Holy Cross Names New Assistant to the President

WORCESTER, Mass. – Rev. Paul Harman, S.J. has been named special assistant to the president at the College of the Holy Cross.  He succeeds Rev. William O’Halloran, S.J., who passed away last February.

Fr. Harman, who will report directly to Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J., president of the College, brings to this position a deep knowledge of Holy Cross and extensive experience with higher education and other Jesuit apostolates.  He first worked at Holy Cross in 1970 as a visiting lecturer in theology while completing his doctorate in education at Columbia.  The following year he was appointed associate academic dean; and in 1975 he became executive vice president, serving in that capacity until 1984.  He left Holy Cross to become Provincial Assistant for Formation for the New England Province of the Jesuits and later Secretary for Formation for the Jesuits in the United States.  Most recently he served as rector of the Jesuit Community at Boston College.  He has also served on numerous boards of trustees, including Boston College, Georgetown, Loyola University of Chicago and Holy Cross, where he was a trustee from 1986 to 1995.

Fr. Harman’s responsibilities include developing mission and identity programs, particularly for faculty and staff.