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Rev. William J. Healy, S.J.

Rev. John F. Lehy, S.J.

Rev.Joseph RN Maxwell,S.J.

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Rev. Edward A. McGurk, S.J.

Rev.Thomas F. Mulledy,S.J.

Rev.Thomas E. Murphy, S.J.

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Rev.Joseph B. O'Hagan,S.J.

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Rev. James Ryder, S.J.

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Presidents of the College of the Holy Cross:
Rev. Edward A. McGurk, S.J.

Twelfth President of Holy Cross
1893-1895

   Edward A. McGurk was born in New York City, October 6, 1841. He studied at St. Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia and after graduation entered the Society of Jesus in 1857.    As a Scholastic he taught Rhetoric at Holy Cross from 1861 to 1866. He made his theological studies at Woodstock College, MD and was ordained a priest in 1872.
   After a teaching period at Boston College he served as President of Loyola College, Baltimore, MD (1877-1885); President of Gonzaga College, Washington, D.C. (1885-1890) and then as President of Holy Cross (1893-1895). Sickness forced him to resign after two years.
   He died at the Jesuit House in Fairhaven, MA on July 3, 1896. He is buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery.

Link to papers of President McGurk RG 12.12 (.pdf file)

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