But by the end of the hour-long presentation, many were actually glad they went.
The assembly’s purpose: To introduce them to a distinguished alumnus and renowned faculty member, a man whom they have never met and never will, not in this life, for he died in 2006.
That man was the Servant of God Father Bill Atkinson, O.S.A., a Bonner graduate and teacher until 2004, when his health forced him to retire. His cause for beatification is now underway.
