Summer 2024
FROM THE OFFICE OF GIFT PLANNING
Summer’s Farewell and Fall’s Arrival
by Ericka L. Webb, Executive Director of Gift Planning
Securing the future of BC is on all of our minds as Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston College marks one year since its kickoff last September. In this issue, you will read about the many ways you can support the University while maximizing benefits and minimizing taxes.
Opposing Counsel, Unified Hearts
Sylvia and Matthew Kerrigan ’82 established a bequest to endow a professorship in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences.
From Parents to Partners
Kathryne Lyons and Jonathan Teplitz, P’24 solidify their commitment to the University with a lasting gift.
Make an Impact on the Future of BC
A gift to Boston College could provide you with an immediate charitable tax deduction, fixed payments for life—and future support to BC.
50th Reunion Shaw Society bus tours
“Golden Eagle” Shaw Society members were treated to an in-depth campus tour during their 50th Reunion Weekend. Tour guides from the Office of Gift Planning showcased the many physical changes to the Heights in recent years, including buildings supported through planned gifts. Shaw Society members also learned about Rev. Joseph Coolidge Shaw, S.J., and how his estate gift helped to found Boston College. “Everything you see on campus today is a ripple from the first Boston College donor,” says Megan E. McCarthy ’07, MA’21, associate director of gift planning. The Shaw Society sponsors this tour every year for its members who return to campus for their 50th Reunion.
What will your next chapter be?
Boston College Companions welcomes accomplished leaders and professionals with 20 or more years of experience to join a yearlong fellowship focused on leadership and service. Immersive and intergenerational, BC Companions is ideal for people who are ready to reflect on their personal journey, explore new ways of being in a supportive and lasting community, and connect their life with meaning and purpose through the distinctive lens of Jesuit, Catholic education.
In a cohort of 15 to 20, fellows will:
- Audit courses in areas of interest across the University’s nine schools and colleges while participating in a bi-weekly seminar.
- Share and reflect on their life stories to shape their upcoming years in an intentional and purposeful way.
- Hear from University leadership and Jesuits and work closely with a faculty advisor. Fellows may also choose to meet with a spiritual director.
- Travel on an Ignatian pilgrimage to Spain and Rome and the option to participate in a five-day silent retreat.
Fellows begin their year on campus in January 2025. Apply now to be considered. For more information, please visit bc.edu/companions or contact Margaret Laurence, director of BC Companions & Initiatives for Formative Education, at companions@bc.edu.
Protect your loved ones’ financial future
Change can happen in the blink of an eye—so planning ahead is more important than ever. A FREE estate planning guide from the Office of Gift Planning can help you get started.
- Keep important documents in one convenient place
- Store contact information
- Include details about your estate
Welcome New Members
More than 110 alumni, parents, and friends have shared their planned gift intentions with Boston College since our last issue of Bookmarks. We are proud to recognize their support with membership in the University’s prestigious Shaw Society.
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Timothy C. Anderson ’73*
Patricia K. Bagley*
Rosella Baldino*
Tamika Barnes ’99
Richard P. Bloom
Shelley Brown-Gianino
Anthony S. Bryk ’70
Kathleen F. Burke ’87, JD’94, P’24
Allison M. Campbell
Dale A. Carlson, P’24
Amy L. Chapman ’04, MA’05, CAES’11
Pamela Cooney
Dawn M. Corrado, P’03, ’06, ’09, ’11
Frank J. Corrado Jr. ’74, P’03, ’06, ’09, ’11
Kathleen M. Cronin ’85*
Jean Keitel Cryor*
Louis Davelman
Susan L. Davelman ’79
Monica Delattre ’84
Lindsey Delsesto
Jordis K. DiFeo
Joseph C. Difeo ’65, P’97, ’04
Samuel X. DiFeo ’70, P’94
John F. Donahue*
Rhodora J. Donahue*
Anne R. Donovan*
Rev. Arthur J. Driscoll, MS’56*
Peter C. Dunn
Sarah J. Dunn ’06, MS’08
Eileen E. Egan*
Leo A. Egan, JD’57*
John C. Eisinger ’98
Kelly Eisinger
John Kenneth Felter ’72
Linda Felter
Cynthia G. Fish, P’13, ’18, ’23
John F. Fish, P’13, ’18, ’23
Christine E. Fiske ’97, MBA’10
Steven Fiske ’06
Ryan J. Foster
Lee Anne Fry, P’16
William N. Fry, P’16
Richard J. Gianino, JD’81
Vince C. Gubitosi ’94
Janea Gubitosi
Charles Hack
Jared R. Hardesty, MA’10, PhD’14
Christopher M. Harrick ’98
Tania R. Harrick ’98
Margaret Hart Foley, MEd’55*
Jennifer A. Hayes ’94, P’20
John C. Hayes ’92, P’20
James A. Hazard ’96
Carolyn B. Hollis ’79, P’06, ’07, ’10
Michael J. Hollis ’77, P’06, ’07, ’10
Anne O. Kane ’75, MS’77, PhD’99, P’02
Kevin H. Kane ’75, P’02
Paul F. Keaveney ’60, MS’62*
Marie R. Kennedy, MA’56*
Charles R. Kinnaird*
Susan S. Kinnaird ’52*
Edwin K. Kuffner Jr., P’25
Elizabeth A. Lalik
Thomas W. Lane ’54*
Meagan S. Levitan, P’24
Margaret Lillie, JD’53*
Kathryne J. Lyons, P’24
Candace Manzella
Robert Manzella
Anne Maxwell Foster ’05
Donald T. McAuliffe ’81, P’11
Lyne M. McAuliffe, P’11
Thomas P. McGrath ’04
Heather A. McLoughlin Kuffner ’90, P’25
Kathleen K. Mooney*
Philip F. Mooney ’66
Margaret I. Murray, P’25
Patrick J. Murray, P’25
Katherine L. Natale ’68, MA’69, PhD’77*
Paul H. Natale ’59*
Kevin J. Nichols ’90, MA’95
Linda L. Nichols
Siri E. Nilsson, JD’11
Susie H. Norris ’83
Albert A. Notini ’78, JD’83
Barbara J. Orlowski, MA’79*
Patricia T. Owen ’73, MA’78
Kenneth C. Owen
Charles J. Palmer ’66, P’89
Anna Petronzio, MA’87
Bryan D. Phelps ’98
Jennifer Phelps
Sarah K. Reetz ’80
Stephen D. Riden ’95, JD’99
W. Herbert Scannell III ’79, H’23
Betsy A. Shuman
Eric L. Shuman ’77
Michael J. Sousa ’90
Pamela M. Sousa ’89
Carolyn Steadman
Henry J. Steadman ’66, MA’69
Maureen Sullivan*
Katie Swolfs
Jonathan B. Teplitz, P’24
John M. Thompson ’79
Frances D. Titterton NC’62, P’90
Paul J. Titterton ’61, P’90
Brian J. Tusa ’94
Danielle G. Tusa
Maureen T. Vieira ’84
Thomas L. Vieira
Karen L. Vogel Bloom, MEd’67
Jessica D. Walter ’98, P’27
Peter A. Walter ’98, P’27
Frederick G. Westerman III ’88
*Deceased
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