Rev. Gerard L. Stockhausen, S.J., Ph.D.

Rev. Gerard L. Stockhausen, S.J., Ph.D., was appointed UDM President effective July 1, 2004. A doctoral graduate in economics from the University of Michigan, President Stockhausen's academic expertise is in the area of international economics, including trade theory and policy, political economics and social ethics. During the 1991-92 school year, he was a visiting associate professor of Economics at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.

In addition to his doctorate in economics, President Stockhausen holds a master's degree in social ethics, a Master of Divinity degree from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California and a master's degree in mathematics from St. Louis University. Prior to being appointed president, he served as UDM's Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.

President Stockhausen currently serves on the boards of Detroit Downtown, Detroit Economic Club, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, New Detroit and on the executive committee of the Board of Advisors for University Commons community organization.

His professional affiliations include serving as director of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and as a member of the Council of Presidents, Conference for Mercy Higher Education. He is a board director for Wheeling Jesuit University and Creighton University as well as a trustee of Loyola Jesuit High School, Detroit.

In addition, Fr. Stockhausen is a director of the Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps and a director of the Horizon League Athletic Conference.