Background
Monan, James Donald was born on December 31, 1924 in Blasdell, New York, United States. Son of Edward Roland and Mary Gertrude (Ward) Monan.
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Moral Knowledge and its Methodology in Aristotle
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The Philosophy Of Human Knowing: A Text For College Students
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Moral knowledge and its methodology in Aristotle, (Clarendon Paperbacks)
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James Donald Monan
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AB, Woodstock College, 1948. Philosophy, Woodstock College, 1949. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Woodstock College, 1956.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Louvain, 1959. Post-doctoral research, Munich, Oxford, Paris. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Le Moyne College, 1973.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Joseph's College, 1973. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New England School Law, 1975. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Northeastern University, 1975.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1984. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Harvard University, 1982. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Loyola University, Chicago, 1987.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), National University Ireland, 1991. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Boston College, 1996. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1997.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Western New England College, 2000. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Xavier University, 2001.
Career
Professor philosophy, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York, 1960-1968;
vice president, academic dean, Le Moyne College, 1968-1972;
president, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1972-1996;
chancellor, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, since 1996. Consultant to New York Jesuit Provincial for Higher Education, 1966-1972. Director First National Bank Boston, Bank of Boston Corporation, 1976-1996.
Interim president Association Jesuit Colleges Universities, 1996-1997.
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Chairman education division Boston United Way, 1974. Chairman steering committee of college president under phase II of court-ordered desegregation Boston Public School System, 1974-1976, Council for Aid to Education, 1985-1996, The Partnership, 1984-1994, Senior Thea Bowman Black Catholic Educational Foundation, 1989-1996, Governor's International Trade Advisory Board, 1992. Board directors National Mentoring Partnership, since 1991, Naval Academy Endowment Trust, 1998-2003.
Co-chair Massachusetts Mentoring Partnership, 1992-2001, board directors, since 1992. Co-chairman Massachusetts Summit for Promise of Our Youth, 1997. Trustee Le Moyne College, 1961-1969, 1995-2004, Fordham University, 1969-1975, Boston College, 1972-1996, Canisius College, 1976-1982, Georgetown University, 1979-1984, Sta WGBH, 1972-1996.
Executive committee Boston Higher Education Ptnrship, 1988-1996. Member committee to Review and Implement Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae, 1991-1996. Member Association Jesuit Colleges and Universities (director, chairman executive committee 1983-1986), Association Indiana Colleges and Universities Massachusetts (executive committee 1988-1991, chairman 1977-1978), National Association Indiana Colleges and Universities, Harvard Board Overseers (committee to visit graduate school business administration, 1987-1993), National Collegiate Athletic Association (president's commission 1984-1988), Metaphys.
Society of America, Jesuit Philosophical Association, Society Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Society Ancient Greek Philosophy.
