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15/04/2015
Queen's Appoints New Chancellor
Queen's University has appointed a new Chancellor.
Thomas J Moran, a native New Yorker with ancestral roots in Fermanagh and Cavan, is listed as one of the top 100 Irish-American business people in the USA. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mutual of America Life Insurance Company since October 1994, the first person to have been appointed President from within the Company.
He is also Chairman of Concern Worldwide (US), Inc., an international humanitarian relief organisation that operates in 30 of the poorest countries of the world.
Mr Moran said: "It is a great honour to accept the role of Chancellor of this fine institution. Queen's is known around the world as an innovative, dynamic and exceptional University that helps change lives for the better. I hope, during my time as Chancellor, that I can make a positive contribution to the University's continued success and to increase further its global impact on society."
Mr Moran will serve as the University's new Chancellor, for a period of five years, with effect from 1 May 2015.
(CD/MH)
Thomas J Moran, a native New Yorker with ancestral roots in Fermanagh and Cavan, is listed as one of the top 100 Irish-American business people in the USA. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mutual of America Life Insurance Company since October 1994, the first person to have been appointed President from within the Company.
He is also Chairman of Concern Worldwide (US), Inc., an international humanitarian relief organisation that operates in 30 of the poorest countries of the world.
Mr Moran said: "It is a great honour to accept the role of Chancellor of this fine institution. Queen's is known around the world as an innovative, dynamic and exceptional University that helps change lives for the better. I hope, during my time as Chancellor, that I can make a positive contribution to the University's continued success and to increase further its global impact on society."
Mr Moran will serve as the University's new Chancellor, for a period of five years, with effect from 1 May 2015.
(CD/MH)
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