Ronald Edward Modras
Theologian, educator
Born Aug. 23, 1937, Detroit (MI), U.S.; son of Edward and Ann (Adamowicz).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake (MI), 1959; Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.), St. John Seminary, Plymouth (MI), 1963; Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Detroit (MI), 1977; Theology Doctor (D.Th.), University of Tubingen (Germany), 1974.
Career: adjunct prof., University of Detroit, 1972-74, St. Mary's College, 1974-78; associate prof., St. John Seminary, prof., St. Louis University (MO), 1979 -.
Author: Paths to Unity, American Religion Today and Tomorrow, 1968; Paul Tillich's Theology of the Church, A Catholic Appraisal, 1976; co-author, Human Sexuality, New Directions in American Catholic Thought, 1979; The Catholic Church and Antisemitism: Poland 1933-1939, 1994; various articles on Polish - Jewish relations in books and journals.
Member of: charter member, National Pollish-American - Jewish-American Council, Chicago (IL); Catholic Theological Society of America; College Theological Society; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (member, Anti-Defamation Committee, Detroit, 1976-79); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); American Council of Polish Culture (A.C.P.C.); Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.)
Honors: grant, American Philosophical Association, National Endowments for Humanities (NEH), 1986; Micah Award, American Jewish Committee, 1988; fellow, Annenberg Research Institute.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, German, French, Italian.
Hobby: gardening.
Home: 6105 Mabley Hill, Fenton, MI 48430.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996