Background
O'Connor, Bernard Joseph was born on March 13, 1951 in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Cosmas Bernard and Ella Mae (Young) O'C.
O'Connor, Bernard Joseph was born on March 13, 1951 in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Cosmas Bernard and Ella Mae (Young) O'C.
Bachelor (Honours) summa cum laude, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 1973. STB magna cum laude, St. Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario, 1976. M.Canon Law magna cum laude, University Ottawa, 1977.
Licentiate of Sacred Theology magna cum laude, Gregorian University, Rome, 1983. Doctor of Canon Law in Canon Law, ABD Angelicum University, Rome, 1985. STD/Doctor of Philosophy magna cum laude, Gregorian University, Rome, 1986.
Master of Arts in Spirituality magna cum laude, Creighton University, 1992. Juris Doctor, University Tennessee, 1994.
Assistant pastor St. Theresa's Parish, Sydney, Nova Scotia, 1977-1980, St. Ninian's Cathedral, Antigonish, 1980-1981. External spiritual director Venerable English College, North America College, Beda College, Rome, 1982-1986. Faculty in theology Josephinum College, Ohio, 1986-1987.
Interim pastor St. Francis de Sales Parish, Nova Scotia, 1988. Defender of Bond for Matrimonial Tribunal Diocese of Little Rock, 1989. Residential theologian/ethicist Diocese of Knoxville, 1990-1993.
Adjunct faculty religious studies department College Nursing, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1990-1994. Regents' lecturer Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, 1994-1995, special assistant to provost, 1996-1998, assistant dean College of Arts and Sciences, since 1998. Visiting scholar lectureship Society of Christ Seminary, Poznan, Poland, 1984.
Visiting faculty Massachusetts General Hospital Institute Health Professions, summers 1995-1996. Visiting faculty Foundation of Meditation curriculum Straus Institute, Pepperdine University Law School, 2000^. Lecturer in field.
Member adjucation committee International Commission for Slection of Tivoli-Europa prize, 2001. Appointed United States Army national committee on Reserve Officers Training Corps education, 2002. Consultant National Conference Community and Justice, 2000.
Judge state and national finals of high school competition, We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution, since 1996. Member Michigan Board Ethics, since 1997, City of Ypsilanti Board of Ethics, since 2000. Vice chair law section Michigan Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2000-2002.
Institutional representative United States Army "Challenge" Academicians' Program, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 2000, Fort Lewis Seattle, 2001. Appointment to national R.O.T.C. advisory committee, 2002. Founder/chair Alternative Dispute Resolution K-12 Educational Program, Michigan, 2000.
Chair Emmanuel Ecumenical Mediation Project, Ypsilanti, 1999. Board directors Graduate Theological Foundation, 1999. Member special task force on university education and civics We the People, since 1998.
Founder, chair Michigan Mediation Conference Committee, since 1998. Project chair Zion Ecumenical Mediation Project, Ann Arbor, 1998. Board directors Washtenaw County Dispute Resolution Association, since 1997, others.
Member American Political Science Association, National College Advisors Association, Michigan Academy on Scholarship, Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution, Canada Numismatic Association, National Association of Administrative Law Judges.