Gerard J. Campbell

Gerard John Campbell was an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and historian who became the president of Georgetown University. Born in Pennsylvania, he entered the Society of Jesus at the age of 20 and studied at West Baden College and Fordham University, before earning his doctorate at Princeton University. A promising historian, he then taught at Loyola University Maryland, before becoming the executive vice president of Georgetown University in 1963, where he effectively worked as acting president.

26 August 1919

Born on the same birth day (26 August): Bobby Jurasin • David Byas • Eric Davies • Gerd Bonk • Howard Clark (golfer) • Humilis of Bisignano • Jamal Lewis (American football) • Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle • Joe Hulme • Margaret Utinsky • Mark Mangino • Meredith Eaton • Nik Turner • Nikky Finney • Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha • Robert Vickrey • Shirley Manson • Sparky Adams • Stephen J. Dubner • Wolfgang Sawallisch

Born in the same month (August 1919): George Shearing • George Wallace • Georgia Gibbs • Godfrey Hounsfield • Jaap Rijks • John David Wilson • Joop den Uyl • Kitty Wells • Malcolm Forbes • Margaret Burbidge • Maurice Hilleman • Nehemiah Persoff • Pauline Betz • Rex Humbard • Stanley Middleton • Tosia Altman • Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin • William P. Foster