In announcing Marcouiller’s appointment, McMahon said, “I am confident that we will be blessed through Marcouiller's leadership. He will have a special place in our prayers in the upcoming months.” Father Marcouiller said, “The Jesuits of the Missouri Province are hardworking and holy men. I look forward to serving them as well as I can. I am also eager to work with our many colleagues and partners in ministry.”
Marcouiller currently serves as rector of Bellarmine House of Studies and Associate Professor of Economics at Saint Louis University. He took up these positions in 2004 after ten years as a professor of economics at Boston College. He also travels regularly to Central America to teach short courses in economics at the Universidad Centroamericana, the Jesuit university in El Salvador. His research has been published in journals ranging from the American Economic Review and the Review of Economics and Statistics to Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits.
A native of Chicago, Marcouiller earned a Bachelor’s degree in public and international affairs at Princeton University, worked for a year as a lay volunteer with the Jesuits of Honduras, and earned a Master’s degree in international relations at Yale before entering the Jesuit novitiate in Denver in 1978. His Jesuit formation included studies of philosophy at Saint Louis University and theology at Weston Jesuit School of Theology as well as a period teaching high school in Honduras. After his 1986 ordination as a priest, he earned a PhD in economics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Marcouiller was a delegate to the 35th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus held in Rome from January to early March, 2008. He has also served on the Boards of Trustees of Boston College, Marquette University, Regis University, and Saint Louis University.
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