Conrado Gempesaw

Conrado Gempesaw
17th President of St. John's University
In office
July 2014 – February 2021
Preceded byJoseph L. Levesque
Succeeded byBrian Shanley
Personal details
BornPhilippines
EducationAteneo de Davao University (BA)
West Virginia University (MS)
Pennsylvania State University (PhD)

Conrado "Bobby" Gempesaw is an academic administrator who served as the 17th president of St. John's University in New York City.[1] He is the first layperson to hold the position since the university's establishment in 1870, as all 16 prior presidents were Vincentian priests.[2]

  1. ^ "President's Biography | St. John's University". www.stjohns.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  2. ^ "St. John's Moves On From Scandal, With First Lay President". The Wall Street Journal.