John Cavanaugh
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Rev. John Cavanaugh
May 23, 1870-March 22, 1935
Rev. John Cavanaugh was born in Leetonia, Ohio. At age sixteen he entered the University of Notre Dame and was graduated in 1890. His Doctor of Divinity was conferred by Ottawa University.
He returned to Notre Dame to teach English. In 1905, he was elected president of the university. He served in that capacity until 1919.
After teaching for one year at Holy Cross College, he returned to Notre Dame in 1920 as professor of English until 1931.
Sources:
Jacob Piatt Dunn, Indiana and Indianans, Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1919, 4:1564.
R.E. Banta, Indiana Authors and their Books 1816-1916, Crawfordsville: Wabash College, 1949, p. 56.
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