William J. Duane (Jesuit)

William J. Duane was a Jesuit priest and President of Fordham University in the Bronx, NY, from 1924 until 1930.[1] Fr. Duane was born in March 1868 in New York, NY.[2] Prior to being appointed President of Fordham University, he graduated from St. Francis Xavier College (later to become Xavier High School) in 1887, after which he went on to study at Boston College and then teach theology at Woodstock College for nineteen years.[1] He was fifty-seven years old when he came to Fordham.

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William J. Duane

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Born(1868-03-00)March , 1868
New York, NY
OccupationJesuit Priest
TitlePresident
Academic background
Alma materSt. Francis Xavier College

Duane oversaw several noteworthy events in Fordham University's development, including the completion of the Rose Hill campus gymnasium, which, having been undertaken in 1923, was dedicated in 1925.[3] Shortly after the dedication of Rose Hill Gymnasium, work was begun on a new library, the first of five buildings that Duane would see built. This significant expansion of the university's facilities occurred during a period of notable growth within the infrastructure of the American Catholic Church; Duane's emphasis on the building, expansion and renovation of university facilities can be seen to reflect this trend within the church during this time period.[4] Duane Library, located on the university's Rose Hill campus and later repurposed into an administrative building, was dedicated in Duane's honor after the completion of his service to the university in 1930.[5] In addition to growing the university's infrastructure, the university's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program was established in 1926.[3]

References
  1. Gannon, Robert (1967). Up to the Present: The Story of Fordham. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
  2. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3KM-K17 : 20 January 2015), Wm J Duane in household of Buchard Villiger, Election District 2, Harrisonville, Precinct 1, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing sheet 16A, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,606.
  3. Fordham. "Fordham online information | About | 175 Years of Service in New York | Historical Timeline". www.fordham.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  4. Shelley, Thomas (2016). Fordham: A History of the Jesuit University of New York. New York, NY: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823271511.
  5. Kane, Patrice. "Research Guides @ Fordham: Fordham University History: The Man - The Building". fordham.libguides.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
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