Timothy S. Healy went to which school in 1940?
Timothy S . Healy Timothy Stafford Healy ( April 25 , 1923December 30 , 1992 ) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who straddled the religious and secular life , serving as the vice chancellor of the City University of New York , the president of Georgetown University , and the president of the New York Public Library . Born in New York City , Healy entered the Society of Jesus and began teaching . He eventually became the executive vice president at Fordham University , before being named the vice chancellor for academic affairs of CUNY in 1969 . It was highly unusual for a Catholic priest to hold a senior administrative role at an American public university . Entering the job during a time of intense student protests , Healy was responsible for implementing the university systems open admissions policy . In 1976 , Healy left CUNY to become the president of Georgetown University . During his tenure , Georgetown rose to a position of national prominence , especially its law school , medical center , and School of Foreign Service . The number and quality of applicants increased , and admission became much more selective . Healy undertook an extensive building campaign and increased the size of the universitys endowment sixfold . This prominence was furthered by the mens basketball teams 1984 NCAA Championship . However , facing declining admissions , the School of Dentistry closed in 1990 . Healy became the president of the New York Public Library in 1989 . The appointment of a Catholic priest to the position drew criticism by some , while others rejected such criticism as being motivated by anti-Catholicism . Healy nearly doubled the librarys endowment , opened the Science , Industry and Business Library , and sought to improve access to the local branches by poor children . Early life . Timothy Stafford Healy was born on April 25 , 1923 , in the borough of Manhattan in New York City . His father , Reginald Healy , was an Australian who emigrated to the United States to study petroleum engineering in Texas , after serving in the Australian Army during World War I , including in the Gallipoli campaign . His mother , Margaret Healy née Vaeth , was a schoolteacher in Gainesville , Texas . Reginald and Margaret moved to New York City , where Reginald managed the finances of a small oil company . He took on various jobs after the companys collapse in 1929 , during the Great Depression . Education . Healy graduated from Regis High School in 1939 , and entered the Society of Jesus the following year , despite his parents initial misgivings . He began his higher studies at Woodstock College in Maryland , where he received degrees in English literature and philosophy . He spent four years at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium , receiving a Licentiate of Sacred Theology . He then completed a year of postgraduate work at the University of Valencia in Spain . Healy returned to the United States and taught English at Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx . In 1953 , he was ordained a priest , and he received his Master of Arts in English literature from Fordham University . He then completed his education in 1965 at the University of Oxford , earning a Doctor of Philosophy in English literature . He wrote his dissertation on the satire of John Donne . Healy returned to Fordham University , where he began teaching . Shortly thereafter , the Jesuit superiors at Fordham noticed his potential as an administrator . First named the director of alumni relations , he rose to become the executive vice president of the university . In this office , he was responsible for increasing the number of minority students at Fordham . In 1968 , Healy attempted to establish a new liberal arts college for poor students in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn ; this project did not materialize for lack of funds . City University of New York . In 1969 , Healy was appointed the vice chancellor for academic affairs of the City University of New York . The arrangement of a Catholic priest occupying a senior administrative role at an American public university was highly atypical ; Healy donated the salary he drew from CUNY to the Jesuits and lived at America House , the Jesuit residence in Manhattan . Healy saw as his primary mission the return of CUNY to its founding purpose : the education of the poor . At the time he assumed office , there was an ongoing controversy over whether to implement an open admissions plan , which would guarantee every graduate of a New York City high school admission to a CUNY college , regardless of their academic performance . That year , CUNY , as well as the entire city government , faced a budgetary crisis so severe that the chancellor , Albert H . Bowker , announced that without outside funding from New York State , no freshman class could be admitted in 1969 . At the same time , black and Puerto Rican students had increasingly protested what they considered inadequate representation at CUNY colleges . The significant majority of students at the City College of New York and CUNYs other senior colleges at that time were Jewish . Tensions came to a head on April 22 , 1969 , when black and Puerto Rican students took over the City College campus , demanding , among other things , the creation of a separate CUNY school for black and Puerto Rican studies , separate orientation programs for these two groups , and admission of the same percentage of black and Puerto Rican students as comprised the New York City public schools . As the occupation continued for weeks , the subject became a politically contentious issue in the mayors and governors offices , as well as among the citys congressional representatives . In July , CUNYs board of directors voted to introduce an open admissions policy . Healy was charged with implementing this policy . The open admissions policy came to be considered largely a failure , as low retention rates of black and Puerto Rican students resulted in minimal racial integration of CUNY , a significant portion of the student body required remedial education , and applications from the top students at New York high schools declined precipitously , all of which resulted in diminished academic quality . Nonetheless , by the end of Healys tenure in 1976 , the percentage of minority students at CUNY rose from 5% to 30% . In 1973 , Healy again sought to establish a new college . A part of the State University of New York , it would educate prison inmates . However , this proposal never came to fruition . Georgetown University . On April 14 , 1976 , Healy was named the president of Georgetown University , succeeding Robert J . Henle . The committees ambitious desire for their new president was someone who would create a long-term vision for the university , dramatically expand its fundraising , and became a national spokesman for Georgetown and private higher education more generally . During his 13-year tenure , Georgetown emerged into the national spotlight as a top institution . Upon entering office , he determined that the two areas in which the university lagged behind peer institutions were the physical development of the main campus and the universitys endowment . Therefore , an ambitious building campaign during his tenure resulted in 12 new buildings . Among these were Yates Field House , an athletic center for the general student body ; the Bunn Intercultural Center , a new home for many academic departments and the School of Foreign Service ; three new students housing complexes , Villages A , B , and C ; and the Leavey Center , a university center that included a hotel . Despite the rapid development of the physical campus , Georgetowns growth soon resulted in a campus without room for additional physical expansion . To support this era of expansion , Healy promoted aggressive growth of the universitys endowment , which stood at $37 million when he took office . Within two years , the endowment had tripled , and Georgetown had outpaced every other university in the country in its financial growth . By the end of his term , the endowment had increased to $230 million . Healy became well-connected with The Washington Post and The Washington Star , sat on numerous U.S . presidential commissions , and assumed prominent leadership roles in national collegiate organizations . Healy delivered the invocation at the second presidential inauguration of Ronald Reagan in 1985 . In 1986 , he was named one of the five most-effective university presidents in the United States . Rise to prominence . With the rise of Georgetowns academic caliber came a rapid increase in the selectivity of its admissions . The number of applicants increased by 2.5 times during Healys presidency , and the acceptance rate dropped from 44% in 1975 to 20% in 1986 , making it one of the most selective universities in the country . The average SAT scores of admitted students increased , which together a concerted effort to broaden geographic recruitment , resulted in a student body that was increasingly drawn from around the country and the world . The religious and ethnic diversity of the school increased as well . Healy adamantly opposed racism and instituted a campaign to recruit black students , particularly from Washington , D.C . During Healys presidency , the university saw great athletic success as well , particularly in basketball , track , and rowing . In 1984 , the Georgetown Hoyas mens basketball team won the NCAA Tournament , under the leadership of coach John Thompson . A secret society , the Society of Stewards , was founded in 1982 , composed of prominent student leaders on campus . With the increase in the caliber of students came an uptick in the number of graduates receiving prestigious awards , such as the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships . Even more so than the university generally , the national reputations of the School of Foreign Service and the School of Business improved dramatically . The Georgetown University Law Center became one of the most-prominent law schools in the nation , and the Georgetown University Medical Center , particularly the Lombardi Cancer Center , became a leading research institution . At the same time , the School of Dentistry was part of a nationwide trend of a diminishing number and quality of applicants . The problem became so severe that Healy decided to close the school in 1987 , and it graduated its final class in 1990 . One contentious issue during Healys presidency was the sale of the universitys radio station , WGTB , to the University of the District of Columbia for $1 . Prior to Healys term , the station , though owned by the university , had been effectively operated by people unaffiliated with the university , who broadcast content that was deemed offensive by Georgetowns board of directors and the Federal Communications Commission . As a result , the FCC was considering denying the renewal of WGTBs license . With the boards authorization , Healy sold the license in 1979 , despite protests of students and the faculty senate . Though a lifelong Democrat who offered prayers at party meetings and frequently criticized President Ronald Reagan , Healy was criticized by the left . Adhering to Catholic doctrine , he refused official university recognition and subsidization of a gay student group , which prompted a lawsuit . After seven years of litigation , the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that the group must receive the same material benefits as other students groups , but that the university could not be compelled to give it official endorsement . Contrary to the wishes of the Archdiocese of Washington , Healy declined to appeal the case to the U.S Supreme Court , stating that he desired to pull the community back together . Healys tenure as president came to an end in 1989 , and he was succeeded by Leo J . ODonavan . New York Public Library . In February 1989 , Healy resigned as president of Georgetown to become the president of the New York Public Library . A gregarious personality , he was recruited to the position in part because of his success in lobbying while at Georgetown . Succeeding the popular Vartan Gregorian , Healys appointment generated controversy . Some prominent writers , such as Gay Talese and Joseph Heller , opposed his appointment to head the library , alleging that a Catholic priest could not commit to upholding free expression , while Craig Davidson , the executive director of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation , said Healys involvement in the lawsuit concerning gay student groups at Georgetown should preclude him from holding the office . Others , such as the chancellor of CUNY , Joseph S . Murphy , argued these critics were motivated by anti-Catholicism . Healy himself stated that he opposed censorship and that he was not bound by any ecclesiastical authority in his capacity as head of the library . Rather than his clerical attire , he wore a business suit , as he had done at CUNY . He donated most of his $150,000 salary to the Jesuits , retaining a small amount for his living expenses . He also forewent the ample apartment on the Upper East Side that the library provided for its president , preferring to live in a more modest one in Midtown also owned by the library ; he often spent time at America House . In correspondence , he adopted the style Dr . Healy , rather than Fr . Healy . As president of the library , Healy frequented traveled to Washington to lobby for additional federal funding of libraries in general and of the New York Public Library in particular . During his tenure , he increased the librarys endowment from $170 million to $220 million . Like at CUNY , he sought to improve the librarys service of the poor . Therefore , one of his main focuses was on the improvement of the library systems local branches ( rather than the grand Main Branch ) , which were plagued by crime and open drug use , and on improving poor childrens access to them . He also put into place a five-year plan for expanding the library system , which included establishing a new research branch , the Science , Industry and Business Library . In addition to his role at the public library , Healy continued to teach at Georgetown for the rest of his life and was an avid Latinist , particularly interested in Virgil . He also remained fluent in French and Spanish from his studies in Europe . In 1983 , he underwent open-heart surgery . On December 30 , 1992 , Healy suffered a heart attack in Newark Liberty International Airport while returning from a vacation in Scottsdale , Arizona . He was taken to Elizabeth General Medical Center in Elizabeth , New Jersey , where he was pronounced dead . His funeral was held at the Church of St . Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan , and his body was returned to Georgetown , where he was buried in the Jesuit Community Cemetery . He was succeeded as president of the public library by Paul LeClerc .