What is Theodore Hesburgh?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = Rev. | name = Theodore Hesburgh | honorific-suffix =C.S.C. | image = Fr. Ted Hesburgh in his Office at the University of Notre Dame.JPG | caption = Hesburgh in his office at the Hesburgh Library at the [[University of Notre Dame]] | order = 15th | title = President of the<br />[[University of Notre Dame]] | term_start = 1952 | term_end = 1987 | predecessor = [[John J Cavanaugh]] | successor = [[Edward Malloy]] | birth_name = Theodore Martin Hesburgh | birth_date = {{Birth date |1917|05|25}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|02|26|1917|05|25}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/us/rev-theodore-hesburgh-influential-ex-president-of-notre-dame-dies-at-97.html?_r=0 | title=Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, Ex-President of University of Notre Dame, Dies at 97 |author=DePalma, Anthony |website=The New York Times |date=February 27, 2015 | accessdate=February 28, 2015}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Syracuse, New York]], [[United States]] | death_place = [[Notre Dame, Indiana]], [[United States]] | alma_mater = [[The Catholic University of America]] | profession = [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|Priest]] | signature = Theodore Hesburgh signature.svg }} The Rev. '''Theodore Martin Hesburgh''', [[Congregation of Holy Cross|CSC]], [[Doctor of Sacred Theology|STD]] (May 25, 1917 - February 26, 2015) is an [[Americans|American]] priest of the [[Congregation of Holy Cross]].<ref>Michael O'Brien, ''Hesburgh: A Biography'' (1998); Theodore M. Hesburgh, ''God, Country, Notre Dame: The Autobiography of Theodore M. Hesburgh'' (2000)</ref> He is also the President [[Emeritus]] of the [[University of Notre Dame]]. He is the namesake for [[TIAA-CREF]]'s [[Hesburgh Award]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://hesburgh.nd.edu Biography from the University of Notre Dame] * {{IMDb name|id=0381348|name=Theodore Hesburgh}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hesburgh, Theodore}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:Academics f