Background
Ross, James Francis was born on October 8, 1931 in Providence. Son of James Joseph and Teresa Marie (Sullivan) Ross.
Ross, James Francis was born on October 8, 1931 in Providence. Son of James Joseph and Teresa Marie (Sullivan) Ross.
AB, Catholic University America, 1953. Master of Arts (Basselin Foundation fellow), Catholic University America, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1958.
Juris Doctor, University Pennsylvania, 1974.
Instructor, then assistant professor philosophy, University of Michigan, 1959-1961;
assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1962-1965;
associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1965-1968;
professor, University of Pennsylvania, since 1968;
professor philosophy and law, University Pennsylvania, since 1994;
chairman philosophy department and graduate group in philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1966-1970, 81-83. Rackham research fellow University of Michigan, 1960-1961. National Endowment for Humanities fellow, member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1975-1976.
Visiting professor Brown U., summer 1977. Associate member Darwin College, Cambridge U. (England), 1982-1983.
(philosophical theology)
Fellow Society Values in Higher Education. Member American Philosophical Association, American Catholic Philosophical Association (president 1987-1989), Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, American Theological Society, Society Theological Discussion.
Married Kathleen Marie Fallon, December 1, 1956. Children: Seamus, Ellen, Richard Fallon, Therese.