Seamus Carey, Ph.D., an American philosopher and academic, is the 9th President of

Iona University Iona University () is a private Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York, United States. It was founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and occupies a campus of in New Rochelle and a campus of in Bro ...

in New Rochelle, New York. He previously served as the 26th President of

Transylvania University Transylvania University is a private university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It was founded in 1780 and is the oldest university in Kentucky. It offers 46 major programs, as well as dual-degree engineering programs, and is Higher educ ...

, the first university in the state of Kentucky, from 2014 to 2019. While at Transylvania he was inducted into

Omicron Delta Kappa Omicron Delta Kappa (), also known as The Circle and ODK, is an American collegiate honor society that recognizes leadership and scholarship. It was founded in 1914, at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and has chartered more t ...

in 2015. He earned his A.B. from

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...

in 1987. He later earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in

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 ...

from

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 ...

in 1996. Carey attended Harvard's Management Development Program as well as the Executive Leadership Academy, a yearlong program cosponsored by the

Council of Independent Colleges The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is an association in the United States of more than 650 independent, liberal arts colleges and university, universities and more than 100 higher education affiliates and organizations. Member institutions ...

, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, and the American Academic Leadership Institute. As the Dean of Arts & Sciences at

Sacred Heart University Sacred Heart University (SHU) is a private, Roman Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1963 by Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Sacred Heart was the first Catholi ...

, he supervised 121 full-time faculty, 18 department chairs and eight graduate program directors. As part of his development efforts, Carey oversaw the expansion of Sacred Heart's campus in Dingle, Ireland. Since 2019, as president of Iona, he has overseen a move from college to university. Carey has also overseen the launch of Iona's Nursing program as well two new undergraduate programs in entrepreneurship, the BA in Entrepreneurial Leadership and the BBA in Entrepreneurship. He has officiated the grand reopening of the newly renovated LaPenta School of Business as well as the opening of the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Additionally, Carey played a key role in the hiring of Hall of Fame men's basketball coach

Rick Pitino Richard Andrew Pitino (; born September 18, 1952) is an American basketball coach who is the head men's basketball coach at St. John's University (New York City), St. John's University. He was also the head coach of Greece national basketball t ...

, a two-time NCAA tournament champion.

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