Department of Biology Faculty - Rev. William Stang, M.D., M.Div, M.A.

Father Stang is a member of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, ordained in 1977. He joined the faculty at Saint Joseph’s College in 1977 and is now Professor of Biology.  He was Head Soccer Coach from 1977-1983 and has been faculty advisor for the Gallagher Charitable Society since 1988. He is a Medical Doctor and Microbiologist.  He is the Medical Technology advisor and one of the Pre-Medical program advisors at the College.  Father Stang teaches full time, is a priest in residence in Gallagher Hall and is a member of the College’s Board of Trustees.  Fr. Stang has been in the United States Army since 1986 with most of that service in the Indiana Army National Guard.  In the Guard he has served with the 113th Engineer Battalion, 38th Combat Aviation Brigade, 76th Separate Infantry Brigade, Headquarters of the 38th Infantry Division and Indiana Joint Forces Headquarters.  He has been mobilized for service for victim recovery after the air disaster in Roselawn in 1994, for Catholic support to the 101st Airborne and 3rd I.D. in Kosovo in 2001, with the 38th Infantry Division as Task Force Chaplain to Bosnia and Kosovo in 2004-5, for Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as Catholic Chaplain support to the XVIII Airborne Corps in Iraq in the summer of 2008, and to provide Catholic support for the nationwide Warrior Forge program at Fort Lewis in 2010. He was promoted to Colonel in 2007 and is now Indiana State Chaplain at Indiana Joint Forces Headquarters supervising the Chaplains, Chaplain Candidates and Chaplain Assistants of the Indiana Army and Air National Guard. Degrees and Certificates: - Doctor of Medicine, summa cum laude, from Indiana University Medical   School, 1987. - Master of Arts, (concentration in Microbiology and Immunology) from Indiana State University, 1981. - Master of Divinity, (concentration in Pastoral Counseling) from Catholic Theological Union, 1977. - Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Biology from Saint Joseph’s College, 1972. - Graduate, Command and General Staff College, top 10%, United States Army. - Certificate, Director of Religious Education, Diocese of Cleveland, 1977 - Certificate, Secondary Education in Biology, State of Ohio, 1972 - Two quarters Clinical Pastoral Education (concentration in mental health and juvenile delinquency), 1975 & 1982 To contact Fr. Stang, click Fr. William Stang M.D. Professional Resume

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