Dr. Daniel Scholz has been named interim president of Cardinal Stritch University.

Prior to this appointment, Scholz had been vice president of Academic Affairs at the university since 2018. He came to Cardinal Stritch in 2004 and has served as a tenured faculty member, chair of the Religious Studies department, executive director of the Saint Clare Center for Ministry and Leadership, and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

“I am humbled by this opportunity and am honored to be asked to fill this leadership role,” Scholz said in a release issued on the university's website. “I look forward to working closely with the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi and the board of trustees to ensure the rich legacy of our university is not just preserved, but built upon. I value Stritch’s mission and am committed to the success of our students, faculty and staff and all members of the Stritch family.”

Scholz has a 35-year teaching history at the high school, college and graduate levels. His first teaching position was as a theology instructor at Pius XI High School in 1985. He served as chair of the theology department there for 10 years. He then taught biblical studies at Saint Francis de Sales Seminary for six years.

Scholz holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and comparative religion from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He earned a master's degree in Christian theology from Mundelein College in 1985 and received a doctorate in biblical theology from Marquette University in 1997.

Scholz is the author of three books with Anselm Academic: Jesus in the Gospels and Acts (2009; revised edition, 2013), The Pauline Letters (2013); and The Catholic Epistles, Hebrews, and Revelation (2016). He has co-authored five workbooks for Liturgy Training Publications and writes weekly articles for Liturgical Publications Inc.

He and his wife Bonnie are parishioners at Christ King Parish in Wauwatosa. They have three adult children.