Background
Mullen, James Hanna was born on November 29, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Aloysius and Marion (Tyre) Mullen.
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Only once in a decade does a good convert story which has wide appeal come along. One of this type was Dr. Herbert E. Cory's The Emancipation of a Freethinker which will soon be re-issued in paper back. Now ten years later, James Mullen, a professor of industrial relations at Temple University, explains in Against the Goad the involved road that led from religion to religion until he finally found ""something wonderful I didn't know existed"" in Catholicism. Mr. Mullen attended his Presbyterian mother's church regularly in childhood, less frequently in high school, infrequently in college, and only twice a year during service days in World War II when he considered himself a ""baptized pagan"". Naval duty, immediately after V-J day, gave him the time and opportunity to begin serious reading in literature and philosophy. This brought him eventually to a belief in Christ, but convinced him for the time being that true Christianity must lie somewhere outside the bonds of formal religion. Marriage to an intelligent, sympathetic Catholic girl sent him on a quest for a church he could accept. At all times he positively rejected what he considered the monolithic, authoritarian Catholic Church. Mr. Mullen takes a long and tortuous route into the Church, and he writes unemotionally, intellectually and brilliantly about it. His exploration into the attitudes about the Church which exist in various strata of our society is splendid. This is a book for non-Catholics seeking information about the Church, for recent converts, and always a book for Catholics who can find in it a deepened appreciation for the ""miracle"" they possess. -- Kirkus Reviews
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Mullen, James Hanna was born on November 29, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Aloysius and Marion (Tyre) Mullen.
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, University of Pennsylvania, 1944; Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1955.
Assistant to dean admissions, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1946-1948;
instructor Wharton School Finance, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1947-1949;
instructor, Temple University School Business, Philadelphia, 1949-1955;
assistant professor management, Temple University School Business, Philadelphia, 1955-1958;
associate professor, Temple University School Business, Philadelphia, 1959-1961;
professor, Temple University School Business, Philadelphia, 1961-1966;
vice president academic affairs, Rider College, Trenton, New Jersey, 1966-1968;
president, Jersey City State College, 1968-1973;
president, Northeastern Illinois U., 1973-1976;
dean academic affairs, Philadelphia College Textiles and Science, 1976-1989. Professor LaSalle College, 1979. Educational consultant State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, Bloomington, Illinois, 1958-1973.
Visiting professor economics, consultant Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1960-1961. Member of advisory county Philadelphia Health and Welfare Council,1956-1963. Member New Jersey Board Mediators, 1966-1973.
Member ad hoc advising committee district V, United States Office Education, 1973-1989. Member Executive Board Union for Experimenting Colleges Universities, 1973. Chairman New Jersey Council State Colls., 1969-1970, New Jersey Board Examiners, 1969-1973.
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Board of directors Citizens Committee Public Education, Philadelphia, 1956-1966, New Jersey Citizens Transportation Council, 1966-1968, New Jersey Council Economics Education, 1967-1973, Ednl. Information Superior vena cava syndrome Inc., 1972-1973, Illinois Ednl. Consortium for Computer Superior vena cava syndrome, 1974-1989.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Applied Anthropology. Member American Association of University Professors, American Economics Association, American Arbitration Association (national panel), Joint Council on Higher Education (chairman ad hoc commission on collective bargaining 1973-1977), Academy Management, Industrial Rels. Research Association, Chamber of Commerce (board directors 1969-1973), Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Irene Quinlan, October 15, 1948. Children: James Michael, Patrick Mark, Maria Regina, Christopher Anthony, Megal Frances.