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Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr.

President Kenneth K. Quigley, Jr. is the 14th president of Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts, having served in that role since 1996.

Curry College is a 129-year-old private, independent institution granting undergraduate and graduate degrees to a combined enrollment of approximately 4,100 students. The College offers 20 undergraduate degrees and three master's degrees. The College draws its students from 40 states and 23 countries. The combined faculty and staff at Curry total over 750 persons.

Mr. Quigley is a graduate of Milton High School (1975), the Boston College School of Management (1979), and the Villanova University School of Law (1982). He is a recipient of the Boston College Alumni Achievement Award for Excellence in Education and also holds an honorary degree from Quincy College.

Prior to becoming the president of Curry College, Mr. Quigley was on the faculty at Curry.  He also previously taught at Suffolk University and Bentley College.

During the term of Mr. Quigley's presidency at Curry College, student enrollments have more than doubled and the College has completed an aggressive building campaign of residential and academic buildings, as well as achieving significant growth in its endowment. The College has also added both undergraduate and graduate degrees during that period.

Mr. Quigley is member of the Board of Trustees of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, and regularly chairs accreditation visiting teams for the Association.  He also serves as a Director of the Caritas Carney Hospital, the Cape Cod Baseball League and is a member of the Sovereign Bank Massachusetts Advisory Board.  He has previously served as the Chairman and a member of the Executive Committee of the Associated Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts, the South Shore Chamber of Commerce and other Not-For-Profit groups.  Mr. Quigley is also an experienced public company director, having served as an independent director on the Boards of companies listed on both the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ as an independent director. 

He is a member of the Boston College Club, the Boston College Chief Executives Club and is a past president of the Clover Club of Boston.

Mr. Quigley lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife Beth and sons Kevin and Brian who attend Boston College and Xaverian Brothers High School respectively.