Patrick F. Leahy | |
Office: | 10th President of Monmouth University |
Term Start: | 2019 |
Predecessor: | Grey J. Dimenna |
Office1: | 6th President of Wilkes University |
Term Start1: | 2012 |
Term End1: | 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Joseph E. Gilmour |
Successor1: | Alan Gregory Cant |
Education: | Georgetown University (BA) Cornell University (MBA, MILR) University of Pennsylvania (EdD) |
Profession: | Academic administrator |
Patrick F. Leahy is an American academic administrator serving as the tenth president of Monmouth University.[1] He previously served as the sixth president of Wilkes University from 2012 to 2019.
Leahy is a native of Towson, Maryland. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Georgetown University, dual master's degrees in business administration and labor relations from Cornell University, and a Doctor of Education from the University of Pennsylvania.[2]
From 2004 to 2012, Leahy served as the executive vice president of The University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He later served as president of Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania from 2012 to 2019.[3] [4] Since 2019, Leahy has served as the 10th president of Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey.[5]