Richard M. Gill Scrapbook, 1933-1994 (bulk 1933-1940).

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Richard M. Gill Scrapbook, 1933-1994 (bulk 1933-1940).

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The scrapbook covers Gill's athletic career with Boston English High School, Boston College and the Boston Athletic Association. The volume consists primarily of newspaper clippings but also contains letters, photographs and ephemera.

1 v. ; 41 cm.

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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English High School (Boston, Mass.)

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Boston Athletic Association

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Gill, Richard M. (Richard Murray), 1915-1994.

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Meteorologist and athlete. Richard Gill was born in 1915 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. "Red Richard" entered Boston College in 1934 and became one of the university's foremost track athletes of the 1930s. Gill received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1938 and a Master of Education degree in 1939. In the 1940s, he received a Ph. D. in meteorology. Gill served as a meteorologist in the Air Force from 1943 to 1973 and achieved the rank of Colonel. He died in 1994. ...

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 β€œthe 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 ...