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Biography of Theodore Martin HesburghName: Theodore Martin HesburghBirth Date: May 25, 1917 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Syracuse, New York, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: university president, priest Theodore Martin Hesburgh Theodore Martin Hesburgh (born 1917) was an activist American Catholic priest who was president of Notre Dame, 1952-1987. He served on the Civil Rights Commission from 1957 to 1972, becoming both its most outspoken member and its chairman. He was also active in the anti-Vietnam War movement and in efforts to improve the treatment of illegal aliens.Theodore Martin Hesburgh was born May 25, 1917, in Syracuse, New York, to Theodore Barnard Hesburgh and Ann Marie Murphy Hesburgh. A product of the "Catholic ghetto," he attended only Roman Catholic schools and felt called to be a priest while only in grade school. Following graduation from high school in 1934 he entered the Order of the Congregation of the Holy Cross and began his undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame that fall. He was graduated from Gregorian University in 1939 with a Ph.D. degree and entered the seminary at Holy Cross College, Washington, D.C., in 1940. …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…American Philosophical Society, Council on Foreign Relations, and National Academy of Education. Associated Organizations Further Reading The only biography of Hesburgh in general circulation is Joel R. Connelly and Howard J. Dooley, Hesburgh's Notre Dame (1972), which is a non-scholarly slick view of limited value. The popular periodical press of the 1960s and 1970s (TIME, Newsweek, LIFE, etc.) contain many articles on the man and by him as issues at Notre Dame and causes he was involved in became newsworthy. He also wrote numerous essays for a myriad of periodicals. The following books by Hesburgh should provide additional insight: Foreign Policy and Morality: Framework for a Moral Audit (with Louis J. Halle, 1979); God and the World of Man (1950); Patterns for Educational Growth (1958); The Hesburgh Papers: Higher Values in Higher Education (1979); The Humane Imperative: A Challenge for the Year 2000 (1974); Theology of Catholic Action (1945); and Thoughts for Our Times (a series beginning in 1962). |