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Also enclosed an address given by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago, at the American Bar Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, August 4, 1984, entitled "Role of the Religious Leader in the Development of Public Policy" 18 pages, together with his remarks at the End of the 50th Anniversary Red Mass, Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago, September 30, 1984, 3 pages.

CPHS 142/21.04 Item : Address given by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Council of Graduate School, Plenary Session IV, Washington, D.C., Saturday, December 8, 1984 1984/1208
17 pages

"I was happy to learn that your 24th Annual Meeting is addressing itself to the issue of quality for the needs of the needs of the nation."

The Social Responsibility of Graduate Education

With the keynote speech a printed program: "Importance of Graduate Education and Research", 23 pages, and various copies of newspaper articles and reports Father Hesburgh used as sources for his speech, 10 pages.

Compiled in separate folder within (CPHS 142/21.04): "CPHS Speeches: Hesburgh." Includes folder with Father Hesburgh's handwritten outline of speech with notes and annotations he used for the speech.

CPHS 142/21.05 Item : [Father Hesburgh's Personal Account Listing His Governmental Services and Appointments under President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, President Johnson, President Nixon, President Ford, President Carter, and President Reagan, emphasizing his special role as the first priest and the only Catholic during these years] 1984?
15 pages

"May I confess at the outset of this personal account that it is difficult, if not impossible, to write of oneself or one's activity without straining objectivity and, at times, credulity."

Not an actual speech, a biographical account prepared for a book and its editors.

CPHS 142/22 Folder : Speeches 1985

CPHS 142/22.01 Item : [Inaugural Lecture on Nuclear Threat by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Eugene Burke Lecture Series, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, April 3, 1985] #557 1985/0403
53 pages

" ... I can remember back to the year 1943 when I walked into Gene Burke's cluttered room ... ."

Copy of the text of the speech Father Hesburgh gave in San Diego with handwritten changes on pp. 1-37. Transcription of the Question and Answer session after the speech on pp. 38-53.

Same as (UDIS H2/18.03).

CPHS 142/22.01 Cover Letter : Nancy Hatch, Eugene M. Burke, C.S.P., Lectureship on Religion and Society, to Father Hesburgh 1986/0712
1 page

Dated 12 July 1986, but encloses speech from 3 April 1985.

CPHS 142/22.01 Cover Letter : Richard W. Conklin, Director of Public Relations and Information, University of Notre Dame, to Nancy Hatch, Eugene M. Burke, C.S.P., Lectureship on Religion and Society 1986/0729
1 page

Dated 29 July 1986, but encloses speech from 3 April 1985.

CPHS 142/22.02 Item : Address delivered by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the 70th Annual Conference of the National University Continuing Education Association, Louisville, Kentucky, April 16, 1985 #555 1985/0416
14 pages

"If one might judge from the advent of the first millenium in the year of Our Lord 1000, this unusual benchmark of history is by its very nature the occasion of prophecies of gloom and doom."

Summarizes report, published in 1973, "The Purposes and the Performance of Higher Education in the United States: Approaching the Year 2000."

Similar to (CPHS 142/19.04). Father Hesburgh rewrote his earlier speech from 1982: "Preparing for the Millenium" in (CPHS 142/19.04) to deliver this speech. The first part is the same but the second part is different.

Preparing for the Millenium?

Also UDIS Files?

Enclosed with the address a printed program: "Second General Session," 4 pages. Father Hesburgh received the Signature of Excellence Award, after which he delivered his new version of "Preparing for the Millenium" speech.

CPHS 142/22.03 Item : Address given by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Commencement Exercises, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, May 5, 1985 #553 1985/0505
11 pages

"It is with very great pleasure that I am with you today to celebrate and commemorate the completion of long and ditinguished years of service on the part of your wonderful President, Dr. Terry Sanford."

CPHS 142/22.04 Item : Address delivered by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, to the General Faculty on October 2, 1985 1985/1002
10 pages

"This is the 34th time that I have had the opportunity of addressing the University faculty at the beginning of the new school year."

CPHS 142/22.05 Item : Student Convocation on Apartheid 1985/10?
18 pages

"I'm glad to see so many of you out on this cold afternoon to manifest your interest in social justice and particularly in the situation of apartheid, and particularly against the situation of apartheid in South Africa."

Father Hesburgh addressed students from University of Notre Dame. Date is uncertain.

CPHS 142/22.06 Item : Eulogy delivered by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the funeral of Rev. Thomas McDonagh, C.S.C., December 2, 1985 1985/1202
5 pages

"On behalf of all of us in Holy Cross who knew and loved Father Tom McDonagh, may I offer a word of heartfelt sympathy to his relatives, especially his sister, Georgina, and his brother, Jack, and their families."

CPHS 142/22.07 Item : Address delivered by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the 40th anniversary dinner of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago, Illinois, December 12, 1985 #554 1985/1212
19 pages

"There are very few groups I would rather address on the nuclear threat to humanity."

Also UDIS Files

CPHS 142/23 Folder : Speeches 1986

CPHS 142/23.01 Item : [Address given by the Very Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Presbyterial Day '86, Niles, May 5, 1986] 1986/0505
5 pages

"Good to be here with you."

Delivered speech missing, but a handwritten outline of speech is enclosed, 5 pages, with a printed program, 10 pages.

Also enclosed Joseph Cardinal Bernardin's address to the Chicago Bar Association dated 30 January 1986, 11 pages.

CPHS 142/23.02 Item : Address given by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at a luncheon honoring Monsignor John F. Meyers, retiring President of the National Catholic Educational Association, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., June 4, 1986 1986/0604
16 pages

"Catholic Education in America is a very complex reality with a rich history."

Catholic Education in America

CPHS 142/23.03 Item : Invocation delivered by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Inauguration of Dr. William A. Hickey as President of Saint Mary's College, September 7, 1986 1986/0907
1 pages

"Dear Lord, we have only a few requests today, but they are all important."

CPHS 142/23.04 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Annual Faculty Meeting, Notre Dame, Indiana, October 13, 1986 1986/1013
15 pages

"This is the thirty-fifth and last time that I address the faculty as President, early in a new academic year."

Same as (UDIS H2/19.03).

CPHS 142/24 Folder : Speeches 1987

CPHS 142/24.01 Item : Address delivered by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the United Way Centennial Celebration, Indianapolis, Indiana, Sunday, March 15, 1987 1987/0315
12 pages

"One of the most perceptive tourists ever to visit America made his trip to our shores over 150 years ago (1831)."

Same as: (CPHS 142/15.02) and (UDIS H2/13.04). Similar to (CPHS 142/15.05) and (UDIS H2/13.06).

CPHS 142/24.02 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Spring Annual Conference of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, New Orleans, March 22, 1987 #559 1987/0322
12 pages

"In preparation for these remarks, I read Miriam Mason Wood's book on Trusteeship."

Same as (UDIS H2/20.01).

CPHS 142/24.03 Item : [Valedictory by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, to alumni and friends in Washington Hall, May 9, 1987] #562 1987/0509
17 pages

"How does one exit quickly and gracefully after thirty-five years on center stage? Certainly, not easily."

Same as (UDIS H2/20.02).

Also on video.

CPHS 142/24.04 Item : Address delivered by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the 200th Commencement of the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1987 #560 1987/0510
12 pages

"Happy 200th Birthday! ... If I had to choose a text for my words today, I would take it from something your distinguished President wrote a year ago: 'The University today is, of course, an incomparably different institution, in scale and complexity, than it was in all its phases since its founding 200 years ago.'"

In the Heart of the City

With the address a short description of the city of Pittsburgh, followed by details about the faculty, students, presidents, and historical development in general of Pittsburgh University, 5 pages.

Also UDIS Files

CPHS 142/24.05 Item : [Joyce's New Proposal: Draft of speech delivered by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, New York Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York, December 10, 1987] 1987/1210
11 pages

"Fr. Ned Joyce and I must have established some sort of record to be with all of you tonight."

Joyce Proposal: An Internal Monitoring Procedure to ensure the integrity of University Athletic Programs

Same as (UDIS H2/20.04).

2 copies titled: "Draft"; 2nd copy of draft with Father Hesburgh's handwritten corrections

Also enclosed Father Hesburgh's handwritten copy of the draft, 20 pages.

CPHS 142/25 Folder : Speeches 1988

CPHS 142/25.01 Item : Address delivered by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, at the Aquinas Center of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, October 26, 1988 1988/1026
5 pages

"I am grateful to the Aquinas Center of Theology, its Director, Father Bob Perry, and its Associate Director, Anne Russell Mayeaux, for their generous invitation to address a few welcoming words to the participants to this conference, 'For the Trumpet Shall Sound: Protest, Prayer and Prophecy.'"

CPHS 142/25.02 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, for the Morgenthau Memorial Lecture, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York City, November 3, 1988 #563 1988/1103
25 pages

"I am happy to be with you here tonight under the aegis of Hans J. Morgenthau."

CPHS 142/26 Folder : Speeches 1989

CPHS 142/26.01 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, at The Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, March 4, 1989 1989/0304
8 pages

"Almost twenty-five years ago, I had a rather mysterious letter from Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, the Secretary of State in Rome, saying the Pope Paul VI wanted to see me."

CPHS 142/27 Folder : Speeches 1990

CPHS 142/27.01 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame, at The Eisenhower Centennial Space Roundtable, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 4, 1990 1990/1004
15 pages

"I am delighted to have been invited by Karl Harr, Senior Fellow of the Eisenhower World Affairs Institute, to deliver this keynote address at the Conference on Space Policy."

A Vision of Space

CPHS 142/27.02 Item : [An Interview with Father Theodore Hesburgh] 1990
2 pages

" ... The vitality of Catholic higher education over the past generation is my biggest surprise."

What Makes a Catholic University Great? Father Theodore Hesburgh on the future of American Catholic higher education

Not a speech. Excerpts from an Interview with Father Hesburgh in Forham University Magazine, Fall issue, 1990, Vol. 23, No. 2. Father Hesburgh spoke with Fordham Magazine contributing editor Jerry Buckley.

CPHS 143/01 Folder : Speeches - Undated - A-D

CPHS 143/01.01 Item : An Act of Consecration to Mary
2 pages

"Hail holy Queen, our life, our sweetness, and our hope: On this feast of your Immaculate Conception, which brings to a close this year dedicated to you, we kneel about the altar of your Son, to dedicate anew in all solemnity this University to your patronage."

Same as (CPHS 141/02.05)

CPHS 143/01.02 Item : [Fundamental Principles of Intercollegiate Athletics at Notre Dame]
12 pages

"Almost everyone has something to say about intercollegiate athletics - especially during the Fall of the year when experts are born as the multi-colored leaves drift downward."

2 copies: 1st typewritten copy, 2nd carbon copy

CPHS 143/01.03 Item : [Universities and the Nuclear Threat]
2 pages

"At first glance, one might see little connection between higher education and the nuclear threat to humanity."

CPHS 143/01.04 Item : Catholic Higher Education in Twentieth Century America
12 pages

"There is a theme to what I have to say today ... I am attempting to discuss the objectives of Catholic Higher Education in Twentieth Century America."

Same as (CPHS 141/16.04) and (UDIS H1/39.01). Same as (UDIS H1/38.02) except the first 2 pages.

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