William P. Leahy, SJ, the 25th president of Boston College, entered the Society of Jesus in 1967. Fr. Leahy holds bachelor's and master's degrees from St. Louis University, a M.Div. and S.T.M. from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and a doctorate in United States history from Stanford University. He was ordained a priest in 1978. Prior to his appointment as president of Boston College in 1996, he was a member of the history department and executive vice president of Marquette University. He serves on the board of trustees of St. Joseph's University, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Fr. Leahy is the author of Adapting to America: Catholics, Jesuits and Higher Education in the Twentieth Century, and various articles on American religious and educational history.
