Brother Richard Oliver, O.S.B, M.A. Curriculum Vitae

Summer 2006

(Brother) Richard Oliver, OSB, BA, MA

Curriculum Vitae

Education
Employment: Present * Former
Positions: Present * Former
Internet Websites * Print Publications

Date: 5 September 2012
Photos: 7/05 * 8/02 * 2/02 * 6/99 * 7/95 * 9/94 * 8/89 * 2/87

Present Address:

Saint John's Abbey
2900 Abbey Plaza
Collegeville, MN 56321-2015

Personal:

Born: 7 Nov. 1945
Philadelphia, PA

Solemn monastic vows:
11 July 1973
Collegeville, MN

Present Employment:

09/01/2016 -

Coordinator for Abbey Church Tours
Communications and Marketing
Saint John's Abbey
Collegeville, MN 56321-2015

Education:

Undergraduate:	B.A., LaSalle University (Philadelphia), 1968. Major: English (senior seminar: Late 19th cent. British Literature). Intermediate and advanced German; read French and Latin. ROTC, 1964-65.
Graduate school:	Forty-five graduate credits in theology, Saint John's University (MN), 1970-78.
Graduate degree:	M.A., The University of Iowa (Iowa City), 1974. School of Library Science's representative in the Graduate Student Senate.
Advanced study:	-Library trainee, Special Collections, Bodleian Library, Oxford University, 1979-80. +David McGregor Rogers (1917-1995), D.Phil., principal adviser. Non-matriculated Member, St. Benet's Hall. a Permanent Private Hall of Oxford University, 1907-2022. -1.5 hrs. CEU, University of Illinois, Allerton Park Institute: Conserving and Preserving Library Materials, 1981. -Bescheinigung, Goethe Institut, Boppard am Rhein, Germany, 1987. -Certificate, Saint Cloud Technical College, St. Cloud, MN, 16 June 1995. -Trainee, Web Development '97, DEC, Nashua, NH, 28 April - 2 May 1997. -HTML Writers Guild. Online courses in Dreamweaver, Cascading Style Sheets, ASP for Non-Programmers, Fireworks 4, Principles of Design. 1998-2007. -Certificate, CompuMaster. "The Conference on Web Site Development and Design," 0.7 hr. CEU, 18 May 2001. -HTML Writers Guild. "Web Animation with Flash MX/MX2004" Course Certificate, 2 December 2005. WordPress I and II, 2015-16. -Grant Proposal Writing Workshop. Philadelphia, 24-25 July 2006.

Former Employment :

08/17/2009 - 08/16/2016	Coordinator for Information and Records Conference of Major Superiors of Men 8808 Cameron St. Silver Spring, MD 20910 Tel: (301) 588-4030 x234 Website: <www.richoliver.us/>
06/01/08-07/31/09 and 02/07/02-07/31/09	Admin. Assistant to the Abbot and Obituary Writer Saint John's Abbey Collegeville, MN 56321-2015
09/01/98 - 06/30/99	Public Services Librarian, Alcuin Library
04/01/96 - 06/30/98	Webmaster - OSB, MN and CSB
04/01/96 - 06/30/98	Associate Director, CSBSJU Admission
01/28/92 - 03/31/96	Executive Assistant to VP/Dean of Admission College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University Collegeville, MN 56321-7155
05/01/87 - 12/31/91 Field Director for European Operations Hill Manuscript Museum & Library Saint John's Abbey and University	Responsibilities: Negotiate and supervise the microfilming of pre-1600 manuscript collections. European Report: 1987-92 1987 Tübingen 1987-88 Freiburg im Breisgau, Koeln; Lisboa, Portugal; 1988-89 Mainz; Sussex and Devon, UK; 1989-90 Frankfurt am Main 1990-91 Giessen 1991 Bremen.
1986-87; 1980-85; 1974-79; 1972-73 Reference/Rare Books Librarian Alcuin and Clemens Libraries Saint John's University	Responsibilities: Reference, 1979-85; 86-87 Rare Books, 1982-85; 86-87 Serials/Documents, 1974-76
1985-86 Field Director - England, Hill Manuscript Museum & Library	Responsibilities: Supervised filming of 500 medieval mss. at Durham Cathedral and University, and Ushaw College, England
1983-85	Monastic Dean Curator of Art (part time) for Saint John's Abbey and University

Positions (past):

06/13-18/2010: Lead Secretary, 50th General Chapter, American-Cassinese Congregation.

01/01/07 - 08/30/08: Abbey Guesthouse Volunteer Staff.

08/13/06 - 08/12/08: Past-President, American Benedictine Academy.

02/15/99 - 08/12/08: Coordinator, Benedictine Internet Technology.

05/14/01 - 06/30/08: Ex-officio, Communication and Publications Committee (SJA).

04/01/95 - 06/30/08: Webmaster, Saint John's Abbey.

07/01/01 - 06/30/07: Member, Board of Regents, Saint John's University.

08/15/04 - 08/13/06: President, American Benedictine Academy.

03/14/97 - 06/30/05: Member, Advisory Board of SisterSite (Women Religious).

08/10/02 - 08/15/04: Vice-President & President-elect, American Benedictine Academy.

01/01/02 - 01/01/04: Abbey Publicist, Saint John's Abbey.

01/25/00 - 12/31/02: Member, Advisory Committee (SistersOnline).

08/13/00 - 08/10/02: Member-at-Large, Governing Board of the American Benedictine Academy

07/01/00 - 06/30/01: Substitute (+Paul Schwietz osb, 4 May 2000), SJU Board of Regents

10/06/99 - 12/31/00: Member, Technology Committee (SistersOnline)

07/12/97 - 10/15/98: Co-Chair, The Benedictine Internet Commission

08/09/98 - 08/12/98: Co-Presenter, "The Pilgrim's Way in Cyberspace," American Benedictine Academy, St. Vincent Archabbey

02/12/96 - 06/30/98: Member, WWW Leadership Team (PIO, SJU).

10/04/95 - 06/30/00: Member, The Museum Leadership Council.

08/12/95 - 04/30/01: Chair, Committee on Electronic Publishing (Abbey)

09/01/92 - 06/09/98: Member, Board of Regents, (two 3-yr. terms, SJU).

05/20/98 - 06/08/98: Member, The Admission Website Development Concept Team.

04/01/97 - 04/10/98: Member, Liturgical Press Committee (Abbey).

10/13/97 - 02/24/98: Member, Lawson Administrative Grant Committee.

10/20/95 - 09/01/97: Member, Advisory Group of The Learnscape Project.

04/04/94 - 07/15/97: Recording Secretary, Corporate Planning Committee (OSB, MN).

06/25/97 - 07/01/97: Participant, Ecumenical Consultation: Virtues for an Ecumenical Heart, IECR.

08/01/95 - 06/30/97: Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Monastic Conversatio (Abbey).

01/14/97 - 01/16/97: Co-presenter, Monastic Forum (Technology), St. Meinrad, Indiana.

10/11/96 - 10/15/96: Lawson Grant Recipient: EDUCOM '96, Philadelphia, PA

07/18/95 - 02/12/96: Member, CSB and SJU Home Page Revision Group.

03/14/95 - 04/05/95: Chair, Student Employee of the Year Committee.

10/29/94 - 11/04/95: Lawson Grant Recipient: EDUCOM '94, San Antonio, TX

08/18/94 - 03/15/95: Member, Kacmarcik [Art and Book] Collection Advisory Committee.

02/02/94 - 03/14/94: Member, Student Employee of the Year Committee.

07/28/92 - 07/28/93: Chair, Corp. Taskforce on Health Care at Saint John's.

10/29/93 - 01/21/93: Member, Joint Performance Appraisal Committee.

05/07/92 - 09/08/92: Member, Corporate Committee on the Performance Appraisal of Administrators.

Select Internet Contributions and Collaborations:

Art, Photography, and History

"Arms of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas"
"Arms of the State of Minnesota"
"Cybermonk Fotolog"
"Ellis Augustus Oliver (1872-1937), Philadelphia artist" - my grandfather
"Rievaulx's Public Gallery" - my Picasa Web
"Saint Benedict: Attributed arms" and other heraldic stained glass
"Saint Richard of Chichester (1197-1253)"
"The Scumblers and their Shack in Bucks County, PA"
"William A. Hofstetter (1883-1970), Master of Sunlight and Shadow" - Philadelphia artist and teacher

Benedictine

"Benedictines in Cyberspace" (PowerPoint Presentation for Friends of St. Benedict, fall 2002)
"Bibliography for Students of the Rule of Saint Benedict" by S. Aquinata Böckmann OSB.
Gemma Caelestis, Latin hymn in honor of Saint Benedict
Geographic Database for the Order of St. Benedict
"Gregorian Chant," bibliography and websites.
Monastic E-Mail Directory

Corporate

Personal

Robert Koopman OSB, musician and educator
Neal Laloo OSB, potter
Richard Oliver OSB, webweaver
Hugh Witzmann OSB, sculptor

Web/Internet

Publications:

Ojeda-Zapata, Julio.

"Elegant guesthouse beckons travelers at St. John's University," Photographs by Brother Richard Oliver OSB. St. Paul Pioneer Press: Travel section (14 October).

Oliver, Richard OSB.

"Saint John's and the American Benedictine Academy," The Abbey Banner 4:3 (Winter 2004) 14-15.

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"Message from the President," American Monastic Newsletter (October 2004 to June 2006).

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"Father James Hansen, OSB, 1974-1934," Sagatagan Seasons 2:4 (Winter 2000) 4. Based on archival resources.

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"Where to Find Liturgical Information on the Internet," ML: Modern Liturgy (August 1996; now Ministry and Liturgy).

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"Durham: Ancient Cathedral and Fortress, Modern Host to Microfilm Library," Saint John's Abbey Quarterly IV:2 (April 1986) 6-7.

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Saint John's Trails Map: Text. Collegeville, 1993; rev. 2002.

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"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: Frances of Rome." 18:1 (Spring 2018), 26-27.

"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: Bernard of Clairvaux." Abbey Banner 18:2 (Fall 2018), 20-21.

"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: Walburga." Abbey Banner 18:3 (Winter 2018), 26-27.

"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: Anselm of Canterbury." Abbey Banner 19:1 (Spring 2019), 26-27.

"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: John Gualbert." Abbey Banner 19:2 (Fall 2019) 24-25.

"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: Blessed Columba Marmion." Abbey Banner 19:3 (Winter 2019) 26-27.

"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: Anthony of the Desert." Abbey Banner 20:1 (Spring 2020) 24-25.

"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: Edmund the Martyr." Abbey Banner 20:2 (Fall 2020) 18-19.

"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: Blessed Alcuin of York." Abbey Banner 20:3 (Winter 2020) 26-27.

"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: Blessed Ildefonso Schuster." Abbey Banner 21:1 (Spring 2021) 26-27.

"Lives of the Benedictine Saints: Benedict of Aniane." Abbey Banner 21:2 (Fall 2021), 24-25.

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Several reviews of religious books in Library Journal (1974-76).

Zaleski, Jeff.

The Soul of Cyberspace. San Francisco: HarperEdge, 1997. Interviewed by the author, p. 113-120.

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