Ralph McInerny was the Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies and Director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his Ph.D. at Laval University, and was the author ofย The Logic of Analogyย (Martinus Nijhoff, 1961),ย Thomism in an Age of Renewalย (Doubleday, 1966),ย St. Thomas Aquinasย (Twayne Publishers, 1977),ย Ethica Thomisticaย (Catholic University of America Press, 1982),ย A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas: A Handbook for Peeping Thomistsย (University of Notre Dame Press, 1990),ย Boethius and Aquinasย (Catholic University of America Press, 1990),ย Aquinas on Human Actionย (Catholic University of America Press, 1992),ย The Question of Christian Ethicsย (Catholic University of America Press, 1993), andย Aquinas Against the Averroistsย (Purdue University Press, 1993). Professor McInerny was a fellow of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas and past president of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, the American Metaphysical Society and the American Catholic Philosophical Association. In 1999-2000 Professor McInerny delivered the Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow.