Edward Malloy

Edward Aloysius Malloy, C.S.C. (born May 3, 1941) is an American Catholic priest, academic and former college basketball player who is a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Commonly referred to as “Monk Malloy”, he is best known for his service as the 16th president of the University of Notre Dame from 1987 to 2005.

Biography Malloy was born on May 3, 1941, in Washington, D.C.

He received a BA and MA in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1963 and 1967; and an M.A. in Theology in 1969. He was ordained as priest in 1970, and he received a PhD in Christian ethics from Vanderbilt University in 1975.

Malloy sits on the Board of Trustees of Vanderbilt University and the University of Portland, the University of St. Thomas, and the University of Notre Dame Australia. He has served in leadership roles as chair of the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), and Campus Compact, and has been an active participant on the Business-Higher Education Forum, the general council of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), the board of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), the board of directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), the National Committee on Higher Education and the Health of Youth, the board of advisors of The Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry at Catholic Theological Union of Chicago, the board of directors of the NCAA Foundation, and the editorial advisory board of The Presidency, the magazine of the American Council on Education.

Malloy, Edward A. (2016). Monk's Tale: The Presidential Years 1987-2005. Monk's Tale Volume 3. University of Notre Dame Press. p. 456. .