Source: Boston College

Tomorrow morning at a 10 o’clock press conference, officials at the Catholic University of America are expected to announce the next president of the university. As you may remember, the position is being vacated by Bishop-elect O’Connell, who was named the next Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton on June 4th.  According to the National Catholic Reporter, John Garvey, current Dean of the Law School at Boston College, will be named the new president of the only pontifical university in the United States. Earlier in the week, the American Papist wrote an article about the finalists up for consideration for the post; the other candidate was Jim Towey.

Garvey graduated from Notre Dame and has received a JD from Harvard Law School. Throughout his career, Garvey has served as assistant to the solicitor general of the United States and has taught at Kentucky, Michigan, and Notre Dame. He began working at Boston College in 1999. Dean Garvey has also written textbooks on constitutional theory and the First Amendment. He authored “What Are Freedoms For?” and coauthored “Religion and the Constitution.”

UPDATE: The Catholic University of America has put a page up introducing students, faculty, alumni and friends to the new president. Here is the link: http://president-elect.cua.edu/.

Source: Boston College