“Teaching was never Doctor O’Brien’s job. It’s always been his calling. He was made to do exactly what he’s been doing. How awesome is that? To do what you were meant to do. To be what you were meant to be. Is that not what we all hope for the most? To discover why we are here? To know our true purpose? Doctor O’Brien personifies that deepest hope come true; he is the embodiment of that hope in all of us.”
--Antonio Delgado at the Nov. 20, 2014 Retirement Dinner
Paul O’Brien taught English for forty-seven years at Notre Dame and Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School. Since leaving the classroom, he has remained active in a number of educational boards including the Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School Board, the St. Kateri Tekakwitha School Board, NYSEC, and NYSCEA. His hobbies include reading, writing, traveling, and meeting good friends at the Blue Ribbon Diner for breakfast or lunch. He lives with his wife Deborah in Niskayuna, New York.
