Mark Reed (academic)
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Mark C Reed is an American academic administrator who is the 25th president of
Loyola University of Chicago Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States. Its namesa ...
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. Prior to his tenure at Loyola, Reed served as the first lay president of
St. Joseph's University Saint Joseph's University (SJU or St. Joe's) is a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The university was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851 as Saint Joseph's College ...
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.


Early life and education

Reed was born in
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, and grew up in
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. In 1992, he graduated from
St. Joseph's Preparatory School St. Joseph's Preparatory School, known as "St. Joe's Prep" or simply "The Prep", is an urban, private, Catholic, college preparatory school run by the Society of Jesus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The school was founded in 1851 ...
in Philadelphia. He earned a B.S. in mathematics from
Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2023, the university had about 5,000 full-time undergraduate students and 1,200 gra ...
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, in 1996, where he was elected student-body president and received the Loyola Medal in recognition of his outstanding service to the university. He went on to earn an M.Ed. in secondary school administration from the Boston College Lynch School of Education in 1999, an
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from the
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in 2002, and an Ed.D. in higher education management from the
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at the
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in 2008.


Career

Prior to serving at Loyola University Chicago and St. Joseph's University, Reed spent 15-years at Fairfield University in various administrative roles before rising to the position of senior vice president and chief of staff. He was also an adjunct professor in the mathematics department. In 2015, Reed received the Fairfield University Distinguished Faculty/Administrator Award.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reed, Mark Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Presidents of Saint Joseph's University Presidents of Loyola University Chicago Fairfield University alumni Lynch School of Education and Human Development alumni University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education alumni People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania