The Catholic University of America

University Rectors and Presidents

• Bishop John J. Keane (1887?1896)
• Bishop Thomas J. Conaty (1896?1903)
• Bishop Denis J. O?Connell (1903?1909)
• Bishop Thomas J. Shahan (1909?1927)
• Bishop James Hugh Ryan (1928?1935)
• Bishop Joseph M. Corrigan (1936?1942)
• Bishop Patrick J. McCormick (1943?1953)
• Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart (1953?1957)
• Bishop William J. McDonald (1957?1967, last Rector)
• Clarence C. Walton, Ph.D. (1969?1978, first President)
• Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D. (1978?1982)
• Rev. William J. Byron, S.J. (1982?1992)
• Brother Patrick Ellis, F.S.C. (1992?1998)
• Very Rev. David M. O'Connell, C.M., J.C.D. (1998?present)