Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Hesburgh, Theodore Martin, Fr., C.S.C.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Hesburgh, Theodore Martin, Fr., C.S.C., 1917-2015
Other form(s) of name
- Fr. Theodore Martin Hesburgh
- Fr. Theodore Hesburgh
- Fr. Theodore M. Hesburgh
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1917-2015
History
Fr. Theodore M. Hesburgh was a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Cross and served as president of Notre Dame University from 1952-1987. He served on the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 1957 to 1972 and later chaired the commission. He was also active in opposition to the Vietnam War and support of the rights of immigrants to this country. Merton's letter is not extant, but he seems to write in relation to atomic weapons and Hesburgh's position as Vatican representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, a duty performed from 1956-1970.