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ATLANTA—Father James L. Hartnett, SM, will retire as
president of Marist School next June, after serving in the role since 1989.
Father Richmond J. Egan, SM, who is serving as director of mission
implementation at Marist School, will succeed Father Hartnett as president on
July 1, 2001. The appointments were announced June 9 by Father William F.
Rowland, SM, provincial of the Marists of the San Francisco-Washington, D.C.
province.
Father Hartnett has been associated with Marist School for over
three decades, serving as teacher from 1955-57, 1962-65 and 1988-89. He has
also been business manager of the school and principal from 1971-82.
“Father Hartnett’s influence and vision for Marist have
been extensive and profound,” said Father Rowland. “He is a familiar
and friendly presence to students, parents and alumni who regard him as
embodying the best of what Marist School stands for and what Marists hope to
model.”
He oversaw significant expansion of campus buildings, most
recently the construction of an aquatic center and assembly center to be
completed in the spring of 2001. While he was principal the school dropped its
military component, became a co-educational school and established an alumni
association.
Father Egan comes to this position with a variety of experiences
in education, journalism and administration. He holds graduate degrees in
Scripture, liturgy, journalism and law and has taught journalism and media law
at Iona College, New Rochelle, N.Y., and Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
He was news director and executive producer of Newsfront for five
years, a weekly field-produced newscast on religion syndicated to PBS-member
stations in 1985. He has taught in Catholic high schools in New Jersey and Ohio
for seven years.
He has served the order as vicar provincial, director of initial
formation and as a member of the provincial council. He has been a member of
the Marist School Board of Trustees since 1994 and is currently overseeing the
development of a new educational outreach program for children from low-income
families that will start in June 2001.
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