John Thomas Nichol
History educator
Born Jan. 3, 1928, Dorchester (MA), U.S.; son of John and Felixa (Kosmaciewska); married Dorothy (Jashinska); children: Jonathan, Jacqueline.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), Gordon College, Wenham (MA), 1949; Master of Arts (M.A.), 1953, Ph.D., 1965, Boston University (MA); Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.), 1953, Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.), 1954, Harvard University, Cambridge (MA).
Career: assistant prof., Gordon College, 1954-60; associate prof., Northeastern University College of Pharmacy, Boston, 1960-62; associate prof., 1962-71, vice president for academic affairs, 1971-85, prof., 1985 -, Bentley College, Waltham (MA).
Author: Pentecostalism: The Story of the Growth and Development of a Vital New Force in American Protestantism, 1965; articles in: Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, Encyclopedia Americana, 1982.
Member of: secretary, treasurer, Church of the Good Shepherd, South Boston (MA), since 1953; Organization of American Historians; American Historical Association (AHA); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Kosciuszko Foundation.
Honors: Alumnus of the Year, Gordon College and Gordon Divinity School, 1967; exchange scholar, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1970; senior lecturer in American history at University of Warsaw, Fulbright Associate's, 1991-92.
Affiliation: Independent. Episcopalian.
Language: English.
Hobbies: tennis, hiking, travel.
Home: 17 Berrywood Lane, Beverly, MA 01915.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996