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J. Havens Richards

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J. Havens Richards (1851–1923) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born to a prominent Ohio family, he was secretly baptized as an infant by his father, an Episcopal priest who converted to Catholicism. Richards studied at Boston College and Woodstock College. In 1888, he became the president of Georgetown University and for the next decade, he instituted major reforms and expansions to transform the school into a modern, comprehensive university. He enlarged the graduate programs, medical school, and law school, established the university hospital, improved the astronomical observatory, and oversaw the completion of Healy Hall and construction of Dahlgren Chapel. Richards also fought anti-Catholicism in the Ivy League, particularly at Harvard Law School, and managed tensions with the newly founded Catholic University of America, located in the same city. In his later years, he held senior positions at Jesuit institutions throughout the northeastern United States.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Patrick Francis Healy
 * Main editors: Ergo Sum
 * Promoted: August 29, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: Date he became president of Georgetown University
 * Support as nominator.  Ergo Sum  17:14, 12 June 2022 (UTC)