Charles J. Beirne, S.J. (September 23, 1938 – July 14, 2010) was an American Jesuit and academic administrator. Beirne served as the 11th President of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, from 2000 until 2007. During his seven-year tenure, Beirne oversaw the drafting of a new mission statement, launched in the largest capital campaign in Le Moyne's history, grossing $91 million by June 2010 when the campaign ended, and adopted a twenty-year architectural plan for the campus. Biography Early life Beirne, a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, was born in 1938. He graduated from St. Peter's Preparatory School in 1956. He received both his bachelor's degree and master's degree in history from Fordham University. He obtained an additional master's degree in theology from Woodstock College in Maryland. Jesuits Beirne was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1969 and began working as an academic administrator. He received as doctorate in education in 1973 from the University of Chicago. He then worked as an administrator at several Jesuit colleges and high schools, including associate dean of the School of Business at Georgetown University and the academic vice president of Santa Clara University. He was headmaster of Regis High School in Manhattan, 1978–1983, and assistant director of the Committee on Research and Development of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association at Fordham University, 1977-1978. Beirne was accidentally posted to Puerto Rico by the Society of Jesus, his first position in a Spanish-speaking country. Beirne was supposed to move to Jersey City, New Jersey, for his post; however, a second Jesuit named Charles Burns, who was originally supposed to go to Puerto Rico, was transferred to Jersey City instead of Beirne. A friend of Beirne's, Father David Casey, later recalled the mix-up in an interview noting, "there was another Jesuit named Charles Burns, who was supposed to be sent to Puerto Rico while Beirne was heading back to his native Jersey City, N.J...But through some mix up it was announced that Beirne was going and a news story appeared announcing his appointment. So Beirne went to the Caribbean." Beirne served as the principal of Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola in San Juan, Puerto Rico. El Salvador and Guatemala In 1989, six Jesuits were murdered at the Universidad Centroamericana in El Salvador during the height of the Salvadoran Civil War. Beirne volunteered to be transferred to the Universidad Centroamericana following the massacre, where he succeeded