Dr. Robert Preston
Comments on Ideas Have Consequences
During November-December 1994, Dr. Preston recorded five audio cassette tapes of comments on Richard Weaver's 1948 work Ideas Have Consequences. These records are a gift from 2010 Abbey alumnus Christopher Ragusa. More information about these lectures can be found in the metadata below.
Comments on Fides et Ratio
During June 1999, Dr. Preston recorded one audio cassette of comments on Pope St. John Paul II's encyclical Fides et Ratio, or Faith and Reason. These records are a gift from 2010 Abbey alumnus Christopher Ragusa. More information about these lectures can be found in the metadata below.
Comments on Veritatis Splendor
Dr. Robert Preston recorded three cassette tapes about Pope Saint John Paul II's encyclical Veritatis Splendor, or The Splendor of Truth, at the request of his son in 1994. The Abbot Vincent Taylor Library acquired these tapes of Dr. Preston in 2015. More information about these lectures can be found in the metadata below.
Full-text access to Veritatis Splendor is available at the Vatican's website.
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Weaver-Ingersoll Symposium
On October 19-20, 2007, the Bradley Institute of Belmont Abbey College hosted the 25th annual Weaver-Ingersoll Symposium, featuring 2007 Ingersoll Prize Winner Dr. Peter Lawler. The symposium featured nine lectures from as many speakers, of which Dr. Preston's is the first. These records are a gift from 2010 Abbey alumnus Christopher Ragusa. More information about these lectures can be found in the metadata below; to access any of the other lectures, please contact the library.
About Dr. Preston
"Dr. Robert Preston, President Emeritus of Belmont Abbey College, is a graduate of Belmont Abbey’s first graduating class as a senior college in 1953. A native of Richmond, VA, Dr. Preston was educated by the monks of Belmont Abbey also at Benedictine High School there. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, and embarked on a career which included faculty and senior administrative offices at several colleges and universities. In 1995, at a critical time in the College’s history, Dr. Preston assumed the Presidency of Belmont Abbey College. He not only stabilized the institution’s financial position during his tenure as chief executive officer, but also called the College to focus anew on its Benedictine and Catholic mission. In addition, he started the Bradley Institute for the Study of Christian Culture, named in honor of his undergraduate mentor and predecessor as President, Father John Bradley. Following his term as President, Dr. Preston continued to offer classes in Ethics and Metaphysics until his retirement in 2009."
- Belmont Abbey College Academic Catalogue, 2009-10
Spire Yearbook, 1949
College Freshman
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Spire Yearbook, 1950
College Sophomore
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Spire Yearbook, 1953
College Senior
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