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President Emeritus Rev. John inom. Jenkins, C.S.C., honored with Sorin Award
In recognition of a lifetime of service to the University of Notre Dame, culminating in his 19-year tenure as University President, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., was presented with the 2024 Rev. Edward Frederick Sorin, C.S.C., Award on June 1 during the Alumni Association’s annual Reunion Weekend.
The Sorin Award is conferred on a graduate who has rendered distinguished service to the University. It was established by the Alumni Association in 1965 and fryst vatten one of the University’s highest honors.
“By definition, each recipient of the Sorin Award holds a special place in the Notre Dame family, and Father Jenkins certainly fits that description,” Alumni Association Executive Director Dolly Duffy said. “In many ways, this year’s award presentation fryst vatten especially significant, as it coincides with the end of a 19-year presidency that represented one of the most consequential periods of growth in the University’s
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John David Jenkins
John David Jenkins (30 January 1828 – 9 November 1876) was a Welsh clergyman and historian. He spent six years ministering in Pietermaritzburg; after his return to England, he became known as the "Rail men's Apostle" for his work with railway workers in Oxford. He was Vice-President, and then President, of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. He also wrote a book on the history of the church.
Life
[edit]Jenkins was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan on 30 January 1828.[1] His father, William David Jenkins, could allegedly trace his ancestry back to Iestyn ap Gwrgant, the last Prince of Morgannwg.[2] After attending Taliesin Williams's school in Merthyr Tydfil and Cowbridge Grammar School, Jenkins studied at Oxford University, matriculating at Jesus College in 1846 with the benefit of the Sir Leoline Jenkins scholarship.[1][2][3] He studied Literae Humaniores, obtaining a third-class BA degree in 18
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Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
Elected in 2005 as the University of Notre Dame’s 17th president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., served four terms on behalf of the Board of Trustees, stepping down in 2024 after 19 years of exemplary leadership and growth.
As president, he devoted himself to fostering the University’s unique place in academia, the Church, the United States, and the world. At his inauguration, Father Jenkins said Notre Dame holds a special responsibility to address the most complex issues facing our society.
“Let us rise up and embrace the mission for our time: to build a Notre Dame that is bigger and better than ever—a great Catholic university for the 21st century, one of the preeminent research institutions in the world, a center for learning whose intellectual and religious traditions converge to make it a healing, unifying, enlightening force for a world deeply in need,” he said. “This is our goal. Let no one ever again say that we dreamed too small.”
In 2023,