The Dean of USD's New School of Peace Studies Explains How to End Conflicts

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Published October 16, 2007 at 9:46 AM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

Between The War on Terror, The War in Iraq and civil wars across the globe one must ask: Is peace possible? The late philanthropist Joan B. Kroc thought so. She gave the University of San Diego $50 mi

Tom Fudge: When McDonald's restaurant heiress Joan Kroc died, she left tens of millions of dollars to the University of San Diego to create a School of Peace Studies . It's taken some time for the school to take shape, but that time has passed. And Wednesday, Oct. 17, film actor Martin Sheen, among others, will be at USD to celebrate the inauguration of the new school.

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Rev. William Headley, Dean of USD's School of Peace Studies. He's also a Catholic priest who formerly worked for Catholic Relief Services , an international agency that provides emergency relief and long term development activities in 98 countries around the world.