John H. Garvey
| John H. Garvey | |
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| 15th President of the Catholic University of America |
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Assumed office January 25, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 28, 1948 Sharon, Pennsylvania |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne Walter Garvey |
| Alma mater |
University of Notre Dame Harvard University |
| Profession | University Administrator, Professor |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
John Hugh Garvey (born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1948) is the 15th President of The Catholic University of America. Trained as a lawyer, Garvey assumed his current position in 2011. It has been said that "by pretty much any standard one cares to cite, [he] is among the more intriguing figures on the U.S. Catholic landscape these days" and that his appointment as University head was a "scandal".
John H. Garvey attended the University of Notre Dame where he received an A.B. in 1970. He was candidate for a Master of Theological Studies degree at Harvard Divinity School (1970–71), and then entered the Harvard Law School, where he earned a Juris Doctor in 1974.
Garvey was law clerk to Irving R. Kaufman, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit from 1974 to 1975, associate of Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, California, from 1975 to 1976, assistant to solicitor general, United States Department of Justice, from 1981 to 1984, professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law from 1976 to 1994, visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School from 1985 to 1986, professor at the Notre Dame Law School from 1994 to 1999 and dean of Boston College Law School from 1999 to 2010.
In September 2009, Garvey joined 75 fellow Boston College Law faculty members in a letter denouncing the actions of faculty member Scott Fitzgibbon and stating that his statements about same-sex marriage were his personal opinion and not the teaching of the Law School. This has led to articles in Catholic Culture criticizing his later appointment as president of CUA.
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