Brother Eugene Lappin, FSC papers (RG21.8)

Biographical Note

Brother Eugene Lappin, FSC was born John Peter Lappin September 27, 1935 to Patrick and Lena (Prior) Lappin in Brooklyn, New York. In 1953 he entered the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Brothers or Christian Brothers, in Barrytown, New York.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Spanish at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1958. In 1960 he pronounced his final vows, and then went on to earn Masters degree in French and Spanish from the Catholic University in 1961. He earned a Doctorate in Romance languages from Harvard University in 1975.

Brother Eugene's assignments took him all over the world, including service at the De La Salle Generalate in Rome. He taught at colleges in Illinois and Pennsylvania as well as at La Salle Academy in Providence and at schools in Ethiopia.

In the spring of 1992 he became an instructor in the Ph.D. program at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. He chaired the English and Languages departments for six years. He was on the faculty of Salve Regina until his death on May 13, 2005 at the Christian Brothers Center in Narragansett, Rhode Island.