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Dr. James A. Donahue a scholar, ethicist and administrator at Georgetown University has accepted the leadership role of president of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.  

Donahue was a former Dean of Students and Professor of Theology and Ethics at Georgetown and will be inaugurated on Feb. 15. 

During his inauguration, Donahue will unveil his strategic plan for a new interfaith GTU. That plan entails a enriched development of Jewish studies and increased attention to Asian religions, as well as a new focus on Islam.  

The GTU began as an experiment in ecumenical cooperation in 1962. The consortium consists of nine schools of theology representing the Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions, institutes of Jewish, Buddhist and Orthodox studies and seven research centers. The GTU works collaboratively with UC Berkeley and is the home of the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library. 

Donahue has published widely in the field and provided ethics conultations to businesses and nonprofits. His research intrests have focused on the intersection of theoretical and practical ethics, virtues and practices in the moral life and issues of organizational and professional ethics. 

Donahue received a Ph.D. in religious social ethics from the GTU in 1984. From 1977 to 1985, he held teaching posts at the GTU, the Pacific School of Religion and at Santa Clara University. From 1985 to 2000, he was the professor of theology and social ethics at Georgetown University.