Joseph A. Panuska
| Joseph Allan Panuska, S.J. | |
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| President of the University of Scranton | |
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In office 1982–1998 |
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| Preceded by | William J. Byron, S.J. |
| Succeeded by | Joseph M. McShane, S.J. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 3, 1927 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | February 28, 2017 (aged 89) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Loyola University Maryland Saint Louis University |
| Profession | Jesuit priest, academic |
Rev. Joseph Allan Panuska, S.J. (July 3, 1927 – February 28, 2017) was an American priest of the Society of Jesus. Panuska served as the President of the University of Scranton from 1982 to 1998, as academic Vice President and Dean of Faculties at Boston College from 1979 to 1982, as provincial of the seven-state Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus from 1973 to 1979, after serving as a biology professor and director of the Jesuit community at Georgetown University from 1963 to 1973.
Joseph Allen Panuska was born on July 3, 1927, in Baltimore, Maryland. He is of Bohemian ancestry.
He attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, a public high school of 2,300 students, and graduated in 1945 as the valedictorian of his class.
He received a bachelor of science degree in biology from Loyola College in 1948. In 1954 he was awarded a licentiate in philosophy and in 1958 he earned a doctorate in biology, both from St. Louis University. Panuska received a licentiate in sacred theology from in 1961. In 1974, Father Panuska was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Scranton.
In 1960, he was ordained as a Jesuit priest at Woodstock. He completed his Jesuit tertianship at Muenster, Germany, in 1962. He then served as an instructor and NIH postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physiology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1962 until 1963. After serving as an assistant professor of biology at Georgetown University from 1963 to 1966, he was promoted to the rank of associate professor in 1966 and finally to the rank of full professor in 1972 at Georgetown University. From 1969 to 1970, Panuska was on sabbatical as a visiting scientist and fellow at the Department of Pathology of Cambridge University. He then returned to Georgetown where he continued to serve as a professor of biology and also became the rector of the Jesuit community from 1970 until 1973. From 1970 until 1973, Panuska served as a trustee of the University of Scranton and as a member of the Academic Affairs Committee. Father Panuska held the post of Provincial of the Jesuit community of the seven-state Maryland Province from 1973 until 1979. He then served as the academic vice president, dean of faculties, and professor of biology at Boston College from 1979 to 1982. In this position, he was responsible for overall planning and financial decisions concerning the academic area of the college, comprising the admissions, university libraries, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the Schools of Education, Law, Management, Nursing, and Social Work at the 14,000 student institution.
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