About Dr. Raymond Jirran

Dr. Jirran has four degrees: 1959 A.B. Saint Joseph’s Seminary College in Washington, D.C. (with a concentration in philosophy); 1960 B.S. in Ed. (with a minor on General Science); 1961 M.A; 1972 Ph.D. with minors in Ancient, Medieval, Latin American, Colonial and U.S. History. His last three degrees are from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. He studied Latin and Homeric Greek at Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio and Latin and Koine Greek in the Seminary. He has been a member of the CCMA, in its various reincarnations such as the Newman Club, since 1959.