Joseph R.N. Maxwell President's Office Records, 1929-1970, (bulk 1951-1958).

Maginnis & Walsh

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In 1898, Charles D. Maginnis and Timothy F. Walsh went into partnership with Matthew Sullivan to form Maginnis, Walsh and Sullivan. In 1906, Sullivan withdrew and the firm was renamed Maginnis & Walsh. In 1909, Maginnis & Walsh won the competition to build the new campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The collegiate Gothic design was deemed "the most beautiful campus in America" by The American Architect magazine and established the firm's reputation in collegiate and...

Boston College. Office of the President

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The Office of the President was established at the founding of Boston College in 1863. The first president and rector of Boston College, John Bapst, S.J., served from 1863 until 1869. During the college's inception, the term "vice-rector" was used instead of rector because the College was still in the process of formation. The early presidents performed administrative as well as religious duties, and often taught as well. President Fulton was the only president to hold the office twice non-co...

Maxwell, Joseph Raymond Nonnatus, 1899-1971

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Joseph Maxwell was born on December 7, 1899 in Taunton, Massachusetts, to Richard and Caroline Maxwell. In 1918, he enrolled in Holy Cross College, and the following year, he entered the Society of Jesus as a novice. Maxwell studied classics at St. Andrew-on-Hudson and philosophy at Weston College. He then taught at Holy Cross from 1926 to 1929 before returning to Weston to study theology. Maxwell received a Master of the Arts degree from Boston College (1926), a doctorate in English from Fordha...

Donovan, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1912-

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Jesuits

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In 1534 Ignatius of Loyola, a Basque and former soldier, met in Paris with six companions to take a private vow of poverty and one to place themselves at the disposition of the pope. On September 27, 1540, Paul III issued the bull Regimini militantis ecclesiae, canonically establishing the Society of Jesus. The constitutions of the society were drawn up by Ignatius who submitted his work for approval in 1550. Along with working toward the spiritual benefits of its members, the aim of the order w...

Boston College. College of Business Administration

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Boston College. School of Education

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Boston College. School of Nursing

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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 ...

United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences.

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Boston College. Law School

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The Law School was founded in 1929, and in 1932 it was accredited by the American Bar Association. In 1954 the school moved from Boston to the Chestnut Hill campus and in 1975 it moved to the Newton campus. Since 1969 the Law School has awarded the J.D. degree to its graduates. From the description of Law School Records, 1929-[ongoing]. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 38108441 ...

Boston College. Athletic Association.

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