Both of my brothers went to Seton Hall. Not I. My SAT scores were not high enough. Fond memories, nonetheless, as my friends and I, spent many hours in the late 60s at SHU playing Bball in the gym on Saturdays and then hiding in the men’s room some hours before the college home games. When the doors opened for the game we’d come out of hiding and get a good seat. Then, we would go home and watch the game, delayed tape not live on TV. Sometimes we would see ourselves on TV near the court, a few hours after the game was over. Big thrill, right? Nick “the Quick” Workman was the star for the Hall back then. And, a few years before, when the Hall played Providence College (I think it was), or RI University, I missed seeing my friend, Bob Boehme, playing? I think. Rhode Island U was always on the tab to play Seton Hall. He (Bob Boehme) is a very big man and a traditional Catholic, an airplane pilot, from (you guessed it) New Jersey.
Aleteia, Philip Kosloski: When secular universities are founded, they are often named after someone of local significance. Harvard University, for example, is named after John Harvard, an early benefactor of the school. For Catholic universities, they are usually named after a Catholic saint. Notre Dame is an example of a university named (in French) after the Blessed Mother. Story is here.
