Fr. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C. Convocation Address

Fr. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C. is the fourth person to serve as president in the last 70 years. Father Dowd’s Presidential Inauguration is just the third in Notre Dame’s 182-year history, following those for Father Malloy in 1987 and Father Jenkins in 2005. Father Malloy was the first president elected by the University’s Trustees following the transference of governance in 1967 from the Congregation of Holy Cross to a predominantly lay Board. Prior to that transition, the presidency was an assignment of the provincial superior under religious obedience.

Father Dowd was elected as Notre Dame’s 18th president by the University’s Board of Trustees in December 2023; he assumed the role June 1. Read more in his full biography.

Read the full transcript of Father Dowd’s Inauguration speech here.

LeadershipReligion and PhilosophyFr. Robert A. Dowd C.S.C.InaugurationUniversity of Notre Dame

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