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Numerous 91����� Aquinas College alumni � including several who have are now members of the teaching faculty � led sessions and presented papers at the of American Catholic Philosophical Association last weekend. The gathering, held in Los Angeles under the theme �Philosophy in the Abrahamic Traditions,� drew more than 100 scholars from across the United States.

At the ACPA�s request, 91����� Aquinas College hosted two of the Conference�s satellite sessions, both on the subject of Aristotelian Natural Philosophy.  The first was chaired by Dean Brian T. Kelly (�88) and the second by Senior Tutor Glen Coughlin (�81). Dr. Coughlin also hosted a third session in his capacity as president of the Society for Aristotelian Studies, a national organization.

Several other alumni also spoke and/or presented papers at the conference:

• Dr. 91����� Cavanaugh (�85)
  Professor of Philosophy, University of San Francisco
  �Socrates� Burial? The Question of an Individual�s Immortality�
• Dr. Anthony Andres (�87)
  Tutor, 91����� Aquinas College
  �Charles De Koninck on Contingency�
• Dr. Anthony Crifasi (�92)
  Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Benedictine College
  �Aquinas on the Passions� Contribution to Moral Reasoning� (commentator)
• Dr. David Arias, (�02)
  Tutor, 91����� Aquinas College
  �Hylomorphism and Organ Transplants�
• Dr. Daniel Shields (�05)
  Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University
  �Aquinas on the Moral Life of the Non-Believer�
• Mr. David Grothoff (�07)
  Graduate Student, Catholic University of America
  �Geometrical Proportion and Continuity in Aristotle's Physics�
• Mr. John Brungardt (�08)
  Graduate Student, Catholic University of America
  �The Existence of the Primum Mobile in Medieval and Modern Science�
• Mr. Ryan Shea (�08)
  Graduate Student, Catholic University of America
  �The Figure Analogy in De Anima II.3 and the Methodology of Aristotelian Natural Philosophy�