CORBY, WILLIAM: 1833-1897.
Born in Detroit, Mich., Oct. 2, 1833, William Corby entered the University of Notre Dame at the page: 72[View Page 72] age of nineteen. One year later he joined the Congregation of the Holy Cross, in 1859 was appointed Prefect of Discipline of the institution, and in 1860 was ordained to the priesthood.
During the Civil War he served as chaplain to the 88th New York Regiment of the Irish Brigade. After the war he returned to Notre Dame, where he taught and served a term as president. He was elected to the office of Provincial-General of the Congregation of the Holy Cross in the U. S. and was subsequently chosen First Assistant General for the Order in all parts of the world. He died in 1897.
Information from the University of Notre Dame Library.
- Memoirs of Chaplain Life. Notre
Dame, 1894.
