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Rev. Gerard Reedy, S.J.
Twenty-sixth President of Holy Cross
1994 - 1998
 Gerard
Reedy, S.J., was named the 26th president of the College of the
Holy Cross in December 1993 and assumed his duties on July 1, 1994.
Rev. Reedy, an authority on the sermon literature
of late 17th century England, was a member of the English Department
at Fordham University for 21 years. While at Fordham he served as
Dean of Fordham College, Dean of the University's Arts and Sciences
faculty, and Vice President for academic affairs. As an administrator,
Rev. Reedy strengthened the undergraduate core curriculum, solidified
the relationship between academic and residential life, led Fordham's
four undergraduate schools in a process of restructuring, and, in
hundreds of hiring, renewal, tenure, and promotion decisions, insisted
on high standards of teaching and scholarship.
Apart from his dedication to literary scholarship
and academic administration, Rev. Reedy's greatest devotion through
the years has been to his students, both inside and outside the
classroom. An entire generation of young men and women can recall
attending Mass in his apartment, joining him on the sidelines of
a rugby game, or spending a quiet moment with him in the pub after
class. Students he taught as a Jesuit scholastic have remained his
closest friends. His new neighbors in Loyola Hall are already accustomed
to his warm wit and the well-worn welcome mat outside his apartment
door.
Rev. Reedy is a native of New York City. He attended
Regis High School in Manhattan, entered the Society of Jesus in
1957, and was awarded a bachelor's degree from Fordham University
in 1963 and a licentiate in philosophy in 1964 from Woodstock College.
In 1966 he earned his master's in English literature from Fordham
and a Ph.D. in 1973 from the University of Pennsylvania. He was
ordained in 1974. Rev. Reedy is the author of The Bible and Reason:
Anglicans and Scripture in Late Seventeenth Century England, and
Robert South (1634-1716): An Introduction to His Life and Sermons,
as well as numerous scholarly articles and reviews.
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