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  • Newton Remembrances for Father Robert Drinan

    02/19/2007 11:14:43 AM PST · by Alex Murphy · 8 replies · 224+ views
    Newton Tab ^ | February 19, 2007 | Arthur Obermayer
    This past Sunday, thanks to Mayor David Cohen, the city of Newton paid special tribute to Father Robert Drinan, who was our Congressman for ten years until the Pope asked him to retire from Congress and Barney Frank replaced him. He had been the Dean of the Boston College Law School and a well-known theologian, author and educator. Since his retirement from Congress, he had been teaching at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, and he passed away on January 28. He was a frequent visitor to his sister-in-law and nieces, who currently live in Newton. At the remembrance,...