Fritz L. Duda

A member of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees since 1997, Duda is chief executive officer of Genus Holdings Ltd., a Dallas-based investment company, and the owner and founder of the Fritz Duda Company, a privately held real estate development and investment firm. He is a graduate of the University of California’s Hastings College of Law. Prior to his election to Notre Dame’s Board, he served for six years on the Advisory Council for the University’s School of Architecture. He has provided significant leadership on the Board as chair of the Facilities and Campus Planning Committee, overseeing many important projects, including the development of a comprehensive long-term plan for the Notre Dame campus, the initiative to close Juniper Road, the development of Irish Green, and the return to a collegiate gothic theme for new buildings. He also has provided leadership and guidance to the University on the Eddy Street Commons project and campus-community relations in the Northeast Neighborhood. As chair of the Board’s International Facilities Committee, he has led efforts to establish a larger presence for Notre Dame in Italy and to secure the future of the University’s London facility. In addition, he and his wife, Mary Lee, have been generous benefactors to the University.