Stephen Sundborg

Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J.
21st President of
Seattle University
Assumed office
July 1997
Personal details
Profession Jesuit priest, theologian

Stephen Vincent Sundborg, S.J. (born 1943) is an American Jesuit and theologian. He has served as the 21st President of Seattle University since July 1997.[1][2]

Sundborg was raised in the Territory of Alaska.[1] His father, George Walter Sundborg (1913-2009), was a newspaper reporter and editor, and longtime assistant to Ernest Gruening when Governor and U.S. Senator from the new State of Alaska. George Sundborg was a delegate to the Alaska State Constitutional convention in 1955-56, where, as Chairman of the Committee on Style and Drafting, he was responsible for selecting most of the words in that document.[3][2]

Stephen Sundborg entered the Society of Jesus in 1961 and was ordained a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest in 1974 in Seattle.[4] In 1982, he obtained a doctorate in spirituality from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.[4] He taught theology at Seattle University from 1982 until 1990, when he was appointed the Provincial of the Northwest Jesuits, a position he held until 1996.[1] Sundborg also served as the rector of the Jesuit community at Seattle University beginning in 1986.[1][2]

In July 1997, Father Sundborg became the 21st President of Seattle University.[1] He is well known around campus as "Father Steve". In 2017 the Trustees appointed him to another 5-year term.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Office of the President Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J." Seattle University. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  2. 1 2 3 Tong, Collin. "Meet Seattle University's moral compass". Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Legacy".
  4. 1 2 "Office of the President Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J." Seattle University. Retrieved 2010-07-31.



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