On This Date in Minnesota History: September 11

September 11, 1901 – Father Vincent J. Flynn was born in, Avoca, Minn., on this date.

He was appointed President of the College of St. Thomas and St. Thomas Military Academy, following the resignation of Fr. James H. Moynihan in January 1944, and formally installed as president on April 27, 1944.

http://www.stthomas.edu/libraries/collections/special/collections/archives/vflynn.html

Father Vincent J. Flynn

http://www.stthomas.edu/125/presidents.