The Rev. John Hugh O'Donnell, C.S.C. (June 2, 1884 – June 12, 1947) was an American

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in partic ...

and

President of the University of Notre Dame The president of the University of Notre Dame is the chief administrator of the university. The president is selected by the board of trustees of the university, which has the general power of governance of the institution, and is second only to ...

from 1940 to 1946, after having served has Vice President from 1934 to 1940.

President of the University of Notre Dame

During

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, O'Donnell offered Notre Dame's facilities to the armed forces. The navy accepted his offer and installed Naval ROTC units on campus as part of the

V-12 Navy College Training Program The V-12 Navy College Training Program was designed to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the United States Navy during World War II. Between July 1, 1943, and June 30, 1946, more than 125,000 participants were enrolled in 131 colleg ...

. Soon after the installation there were only a few hundred civilian students at Notre Dame. O'Donnell also continued O'Hara's work with the graduate school. He further formalized the graduate program and replaced the previous committee of graduate studies with a dean.

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* http://archives.nd.edu/hope/hope32.htm * http://archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/xml/voc.xml Presidents of the University of Notre Dame 20th-century American Roman Catholic priests Congregation of Holy Cross 1884 births 1947 deaths 20th-century American academics {{US-RC-clergy-stub