In Memoriam: Former ACHA President J. Philip Gleason
The former ACHA president and recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award died last week at age 96. A funeral will be held on Thursday, January 25 in Notre Dame, Ind.
Obituary
The Catholic Historical Review remembers Msgr. Robert Trisco
Nelson H. Minnich, editor of the CHR, records Msgr. Trisco’s recollections of a lifetime of service to the field of Catholic studies.
Monsignor Robert Trisco, Giant of the ACHA, Dies at 93
Msgr. Trisco served as the Association’s Executive Secretary for 48 years and was the Catholic Historical Review’s managing editor for nearly as long.
In Memoriam: Dr. Terence J. Fay, S.J.
The Jesuit priest and renowned scholar of Canadian Catholic history was a longtime ACHA member and leader of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association. He died Sept. 5 in Pickering, Ont. at age 89.
In Memoriam: Dr. Christopher Joseph Kauffman
Dr. Kauffman’s career in Catholic education spanned more than half a century. It saw him publish several significant histories, including the Bicentennial History of the Catholic Church in America and American Catholic Identities: A Documentary History. He died Jan. 30 at age 81.
Rev. Marvin R. O’Connell dies
Rev. O’Connell, professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame, was the ACHA’s 2013 Distinguished Scholar Award recipient. He died on Aug. 19.
Notre Dame Historian Vincent P. DeSantis Dies
Vincent P. DeSantis, professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame, died on May 30, 2011 at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia. He was 94 years old. Read the complete obituary at the University of Notre Dame’s Web site.
Jim Powell, Former ACHA President, Dies
James A. Powell, former ACHA president, retired Syracuse University professor, and medieval history expert died Jan. 27 at age 80 from complications following a car accident.
Fr. Lawrence Boadt Dies
Christopher Bellitto of Kean University, an ACHA member and the academic editor at large of Paulist Press, sadly reports the July 24th death of Paulist Fr. Lawrence Boadt, longtime Paulist Press editor and publisher.