Eduardo Peñalver, who will become Georgetown University’s 49th president July 1, 2026, has advocated for immigration, defended affirmative action and criticized President Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric, according to a review by The Hoya of past statements and actions. Peñalver served as dean of Cornell Law School before becoming president of Seattle University, a private...| The Hoya
Eduardo M. Peñalver will become Georgetown University’s 49th university president with a decades-long career in Jesuit and legal education behind him. Peñalver has served as the president of Seattle University — a private Jesuit university in Washington — since 2021, and before that served as the dean of Cornell Law School. His tenures there featured...| The Hoya
July 1, 2026, will be President Eduardo Peñalver’s first day as Georgetown University president. It will also be the first day Georgetown has a president with Latino heritage. Peñalver, who the university announced Oct. 15 will succeed President Emeritus John J. Degioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95), will also become Georgetown’s first non-interim Latino president, his...| The Hoya