Edward B. Bunn, SJ Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-200201
The Edward B. Bunn, SJ Papers contain materials that are unrelated to or predate his administrative positions at Georgetown University, including personal correspondence, genealogical notes, and speeches made while president of Loyola College and regional director of colleges and universities for the Jesuits' Maryland Province. Of note is a letter regarding his appointment as president of Loyola College in 1938 (folder 2).
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Fr. Edward B. Bunn (1896-1972) was born in Baltimore to parents Sebastian (1873-1897) and Philomena “Minnie” Fortman Bunn (1873-1955) alongside sister Eleanor (1898-1972). There he attended Loyola High School (1910-1913), now Loyola Blakefield, before entering Loyola College (Baltimore, 1913-1917). After receiving a BA there, he entered the Society of Jesus at Woodstock-on-Hudson (Yonkers, 1917-1919) and then moved to St. Andrew-on-Hudson (Poughkeepsie, 1920-1921). Next Fr. Bunn completed his scholasticate at Woodstock (1922-1923) and was stationed at St. John’s College (Fordham, 1924-1926) as a professor of drama. Completing his theological studies at Woodstock (1927-1930), during which he was ordained (1929) and received a PhD from Gregorian University (1930), he then was briefly dean of boys at Brooklyn Preparatory School (1931).
Fr. Bunn moved on to Canisius College (Buffalo, 1932-1935) and Fordham (1936-1938) as a professor of psychology. In 1938 he became rector (or president) of his alma mater Loyola College, a position that he held until 1947. During this time he was also the regional director of colleges and universities for the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus (1944-1952). In 1948 he was assistant director of the Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of Scranton before becoming the regent of the dental and nursing schools at Georgetown University (1949-1952). From 1952 to 1964 he held the position of president of Georgetown and from 1965 to 1972 he was chancellor of the university. He died in 1972.
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box)
English
Latin
Likely transferred from the Georgetown University Jesuit residence after his death in 1972.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository