Vernon F. Gallagher
| Vernon F. Gallagher, Ph.D | |
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| Eighth President of Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost |
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In office 1950–1959 |
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| Preceded by | Rev. Francis P. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Rev. Henry J. McAnulty |
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| Born |
September 26, 1914 Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Died | August 14, 2014 (aged 99) Allison Park, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (M.A., Ph.D.) |
Vernon F. Gallagher (September 26, 1914 – August 14, 2014) was an American Roman Catholic priest who served as the eighth president of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1950 until 1959. After leaving the priesthood in 1972, he was an academic administrator at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont.
Vernon F. Gallagher was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania on September 26, 1914. He was an altar boy at his home parish of St. Mary's, where he was first introduced to the Holy Ghost Fathers who administered the parish. He later entered the Spiritan novitiate himself, and was ordained a priest in 1939. As a seminarian, Gallagher was noted for his musical talent; he played piano and organ, and even composed an operetta.
Following his ordination, Gallagher earned a master's degree in English at the University of Pennsylvania and served as a professor at Duquesne University. He rose in the university faculty, being appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, then vice president, and finally university president in 1950.
Gallagher studied Latin and Ancient Greek in the course of his education, and learned Spanish, German, French, and Slovak on his own.
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