Michael Eric Engh (born December 14, 1949) is an American Jesuit priest, academic and historian.
[2] He was also the dean of Loyola Marymount's Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts before becoming president of Santa Clara University.
[3] In October 2013, Engh made the decision to drop health insurance coverage of elective abortions for the Catholic university's faculty and staff.
Neither the Affordable Care Act or California law mandate employers to cover elective abortions.
[5] The faculty senate of the university took a vote and declared Engh's resolution invalid, but the final decision rests with the board of trustees of the school.