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{{Infobox person
|name=Thomas Francis "Tom" McGovern
(Former priest who became a professor of psychiatry and the director of the Center of Ethics, Humanity, and Spirituality at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock)
|image=Tom McGovern of TX.jpg
|birth_date=June 4, 1935
|birth_place=[[Ireland]]
|death_date=March 21, 2022
|death_place=[[Lubbock]], [[Texas]]
|spouse=Toni McGovern<br>
One daughter, Lexie}}
'''Thomas Francis McGovern,'' known as '''Dr. Tom McGovern''' (June 4, 1935 – March 21, 2022), was an [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[United States|American]] [[Roman Catholic]] priest based in [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]], who left the ministry and became a [[professor]] of [[psychiatry]] and the director of the Center of Ethics, Humanity, and Spirituality at the [[Texas Tech University]] Health Sciences Center in [[Lubbock]]. He held an Ed.D. degree and worked at the medical center for forty years.<ref name=obit>Thomas Francis McGovern Obituary - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (lubbockonline.com), accessed April 1, 2022.</ref>
'''Thomas Francis McGovern,'' known as '''Dr. Tom McGovern''' (June 4, 1935 – March 21, 2022), was an [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[United States|American]] [[Roman Catholic]] priest based in [[Amarillo]], [[Texas]], who left the ministry and became a [[professor]] of [[psychiatry]] and the director of the Center of Ethics, Humanity, and Spirituality at the [[Texas Tech University]] Health Sciences Center in [[Lubbock]]. He held an Ed.D. degree and worked at the medical center for forty years.<ref name=obit>Thomas Francis McGovern Obituary - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (lubbockonline.com), accessed April 1, 2022.</ref>
==Career==
According to his obituary, McGovern made a point of speaking with everyone, including the custodians, food preparers, and nurses as well as the physicians. Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike said of McGovern, "No one knew what his job description was. It didn't matter, because his real job was being the beating heart of TTUHSC (& beyond)."<ref name=obit/>
According to his obituary, McGovern made a point of speaking with everyone, including the custodians, food preparers, and nurses as well as the physicians. Dr. Sharmila Dissanaike said of McGovern, "No one knew what his job description was. It didn't matter, because his real job was being the beating heart of TTUHSC (& beyond)."<ref name=obit/>
For four years, McGovern hosted the [[radio]] program, ''Faith Matters,'' carried by KTTZ-FM 89.1 in Lubbock. As host, he made each guest feel comfortable behind the microphone. McGovern made a point of starting every event on time and ending early.
For four years, McGovern hosted the [[radio]] program, ''Faith Matters,'' carried by KTTZ-FM 89.1 in Lubbock. As host, he made each guest feel comfortable behind the microphone. McGovern made a point of starting every event on time and ending early.
McGovern himself was active for forty-seven years in the substance abuse recovery program.
McGovern himself was active for forty-seven years in the substance abuse recovery program and was "comfortable openly sharing his struggles and the gift that his recovery provided him to give back to others who struggled. He had the ability to be with people at their weakest/darkest moments. He loved them unconditionally and accepted whatever they were going through fully."<ref name=obit/>
"He was comfortable openly sharing his struggles and the gift that his recovery provided him to give back to others who struggled. He had the ability to be with people at their weakest/darkest moments. He loved them unconditionally and accepted whatever they were going through fully."<ref name=obit/>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==