Dr. Arthur Patrick MONAHAN

MONAHAN, Dr. Arthur Patrick
The twin son of Arthur Joseph Monahan and Grace Cecilia Fitzgerald, was born in Brantford, Ontario, on August 18, 1928. He is survived by his wife, Carol Anne; brother, Dr. Edward Monahan; sister, Rita Fiorini; children, Michael (Barbara Monahan), Toronto; Paul (Nina Monahan), Norway; Moira (Matthew Murphy), Halifax; Corinne (Erik Twohig), Halifax; John Christopher (Ashley McCall), Toronto; and Valery (Sam Gallagher), Whitehorse; stepdaughter, Lisa Mary St. Clair; stepson, Roy Douglas Todd St. Clair (Susan St. Clair); grandchildren, Evan, Mari, Megan, Sophie, Grace, Kate, Connor, Liam, Clare Margaret, Colin, Claire Mary, Katharine St. Clair, and Ronan St. Clair. He was predeceased by his first wife, Margaret Jean (Munro); daughter, Mary at birth; granddaughter, Jennifer Monahan, and stepdaughter, Victoria Carol Anne 'Tori' St. Clair. He received his primary and secondary education at Saint Mary's Separate School, Brantford; Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, and St. Michael's College School, Toronto. He attended the University of Toronto, where he received a B.A. (Honours), M.A. and Ph.D., and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, which awarded him an L.M.S. His full-time and exclusively academic career began at Marquette University, Milwaukee, and continued at the University of St. Jerome's College, now affiliated with the University of Waterloo, Mount Saint Vincent University and Saint Mary's University, Halifax, from which he retired as Professor Emeritus in 1993 after 31 years of service. Always active in the Saint Mary's Faculty Association, he was instrumental as its president in forming the first faculty union in an accredited university in Canada. He also served for many years on the executive of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, was a member of Saint Mary's University Senate, and its sometime chairman, and on Saint Mary's Board of Governors. He served for many years as secretary of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association, of whose Annual Review he was editor; and was for a number of years director of the Saint Mary's Institute of Human Values, where he edited its publication, The Vital Nexus. He was also an active member for many years of the New Democratic Party, standing once as a federal candidate. His field of research was mediaeval political philosophy, where he published a three- volume series for the period 500-1750 A.D., many monographs, both analytic studies and translations, as well as many articles and reviews. He died at home in Halifax on Friday, February 3, 2006. Donations in his name may be made to the QEII Foundation, Dr. Bell Prostate Cancer Research. Cremation has already taken place, and a funeral mass will be held in St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday, February 7, at 11 a.m., Father Lloyd O'Neil officiating. There will be a reception following the funeral service at his home, 15 St. Margaret's Bay Road, Halifax, from 2-5 p.m.
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