James N. Loughran
| James N. Loughran S.J., Ph.D. | |
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| 12th President of Loyola Marymount University |
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In office 1984–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Donald P. Merrifield, S.J., Ph.D. |
| Succeeded by | Thomas P. O'Malley, S.J., Ph.D. |
| President of Saint Peter's College | |
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In office 1995–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel A. Degnan, S. J. |
| Succeeded by | Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D. |
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| Born | March 22, 1940 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | December 24, 2006 (aged 66) Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Alma mater |
College of the Holy Cross Fordham University |
| Profession | Jesuit, Administrator |
James N. Loughran, S.J., Ph.D. (March 22, 1940 - December 24, 2006) was an American Jesuit who served as the 12th president of Loyola Marymount University and 21st president of Saint Peter's College.
Fr. Loughran was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 22, 1940. He graduated from Brooklyn Prep in 1957 and entered the Society of Jesus in July 1958. Fr. Loughran attended the College of the Holy Cross and graduated from Fordham University, earning a Bachelor's degree in History, summa cum laude, in 1964. He also earned a Master's degree and a Doctorate in Philosophy from Fordham University and studied Theology in France and at in New York. He was ordained on June 11, 1970 and took his final vows on December 8, 1978.
While president of LMU, Fr. Loughran directed considerable financial resources to academics and lowered the minimum course load for professors from four to three, freeing up faculty for research and other scholarly and creative pursuits. He established classes in the study of American cultures, in part to raise awareness of the school's minority students who were pushing for greater recognition. He was president in 1990 when one of Loyola Marymount's top basketball players, Hank Gathers, collapsed during a game and died. Gathers' family brought a wrongful-death suit against Loyola Marymount that the school settled for $545,000. Loughran raised the university's endowment from about $21 million to $106 million before he resigned unexpectedly in 1991.
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