Bill Donahue is an American sociologist and civil activist. He has been president of the Catholic League in the United States since 1993. Donohue was born in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York. While Donohue was in college in New York, Virgil C. Blum, a Jesuit at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded the Catholic League to counter anti-Catholicism in American culture. Blum died in 1990; in 1993, Donohue became the director of the organization. Under his direction, the organization has become far more prominent and vocal.  Donohue publishes The Catalyst, the Catholic League journal, and is a contributor to the online media organization Newsmax. He serves on the board of directors of the National Association of Scholars.  He serves on the board of advisers of the Washington Legal Foundation, the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society, the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, Catholics United for the Faith, the Ave Maria Institute, the Christian Film and Television Commission and Catholic War Veterans. He received the 2005 St. Thomas More Award for Catholic Citizenship from Catholic Citizens of Illinois^.