The post office at St. John’s University in Collegeville has a new name, the “Eugene J. McCarthy Post Office”. McCarthy was born in Watkins in 1916, where his father was a postmaster. McCarthy graduated from Saint John’s Preparatory School in 1932, and from St. John’s University in 1935. He was a U.S. Representative from 1949 to 1959, and served in the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971.