A Philadelphia native and mathematician was named president of St. Joseph’s University on Wednesday, the first lay leader in the Jesuit school’s 164-year history. And at 40, Mark C. Reed also is the youngest president, at least since St. Joe’s moved to its City Line Avenue location in 1927, according to the college. Reed, senior vice president for administration and chief of staff at Fairfield University, a Jesuit school in Connecticut, will take over this summer at the 8,860-student St. Joe’s, which straddles Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township.

April 22, 2015 ・ From Philadelphia Inquirer