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| IN MEMORIAM — ERVING E. BEAUREGARD |
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Erving E. Beauregard, legendary professor of history, died
May 5
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DAYTON, OH (May 6, 2004) — Erving E. Beauregard, University
of Dayton professor emeritus of history and a prolific scholar, died
Wednesday evening, May 5. He was 83.
A memorial Mass will be
held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 10, at the Chapel of the Immaculate
Conception on the University of Dayton campus. Father James Heft,
S.M., will preside. A luncheon reception will follow in the Kennedy
Union Torch Lounge.
Dr. Beauregard earned an A.B. from the
University of Chicago in 1942, an M.A. from the University of
Massachusetts in 1945, and a Ph.D. from Union Institute in 1976.
Dr. Beauregard joined the University of Dayton history
department in 1947 and became professor emeritus in 1991. He served
as chair of the American Association of University Professors
Council of Private Institutions in Ohio from 1969 to 1971 and was
the president of the Ohio Conference of the American Association of
University Professors from 1971 to 1972. In 1972, he served as
president of the Ohio Academy of History.
A prolific author,
Dr. Beauregard researched and wrote more than 150 articles and
numerous books, including Old Franklin: The Eternal Touch,
History of Academic Freedom in Ohio and Reverend John Walker:
Renaissance Man. The biographer of John A. Bingham, principal
author of the 14th Amendment, Dr. Beauregard was also the author of
Bingham of the Hills. A world traveler, he was widely
published in African studies.
Most recently, he authored
chapters on the University of Dayton and Wilberforce University in
Cradles of Conscience, the history of Ohio’s independent
colleges and universities published in September by Kent State
University Press.
A resident of Xenia, Ohio, Dr. Beauregard
is survived by daughter Carolyne Beauregard-Shinkle of Sugarcreek
Township, son-in-law Robert P. Shinkle, granddaughter Caroline
Beauregard Shinkle and sister Rosaline Arventos of Palmer,
Mass.
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