Quinnipiac University President Announces Retirement

HAMDEN, CT — Quinnipiac University President John L. Lahey has announced that he will retire at the end of the next academic year. Lahey said he made the announcement with “mixed emotions” and intends to retire on June 30, 2018.

He has served as Quinnipiac’s president for more than three decades.

Read the full announcement Lahey sent to the campus community on Friday afternoon below:

It is with mixed emotions that I report to you that the 2017-18 academic year will be my last as President of Quinnipiac University. God willing, on June 30, 2018, I will retire having completed 31 years and 3 months as your President.

Words alone cannot express the thanks and appreciation I feel for the privilege and honor I have been given to serve as President of Quinnipiac University for more than three decades.

Together during this time we have transformed a small local college with 1,902 students and three schools into a major national university with 10,000 students and nine schools and colleges, including a College of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Law and School of Engineering. I hope you share with me this same sense of pride and delight in all that Quinnipiac has become thanks to our collective efforts.

The next academic year will provide many opportunities for Judy and me to express our heartfelt appreciation for your enormous contributions to Quinnipiac's success and our enduring gratitude for your support, friendship and collegiality over the past three decades. Our sincere best wishes to all of you for an enjoyable and restful summer.

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