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An author, journalist and educator, Thomas Kunkel served as the seventh president of St. Norbert College until his retirement in 2017. Before taking the helm at St. Norbert – the only college in the world to be founded by the Norbertine order of priests – Kunkel served for eight years as dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, where he also served as president of the American Journalism Review and as editor and director of the Project on the State of the American Newspaper.
Kunkel spent much of his early career in newspaper management, working for such organizations as the San Jose Mercury News, the Miami Herald, the New York Times and the Cincinnati Post.
He is the author or editor of seven books, most recently "Man on Fire: The Life and Spirit of Norbert of Xanten" (2019) published by St. Norbert College Press in association with the Center of Norbertine Studies. An acclaimed biographer, his "Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker" was published in April 2015 by Random House and won the won the prestigious Sperber Prize from Fordham University for the best media biography of the year. His other works include "Genius in Disguise" (1995), the critically acclaimed biography of The New Yorker's founding editor, Harold Ross; "Enormous Prayers: A Journey into the Priesthood" (1998), an ethnographic portrait of 28 Catholic priests; and "Letters from the Editor" (2000), a compilation and analysis of Ross' letters.
Kunkel's many editing credits include "Breach of Trust: A Crisis of Coverage in the Age of Corporate Newspapering" (editor, with Gene Roberts, University of Arkansas Press; 2002) and "Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering" (editor, with Gene Roberts and Charles Layton, University of Arkansas Press; 2001).
Kunkel was born and raised in Evansville, Ind. He earned his B.A. in political science at the University of Evansville in 1977 and his master's degree in humanities from UE in 1979. He and his wife, Debra, have four grown daughters.
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