Education
- Timothy S. Healy, former President, Georgetown University (master's degree from Fordham)
- Fr. Thomas Hopko, Orthodox Christian theologian
- Eamon Kelly, President Emeritus, Tulane University
- Robert B. Lawton, President, Loyola Marymount University
- Gerald W. Lynch, former President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- William J. McGill, former President, Columbia University
- Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J., President Emeritus, Georgetown University (doctorate from Fordham)
- Kevin Quinn, S.J., Law Professor and President of the University of Scranton since 2011
- Gerard Reedy, S.J., former President, College of the Holy Cross
- Paul Reiss, President Emeritus, Saint Michael's College (master's degree from Fordham)
- John Sexton, President, New York University
- Vince Tinto (1963), a noted theorist in the field of higher education, particularly concerning university student retention
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Famous quotes containing the word education:
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“I would urge that the yeast of education is the idea of excellence, and the idea of excellence comprises as many forms as there are individuals, each of whom develops his own image of excellence. The school must have as one of its principal functions the nurturing of images of excellence.”
—Jerome S. Bruner (20th century)