Willis, John Randolph
Variant namesJesuit, history professor and college administrator.
John Willis was born in 1917. He was ordained in the Congregational Church in 1943 and earned a Ph. D. in American Church History from Yale University in 1946. Willis converted to Catholicism and entered the Society of Jesus in 1955. He was ordained in 1962. From 1964 to 1982, Willis taught history at Boston College and served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1964 to 1969. He later taught at Gonzaga University and Pope John Seminary (Weston, Massachusetts). Willis died in 2001.
From the description of Twice ordained : typescript, [1994?] / John R. Willis. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 49045859
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