James Henry Dolan, S.J. (June 4, 1885 – August 1, 1977) was an American

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and educator. He served as president of

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from 1925 to 1932, and later was one of the founders of

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, serving as its second president from 1944 to 1951.

Biography

Dolan was born to James B. and Ellen T. (Mulry) Dolan in

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, and entered the

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on August 14, 1905, at

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. Dolan was president of

1925 to 1932, where he founded the

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, and was the Provincial Superior of the New England Jesuit Province from 1937 to 1944.Fairfield University website
During Dolan's seven-year tenure at

, the State of Connecticut chartered the school to grant degrees in 1945. In 1947, the College of Arts and Sciences admitted its first class of 303 male students. The State of Connecticut accredited the College of Arts and Sciences and the university held its first summer session of undergraduate courses in 1949. From October 1951 until January 1972, Dolan lived at

, serving as director of construction and new building in the Province and as revisor of the Province finances. He also taught classes while at Boston College: from 1951 until 1956 he taught natural theology and psychology and from 1956 until 1965 he served as confessor of students at the college. In 1972, due to ill health, Dolan moved to the Campion Center, Weston, Massachusetts, where he died on August 1, 1977, aged 92.

References

External links

Fairfield University: James H. Dolan, S.J.
* ttp://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/fuhp&CISOPTR=230&CISOBOX=1&REC=11 Rev. James H. Dolan, S.J., the 2nd President of Fairfield University (1944-1951) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolan, James H. 1885 births 1977 deaths Academics from Boston People from Weston, Massachusetts Presidents of Fairfield University 19th-century American Jesuits 20th-century American Jesuits Boston College faculty Catholics from Massachusetts 20th-century American academics Pastors of the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) Burials at the Jesuit Cemetery (Weston College)