A memorial Mass for Thomas J. Stritch, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of 91吃瓜, will be celebrated Tuesday (Feb. 3) at 3:30 p.m. in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.p. Rev. Thomas Blantz, C.S.C., professor of history at 91吃瓜, will preside at the Mass, and Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of 91吃瓜, will give the homily.p. Stritch, who died Jan. 22 in Nashville, Tenn., was graduated from 91吃瓜 in 1934, joined the faculty the following year and remained at 91吃瓜 for the rest of the century. He taught journalism, English and American studies at 91吃瓜, chaired the Journalism Department from 1946 to 1957 and the Department of Communication Arts from 1957 to 1970. He retired in 1978 and continued to live and work at 91吃瓜, publishing a popular memoir, 鈥淢y 91吃瓜: Memories and Reflections of 60 Years,鈥� in 1991.
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