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A Short Biography of Theodore M. Hesburgh

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Theodore M. Hesburgh

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Theodore M. Hesburgh

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25 May 1917

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President of Notre Dame and priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross                          
                          
                          
Honorary member of the Austrian catholic fraternity KÖHV Alpenland - 1961
Presidential Medal of Freedom - 1964
Sylvanus Thayer Award from the United States Military Academy- 1980
F. Sadlier Dinger Award by educational publisher William H. Sadlier, Inc. in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the ministry of religious education in America. - 1982
Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences - 1984
Congressional Gold Medal - 1999
NCAA Gerald R. Ford Award - 2004 - inaugural recipient

Holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for “Most Honorary Degrees”, having been awarded 150.                          
Organised a transition to co-education in 1972.

Supported the invitation for Barack Obama to speak at Notre Dame, which was controversial because of Obama's strong endorsement of pro-choice legislation.