Patrick Francis Healy (February 27, 1830 – January 10, 1910) was the 29th President of Georgetown University known for expanding the school following the American Civil War. He was accepted as and identified as Irish-American. Healy Hall, a National Historic Landmark, was constructed during Healy's tenure and is named after him.
In the 1960s the history of Healy's mixed-race ancestry became more widely known, and he was recognized as the first American of African ancestry to earn a PhD, the first to become a Jesuit priest; and the first to be president of a predominantly white college.
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