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Notre Dame Board Elects Father Robert Dowd as New University President

Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame President-elect Father Robert Dowd succeeds Father John Jenkins, who is stepping down after 19 years.

The president-elect, a 1987 Notre Dame graduate, began working in the university’s campus ministry in 1994 after taking his final vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross.