Background
Thomson, Paul Van Kuykendall was born on December 14, 1916 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Walter Scott and Mary Ann (van Kuykendall) Thomson.
(Fast-moving, witty autobiography of the sixth married man...)
Fast-moving, witty autobiography of the sixth married man to be ordained a Roman Catholic priest under the Pastoral Provision for former Anglican clergy. Thomson reflects on his theological training (and communism) in the 1930s, then military chaplaincy with the Marines, marriage, conversion, a career at Providence College in Rhode Island, his reaction to Vatican II, his ordination to the Catholic priesthood in 1983, and how he and his wife make their unique place in parish life.
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Thomson, Paul Van Kuykendall was born on December 14, 1916 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Walter Scott and Mary Ann (van Kuykendall) Thomson.
AB, Columbia University, 1937. STB, Berkeley Division School, New Haven, 1940. Master of Sacred Theology, General Theological Seminary, New York City, 1943.
Master of Arts, Brown University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1956. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Salve Regina College, 1966.
Rector, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Providence, 1946-1949; member of faculty English department, Providence College, 1959-1983; academic vice president, Providence College, 1965-1982; professor emeritus, Providence College, since 1983. Consultant USOE Project English, Washington, 1960, Carnegie Project, Rhode Island College, 1966-1967. Member wage boards unites states department Labor, San Juan, P.R., 1961-1964.
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Trustee Butler Hospital, Providence, 1965-1966, Providence Public Library., since 1980. Vice president Northeast Catholic College Association, Boston, 1968-1969, pre. 1969-1970. Chaplain United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Eighteen Nineties Society London (vice president since 1970).
Married Mildred Marie Cole, December 27, 1945. Children: Thomas, Catherine, Monica, Jane, Ann, Madeleine, Peter.