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| '''James J. Horgan, PhD''' was a history professor at ] in ] for 35 years, a historical society president, a Florida Historical Society board member, a prolific author and an NAACP chapter founder. He is listed as a ]. | '''James J. Horgan, PhD''' was a history professor at ] in ] for 35 years, a historical society president, a Florida Historical Society board member, a prolific author and an NAACP chapter founder. He is listed as a ]. | ||
| He was head of the History Department at Saint Leo College from the 1960s through the mid 1990s until just before his death due to cancer. Dr Horgan was loved and cherished as professor, friend, neighbor, intellectual (member of the Tampa chapter of Mensa), Civil Rights leader and philanthropist. | He was head of the History Department at Saint Leo College from the 1960s through the mid 1990s until just before his death due to cancer. Dr Horgan was loved and cherished as professor, friend, neighbor, intellectual (member of the Tampa chapter of Mensa), Civil Rights leader and philanthropist. | ||
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| The Florida Historical Society's James J. Horgan Award is named in his honor.<ref>http://myfloridahistory.org/society/awards</ref> Saint Leo University has a fund named in his honor.<ref></ref> | The Florida Historical Society's James J. Horgan Award is named in his honor.<ref>http://myfloridahistory.org/society/awards</ref> Saint Leo University has a fund named in his honor.<ref></ref> | ||
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| *Florida Decades: A Sesquicentennial History, 1845-1995 with Lewis N. Wynne (1995) | *Florida Decades: A Sesquicentennial History, 1845-1995 with Lewis N. Wynne (1995) | ||
| *The Historic Places of Pasco County (1992) | *The Historic Places of Pasco County (1992) | ||
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James J. Horgan, PhD was a history professor at St. Leo College in San Antonio, Florida for 35 years, a historical society president, a Florida Historical Society board member, a prolific author and an NAACP chapter founder. He is listed as a Great Floridian. He was head of the History Department at Saint Leo College from the 1960s through the mid 1990s until just before his death due to cancer. Dr Horgan was loved and cherished as professor, friend, neighbor, intellectual (member of the Tampa chapter of Mensa), Civil Rights leader and philanthropist.
Horgan authored "Pioneer College: The Centennial History of Saint Leo College, Saint Leo Abbey, and Holy Name Priory", chronicling with insightful anecdotes and personal relationship details, the history of the founding of Saint Leo in 1889 as a boys' preparatory school and its evolution over the following century to college status (now Saint Leo University).
Legacy
The Florida Historical Society's James J. Horgan Award is named in his honor. Saint Leo University has a fund named in his honor.
Bibliography
- Florida Decades: A Sesquicentennial History, 1845-1995 with Lewis N. Wynne (1995)
- The Historic Places of Pasco County (1992)
- City of Flight: The History of Aviation in St. Louis
- Social Justice: Teachings of Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and Muslims with Lucy Fuchs and Jeanine Jacob (1992)
- Pioneer college: The centennial history of Saint Leo College, Saint Leo Abbey, and Holy Name Priory (1989)
- The Reagan Years: Perspectives & Assessments (Saint Leo College Institute for Policy Studies) with Joseph A. Cernik (1988)
- Samuel Pasco of Pasco County (1987)
- Hail the passing, guard the tomb: Voter literacy tests (1982)