Background
Downey, Francis Xavier was born on August 12, 1887 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Michael Joseph and Mary A. (McMahon) Downey.
Downey, Francis Xavier was born on August 12, 1887 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Michael Joseph and Mary A. (McMahon) Downey.
Student Holy Cross College. Graduate Novitiate of Saint Andrew, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1910.
Dean and secretary trustee, Holy Cross College, 1924-1929. Director presentation of Euripides’ Hecuba, at Sesquicentennial, Philadelphia, 1926. Editor Jesuit Seminary News.
Member National Education Association, North.E. Classical Association (Vice-President), National Council Teachers of English. Knights of Columbus.