Donald J. Harrington

Donald J. Harrington
Donald J. Harrington
Born	1945; Brooklyn, New York
Education	Mary Immaculate Seminary
Occupation	American Catholic Priest
Notable work	15th President of St. John's University

Donald J. Harrington, C.M. (born 1945), is an

St. John's University in Queens, New York from 1989 until 2013. Before that post, he had been the President of Niagara University

from 1984 to 1989.

Life

Harrington was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1945. After graduating from Regis High School in Manhattan, he was admitted to the Congregation of the Mission and studied at their junior college seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He then completed his preparation for the ministry at Mary Immaculate Seminary in Northampton, Pennsylvania. He then pursued graduate studies at the Catholic University of America and the University of Toronto. He was ordained a priest in 1973.

Career

After his

Catholic priesthood, Harrington was assigned to Niagara University. He served as an associate professor in Religious Studies, and later Director of Student Activities and Executive Vice President before being named the institution’s 22nd President. He was 38 years of age at the time, the youngest President in the history of the school. During his tenure at St. John's, he oversaw a transformation of the focus of the school from that of a commuter college, geared to the local Catholic population, to one which draws its student body from across the nation.^[1]

In addition to many

Knight of the Holy Sepulchre in 1999. He was named a Knight (Italian: Cavaliere) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in June 2003, and promoted to the rank of Grand Officer (Italian: Grande Ufficiale) in October 2003.^[2]

On May 3, 2013, Father Harrington announced that he would retire as President of St. John's University, effective July 31, 2013.

dean of the university who was accused of embezzling a huge sum of money, in a scandal which resulted in that dean's suicide. He was succeeded by the Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M., serving as Interim President.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "St. John's University President To Step Down". NY1. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
^ "Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M." St. John's University. October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
ISSN 0362-4331
. Retrieved 2024-01-04.

^ Steve Fishman, "The Dean of Corruption: Cecilia Chang, the St. John's fund-raiser who committed suicide after her epic fraud was exposed, tried to keep her superiors happy with gifts of watches, vacations, custom suits, and fine wine. It worked, for a while," New York Magazine. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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[NY1-1] "St. John's University President To Step Down". NY1. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.

[2] "Rev. Donald J. Harrington, C.M." St. John's University. October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.

[3] ISSN 0362-4331
. Retrieved 2024-01-04.

[4] Steve Fishman, "The Dean of Corruption: Cecilia Chang, the St. John's fund-raiser who committed suicide after her epic fraud was exposed, tried to keep her superiors happy with gifts of watches, vacations, custom suits, and fine wine. It worked, for a while," New York Magazine. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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