“From Valley Forge to Appomattox: George Washington and the Formation of the American Nation”

by Hon. J. Leon Holmes
United States District Judge (retired)
Eastern District of Arkansas

Part of the St. Vincent de Paul Lecture and Concert Series, endowed by Barbara and Paul Henkels. Lectures take place in Dolben Auditorium and are open to alumni and friends of the College, free of charge.

One of the College’s beloved former tutors, Rev. Thomas A. McGovern, S.J., died on February 19, 1985. A graduate of the Université Laval in Quebec, Fr. McGovern previously taught at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., before coming to Thomas Aquinas College in early 1972. He served as a member of the faculty and, later, the Board of Governors until his death in 1985. The following year he posthumously received the College’s highest honor, the Saint Thomas Aquinas Medallion.

One of the College’s beloved former tutors, Rev. Thomas A. McGovern, S.J., died on February 19, 1985. A graduate of the Université Laval in Quebec, Fr. McGovern previously taught at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., before coming to Thomas Aquinas College in early 1972. He served as a member of the faculty and, later, the Board of Governors until his death in 1985. The following year he posthumously received the College’s highest honor, the Saint Thomas Aquinas Medallion.