Eleanor Dunfey is the youngest in a family of twelve children. She is a graduate of Emmanuel College in Boston and the University of San Francisco and was a Sister of Notre Dame deNamur for thirteen years. She is professor emerita of ethics and civic engagement at Southern New Hampshire University and is the recipient of honorary degrees from Southern New Hampshire University and Franklin Pierce University. Eleanor is married to Dr. JamesFreiburger, professor emeritus at SNHU. They have two grown children and five grandchildren.