Walter J. Feeney, SJ papers
Dates
- 1964 - 1971
Scope and Contents
Composed of correspondence, publications, meeting minutes, reports, a photograph and some speeches. Most of the material concerns either the Weston College School of Philosophy Self Study or the Jesuit Community at Boston College. University related items deal with the Program for Jesuit Studies, Mathematics Seminars and the University Academic Senate. In addition, there are papers of the Association for Symbolic Logic and the American Jesuit Assistancy Conference on the Total Development of the Jesuit Priest.
Creator
- Feeney, Walter J., 1925-1977 (Person)
Restrictions on access
Collection is closed until processed.
Restrictions on use
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Biographical note
A Jesuit mathematician and college administrator, Walter J. Feeney, SJ graduated from Boston College in 1948 and then earned several graduate degrees, including a Ph.D from Catholic University of America in 1954. He was ordained in 1956 and in 1958 he became professor of Math and Philosophy at Boston College. From 1966 to 1969 he served as Dean of the University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and later directed the Program for Jesuit Studies. Feeney died in 1977.
Extent
1.75 Linear Feet (3 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Because the current accessioning system was not used until January 1986, it is not possible to know exactly the dates of acquisition of materials received before that time.
- Title
- Walter J. Feeney, SJ Papers
- Subtitle
- 1964-1971
- Status
- Unprocessed Cataloged
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository
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