- ST.
NORBERT ABBEY
- DE
PERE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A.
- Rev.
William H. Millay, O. Praem.
- b. Tuesday, Nov. 29,
1870 – d. Sunday, Sept. 22, 1940
Our brother
William Millay was born in Menominee Falls
Wisconsin
in 1870. After being a Holy Cross
brother from 1890 until 1895, he came to the college as a layman to teach in
1903. William joined the Order in
1905 and was solemnly professed in 1910.
Given the
religious name Hermann-Joseph, he held the position of rector of the college
from 1913 until 1927, when he took up the pastorate of Sacred Heart in Vancouver
, Canada. In 1935, he was appointed
to Southeast Catholic, in ’36, he was back in Vancouver
, and in ’38, back at Southeast. His
influence on the students at Southeast was such that when the alumni association
of the school was formed, they chose the name "The Millay Club."
William died at St.
Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia on Sunday, September 22, 1940 at the age of 69.
