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Patrick Francis Healy

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 27, 2022 by Gog the Mild (talk) 12:30, 17 January 2022 (UTC)



Patrick Francis Healy (February 27, 1834 – January 10, 1910) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. While Healy was one-sixteenth black and considered himself white, he was posthumously recognized as the first black American to become a Jesuit, to earn a Ph.D., and to become the president of a predominantly white university. Born in Georgia, Healy was legally considered a slave by birth and was sent north by his father to be educated alongside his brothers. After studying in Massachusetts, Healy entered the Society of Jesus and eventually earned his doctorate in Belgium. Healy was named the chair of philosophy at Georgetown University in 1866 and became its president in 1873. He aimed to transform the institution into a modern university by expanding courses in the sciences, raising standards at the medical school, and growing the law school. He also had constructed the university's flagship building, Healy Hall. For this, he became known as Georgetown's "second founder".
 * Most recent similar article(s): James A. Doonan
 * Main editors: Ergo Sum
 * Promoted: May 22, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: Anniversary of Healy's birth
 * Support as nominator.  Ergo Sum  02:25, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Support – great work as always, and I think it'll have been long enough since the last Georgetown bio (almost four months) to assuage any concerns on that front. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:43, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Support Aoba47 (talk) 21:55, 2 January 2022 (UTC)