MINNESOTA
University of St. Thomas
19 OCT 2013
During its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, Oct. 17, the University of St. Thomas Board of Trustees accepted the retirement of the Most Reverend Harry Flynn as chair and member of the board, effective at the end of the day. Flynn served as board chair since 1995.
The board elected Michael Dougherty as interim chair. Dougherty, a St. Thomas trustee since 2003, also is chair of the board’s Executive Committee. He is chairman and chief executive officer of Dougherty Financial Group LLC in Minneapolis.
“On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I want to thank Archbishop Flynn for his many years of dedicated service to the board and to the university,” Dougherty said.
As previously announced, Father Kevin McDonough resigned Oct. 4 as vice chair and member of the board. He had been a member since 1991. He also has resigned from the advisory boards for the School of Law and the Center for Catholic Studies at St. Thomas.
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