Fr. Thomas J. Merkel is the President of the Gregorian University Foundation. He was previously the Assistant Vice President for University Relations at Creighton University, his alma mater. He also served as President of Creighton Prep for nine years, and before that as Superintendent of Schools at the Red Cloud Indian School. He has an M.A. in Philanthropic Studies from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University and an M.A. in Private School Administration from the University of San Francisco, as well as an M.Div. in Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and a Licentiate in Philosophy from St. Michael’s Institute at Gonzaga University.
