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8 unusual facts about Boston College


Boston College's EagleMUNC

From March 28 to March 30, 2014, the conference will occur in the Westin Copley Hotel in downtown Boston, bursting onto the Model UN Spring High School Circuit.

Darius Cobb

Other works on display include Washington at Dorchester Heights, which was hung in the Memorial Continental Hall in Washington; The Old Drummer of the Revolution, which was placed in the Old State House in Boston; the Boston Tea Party, which was hung in the hall of the Ancients and Honorables; and The Death of Cuchullan, which is on display at Boston College.

Ex Corde Ecclesiae

Attendees at this American seminar included the University Presidents of Notre Dame, Georgetown, Seton Hall, Boston College, Fordham, St. Louis University, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, the Archbishop of Atlanta and more than a dozen other educators of North American Catholic higher education.

Frank Hussey

After returning from Paris, he entered Boston College, and as a freshman became the leading Collegiate runner in America.

Kelly Gaffney

Gaffney is a graduate of Boston College, and is often more by-the-book when it came to law and its application than her superior.

Pine School

Since then, TPS graduates have been accepted to the finest colleges in the nation, including Yale University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, Boston College, Pomona College, Swarthmore College, Davidson College, Tufts University, Vanderbilt University, Wesleyan University, and more.

Ryan Wolfe

He has a strong background in science, having majored in chemistry at Boston College and now pursuing a master's degree in genetics.

The Dolans

He also served in the United States Navy in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968 and holds a bachelor's degree in marketing from Boston College.


Adam Emmenecker

Emmenecker received no NCAA Division I scholarship offers in basketball, and nearly decided to play baseball at Boston College before opting to attend Drake.

Anthony McIntyre

McIntyre was involved with the Boston College oral history project on the Irish troubles, conducting interviews with former IRA members such as Brendan Hughes and Dolours Price and loyalists such as David Ervine.

Bobby Wilder

Upon graduation from the University of Maine in 1987 with a degree in physical education, Wilder served as a graduate assistant coach for two seasons under Jack Bicknell at Boston College, where he earned his master's degree in educational administration in 1990.

Boston College Eagles men's basketball

The Boston College Eagles are a Division I college basketball program that represents Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States.

Boston College–UMass football rivalry

After 22 years, the rivalry was renewed as UMass traveled to Chestnut Hill, MA to play Boston College once again.

Boston College–Virginia Tech football rivalry

Although the Eagles defeated the Hokies in both the regular seasons of 2007 and 2008, Virginia Tech won the 2007 and 2008 ACC Championship Game contested between the two schools.

Brian H. Hook

Brian H. Hook received a bachelor's degree in Marketing from the University of St. Thomas, a master's degree in Philosophy from Boston College and, in 1999, a J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.

Brimmer and May School

The immediate surrounding area includes landmarks such as the Longwood Cricket Club and Boston College campus.

Chris Terreri

He attended Providence College from 1982–1986, and was the MVP of the 1985 Hockey East postseason tournament following a 2–1 double overtime victory over top-seeded Boston College at the Providence Civic Center, and the MVP of the 1985 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship, despite a 2–1 loss in the championship game to RPI at Joe Louis Arena.

Dave Lapham

His nephew, Richard Lapham, earned first-team accolades as a high schooler at Souhegan High School in Amherst, New Hampshire in 2005 and played offensive tackle for Boston College.

David E. Harrison

In 1970 he married Michelle Holovak, the daughter of former Boston College and Boston Patriots head coach Mike Holovak.

David Hollenbach

David Hollenbach, S.J. (born October 6, 1942 in Philadelphia, PA.) is both the current University Chair in Human Rights and International Justice and Director of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College.

Edgar E. Peters

He has also taught at Babson College, Boston College and Bentley College, and contributed papers to the Journal of Portfolio Management and the Financial Analysts Journal.

Evan Sharpley

On October 13, 2007, Sharpley replaced starting quarterback Jimmy Clausen midway through Notre Dame's loss to Boston College.

Future of American Democracy Foundation

Board members include Jonathan Brent, Editorial Director of Yale University Press; Norton Garfinkle, former Chairman of the George Washington University Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies; Thomas E. Mann of the Brookings Institution; Norman J. Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Hugh Price, formerly president of the National Urban League; Alan Wolfe of Boston College; and Ruth A. Wooden.

Gino Cappelletti

Gino, who did TV sports in Boston in the 1960s, also served as color commentator for the Boston College Eagles during the 1984 game between the University of Miami and Boston College when Doug Flutie hit Gerard Phelan on the final play.

Hebrew College

In 2011, Hebrew College became a member of the Boston Theological Institute, a consortium of 10 theological schools and seminaries in the Boston area, including Boston University, Andover Newton Theological School, Boston College, Episcopal Divinity School, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Harvard University, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and St. John's Seminary.

Helena Znaniecki Lopata

She also took her teaching on the road as a visiting professor at the University of Southern California, University of Guelph, University of Victoria and Boston College.

Jack Fleming

Some of Fleming's more memorable calls include calls on Rod Thorn, Major Harris, Jeff Hostetler, Will Drewery, the infamous "Flutie Sack" in 1984, Pat Randolph, Robert Walker's game-winning touchdown run against Miami in 1993, Ed Hill's game-winning touchdown catch against Boston College in 1993, and Amos Zereoue.

Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino

He has been given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Saint Thomas, Barry University, University of San Francisco, Providence College, Boston College, St. John's University and Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla

Jesús Maria Sanromá

Amongst the many awards and recognitions bestowed upon Sanromá were Doctor Honoris Causa degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music, University of Puerto Rico, University of Miami, St. Peter's College and Boston College.

John Swofford

During his tenure he has doubled the ACC's annual revenue, served as Chairman of the Bowl Championship Series in college football in 2000 and 2001, and expanded the ACC to include Boston College, Virginia Tech, the University of Miami, the University of Pittsburgh, Syracuse University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Louisville by 2014.

Jon Rish

Jon attended Boston College and began his sportscasting experience on WZBC, the school's 1000-watt FM radio station broadcasting to the Greater Boston area.

Ken Hodge

He served as the radio color commentator for the Boston College men's hockey team throughout their 2007–08 NCAA Championship season, working alongside play-by-play man Jon Rish on flagship station WTTT (1150AM).

Lewis's trilemma

In response to these criticisms, Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli, SJ - both professors of philosophy at Boston College - have expanded the argument into a tetralemma ("Lord, Liar, Lunatic or Legend") — or a pentalemma, accommodating the option that Jesus was a guru, who believed himself to be God in the sense that everything is divine.

Lonergan Institute

The Lonergan Institute is a center of research at Boston College (a private university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts), specialising in the work of Canadian philosopher Bernard Lonergan.

Morris County School of Technology

Students from this academy have been accepted into Johns Hopkins University, Boston College, New York University and other colleges with medical facilities.

Graduates of MCST have gone on to schools related to their academies, such as Johnson and Wales University, New York University, Cornell University, Tisch School of the Arts and Boston College.

N. P. Hafiz Mohamad

He was a participant in the Fulbright September 2002 held at the BOISI Center at Boston College in the United States.

Pheme Perkins

Pheme Perkins (born 1945 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Professor of Theology at Boston College, where she has been teaching since 1972.

R. Nicholas Burns

He is a 1978 graduate of Boston College where he earned a B.A. in History concentrating on European History and the Certificat Pratique de Langue Française during his junior year at the University of Paris (Sorbonne).

Robert P. Imbelli

Currently, Father Imbelli is an associate professor of Theology at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Steele Stanwick

Younger brother Wells is a sophomore on the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse roster, younger sister Covie is a sophomore on the Boston College women's lacrosse roster and youngest brother Shack is a junior on the Boys' Latin lacrosse squad.

William F. Vallicella

Vallicella has a Ph.D. (Boston College; 1978), taught for a number of years at University of Dayton (where he was a tenured Associate Professor of Philosophy; 1978–91) and Case Western Reserve University (Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy; 1989–91), and retired to Gold Canyon, Arizona from where he now contributes to philosophy mainly online.


see also

1997 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Scoonie Penn, Boston College

2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Troy Bell, Boston College

Baldwin the Eagle

Another notable incarnation of the Boston College Eagle is a gilded bronze osprey sculpture that diplomat Larz Anderson and Isabel Weld Perkins, his socialite heiress wife, brought back from Japan in the early 20th century.

Center for International Higher Education

The Center is directed by Philip G. Altbach, J. Donald Monan SJ professor of higher education at Boston College.

Charles Donagh Maginnis

Moreover, the design of Gasson Tower at Boston College is considered a predecessor of the dominant towers of collegiate Gothic campuses such as Harkness Tower at Yale University and the chapel tower at Duke University by Horace Trumbauer of 1930-35.

David Hollenbach

Aside from being a full time professor of Theology at Boston College, Hollenbach has taught at Hekima College of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, The Jesuit Philosophy Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the East Asian Pastoral Institute in Manila, Philippines.

Frank Leahy

At Boston College, he tried relentlessly to recruit future beat author Jack Kerouac.

Gasson Hall

Inspired by John Winthrop's early vision of Boston as a "city upon a hill," he re-imagined Boston College as world-renowned university and a beacon of Jesuit education.

Grace Poe

While at Boston College, she co-founded the school's Filipino Cultural Club and served as an intern for the campaign of William Weld in the 1990 Massachusetts gubernatorial election.

Hoveyda

Amir H. Hoveyda is professor of chemistry at Boston College at the US, and currently holds the position of department chair.

Jesuit Ivy

Other Kennedys who have attended Boston College include Kerry Kennedy, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Christopher George Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., former director of BC's Watershed Institute.

In 1946, the Kennedys established the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation and funded the construction of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Memorial Hall at Boston College, now a part of Campion Hall and home to BC's Lynch School of Education.

Jick

Andy Jick, public address announcer for the Boston College Eagles

Joe Sabia

While a student at Boston College, Sabia started his digital career in 2005 as the creator of the web show The BC, a nationally recognized spoof of The OC which featured cameos from Tim Russert, Doug Flutie, and Jared Dudley.

John J. Paris, S.J.

Before coming to the Boston College faculty, he held the positions of Professor of Religious Studies College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA from 1972-1990, then Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School from 1982-1994, and then Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts University School of Medicine (1985-1998).

in Philosophy from Weston College in 1967, and a B.D. in Theology from Boston College in 1967.

Jon Sciambi

As Sciambi attended Boston College, he began his sportscasting experience on WZBC, the school's 1000-watt FM radio station broadcasting to the Greater Boston area.

Joseph F. O'Connell

While at Boston College, O'Connell and Joseph Drum helped create the first Boston College football team.

Kif Augustine-Adams

Adams has been a visiting professor at the Boston College Law School and the Peking (Beijing) University School of Transnational Law.

Lawrence Aloysius Burke

(Licentiate in Philosophy) from Weston College (1958), an M.A. in Theology from Boston College (1965), an S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) from Weston College (1965), and a M.A.L.S. from Wesleyan University (1970).

Muhsin Mahdi

With Prof. Ralph Lerner at Chicago and Prof. Ernest Fortin at Boston College, he co-edited Medieval Political Philosophy, a path-breaking sourcebook that includes selections in translation from Arabic, Hebrew and Latin texts.

Robert J. Cotter

After graduating from Boston College High School in 1961, he attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Walter G. Alexander

He graduated in 1899 and then attended the Boston College of Physicians and Surgeons (now Tufts University School of Medicine), receiving his M.D. in 1903.