Background
Coggin, Walter Arthur was born on February 10, 1916 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Walter Arthur and Mary Veronica (Moshy) Coggin.
Coggin, Walter Arthur was born on February 10, 1916 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Walter Arthur and Mary Veronica (Moshy) Coggin.
Student, Belmont Abbey Junior College, North Carolina, 1936. Student, Belmont Abbey Seminary, 1943. AB, St. Benedict's College, Atchison, Kansas, 1939.
Postgrad, University North Carolina, 1942. Master of Arts, Catholic University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Catholic University, 1954.
Became, Benedictine monk, 1937; ordained priest, Roman Catholic Church, 1943; vicar, Belmont Abbey Monastery, 1956-1959; abbot-ordinary of, Belmont Abbey Nullius, 1960-1970; teacher philosophy, Belmont Abbey College, since 1954. Member 2d Vatican Council, 1962-1965.
Member North Carolina Philosophical Society (president 1955-1956), American Catholic Philosophical Association.