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Gerard C. Reedy, S.J., (October 25, 1939 – March 11, 2016) was an American
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priest,
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and
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. Reedy served as the 30th President of the
College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by educators Benedict Joseph Fenwick and Thomas F. Mulledy in 1843 under the auspices of the Society of Jesus. ...
from 1994 until 1998. He also served as a professor of English and academic dean at
Fordham University Fordham University is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1841, it is named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its origina ...
for almost forty years.


Life and career

Reedy was born to Charles and Margaret (Deasy) Reedy on October 25, 1939, in
Bellerose, New York Bellerose is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitut ...
. He graduated from Regis High School, a Jesuit school in New York City, and entered the
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in 1957. He studied
philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
at Loyola Seminary and completed his degree in
theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...
from the former
Woodstock College Woodstock College was a Society of Jesus, Jesuit seminary that existed from 1869 to 1974. It was the oldest Jesuit seminary in the United States. The school was located in Woodstock, Maryland, west of Baltimore, from its establishment until 1969, ...
in
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. Reedy received a
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in English from the
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
in Philadelphia. His writings include two books: ''The Bible and Reason: Anglicans and Scripture in Late Seventeenth-Century England'' and ''Robert South (1634-1716): An Introduction to His Life and Sermons''. Reedy died on March 11, 2016, at the age of 76.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reedy, Gerard 1939 births 2016 deaths 20th-century American Jesuits 21st-century American Jesuits Presidents of the College of the Holy Cross Fordham University faculty University of Pennsylvania alumni Regis High School (New York City) alumni Woodstock College alumni