Early life and education Kevin Quinn was born in
Queens, New York, and raised on
Long Island. His father was a
New York City Fire Department firefighter and
gardener; He also earned a
Master of Divinity from the
Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, which is now known as the
Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, in 1985.
Career Quinn taught at
Regis High School in
Manhattan early in his career.
Santa Clara University Quinn joined
Santa Clara University in 2006 as the
executive director of the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education. Quinn's inauguration celebrations included events and seminars throughout the week.
Australian
human rights activist and lawyer Father
Frank Brennan, S.J., who is chairman of the Australian National Human Rights Consultation Committee and a
law professor at
Australian Catholic University, presented the inaugural lecture, "
A Jesuit Perspective on Making Human Rights and Religion Friends, Not Foes", on September 13. An inaugural concert held on September 17, 2011, included a new
composition based on
Philippians 4:4-8, described as Quinn's favorite passage from the
Bible: "
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near." Quinn has stated that a priority is maintaining the price of higher education in order to keep pace with prevailing economic
demographics in
Northeastern Pennsylvania. He resided in Condron Hall, a University of Scranton
dorm, joking with local media, "It’s partly selfish. You live with 20-year-olds, it keeps you younger." On August 22, 2016, Father Quinn announced he would step down as University President, effective June 1, 2017. ==References==