Robert “Boots” Chouinard: From Battlefields to Boston College
Robert Chouinard ’50 dreamed of a college football career. After getting drafted into the Army, he thought his opportunity was lost, but it was only just beginning.
Barry Family/Goldman Sachs Endowed Professor in Nursing
Connell School of Nursing’s Christopher Lee, a cardiovascular nurse scientist, is named to the endowed chair
Boston College Receives Gift to Endow Head Ski Coaching Position
Boston College Athletics has received a $1.25 million gift from James “Jim” Maher ’71 to endow a full-time head coaching position for the BC skiing program. The James R. Maher Head Ski Coach Endowment will help propel a program that has made great strides in recent years.
The New Dean
On January 15, Odette Lienau, global political economist, legal scholar, and humanist will become the first woman to lead BC Law as the inaugural Marianne D. Short, Esq., Dean.
School of Theology and Ministry receives gift to establish endowed chair
A gift intention will establish the Clifford and Kitz Chair in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, in honor of STM Professor Emeritus Richard J. Clifford, S.J.
BC leading the way in Pell grant graduation rates
Boston College placed fourth in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of private colleges and universities with the best six-year graduation rates for Pell Grant students.
Boston College Receives Gift to Endow Women’s Hockey Head Coaching Position
BC Athletics has received a $3.5 million gift from Thomas “Tom” Rattigan ’60 and Jane Rattigan for the Jane Rattigan Head Women’s Hockey Coach position.
Peter Lynch donates more than $20 million in art from his private collection to McMullen Museum at Boston College
Peter Lynch, vice chairman of Fidelity Management and Research Company and trustee associate at Boston College, has gifted 27 paintings and three drawings—worth in excess of $20 million—from his and his late wife Carolyn’s private art collection to Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art.
Robshams’ $75M estate gift largest in University history
Record-setting gift will enhance students’ academic, artistic, and social experience