Background
Thorning, Joseph Francis was born on April 25, 1896 in Milwaukee. Son of Cully M. and Julia Theresa (Hallissey) Thorning.
Thorning, Joseph Francis was born on April 25, 1896 in Milwaukee. Son of Cully M. and Julia Theresa (Hallissey) Thorning.
Student Marquette Academy, 1910-1914. Graduate School Georgetown University, 1933-1935.
Professor, Loyola University, Chicago, 1922-1925. Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1928. Professor sociology, acting dean Graduate School Georgetown University, 1933-1935.
Washington correspondent American (magazine), 1935-1936.
Associate editor international relations Thought, 1935-1936. Department chairman sociology and social history Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland., 1937-1985.
Professor Latin American history Marymount College. Special correspondent National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service Europe, from 1937.
Special lecturer National War College, 1956-1957.
Washington correspondent Sign (magazine). Commentator National Broadcasting Company, League of Nations sessions, 1931-1932, Eucharistic Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 1938. Director First Inter-American Seminar in Latin American, U. San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 1941.
Director Inter-American Seminar, U. Havana, Cuba, 1942 (appointed judge of university seminar prize scholarship contest sponsored by Committee on Cultural Relations with American Republics).
Director Inter-American seminars U. Havana, National U. Mexico, 1943. Board of directors American Peace Society, member editorial staff World Affairs (magazine).
Vice chairman university extension committee Inter-American Institute. Member Cuban-American Council on U. Studies, 1943.
Visiting professor social history U. Havana, 1944.
Member official United States delegations for presidential inaugurations Central, South America 1951, 56. Fellow American Geography Society, History and Geography Institute Brazil (honorary). Member panel lectures Office Coordinator Inter-American Affairs.
Member United States Catholic History Society, Catholic Association for International Peace, International Mark Twain Society (trustee, director), Pi Gamma Mu, Mediaevalists (honorary Chicago), Charles Carroll Forum.
Clubs: Congressional Country, Metropolitan (Washington).