Theodore Hesburgh
American theologian and university president (1917-2015) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 97
Theodore Martin Hesburgh, C.S.C. was an American Catholic priest and academic who was a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross.
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2015Died26 February 20151987Laetare MedalAward1984NAS Public Welfare MedalAward1977Honorary Doctorate at the Laval UniversityAward1964Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1917Born25 May 1917
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![Hesburgh presents the Laetare Medal to John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1961[16]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/President_John_F._Kennedy_Receives_the_University_of_Notre_Dame%E2%80%99s_Laetare_Medal_at_the_White_House.jpg/1280px-President_John_F._Kennedy_Receives_the_University_of_Notre_Dame%E2%80%99s_Laetare_Medal_at_the_White_House.jpg)
Hesburgh presents the Laetare Medal to John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1961[16]
Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame, which features the Word of Life mural (also known as Touchdown Jesus)
Hesburgh chairs the Civil Rights Committee
Hesburgh with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964
Hesburgh in 2008
Hesburgh greets President Barack Obama at Notre Dame in 2009
Hesburgh's Presidential Medal of FreedomAwards
About this person
He served as president of the University of Notre Dame for 35 years from 1952 to 1987, along with numerous appointed positions in the U.S. government, including as chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2015 · aged 97
