Donald Merrifield
| Donald P. Merrifield S.J., Ph.D. | |
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| 11th President of Loyola Marymount University |
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In office 1969–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Charles S. Cassasa, S.J., Ph.D. |
| Succeeded by | James N. Loughran, S.J., Ph.D. |
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| Born | November 14, 1928 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | February 25, 2010 (aged 81) San Jose, California, U.S. |
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California Institute of Technology University of Notre Dame Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Profession | Jesuit, physicist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Donald Paul Merrifield, S.J., Ph.D. (November 14, 1928 – February 25, 2010) was an American Jesuit who served as the 11th president of Loyola University of Los Angeles. He became the first president of Loyola Marymount University president upon Loyola University's merger with Marymount College in 1973 and remained as the school's president until 1984. Under Merrifield, Loyola Marymount went through a period of rapid expansion in which thirteen new buildings were constructed on the main campus.
Fr. Merrifield was born in Los Angeles on November 14, 1928. He graduated from Inglewood High School. Fr. Merrifield received his bachelor's degree in physics from California Institute of Technology in 1950. He went on to obtain a master's degree in physics from University of Notre Dame in 1951 and his doctorate in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in 1962.
Donald Merrifield entered the Society of Jesus in 1951 and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1965 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hollywood.
He taught physics at the University of San Francisco, Santa Clara University and Loyola University of Los Angeles before becoming president of Loyola in 1969. He also worked as a consultant at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California from 1962 until 1969.
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