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President's Report 2011-2012

         

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Past Presidents

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Reverend Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A.

Reverend Edmund J. Dobbin, O.S.A., President Emeritus

Reverend John M. Driscoll, O.S.A.

Reverend Edward J. McCarthy, O.S.A.

Reverend Robert J. Welsh, O.S.A.

Reverend Joseph A. Flaherty, O.S.A.

Reverend John A. Klekotka, O.S.A.

Reverend James A. Donnellon, O.S.A.

Reverend Francis X. N. McGuire, O.S.A.

Reverend Edward V. Stanford, O.S.A.

Reverend James H. Griffin, O.S.A.

Reverend Mortimer A. Sullivan, O.S.A.

Reverend Joseph A. Hickey, O.S.A.

Reverend Francis A. Driscoll, O.S.A.

Reverend James J. Dean, O.S.A.

Reverend Edward G. Dohan, O.S.A.

Reverend Lawrence A. Delurey, O.S.A.

Reverend Francis J. McShane, O.S.A.

Reverend Christopher A. McEvoy, O.S.A.

Reverend Francis M. Sheeran, O.S.A.

Reverend Joseph A. Coleman, O.S.A.

Reverend John J. Fedigan, O.S.A.

Reverend Thomas C. Middleton, O.S.A.

Reverend Thomas Galberry, O.S.A.

Reverend Patrick A. Stanton, O.S.A.

Reverend Ambrose A. Mullen, O.S.A.

Reverend William Harnett, O.S.A.

Reverend Patrick E. Moriarty, O.S.A.

Reverend William Harnett, O.S.A.

Reverend John P. O’Dwyer, O.S.A.

Reverend William Harnett, O.S.A.

Reverend John P. O’Dwyer, O.S.A.

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photo of Revs. Peter M. Donohue O.S.A., Edmund J. Dobbin, O.S.A., President Emeritus, and John M. Driscoll, O.S.A.
Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A, current president of Villanova University, standing next to Rev. Edmund J. Dobbin, O.S.A., President Emeritus (1988-2006), and Rev. John M. Driscoll, O.S.A. (1975-1988) seated.

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