OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD

Concerned about patterns of secularization persisting on campus, a group of
Notre Dame Alumni have established Project Sycamore as a charitable organization recognized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to help preserve the University's Catholic identity. Officers and Directors of the Board are listed below with email addresses (where available) to encourage dialogue within the Notre Dame family. Please feel free to contact these members directly by clicking on the email addresses listed under their names.

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OFFICERS

William H. Dempsey ('52)
President

• Bachelor of Arts 1952, University of Notre Dame (Class Valedictorian)
• Doctor of Jurisprudence 1955, Yale Law School
• Law Clerk to Judge Charles Fahy, U. S. Court of Appeals
• Chief Law Clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren, U.S. Supreme Court
• Partner, Shea & Gardner, Washington D.C.
• Chairman, National Railway Labor Conference (chief labor negotiator for nation's railroads)
• President & CEO, Association of American Railroads

Joseph A. Reich, Jr. ('57)
Vice President

• Bachelor of Science 1957 Commerce, University of Notre Dame
• United States Navy active duty 1957-1960
• Naval Reserve 1960-1988, Retired Captain
• Stock Broker Newman & Co. 1960-1963
• Commercial Real Estate Broker/Developer various projects 1964-1982
• President and Broker The Reich Company, Inc. 1982-Present
• Commercial Investment Real Estate Designation CCIM
• Notre Dame Alumni Board 1984-1988
• President Notre Dame Alumni Association and Notre Dame Trustee 1986-1988
• Past Chair of Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, Military Affairs Council, and Economic Development Council

George L. Heidkamp ('52)
Treasurer & Secretary

• Bachelor of Science 1952 Commerce, University of Notre Dame
• Master of Business Administration 1957, University of Chicago
• Master of Science  in Health Administration 1960, Northwestern University
• Hospital CEO/COO 1960-1988
• Commissioned Officer, USMC/USMCR USA and Korea 1952-1960
• Former Chairman, Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (Chicago Hospital Council)
• Former Chairman, Illinois Hospital Association
• Former Delegate, American Hospital Association
  

DIRECTORS

Richard V. Allen ('57, '58)

• Bachelor of Arts 1957 Government & International Studies, University of Notre Dame
• Master of Arts 1958 Government & International Stud - Grad, University of Notre Dame
• Institut fuer Politische Wissenschaften, University of Munich 1958-61
• Founding member, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
  
• Trustee, Intercollegiate Studies Institute
  
• Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University 66-present
  
• Honorary Fellow in Politics, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 2003-present
  
• Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, The White House
  
• Member, United States Defense Policy Board, 2001-present
  
• Co-Chair, Committee For Human Rights in North Korea
  
• Publications on public policy issues: books and articles in national media
  
• Grape grower in the Gibbston Valley, Queenstown, New Zealand

Dr. Daniel M. Boland ('56, '61)

• Bachelor of Arts 1956, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
• Master of Arts 1961, Education, University of Notre Dame
• Master of Sacred Theology 1960, Holy Cross College, Washington, D. C.
• Doctorate in Psychology 1967, Boston College.
• Ordained Congregation of Holy Cross 1959
• Three-year post-doctoral Fellow with the NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science
• Taught in Notre Dame's graduate program in Counseling Psychology and eventually resigned from both the University and from the Holy Cross Fathers in 1974.
• Developed private practice in Arizona and California and has worked as a consultant to countless organizations, corporations, law firms, families and individual executives.
• With his wife, the California artist Nancy Waite Parke, Dr. Boland presently resides in Carlsbad, CA

Timothy M. Dempsey ('89)

• Bachelor of Arts 1989, English, University of Notre Dame
• Master of Arts 1993, English Language and Literature, Catholic University of America
• Master of Business Administration 2004, University of Tennessee
• Dismas House Chattanooga Founding Director
• Chattanooga Endeavors, Inc., Founder and CEO
• Tennessee Community Resource Board, Chairman
• Hamilton County Prisoner Reentry Consortium, Chairman
• Scenic Land School, Trustee
• Notre Dame Alumni Club of Chattanooga, Past President

Dr. John A. Gueguen, Jr. ('56, '58)

• Bachelor of Arts 1956 Communication Arts, University of Notre Dame
• Master of Arts 1958 Political Science, University of Notre Dame
• Instructor, political science, University of Notre Dame 1958-1966
• Doctor of Philosophy 1970 Political Philosophy, University of Chicago
• Lecturer, Academic Adviser 1970-1972, University of Chicago College
• Professor, Political Philosophy 1972-1996, Illinois State University
• Numerous professional affiliations, publications, honors
• Currently Professor Emeritus

Dr. Susan Biddle Shearer ('88)

• Bachelor of Arts 1972, Purdue University
  
• Master of Public Affiars 1980, Indiana University at South Bend
  
• Doctorate of Philosophy 1988 Government & International Studies, University of Notre Dame
  
• Former Senior Market Research Analyst, MicroSwitch Division of Honeywell
  
• Dissertation (The Domestic Economics and International Politics of U.S. Foreign Trade Policy:1945-1980) published by Garland Press in 1988 in its series of best political economy analyses of the year.
  
• Adjunct Professor Political Science, Valparaiso University, 1988 to present
  
• Teach classes in the following areas: Comparative Politics, International Relations, International Law, U.S. Foreign Policy, Faith, Conflict and War.
  
• Expertise in Middle Eastern politics and terrorism.