from the Los Angeles Times

Thomas P. O’Malley dies at 79; former president of Loyola Marymount University

Thomas P. O’Malley, an engaging and scholarly priest who headed Loyola Marymount University during a period of significant expansion in the 1990s, died in Boston on Wednesday, apparently of a heart attack. He was 79.

His death was announced by Boston College, where he was a professor and former dean. (Read the full story here.)