PERSON: Bill Donohue
Employer
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
Position
CEO & President
Biography
William Anthony Donohue (born July 18, 1947) is an American Roman Catholic layman who has been president of the Catholic League in the United States since 1993.
Donohue was born in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. He began his teaching career in the 1970s working at St. Lucy’s School in Spanish Harlem. In 1977, he took a teaching position at La Roche College in McCandless, Pennsylvania. In 1980, he received his doctorate in sociology from New York University. Donohue is divorced and has two adult children from his marriage.
His first book was The Politics of the American Civil Liberties Union. He became associated with the conservative Heritage Foundation, where he is an adjunct scholar.
While Donohue was in college in New York, Virgil C. Blum, a Jesuit at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded the Catholic League to counter anti-Catholicism in American culture. Blum died in 1990; in 1993, Donohue became the organization’s director.
Donohue publishes The Catalyst, the Catholic League’s journal. He formerly served on the board of directors of the National Association of Scholars. He serves on the board of advisers of the Washington Legal Foundation, the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society, the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Catholics United for the Faith, the Ave Maria Institute, the Christian Film and Television Commission and Catholic War Veterans. He received the 2005 St. Thomas More Award for Catholic Citizenship from Catholic Citizens of Illinois.
In 2022, Donohue was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Ave Maria School of Law. He also gave the commencement address to the graduating class
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Donohue was born in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. He began his teaching career in the 1970s working at St. Lucy’s School in Spanish Harlem. In 1977, he took a teaching position at La Roche College in McCandless, Pennsylvania. In 1980, he received his doctorate in sociology from New York University. Donohue is divorced and has two adult children from his marriage.
His first book was The Politics of the American Civil Liberties Union. He became associated with the conservative Heritage Foundation, where he is an adjunct scholar.
While Donohue was in college in New York, Virgil C. Blum, a Jesuit at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded the Catholic League to counter anti-Catholicism in American culture. Blum died in 1990; in 1993, Donohue became the organization’s director.
Donohue publishes The Catalyst, the Catholic League’s journal. He formerly served on the board of directors of the National Association of Scholars. He serves on the board of advisers of the Washington Legal Foundation, the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society, the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Catholics United for the Faith, the Ave Maria Institute, the Christian Film and Television Commission and Catholic War Veterans. He received the 2005 St. Thomas More Award for Catholic Citizenship from Catholic Citizens of Illinois.
In 2022, Donohue was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Ave Maria School of Law. He also gave the commencement address to the graduating class
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