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Abbot Vincent Bataille Awarded Marmion's Distinguished Service Award
Former president, dean of students and admissions director recognized for his years of service.
Abbot Vincent Bataille, OSB of Marmion Abbey & Academy was named the recipient of Marmion Academy’s Fr. Alcuin Deck Distinguished Service Award for the first semester of the 2013-2014 academic year.
The award is presented to an individual in recognition of outstanding contribution and faithful service to Marmion Academy and in gratitude for exemplifying a spirit of charity and dedication as a member of the Marmion faculty and staff.
Abbot Vincent’s record of service to the Academy is lengthy and distinguished.
He served as an Instructor at the Academy, at both the Lake Street and Butterfield Road campuses, from 1965 until 1989. He taught Algebra, Geometry, English, Theology, French and Spanish. He served as a dormitory prefect at the resident school for 18 years. He was choral director and bus driver for most of these years and also served for several years as admissions director.
He became Dean of Students in 1981, until he was asked to take up duties as superior of San Jose Priory in Guatemala in 1988.
When he was elected abbot of Marmion Abbey in 1991, he became president of the academy, serving in that position until he stepped down as abbot in 2010.
During those years, Vincent oversaw many key transitions of the academy, including the institution of alternate leadership programs, the closing of the residential school, and the transition to a lay Headmaster.
