ordained as priest in 1970, and he received a PhD in Christian ethics from Vanderbilt University in 1975.

Presidency of the University of Notre Dame

In 1974, he started teaching at Notre Dame. In 1986, he was elected by the trustees as Vice-President and Associate Provost. He served as President from 1987 to 2005.

Father Malloy sits on the Board of Trustees of Vanderbilt University and the University of Portland, the University of St. Thomas and the University of Notre Dame Australia. He has served in leadership roles as chair of the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), and Campus Compact, and has been an active participant on the Business-Higher Education Forum, the general council of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), the board of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), the board of directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), the National Committee on Higher Education and the Health of Youth, the board of advisors of The Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry at Catholic Theological Union of Chicago, the board of directors of the NCAA Foundation, and the editorial advisory board of The Presidency, the magazine of the American Council on Education.