Joseph A. Mulry
American academic administrator
The Reverend Joseph A. Mulry, S.J., was President of Fordham University from 1915 until 1919. Fordham University is a Jesuit institution with campuses in the Bronx, Manhattan, and West Harrison. Born in New York in 1874, Mulry was 41 years old when he was appointed President of Fordham.
Fr. Mulry was appointed President of Fordham University in 1915, replacing Thomas J. McCluskey in the role. Shortly before Mulry's appointment, Fordham University had been offered the opportunity to begin a school of social service, but had turned down the offer, and the school had instead been adopted by Manhattan College. One of Mulry's first acts as President was to urge Manhattan College to cancel the arrangement and allow Fordham University to establish the preeminent Catholic school of social service. The college agreed, and the Fordham Graduate School of Social Service was founded in the fall of 1916. Enrollment during the first year of classes was over 200.
The formation of the School of Social Service led to further changes at the university, including the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School of Education.
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