REV. JOHN P. FITZGIBBONS, S.J. named next president John P. Fitzgibbons, S.J., has most recently served as the associate provost for faculty development at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. He was a member of the Board of Trustees at the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also served as vice president for administration and interim dean of the College of Professional Studies, and currently serves on the Board at Gonzaga University. Additional university work includes faculty positions at Creighton University and Marquette University, and director of the Jesuit Humanities Program and member of the Executive Council of the College of Arts and Sciences at Creighton. Father Fitzgibbons holds a Ph.D. in English from Loyola University Chicago; an S.T.M. in moral theology from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley; an M.Div. from the Weston School of Theology; an M.A. in English from the University of Chicago; and a B.A. in philosophy and English from Saint Louis University. A native of Omaha, Neb., he entered the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus in 1973 and was ordained a priest in 1985. He will begin his term as the 24th president of Regis University on June 1, 2012. “I’m elated and honored to become part of Regis University,” Father Fitzgibbons says. “Building on the excellent work done by Father Sheeran, I look forward to ensuring that the enrollment, retention and promised academic excellence of Regis University continue in upward trajectories.”
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“As a Jesuit priest in service of the Church, my apostolic work in Catholic higher education has been as a student, a professor, an administrator and a trustee.”
» 24th President of Regis University – June 2012 » Associate provost for faculty development, Marquette University » Vice president for administration and interim dean, College of Professional Studies at University of San Francisco – 2007-09 » Superior and director of novices at the Novitiate of the North American Martyrs – 2001-06 » Professor of English, Creighton University – 1996-2001 » Professor of English, Marquette University – 1993-96 » Ph.D. in English – Loyola University Chicago – 1993 » S.T.M. in Moral Theology – Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley – 1990 » M.Div. – Weston Jesuit School of Theology – 1986 » M.A. in English – University of Chicago – 1984 » B.A. in Philosophy and English – Saint Louis University – 1979