Kathleen Ross

Kathleen Ross, SNJM, is founding president of Heritage University,^[1][2][3] which opened in 1982.^[4]

A member of the religious order of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, she graduated from Fort Wright College with a B.A., from Georgetown University with a M.A., and from the Claremont Graduate School with a Ph.D., where she studied with Peter Drucker and Howard Bowen. In 1997 she was a MacArthur Fellow.^[5] She is the 2011 CGU Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient.^[6] She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Holy Names University in Oakland, CA.^[7]

Awards

• 2010 Henry Paley Memorial Award ^[8]
• 1995 Washington State Medal of Merit award
• 1997 MacArthur Fellows Program
• 1989 Harold McGraw Prize in education
• 1991 John Caroll Award, by Georgetown University