Dr James Horgan PhD
(1940-1997)
Professor of History, author, president of the Pasco County Historical Society, co-editor, Doctor of Philosophy (from 1965), founding officer of the Pasco County Chapter of the NAACP (from 1968), chairman of the Division of Social Sciences (1969-1991), national director of research for the United Farm Workers Union (1972-1973), and director of the Florida Historical Society (from 1994)
Died aged c. 57
Wikidata WikipediaJames J. Horgan (July 14, 1940 – May 3, 1997) was an American historian, academic and author. He was a history professor at Saint Leo University in St. Leo, Florida for 35 years, a historical society president, a Florida Historical Society board member, a prolific author and an NAACP chapter founder. He is listed as a Great Floridian. He was head of the history department at Saint Leo University from the 1960s through the mid 1990s until just before his death due to cancer. Horgan was a member of the Tampa chapter of Mensa. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Horgan received his Ph.D. in history in 1965 from Saint Louis University. In 1968, he was a founding officer of the Pasco County, Florida chapter of the NAACP, and the same year received a distinguished service award from the Florida NAACP. Horgan authored Pioneer College: The Centennial History of Saint Leo College, Saint Leo Abbey, and Holy Name Priory, chronicling the founding of Saint Leo in 1889 as a boys' preparatory school and its evolution over the following century to university status.
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James J. Horgan [full inscription unknown]
James J. Horgan Home, 12221 Main Street, San Antonio, FL, United States where they was