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John P. Collins
: John Collins is a retired educator who served in the US Army during the Korean War. He graduated from jump school in June 1951 and was assigned to the 508th Regimental Combat Team. During a regim...voir plus: John Collins is a retired educator who served in the US Army during the Korean War. He graduated from jump school in June 1951 and was assigned to the 508th Regimental Combat Team. During a regimental jump, he was injured and assigned to the Eighth Army in Korea for eighteen months.
After the army, John finished college and received three graduate degrees, including a PhD from Boston College. After thirty-seven years in public and private schools, he retired as a school superintendent and served as a faculty member for fourteen years at Worcester State University, College of the Holy Cross, and the International Education Program Inc.
John has published a monthly newspaper column for eleven years and has published many religious and literary articles related to Thomas Merton in scholarly journals. He has also contributed chapters for two books. John facilitated an International Thomas Merton Society Chapter at St. Mary’s Parish in Shrewsbury, MA for eleven years and currently is the facilitator of a ITMS Chapter at Shirley Correctional Institution. John is a co-producer of a cable TV program on Thomas Merton.
John’s wife, Pauline died in 1979 from cancer. He is the proud father of two sons, two daughters and seven grandchildren.voir moins