Kathleen Ross, SNJM, is founding president of Heritage University,[1][2][3] which opened in 1982.[4]
A member of the religious order of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, she graduated from Fort Wright College with a B.A., from Georgetown University with a M.A., and from the Claremont Graduate School with a Ph.D., where she studied with Peter Drucker and Howard Bowen. In 1997 she was a MacArthur Fellow.[5] She is the 2011 CGU Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient.[6] She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Holy Names University in Oakland, CA.[7]
Awards
- 2010 Henry Paley Memorial Award [8]
- 1995 Washington State Medal of Merit award
- 1997 MacArthur Fellows Program
- 1989 Harold McGraw Prize in education
- 1991 John Caroll Award, by Georgetown University
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