James Connerton
# James Connerton

Fr. James W. Connerton, C.S.C., a priest and religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross served as the first president of King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania from 1946 to 1949. Before moving to Wilkes-Barre, he served as the director of the Moreau Seminary Choir and served as an administrator at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Fr. Connerton described his college's mission in the following words: "King's teaches students not only how to make a living, but how to live."

| Preceded byPosition established | President of King's College 1946–1949 | Succeeded byJohn J. Lane |
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