Midtown in St. Louis, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Walter Ong, S.J.
Photographed By Jason Voigt, January 9, 2020
1. Walter Ong, S.J. Marker
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Walter Ong, S.J. (1912-2003), entered the Society of Jesus in 1935, receiving his master's degree in English at Saint Louis University in 1941 and his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1955. He remained at SLU as a teacher and prodigious internationally renowned renaissance scholar for the next 30 years, publishing hundreds of books, chapters, reviews, articles and poems. Father Ong tackled important themes, such as the impact of writing upon human thought. He was especially interested in media ecology, the interplay of media that surrounds us every day, and he famously argued that different modes of language , oral, written, electronic , shape consciousness.
Walter Ong, S.J. (1912-2003), entered the Society of Jesus in 1935, receiving his master's degree in English at Saint Louis University in 1941 and his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1955. He remained at SLU as a teacher and prodigious internationally renowned renaissance scholar for the next 30 years, publishing hundreds of books, chapters, reviews, articles and poems. Father Ong tackled important themes, such as the impact of writing upon human thought. He was especially interested in media ecology, the interplay of media that surrounds us every day, and he famously argued that different modes of language — oral, written, electronic — shape consciousness.
Location. 38° 38.19′ N, 90° 14.09′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Midtown. Marker can be reached from Lindell Boulevard just west of North Grand Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. Marker is outside Pius XII Memorial Library, which is on the campus of Saint Louis University. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3650 Lindell Boulevard, Saint Louis MO 63108, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 4, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 130 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on February 4, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. 2. submitted on February 5, 2020, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
