The Rev . Brian J. O'Connell, a sociologist who was Dean of 1st. John's University's College of liberal arts and sciences and a former president of Niagara University, died on Monday at a hospital in Rockville centre, n.y. he was 80 and lived on the 1st. John's campus in the Jamaica section of queens.
The Rev . Brian O'Connell 80 Dean at 1st. John's University.