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- Learned Hand Professor of LawMSNBC:
- [http: //firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/27/1910358.aspx Abortion foe declines Notre Dame award] (April 27, 2009)</ref>
- Objects to Notre Dame's giving an honorary degree to Obama because of his stance on abortionMSNBC:
- [http: //firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/04/27/1910358.aspx Abortion foe declines Notre Dame award] (April 27, 2009)</ref>
- Letter written to Notre Dame president Fr John Jenkins and dated April 27, 2009Catholic News: Glendon declines honour from Notre Dame over Obama (April 28, 2009)
- Research interests: bioethics, comparative constitutional law, international human rightsHarvard Law School: Mary Ann Glendon
- Education: BA (1959), J.D. (1961), MA Comparative Law (1963), all University of ChicagoHarvard Law School: Mary Ann Glendon
- Employed at Harvard beginning 1974, made professor in 1986, named Learned Hand Professor of Law in 1993Harvard Law School: Mary Ann Glendon
- Confirmed as ambassador to Vatican in December 2007Catholic News Service: Senate confirms Mary Ann Glendon as U.S. ambassador to Vatican (December 21, 2007)
- Resigned in January 2009 to let Obama select his own ambassadorInside the Vatican: Mary Ann Glendon on Vatican-U.S. relations (January 26, 2009)
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Mary Ann Glendon is a professor at Harvard University Law School who was ambassador to The Vatican for President George W. Bush between 2001 and 2009. She is an ardent anti-abortionist, as well.
On April 27, 2009, she told the University of Notre Dame that she wouldn't accept the Laetare Medal from them at the May 17, 2009, commencement ceremony because she objects to Notre Dame's planned award to Barack Obama.MSNBC: Abortion foe declines Notre Dame award (April 27, 2009)
Turning Down an Award
Harvard University's Learned Hand professor of law Mary Ann Glendon was slated to be given the university's Laetere Medal at the 2009 commencement. The medal is the highest award given by Notre Dame, to recognize distinguished service to the Catholic church and the greater society. On April 27, 2009, she wrote Notre Dame's president Father John Jenkins, that after considerable thought, she felt that she could not accept the medal. She principally objects to Notre Dame giving U.S. President Barack Obama an honorary degree, because he is a supporter of abortion rights.Catholic Online: Mary Ann Glendon Refuses Notre Dame's Laetare Medal (April 27, 2009)While she appreciated that Notre Dame planned on using her as a balance to the selection of Barack Obama, she felt that a commencement speech was not the place to debate the issue of abortion. She released the letter to the press but refused further comment.Catholic Online: Mary Ann Glendon Refuses Notre Dame's Laetare Medal (April 27, 2009)
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