Janet Eisner
Sr. Janet Eisner is the current president of Emmanuel College and is the longest currently serving female president of a college in the United States and the longest current serving president of a Catholic college or university. She entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1958. Biography. Education. Eisner graduated from high school in Lynn, Massachusetts at St. Mary's High School. She then earned her bachelor's degree in English at Emmanuel College, a master's degree from Boston College, and a PhD from University of Michigan. Role as president. Sr. Janet is Emmanuel College 's 12th president and she filled the role in September 1979 after serving as the acting president in 1978. Prior to becoming president, Eisner served as a faculty member and a director of admissions at Emmanuel College. Eisner is known as the "second founder" of Emmanuel College as she revived the college's enrollment in the early 2000s. Under Eisner's leadership in 2001, Emmanuel College leased land to Merck which makes Emmanuel College the only college with a private pharmaceutical research facility on campus. Also in 2001, Emmanuel College welcomed its first coed class.