Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., completed his 18 th and final year as president of the University of Notre Dame on July 1, 2005. He now serves as President Emeritus. As the University’s 16 th president, Father Malloy was elected by the Board of Trustees in 1986, having served five years as vice president and associate provost. Father Malloy is a full professor in the Department of Theology and has been a member of the faculty since 1974. As President Emeritus, he continues to teach, conducting a seminar for first-year undergraduates each semester, and he makes his home in a student residence hall on campus.

He is the author of more than 50 articles and book chapters, the editor or co-editor of two books, and has published six books. His last book, entitled Monk’s Notre Dame was published in September 2005 by University of Notre Dame Press. An ethicist by training, he is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Society of Christian Ethics.

Father Malloy led Notre Dame at a time of rapid growth in its reputation, faculty, and resources. The University’s endowment is about $4 billion (15 th largest among U.S. private colleges and universities) and its recently concluded “Generations” capital campaign raised $1.1 billion, far exceeding its goal of $767 million. The total raised was the largest in the history of Catholic higher education. The University has seen a dramatic improvement in its financial aid resources, in the quality of its campus facilities, and in the diversity of its student body and faculty. It has fostered its distinctive identity as a Catholic university while gaining the recognition of its peer institutions, Catholic and non-Catholic alike.

Father Malloy earned his doctorate in Christian ethics from Vanderbilt University in 1975, and Vanderbilt honored him in 1998 with the establishment of a chair in Catholic studies in his name. He has also been awarded 24 honorary degrees. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Notre Dame in 1963 and 1967, and a second master’s degree, in theology, in 1969 while studying for the priesthood. He was ordained to the priesthood in Sacred Heart Basilica on campus in 1970.

Father Malloy’s service to higher education has been long-standing and presently includes membership on the boards of Vanderbilt University, the University of Portland, St. Thomas University, Notre Dame Australia and our own Notre Dame Board of Trustees. In addition, he has played a leadership role in many of the major higher education associations, including the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), Campus Compact, the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), and various committees of the NCAA. He was also a long-time member of the Business-Higher Education Forum.