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Book SynopsisTheodore Martin Hesburgh, C.S.C. (1917-2015) was the most widely recognized priest and university president of the twentieth century.
His tenure as the leader of the University of Notre Dame not only spanned 35 years (1952-1987) but also arched across the most tumultuous era in the history of higher education—the late 1960s through the early 1970s.
During those years, the university’s faculty grew from 350 to 950, enrollment climbed from 4,979 to 9,600, the annual operating budget went from $9.7 million to $176 million, the endowment jumped from $9 million to $350 million, and funding for research soared from $735,000 to $15 million. Over 40 new buildings were also added during his presidency.
As a public intellectual, Hesburgh also invested in the debates that defined the mid to late twentieth century. At a time when such intellectuals were in retreat, Hesburgh contributed to policy efforts related to science and technology, civil and human rights, and foreign relations and peace. At the core of his commitment to those issues was his vocation as a priest and his belief in serving as a mediator between heaven and earth.
Assessing Hesburgh’s legacy, however, is difficult due to the lack of concise ways to access his thought and the nature of his contributions. By highlighting his own words, this volume fills that void by offering insights into how he transformed the University of Notre Dame and addressed the pressing debates of his day.
Table of ContentsChapter 1The Church
Introduction
The Work of Mediation (1961)
A Rapidly Changing Catholicism (1974)
Growing up Catholic in America: Ten Americans Reflect on Their Catholic Upbringing and What It Means to Them Today (1976)
Reflections on [the] Priesthood (1983)
Are Religious Orders Obsolete? Theodore Hesburgh Responds (1986)
Chapter 2The University
Introduction
Catholic Higher Education in Twentieth-Century America (1961)
Looking Back at Newman (1962)
The Idea of the Catholic University or The Land O’ Lakes Statement (1967)
The Vision of a Great Catholic University in the World of Today (1968)
Action in the Face of Student Violence (1969)
Catholic Education and the Challenge of the Seventies (1971)
The Catholic University Today (1982)
Chapter 3Science & Technology
Introduction
Science and Modern Man (1955)
Science Is Amoral: Need Scientists Be Amoral, Too? (1963)
Scientists Cannot Be Neutral (1968)
Science and Technology for a Global Society (with Peter J. Henriot, 1979)
The Role of the Academy in a Nuclear Age (1985)
Chapter 4Civil & Human Rights
Introduction
A Universal Suffrage Law (1960)
Integer Vitae: Independence of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1971)
Toward Racial Justice: A Call for Massive Change (1972)
Achieving Civil Rights (1974)
Brown after 25 Years (1979)
The End of Apartheid in America (1986)
Chapter 5Foreign Relations & Peace
Introduction
Freedom (1968)
A New Vision for Spaceship Earth (1973)
If You Were Truly Brothers (1974)
Development: For Whom and for What (1975)
Human Development and the Future of the Third and Fourth Worlds (1979)
Chapter 6Service
Introduction
Compassion Means Involvement (1968)
A National Service Proposal (1969)
Service to Others (1980)
The Role of Voluntarism in America (1982)
Chapter 7Intercollegiate Athletics
Introduction
The True Spirit of Notre Dame (1954)
On Being Number One (1964)
College Football: The True Meaning of the Game (1966)
To Compete with Honor (1983)
Chapter 8Leadership
Introduction
The Presidency: A Personalist Manifesto (1977)
Academic Leadership (1988)
Where Are College Presidents’ Voices on Important Public Issues? (2001)
Epilogue
