Albert D. Kirwan

A. D. Kirwan
A. D. Kirwan
	Kirwan in 1921 as captain of his high school football team
7th President of the; University of Kentucky
	In office; 1968–1969
Preceded by	John W. Oswald
Succeeded by	Otis A. Singletary
Personal details
Born	December 22, 1904; Louisville, Kentucky
Died	November 30, 1971 (aged 66); Lexington, Kentucky

Albert Dennis Kirwan (December 22, 1904 – November 30, 1971) was an American football coach and university administrator. He was the seventh President of the University of Kentucky. He also was the head football coach at Kentucky from 1938 to 1944.

Kirwan received the A.B. degree from UK in 1926, an M.A. degree from the University of Louisville in 1944 and was awarded an LL.B. degree from the Jefferson School of Law and a doctorate from Duke University, in 1947.^[1]

After leaving the football program, Kirwan took a fellowship in history at Duke University. He returned to UK as a professor and an administrator, serving as Dean of Men, Dean of Students, and Dean of the Graduate School. He served as president of the university for a short period in 1968 prior to Otis Singletary's presidency.^[2]

Kirwan wrote or co-wrote several history books and was a lecturer at other American and European universities. His legacy is remembered at UK with the naming of Kirwan Tower and the low-rise Kirwan dormitories for Dr. Kirwan.

Kirwan's son, William English Kirwan, a 1962 UK graduate, is currently the third Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, and former president of the University of Maryland, College Park and The Ohio State University.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (1938–1942)
1938	Kentucky	2–7	0–4	12th
1939	Kentucky	6–2–1	2–2–1	T–5th
1940	Kentucky	5–3–2	1–2–2	9th
1941	Kentucky	5–4	0–4	12th
1942	Kentucky	3–6–1	0–5	T–11th
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (1944)
1944	Kentucky	3–6	1–5	9th
Kentucky:		24–28–4	4–22–3
Total:		24–28–4
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

References

^ UK Alumni site Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ Biography at University of Kentucky

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[1] UK Alumni site Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Biography at University of Kentucky

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