Schlegel received his
Bachelor of Arts in
philosophy and
classics from
Saint Louis University in 1969. He then completed a
master's degree in
political science in 1970, also from Saint Louis University. and later as executive and academic
vice president of
John Carroll University in
Cleveland, Ohio. In 2000, Schlegel was named president of
Creighton University in
Omaha. Schlegel is credited with increasing student enrollment during his tenure at Creighton University. He also shepherded a $400 million capital campaign and oversaw the acquisition of of land located east of the existing campus. Schlegel served as the pastor of Church of the Gesu on Marquette's campus from 2014-2015. On November 15, 2015, Schlegel died as a result of pancreatic cancer. ==References==