William Hannon
Rt. Rev. Msgr. William L. Hannon | |
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| Born | March 21, 1879 |
| Died | 1950 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | President of St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa |
William Hannon (1879–1950) was a
Catholic priest from the United States who served as the fourth president of St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa
, from 1915 to 1926.
Hannon was born March 21, 1879, in Holbrook, Iowa.St. Louis, Missouri. He was ordained a priest in St. Louis in June 1903.
He was assigned to the faculty of St. Ambrose and taught
Ambrose Hall was the only building at St. Ambrose. He also updated the faculty and the curriculum. Each year he sent one or two of the priests on the faculty to a university to earn graduate degrees. He also increased the faculty’s salaries to make the positions more attractive. The president’s salary was raised to $1,000 a year, and the priests on the faculty were paid $300 a year and after 15 years they were paid $800 a year.[4]
After his term as president ended in 1926 Hannon was named the
Domestic Prelate upon the nomination of Bishop Henry Rohlman.[5] Msgr. Hannon served as chairman of the diocesan building commission under Bishop Ralph Hayes
. He died in 1950 at the age of 71.