Edward A. Pace, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Priest and educator
Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1861
Date of Death: 26-Apr-1938
Profession: psychologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Edward A. Pace
- Edward A.
- Pace (July 3, 1861 – April 26, 1938) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of St.
- Augustine, Florida.
- He was the first native Floridian to be ordained a diocesan priest. Pace did his doctoral work in psychology in Germany with Wilhelm Wundt.
- He wrote his dissertation on Herbert Spencer and evolution. Pace was extensively involved with the early development of The Catholic University of America.
- He was the first professor of psychology at CUA, and was the founding dean of its School of Philosophy.
- He held several administrative positions throughout his career, and was involved with many of the University's academic initiatives.
- He was one of the general editors of the edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia completed in 1914.
- In addition, Pace contributed to the founding of Trinity College, Washington, D.C. In 1892 he became one of the first five psychologists elected to the American Psychological Association by its charter members.
- He was co-founder of the American Philosophical Association (1893), cofounder of the Catholic Philosophical Association (1926), co-founder and first editor of Catholic Educational Review (1911), cofounder and coeditor of the journal New Scholasticism (1926).
- Between 1907 and 1912 he was one of the leading editors of the fifteen-volume Catholic Encyclopedia.
- He was appointed by President Hoover to the National Advisory Committee on Education in 1926.Pace retired from CUA in 1935.
- After he died, Monsignor Edward Pace High School was established in Opa Locka, Florida.
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