U. of Notre Dame selects a new president

SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 1 (UPI) -- Trustees of Indiana's University of Notre Dame have named a 50-year-old priest as the school's next president, the Indianapolis Star reported Saturday.

The Rev. John Jenkins is to assume his new post July 1, 2005, from the Rev. Edward A. Malloy who will have served for 17 years.

Jenkins, a philosopher, top administrator, former trustee and graduate of Notre Dame, will be the third president of the national Catholic institution in the past half-century.

After announcing Malloy's planned resignation, the board of trustees named Jenkins to a five-year term -- a position overseeing a nationally top-rated academic university with one of the nation's largest endowments.