{"id":20539,"date":"2017-08-09T08:20:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=20539"},"modified":"2017-08-09T08:20:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:20:35","slug":"first-day-of-issue-dedication-ceremony-for-the-father-theodore-hesburgh-forever-stamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/08\/09\/first-day-of-issue-dedication-ceremony-for-the-father-theodore-hesburgh-forever-stamp\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the Father Theodore Hesburgh Forever stamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Champion of Civil Rights, Other Social Issues and Longtime President of the University of Notre Dame<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Theodore<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
What:<\/strong><\/td>\nFirst-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the Father Theodore Hesburgh Forever stamp. The event is free and open to the public. The U.S. Postal Service will post a video of the event at\u00a0facebook.com\/USPS<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Share the news on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag\u00a0#FatherHesburgh.<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When:<\/strong><\/td>\nFriday, Sept. 1, 2017, 1:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where:<\/strong><\/td>\nPurcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
\nNotre Dame, IN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Who:<\/strong><\/td>\nMegan J. Brennan
\nPostmaster General and Chief Executive Officer
\nUnited States Postal Service<\/p>\n

The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
\n66th Secretary of State of the United States<\/p>\n

Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.
\nPresident
\nUniversity of Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Rev. Austin I. Collins, C.S.C.
\nReligious Superior of Holy Cross Priests and Brothers
\nUniversity of Notre Dame<\/p>\n

Rev. Thomas J.O\u2019Hara, C.S.C.
\nProvincial Superior
\nCongregation of Holy Cross<\/p>\n

Richard \u201cDigger\u201d Phelps
\nFormer Citizens\u2019 Stamp Advisory Committee Member<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Background:<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, (1917\u20132015), longtime president of the University of Notre Dame, is considered one of the most important academic, religious and civic leaders of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

Appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in 1957, Hesburgh helped to compile reports on racial discrimination and the denial of voting rights that resulted in the Omnibus Civil Rights Act of 1964. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom the same year, and later founded the Center for Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

A champion of causes ranging from education to immigration reform to the plight of underdeveloped nations, Hesburgh worked with many organizations that reflected his beliefs, including the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the National Science Board, the Overseas Development Council, and the Select Committee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. An advocate for limiting nuclear arms, he was the Vatican\u2019s representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1956-1970.<\/p>\n

Ordained into the priesthood of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1943, Hesburgh was appointed to the faculty at Notre Dame in 1945. He became Notre Dame\u2019s 15th president in 1952, a position he held for 35 years, the longest presidential term in the university\u2019s history. Hesburgh spearheaded successful efforts to strengthen the faculty and administration, improve academic standards and increase the university\u2019s endowment.<\/p>\n

In 1987, Hesburgh stepped down as Notre Dame\u2019s president, devoting his time in retirement to supporting university initiatives, in particular the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and serving on various boards and presidential commissions.<\/p>\n

Hesburgh was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2000, one of many awards and honors received during his lifetime.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Champion of Civil Rights, Other Social Issues and Longtime President of the University of Notre Dame What: First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the Father Theodore Hesburgh Forever stamp. The event is free and open to the public. The U.S. Postal Service will post a video of the event at\u00a0facebook.com\/USPS.\u00a0Share the news on Twitter and Instagram using […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20540,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539\/revisions\/20540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}