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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF MICHAEL ERIC ENGH, S.J.
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HON. ANNA G. ESHOO
of california
in the house of representatives
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Michael Eric Engh, S.J., on
the occasion of his retirement as President of Santa Clara University,
after a decade of extraordinary leadership.
Father Engh was born to Marie and Donald Engh in Los Angeles on
December 14, 1949. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1972, and earned
his M.A. at Gonzaga University in 1976. He earned his Master of
Divinity degree from the Jesuit School of Theology, in Berkeley,
California in 1982 and his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in
1987.
Father Engh taught at Loyola Marymount University from 1988 to 2008,
became Santa Clara University's 28th President on January 5, 2009, and
retires from the Presidency after a most distinguished decade on June
30, 2019.
Father Engh serves on a number of boards, including the Board of
Trustees of Boston College; the Board of Directors of the Silicon
Valley Leadership Group; the Board of Directors of the Association of
Jesuit Colleges and Universities; the Council of Presidents of the
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Graduate Theological Union; and the Board of Trustees of Bellarmine
College Preparatory.
Since arriving at Santa Clara, Father Engh has led the University in
defining its vision and setting the course for the future with a bold
plan, Santa Clara 2020. Under his decade of leadership the University
's endowment grew to $926 million in 2019, from $515 million in 2009.
The University also recorded significant student accomplishments and
accolades including Rhodes and Fulbright Scholars.
Ten new undergraduate majors were instituted, several Masters
programs were launched, and the REAL program for summer research in the
College of Arts & Sciences began, among many others, and the Law
School's Intellectual Property Program was ranked fourth by US News in
2019. During Father Engh's tenure the campus was beautified and
improved, and many new buildings were opened and facilities modernized,
with many more in the process of development.
The era of Father Engh bears the imprimatur of diversity and
inclusion. He established the Office for Diversity and Inclusion in
2013 and created the Blue Ribbon Commission on Diversity and Inclusion
in 2016, increasing significantly the number of students of color from
45 percent to 51 percent.
Sustainability has been a hallmark of the Engh presidency. He signed
the Climate Neutrality Action Plan and established the Office of
Sustainability which grew into the Center for Sustainability with
additional staff and programming. His efforts resulted in a deep-seated
culture of sustainability across the entire University and ingrained in
the community the importance of justice and sustainability.
Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me
in honoring Father Michael Engh for his superb leadership of Santa
Clara University which is not only a jewel in the crown of Jesuit
universities but also one of the finest institutions of higher learning
in the United States. His remarkable decade as President has
strengthened our region, our state of California and he is a great
blessing to our nation.