May 07, 2026
On April 23, 2026, The Catholic University of America celebrated the installation of Professor Gregory Doolan as the Msgr. John F. Wippel Endowed Chair in Thomistic Metaphysics. A full and joyous audience in Heritage Hall attended the ceremony, which marked the third endowed chair in the School of Philosophy.
Msgr. Wippel was a renowned metaphysics scholar who spent nearly 70 years within the Catholic University community, first as a seminarian in the Basselin Scholars Program and then as a faculty member.
“This professorship was established through a bequest from Msgr. Wippel, a last gift from a scholar who had already given so much to Catholic University,” President Peter Kilpatrick said in his remarks. . . .