Edward B. Bunn

Edward B. Bunn
Father Bunn
44th President of
Georgetown University
In office
July 1, 1952 – June 30, 1964
Personal details
Born 1896
Baltimore, Maryland
Residence Washington, D.C.
Alma mater Georgetown University
Religion Roman Catholic

The Rev. Edward Bernard Bunn, S.J. (March 15, 1896 – June 18, 1972) was the 44th President of Georgetown University from 1952 to 1964.[1] A leader in Roman Catholic education, he was the longest tenured president of the university at the time of his death. From 1938 to 1947, Edward Bunn was president of Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland.[2] He was director of the University of Scranton’s labor school for less than a year before going to Georgetown.[3] Previous to his work at Loyola, he taught drama at Fordham University and psychology at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

Born in Baltimore, Father Bunn graduated from Loyola College in 1917. He wore the key of Phi Beta Kappa. Bunn then took his master’s degree in English from St. Andrew-on-Hudson in New York City and his doctorate in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. He held several honorary degrees, and honors from the governments of West Germany, Austria and Peru.

Georgetown legacy

Father Bunn is remembered for his leadership during a time of post-Second World War expansion. Through his leadership, Georgetown renamed its foreign service program the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in 1956, in honor of Fr. Edmund A. Walsh, S.J.[4] After serving as president, he devoted much of his time to Georgetown fundraising. Bunn came to Georgetown from the University of Scranton in 1948 to serve as regent of the school’s dental and nursing schools.

Educator

In partnership with Dr. Hurst Robins Anderson, president of American University, Bunn developed an pan-institutional program for students in Washington, D.C. to take courses in several schools and allow credits to accumulate toward a degree in any school. He was a member of the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs and a trustee for the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies.

References

  1. ↑ Edward Bunn, 76, Led Georgetown: Chancellor, President of the University 1952-64, Died, N.Y. Times (June 20, 1972).
  2. ↑ Loyola Gets Father Bunn: Fordham Professor Named as President of College, N.Y. Times (Aug. 3, 1938)
  3. ↑ Loyola Head Gets New Post, N.Y. Times (July 4, 1947).
  4. ↑ School Changing Name, N.Y. Times (Dec. 14, 1956).
Academic offices
Preceded by
Rev. J. Hunter Gutherie, S.J
#43		 President of Georgetown University
1952-1964
#44 		Succeeded by
Rev. Gerard J. Campbell, S.J.
#45