FEATURES
On July 1, Rev. Michael J. Marco, SJ, assumed the role of Marquette High’s 11th president. Yet, Marco is no stranger to MUHS, where he has served since 2013 as special assistant to the president and earlier, from 1989 through 1992, as a scholastic teaching psychology and theology and coaching baseball.
Many know the Nebraska native is a diehard Cornhusker fan. Many know that he is Jesuit-educated with his alma maters being Creighton University (bachelor’s degree in psychology), Boston College (master’s degree in religious education) and Weston Jesuit School of Theology (master’s degree in divinity). And many know this is not his first leadership stint, having served as president at Walsh Jesuit High School in Ohio and at Georgetown Preparatory School in Maryland. Among the lesser-known facts about Marquette High’s new leader, he was born in Omaha, Neb., and moved to Schuyler, Neb., when he was in fifth grade. He graduated from Schuyler Central High School, where he participated in swing choir, theater, speech and debate, and basketball. He played football freshman year but then realized as a sophomore, with a frame of 5'4" and 115 pounds, “self-preservation necessitated finding other activities,” Marco says.
Above: Rev. Michael J. Marco, SJ, served as a scholastic at MUHS from 1989 to 1992 and was recognized for his contributions in the 1992 Flambeau yearbook. Others leaving MUHS that year: (Back row, left to right) Rev. Norb Eberhart, SJ, Rev. Ben Benzinger, SJ, Eric Heinzen, Pat Browne, (front row) John Belmonte, SJ, Larry Siewert ‘59 and Mike Marco, SJ. Left: Provincial Superior of the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus, Rev. Thomas Lawler, SJ ’83 officiates the installation of Rev. Michael J. Marco, SJ as president of Marquette University High School on Sept. 11, 2016.
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