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    William Coleman Nevils SJ (May 29, 1878 – October 12, 1955) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit educator who became the head of numerous Jesuit...
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    themselves by publications like The Washington Post. University president W. Coleman Nevils (1928–1935) encouraged this, and he was known to have suggested the...
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  • written by W. Coleman Nevils, S.J. and published in 1953, Apostleship of Prayer, New York. "A Moulder of men" book by Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, SJ (link...
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    honorary Doctor of Law degree from Georgetown University president W. Coleman Nevils, the first woman awarded an honorary degree at the university. She...
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    preparatory school in the Scranton area. Led by the university's president, W. Coleman Nevils, the Jesuits renovated a building known as the “Annex” on the corner...
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    Walsh held this position only for one year, and was succeeded by W. Coleman Nevils. In 1919, given the Jesuits' recently established policy that the...
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    rector 1930-1933 20. William J. Devlin, S.J., rector 1933-1935 21. W. Coleman Nevils, S.J., rector 1935-1940 22. Francis A. McQuade, S.J., rector 1940-1945...
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    Bloc studies and a proficiency in Spanish. He received Georgetown's W. Coleman Nevils Award for U.S. Diplomatic History for his thesis, "Alfred Thayer Mahan's...
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    Lyons' presidency came to an end in 1928, and he was succeeded by W. Coleman Nevils. Upon the end of his leadership of Georgetown, Lyons joined the Jesuit...
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    holdings in various subjects had all been organized together. The end of Coleman Nevils' second term as president of Georgetown University was due in 1934....
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