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Alumni Awards of Excellence

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If there is a specific award you would like to nominate this person for, please choose the award below:
 

WILLIAM V. MCKENNEY AWARD
The highest honor bestowed by the Alumni Association, this award was created in 1936 in honor of its first recipient, William V. McKenney 1915. The award recognizes a Boston College graduate whose outstanding service to a chosen profession, community, or cause reflects honor on the University.

JOHN J. GRIFFIN SR. '35, H'72, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD
Named after John J. Griffin Sr. '35, H'72, who was one of the University's most dedicated contributors, this award recognizes the crucial role that volunteers play in Alumni Association programming, which is a cornerstone of the University's advancement efforts. The award is presented to the outstanding volunteer whose meritorious service on behalf of Boston College contributed to the advancement of the academic mission of higher education in the Jesuit tradition at the grassroots level of the alumni organization.

IGNATIAN AWARD
This award recognizes an individual who lives the Ignatian mission of “men and women for others.” By serving others and exhibiting a caring, giving approach to life, this individual serves as an example to all members of the BC community.

PHILIP J. CALLAN SR. '25 YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD
Presented to the graduate whose early volunteer career has established a reputation for exceptional leadership, dedication, and perseverance on behalf of Boston College Advancement in the tradition of Phil Callan, founder of the Annual Fund telethon.

JAMES F. CLEARY '50, H'93, MASTERS AWARD
Jim Cleary ’50, H’93, was founder of the Fides and President’s Circle annual giving societies. He was co-chair of the University’s first truly ambitious capital campaign, which began in 1988 and well exceeded its goal. Jim was also the creator of our highly successful Pops on the Heights program. His ideas and energy propelled Boston College’s development program to a new level of achievement. Accordingly, this special award is presented to University Advancement volunteers who have distinguished themselves as masters by providing ideas, energy, and leadership that elevate fundraising initiatives at Boston College to new levels of excellence.

JOHN P. CURLEY 1913 AWARD
The Curley Award honors an outstanding volunteer who has committed both time and resources to advance the efforts of Boston College and especially the Athletic Department. Named for BC Varsity Club Hall of Fame member John P. Curley 1913, the senior football manager for the 1912 Boston College Eagles and Graduate Manager of Athletics from 1929 to 1957 who is widely acknowledged as having brought Boston College Athletics into the modern era, this award fittingly recognizes his lifetime commitment to Boston College and the Athletic Department.

JAMES F. STANTON '42 SENIOR CLASS GIFT AWARD
The James F. Stanton ’42 Award is presented to a past member of the Senior Class Gift Committee to recognize their outstanding volunteer service and leadership and whose work on the committee exemplifies the many volunteer efforts of James F. Stanton ’42 on behalf of Boston College. A long-time distinguished and dedicated volunteer in support of the University’s advancement efforts, James F. Stanton ’42 was awarded the William V. Kenney Medal as Outstanding Alumnus of the year in June 1963 and received the Presidential Bicentennial Award Rahle Medal in 1976.
 

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