Rev. Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.
President, Creighton University.

Timothy R. Lannon, S.J., is Creighton University's 24th president. He is the first Creighton University alumnus to head the University. Fr. Lannon became president on July 1, 2011, after having served eight years as the 26th president of Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. At Saint Joseph’s, he led the university’s most successful fundraising campaign, enlarged the campus by 38 acres, and revised the undergraduate core curriculum, boosting Saint Joseph’s academic and national profile. Previously, he served as associate executive vice president and vice president for University Advancement at Marquette University.

Rev. Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.

Timothy R. Lannon, S.J., is Creighton University's 24th president. He is the first Creighton University alumnus to head the University.

Fr. Lannon became president on July 1, 2011, after having served eight years as the 26th president of Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. At Saint Joseph’s, he led the university’s most successful fundraising campaign, enlarged the campus by 38 acres, and revised the undergraduate core curriculum, boosting Saint Joseph’s academic and national profile. Previously, he served as associate executive vice president and vice president for University Advancement at Marquette University.
 
Fr. Lannon serves on the boards of Marquette University, Santa Clara University, Boston College, and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) of which he was chair from 2009-2011.  He has studied, written and presented on the topic of Catholic identity at American universities.  He has been a trustee of the College of Holy Cross, Fairfield University and Saint Joseph’s University.

He graduated from Creighton in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, and was president of the Student Board of Governors. Fr. Lannon holds two master’s degrees from Weston Jesuit School of Theology (now Boston College School of Theology and Ministry) and a doctorate in administration, planning and social policy from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.

A native of Mason City, Iowa, Fr. Lannon entered the Society of Jesus in 1977 and was ordained a priest in 1986 at St. John’s Church on the Creighton campus. He began his professional career as an admissions counselor at Creighton and honed his educational and administrative skills as an instructor and assistant principal at Marquette University High School, an instructor at Boston College, and an assistant professor at Marquette University. He was president of Creighton Preparatory School from 1988 to 1995.

Fr. Lannon received Creighton University’s College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Merit Award in 1993 and has been inducted into Creighton Prep’s Hall of Fame. As an undergraduate, he received Creighton’s highest student honor, the Spirit of Creighton Award, in 1973.


AJCU Board of Directors

Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D.
David W. Burcham
Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D.
Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D.
John J. DeGioia, Ph.D.
John J. Hurley, JD
Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J.
Rev. C. Kevin Gillespie, S.J.
Rev. James Fleming, SJ
Rev. Jeffrey von Arx, S.J.
Rev. John P. Fitzgibbons, S.J.
Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J.
Rev. Kevin P. Quinn, S.J.
Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., Ph.D.
Rev. Lawrence Biondi, S.J.
Rev. Michael E. Engh, S.J.
Rev. Michael J. Garanzini, S.J.
Rev. Michael J. Graham, S.J.
Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.
Rev. Richard P. Salmi, S.J.
Rev. Robert L. Niehoff, S.J.
Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.
Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J.
Rev. Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J.
Rev. Thomas B. Curran
Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J.
Thayne M. McCulloh, Ph.D.

Quote of the week

"...This crest [IHS] continually reminds us of a reality that we must never forget: the centrality of Christ for each one of us and for the whole Society, the Society that Saint Ignatius wanted to name "of Jesus" to indicate the point of reference."
Pope Francis: July 31, 2013


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AJCU Federal Relations Network is the lobbying arm of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and comprised of at least one representative from each one of the twenty-eight Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The Network is kept up to date on an on-going basis by the Vice President for Federal Relations on all issues relating to Appropriations, budget, higher education authorization issues and taxes. The Network meets annually in September for a Legislative Conference and also participates in the Annual Committee for Education Funding Legislative Conference and Awards Dinner.
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