Timothy R. Lannon, S.J. is in his fifth year as President of Saint Joseph's University.
Father Lannon began his term at Saint Joseph's as its twenty-sixth President in July 2003. Previously, he served as the Vice President for University Advancement and before that as the Associate Executive Vice President both at Marquette University. Father Lannon serves on the Board of Trustees at Marquette University, Saint Joseph's 
Preparatory School, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, and he serves as Chair of the City Avenue Special Services District.
Under Fr. Lannon's stewardship, the University vastly upgraded student housing and parking options with the opening of the City Avenue Residence Halls in August 2004 and the development of the 54th Street retail and parking structure, set to open in the fall of 2007.
Fr. Lannon has also played a major role in boosting Saint Joseph's academic profile, an effort which includes recently endowed faculty chairs and student scholarships as well as the opening of the Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics and Institute of Catholic Bioethics. The University also achieved its best-ever U.S. News ranking (t-8th, Northeast) in the 2008 "America's Best Colleges" edition. As a central tenet of his leadership, Fr. Lannon's has articulated a vision for Saint Joseph's to be recognized as the preeminent Catholic comprehensive university in the Northeast.
Father Lannon is a native of Mason City, Iowa, attended Creighton University as an undergraduate, where he was student body president, and later returned to Omaha, Nebraska as President of Creighton Preparatory School. Father Lannon entered the Society of Jesus in 1977, was ordained a priest in 1986, obtained two master’s degrees from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, and has a professional diploma from Fordham University. He also holds a doctorate in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.