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BC High Today Published by: Office for Institutional Advancement Boston College High School 150 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 617-474-5030 • Fax: 617-474-5035 www.bchigh.edu
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Winter 2018 • Vol. 17 Issue 1
SPECIAL FEATURE
BC High Welcomes Grace Regan P’12
Grace Regan P’12, President OFFICE FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
The new president will lead BC High into the future while honoring our past .
Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement Colleen F. Carter ccarter@bchigh.edu
by Brendan Hughes ’98
Assistant Director of Development Matthew BeDugnis ’13 mbedugnis@bchigh.edu
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Associate Director of Communications William L. Burke ’52, P’86, GP’17 burke@bchigh.edu
SPECIAL FEATURE
Director of Alumni Relations Matthew J. Curran ’89, P’22 curran@bchigh.edu
My Story Was Formed in Tanzania
Advancement Systems Manager Kimberly Duong duong@bchigh.edu
Salmons reflects on his experience through the Hyde Global Scholars Program.
Director of Major Gifts and Strategic Partnerships Tara Esfahanian P’21 tesfahanian@bchigh.edu
by Troy Salmons ’18
Director of Parent Programs Kim Jennings P’21 kjennings@bchigh.edu
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Director of Individual Gifts and Estate Planning Daniel Kenslea, Jr. ’71 dkenslea@bchigh.edu
Bulger Performing Arts Center Turns 10
Director of Development Staci McDonnell P’19, ’22 smcdonnell@bchigh.edu
The Center has become a place to gather in times of joy and grief, triump and tribulation.
Operations Assistant Ellen M. McKenzie mckenzie@bchigh.edu Development Assistant Suzann Sweeney sweeney@bchigh.edu
also inside
Golf Team wins States | Regatta Mass and Meal | Norm Walsh ’70 Honored | Fall Team Wrap Up
20 Alumni News Notes 25 Faculty & Staff Notes 26 The Scene
Design Mary-Lynne Bohn, Accent Design, Inc.
Paul J. Donato ’95
Printing Mass Printing, Inc.
Martin J. Dunn, DMD ’53 John F. Ferraro ‘73 Margaret M. Florentine
Photography John Gillooly ’89, LifeTouch Photography, Reverend Ron Perry, SJ, Jennifer Tegan P’17
Reverend Brian Conley, SJ, Chair
18 Athletics in the News
Copy Editor Bill Burke ’52
John R. Carroll ‘86
16 Bulger Performing Arts Center Turns 10
Gregory E. Bulger ‘68
If you would like to send a letter to the editor or update your information, please send the information to the address listed above, or e-mail alumni@bchigh.edu.
J. Frank Keohane, Esq. ‘53, GP’12,’14
Hyde Center | Arrupe 10 Year Anniversary | HoloLens | My Brother’s Keeper | Ignatian Values Days | MLK, Jr. Prayer Service
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Timothy S. O’Donnell, Esq. ’83, Secretary Kelly A. Verrochi P’15, Vice-Chair
2 On the Boulevard
Director of Marketing & Communications Editor, BC High Today Jennifer Tegan P‘17 jtegan@bchigh.edu
28 In Memoriam
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