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Charles J. Dougherty (born June 28, 1949) is an American
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who served as the 12th president of
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in
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,
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. An expert in the field of health care ethics, Dougherty has published two books on the subject.


Academic career

The first member of his family to attend college, Dougherty received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from
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in 1971. He went on to earn a master's degree and doctorate in the same subject from the
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in 1973 and 1975.


Academic Vice President of Creighton University

Dougherty joined the faculty of Creighton University in 1975, chairing the philosophy department there from 1981 to 1989. He served as the first director of the Creighton Center for Health Policy and Ethics from 1988 to 1995, a position which he left when he was appointed the university's academic vice president. He held that post from 1995 to 2001, during which time he was acting university president for a brief period in 2000.


President of Duquesne University

Dougherty was elected president of Duquesne University by its board of directors in May 2001. During Dougherty's tenure, Duquesne underwent $350 million in building construction, including the
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Center, a fitness facility which also houses the campus's bookstore and two restaurants, and Des Places Hall, an upperclassman residence hall. In the fall of 2012, Duquesne welcomed its largest freshman class in history, a record again topped the following year. Duquesne was listed as one of the top twenty most efficient national universities by
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; Duquesne was the only Pennsylvania school as well as the only Catholic school on the list. On February 13, 2015, just two days after the death of his predecessor John E. Murray, Jr., Dougherty announced he would step down as President effective at the end of his third term. On November 4, 2015, Duquesne University named
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Dean Ken Gormley as Dougherty's successor, effective July 1, 2016.


Community involvement

Dougherty has worked with the Hospital Trustees Project at the
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and the
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, as well as the National Coalition on Catholic Health Care. He has served on the board of trustees of the Catholic Health Association and the Board of Editors at both Creighton University Press and ''Health Progress''. Dougherty has also served as a Commissioner for the State of Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission, a government ethics panel. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Mercy Hospital; Mercy Health Systems in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Allegheny Conference on Community Development; Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership; World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh; and the Urban League of Pittsburgh. He serves on the board of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania and is the Chair of the President's Committee of the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education.


Personal life

Charles Dougherty was born in
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,
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and attended St. Anthony's High School in
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. Dougherty and his wife, Sandra, who recently retired as a judge on the Nebraska District Court in Douglas County, have two children.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dougherty, Charles J. 1949 births Living people Presidents of Duquesne University Academics from Brooklyn St. Bonaventure University alumni Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters alumni Catholics from New York (state)