Professor Luke Gormally
Luke is Senior Research Fellow of the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics in London, Research Professor of the Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Visiting Professor of Bioethics and Christian Anthropology in the Institute. He was a member of the Benedictine Community of Prinknash Abbey in Gloucester from 1960 to 1968 (in temporary vows) where he was engaged in theological studies. He completed a first degree in philosophy at the Pontifical Athenaeum, Heythrop College, Oxford in 1967 and subsequently studied Sociology at Leicester University.
He commenced with the Linacre Centre as Research Officer in 1977, having previously tutored in philosophy and worked in industry. He was Director of the Centre from 1981 to 2000. Since 1990 he has written several books and more than fifty articles. He has edited important volumes such as "Dependent Elderly: Autonomy, Justice and Quality of Care" (1992), "Euthanasia, Clinical Practice and the Law" (1994), "Moral Truth and Moral Tradition" (1994) and "Healthcare Allocation: An Ethical Framework for Public Policy" (2001). From 1983 to 2000 he was ex officio member of the Catholic Bishops' Joint Bioethics Committee and member of its Standing Committee. From 1985 to 2000 he was also a member of the Ethics Committee of the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth. Luke married Mary Catherine Geach in 1985, and they have two children, Rebecca and Thomas.
