John T Richardson

American academic and priest, he served as the 9th President of DePaul University from 1981 through 1993. During his tenure, enrollment of the university rose, allowing DePaul to become the largest Catholic university in the United States. He began his academic career with DePaul University in 1954, when he served as the dean of the Graduate School until his election as university president. After his tenure ended, he became the universitys chancellor, serving until 2017. Richardson also helped introduce the International Human Rights Law Institute, the Institute for Business Ethics and the Center for Urban Education at the university. After his retirement, Richardson taught seminarian courses such as English composition and anthropology to sociology and comparative religion in Kenya. In 2011, he published his memoir The Playful Hand of God. In 2015, he published Readings in Catholic Social Teaching, a collection of papal teachings and documents he originally used as part of the curriculum at Christ the King Seminary. John T. Richardson died on 29 March 2022 in Perryville, Missouri at the age of 98. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less