William J. Byron, S.J.
President
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
Philadelphia, PA
The Reverend William J. Byron, S.J., is the president of St. Joseph's
Preparatory School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is also a research
professor at Sellinger School of Business, Loyola College in Maryland.
From 2000 to 2003, he was pastor of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington,
D.C. From 1992 to 2000, he taught in the McDonough School of Business
at Georgetown University, where he held an appointment as Distinguished
Professor of the Practice of Ethics and served as rector of the Georgetown
Jesuit Community. From 1982-1992, he was president of The Catholic University
of America. Prior assignments include service as president of the University
of Scranton (1975-82), dean of arts and sciences at Loyola University
of New Orleans (1973-75), and various teaching positions in his field
of economics and social ethics. His current directorships include
Georgetown University Hospital, Loyola University of New Orleans, CareFirst
Blue Cross Blue Shield, and The Washington Jesuit Academy. He holds a
doctorate in economics from the University of Maryland, two theology degrees
from Woodstock College, and a bachelor's degree in philosophy and master's
in economics from Saint Louis University. He was the 1999 recipient of
the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, Theodore M. Hesburgh
Award for his contributions over the years to the advancement of Catholic
higher education. In that same year he received the Council of Independent
Colleges' Academic Leadership Award. He is the recipient of 25 honorary
degrees. Byron writes a syndicated bi-weekly column ("Looking Around")
for Catholic News Service. He is the author of Toward Stewardship
(Paulist, 1975), Quadrangle Considerations [Loyola, 1989
(winner of the Catholic Press Association's 1990 Best Book Award in Education)],
Take Your Diploma and Run! (Paulist, 1992), Finding Work
without Losing Heart (Adams, 1995), The 365 Days of Christmas
(Paulist, 1996), Answers from Within: Spiritual Guidelines for
Managing Setbacks in Work and Life (Macmillan, 1998), and Jesuit
Saturdays: Sharing the Ignatian Spirit with Lay Colleagues and Friends
(Loyola, 2000).
