FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LA SALLE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT BR. MICHAEL J. MCGINNISS, F.S.C, JOINS MANHATTAN COLLEGE’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES

RIVERDALE, N.Y. –  Philadelphia native Brother Michael J. McGinniss, F.S.C., president of La Salle University, has been elected to Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees.  Br. Michael is the 28th president of La Salle University, an independent, Catholic, coeducational university in Philadelphia founded by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. 

Br. Michael joined the Christian Brothers in 1965 and graduated maxima cum laude from La Salle in 1970 with a degree in English.  He went on to earn his master’s degree and doctorate in theology from the University of Notre Dame.  An expert in pastoral theology, including history and theology of ministry and methods and models of theological reflection, Br. Michael has published several articles and chapters on these topics in such journals as Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture and New Theology Review.

Br. Michael joined La Salle in 1984 as a full-time faculty member and officially became professor in 1993.  He chaired La Salle’s religion department in 1991 and shortly after received the University’s Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award.

In 1994, Br. Michael left LaSalle to become president of Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee.  Under his leadership, undergraduate enrollment and retention rates were increased, a graduate education program was established, new residence halls were constructed and a number of other facility renovations and technology enhancements were made.

Br. Michael was appointed president of La Salle University on July 1, 1999.  He serves on several boards, including the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and the Greater Philadelphian Urban Affairs Coalition.   He also is a past member of the Ethics Committee of the Board at Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Br. Michael joins Ms. Clare A. Cunniffe, vice president of security solutions at Computer Associates International, and Mr. Hector Gonzalez, chair of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board and partner at Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw, as the newest members of Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees.

Manhattan College was founded in 1853 upon the Lasallian tradition of excellence in teaching inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle.  Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science. 

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