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Rev. Brian Linnane, S.J., an accomplished scholar who served as assistant dean of the College and associate professor of religious studies, has been elected the 24th president of Loyola College in Maryland by the College’s trustees. Fr. Linnane succeeds Rev. Harold Ridley, S.J., who died in office on Jan. 18, after serving as Loyola’s president since 1994.
“We wish Brian Linnane all the best as he takes on this very important position,” says Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., president of Holy Cross. “Loyola is very fortunate to have him. He brings many gifts to the position and a strong sense of the Jesuit mission. I am sure he will bring outstanding leadership to a fine institution. Brian will be missed at Holy Cross where he has made extraordinary contributions in many areas as a scholar, teacher, pastoral leader and class dean.”
Fr. Linnane, who entered the Society of Jesus in 1977, was ordained to the priesthood on June 14, 1986. Receiving his bachelor of arts degree magna cum laude from Boston College in 1977, he subsequently earned master’s degrees at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1981; the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif., in 1986; and Yale University, New Haven, Conn., in 1990 and 1991. Fr. Linnane also received his licentiate in sacred theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in 1988 and his Ph.D., from Yale University, in 1994.
Fr. Linnane joined the religious studies department at Holy Cross in 1994 and began his tenure as assistant dean in 2003; he has been a member of the board of trustees of Loyola College since 2000. Fr. Linnane has taught courses in Christian ethics at Holy Cross—as well as advanced courses in morality, medical ethics and virtue theory. His scholarly publications, which are extensive, include the topics of fundamental moral theology, health care ethics and virtue ethics.
Fr. Linnane has served as national vice president of Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit Honor Society, and as a member of the Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education. He was also chair of the Catholic Theological Society of America’s committee on admissions.
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