William J. Byron

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Rev. William J. Byron, S.J., a priest of the Society of Jesus, was the 12^th president of The Catholic University of America as well as the president of the University of Scranton. From 2003-2004, Byron was also interim president of Loyola University New Orleans. Fr. Byron has recently accepted the position of president at Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia, from which he himself graduated in 1945. He is also a research professor in the Sellinger School of Business at Loyola College in Maryland.

[edit] Education

Entering the Society of Jesus in 1950, he was ordained in 1961. In 1969, he received a doctorate in economics from the University of Maryland. He also was a guest on HBO's The Ali G Show. He currently is president of Saint Joseph's Prep in Philadelphia, a Jesuit all boys high school where he attended as a youth.

[edit] Books

1975 - Toward stewardship: An interim ethic of poverty, power, and pollution (Topics in moral argument) - ISBN 0-8091-1865-3
1982 - The Causes of World Hunger - ISBN 0-8091-2483-1
1989 - Quadrangle Considerations - ISBN 0-8294-0630-1
1992 - Take Your Diploma and Run!: Speaking to the Next Generation - ISBN 0-8091-3306-7
1995 - Take Courage: Psalms of Support and Encouragement - ISBN 1-55612-751-0
1995 - Finding Work Without Losing Heart: Bouncing Back from Mid-Career Job Loss - ISBN 1-55850-481-8
1998 - Answers from Within: Spiritual Guidelines for Managing Setbacks in Work and Life - ISBN 0-02-861753-3
2000 - Jesuit Saturdays: Sharing the Ignatian Spirit With Lay Colleagues and Friends - ISBN 0-8294-1468-1
2003 - The 365 Days of Christmas: Keeping the Wonder of It All Ever Green - ISBN 1-59244-317-6
2005 - A Book of Quiet Prayer: For All the Seasons, Stages, Moods, and Circumstances of Life - ISBN 0-8091-4362-3
2006 - Power of Principles: Ethics for the New Corporate Culture - ISBN 1-57075-678-3

Preceded by Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D.	President of CUA 1982–1992	Succeeded by Brother Patrick Ellis, F.S.C.
Preceded by Dexter L. Hanley, S.J.	President of the University of Scranton 1975 - 1982	Succeeded by Joseph A. Panuska, S.J.