Farrell, Thomas2024-03-062024-03-062024-03This version has not been published previously.https://hdl.handle.net/11299/261459See the above abstract.In my 1,500-word review essay "Thomas J. Farrell's Draft of His Obituary, and Walter J. Ong's Thought," I present a draft of my obituary, including information about my life and my work on the thought of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003; Ph.D. in English, Harvard University, 1955). After the draft of my obituary, I present "Some Further Reflections" about my memorable year of living in Manhattan and teaching at the City College of the City of New York in 1975-1976.enThomas J. Farrell, Walter J. Ong, Mina P. Shaughnessy, Theodore L. Gross, Edward Quinn, Sarah D'EloiaScholarly Text or Essay