| President of Boston College | |
|---|---|
| Appointer | Boston College Board of Governors |
| Formation | 1863 |
| First holder | John Bapst (1863 - 1869) |
| Website | Office of the President |
Boston College is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1863. The president of Boston College is the head of the university.
| No. | Image | Name | Years | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | John Bapst SJ | 1863–1869 | [1] |
| 2 |  | Robert W. Brady SJ | 1869–1870 | [1] |
| 3 |  | Robert J. Fulton SJ | 1870–1880 | [1] |
| 4 |  | Jeremiah O'Connor SJ | 1880–1884 | [1] |
| 5 |  | Edward V. Boursaud SJ | 1884–1887 | [1] |
| 6 |  | Thomas H. Stack SJ | 1887 | [1] |
| 7 |  | Nicholas Russo SJ | 1887–1888 | [1] |
| 8 | | Robert J. Fulton SJ | 1888–1891 | [1] |
| 9 |  | Edward I. Devitt SJ | 1891–1894 | [1] |
| 10 |  | Timothy Brosnahan SJ | 1894–1898 | [1] |
| 11 |  | W. G. Read Mullan SJ | 1898–1903 | [1] |
| 12 |  | William F. Gannon SJ | 1903–1907 | [1] |
| 13 |  | Thomas I. Gasson SJ | 1907–1914 | [1] |
| 14 |  | Charles W. Lyons SJ | 1914–1919 | [1] |
| 15 |  | William Devlin SJ | 1919–1925 | [1] |
| 16 |  | James H. Dolan SJ | 1925–1932 | [1] |
| 17 |  | Louis J. Gallagher SJ | 1932–1937 | [1] |
| 18 |  | William J. McGarry SJ | 1937–1939 | [1] |
| 19 |  | William J. Murphy SJ | 1939–1945 | [1] |
| 20 |  | William L. Keleher SJ | 1945–1951 | [1] |
| 21 |  | Joseph R. N. Maxwell SJ | 1951–1958 | [1] |
| 22 |  | Michael P. Walsh SJ | 1958–1968 | [1] |
| 23 |  | W. Seavey Joyce SJ | 1968–1972 | [1] |
| 24 |  | J. Donald Monan SJ | 1972–1996 | [1] |
| 25 |  | William P. Leahy SJ | 1996–present | [1] [2] [3] |
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John Dunning Whitney was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became the president of Georgetown University in 1898. Born in Massachusetts, he joined the United States Navy at the age of 16, where he was introduced to Catholicism by way of a book that accidentally came into his possession and prompted him to become a Catholic. He entered the Society of Jesus and spent the next twenty-five years studying and teaching mathematics at Jesuit institutions around the world, including in Canada, England, Ireland, and around the United States in New York, Maryland, Boston, and Louisiana. He became the vice president of Spring Hill College in Alabama before being appointed the president of Georgetown University.
John Berchmans Creeden was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit, who served in many senior positions at Jesuit universities in the United States. Born in Massachusetts, he attended Boston College, and studied for the priesthood in Maryland and Austria. He taught at Fordham University and then at Georgetown University, where he became the dean of Georgetown College in 1909, and simultaneously served as the principal of Georgetown Preparatory School.
Thomas Ignatius Gasson was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born in England, he emigrated to the United States at the age of 13, and was taken under the care of two Catholic women in Philadelphia, which led to his conversion to Catholicism soon thereafter. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1875, and studied theology at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, where he was ordained a priest. Upon his return to the United States, he became a professor at Boston College, before being named President of Boston College in 1907.
Edward Ignatius Devitt was a Canadian American priest, Jesuit, and historian of the American Catholic Church. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he moved with his family to Boston, Massachusetts, at a young age. He studied in public schools in the city before enrolling at the College of the Holy Cross. Devitt spent two years there, and then entered the Society of Jesus in 1859. He studied at the novitiate in Frederick, Maryland, and at the newly opened Woodstock College. He briefly taught at the Washington Seminary during his studies, and after graduating, was a professor for the next thirty years at Holy Cross, Woodstock, and Georgetown University.
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Robert James Fulton was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who twice served as the president of Boston College, from 1870 to 1880 and 1888 to 1891. He was influential in the early years of Boston College, as he was in charge of all the school's academic affairs.
Edward Victor Boursaud was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who was the president of Boston College from 1884 to 1887. Raised in New York City and France, he studied at Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland before entering the Society of Jesus in 1863. For the next 18 years, he studied and taught at Jesuit institutions, including Boston College, Georgetown College, and Woodstock College, as well as the novitiate in Frederick, Maryland. In 1881 and 1887, he served three-year terms in Italy as the assistant secretary to the Jesuit Superior General for the English-speaking world.
