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Patrick Francis Healy

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American Jesuit educator (1834-1910)

United StatesReligious FiguresLived 1834 to 1910 · aged 75
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Patrick Francis Healy was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was an influential president of Georgetown University, becoming known as its "second founder". The university's flagship building, Healy Hall, bears his name.

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Patrick Francis Healy was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was an influential president of Georgetown University, becoming known as its "second founder". The university's flagship building, Healy Hall, bears his name. Though he considered himself and was widely accepted as White, Healy was posthumously recognized as the first Black American to earn a PhD, as well as the first to enter the Jesuit order and to become the president of a predominantly White university.

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United States
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Religious Figures
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Religious Figure
Status
deceased
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Lived 1834 to 1910 · aged 75
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