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Father Theodore Hesburgh and Father Edmund Joyce were president and executive vice president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987. Joyce, an essential figure to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and whose namesake is Notre Dame's major athletic facility, the Edmund P. Joyce Center, passed away at the age of 87 in May 2004. Joyce’s work during his life involved forming the College Football Association and serving as treasurer and working with issues involving the educational integrity of college athletes. Joyce received the Distinguished American Award from the National Football Foundation in 1977. After Joyce served 35 years as chief financial officer, Father Hesburgh fittingly gave his eulogy at his Christian burial mass.
Father Theodore Hesburgh, a highly revered figure on Notre Dame’s campus and around the world, had major impacts on national and international affairs throughout his life. His work has touched a myriad of social sectors from peaceful uses of atomic energy to treatment of Vietnam offenders to Third World development, immigration reform, and much more. Major facilitator of justice, Hesburgh was appointed a charter member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in 1957 where he chaired from 1969 to 1972. For more on the accomplishments of Father Hesburgh, see external link below.
The sculpture aimed to commemorate not only the incredible lives of each of the individuals but also their lifelong friendship. Shortly after their retirement, the two priests took an unforgettable vacation together, in which Father Hesburgh referenced in his 1992 book “Travels with Ted & Ned.”
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