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Tom Cornell was born on 11 April, 1934 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is an American peace activist (1934–2022). Discover Tom Cornell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?
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Peace activist, poverty worker |
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88 years old |
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Aries |
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11 April, 1934 |
| Birthday |
11 April |
| Birthplace |
Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Date of death |
1 August, 2022 |
| Died Place |
Poughkeepsie, New York |
| Nationality |
United States
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Tom Cornell Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Tom Cornell's Wife?
His wife is Monica
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Monica |
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2 |
Tom Cornell Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Tom Cornell worth at the age of 88 years old? Tom Cornell’s income source is mostly from being a successful activist. He is from United States. We have estimated Tom Cornell's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Thomas C. Cornell (April 11, 1934 – August 1, 2022) was an American journalist and a peace activist against the Vietnam War and the Iraq War.
He was an associate editor of the Catholic Worker and a deacon in the Catholic Church.
Cornell was born on April 11, 1934, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
He went to Fairfield University, then Fairfield College.
While at Fairfield, he read The Long Loneliness, the autobiography of Dorothy Day, which inspired him to join the Catholic Worker movement.
In 1953 when Cornell was 19, he joined the Catholic Worker community in New York, where he served those in need at Maryhouse and St. Joseph House, two Catholic Worker locations in the East Village of Manhattan.
He became a writer and editor for the Catholic Worker newspaper.
He was the managing editor of the newspaper from 1962 to 1964.
Dorothy Day gave him the job just as she was leaving on a trip to Cuba, telling him "You'll figure it out."
Cornell led the first protest against the Vietnam War, which started with only two people from the Catholic Worker, himself and Chris Kearns, on July 16, 1963, in Union Square in New York City.
In ten days their protest grew to 250 and was the first nationally televised Vietnam War protest.
As US military engagement was intensifying in Vietnam, Cornell founded the Catholic Peace Fellowship with Jim Forest in which they worked counseling Catholic conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War, before going on to counsel anyone with draft issues with the aid of Center on Conscience & War, an organization dedicated to defending and extending the rights of conscientious objectors, claiming a "very high" success rate.
He also called the first corporate act of resistance to the Vietnam draft, when he and five others, including David McReynolds, burned their draft cards, November 6, 1965, in Union Square, New York City.
In 1967, Cornell signed a public statement declaring his intention to refuse to pay income taxes in protest against the U.S. war against Vietnam.
Later, he became a sponsor of the War Tax Resistance project, which practiced and advocated tax refusal as a form of protest against the war.
In 1972, Cornell took part in a meeting which led to the establishment of Pax Christi.
During his years of activism, Cornell was a member of the executive staff of Fellowship of Reconciliation, the executive committee of Pax Christi USA, the War Resisters League, and the Workers' Defense League.
In 1988, Cornell was ordained a deacon in the Archdiocese of Hartford.
At the Fourth World Congress in 2000, he served as Pope John Paul II's deacon at a Mass of Christ the King in St. Peter's Square.
In his retirement, he lived with his wife Monica at the Peter Maurin Farm in Marlboro, New York.
He died at the age of 88 on August 1, 2022, at a nearby hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York.
He continued in his opposition to the Iraq War, having visited that country before the invasion in December–January 2003 and again after in 2004.
His reports were published in The Catholic Worker.
He urged that military chaplains be trained in the law regarding conscientious objection and give positive support to claimants.
