John T. Galvin Papers

Galvin, Ruth Mehrtens, 1922-2002

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Ruth Beatrice Mehrtens Galvin was born in New Haven on 14 January 1922, daughter of Behrend and Paulin Clara (Gademann) Mehrtens. She received her A.B. from Smith College in 1942. She was a letters correspondent for Life magazine, 1945-1946; then became a researcher, then contributing editor for Time magazine in 1946. From 1951 on, she was a correspondent for Time in Chicago, Canada, London, Boston, and Israel; bureau chief in Boston 1960-1966; a national correspondent, 1966-1974; and senior cor...

Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958

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Boston College

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In 1863, a charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts authorized five Jesuits of Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus to incorporate as “the Trustees of the Boston College.” Their South End school became the first chartered college to operate in Boston in September 1864, when twenty-two boys – with an average age of fourteen – enrolled and classes began. Enrollment was limited to boys but open to those of any religious background. The original grounds were cramped, consisting only of a ...

Boston College. School of Management

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Founded in 1938, the School of Business Administration originally held its classes at the Boston College Intown College. During the 1940-1941 academic year, the school moved to the Chestnut Hill campus and was renamed the College of Business Administration. In 1958, the Graduate School of Business was established as a separate program and later merged with the College of Business Administration in 1963. The program was renamed the School of Management in 1968. In 1989, the school was renamed the...

Galvin, John T., 1914-1994

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John Thomas Galvin was born on December 26, 1914 in Boston, MA, to Thomas J. and Agnes M. Hughes Galvin. He was an alumnus of both Boston College High (class of 1931) and Boston College (Class of 1937). He married journalist Ruth Mehrtens Galvin (1922-2002) in 1968, and they had no children. He died on September 19, 1994 at Youville Hospital in Cambridge, MA. John Galvin handled press and publicity for the Boston Community Fund Campaign (now United Way) after graduating from Boston College, a...

Boston Citizen Seminars

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