Professor emeritus and former library director Rev. Joseph P. Browne, C.S.C., passed away on October 30, 2016, at 87 years of age. The University remembers Fr. Browne for his years of service to the University and as director of the Clark Library until his retirement in 1994. A University museum and archives memorial post about Fr. Browne’s work at the University and in the local community can be found at this link.
To complement the online display, there will be a memorial display for Fr. Browne in the first floor display case of Buckley Center, across from the studies abroad office. The collection of photographs, articles, and some of Fr. Browne’s memorabilia will be available for viewing early in the week of November 14.
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu, or x8038.
Rev. Joseph Browne, C.S.C., died at Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Ind. on Sunday, October 30, 2016. Fr. Browne was assigned to the University of Portland in 1964, where he served as chairman of the Department of Library Science and director of the Wilson Clark Memorial Library. He left his position in 1973 but returned in 1975 and served as director of the library until he retired in 1994. He then became Pastor of St. Birgitta parish in Portland for more than a decade. Fr. Browne was a nationally recognized expert in the field of parliamentary procedure. After suffering a stroke in September 2004, he moved back to the Holy Cross Community at the University of Portland, moving permanently to Holy Cross House in 2009. Our prayers and condolences to his family and Holy Cross colleagues.