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BS: OBIT: Theodore Hesburgh, CSC
| Rapparee | 27 Feb 15 - 08:48 PM | |
| michaelr | 28 Feb 15 - 11:56 AM | |
| Rapparee | 28 Feb 15 - 04:06 PM | |
| frogprince | 28 Feb 15 - 04:08 PM | |
| michaelr | 28 Feb 15 - 05:29 PM | |
| michaelr | 28 Feb 15 - 05:30 PM | |
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Subject: BS: OBIT: Theodore Hesburgh, CSC From: Rapparee Date: 27 Feb 15 - 08:48 PM Wikipedia says: Hesburgh served as Notre Dame's President for 35 years (1952–1987), the longest tenure to date. He supervised dramatic growth, as well as a transition to coeducation in 1972. During his term, the annual operating budget rose by a factor of 18 from $9.7 million to $176.6 million, the endowment rose by a factor of 40 from $9 million to $350 million, and research funding rose by a factor of 20 from $735,000 to $15 million. Enrollment nearly doubled from 4,979 to 9,600, faculty more than doubled 389 to 950, and degrees awarded annually doubled from 1,212 to 2,500.[1] Hesburgh served as a member of the United States Civil Rights Commission from 1957, and Chairman from 1969, until his dismissal by President Richard Nixon in 1972 due to his frequent opposition to Nixon policies. He also served in a number of other posts on government commissions, non-profit organization boards, and Vatican missions, beginning with his appointment to a science commission by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1954. He was a contributor to the 1958 analysis of the U.S. education system, The Pursuit of Excellence, commissioned by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund as part of its Special Studies Project.[2] In 1967, he led an academic movement which issued the so-called Land O'Lakes statement which insisted upon "true autonomy and academic freedom in the face of authority of whatever kind, lay or clerical". According to Rick Perlstein in Nixonland, Hesburgh was considered by George McGovern as his running mate in the 1972 presidential election.[3] McGovern chose Thomas Eagleton. Hesburgh was a key figure in anti-Vietnam War student activism. After discovering a student plot to burn the Notre Dame campus ROTC building in 1969, Hesburgh issued a letter to the student body outlining the University's stance. The letter was later reprinted by the New York times and Washington Post.[4] At the request of President Richard Nixon, Hesburgh advised Vice President Spiro Agnew regarding controlling violence on college campuses.[5] Hesburgh generally disagreed with American policy in Vietnam and favored accelerated withdrawal of the troops.[5] From 1977 to 1982 Hesburgh was chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation.[6] President Jimmy Carter appointed him to a blue-ribbon immigration reform commission in 1979; the commission's finding — that any national immigration reform proposals can succeed only if the American national border is properly secured beforehand[7] — was cited by various opponents of illegal immigration to the United States, especially those who are Catholic or sympathetic to Catholic views. He was one of the founders of People for the American Way. Hesburgh served on the Knight Commission that overhauled college sports from 1990 to 1996. Hesburgh was a major figure in American politics and Church politics from the 1950s to the 1990s. He was a strong supporter of interfaith dialogue. In 2009, he supported the invitation for Barack Obama to speak at Notre Dame, which was controversial because of Obama's strong endorsement of pro-choice legislation.[8] Hesburgh died on February 26, 2015, aged 97. |
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Subject: RE: BS: OBIT: Theodore Hesburgh, CSC From: michaelr Date: 28 Feb 15 - 11:56 AM CSC?? |
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Subject: RE: BS: OBIT: Theodore Hesburgh, CSC From: Rapparee Date: 28 Feb 15 - 04:06 PM Holy Cross priest -- the abbreviation is in Latin in the original. He was also an STD. |
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Subject: RE: BS: OBIT: Theodore Hesburgh, CSC From: frogprince Date: 28 Feb 15 - 04:08 PM I know a couple of people whom I sometimes think are STDs... |
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Subject: RE: BS: OBIT: Theodore Hesburgh, CSC From: michaelr Date: 28 Feb 15 - 05:29 PM IDIA I detest inscrutable acronyms |
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Subject: RE: BS: OBIT: Theodore Hesburgh, CSC From: michaelr Date: 28 Feb 15 - 05:30 PM And some scrutable ones, too. |
