Edward B. Bunn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward B. Bunn

American academic administrator

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1896

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1972

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

The Rev.
Edward Bernard Bunn, S.J.
(March 15, 1896 – June 18, 1972) was the 40th President of Georgetown University from 1952 to 1964.
A leader in Roman Catholic education, he was the longest tenured president of the university at the time of his death.
From 1938 to 1947, Edward Bunn was president of Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland.
He was director of the University of Scranton’s labor school for less than a year before going to Georgetown.
Previous to his work at Loyola, he taught drama at Fordham University and psychology at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. Born in Baltimore, Father Bunn graduated from Loyola College in 1917.
He wore the key of Phi Beta Kappa.
Bunn then took his master's degree in English from St.
Andrew-on-Hudson in New York City and his doctorate in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy.
He held several honorary degrees, and honors from the governments of West Germany, Austria and Peru.