JOHN NAGLE Obituary
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Gregg Nardozza
June 16, 2024
Here on Bloomsday 2024, I am remembering one of the finest English professors I had the privilege of experiencing at Manhattan College. Thank you Dr. Nagle for teaching me all about Milton, Spencer, and Joyce.
Gregg Nardozza
BEE 1984, MEE 1985, Minors: English and Physics
MarY Dillon
October 27, 2017
I loved Dr. Nagle. I could have listened to him read all day. He taught me to love great literature.
A real highlight of my life.
June 7, 2010
John and I went back a long way, over 60 years. we were grade school classmates at St. Pius school in the south bronx when it was stil run by the Dominican nuns. ( sadly it shut its doors a few years ago because of diocese budget problems.) It was an exciting school and neighborhood. I recall being at John's apartment many times probably to study or visit. A third friend called I think larry donohue was often with us. I do remember fondly his mother and father, a kind , gracious and caring couple. They alway treated us well. I don't recall his sisters and brothers but am glad as a fellow South Bronxer that you they seem to have done well. then we both went off to Regis. John was the outstanding English student and recognized as such even by Mr. Horchler our English teacher. As larry boland noted , John even tutored his fellow students. the surviving graduating class was barely over a humdred students so we came to know one another well.. John was always very well liked, smart and a good guy to be with . He never had an unkind word about any one and no one ever had an unkind word about him. No small achievment at St Pius and Regis. We both went our separate ways to college (catholic of course since Regis then would send a transcript only to a catholic college or military academy.)Sadly we lost touch. John was a special person. one of those rare persons you regretably wish you had seen more of, kept in touch with. His death is a deep loss.
Tom O'Toole, Dallas, Texas
lawrence boland
May 25, 2010
As a student at Regis High School John was unique. No one was more well-read than he. As we prepared for the College Entrance Exam (CEEB) John conducted a crash course for his fellow Seniors giving a synopsis of as many books as we were able to absorb. I believe he was PhD material in 1952.I too graduated from Manhattan with him, but from the School of Engineering. He left a great mark on the College.
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Harry DeMaio
May 25, 2010
For four years at Regis High School -1948-52, John gave us all daily reasons to grin, smile and laugh, often uproariously. Not a mere class clown but a sower of joy. Not a bad avocation for a man of such intelligence and feeling. No doubt, there's bit more joy in heaven.
May 12, 2010
I will always remember the infectious laughter and enthusiasm of a boyish John Nagle in the late 1960s. He was a mainstay of a very fine English Department at Manhattan for decades.
Many of us felt cheated when Professor Nagle won a Danforth Fellowship to complete his dissertation and we missed him for the medieveal literature theme course. He exemplified the fine teaching of Manhattan College of that era.
Gerald De Maio '70
Outside Manhattan (now Miguel) Hall, Manhattan College.
MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick
May 12, 2010
My sincere condolences. I will remember you in my prayers. I so fondly recollect your Milton and Spenser courses. May you rest in peace.
Elizabeth Morris
May 12, 2010
I cannot begin to tell you what a wonderful person your brother John was and what an influence he had on me while in college. I am blessed to have been able to call him a friend and to have learned so much from him over the years. He always had a smile and a laugh to share and I will miss him dearly. Betsy Morris, Manhattan 1987
fjohn reinke (mc1968)
May 12, 2010
The Manhattan College alumni community shares the grief, and is now praying for our fellow alumni and the family at this time. The Alumni Office has been informed. As well as the Jasper Jottings community that I personally can reach. We are all a little poorer now. "No man is an island, entire of itself ... any man's death diminishes me". We are sorry for your loss.
Patrice Athanasidy
May 12, 2010
I am so sorry for your loss. I was one of Dr. Nagle's students and also had the pleasure of being a colleague for several years when I was an administrator on campus. I posted this sad news on my page on Facebook yesterday since I keep in touch with a number of Jaspers that way. So many have written under that post about how Dr. Nagle truly touched their lives. This was my post: "This RIP is much closer to home. John D. Nagle, Ph.D., one of the most amazing professors I had while at Manhattan College, died. Jack intertwined wisdom and wit seamlessly. Very few students ended the semester unchanged as a writer or young adult for that matter." May the knowledge that he was special to so many help during this difficult time.
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