About William L. Reilly
Lived 1916 – 2009 (aged 93). William L. Reilly was an American academic.
William L. Reilly, S.J., (May 16, 1916 – December 10, 2009) was an American Jesuit and academic. He was the longest-serving president of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. His twelve-year term lasted from 1964 to 1976. He first enrolled in the Jesuit novitiate in 1932, and was formally ordained a Catholic priest within the Society of Jesus in 1945. Reilly served as the retreat minister at both the Jesuit Novitiate in Benin City, Nigeria, as well the retreat minister at a Jesuit facility in Cape Coast, Ghana.
Reilly's funeral mass took place at the Fordham University Church. He was buried at the Jesuit Martyrs' Shrine in Auriesville, New York.
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American Jesuit and academic (1916–2009)
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William L. Reilly was born on 16 May 1916 in Jersey City.
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William L. Reilly died on 10 December 2009 in The Bronx.
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William L. Reilly was an academic.
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William L. Reilly was American.
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