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Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J., is the 22nd president of Marquette University. He was elected by the university's board of trustees on January 22, 1996, and began his duties as chief executive on June 17, 1996, succeeding the Rev. Albert J. DiUlio, S.J. Immediately prior to assuming the Marquette presidency, from 1992 to 1996, Father Wild was president of the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, Mass., a graduate professional school which trains both clergy and laity for leadership roles in the Catholic Church. From 1985 to 1991, he served as provincial superior of the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus, directing the activities of Jesuits in northern Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and southwestern Ohio. A biblical scholar and author of two books and numerous scholarly articles, Father Wild taught theology at Marquette from 1975 to 1983. He has been a member of the university's board of trustees since 1990. Father Wild, 58, is a native of Chicago, Ill. He holds a doctoral degree in the study of religion - specifically, the New Testament and Christian origins - from Harvard University, a master's in classical languages and a bachelor's degree in Latin from Loyola University of Chicago, and licentiates in theology from the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago, and philosophy from West Baden College, West Baden, Ind. He has held teaching fellowships or visiting professorships at Harvard University, Loyola University of Chicago, and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Father Wild began his teaching career at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, where he taught Latin, Greek and speech and debate from 1964 to 1967. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1957 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. |
