History of Brownsville, (Berks County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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A Biography of Neal Henry Gillespie

Neal Henry Gillespie, educator, was born in Brownsville, Pa., in 1832. He was a student in the first class graduated at the University of Notre Dame and the first to receive the A.B. and A.M. degrees from that institution. He entered the novitiate of the congregation of the Holy Cross in 1851; taught mathematics in the university, and in 1854 went to Rome where he completed his theological studies and was ordained a priest June 24, 1856. He was vice-president and director of studies at Notre Dame, 1856-59; president of the College of St. Mary of the Lake, Chicago, Ill., 1859-63; in Paris by direction of the order, 1863-66, and was spiritual director of several religious and literary societies connected with the University of Notre Dame and editor of the Ave Maria, 1866-74. He was a brother of Eliza Maria Gillespie (Mother Mary of St. Angela). He died at St. Mary of the Woods near Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 12, 1874.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor