St. Bonaventure University

St. Bonaventure University president dies of COVID-19 complications

Dennis R. DePerro, the 21st president of St. Bonaventure University, died of COVID-19 complications March 1. He was 62.

From left: Franciscan Fr. Peter Biasiotto, Lawrence Kenney, Thomas Merton, Dennis Lane and Franciscan Fr. Gabriel Naughton in front of Devereux Hall, where Merton lived while at St. Bonaventure's College in Allegany, New York (F. Donald Kenny)

Memories of Merton's path linger at St. Bonaventure University

By Patricia Lefevere

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