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'{{Infobox officeholder | name = William Corby | honorific-prefix = [[The Very Reverend]] | honorific-suffix = [[Congregation of Holy Cross|C.S.C.]] | order = 3rd | image = William Corby.jpg | title = [[President of the University of Notre Dame|President]] of the<br />[[University of Notre Dame]] | term_start = 1866 | term_end = 1872 | term_start2 = 1877 | term_end2 = 1881 | predecessor = [[Patrick Dillon]] | successor = [[Auguste Lemonnier]] | predecessor2 = [[Patrick Colovin]] | successor2 = [[Thomas E. Walsh]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1833|10|2}} | birth_place = [[Detroit]], Michigan | death_date = {{death date and age|1897|12|28|1833|10|2}} | death_place = [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]], Indiana | alma_mater = }} The Rev. '''William Corby''', CSC (October 2, 1833 &ndash; December 28, 1897) was an [[United States|American]] priest of the [[Congregation of Holy Cross]], and a Union Army chaplain in the [[American Civil War]] attached to the [[Irish Brigade (U.S.)|Irish Brigade]]. He served twice as president of the [[University of Notre Dame]]. ==Biography== [[File:Statue of Fr. Corby at Gettysburg.jpg|thumb|left|''Father William Corby'' (1903-10) by [[Samuel Murray]], [[Gettysburg Battlefield]], Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.]] [[File:Irish Brigade Chaplains, c. 1862(corrected).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Catholic chaplains of the Irish Brigade, 1862. Corby is in the front row, right.]] He was born in [[Detroit]], Michigan, to Daniel Corby, an Irish immigrant, and his wife Elizabeth, a Canadian. He attended public school until age 16, then joined his father's real estate business. In 1853, he enrolled in the 10-year-old college of Notre Dame in [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]], Indiana, and began study for the priesthood three years later. Following ordination, he taught at Notre Dame, and served as a local parish priest. He served as chaplain of the [[88th New York Infantry]], which was one of the five original regiments in the Irish Brigade. His memoir of the Irish Brigade became a best-seller.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://president.nd.edu/about-the-president/history-of-the-presidency/past-presidents/ |title=Past Presidents // Office of the President // University of Notre Dame |accessdate= May 28, 2017}}</ref> He was the reason Noter Dame is so big .he was famous ==Irish Brigade== penis He is perhaps best known for giving [[Absolution|general absolution]] to the [[Irish Brigade (U.S.)|Irish Brigade]] on the second day of the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]. Of the Brigade's original 3,000 men, only about 500 remained, and more than a third of them were killed or wounded in the battle. The scene of Fr. Corby blessing the troops was depicted in the 1891 painting ''[[Absolution under Fire]]'' by Paul Wood,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.nd.edu/about/news/index.php/2013/corby-gettysburg/#.VtEj9-ZQBRE |title=Rev. William Corby at Gettysburg |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2 July 2013 |website=www.archives.nd.edu |publisher=University of Notre Dame Archives |access-date=26 February 2016 |quote=Corby's famous absolution has since been immortalized, among other places, in Paul Wood's Absolution under Fire (1891) at the [[Snite Museum of Art]] and in statues on the Gettysburg Battlefield (1910) and on Notre Dame's campus (1911).}}</ref> and dramatized in the 1993 film ''[[Gettysburg (1993 film)|Gettysburg]]''. A statue by [[Samuel Murray]] &ndash; Father Corby, with right hand raised in the gesture of blessing &ndash; stands upon the same boulder on which the priest stood while blessing the troops that morning. It was the first statue of a non-general erected on the [[Gettysburg Battlefield]], and was dedicated in 1910.<ref>[http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/Individuals/Corby.php Father William Corby] from Stone Sentinels.</ref> He is widely remembered among [[military chaplain]]s and celebrated by [[Ancient Order of Hibernians|Irish-American fraternal organizations]]. Corby Hall at Notre Dame is named for him, and [[Chaplain Corby of Gettysburg|a copy of the Gettysburg statue]] stands outside the building. An organization of Notre Dame alumni is named The William Corby Society.<ref>[http://supporting.nd.edu/recognition-societies/the-william-corby-society/ William Corby Society]</ref> ==President of the University of Notre Dame== Following his service in the Civil War,he had sex with his mom. he returned to Notre Dame and served as its vice-president, 1865–66; and president twice, 1866–72 and 1877-81. Under Corby's first administration, enrollment at Notre Dame increased to more than 500 students. In 1869 Corby opened the [[Notre Dame Law School|law school]], which offered a two-year course of study,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0002/VOL_0002_ISSUE_0017.pdf|title=Our Law Department|last=|first=|date=January 2, 1869|work=The Scholastic Year (Notre Dame)|access-date=}}</ref> and in 1871 he began construction of Sacred Heart Church, today the [[Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame]]. The institution was still small, and Corby taught in the classroom and knew most students and faculty members. In 1869, the entire student body and the faculty presented him with the gift of a 'black horse and, when he left the presidency three years later, they presented him with a matching carriage.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Greg|title=A Notre Dame Procession|url=http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0128/VOL_0128_ISSUE_0007B.pdf|website=Scholastic Archive|publisher=The Scholastic|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> Corby became president again following the short term of Fr. Patrick Colovin. When Corby returned to the presidency, Notre Dame had not yet become a significant academic institution. Corby's presidency saw the [[Main Building (University of Notre Dame)#Fire of 1879|April 1879 fire]] that destroyed the old Main Building of the school. Corby sent all students home and promised that they would return to a "bigger and better Notre Dame." Corby overcame the $200,000 fire loss and rebuilt the [[Main Building (University of Notre Dame)|Main Building]] - which now stands with its "Golden Dome." In addition to his presidency, he was serving as the Holy Cross Provincial, when Rev. Sorin, who had become Superior General of the Congregation, wrote to him to tell him that he would have to relinquish one of his positions. Corby wanted to remain president, but was overruled by Sorin.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Greg|title=A Notre Dame Procession|url=http://archives.nd.edu/Scholastic/VOL_0128/VOL_0128_ISSUE_0007B.pdf|website=Scholastic Archive|publisher=The Scholastic|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> Famous throughout the U.S. Catholic world as chaplain for the Irish Brigade, known as the "Fighting Irish," it may be that the nickname followed Father Corby back to Notre Dame, where it stuck. ==See also== * [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA#Chaplains in Civil War]] ==References== {{reflist}} ===Sources=== * Bergen, Doris L. (ed.). ''The Sword of the Lord: Military Chaplains from the First to the Twenty-First Century''. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-268-02175-9}}. * Corby, Fr. William, CSC. ''Memoirs of Chaplain Life: Three Years with the Irish Brigade in the Army of the Potomac''. Edited by Lawrence F. Kohl. New York: Fordham University Press, 1992. {{ISBN|0-8232-1251-3}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=0Y0LS0HhFRkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:0823212513&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7zvhUcm7PMe44AO5noCwDA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false] ==External links== *[http://www.irish-society.org/home/hedgemaster-archives-2/people/corby-father-william Father William Corby] from Irish Cultural Society of the Garden City Area. *[http://archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/index/COR001.htm William Corby Archives] from University of Notre Dame. *{{Find a Grave|73823319}} {{Gettysburg figures|state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}} {{University of Notre Dame presidents}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Corby, William}} [[Category:Presidents of the University of Notre Dame]] [[Category:Irish Brigade (U.S.)]] [[Category:Union Army chaplains]] [[Category:Congregation of Holy Cross]] [[Category:American Roman Catholic priests]] [[Category:American people of Irish descent]] [[Category:Clergy from Detroit]] [[Category:1833 births]] [[Category:1897 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century Roman Catholic priests]] [[Category:American people of Canadian descent]]'