Collection: Thomas M. King, SJ papers | Georgetown University Archival Resources

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and source materials relating to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Also includes material (primarily printed articles and some memoranda) on abortion rights, Georgetown University student group GU Choice, and Catholic identity.

Dates

1963 - 2002
Majority of material found within 1981 - 1993

Creator

Jesuits. Maryland Province (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.

Biographical Note

Thomas Mulvihill King (1929-2009) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1951, Father King entered the Society of Jesus after earning a Bachelor’s degree in English at the University of Pittsburgh. He continued his studies as a Jesuit at Fordham University and Woodstock College and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1964. On completion of a doctorate in theology at the University of Strasbourg in 1968, Father King joined the faculty of the Theology Department at Georgetown University where he taught until a few years before his death in 2009.

Father King took a strong stance against abortion and euthanasia, co-foundeding the University Faculty of Life group aiming to create a dialogue on life issues in the academic community. He was also founder of the science and religion group Cosmos and Creation; as well as a member of Pax Christi, a group opposed to war and capital punishment. He was a scholar of the Trappist monk Thomas Merton, as well as Jesuit priest and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.