John Hugh O'Donnell,
C.S.C. (June 2, 1884 – June 12, 1947) was an
American Catholic
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priest who served as
president of the University of Notre Dame from 1940 to 1946,
after having served as vice president from 1934 to 1940.
President of the University of Notre Dame
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, 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.
References
External links
* 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
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