Thomas B. Curran,
SJ is an American
Jesuit priest who served as president of
Rockhurst University in
Kansas City Missouri from 2006 to 2022. He was formerly an associate vice president at
Regis University, a Jesuit university in
Denver, Colorado
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.
Curran was initially Rockhurst's first non-Jesuit president, having been a member of the
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. He later entered the Jesuits in 2011 and made final vows in 2015.
He also served as the Catholic chaplain for the
Kansas City Chiefs
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The t ...
of the
National Football League
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. He was succeeded at Rockhurst by Sandra Cassady in 2022.
Education
He has earned the following degrees:
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B.A. in Politics from
DeSales University
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M.A. in Theology from
DeSales School of Theology
*M.A. in Liberal Studies, Public Policy & Government from
Georgetown University
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J.D. from
The Catholic University of America
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M.B.A. from
Saint Joseph's University
References
External links
Rockhurst Official Site
Living people
Presidents of Rockhurst University
Rockhurst University
Salesians of Don Bosco
Saint Joseph's University alumni
Columbus School of Law alumni
American Roman Catholic priests
Year of birth missing (living people)
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