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Dr. Gerard Magill has been named the second holder
of the Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration
of Science, Theology, Philosophy and Law at Duquesne
University effective July 1.
A professor for the Center of Health Care Ethics
at Saint Louis University, Magill served as the
Center’s inaugural department chair from
1996-2005 and subsequently served as the Center’s
executive director from 1999-2005. He also
holds faculty appointments in the College of Arts
and Sciences (theology), School of Medicine (internal
medicine) and the School of Public Health (health
administration) at Saint Louis University.
As the Gallagher Chair, Magill will work primarily
in the areas of health care ethics/bioethics, focusing
on research and publishing. He will serve
as a faculty member of the health care ethics program
in the McAnulty Graduate School of Liberal Arts,
teaching and mentoring doctoral students and serving
on the examination boards. He will report
to the dean of the McAnulty College and Graduate
School.
Magill began at Saint Louis University as an
assistant professor of theology in 1988. He also
serves on the University’s Hospital Ethics
Committee, is a member of the Institutional Review
Board for research protocols and was the lead author
of Ethics Consultation Liability, a national report
commissioned by the American Society for Bioethics
and Humanities. Magill also held teaching posts
at Loyola University’s theology department
in Chicago and at Drygrange College’s seminary
in Scotland. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from
Edinburgh University, Scotland, and an S.T.L. in
moral theology, an S.T.B. in systematic theology
and a Ph.B. in philosophy from Gregorian University,
Rome.
Dr. David Kelly, a professor of theology and
health care ethics at Duquesne University, previously
held the Gallagher Chair post. The endowed
chair is named for Gallagher, who served as Duquesne’s
eighth president from 1950-59, and was funded through
the estate of the late Dr. Bernard J. Ransil, a
1951 graduate of the Bayer School of Natural and
Environmental Sciences.
Duquesne University
Duquesne is a private, coeducational university with more than 10,000 students. An extensive selection of undergraduate and graduate degree programs is offered across 10 schools of study. Duquesne is consistently ranked among the nation's top Catholic universities for its award-winning faculty and 129-year tradition of academic excellence.
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