Brendan J. Dugan, transformational leader of St. Francis College, dies at age 69
Wake to be held Wednesday and Thursday at Scotto Funeral Home
It is with great sorrow that St. Francis College (SFC) announces the passing of President Brendan J. Dugan, a graduate of the college Class of 1968, on Dec. 18. He was 69 years old.
President Dugan worked in commercial banking for 40 years before becoming president of SFC on July 1, 2008. Before that, he was chairman of the college’s board of trustees and was instrumental in completing the $40 million Campaign for Big Dreams, a transformational project that resulted in the building of the Anthony J. Genovesi Athletic Center, the Academic Center, and set the stage for the Eileen C. Dugan Life Sciences Center, which opened during his presidential tenure and houses the college’s fast-growing nursing program.
President Dugan was honored on Dec. 7 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn at the 2016 Bishop’s Christmas Luncheon with the Emma A. Daniels Benefactor Award. The honor was accepted by his son Joseph Dugan, principal of Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School.
Reading from President Dugan’s comments that afternoon, Joseph said, “Barbara [Dugan] and I would not be the people we are today were it not for our Catholic faith and the Catholic education that we have received throughout our lives. It has formed our identity, and that of our family, reinforcing the values and beliefs that our parents lovingly instilled in our homes.”