St. Michael's College, U of T
Mark McGowan July
1, 2002 - present (on Sabbatical)
BA (Ottawa, History/Religion), PhD (Toronto, History)
Mark McGowan is a specialist in the religious,
social, migration, and educational history of
Canada and is well known in the Canadian media
for his analysis of Vatican affairs and the development
of religion in Canada. In 1999 he published The
Waning of the Green: Catholics, the Irish and
Identity in Toronto, 1887-1922 (McGill-Queen’s)
which won both the Brant Prize (OHS) and the Clio
Award (CHA). Mark has just completed the first
full-length biography of Michael Power (1804-1847),
the first bishop of Toronto and a booklet for
the Canadian Historical Association, Creating
Canadian Historical Memory: The case of the Famine
Migration of 1847. A recipient of two University
teaching awards, Mark is deeply committed to undergraduate
teaching and has helped found the Book and Media
Studies Program at St. Michael’s and is
piloting SMC’s contribution to the new Concurrent
Teacher Education Program. He lives in Whitby,
Ontario, with his wife Eileen and their five children.
Joseph BoyleJuly 1, 1991 - June 30, 2002BA (LaSalle), PhD (Georgetown)
Joe Boyle served two terms as Principal of St.
Michael's College. During his term he worked on
the expansion and strengthening of the College
programmes. He made relations between St. Michael's
and the University of Toronto a priority. He continues
to teach in the Department of Philosophy. His
research interests include: Moral philosophy,
ethical theory and applied ethics, natural law,
Thomistic ethics, bioethics. Publications in these
areas and on free will and intention; most recent
book, (with J. Finnis and G. Grisez) Nuclear Deterrence,
Morality, and Realism (1987).
William B. Dunphy 1926-1998, July 1, 1981 - June 30, 1991 BA (UofT), MA, PhD
Bill Dunphy served two terms as Principal of St. Michael's College. He taught Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Philosophy. A talented, humane, academic administrator and diplomat, his judgment, advice, and common sense reactions were often sought, as was his service on innumerable College and University committees. His contributions to the growth of the St. Michael's College Progammes in Christianity and Culture and in Celtic Studies were, to say the least, significant, and his concern for, and personal support of, the continued development of the Writing and Math Labs form just one sign of his devotion to and his desire to assist the academic welfare of the students of St. Michael's. In his retirement he continued his scholarly research and writing and remained active in social and inter-faith issues and groups.
Laurence
E. Lynch July
1, 1976 - June 30, 1981
BA (UoT), MA (UofT), MSL (PIMS), PhD (UofT)
Larry Lynch served as Principal of St. Michael's for 5 years, the first person to hold that office after it was separated from the office of the President; and it was with common sense, courage, and good humor that he confronted the challenges inherent in defining that new position. Prior to becomming Principal he was Chair of the St. Michael's College Department of Philosophy from 1960-1975. In addition to his significant scholarly, pedagogical, and adminitrative contributions, Larry Lynch will be remembered with deep affection for his largeness of spirit, his spontaneous generosity, his quick wit, and his inveterate Christian optimism.