Retired Army General, Notre Dame Professor to Serve As President of Belmont Abbey College

Retired Army General, Notre Dame Professor to Serve As President of Belmont Abbey College

Rnrivas, CC BY-SA 4.0 Mary Help of Christians Basilica on the campus of Belmont Abbey College. Talley will assume the position of the college’s 21st president on Jan. 2, 2026.

Retired Army general, Notre Dame professor to serve as president of Belmont Abbey College

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 20, 2025 / 16:30 pm Here’s a roundup of the latest Catholic education news in the United States: Retired Army general, Notre Dame professor to serve as president of Belmont Abbey [...]

Decorated Army veteran named president of Belmont Abbey College

Gaston County’s only four-year university, Belmont Abbey College, hired a highly decorated military veteran and former IBM executive as its new president. Trustees appointed Jeffrey Talley as the college’s 21st president this year, which marked the school’s 150th anniversary. The retired, three-star U.S. Army lieutenant general will assume his new role on Jan. 2. Talley Talley joined the U.S. Army in 1981 after earning a bachelor’s degree at Lou…