Daniel S. Hendrickson

Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J.
Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J.
25th President of Creighton University
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 2015
Preceded by	Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.; J. Christopher Bradberry, Pharm. D. (interim)
Personal details
Born	October 4, 1970 Fremont, Nebraska
Alma mater	Marquette University Columbia University
Profession	Jesuit priest, academic
Website	http://www.creighton.edu/office-of-the-president

Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J., is the 25th president of Creighton University starting on July 1, 2015 until the present. He was previously the Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives at Marquette University.

Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J., is a native of Fremont, Nebraska, and graduated from Mount Michael Benedictine High School in Elkhorn, Nebraska. He comes from a family of educators. Daniel's Mirror Image Twin is Rev. D. Scott Hendrickson, S.J., D.Phil., a Loyola University of Chicago assistant professor of modern languages. Daniel's older brother Ryan Hendrickson, Ph.D., is a political science professor and interim dean of Eastern Illinois University Graduate School.

Hendrickson graduated from Marquette in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and theology. Hendrickson holds three master's degrees from Fordham University a M.A. in Philosophical Resources, from Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University a Master of Divinity, and a M.A. from Columbia University.

Holding a doctorate in the Philosophy of Education from Columbia's Teachers College he wrote his dissertation, “The Jesuit Imaginary: Higher Education in a Secular Age,” on the work of Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor and the Renaissance humanist elements of education in the Jesuit tradition.

Hendrickson entered the Jesuits in 1994. He was ordained a Catholic priest of the Society of Jesus in 2006.

Hendrickson returned to Marquette University in 2012 as the Associate Vice President in the Office of the Executive Vice President, and then in 2014 became an Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives. Although never having served as a university president before, Hendrickson is confident in his ability to lead. At Marquette, in his role in the provost’s office, he also co-directed a service leadership scholarship program, oversaw an enrollment growth initiative and managed expansion of the Title IX compliance office.