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Celebrating Faculty Achievement 2012, La Salle University Mar 2012

Celebrating Faculty Achievement 2012, La Salle University

Celebrating Faculty Achievement

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In Service To The Nation: Military Arts And Crafts, Tara Leigh Tappert Phd. Jan 2012

In Service To The Nation: Military Arts And Crafts, Tara Leigh Tappert Phd.

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This event was held at La Salle University, in Holroyd Hall, on March 13, 2012. Tara Leigh Tappert, Ph.D. was invited to speak about such creative initiatives as the WWII era Red Cross Arts & Skills program, crafts and writing projects for Vietnam veterans, and the myriad forms of arts and crafts making for both healing and wellbeing developed by today’s Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, including the Combat Paper Project.


Interview Of Wendell Reed, Wendell Reed, Nadirah O'Conner Jan 2012

Interview Of Wendell Reed, Wendell Reed, Nadirah O'Conner

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Wendell Reed was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1971. He was raised in James Weldon Johnson Homes, which is located between Ridge Avenue Diamond Street and between 25th and 29th Streets in North Philadelphia. His father, Reginald Sterling Reed, was a naval officer and his mother Joan Vernell, was a school teacher. James attended Catholic school as a youth and joined the military as a young man. He made several attempts to become a police officer. He took the police test in Philadelphia in 1989 but due to a freeze on hiring in the city was unable to …


Interview Of James T. Dever, James T. Dever, William Gold Jan 2012

Interview Of James T. Dever, James T. Dever, William Gold

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James T. Dever was born in 1945 in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Walter and Ruth Dever. He attended North Catholic High School in Philadelphia and joined the Order of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales while still in High School. He majored in Theology and English at Catholic University and Allentown College, then received his Master of Arts in English at Villanova University. He taught English at North Catholic High. Ordained as a priest in 1973, Father Dever has been a parish priest, hospital chaplain, and most recently campus minister of the University Ministry and Service …


Interview Of Edward J. Sheehy, F.S.C., Ph.D., Edward J. Sheehy, Lauren De Angelis Jan 2012

Interview Of Edward J. Sheehy, F.S.C., Ph.D., Edward J. Sheehy, Lauren De Angelis

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Edward J. Sheehy was born in 1946 to Edward and Rosemary Sheehy. His father was a naval commander and later the head of an aerospace company called Hercules. He entered the novitiate of the Christian Brothers in 1963, received his undergraduate degree in history from La Salle College in 1968, his Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University in 1973, and his Ph.D. in History from George Washington University in 1983. He worked at St. Gabriel's Hall, Calvert College High School, Hudson Catholic High School, Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, PA, and La Salle University. A specialist on …