Bio Facts

What is Father Malloy currently doing?

After stepping down as president, Father Malloy took a sabbatical, and has a renewed commitment to teaching, writing, pastoral ministry and service on boards of various not-for-profit organizations.

Personal

"There is a practical, real-world, make-it-happen aspect of Malloy."

Monk has "values, sincerity, insight."

"He is a truly humble guy."

A native of Washington, D.C., Father Malloy was born May 3, 1941.

He grew up in a devout Catholic family in Washington and was a hall monitor and altar boy in grade school.

Home is a student residence hall on campus.

Monk used to host an annual Monk's March around campus for fitness. http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicId=11204

What is Father Malloy like, according to students? http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicId=293

Education

Father Malloy earned bachelor's and master's degrees in English from Notre Dame in 1963 and 1967 and a second master's degree, in theology, in 1969 while studying for the priesthood.

He was ordained in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the Notre Dame campus in 1970.

He earned his doctorate in Christian ethics from Vanderbilt University in 1975.

Career

Father Malloy is a full professor in the Department of Theology.

Member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1974

Teaches a seminar for first-year undergraduates each semester

Served 1987-2005 as the 16th President of the University of Notre Dame.

Elected by the Trustees in 1986 after five years as vice president and associate provost.

In 1986, he was the first new Notre Dame President in 35 years.

Malloy served 1987—2005 as the 16th President of the University of Notre Dame.

Malloy was elected by the Trustees in 1986 after having served five years as vice president and associate provost.

Father Malloy is a full professor in the Dept. of Theology

In 1986, he was the first new Notre Dame President in 35 years.

Service

Advocate of volunteerism

Father Malloy is a leading advocate of volunteerism and has served on numerous boards dedicated to community service. In particular, he has played a leadership role in efforts to combat substance abuse.

"We certainly feel his presence and his influence in the neighborhood." -Marguerite Taylor, Robinson Community Learning Center, South Bend, IN

Malloy is a leading advocate of volunteerism and has served on numerous boards dedicated to community service.

In combating substance abuse, Malloy has been a member of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, President George H.W. Bush's Advisory Council on Drugs.

In combating substance abuse, Father Malloy has served the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse; he has been a member of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, President George H.W. Bush's Advisory Council on Drugs, the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, and the Governor's Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana.

He currently is co-chair of the subcommittee on college drinking of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a component of the National Institutes of Health, and for the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, he serves on the Board of Directors and has chaired the National Commission on Substance Abuse and Sports.

CASA is unique: http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicId=1227

Malloy served as chair of the "Sports Wagering Task Force" established by the NCAA. Malloy served as chair of the "Sports Wagering Task Force" established by the NCAA. A former varsity athlete, he loves basketball and attends every Notre Dame home game. Until 1999, Monk played weekly pickup basketball games with students. The games were called "Monk Hoops."

In addition to Campus Compact, his roles in encouraging social service have included being a member of the advisory board of the AmeriCorps and National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)

Founding director of the Points of Light Foundation; he was a key player in the 1997 President's Service Summit in Philadelphia.

Member of the board of governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicId=649

Member of the State of Indiana Community Service and Volunteer Committee and the Indiana Commission on Community Service (Indiana AmeriCorps).

Service to higher education

Father Malloy's service to higher education includes membership in governing bodies and leadership roles in various organizations.

On the boards of Vanderbilt University and the Universities of Portland and St. Thomas and Notre Dame Australia. http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicId=828

Chair of the American Council on Education (ACE) and on the editorial advisory board of The Presidency, the magazine of ACE.

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB)

Active participant on the Business-Higher Education Forum

The general council of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU)

The board of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) The board of directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicId=926

The National Committee on Higher Education and the Health of Youth

The board of directors of the NCAA Foundation

Catholic Leadership

Father Malloy's academic concentration on the interplay of personal morality with public policy and professional ethics informs his own active public life.

Father Malloy has served the Catholic Church on the Vatican Secretariat for Non-Believers, the Ex Corde Ecclesiae and Bishops-Presidents committees of the US Catholic Conference, the World Congress of Catholic Educators, and the Sister Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation.

He was appointed a founding member of the Board of Directors of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, an organization created to strengthen the Church's managerial structures in the US.

He is on the board of advisors of the Bernardin Center for Pastoral Leadership at the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago. http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicId=666

An ethicist by training, he is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Society of Christian Ethics.