Joseph G. McKenna

Brother Joseph G. McKenna, CFC
5th President of Iona College
In office 1965–1971
Preceded by	Richard B. Power, CFC
Succeeded by	John G. Driscoll, CFC
Vice President of Iona College
In office 1963–1965
President	Richard B. Power, CFC
Dean of Iona College
In office 1952–1957
Personal details
Born	1922 New York City, New York, United States
Died	28 July 1973 (aged 51) San Francisco, California, United States
Alma mater	Fordham University (MA) Columbia University (PhD)
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Joseph Gonzaga McKenna, CFC (1922 – 28 July 1971) was an American educator and member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious institute. He served as the fifth President of Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.

McKenna was born in 1922 in New York City, where he was raised with a sister, Mary. He joined the Congregation of Christian Brothers in 1936 at the age of 14.

In 1951 he graduated from Fordham University with a master's degree, and received a PhD in 1955 from Columbia University. He additionally earned a bachelor's degree and a second master's.

After graduating college, he began teaching at All Hallows Institute in 1942, and later taught at Rice High School, Iona Preparatory School, and Power Memorial Academy over the next eight years. In 1950, he became a mathematics professor at Iona College, and two years later was appointed dean of the college.

He served in that capacity until 1957, when he left New York to found Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, the first Christian Brothers school in New England. He served as principal there until 1963.

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