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{{Infobox university chancellor
| name          = A. D. Kirwan
| image         = Albert-Kirwan.jpg
| caption       = Kirwan in 1921 as captain of his high school football team
| university    = 7th President of the [[University of Kentucky]]
| term_start    = 1968
| term_end      = 1969
| predecessor   = [[John W. Oswald]]
| successor     = [[Otis A. Singletary]]
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1904|12|22}}
| birth_place   = [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| death_place   = [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1971|11|30|1904|12|22}}
}}
'''Albert Dennis Kirwan''' (December 22, 1904 – November 30, 1971) was an [[American football]] coach and university administrator. He was the seventh President of the [[University of Kentucky]].  He also was the head football coach at Kentucky from 1938 to 1944.

Kirwan received the [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]] degree from UK in 1926, an [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|M.A.]] degree from the [[University of Louisville]] in 1944 and was awarded an [[LL.B.]] degree from the Jefferson School of Law and a doctorate from [[Duke University]], in 1947.<ref>[http://www.ukalumni.net/pages.php?page_id=12&id=49 UK Alumni site]</ref>

After leaving the football program, Kirwan took a fellowship in history at Duke University.  He returned to UK as a [[professor]] and an administrator, serving as [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of Men, Dean of Students, and Dean of the Graduate School.  He served as president of the university for a short period in 1968 prior to [[Otis Singletary]]'s presidency.<ref>[http://libraries.uky.edu/libpage.php?lweb_id=326&llib_id=13 Biography at University of Kentucky]</ref>

Kirwan wrote or co-wrote several history books and was a [[lecturer]] at other American and European universities.  His legacy is remembered at UK with the naming of Kirwan Tower and the low-rise Kirwan dormitories for Dr. Kirwan.

Kirwan's son, [[William English Kirwan]], a 1962 UK graduate, is currently the third Chancellor of the [[University System of Maryland]], and former president of the [[University of Maryland, College Park]] and [[The Ohio State University]].

==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start |type = coach |team = |conf = |bowl = |poll = no}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name         = [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky Wildcats]]
 | conf         = [[Southeastern Conference]]
 | startyear    = 1938
 | endyear      = 1942
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1938 college football season|1938]]
 | name         = Kentucky
 | overall      = 2–7
 | conference   = 0–4
 | confstanding = 12th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1939 college football season|1939]]
 | name         = Kentucky
 | overall      = 6–2–1
 | conference   = 2–2–1
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1940 college football season|1940]]
 | name         = Kentucky
 | overall      = 5–3–2
 | conference   = 1–2–2
 | confstanding = 9th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1941 college football season|1941]]
 | name         = Kentucky
 | overall      = 5–4
 | conference   = 0–4
 | confstanding = 12th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1942 college football season|1942]]
 | name         = Kentucky
 | overall      = 3–6–1
 | conference   = 0–5
 | confstanding = T–11th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name         = [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky Wildcats]]
 | conf         = [[Southeastern Conference]]
 | startyear    = 1944
 | endyear      = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1944 college football season|1944]]
 | name         = Kentucky
 | overall      = 3–6
 | conference   = 1–5
 | confstanding = 9th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = Kentucky
 | overall      = 24–28–4
 | confrecord   = 4–22–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall      = 24–28–4
 | bcs          = no
 | poll         = no
 | polltype     = 
 | legend       = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{CFBCR|1287|A. D. Kirwan}}

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{{University of Kentucky presidents}}

{{Persondata
| NAME              = Kirwan, A. D.
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Kirwan, Albert Dennis
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football coach, university administrator
| DATE OF BIRTH     = December 22, 1904
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = Louisville, Kentucky
| DATE OF DEATH     = November 30, 1971
| PLACE OF DEATH    = Lexington, Kentucky
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirwan, A. D.}}
[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1971 deaths]]
[[Category:Kentucky Wildcats football coaches]]
[[Category:Presidents of the University of Kentucky]]
[[Category:Duke University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Kentucky alumni]]
[[Category:University of Louisville alumni]]
[[Category:Guggenheim Fellows]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Louisville, Kentucky]]


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