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Gemma, Fcrh Honors Program
Gemma, Fcrh Honors Program
FCRH Honors Program Oral History Project
Gemma graduated from Fordham University and the FCRH honors college in the spring of 1959 with a degree egregia cum laude in history. He was drawn to the honors program initially for its unique study abroad opportunities. While most students who elected to study abroad attended the structured FCRH honors program in Paris, France, Gemma wanted to go to Italy. Being Italian, studying philosophy and theology in Florence and Rome was very important to him, and he even created his own structured program with tutors from the Jesuit Gregorian Institute and lectures at the Università per Stranieri. In addition to …
Voluntarism And Volunteering, Richard Holtzman
Voluntarism And Volunteering, Richard Holtzman
History and Social Sciences Faculty Journal Articles
To engage in voluntarism, as the term is commonly understood today, is to freely offer support in the service of others. Defining the concept in such general terms, however, ignores a number of important factors, such as the motives leading individuals to choose such action, the means by which the activity occurs, and the broader implications of voluntarism for society. This chapter looks at voluntarism from a historical perspective to demonstrate the numerous and sometimes conflicting ways the concept has been understood. Recognizing voluntarism as a social issue requires examining it in the variety of historical contexts and settings that …
Interview No. 1656, Robert W. Pitt
Interview No. 1656, Robert W. Pitt
Combined Interviews
Robert Pitt was born in Detroit, MI on November 20, 1933; his family relocated a lot, he first remembers living in Portland, OR, later moved to Phoenix, AZ where he remembers the bombing of Pearl Harbor and followed the progress of World War II at home; he recounts moving to Los Angeles, CA for a year, his time as a batboy for the Los Angeles Angels and his love of baseball; he moved again to Chicago, IL to attend Morgan Park Military Academy, his father died when he was fifteen. Mr. Pitt describes time at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL …