Remembering Robert F. Drinan, S.J.

Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, The, Spring 2007 by Rotunda, Ronald D

shall die,

Take him and cut him out in little stars,

And he will make the face of heaven so fine

That all the world will be in love with night

And pay no worship to the garish sun.28

1. Press Release, Georgetown University, Georgetown Remembers Rev. Robert F. Drinan, S.J. (Jan. 29, 2007), http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=22251 [hereinafter Georgetown Press Release]. The facts in this dedication pertaining to the life and accomplishments of Robert F. Drinan, S.J., are derived from the countless obituaries that have been published since his death. see, e.g.. Rev. Robert Drinan, 86: Congressman Was Jesuit Priest with Antiwar Platform, miami herald, Jan. 30,2007, available at http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/obituaries/16576340.htm; Laura Brienza, Outspoken Priest, Politician Dies at 86, the hoya, Jan. 30, 2007, available at http://www.thehoya.com/news/013007/news3.cfm; Mark Feeney, Congressman-priest Drinan Dies, boston globe, Jan. 29, 2007, available at http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/01/29/congressman_priest_drinan_dies/; Pamela Leavey, Kerry, Kennedy, and Frank to Introduce Resolution with Mass. Delegation Honoring Father Drinan, the democratic daily, Jan. 29, 2007, http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=5208; Michael Levenson, Hundreds Remember Drinan at BC, boston globe, Feb. 4, 2007, available at http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/04/hundreds_remember_drinan_at_bc/; D. Craig MacCormack, Drinan Remembered Fondly in Framingham, metrowest daily news, Jan. 30, 2007, available at http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/homepage/8998969559826300927; Douglas Martin, Robert Drinan Dies at 86; Pioneer as Lawmaker Priest, N.Y. times, Jan. 30,2007, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/obituaries/30drinan.html7ex= 1327813200&en= 22e56d6a6ee3d53f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss; American Bar Association, Center for Human Rights, Biography of Robert F. Drinan, S.J., http://www.abanet.org/humanrights/leadership/biography/drinan.html (last visited Apr. 11, 2007); Boston College, Press Release, Robert F. Drinan, SJ, Former Congressman and Dean of Boston College Law School, Dies Aged 86, available at http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/07/drinan-obit.html; JTA: Global News Service of the Jewish People, Breaking News, Drinan mourned by Jewish Leaders, http://jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=6677 (last visited Apr. 13, 2007).

2. One of Bob Drinan's classmates was Daniel Berrigan, who later gained fame-or infamy-as a radical Jesuit peace activist. see Martin, supra note 1. Berrigan was a member of the Catonsville Nine, a group of nine Catholics who burned draft files to protest the Vietnam War. see generally murray polner & jim o'grady, disarmed and dangerous: the radical lives and times of daniel and philip berrigan (1997).

3. See Georgetown Press Release, supra note 1. In addition to receiving honorary degrees. Bob Drinan served as a visiting professor at four American universities. Id.

4. See Feeney supra note 1.