Theodore Hesburgh

Theodore Hesburgh      ( academic,  religious leader)
Born	Theodore Martin Hesburgh May 25, 1917  Syracuse,  New York,  United States
Died	February 26, 2015 (Age 97)  Notre Dame,  Indiana,  United States
Nationality	US
Alma mater	•  Pontifical Gregorian University •  The Catholic University of America
Religion	Roman Catholic
Member of	Bohemian Grove, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, PRODEMCA
Bilderberg liberal priest and President of the University of Notre Dame who attended Bilderberg/1975, then became Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1977.  Rockefeller Foundation/Chairman In office 1977 - 1982 Employer Rockefeller Foundation Bilderberger  President of the University of Notre Dame In office 1952 - 1987 Bilderberger

Theodore Martin Hesburgh was a US Catholic priest and academic who was a intimately connected to the Rockefeller family. He was president of the University of Notre Dame for 35 years from 1952 to 1987, along with numerous appointed positions in the U.S. government, including as chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

Career

Father Hesburgh presents the Laetare Medal to John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1961

After studying at Notre Dame, he was sent to Rome to the [Pontifical Gregorian University]] by his seminary for perfection studies. At the outbreak of World War II, he was able to leave Italy in a timely manner. He graduated as a Doctor of Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of America in 1945 and obtained a teaching position at Notre Dame. Already in 1949 he became executive vice president, and was appointed president in 1952.

During his thirty-five years as president of Notre Dame, Hesburgh propelled it from the academic minor leagues to matching elite Ivy League secular schools in academic reputation and resources, making the university the 11th-richest in the world. In 1967, Hesburgh engineered a reorganization of the university that transferred control from the Holy Cross Order to an independent lay/religious body.

Hesburgh was the first priest ever elected to the Board of Overseers at Harvard University and was president of it for two years.

He was a director of the Rockefeller family's Chase Manhattan Bank.

A longtime champion of nuclear disarmament, Father Hesburgh sat on the board of the United States Institute of Peace and helped organize a meeting of scientists and representative leaders of six faith traditions who called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

He was ambassador to the 1979 UN Conference on Science and Technology for Development, the first time a priest had had a formal diplomatic role for the United States government.

Hesburgh affiliated with the United World Federalists, and in 1974 became a member of the Advisory Board of an organization called Planetary Citizens. The mission of the now defunct organization was "to create, expose, and nurture positive change in the world."

Rockefeller foundation

He was a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1961, and Chairman 1977-82. The Foundation was a major promoter of contraception and abortion, as part of the Rockefeller's longstanding plan to reduce the world's population. Hesburgh said that he abstained on these issues.

Hesburgh also hosted population control advocates at Notre Dame and the broke his friendship with Pope Paul VI over the latter's reaffirmation of the Church’s condemnation of artificial birth control.

He is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the titleholder of the largest number of honorary titles awarded to him, 150 in total.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1975	25 April 1975	27 April 1975	Turkey Golden Dolphin Hotel Cesme	The 24th Bilderberg Meeting, 98 guests

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