Nov. 29, 2017
On Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, DePaul University celebrated the inauguration of its 12th president, A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D. at the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom. Esteban was named DePaul's first lay leader in the 119-year history of the nation's largest Catholic university. In attendance were DePaul faculty, staff, students, other guests and dignitaries including The Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., chancellor of DePaul, the Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., president of Niagara University, and Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago.