Antoine Michael Garibaldi is president emeritus and distinguished university professor of University of Detroit Mercy. He was the 25th and first lay president of the
University of Detroit Mercy
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in
Detroit, Michigan
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. He is also the school's first
African-American
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president and the first publicly acknowledged African American president of any Jesuit university in the United States since 1879 when Georgetown university was founded. He was appointed to the role in June 2011. He announced his decision to transition to president emeritus and distinguished university professor in August 2021, to go into effect the following July.
Early life and education
Garibaldi attended St. Joan of Arc Grammar School and attended St. Augustine High School’s second special eighth grade in
, his hometown, before attending
Epiphany Apostolic College in
Washington DC
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in 1973. He obtained his PhD in Educational Psychology in 1976 from the University of Minnesota.
and was the third African African American to receive his doctorate from that program.
Personal life
Garibaldi is a Catholic Church, Catholic, and was formerly a seminarian with the
Josephites.
References
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Presidents of the University of Detroit Mercy
African-American Catholics
People from New Orleans
University of Detroit Mercy
Howard University alumni
University of Minnesota alumni
1950 births
Living people
Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart
Epiphany Apostolic College