Curriculum Vitae
educator, university chancellor
| Born: | Blasdell, New York | ||
| Parents: | Edward and Mary Gertrude (Ward) Monan | ||
| Entered into the Society of Jesus, September 1942; ordained to the priesthood June, 1955 | |||
| A.B., Woodstock (Maryland), 1948; Ph.L., Woodstock, 1949; S.T.L., Woodstock, 1956; Ph.D., University of Louvain (Belgium), 1959; postdoctoral research at Oxford, Paris and Munich. | |||
| Associations of Jesuit Colleges and Universities | 1996 - 97 | Interim President | |
| Boston College | 1996 - | Chancellor | |
| 1972 - 96 | President | ||
| Le Moyne College (N.Y.) | 1970 | Acting President | |
| 1968 - 72 | Vice President | ||
| 1968 - 72 | Academic Dean | ||
| 1961-69 | Chairman, Philosophy Department | ||
| 1960-68 | Instructor to Professor | ||
| St. Peter's College (N.J.) | 1949-52 | Instructor | |
| Author: | "Higher Education and Moral Choices in the 80's," Liberal Education, Volume 65, No. 2, 1979. | |
| Moral Knowledge and Its Methodology in Aristotle, Clarendon: Oxford, 1968. | ||
| Co-author: | A Prelude to Metaphysics, Prentice-Hall, 1967 | |
| The Philosophy of Human Knowing, Newman Press, 1952; and of various articles. | ||
| Participant in former international meetings of Symposium Aristotelicum. | ||
| Honorary Degrees: | L.H.D., St. Michael’s College, 2004 | |
| L.H.D., Xavier University, 2001 | ||
| L.H.D., Western New England College, 2000 | ||
| LL.D., University of Massachusetts Boston, 1997 | ||
| LL.D., Boston College, 1996 | ||
| LL.D., National University of Ireland, 1991 | ||
| LL.D., Loyola University of Chicago, 1987 | ||
| L.H.D., University of Massachusetts, 1984 | ||
| LL.D., Harvard University, 1982 | ||
| L.H.D., Northeastern University, 1975 | ||
| L.H.D., New England School of Law, 1975 | ||
| L.H.D., St. Joseph's College, 1973 | ||
| L.H.D., Le Moyne College, 1973 | ||
| Trusteeships: | Boston College, 1972-96 | |
| WGBH Educational Foundation, 1972-96; Executive Committee, 1992-96; Trustee Emeritus, 1996- |
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| Boston Plan for Excellence in Public Schools, 1994-98 | ||
| Wang Institute of Graduate Studies, 1983-86 | ||
| Canisius College, 1976-82 | ||
| Fordham University, 1969-75 | ||
| Le Moyne College, 1961-69; 1995-2004; Executive Committee, 1995-2004 | ||
| Jean R. Yawkey Foundation (Yawkey Foundation II), 2002-2005 | ||
| Directorships: | United States Naval Academy Foundation, 1998-2003 | |
| Massachusetts Governor's International Trade Advisory Board, 1992 | ||
| Sr. Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation, 1989; Executive Committee, 1991-96 |
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| Council for Aid to Education, 1985-96; Executive Committee, 1987-96 | ||
| The Partnership, 1984-94 | ||
| First National and Bank of Boston Corporations, 1976-96 | ||
| Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, 1972-96; Chairman, 1983-86 | ||
| Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts, Chairman, 1977-78; Executive Committee, 1988-91 |
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| Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications, 1983-85 | ||
| National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, 1981-84; Chairman, 1983-84 | ||
| Institute for European Studies, 1979-82 | ||
| Georgetown University, 1978-84 | ||
| Other Service: | Archbishop Law Committee for Organizational Study, 1986-88 | |
| Bishops and Presidents' Committee, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, 1992-96 |
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| Boston 2000 Millennium Commission, Working Group on Education, Co-Chair, 1997-98 | ||
| Boston Higher Education Partnership, Executive Committee, 1988-96 | ||
| Boston Plan for Excellence, Board of Overseers, 1994- | ||
| Boston United Way, Educational Division Chairman, 1974, 1985 | ||
| Challenge to Leadership, Steering and Executive Committees, 1987-98 | ||
| Committee to Review and Implement the Apostolic Constitution, "Ex Corde Ecclesiae," 1991-2001 | ||
| Goals for Boston, Steering Committee, 1982-86 | ||
| Harvard Board of Overseers, Committee to Visit Graduate School of Business Administration, 1987-93 | ||
| The Massachusetts Summit: The Promise of Our Youth, Co-Chair, 1997 | ||
| Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education, Task Force on Student Financial Aid, 1987-88 | ||
| Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Committee of Distinguished Visitors, 1998 | ||
| Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Committee to Study the Code of Judicial Conduct, 1998-2004 | ||
| The National Mentoring Partnership, Board member, 1991- | ||
| National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, Board member, 2003- | ||
| One to One|The Mass Mentoring Partnership, Co-Chair, 1992-2001; Leadership Council, 2001- |
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| National Collegiate Athletic Association, Presidents Commission, 1984-88 | ||
| Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, Advisory Board, 1990-2001 | ||
| Steering Committee of College Presidents under Phase II of the Court-Ordered Desegregation of the Boston Public Schools System, Chairman, 1975-77 | ||
| Visiting Committee on Management in the Massachusetts Courts, Chair, 2002-2003 | ||
| Massachusetts Commission on Public Council Services, 2004-2005 | ||
| Awards and Honors: | The Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, Award, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, 2002 | |
| Fifty Who Made A Difference Award, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, 2001 | ||
| Theodore L. Storer Memorial Award for Community Service, Boy Scouts of America,2001 | ||
| Rev. Raymond J. Callahan, S.J. Service Award; Nativity Preparatory School, 1999 | ||
| Labouré Medal; Labouré College, 1997 | ||
| Por Cristo Award; Por Cristo, 1997 | ||
| Torch of Leadership Award; Boston Citizen Seminars, Associated Industries of Massachusetts,1997 | ||
| Distinguished American Award; The National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame, 1996 | ||
| Elizabeth Ann Seton Award; The National Catholic Educational Association, 1996 | ||
| Memberships: | Massachusetts Historical Society | |
| Metaphysical Society of America | ||
| Jesuit Philosophical Association | ||
| Society of Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy | ||
| Society of Ancient Greek Philosophy | ||