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John J. DeGioia

John J. DeGioia
John J. DeGioia at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda 2008.jpg
DeGioia speaking at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda 2008.
48th President of Georgetown University
Assumed office
July 1, 2001
Preceded by Rev. Leo O'Donovan, S.J.
Personal details
Born 1957
Connecticut, United States
Residence Washington, D.C.
Alma mater Georgetown University
Religion Roman Catholic
Website president.georgetown.edu

John J. "Jack" DeGioia (born 1957) became the 48th President of Georgetown University on July 1, 2001. He is the first lay president of the school, and in August 2014, became its longest-serving president.

DeGioia spent his early years in Orange, Connecticut, and Hanford, California. He graduated from Georgetown University's College of Arts and Sciences in 1979 with a B.A. in English and from the Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1995 with a Ph.D. in philosophy.

DeGioia served as a senior administrator and as a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy before becoming president on July 1, 2001. He continues to teach a seminar each fall, which is part of a program offering first year students the opportunity to encounter unique courses of study inspired by the Jesuit educational theme of cura personalis (“care for the whole person”).

As President, DeGioia recently completed a $1.5 billion fundraising campaign dedicated to enhancing the lifelong value of a Georgetown education.

In addition to his role as university president, DeGioia is involved in a number of national education organizations. He currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Council on Education (ACE) and of the Forum for the Future of Higher Education; he also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the National Association of Independent Schools. DeGioia also serves on the Division I Committee on Academics for the NCAA, and as a commissioner on the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Values and WEF’s Global University Leaders Forum.


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