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'''William J. Whalen''' was a well known American non-fiction writer and an expert on comparative religion.<ref>[http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2009/wwhalen_masonry_sept09.asp Ignatius Press]</ref>
Whalen attended the University of Notre Dame and received degrees from Marquette and Northwestern. He was an informtion officer with the Navy during World War II and served in Saipn and Guam.<ref>[http://www.fgcquaker.org/library/welcome/whalen.html Quaker Library]</ref>
For over forty years Whalen worked at Purdue University as a professor of communications. Since 1950 he also directed the publications program at that school.
Professor Whalen is the author or co-author of 13 books and more than 200 articles, pamphlets, and encyclopedia entries. He is a Roman Catholic.
Whalen wrote over two hundred articles, fifteen books, and numersous pamphlets and encyclopedia articles.
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