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): Chen Yi (marshal) • Elisha Williams • Frederick V of the Palatinate • Giuseppe Resnati • Jason Little (rugby union) • Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle • Julio Cortázar • Manuel Abad y Queipo • Mateo Musacchio • Morgan Ensberg • Nicolae Dobrin • Petey Williams • Sam Hardy (footballer) • Stan Van Gundy • Tom Ridge • Will Shortz

Born in the same month (August 1919): Adamantios Androutsopoulos • Amrita Pritam • Enrique Llanes • George Shearing • George Wallace • Huntz Hall • J. Gordon Edwards (entomologist) • John David Wilson • Malcolm Forbes • Margaret Burbidge • Michel Déon • Murray Grand • Pauline Betz • Pee Wee Butts • Rosalind Hicks • Stanley Middleton • Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin • Walter Bernstein • Wolfgang Wagner