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Notre Dame graduate and longtime faculty member Fr. Robert Dowd will take over as the university’s next president, effective July 1. He will succeed Fr. John Jenkins, who announced in October that he would step down from the position.
Rev. Dowd will succeed Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., who announced in October that he will step down at the end of the 2023-24 academic year after serving as president for 19 years.