Talk:Daniel Berrigan

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Contents 1 Nobel Peace Prize 2 Berrigan "served" time at Berea College 3 NPOV 4 Citations Needed for Material 5 Cornell

[edit] Nobel Peace Prize

• Daniel and his brother Philip were... twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Being nominated for the Peace Prize is an honor, but it is not official and not necessarily prestigious. Any national legislator or about a third of the university professors in the world can make a nomination, and there have been as many as 140 some years. Nominators are requested to keep their nominations secret, so it's only those wishing publicity who make announcements. Altogether, I see no reason to keep it. No offense to the subject, this is a general Nobel Peace Prize "nominees" issue. -Willmcw 03:51, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Did they or did they not get nominated? If they did, mention it; otherwise don't. 218.170.156.153 07:48, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

The Nobel Committee doesn't disclose the names of nominees, only of laurates. RossPatterson 20:42, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Berrigan "served" time at Berea College

My senior year at Berea College, Daniel Berrigan had just been "sentenced" to teach gratis for a year (or was it a semester?) at Berea College, a sentence he pretty gladly accepted. Perhaps the author of this article could include this interesting fact about Berrigan's life? I was very upset that I was graduating and so could not take his class, but I was able to meet with him in a coffee shop on campus. Fascinating personality to go with a tremendous personal hisotry of activism and authorship. Also, you've left off his excellent book, The Dark Night of Resistance (1971).Soltera 18:55, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

This article is peppered with bias. It serves to do nothing but trumpet the greatness of Daniel Berrigan. Wikipedia's goal is not to cast either a white or black light on a given subject, but rather a gray one. I think any reasonable and rational wiki user can quickly recognize the absolute lack of neutrality here. If for some reason you cannot, let me know and I'll compose a list. Nibblesworth 04:23, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to fix it. -Will Beback · † · 05:01, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

The facts are clearly presented and referenced. Phrases like "illegally trespassed" are used. So I disagree. I've removed the tag. RossPatterson 20:46, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citations Needed for Material

I deleted this:

Howard Zinn, professor emeritus at Boston University, invited Berrigan to accompany him on a trip to Hanoi to negotiate the release of three U.S. pilots held prisoner by the North Vietnamese. Although the mission had a high chance of success, it was opposed by the FBI on the grounds that it violated their policy of non-negotiation with North Vietnam. J. Edgar Hoover went so far as to publicly call Zinn and Berrigan "traitors". U.S. planes even bombed locations where they were scheduled to be. Despite the opposition, three pilots were returned home. They were the first American POWs released unharmed by the North Vietnamese.

In order for this to be NPOV, the author needs to provide citations, and not original research. If you can provide citations, we still need to adjust the wording to balance it out. Nibblesworth 06:48, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cornell

I know that Berrigan held a position at Cornell University in the late 1960s before he went into hiding from the FBI in 1970. Not sure about the exact dates or job title (Catholic Chaplain?), nor do I have a source. Any help would be appreciated. Notmyrealname 22:06, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Found this source [1] and added it in. Notmyrealname 02:58, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Relative: Daniel Berrigan has a neice Frida Berrigan who lives in New York City and is a writer and peace activist. She is a Senior Policy Research Associate with the Wold Policy Institute in New York City and is affiliated with Johan House which was founded by her father Phillip Berrigan, Brother of Daniel Berrigan. http See ://www.jonahhouse.org/frida_index.htm ww.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/biofb.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Avunculator (talk • contribs) 18:36, 9 September 2007 (UTC)