E. William Beauchamp

Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C., has been president of the University of Portland since 2004, leading Oregon’s Catholic university in its rising reputation as an influential resource for business, cultural, intellectual, and spiritual matters. He holds a law degree from the University of Notre Dame plus master’s degrees in business and divinity. He served Notre Dame as executive vice president for 13 years before moving to the Oregon campus in 2002. Father Beauchamp was born in Detroit in 1942 and was ordained in the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1982 after a first mix of careers that included the corporate world and a law firm.