Archive for April, 2004
Spotlight on Bernard L. Brock: Distinguished Scholar, Teacher, and Mentor
James W. Chesebro1
This “spotlight” on Bernie Brock is an opportunity to consider Bernie’s contribution to the discipline of communication. But, it is also a time for remembrances and an opportunity to reveal past moments that reveal the origins and nature of Bernie’s scholarship.
So, how to begin this remembrance and celebration?
First, the most important of all [...]
The Absence and Presence of the Word: In Memory of Walter J. Ong, SJ
James W. Chesebro1
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 30, 1912, Walter J. Ong’s death, eight months ago, on August 12, 2003, at the age of 90 seemed, to me, premature. Let me explain why, first from a personal perspective, and then from a more scholarly orientation.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern [...]