Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, left, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands at Leighton Plaza on Tuesday, June 18, ...

Washington — Some of this city’s biggest names are paying tribute tonight to the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, the former University of Notre Dame president and a prominent voice for decades on civil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this May 15, 2007, file photo, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, reflects on a ...

Father Theodore Hesburgh of Notre Dame dies at age 97 Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and ...

SOUTH BEND — Sixty years later, the photographer's identity remains unknown. But on June 21, 1964, someone captured what became an iconic moment in the University of Notre Dame's history and, ...

Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the South Bend Tribune on Jan. 25, 2000. SOUTH BEND — Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh on Monday told a story about a place where black people could not ...

(Reuters) - Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, who reshaped the University of Notre Dame from a Catholic college known for its football team into an academic force, died late on Thursday night, the school said ...

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"I'm sure I get credit for a lot of things that I'm part of but not necessarily the whole of," he said. "We began a great university, and those who followed continued the motion forward." Despite the ...