biography
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Hesburgh, Theodore (Martin)
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| (1917– )
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| biography:
| Clergyman and university president, born in Syracuse, New York, USA. An ordained Roman Catholic priest, he became indelibly identified with Notre Dame University, where he was president (1952–87) in a term that secularized and integrated the university and brought the athletic department under administrative control. He was a charter member of the Civil Rights Commission (1957–72). |
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