NEW YORK (June 6, 2022) – Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD, President of Creighton University, has been elected to a two-year term as Chair of the BIG EAST Conference Board of Directors. He will begin his term on June 30, 2022. The Board of Directors is comprised of the presidents of the BIG EAST's 11 member institutions.
Fr. Hendrickson succeeds Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, President of Villanova University, in the BIG EAST Chair role. Hendrickson's appointment was announced following the spring meeting of the board in New York on June 2.
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