Francesco C. Cesareo (often called "Prez Chez" by his students) is an American academic administrator and historian who served as the president of Assumption University in

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from October 12, 2007 to June 30, 2022. Cesareo is also the chairman of the National Review Board since 2013.

Early life and education

Cesareo was born in

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to Italian immigrant parents.Bronislaus B. Kush
"Assumption names its 16th president"
''

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'', February 16, 2007
archived
on December 1, 2008.Michael D. Kane

''MassLive'', October 6, 2015, retrieved June 6, 2017. He was raised in

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, and graduated from Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception in Douglaston, New York before earning his Master of Arts and Ph.D in late medieval and early modern European history from

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."Francesco Cesareo, Ph.D. Named 16th President of Assumption College"
press release, Assumption College, March 2007
archived
on September 16, 2008. As a

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, he studied at the University of Rome and the

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Career

Beginning in 1989, he was a professor of history at

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, where he became founding director of the Institute of Catholic Studies in 1997 and held the John J. and Mary Jane Breen Chair in Catholic Studies. He was appointed dean of the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts at

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in 2004. In July 2007, he became president of Assumption College. Cesareo's research focuses on the

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and

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periods. He has published on the

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, the history of 15th and 16th century Rome, and the Renaissance

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, and also on Renaissance education, the history of the Catholic church, and Catholic higher education. He has been managing editor of ''Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu'', a scholarly journal published semi-annually by the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome and the Institute of Catholic Studies at

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cesareo, Francesco Living people Fordham University alumni John Carroll University faculty Duquesne University faculty Presidents of Assumption University (Worcester) American people of Italian descent Year of birth missing (living people)