Matthew J. Walsh
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Matthew J. Walsh | |
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_(a).jpg) Walsh in 1927 | |
| 10th President of the University of Notre Dame | |
| In office 1922–1928 | |
| Preceded by | James A. Burns |
| Succeeded by | Charles L. O'Donnell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 14, 1882 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 19, 1963 (aged 80) Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Education | Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of America, University of Notre Dame |
Matthew J. Walsh, C.S.C. (May 14, 1882 – January 19, 1963) was an American Catholic priest who served as president of the University of Notre Dame from 1922 to 1928, after having served as vice president from 1912 to 1922.[1]
He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and obtained a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of America. He also attended courses at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University.
Matthew Walsh was born May 14, 1882, in Chicago, the seventh of ten children and grew up in St. Columbkille parish in Chicago. His parents were David Walsh, from Mitchellstown, County Cork, Ireland and Joanna Clogan, from Troy, New York. He initially attended public school for one year and then the local parish school, which was run by Holy Cross Brothers from Notre Dame. After finishing the eighth grade, he attended the Brothers' High School for one year, before deciding in 1897 to become a priest. Accompanied by his mother, he took a train to South Bend where he enrolled at the Congregation of Holy Cross 's seminary.[2]
Initially he finished his high school work under Dr. Linneborn, rector of the seminary, and in 1899 he started his college work under Linneborn's successor Fr. John W. Cavanaugh. In 1903 Walsh graduated from Notre Dame, and then spent one year in the novitiate under Father William Connor, followed by Matt Walsh went to attend Holy Cross College, at Washington. He also attended classes at the newly founded Catholic University, where he was the first student to enroll in American history classes. In 1907 he graduated with a doctorate with the thesis The Political Status of Catholics in Colonial Maryland. In the summer of 1907 he attended Columbia University and in September he enrolled at Johns Hopkins University where he studied economics. Walsh was ordained priest at the Apostolic Mission House in Washington, DC, on December 21, 1907, and then took the train for Chicago, where he celebrated his first Mass in St. Columbkille's Church on Christmas Day.[2]
He served as military chaplain in World War I in 1918–19.[3] He was professor of history at Notre Dame from 1908 to 1922 and then from 1935 to 1951.[4][5] Dr. James Monaghan, a very popular and beloved professor of history and economics at Notre Dame, was inducted in the consular service of the United States in late 1907, and Notre Dame hired Walsh to replace him. Walsh was prefect in Corby Hall and later in Sorin Hall. In 1911, Fr. John J. Cavanaugh made him his vice-president.[2]
