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Commencement 2007
Students Net School
Record 20 Fulbrights
it clear how winning a national fellowship will be one of the
most important things they’ve
Boston College students’ prow- ever done.”
Prof. Margaret Thomas
ess in earning coveted post-graduate fellowships has reached un- (Slavic and Eastern Languages),
precedented levels this year with who coordinates BC’s Fulbright
a school-record 20 Fulbrights, program, notes that BC’s recent
including 18 to undergraduates. achievements in the program
Four additional students have — in 2003, 13 BC students won
been designated as Fulbright al- Fulbrights; last year the number
ternates and await funding for was 14 — have come at a time
when Fulbrights are increasingly
their projects.
Other recent awards of note to popular, and competitive.
“Six years ago, there were 3,164
BC students include a Beinecke
Scholarship and a Jacob Javits Fulbright applications; nowadays
Fellowship. Earlier this semes- it’s over 5,000,” said Thomas.
ter, juniors Kuong Ly and Ryan “BC students are competing
Heney were selected for, respec- against students from across the
tively, a Truman and a Goldwater country — and make no mistake,
scholarship (the latter supports these are among the best. The
numbers of applicants are going
undergraduate studies).
Fulbright winners this year up, but so is the quality.”
While there may be no such
will head off to El Salvador,
Spain, Nepal, Indonesia, Bel- thing as a “typical” Fulbright
gium and Germany, undertak- winner, Thomas says the students who earn
ing studies of Salthe awards are
vadoran emigration
and development, “Six years ago, there were those who show
the Mahayana Bud- 3,164 Fulbright applica- “ambition, resourcefulness,
dhist tradition, and
the potential role of tions; nowadays it’s over o r i g i n a l i t y
music to cultivate
5,000. BC students are and clarity of
plans.”
religious tolerance
Students
in Spain, among competing against students
typically
start
other subjects; some
from across the country
the Fulbright
students also will
serve as teaching as- — and make no mistake, application a
sistants during their these are among the best.” year in advance,
says Thomas,
stay overseas.
—Margaret Thomas and the process
Fourteen of this
doesn’t just inyear’s Fulbrights
volve filling out
have gone to students in the German Studies De- a form: The students must prespartment, a new standard for a ent their project proposal to a
department whose track record panel of BC faculty, which is by
in producing Fulbright winners no means deferential.
“[The faculty panelists] are
— nearly 60 in the past 12 years
pretty tough, and can be quite
— belies its relatively small size.
Boston College Fellowships critical, although the criticism is
Committee administrators are constructive. Part of the intermore than a little pleased by the view is held in the language of
results, especially for the federally the country in which the student
funded Fulbrights, considered plans to study, so they have to be
one of the most prestigious post- articulate in two languages, and
not just on paper.”
graduate study grant programs.
The themes of Fulbright-winBC’s consistent success with
fellowships, they say, reflects ning projects typically run the
students’ desire for demanding gamut of history, linguistics, eduyet rewarding international ex- cation, chemistry, biology, literaperiences that offer intellectual ture and many other disciplines,
growth, academic challenge, and says Thomas, and also can say a
in many cases, insights into press- lot about the interests of students
ing social and political issues of and their colleges.
Continued on page 8
the day.
“As faculty members, we can
AT A GLANCE
offer all manner of advice, support and encouragement to the
Phil Temples selected as Comstudents,” said committee head
munity Service Award winner;
Prof. Donald Hafner (Political
A&S Associate Dean Sister
Science), “but they’re the ones
O’Keeffe dies (page 3)
who have to make it work. They
have to clarify their ambitions,
Flutie now a Hall of Famer
imagine their own futures, and
(page 6)
advocate for themselves, making
By Office of
Public Affairs Staff
John M. Connors Jr. ’63 addresses the Class of 2007 at Monday’s Commencement Exercises in
Alumni Stadium. (Photo by Gary Gilbert)
Use Gifts for Good, Connors Tells Grads
and charity,” he said in his Commencement address.
Connors, one of BC’s most devoted alumni who has served two
terms as chairman of the Board
of Trustees, also reminded graduates of the need to bounce back
from adversity. Using a baseball
Local business and philanthropic leader John M. “Jack”
Connors Jr. ’63 urged the Boston
College Class of 2007 to use their
tremendous resources to help the
less fortunate and, in so doing, to
fix a world full of troubles.
“You have been given many
gifts. You have been given the
gift of life, the gift of health, the
gift of love and the gift of a great
education,” Connors told 3,325
graduates at BC’s 131st Commencement Exercises Monday at
Alumni Stadium. “The question
for you is: Over the course of
your lives, what gifts will you
give?
“The world is broken, but it
is our only world. We need to
make it better through thoughtfulness, mutual respect, sacrifice
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By Greg Frost
Staff Writer
Lynch School of Education graduate
Rachel Yoffe’s mortarboard offers a
hint of her future profession.
analogy, Connors wryly noted
that former Red Sox slugger Ted
Williams’s legendary .406 batting
average in 1941 still meant that
he was wrong more times than he
was right.
The lesson, Connors said, is
that there is no problem being
wrong every once in a while, and
that people are defined by their
ability to persevere in the face of
setbacks.
“I’ve probably been rejected or
had more phone calls unreturned
or more requests for appointments denied or lost more new
business pitches than anyone in
the history of advertising,” Connors said. “But you know what? I
won, and I won more than I lost
because I kept getting up to bat.”
Joining Connors in receiving
honorary degrees were Jesuit astronomer Rev. George V. Coyne,
Continued on page 4
Finnegan Winner Relishes Nursing, Leadership
By Sean Smith
Chronicle Editor
Connell School of Nursing
2007 graduate Kristin Jacques has
that all-important characteristic
found in both good nurses and
good leaders: She looks for where
the need is, then goes about filling it.
Helping establish a Boston
College chapter for a national
professional organization, working the overnight shift at University Health Services, reaching
out to Boston’s more vulnerable
populations — Jacques has impressed friends, peers, teachers
and mentors alike with her quiet,
unassuming and effective brand of
leadership.
In recognition of her achievements, Jacques was selected for
the Rev. Edward Finnegan, SJ,
Award as the senior who exempli-
fies the University’s motto, “Ever
to Excel.”
If nursing wasn’t in Jacques’
genes, she certainly had a favorable predisposition for it: Her
aunt was a nurse and her mother
is a registrar at the Central Maine
Medical School of Nursing. While
her high school friends were getting summer jobs in fast food
restaurants and grocery stores, she
decided to do something else.
She worked with Central Maine
to offer a nursing class for high
school students.
“I think that’s what really
hooked me on nursing,” she says.
“You think you’ve seen it all, and
then you see something new. It
keeps you on your toes. Most of
all, you have the opportunity to
truly give of yourself to people
who need you.”
Jacques’ brother Matt is a
2001 BC graduate, and she says
there wasn’t much doubt that
she too would spend her college
years at the Heights. “I fell in love
with BC during my visits here.
It was just a perfect fit in terms
of what I felt was important: the
Jesuit-Catholic ideals, the service
component and, of course, a terrific nursing school.”
Jacques has continually shown
initiative in making those elements the center of her BC experience. As an underclassman, for
example, she was instrumental in
founding and co-leading the BC
chapter of the National Student
Nurses’ Association (NSNA). Last
month, she and seven classmates
represented BC at the NSNA annual convention.
“I just thought it was something the school and the students
really needed,” she says. “The
association is so key to networkContinued on page 5
may 24, 2007-vol. 15 no. 18
T he B oston C ollege
Chronicle
may 24, 2007
AROUND
AROUND
CAMPUS
Reconstruction on College Road Set to Begin
Equestrian Club member Bryana McGillycuddy ’09 placed third in
an intercollegiate horse show competition.
Eagles on horseback
You may not hear the sound
of hoofbeats around campus, but
Boston College has an Equestrian Club that, as it approaches its
fifth anniversary, is riding pretty
tall in the saddle.
Economics major Bryana
McGillycuddy ’09 placed third
in the Intermediate Equitation
over Fences class at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships in
Springfield earlier this month.
She qualified for the national
competition by placing second
at the Eastern Massachusetts regional competition and then the
New England championships
earlier this spring.
In all, BC had seven riders
qualify for the regional championship, two in the New England
competition, and McGillycuddy, who went on to nationals.
The BC Equestrian Club,
which was founded in 2003,
Distinguished class
Six members of the Class of
2007 became US Army lieutenants in an ROTC commissioning
ceremony held Sunday on Bapst
Library Lawn.
Graduates Samuel An, Benjamin Flanders, Cameron Hosmer,
Thatcher Merrill, Joshua D’Or
and Christopher Rosser received
the gold bars of 2nd Lieutenants
in the traditional pinning cer-
competes throughout the spring
and fall in locations across the
state. Volo Farms in Westford is
the team home.
The Intercollegiate Horse
Show Association encompasses
29 regions in nine zones with
more than 300 member colleges in 45 states and Canada
– representing more than 6,500
riders in both Hunter Seat Equitation, Western Horsemanship,
and Reining.
McGillycuddy, from Montebello, NY, has been riding since
age six and competed throughout high school.
The IHSA allows riders with
various degrees of experience
to compete individually or on
a team. The organization was
founded on the idea that any
college student should be able
to participate in horse shows,
regardless of their financial status
or riding level.
—SG
The City of Newton will begin
reconstruction of College Road
this week, a project officials expect
to be completed by Labor Day.
Plans call for the removal of the
existing surface and complete regrading, binding and top coating
of the road, which runs along the
eastern edge of Main Campus.
Drains that run beneath the
street will be repaired and new
sidewalks and granite curbing on
both sides of the street will be
built. The project also will include new handicapped-accessible
ramping.
City officials do not expect to
close the road, though access may
be limited at times to accommodate the construction.
At press time, Newton officials
were considering possible changes
to the traffic pattern in the vicinity
of the project, and a new parking
plan for Boston College employees who work in the area.
Construction crews are expected to be at work on College Road
from 7 a.m. through 5 p.m. on
weekdays.
More details on the project
will be posted to BCInfo [www.
bc.edu/bcinfo] as they become
available.
Questions about this project
should be directed to the Newton Public Works Department,
(617)796-1000.
—Office of Public Affairs
Global event
Central America and Europe.
“Our students have been transformed by these experiences,” said
GSSW Dean Alberto Godenzi.
“Through their hard work around
the globe they have shown the distinct value of the social work profession, and their deep commitment
provides a shining example of BC’s
mission of social justice.”
The GSSW’s Global Practice
concentration trains students for social work in international settings
working with some of the most
oppressed populations in the world.
The program requires a semester-
long field internship with an international agency.
Provost and Dean of Faculties
Cutberto Garza, who signed partnership agreements with agency representatives at the event, said Boston
College values the school’s commitment to international service.
—GSSW Marketing and Communications Director Nicole Malec
Kenyon
The Graduate School of Social
Work celebrated partnerships on
May 15 with four international relief and development agencies that
provide field internships on several
continents for the school’s Global
Practice students.
Representatives from Catholic
Relief Services, Habitat for Humanity International, the International
Rescue Committee and Jesuit Refugee Service exchanged thanks with
social work students who recently
returned from three-month fieldwork internships in Africa, Asia,
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Chronicle
Director of Public Affairs
Jack Dunn
Deputy Director of
Public AFFAIRS
Patricia Delaney
Editor
Sean Smith
emony. A seventh member of the
class of 2007, Andrew DiGiorgio,
will be commissioned when he
completes military training this
summer.
The newly minted officers and
their families heard a keynote address from Medal of Honor winner Paul Bucha at the ceremony.
Bucha earned the nation’s highest
military award as an Army Ranger
serving in Vietnam in 1968.
—RO
Contributing Staff
Greg Frost
Stephen Gawlik
Reid Oslin
Rosanne Pellegrini
Kathleen Sullivan
Eileen Woodward
Photographers
Instructional Designer Tim Lindgren led a workshop on “Teaching with
Blogs and Wikis” in Campion Hall as part of the University’s eTeaching
Day on May 16. (Photo by Frank Curran)
Correction: 25-Year List
Sophomores Rachel Weinstein, foreground, and Erin Donovan were among those
pitching in during the annual Cleansweep program, which collects items donated
or left behind in campus residence halls for area churches and social service
agencies. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)
The list of 25-year Boston College administrators, faculty
and staff that was published in the May 10 Chronicle was incomplete. Below is the full list:
Faculty
Daniel Chambers, Charles Hefling Jr., Jeanne Sholl, Robbie
Tourse and Paul Tremblay.
Administrators and staff
John Bai, Margaret Bakalo, Richard Baldaro, Mary Cahill,
Jerri Cole-Lauziere, Paul D’Anello, Kenneth DeGrazia, Domenic DeLeo, Alice Drew, Anibal Figueiredo, Fredlyn Frank,
Deena Frazier, Shari Grove, Linda Hayes, Paulo Jacome, William Keith, Thomas King, Jeffrey Kohl, George Malcolm, Marguerite McDonough, Barbara Mento, Andrea Morahan, Victor
Nurse, Clemenceau Pierre, Theresa Riordan, Tracy Ryan, Patricia Thomas, Kathleen Tubman and Phillip Williams.
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Chronicle
may 24, 2007
Temples Seeks to ‘Open Lives’ of Disabled
Service Award winner
teaches the joys, and
power, of ham radio
By Reid Oslin
Staff Writer
Phil Temples has turned a lifelong hobby into an open window
of communication for disabled
persons around the world.
Temples, who is systems administrator for the Carroll School
of Management’s Computer Sciences Department, has been a
licensed amateur radio operator
since 1970. For the past seven
years, he has devoted a week each
summer to specialized camps in
Minnesota and California where
he teaches disabled persons the
joys – and the empowerment – of
ham radio communication.
This outreach has earned
Temples the 2007 Boston College
Community Service Award.
“It opens their lives,” says Temples, who received the honor from
University President William P.
Leahy, SJ, at a recognition dinner
in Corcoran Commons last night.
“When disabled people discover
the world of amateur radio, they
are not shut-ins any more. They
find that they have friends all over
the country. It’s been a real godsend for a lot of people.”
The camp project, called
“HANDI-HAM,” is a United
Way-funded initiative that brings
together experienced amateur
radio operators and professional
caregivers to provide a learning
experience for disabled persons
who are interested in radio opera-
tion skills. The camps are located
in Lake George, Minn., and Cupertino, Calif.
“This particular program is for
those interested in helping people
become ham radio operators,” explains Temples. “Folks who have
disabilities and need assistance in
getting into the hobby, learning
new facets of the hobby, and connecting up with local ham operators where they happen to live.
“I have worked with people
who have extreme mobility issues
– some can only blink their eyes.
One gentleman could only move
his right foot, but he was able to
use it to send Morse code.”
Once a radio operator is trained
and licensed, he or she has a new
access to the world, says Temples.
“Some folks like to work distant
stations. Others like to get on the
radio and chat with friends across
the world, across the country or
just across town.”
Disabled radio operators can
also take an active role in the SkyWatch Network, an association of
amateur radio operators who spot
storms and other severe weather
and help issue public alerts, Temples says.
“Ham radio has recently ‘married’ the Internet,” Temples notes.
“So even if you are a disabled
person living in a small apartment
or condominium and you don’t
have room for antennas, you can
actually fire up your computer
and wind up coming out over the
radio somewhere.”
Temples, who has been interested in amateur radio since his
boyhood days, holds an engineering degree from Purdue Univer-
“When disabled people discover the world of amateur
radio, they are not shut-ins
any more. They find that
they have friends all over
the country. It’s been a real
godsend for a lot of people.”
—Phil Temples
Photo by Lee Pellegrini
sity. “When I was a kid, ham radio
was the Internet of the day. A lot
of people think that ham radio is
dead or is dying today, but I tend
not to think that. If you look, ham
operators are at the cutting edge
of designing new electronics and
new communications protocols.
“We are not just a lot of old
guys sitting in our basements yelling into microphones,” he laughs.
Temples joined CSOM in
2002, having worked as an information technology consultant at
Harvard University. His Boston
College duties include technical
services for the full range of department needs: “Anything from
a broken keyboard to the more
highly technical systems,” he says.
A funeral Mass was celebrated
May 19 in the Church of St.
Ignatius Loyola for College of
Arts and Sciences Associate Dean
Sister Mary Daniel O’Keeffe, OP,
MA ’71 PhD ’84, who died on
May 15. Sister O’Keeffe, 73, had
been in poor health for the past
year, according to colleagues.
Sister O’Keeffe joined the
A&S administration in 1989 as
the school’s freshmen advisor and
coordinator of advising. She also
taught courses in Classics, and
the Cornerstone and Capstone
programs.
“She was at her best advising
students one on one,” said fellow
A&S Associate Dean Clare Dunsford. “As the sophomore dean, I
would see her students the year after, and they’d tell me how much
she had helped them.
“The students loved her, and
she loved her students — she was
dedicated to each and every one.
Sister Mary Daniel had that rare
gift of being compassionate and
pastoral, but also capable of sternness when the student needed it.”
A Brighton native and
Waltham resident, Sister O’Keeffe
entered the Order of Saint Dominic in August of 1953 and professed her final vows on June 29,
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A&S Freshmen Dean Sister O’Keeffe Dies
Sister O’Keeffe with students last fall.
1955. She held a master’s degree
in Latin and a doctoral degree in
higher education and educational
administration from Boston College, and a bachelor’s degree in
French and Latin from Caldwell
College.
Prior to her appointment at
BC, Sister O’Keeffe served as coordinator of advising and assistant
dean of the School of Continuing Education at Providence College, and as director of academic
advisement at St. Anselm’s College. She also held a number of
teaching and administrative posi-
tions in elementary and secondary
schools after beginning her career
in 1955.
She was a member of the Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit Honor
Society, and earned a Fulbright
Scholarship to the American
Academy in Rome and the Virgilian Academy in Cumae, Italy. Her
honors also included a Wall Street
Journalism Grant, a Dissertation
Scholarship from Boston College
and a Neylan Commission Grant
from the Association of Catholic
Colleges and Universities.
The daughter of the late Daniel
and Julia (Geaney) O’Keeffe, she
was the sister of Vincent O’Keeffe
and his wife Pauline of Marstons
Mills, Mary Breen and her husband Richard of Brighton and
the late Sheila O’Keeffe. She also
leaves her devoted friend Sr. Mary
Costello, OP, of Waltham, seven
nieces and nephews, 12 grandnieces and nephews and her sisters
in the Dominican Order.
Final services and interment
were to take place at the Motherhouse in Caldwell, NJ.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to the
Sisters of St. Dominic, One Ryerson Ave., Caldwell, NJ 07006.
—Office of Public Affairs
“My major responsibility is an
undergraduate computer sciences
lab that includes 32 systems.”
Temple also takes part in the
University’s “Read Aloud” program where he volunteers each
month to read to local elementary
school students. This past year,
he was a welcome visitor to St.
Columbkille School in Brighton
where he read to kindergarten
pupils.
But each summer, Temples al-
ways makes time for his “HANDI-HAM” contribution.
“A lot of people whom I have
met at the camps come back year
after year to learn new skills. It
feels like one large extended family,” he says. “I look forward to
seeing them every year, and they
look forward to seeing me.
“It’s a lot of focused concentration, making sure that people get
the best experiences out of the
week,” he says. “But, it’s very, very
rewarding.”
Conference on Asset Management
at Newton Campus Next Month
Some of the nation’s foremost authorities on finance and
investments will be at Newton
Campus June 7-8 for the Boston
College Center for Asset Management Conference.
“The center’s yearly conference features a remarkable treasury of talent from leading firms
and universities discussing important ideas relevant to key issues emerging from the world of
asset management,” said Carroll
School of Management Dean
Andrew Boynton.
Highlighting the conference
will be a keynote address on
June 8, “Forward Looking Portfolio Construction,” by Bob Litterman, director of quantitative
resources at Goldman Sachs,
and co-developer of the BlackLitterman Global Asset Allocation Model — a key tool in the
Investment Management Division’s asset allocation process.
The conference also will feature sessions on mutual fund
trading, proxy voting, private
equity and hedge fund fees and
portable alpha. Speakers will include: Asst. Prof. Roger Edelen
(CSOM) former managing director of research at ReFlow,
who will discuss how the impact
of flows from investors affects
mutual fund performance; and
Chester Spatt, chief economist
at the Securities Exchange Com-
mission and Mellon Professor
of Finance at Carnegie Mellon
University, who will speak on
the content of proxy advisory
services.
Other speakers are Antti
Petajisto, assistant professor
of finance at Yale University,
University of Texas-Austin Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of
Banking and Finance Henry Hu
and Windham Capital Management President and CEO Mark
Kritzman.
A pre-conference dinner will
be held June 7 in the Yawkey
Center Murray Room, with a
wine-tasting and talk by former American Economic Review
editor Orley Ashenfelter, now
the Joseph Douglas Green 1895
Professor of Economics at Princeton University.
“Distinguished finance scholars and leading professionals in
the asset management field have
come together at this conference
for an intense day of presentations and interactive discussions,” said Griffith Family Millennium Professor of Finance
Hassan Tehranian. “This year
we look forward to another interactive day of theory intersecting with practical application.”
For more information, see
www.bc.edu/schools/csom/asset/fconference/.
—Office of Public Affairs
T he B oston C ollege
Chronicle
may 24, 2007
Commencement 2007
Five Presented with Honorary Degrees
Citations for the 2007 Boston
College honorary degree recipients:
Graduates were already making waves — to family members and friends, that is
— before officially receiving their diplomas Monday. (Photo by Gary Gilbert)
Graduates Urged to Use
Gifts ‘for Good of Others’
Continued from page 1
SJ; Boston anti-violence activist
Isaura Mendes; sports journalist Lesley Visser ’75; and former
Canadian Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney, whose son Nicolas, a
major in history and French, was
among the BC graduates in the
crowd.
Both Connors and University
President William Leahy, SJ, drew
from the Gospel of Matthew in
exhorting graduates to give back
to the world that awaits them.
“During your years at Boston
College, we have strived to help
you examine your values and understand who you are and who
you can become,” Fr. Leahy told
graduates in his welcoming remarks. “Our desire is that you become more and more a light and
a leaven for those with whom you
will work and live in the future.
“Scripture urges us to bear fruit
that will last and reminds that
those who have been given much
are expected to give much. Talents
and gifts are to be used responsibly and for the good of others,”
Fr. Leahy said. “We do that when
we are people of hope and integrity, when we treat others with
compassion, respect and honesty,
when we both support and challenge, when we serve, not seek to
be served.
“Living that way should de-
scribe graduates of Boston College.
As a Jesuit Catholic university, we
seek not only rigorous intellectual development and preparation
for future employment but also
the religious, ethical and personal
formation of our students. In particular, we desire that our graduates use their talents in the service
of others and promote the greater
glory of God,” he said.
Fr. Leahy also used his welcoming remarks to thank graduates’
parents and loved ones, praising
their “careful attention and unwavering affection” through good
times and bad.
Connors, a founding partner
and chairman emeritus of advertising agency Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc., listed
Fr. Leahy among an influential
group of people who had taught
him highly prized lessons over the
years.
“I learned from your own
president, Father Bill Leahy, a
lesson that was best expressed by
the words of the Hebrew prophet
Micah: ‘Act justly; Love tenderly;
Walk humbly,’” Connors said.
Commencement unfurled under windy, sun-streaked and, most
importantly, rain-free skies. Connors noted it was the first time in
six days it had not rained in Boston – clearly a sign of “the power
of a Catholic college,” he said.
Savoring their Commencement moment. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)
John M. Connors Jr.
Born in Boston, the first in his
family to attend college and a member of the Boston College Class of
1963, Jack Connors truly reflects
the Ignatian principle that deeds,
not words, are the measure of a person. In 1968 Jack and three partners
founded Hill, Holliday, Connors and
Cosmopulos in a one-room office.
His preparation for this venture was
a brief stint as a Campbell Soup
salesman. Under his leadership, Hill
Holliday has become a nationally recognized advertising agency respected
for its creativity and excellence.
A civic leader nonpareil, he is
an articulate advocate for Boston’s
world-class hospitals and its professional sports teams. Prompted by
love for his Catholic faith, he has
forcefully urged greater lay leadership in the Church. For the past
quarter century a trustee of Boston
College, twice serving as chairman of
the board, Jack, and his wife Eileen,
a double Eagle, are the parents of two
Boston College graduates and have
been loyal and generous supporters
of the university.
Boston College proudly acknowledges him as a “man for others,”
proposing him as an apt model for
today’s graduates and declares Jack
Connors Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa.
George V. Coyne, SJ
Father George Coyne stands today in a long line of distinguished
Jesuit scientists who have been inspired by the founder of their Order
to “find God in all things.” For
nearly 40 years at the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo in Italy
and the Steward Observatory at the
University of Arizona, he has pursued
astronomical research and instructed
astronomers from over 50 countries.
He was appointed the Director of the
Vatican Observatory by Pope John
Paul II in 1978. Among his research
interests are the study of the lunar
surface and the birth of the stars. His
work has earned him notable honors
including the naming of a comet
after him. His exploration of the
relation between science and religion
has led him to the conclusion that
“Christianity is radically creationist”
but in a totally different sense than
what creationism has come to mean
in America.
With admiration, Boston College applauds this loyal son of St.
Ignatius whose Jesuit vocation has
led him to explore the wonders of
God’s creation and proclaims Father
George Coyne Doctor of Science,
honoris causa.
Isaura Mendes
Born in the Cape Verde Islands,
Isaura Mendes immigrated to Boston at an early age with her mother
and six brothers and sisters, her father having died of typhoid fever
some years earlier. During 40 years
of married life she has experienced
unimaginable personal tragedies that
have become all-too-common in our
community. Her oldest son, Bobby,
Back row, L-R: Boston Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley, OFM, Cap, Brian Mulroney, Boston College President William P. Leahy, SJ, John M. Connors Jr., Rev. George Coyne,
SJ, Trustees Chairman Patrick Stokes. Seated, L-R: Lesley Visser, Isaura Mendes.
was killed while seeking to resolve
a dispute; a decade later another
son, Matthew, was killed in a random drive-by shooting on the eve of
Mother’s Day.
Refusing to be crippled by her
grief and with the help of many,
including fellow parishioners of St.
Martin de Porres parish, she has
reaffirmed her faith in God and become a stalwart peace activist, fighting against violence and substance
abuse while reaching out to mothers
through organizations such as the
Parent’s and Children’s Walk for
Peace and the Bobby Mendes Peace
Legacy. She is known for her tireless work to bring together people
on behalf of our children’s future
and provides inspiration for mothers
everywhere.
Boston College is honored to declare Isaura Mendes, this courageous
mother of sorrows, Doctor of Social
Science, honoris causa.
roney and declares him Doctor of
Laws, honoris causa.
Lesley Visser
A Quincy native, Lesley Visser
has excelled in a profession, a woman
in sportscasting, that did not exist
when she graduated with a degree
in psychology from Boston College
in 1975. Told by her mother that
“sometimes you have to cross when
it says ‘don’t walk,’” cross indeed
she has. As the only sportscaster,
male or female, to have appeared on
network broadcasts of the Final Four,
Super Bowl, World Series, Triple
Crown, Olympics and the World
Figure Skating Championship, she
has earned the respect of both broadcasters and athletes.
The first woman to be honored
by the Pro Football Hall of Fame, she
has also been inducted into the New
England Sports Hall of Fame and has
been acclaimed by the International
Olympic Committee as a “pioneer
and standard-bearer.” Although always the consummate professional,
she has been known to insert an occasional “Go Eagles” into her network
broadcasts.
Because of her many professional
accomplishments and for the inspiration her career provides for young
people facing challenges to the fulfillment of their dreams, Boston College
proudly declares Lesley Visser Doctor
of Journalism, honoris causa.
Brian Mulroney
Born in a small town in the province of Quebec of parents descended
from immigrants to Canada from
Ireland during the Great Famine of
the 1840s, Brian Mulroney served
as the prime minister of Canada
from 1984 to 1993 and was the
first conservative prime minister in
100 years to win successive majority
governments.
He provided Canadian leadership
for adoption of the CanadaUnited States Free Trade
Agreement and the Canada-United States Acid Rain
Treaty. Leading Canadian
environmental groups acclaimed him “The Greenest
Prime Minister” in Canada’s
history. A Canadian university report has credited
his administration with the
best economic record of any
Canadian government since
World War II. Prime Minister Mulroney served as cochairman of the United Nations Summit on Children,
and his government played
a leading role in the fight
against apartheid in South
Africa.
Because of his long years
of dedicated public leader- John M. Connors Jr. is flanked by University Trustship in our great neighbor ees Chairman Patrick Stokes (left) and University
to the north, Boston College President William P. Leahy, SJ, as they process into
proudly salutes Brian Mul- Alumni Stadium Monday. (Photo by Gary Gilbert)
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ing, mentoring and other activities that help nursing students as
they’re starting out.
“In nursing, you have your
own particular schedule — like
getting up at 5 a.m. to go to your
clinical rotation — and demands
that are different than those in
other programs. So for a nursing
student in the context of a larger
university, it’s also important to
have the kind of moral and emotional support an NSNA chapter
provides.”
Jacques’ devotion to cura personalis, meanwhile, is evident in
her mentoring activities at the
Women’s Resource Center and
her tutoring in the Connors Family Learning Center. “Students
who have worked with Kristin
have progressed from unsatisfactory performance to passing skill
competency exams with distinction — a very high achievement
level in the course,” notes Assoc.
Prof. Robin Wood, the Connell
School’s nursing laboratories director.
“Her personal accomplishments exemplify ‘Ever to Excel,’
but what is even more outstanding about Kristin is her ability to
motivate and assist her classmates
to live up to that challenge,” adds
CSON Associate Dean Cathy
Read.
In addition, Jacques has helped
care for ill students during the
wee hours in BC Health Services
(“I don’t mind it at all. I love being up at night and caring for
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CSON Student Wins Finnegan Honor
Boston College, says Finnegan Award winner Kristin Jacques, “changes you
inside out. Community service and volunteering — they’re in the air here. I’ve
been constantly motivated by the people around me who do amazing things.”
people.”), worked at a summer
camp for children with diabetes
and has conducted an independent study on the needs of homeless and at-risk persons in Boston.
For the latter project, she went
every week to local shelters where
she gave blood pressure screenings
and counseling.
“I know that through the study
I learned a lot about perseverance.
Here were men and women who
have a lot of problems in their
lives, but they keep getting up
each day and finding the joy in
life. That’s the beauty of nursing:
It puts your own life in perspective.”
In the immediate future,
Jacques’ life will consist of another stint at the summer camp,
as assistant nursing coordinator,
and then a return to Boston in the
fall to formally begin her nursing career at Children’s Hospital
(on the night shift). She’ll also be
in the Connell School graduate
program, which means BC will
continue to be near, and dear, to
her.
“BC turned out to be so much
more than I thought. It changes
you inside out. Community service and volunteering — they’re
in the air here. I’ve been constantly motivated by the people around
me who do amazing things.
“I’m glad that I’ll still be here
for a while, but no matter where I
go I know I have BC in my heart
and spirit.”
Of all the Boston College
teams that have celebrated
victories in Alumni Stadium,
Team Beauchamp may be the
most unique.
Its members consist of Pedro
Beauchamp, MD, and senior
Giovanna Beauchamp, a fatherdaughter duo from San Juan,
Puerto Rico, who both received
their bachelor’s degrees from
the College of Arts and Sciences
on Monday.
Administrators believe this
may be the first time in BC history that a parent and child have
earned undergraduate degrees at
the same time — although they
started their freshmen years at
BC more than 30 years apart.
“It’s definitely something
that we are very proud of,”
said Giovanna, who received
a degree in sociology. “We are
thrilled with the fact of a family
graduation.”
Pedro Beauchamp first enrolled at BC in 1969, but left
the University after his junior
year to enroll in the University
of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. After graduating cum laude
from that school, he completed
a residency at Johns Hopkins
Hospital and a fellowship at the
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Commencement a Great Day for ‘Team Beauchamp’
Fellow 2007 grads Pedro Beauchamp,
MD, and daughter Giovanna.
University of Pennsylvania, and is
a board-certified fertility specialist
in Puerto Rico.
Despite never finishing his
degree at BC, Pedro remained
an Eagle through and through
— “His cell phone ring tone is
‘For Boston’ [the BC fight song],”
notes Giovanna — and he encouraged his daughter to apply.
After Giovanna became an undergraduate, Pedro sent a letter to
College of Arts and Sciences Associate Dean William Petri expressing his desire to finish his degree
and graduate with his daughter.
According to Petri, BC determined that Pedro would need
one theology course to complete
a degree in biology. In cases
where a student is a little short
of credits, Petri said, the University may allow him or her to
take a course at another institution and transfer the credits
to BC. Pedro received approval
to enroll at the Sacred Heart
University in Puerto Rico and
completed the course.
To celebrate their accomplishments, Giovanna made Tshirts with “Team Beauchamp”
emblazoned on the front for her
family to wear to around campus last week.
“My father has so many diplomas,” laughed Giovanna,
who plans to attend the same
medical school as her father and
hopes to eventually open a juvenile diabetes center in Puerto
Rico (she has been diabetic since
age eight). “He’ll have to make
room for one more.”
Petri said he knew of no other
such request in recent memory
for someone wishing to return
after such a long departure.
“It is never too late to finish
your BC degree,” he said.
—Stephen Gawlik
Photos by Lee Pellegrini
These seniors also were nominated for the Rev. Edward
Finnegan, SJ, Award:
Melissa Hargleroad: Hargleroad is credited with taking leadership
roles in a number of campus organizations, including the AHANA
Leadership Council Volunteer Corps,
UGBC and Half Time, and played
an instrumental role in re-establishing SNAP (Society of Native American Peoples). Hargleroad coordinated a
week-long service trip to Turkey Creek,
Miss., a Gulf Coast Community ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. “I was most
impressed by the vision that Melissa
had for the trip, which was to provide
the opportunity to serve to a group of
40 students who would be diverse by
design and where students who did not
have the financial means would feel
welcome to participate,” says AHANA Student Programs Director Ines
Sendoya. A Brookline native, Hargleroad earned a degree in International Studies.
Patricia Noonan: A member of the Presidential Scholars Program
from Havertown, Pa., the theater and English major carried a 4.0
grade point average throughout her BC career. Noonan starred in a
number of theatrical and vocal performances including “The King Stag,”
“Candide,” “Dreaming Shakespeare”
and “Anything Goes.” She also showed
a flair for writing as well as performing
plays: One of her creations, “Mermaid
People,” was performed at the 2006
BC Arts Festival; a second, “The Story
Keeper,” was staged this semester at
the Robsham Theater “New Voices”
production. “Patricia is an arresting and
extraordinarily gifted singer as well as
a good actress, and quite appropriately
has a sense of vocation because of this
gift,” wrote one member of the College of Arts and Sciences Awards
Committee. “The fact that she has been such an academic standout
while engaging in probably the most time-consuming extra-curricular
there is year after year while also engaging in community service is extremely impressive.”
Angela Thompson: A native of Niagara Falls, NY, Thompson is the
fifth-ranked senior in the Carroll School
of Management, where she majored
in finance, while carrying a 3.9 grade
point average. She also pursued a major
in Perspectives, the four-year interdisciplinary honors philosophy program.
Thompson worked in the Office of
the First Year Experience, where she
collaborated with faculty and staff in
welcoming incoming students and their
families. Thompson’s extracurricular
and service activities include performing
with the Dance Organization of Boston
College, working as a student Admissions Program volunteer, tutoring at the Boston College Neighborhood
Center and acting as a mentor in the Big Sister Program. Thompson
was also a four-year member of the Finance Academy and was involved
in other student initiatives.
Kristen Campbell: Since her arrival at the Lynch School of Education in 2003 from Ft. Myers, Fla.,
Campbell has found numerous ways
to serve. She spent all four years at BC
volunteering in the Campus School,
helped lead the Lynch School spring
break trip to Jamaica and worked with
children and adults living with HIV/
AIDS. She was a conference assistant to
the National Youth Leadership Forum
on Medicine. “It is clear Ms. Campbell
does more than talk about service, she
lives and breathes it,” says Lynch School
of Education Associate Dean John Cawthorne. In the classroom Campbell has
integrated her human development
studies with her interest in psychology and health sciences, “both of
which reflect her commitment to working with children and adults with
emotional and physical care needs,” says Cawthorne.
—Stephen Gawlik
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Chronicle
may 24, 2007
Postings
Campus shuttle to operate on
summer schedule
The University’s shuttle bus service
will begin its summer schedule starting Tuesday, May 29.
Until Aug. 24, one bus will run on
weekdays from 7:30-9:30 a.m. and
2:30-5:30 p.m. The bus will follow a
route that includes stops at Cleveland
Circle, Robsham Theater, Newton
Campus and the Commonwealth
Avenue gate. The summer schedule is
available on-line at www.bc.edu/offices/transportation/bus/summer/.
For more information, cal ext.2-0151
or e-mail shuttle@bc.edu.
New C21 Online course
begins June 4
C21 Online is offering Spirituality
Matters, a 4-week course beginning
June 4 and ending June 29. This
online course features video with Prof.
Fr. Michael Himes (Theology) and a
book by Dolores R. Leckey. The topics
include spirituality, prayer, suffering,
and community. For more information, a demo course, and registration,
see www.bc.edu/c21online.
Last issue of Chronicle today
Today’s issue of the Boston College
Chronicle is the final one for the
2006-07 academic year. Chronicle
will resume its biweekly publication
in September. For information and
updates on Boston College during the
summer, visit the BCInfo Web page at
www.bc.edu/bcinfo.
June 16 is
‘Bloomsday’ at
Bapst Library
It’s one of the most celebrated
literary “holidays” — June 16,
“Bloomsday,” the 24-hour period depicted in James Joyce’s epic
novel Ulysses. This year, Boston
College is the setting for a unique
celebration of Bloomsday that will
feature some special guests.
“Bloomsday Boston,” which
takes place in Bapst Library from
noon-5 p.m., will be a festival of
Irish music, food, film and more.
Passages from Ulysses – which follows the travels of Dublin Jew Leopold Bloom on a voyage of personal discovery that evokes Homer’s
Odyssey — will be read by, among
others: radio personalities Brian
O’Donovan, Bill Littlefield, Paula
Lyons, Dolores Handy, Margery
Eagan and Jim Braude; actor Annette Miller; comic and writer Jimmy Tingle; Irish Consulate General
David Barry; Boston Harbor Association Executive Director Vivien
Li; author Elizabeth Shannon; and
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
physician Stuart Mushlin.
In addition, a film and panel discussion with Prof. James O’Toole
(History) and BC doctoral candidate Meaghan Dwyer will focus on
the relationships between the Irish
and Jews in Boston’s history.
The event, which is presented
by the Irish Studies Program and
the Office of the Provost in collaboration with the New Center
for Arts and Culture, is free and
open to the public.
For more information, see www.
ncacboston.org.
—Office of Public Affairs
BC’s Football ‘King’ Heads to the Hall of Fame
By Reid Oslin
Staff Writer
Long acclaimed as the undisputed king of Boston College football, Doug Flutie ’85 has taken his
place among the crowned royalty
of the sport with his election this
month to the College Football
Hall of Fame.
The 1984 Heisman Award winner becomes only the sixth Boston
College player – and the first since
Mike Holovak ’43 in 1985 – to
be accorded the rare Hall of Fame
honor. He was selected in his first
season of eligibility, having retired
from active play in 2006 after the
22-year professional football career that followed his four magical
varsity seasons in Chestnut Hill.
Flutie, who graduated from BC
with a degree in communication,
is a college football analyst and
studio host for the ABC/ESPN
television networks.
“It’s the highest achievement
that a college football player can
have,” said Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations
Barry Gallup, who as an assistant
coach in 1981 recruited Flutie to
Boston College from Natick High
School. “He has represented him-
self, Boston College and the sport
of football at the highest levels
throughout his career.”
Gallup noted that Flutie was
also a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete as an undergraduate – one of the few players
to earn both academic and career
recognition honors from the Hall
of Fame’s sponsoring organization.
Flutie set a host of college football records, becoming the first
college player to pass for more
than 10,000 yards (10,579 total)
and setting another NCAA career
standard with 11,054 yards of total offense. Boston College posted
a 30-11-1 record in games that he
started, and the team played in
bowl games to cap the 1982, 1983
and 1984 seasons.
Flutie is widely remembered
for his famous 48-yard “Hail
Mary” pass to Gerard Phelan on
the game’s final play that beat Miami on Nov. 23, 1984. However,
the Eagles won five other games
on their final possession during
Flutie’s excitement-filled career.
“I guess I did more than just
throw one pass,” Flutie told reporters at a news conference held
to announce the new Hall of Fame
Doug Flutie speaks at a press conference after his election to the College Football Hall of Fame. (Photo courtesy of National Football Foundation)
group. “To be inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame is a
very special honor for me.”
Flutie received an additional
honor last Sunday when he was
presented with an honorary doctor of humanitarian service degree from Dickinson College in
Carlisle, Pa., in recognition of his
work on behalf of autism research.
He and his wife Laurie founded
the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation
for Autism, named in tribute to
their son who was diagnosed with
the illness at age three.
Flutie and his 10 Hall of Fame
classmates will be formally inducted at a gala dinner ceremony
at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel on Dec. 4. His plaque will
be unveiled at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend,
Ind., in August of 2008.
Sullivan Irish Studies Gift Honors McIntyre, Fr. Mackin
Gil Sullivan, a 1966 Boston College graduate, says he has never forgotten the people and values that
have influenced his life.
So when Sullivan made a $1
million gift to the University’s
Irish Studies Program this spring,
he asked that the endowment be
named in honor of two long-serving members of the Boston College
community: Senior Vice President
James P. McIntyre and the late Rev.
Francis C. Mackin, SJ.
“It’s not so much what you have,
but it is what you are willing to give,”
says Sullivan, who recently sold his
I-PAK business, New England’s
largest distributor of rigid packaging
goods, such as plastic bottles and
cans. ”I feel compelled to give back
because I have gotten so much.”
Sullivan, who is originally from
Boston’s Dorchester section, is
proud of his Irish heritage and has
long been a supporter of the University’s Irish Studies Program. He
and Fr. Mackin, a former BC faculty member and administrator who
served as an Alumni Association
chaplain before his death in 2005,
shared a love of all things Irish and a
friendship was easily formed.
“I always admired Fr. Mackin
for his involvement in Irish studies,”
Sullivan says. “He was just a very
nice man. He never seemed to tire
of my questions.”
In a similar fashion, Sullivan also
got to know McIntyre, who has held
a number of senior administrative
posts in his long Boston College
career. ”Jim McIntyre is one fine
Catholic layman who has devoted
his working career to Boston College,” Sullivan says.
“I am honored and over-
whelmed to be named in Gil’s generous gift to Boston College,” says
McIntyre. “He obviously has made
the values of Jesuit education a part
of his life, and for Fr. Mackin and
myself to be recognized for having
played a role in helping to form
those values is very, very meaningful.”
Says Sullivan, with a laugh,
“This all started because I am Irish,
and now we have kids at BC from
Iowa and Arizona and all sorts of
places where they have probably met
three Irish people in their lives.
“This school was originally
founded for Irish immigrant kids.
Now we have become the finest
Catholic university in the country, but we should remember our
roots.”
—Reid Oslin
“This school was
originally founded
for Irish immigrant
kids. Now we have
become the finest
Catholic university
in the country, but
we should remember
our roots.”
—Gil Sullivan ’66
Photo by Jet Photography
A Boston College Presence on the Way of St. James
A Boston College graduate student and his fellow alumnus have
set off on the historic “Way of St.
James” pilgrimage route through
France and Spain in an effort to
raise funds for a children’s health
and education program.
Class of 2006 graduates Paul
Lam and Kevin Meenan — who is
pursuing a master’s degree in English literature at BC — earlier this
month began the approximately
500-mile trek that will take them
through the French Pyrenees and
end at the Cathedral of Santiago
de Compostela in Galicia, in the
northwestern region of Spain.
The Way of St. James, or Camino de Santiago, has been one of
the storied Christian pilgrimages for
more than a thousand years. Since
the 1980s the route has attracted
a growing number of modern-day
pilgrims from around the globe.
Meenan and Lam are traveling
the pilgrimage route in association
with Pilgrimage for Our Children’s
Future (POCF), a charity organization that funds education and
healthcare for impoverished developing-world children and for their
families. Through POCF, the pair
are encouraging donations for each
mile they walk, with the proceeds
going to help children orphaned by
AIDS in Angola, the Philippines
and Kenya. They expect to complete the walk in a little more than
a month.
But there is a personal and spiritual component to their journey,
Meenan says. “As young people
who are a couple of years out of
college, we can benefit from a period of discernment and reflection
— a time when we can think about
ourselves and our place in the world
around us. The Camino de Santiago
has, for centuries, been a means by
which men and women look into
themselves and find a true path for
their lives.
“In a cultural, spiritual, and in
other senses, we hope to have a productive month.”
Meenan and Lam are keeping a
blog on their walk along the Way
of St. James. For updates, as well as
information on making a donation
to POCF, see the Web site pocf.
org/eagles.htm.
—Sean Smith
T he B oston C ollege
Chronicle
may 24, 2007
PEOPLE
Newsmakers
•Asst. Prof. Jonathan Laurence
(Political Science) was quoted in
a Le Monde article about Islam in
Europe and in The American Prospect on the loss of Socialist candidate Segolene Royal in the French
presidential election. He was also
interviewed about his co-authored
book, Integrating Islam, in Front
Page Magazine.
•Urban Ecology Institute Executive Director Charles Lord was
interviewed on the WGBH news
program “Greater Boston” about
the institute’s role in the Grow Boston Greener Campaign, an effort to
plant 100,000 new trees in Boston’s
least-green neighborhoods by 2020.
•Research by Prof. Juliet Schor
(Sociology) regarding food marketing to children was cited by Business
Week. The piece also was run by
MSNBC.com.
•Prof. Emeritus John Dacey
(LSOE) was interviewed by the
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Chicago Tribune, Parent Guide News, Parents
and Kids Magazine, SELF Magazine
and World Magazine about his
most recent book The Safe Child
Handbook.
•Assoc. Prof. Christina Klein
(English) was quoted by the Washington Times regarding Hollywood’s
global movie-making strategies.
•Drucker Professor of Management
Sciences Alicia Munnell, director of BC’s Center on Retirement
Research, was quoted by Forbes
magazine for a story on the financial risks of retiring early.
•Assoc. Prof. Joseph Tecce (Psychology) was interviewed by Fox
25-TV news regarding the perpetuation of rumors via e-mail.
•Center on Aging & Work Co-director Assoc. Prof. Marcie PittCatsouphes (GSSW) was quoted
by the Los Angeles Times about older
workers encountering age bias.
She also made comments to the
San Francisco Chronicle regarding
organizations seeking to retain older
workers, while center co-director Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences Dean Michael Smyer was
quoted by Newsday on the importance of social networks for older
individuals.
•Adj. Prof. Rev. Richard McGowan, SJ, was quoted in a Boston
Herald story on Internet gambling.
•Center for Retirement Research
Associate Director of External
Relations Andrew Eschtruth was
quoted by the Wall Street Journal
for a story on the value of 401(k)
plans to employees.
Honors/Appointments
• Assoc. Prof. Robert G. Murphy
(Economics) has been appointed
editor in business economics for the
Journal of Asia Business Studies.
•Moakley Professor of Political Science Kay Schlozman and her coauthors of Voice and Equality: Civic
Volunteerism in American Politics
won the Philip Converse Award,
which recognizes a book that has
made a lasting impact on the study
of politics.
Nota Bene
University Chancellor J. Donald Monan, SJ, received the inaugural
Justice and Compassion Award for his multiple contributions to civic life
in the Boston community at Catholic Charities’ annual Spring Celebration May 10 at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.
Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, OFM, Cap., was among those
attending the event, which was co-chaired by former University Trustees
Chairman John M. Connors Jr. ’63 and Jeff Kaneb, vice president of
H.P. Hood and chairman of the Catholic Charities Board of Trustees.
Publications
•“A Multi-Objective Approach to
Portfolio Optimization,” by Clare
Duan ’07, was published in the
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
Mathematics Journal. Duan was also
invited to present her paper at the
2007 Hudson River Mathematics
Conference and at the Pacific Coast
Mathematics Conference in Malibu, Calif., where she was presented
the Student Speaker Award.
•Assoc Prof. Bruce Morrill, SJ
(Theology), published the chapter
“Sacraments” in the book Exploring Theology: Making Sense of the
Catholic Tradition.
Grants
•Prof. Peter Clote (Biology):
$237,444, National Science Foundation, “RNA Parafold: Algorithms
and Web Server for Parametric
Aspects of RNA Secondary Structure.”
•Prof. Larry McLaughlin (Chemistry): $194,790, National Science
Foundation, “Functional Group
Interactions in DNA-Protein Recognition.”
•Kearns Professor of Education
Mary Walsh: $110,614, Mathile
Family Foundation, “The Boston Connects Model of Student
Support: Expanding Technical Assistance and Evaluation”; $600,000,
New Balance Foundation, “Boston
Connects Model of Student Support: Implementation and Evaluation.”
•Weston Observatory Director
Prof. John Ebel (Geology and
Geophysics): $98,826, US Geological Survey, “USGS New England
Seismic Network.”
•Center for the Study of Testing Evaluation and Educational
Policy Research Associate Damian
Bebell: $25,614, Commonwealth
Corp., “Three Year Evaluation Plan
for the Wireless Learning Initiative at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot
Colleagues said “Aloha” to College of Arts and Sciences Dean Joseph Quinn (left)
and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael Smyer at a reception in
Gasson Hall on May 9. The two are stepping down from their posts, Quinn to rejoin
the A&S faculty and Smyer to devote more time to his work with the Center on Aging & Work and other research interests. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)
Middle School.”
•Prof. Anthony Maluccio
(GSSW): $60,000, Lund Family
Center, “Vermont Rural Recruitment Project.”
•Prof. Thomas Seyfried (Biology):
$38,500, Rett Syndrome Research
Foundation, “Gene-Environmental
Interactions in the Metabolic Control of Rett Syndrome in Mecp2
Mice Using Ketogenic Diet.”
•Prof. John Michalczyk (Fine
Arts): $10,000, Foundation for
Moral Courage, “Gulag Documentary.”
•Research Assoc. Prof. Eric Strauss
(Biology): $3,000, Urban Ecology
Institute, “Environmental Research
Conferences.”
•Carroll School of Management Regional Director Joseph
Andrews: $1,300, University of
Massachusetts – SBDC, “Small
Business Development Center.”
Time and a Half
•Prof. Ellen Winner (Psychology)
spoke to the Council of Scientific
Society Presidents in Washington, DC, on educational policy
for gifted children and gave the
•Prof. Dayton Haskin (English)
organized and chaired a panel on
John Donne’s involvement with a
literary circle that gathered around
Countess of Pembroke Mary
Sidney, at the annual conference
of the John Donne Society, held at
Louisiana State University.
•Center for Irish Programs Executive Director and University
Professor of History Thomas E.
Hachey chaired a session on “The
Irish-American Church in the 20th
Century” at the 45th annual conference of the American Conference
for Irish Studies in New York, and
served as a respondent to papers
given at the Irish Historical Society
session titled “The Reconstruction
of Irish America.”
•Asst. Prof. Jonathan Laurence
(Political Science) presented his
research on Muslims in Germany
to the Heinrich Böll Stiftung in
Washington, DC.
Jobs
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Vanderslice Millennium Professor of Chemistry Amir Hoveyda received the Max Tishler Prize in recognition of his outstanding contributions in chemistry. The award was presented May 7 by the Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology when Hoveyda,
who currently chairs the Chemistry Department, delivered a lecture in
honor of the occasion on his latest research titled “New N-Heterocyclic
Carbenes: Exciting Frontiers in Reactivity, Selectivity, and Catalysis.”
-Teacher, Human Resources Department - Children’s Center -Administrative Assistant, University Advancement -Assistant Director, Irish Institute The Metaphysical Society of America presented Prof. Oliva Blanchette (Philosophy) with the John Findlay Book Award for Best Book
in Metaphysics in Five Years at its annual meeting, held at Vanderbilt
University.
Stephanie Ng, a graduate student in Chemistry, has been selected to
participate in the 2007 Schering-Plough Science and Innovation Award
Program, which recognizes academic excellence and aims to strengthen
the ties between industry and academia. Ng will travel to ScheringPlough’s New Jersey facility to tour its laboratories and participate in a
symposium held to honor the Science and Innovation Award winners. Boston College is one of 13 universities nationwide selected to participate
in this prestigious program. keynote lecture on arts education
for a conference at University of
Texas, Austin called “Texas Faces
the Future.”
-Public Affairs Assistant, Office of
Public Affairs -Digital Imaging Librarian, O’Neill
Library
The Boston College Club held its annual Scholarship Fund Presentation on May
2, during which club representatives presented a $500,000 check to University
President William P. Leahy, SJ. The BC Club Scholarship Fund provides financial
assistance for Boston College students from the inner city and has contributed
more than $2 million since it was established in 2001. In the photo with Fr. Leahy
are (L-R) Owen B. Lynch ‘56, Law ‘59, BC Club founding board member; John E.
Joyce ‘61, CGSOM ‘70, club co-founder and board member; BC Club Manager Jada
Emery; and ClubCorp Vice President Sean Laney.
-Teacher Assistant, Lynch School of
Education, Campus School
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“This year, we have several BC
students who have immigrationrelated issues as a centerpiece of
their projects,” she said. “Immigration is a serious global matter,
of course, and is of great concern
within the Catholic Church community. It’s wonderful to see how
BC students are embracing the
topic.”
Thomas works with Prof. Michael Resler (German Studies)
and Elizabeth Chadwick, a faculty
member in the College of Arts
and Sciences Honors Program, as
advisors to Fulbright applicants.
More than 50 other faculty members also participate in interviewing and mentoring Fulbright applicants; many of them also assist
students who are pursuing other
fellowships.
“Having faculty members who
are not only willing to spend the
extra time with students, but are
enthusiastic about doing so, is a
major asset,” she said.
Boston College’s Fulbright
Web site is fmwww2.bc.edu/Fulbright/home.php. The University
Fellowship Committee Web site is
www.bc.edu/fellowships.
A look at this year’s BC
Fulbright awardees and other
fellowship winners.
Atlas Anagnos
Hometown: Montgomery, Ala.
Destination: Germany
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language; do research on immigration issues
“My senior thesis topic involved tracing
the situation of Turkish immigrants in
Germany using novels written by Turkish
authors in that country. Novels, as a mirror
for the society in which they are written,
should have a circular relationship of reflecting and effecting changes in society. I
am interested in following this process as
it pertains to the Turkish immigrants.”
Nathaniel Campbell
Hometown: Bailey, Col.
Destination: Germany
Plans: Research medieval writings
“I’m going to study the work of Gebeno
von Eberbach, who in the 1220s wrote a
compilation of the prophetic and apocalyptic writings of Hildegard von Bingen called
Speculum Futurorum Temporum. I will
study this both in its specific time period
and in the wider context of the reception
and transmission of Latin literature in the
later Middle Ages.”
Cody Canyon ’06
Hometown: Ojai, Calif.
Destination: Spain
Plans: Study music history and its cultural
significance
“I want to examine the multicultural history of Andalucian music and then work
with Spanish young adults to record an album that displays a post-modern response
to Spain’s heterogeneous musical history.
My hope is that this project will illustrate
how music can bring people together and
contribute to a culture of religious tolerance between Christians and Muslims in
contemporary Spain.”
Stefanie Casillas
Hometown: New York City
Destination: Germany
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language
“The project I would complete in addition
to teaching would involve helping students
realize their future goals. I would push my
young charges to ask themselves: ‘What
brings me joy? What am I good at? And
what does the world want me to do?’”
my project. I will observe and interview
doctors and patients so as to understand
the perspective with which Tibetans approach tuberculosis.”
Lee Pellegrini
New Record
for Fulbrights
Jennifer Thibault
Hometown: Latham, NY
Destination: Germany
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language
“I am particularly motivated to infuse a
strong cultural component into my role as
a Fulbright Teaching Assistant. Some lessons I would like to enact include: having
students undertake a critical, comparative
reading of contrastive American newspapers; reading and discussing a contemporary American novel; listening to popular
American music; and learning about a
different major US city, state or region
each week.”
Lauren Tran
The 2007 Fulbright winners and alternates: Seated, L-R: Kathleen O’Connor, Lauren Kestel, Amanda Watral and Nathaniel Campbell. Standing, L-R: Sascha Rubin, Keith Fleischer, Allison Ramirez, Melissa Ruhry, Paul White, Patrick McGroarty, Jennifer
Thibault, Alexander Yiannopoulos, Christine Kochefko, Anne McGinness, David Saunders, Erica Marcus and Stefanie Casillas.
Not pictured: Atlas Anagnos, Daniel Halgin, Cody Canyon, Amy Cram, Katherine Hubler, Kaitlan McCann and Lauren Tran.
Amy Cram
Hometown: Norwood, Mass.
Destination: Bourgas, Bulgaria
Plans: Teach English to Bulgarian high
school students
“My research will examine the assumption
that English is, and will continue to be, a
‘global language’ by looking at Bulgarians
and their motivation for choosing English
over another lingua franc, their attitudes
toward speaking English, in what ways
their identity is tied up with English, and
which kind of English — American or British — is taught and learned.”
Keith Fleischer
Hometown: Medway, Mass.
Destination: Germany
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language
“As an English teaching assistant, I would
attempt to display the vital link between
classical literature and the current problems of the day. Through the compelling
connections I would uncover, the German
students would be given an excellent opportunity to discuss various issues facing
the world and, above all, to develop their
abilities to express themselves in an educated, diversified and sophisticated manner in English.”
Daniel Halgin
Fulbright alternate
Hometown: Amherst, Mass.
Destination: Hong Kong
Plans: Study the impact of working in a
global economy on Asian professionals
“The majority of research on global careers has focused on Western expatriates
or the experience of immigrants arriving in
Western economies. I am hoping to extend
our understanding of global careers by focusing on individuals who have repatriated
voluntarily to Hong Kong after working in
the United States, Canada or the United
Kingdom.”
Katherine Hubler
Fulbright alternate
Hometown: Glendale, Ore.
Destination: Berlin
Plans: Research the role of men in the German women’s movement from 1865-1919
“I want to study male ‘feminists’ and the
husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers of
women activists in order to see how each
of these (at times ambivalent) male ‘allies’ contributed to feminist activities and
thought over the course of the imperial
period, the Great War, and the founding of
the Weimar Republic.”
Lauren Kestel
Hometown: Kennett Square, Pa.
Destination: Germany
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language
“The curriculum I would use in my teaching will be based around America and an
accurate depiction of the country through
the use of popular media, history and comparison to Germany.”
Christine Kochefko
Hometown: Trumbull, Conn.
Destination: Germany
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language
“I plan on enhancing language and cultural
awareness though film and discussion.
Each week, as a supplementary activity
to the language experience, I will offer
students an after-school film program and
round table discussion to follow.”
Erica Marcus
Fulbright alternate
Hometown: Medway, Mass.
Destination: Bonn, Germany
Plans: Work at the Center for Development
Research
“I aim to take cultural and statistical data
that ZEF has gathered in their doctoral
projects, identify which development
theories are being pursued, and trace the
effects each theory’s values have on different areas of the country’s development.”
Kaitlin McCann
Hometown: Walpole, Mass.
Destination: Indonesia
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language
“In addition to my teaching placement,
I intend to study Bahasa Indonesia,
Indonesia’s national language, and conduct
a research project that encompasses my
interest in international finance.”
Anne McGinness
Hometown: Shaker Heights, Ohio
Destination: Lisbon, Portugal
Plans: Conduct research on Franciscan and
Jesuit evangelization in Brazil
“Missionary work and colonization were
inescapably interconnected; therefore I
will examine how the missionaries interacted with social forces of the colonial
era, such as African slavery and the treatment of the indigenous peoples.”
Patrick McGroarty ’06
Hometown: Boston
Destination: Germany
Plans: Study immigration-related issues
“German society is at a pivotal moment in
defining the role and identity of its growing immigrant population. I propose to
study the impact that governmental policy
and public opinion has had on the ability
of one group, the Vietnamese, to thrive
in Germany. Working as an investigative
reporter, I will focus specifically on the
academic success of Vietnamese students
in Berlin schools.”
Kathleen O’Connor ’04
Hometown: Redding, Conn.
Destination: Belgium
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language
“At a unique crossroads of Flemish, Walloon, German and other international
populations, Belgium is the only country
where I can examine bilingual education
and the culture of language use and learning from the inside, as a teaching assistant. I will learn firsthand how languages
operate individually, in schools and communities and internationally. The personal
connections forged in and by teaching will
enrich my understanding of education and
expression.”
Allison Ramirez
Hometown: Midland, Mich.
Destination: El Salvador
Plans: Examine how dominant images and
discourses of emigration and development
influence Salvadorans to go to the United
States
“While millions of Latin Americans have
come to the US in search of a better life,
my experience has told me that many
would rather remain in their homeland.
I want to better understand why people
from El Salvador rarely see development
as a viable solution to the problems of
immigration.”
Sascha Rubin
Hometown: Mount Kisco, NY
Destination: Germany
Plans: Research German political thought
“First, I plan on tracing the nature of the
liberal-communitarian debate within German thought in order to understand the
major contributors beyond [philosopher
and sociologist] Juergen Habermas. Second, I wish to investigate the debate’s implications in the German political sphere.”
Melissa Ruhry
Hometown: Garden City, NY
Destination: Germany
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language; study immigration-related trends
“As a teacher’s assistant in a German
Gymnasium, it would be an honor for me
to teach German students in the English
language and about the culture and customs of the US. I would love to explore
the different immigrant communities in
Germany, and to examine how this is influencing the current state of the country.
It would also be a personal way for me to
connect to the country where my grandparents spent their youth.”
David Saunders
Fulbright alternate
Hometown: Hastings, Minn.
Destination: Nepal
Plans: Research health and healing practices
“I want to research pluralistic healing modalities in Nepal, specifically TB and other
infectious diseases in the neighborhood of
Boudha and the surrounding Kathmandu
area. A hospital at which I worked in the
fall of 2005, Shechen clinic, which houses
a TB unit, serves as the starting point for
Hometown: Randolph, Mass.
Destination: Germany
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language
“I am applying for a teaching assistantship
specifically focused on the Vietnamese
immigrant community, which makes up
the largest Asian ethnic group in Germany.
As a side research project, I would like to
explore the issue of cultural assimilation
between Vietnamese living in the United
States and those living in Germany.”
Amanda Watral
Hometown: Hauppauge, NY
Destination: Germany
Plans: Teach English as a foreign language
“As a learner of foreign languages, I recognize the need to capture my students’
attention with topics and activities that
will spark their desire to learn. I hope to
simultaneously continue my study of German language and culture.”
Paul White
Hometown: Scarsdale, NY
Destination: Germany
Plans: Research on German role in 1990s
Yugoslavian conflict
“I will analyze the decision of the German
government in 1991 to unilaterally recognize Croatia and Slovenia. This decision
is significant since Germany broke with
the stated policy of both NATO and the
EC to maintain the territorial integrity of
Yugoslavia.”
Alexander Yiannopoulos
Hometown: New Orleans
Destination: Nepal
Plans: Study Buddhist philosophy
“My intention is to enroll in the master’s
program in Buddhist philosophy at the
Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu,
with the goal of producing a series of
articles for American philosophical journals
seeking to elucidate how, precisely, the
Mahayana Buddhist tradition understands
the notion of ‘translation.’ This will aim at
enabling the 21st century Western tradition and the Mahayana Buddhist tradition
to effectively communicate with each
other.”
Beinecke Scholarship
M. Emily Neumeier ’08
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
Activities and Plans: Currently in Cairo
studying Arabic; will curate exhibition on
early Qur’an manuscripts for the Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston’s Islamic Art Gallery;
hopes to pursue doctorate in art history;
established first college chapter of the
Daughters of Abraham, an interfaith book
club for Muslim, Jewish, and Christian
women
“I really enjoy teaching, archaeology, and
museum work. Hopefully I can coordinate
all of those things by working in a museum, university, or non-profit.”
Jacob Javits Fellowship
William O’Dowd ’06
Hometown: Braintree, Mass.
Activities and Plans: English major while at
BC; currently pursuing a master’s degree in
science writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; hopes to eventually
earn a doctorate in English from Columbia
University’s doctoral program.