Edward M Walsh
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Edward M (Ed) Walsh (1939- ) is a former president of the University of Limerick and held that post from its inception as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick in 1972, through its transformation to a University in 1989 until his retirement in 1998, retaining the title of President Emeritus. Dr Walsh is a native of Cork.
[edit] Education
Dr Walsh is a graduate of the National University of Ireland and received his doctorate at Iowa State University.
[edit] Tenure as President
Dr Walsh is credited with expanding the University of Limerick significantly from private sources at a time when government capital grants were scarce, using direct private donations and the creation of a University foundation. The University pioneered a form of weighted Grade Point Average in the Irish third-level context termed "Quality Credit Average". It also mandated participation in programmes such as Cooperative education and overseas learning through European Union schemes such as the Erasmus programme. His tenure as president was at the pleasure of the Minister for Education and Science rather than a fixed term. It is notable that he held such a prestigious post uninterrupted by several changes of government which might otherwise have opted to make a patronage appointment.
[edit] External links
Biography on Trinity College Dublin CRANN website
| Preceded by Founding president |
President of the University of Limerick 1972–1998 |
Succeeded by Roger Downer |
