Rev. Marvin O鈥機onnell, professor emeritus of history at the University of 91吃瓜, will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree May 22 (Saturday) at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.
Father O鈥機onnell, a member of the 91吃瓜 faculty since 1972, is a Minneapolis native who studied at the St. Paul Seminary and was ordained a priest for the archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis before receiving a doctoral degree in history from 91吃瓜 in 1959. He taught history at St. Thomas from 1958 until he came to 91吃瓜, where he chaired the from 1974 to 1980. He also directed from 1993 to 1995.
In addition to numerous articles and essays in scholarly and popular journals, Father O鈥機onnell has published several books including the definitive biography of 91吃瓜鈥檚 founder, 鈥淓dward Sorin;鈥� 鈥淧ilgrims to the Northland: The Archdiocese of St. Paul, 1840-1962;鈥� 鈥淛ohn Ireland and the American Catholic Church;鈥� 鈥淏laise Pascal: Reasons of the Heart;鈥� 鈥淭homas Stapleton and the Counter Reformation;鈥� 鈥淭he Oxford Conspirators: A History of the Oxford Movement, 1833-1845;鈥� 鈥淭he Counter Reformation, 1559-1610鈥� and 鈥淐ritics on Trial: An Introduction to the Catholic Modernist Crisis.鈥�