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Jim Towey served as Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and as Assistant to President George W. Bush from 2002 to May 2006.〔("President names Towey as Director of the Faith-Based & Community Initiatives" ), February 1, 2002. (Jim Towey White House bio ).〕 He served as president of Saint Vincent College, a small Catholic university in Latrobe, Pennsylvania from 2006 until stepping down on June 30, 2010. Towey currently serves as President/CEO of Ave Maria University. ==Background and personal life== Towey grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, where he graduated from Bishop Kenny High School in 1974.〔(Towey alumni of Bishop Kenny )〕 He went on to Florida State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in 1978, and a Juris Doctor in 1981 from Florida State University College of Law. He is a Roman Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus.〔("President discusses compassionate conservatism in Dallas" ), georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov; August 3, 2004; accessed February 6, 2014.〕 He served as the sixteenth President of Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania), from July 1, 2006 until June 30, 2010. Major accomplishments during the years of his presidency include record levels of applications, enrollment as well as new pledge commitments; three consecutive budget surpluses; and the initiation of the most expensive construction and renovation project in the college’s history. Towey has made a priority of recruiting minority and international students. He also created a new Office of Service Learning to provide opportunities for hundreds of Saint Vincent students to experience serving those in need. Towey also presided over as somewhat controversial reaccreditation of the college by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in 2007. A frequent speaker to groups and organizations all over the United States, Towey has spoken or lectured at Harvard, Yale, Notre Dame, Dartmouth, Georgetown, and Davidson. Towey, who served for four years as Assistant to the President of the United States and director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, was recognized by President George W. Bush for his work to improve the lives of those in need. Because of his work with the poor and infirm, consistent with his conscience and the dictates of his faith in the face of legal and public challenges, the Cuban Association of the Order of Malta has awarded Towey the 2009 Tuitio Fidei Award. At the White House, Towey served as a member of President George W. Bush's senior staff and reported directly to him on church-state and religious liberty issues, policies promoting tax incentives for enhanced charitable giving, and the implementation of individual choice in drug treatment, mentoring, housing and other federal programs. Prior to his work at the White House, in 1996 he founded Aging with Dignity, a national non-profit organization to help individuals and their families plan for and receive appropriate care during times of serious illness. He created the document, Five Wishes, the most widely used advance directive in America with over 18 million copies in circulation. Towey served in the administration of Florida Governor Lawton Chiles who brought him to Miami in 1991 as District Director of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services where he presided during the time of Hurricane Andrew. He later became Secretary of the 40,000 employee agency. He has received honored for his public service including six honorary doctoral degrees, the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Papal Cross from Pope John Paul II, the Omicron Delta Kappa Grad Made Good Award from Florida State University, and the Archbishop John Carroll Award from the Archdiocese of Miami. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus. During his career, Towey has appeared as a guest on multiple occasions on ''60 Minutes'' and the NBC ''Today'' Show, as well as on ''Fox News Sunday'', ''Good Morning America'', and other major cable and network programs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Towey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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