William George Read Mullan

William George Read Mullan, SJ (January 28, 1860 – January 29, 1910), was an American Jesuit and academic who served as President of Boston College from 1898 to 1903 and President of Loyola University Maryland from 1907 to 1908.

Early life and education William G. Read Mullan was born on January 28, 1860, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, to John P. and Emily Susannah Mullan (née Adam). His father was a sexton at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, as was his father before him.

As a child, Mullan completed his primary education at the parochial school at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Baltimore. In 1877, he was admitted as a postulant and commenced studies at the Jesuit novitiate in Frederick, Maryland, where he remained until 1880. He arrived on June 30, 1898, and received the books from his predecessor, Timothy Brosnahan. He founded the organization after sending a letter on May 13, 1899, to all Boston College alumni, which read:"I should be much pleased to meet the lay alumni of Boston College ... for the purpose of proposing to them the formation of a Sodality to be composed exclusively of Catholic graduates of Boston College and other colleges. I am fully convinced that such a gathering of educated Catholic men could be a power in the community to attract respect for our holy religion and for Catholic Education." In 1907, Mullan became President of Loyola College in Maryland, but resigned because of ill health six months into his term. He was admitted to St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, where he remained until his death. The $1,000 Read Mullan Scholarship was funded through collections by the Sodality of St. Ignatius Church in Baltimore, under the direction of Rev. John D. Whitney, SJ.