What is Don J. Briel?
[[File:Dr._Don_J._Briel.jpg|right|230px]] '''Donald Jonathan Briel''' (January 28, 1947 &ndash; February 15, 2018) was an American theologian. He was born in [[Ventura, California|Ventura]], [[California]]. Briel held the Blessed John Henry Newman Chair of Liberal Arts at the [[University of Mary]] in [[Bismarck, North Dakota]] from August 2014 until his death in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of St. Thomas Faculty: Dr. Don Briel|url=http://www.stthomas.edu/catholicstudies/faculty/briel.htm|access-date=2018-02-25|archive-date=2013-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516004639/http://www.stthomas.edu/catholicstudies/faculty/briel.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Briel was the founder of the [[Center for Catholic Studies (University of St. Thomas)|Center for Catholic Studies]] at the [[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|University of St. Thomas]] in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]]. He held the Koch Chair of Catholic Studies and served as Director from 1993 to 2014. Briel died of [[leukemia]] in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] on February 15, 2018 at the age of 71.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/don-briel-death-remarkable-last-days/|title=Death with Real Dignity {{!}} National Review|date=2018-02-16|work=National Review|access-date=2018-02-18|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217183249/https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/don-briel-death-remarkable-last-days/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Briel, Don J.}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from leukemia]] [[Category:American theologians]] [[Category:American Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Writers from California]] [[Category:People from Ventura, California]] {{US-bio-stub}}