Not many six year olds know what they want to be when they grow up.
I mean really know what they want to be.
Llittle Teddy was one of those.
The young Theodore Hesbergh knew from the age of six that he wanted to be a priest.
He probably didn’t realize that someday he would also be the renowned, honored, and
revered president of one of the most honored institutions of higher learning in America,
Notre Dame University.
But Hesbergh achieved those dreams and more. In 1952, he became president of Notre Dame, a position he held for 35 years, including through the turbulent 1960s when college campuses across America were
roiled by controversy, protests, demonstrations, and student takeovers.
How did Father Hesbergh handle that? You’ll hear that in this interview coming up.
Finally, after his retirement in 1987, Hesbergh was persuaded to write his memoir. In 1990, he did. He called it God, Country, Notre Dame.
Finally, after his retirement in 1987, Theodore Hesbergh wrote a memoir.
His autobiography. in 1990,he published his book God, Country, Notre Dame.”
And when he was on the book tour to promote it, that’s when I had the chance to sit down for a few minutes
with his illustrious and much-honored leader—————————————————————
So here now, from 1990, Father
Theodor Hesbergh died in 2015 at age 97.