1986–1987 Fact Book

Contents Table of Contents Page Foreword I Boston College - A Brief History . 3 Boston College Profile . 5 Administration and Faculty Trustees of Boston College, December, 1972 - September, 1988 .. ................................................ 8 Chart of Administration ., ................................................................................. 8 Board of Trustee Membership ........................................................................... .. 9 Board of Trustee Chairmen " 10 Trustee Associate Membership .............................................................. .. 10 Officers of the University II Academic Deans 12 Department Chairmen and Chairwomen ..................................... .. 12 University Administrators " 13 Professional, Administrative and Support Staff Personnel .. ................................................... .. 14 Faculty: by School and Rank .................................................................................. .. 15 Full-Time Equivalent by School 15 by School and Tenure Status 16 by School and Sex 16 by Highest Earned Degree and Rank .................................................................... .. 17 by Highest Earned Degree and Sex 17 by Rank and Sex 17 Full-Time Faculty, Teaching Assistants, Teaching Fellows: by School and Department 18 Average Faculty Compensation: byRank,AAUPCategory 1,1986-1987 '" '" 19 Boston College Faculty - For the Ten Years Ended May 31, 1987 19 Students Freshmen Enrollment by Year and Sex (Full-Time) 22 Freshmen Enrollees - SAT Averages by Class 22 Freshmen Applications, Acceptances and Enrollment (Full-Time) 22 Class of 1991 Applications and Enrollees - Geographic Distribution 23 Undergraduate Transfer Students: Applications, Acceptances and Enrollment (Full-Time) 24 by Type of Previous Institution and Sex 24 Enrollment: . Graduate and Undergraduate, Full- and Part-Time 25 Undergraduate, Day and Evening, and Graduate 25 Undergraduate, by School " 26 Graduate, by School .................................................................................. .. 26 Graduate, by Degree Program and Discipline 27 Undergraduate and Graduate, by Sex 28 Full-Time Equivalent 29 Contents Page Summer Session ....................................................................................... 29 Evening College . 30 Geographic Distribution of Students . 31 International Students and Scholars, 1986-1987: by School .................................... .. 32 by Class or Program ................................................................................ .. 32 by Sex and Program 32 by Country 33 Minority Enrollment ................................................................................... 34 Veteran Enrollment , 34 Undergraduate Degrees Conferred: by Degree and Number of Majors 35 by Major 36 by School and by Major 37 Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees Conferred by Degree and Sex 38 Undergraduate and Graduate Financial Aid: Dollars 39 Number of Awards 39 Health Services 40 University Counseling Services: Number of Students, Faculty-Staff Served 41 Services Provided to Undergraduate and Graduate Students , 41 Alumni Boston College Alumni Clubs 44 Alumni Association Board of Directors, 1987-1988 44 Alumni Awards 44 Comparative Regional Analysis 45 Geographic Analysis by State 45 Living Alumni by Primary School, Sex and Class 46 Alumni Donors by Primary School and Class 48 Gifts to the University 50 Individual Donors by Giving Club ........................................................................ .. 50 Physical Plant Buildings Related to Boston College Operation 54 Boston College Properties 56 Facility Capacities 57 Dining Facilities ....................................................................................... .. 58 Offices 58 Classrooms 59 Summary of Building Use . 59 Residence Hall Capacities . 60 Contents Page Finance Highlights of Financial Operations 64 Tuition Restated in 1967 Dollars 64 Tuition and Fees - For the Ten Years Ending May 31,1988 65 Summary, Contract and Grant Awards 66 Contracts and Grants, Source and Application 67 Selected Contract and Grant Awards 68 Libraries Boston College Libraries 72 Expenditures for Library Materials 72 Holdings by Individual Libraries 72 Circulation Statistics 72 Special Library Services 73 Special Collections 74 University Archives 76 Language Laboratory .................................................................................. .. 76 Athletics The Year in Review: A Year of Champions 80 SpOTtS Participation Levels 81 Intercollegiate Athletics ............................................................................... .. 82 Varsity Sports Records 83 Varsity Football Schedules, 1987-1990 84 Varsity Hockey Schedule, 1987-1988 85 Varsity Basketball Schedule, 1987-1988 85 General Information Founder and Presidents ............................................................. " 88 Honorary Degrees Awarded, 1952-1987 . 88 Types of Degrees Conferred . 91 Honorary Degrees . 91 Association Memberships . 92 Accrediting Agencies . 92 Academic Department Locations . 93 Academic Calendar . 94 Sources 94 Index . 95 Campus Maps . 96 Foreword Foreword The Boston College Fact Book is a summary of signifi cant statistics gathered from various sources through out the University. Once again, we wish to extend sin cere thanks and appreciation for the excellent cooperation and assistance received from these many sources. The purpose of the Fact Book is to produce a single source publication and reference document touching upon and integrating all aspects of the institution's people and its operations. We do wish to point out to all users that the information presented herein was compiled at a specific time - September-October, 1987 - to reflect the Academic Year 1986-1987, as well as the most current enrollment statistics for 1987-1988. The majority of the information is extracted from management reports produced on a regular basis by the various source offices. When reviewing the figures presented we advise you to always note the time frame referenced in the individual tables, and to contact re sponsible offices should you have further questions. With this 16th edition, we continue our efforts to pro duce a Fact Book that integrates the latest information with an historical overview. We welcome suggestions for additional data and improvements. Ivy R. Dodge, Editor Office of the Financial Vice President and Treasurer December, 1987 · , '. i· . ,Y' ,.' ," " .. ~.~:.;:: A Brief History 3 Boston College A Brief History Boston College was founded by the Society of Jesus in Though incorporated as a University since its begin 1863, and is one of twenty-eight Jesuit collegt;s and ning, it was not until its second half-century that Bos universities in the United States. With three teachers ton College began to fill out the dimensions of its Uni and twenty-two students, the school opened its doors versity charter. The Summer Session was inaugurated on September 5, 1864. While it remained a small lib in 1924; the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in eral arts college, the faculty was predominantly Jesuit, 1925; the Law School, ]929; the Evening College, but today's full-time faculty is comprised of 39 Jesuits 1929; the Graduate School of Social Work, 1936; the and 524 laymen and women. Part-time faculty posi College of Business Administration, ]938. The latter, tions are held by 20 Jesuits, in addition to 20 Jesuit along with its Graduate School established in 1957, is members of the university administration. now known as the School of Management. The Schools of Nursing and Education were founded in Originally located on Harrison Avenue in the South ]947 and 1952, respectively. Weston Observatory, End of Boston, where it shared quarters with the Bos founded in 1928, was accepted as a Department of ton College High School, the College outgrew its ur Boston College in ]947, offering courses in geophysics ban setting toward the end of its first fifty years. A and geology to graduate students. new location was selected in Chestnut Hill, then al most rural, and four parcels of land were acquired in In 1927 Boston College conferred one earned bache 1907. A design competition for the development of lor's degree and fifteen master's degrees on women the campus was won by the firm of Maginnis and through the Extension Division, the precursor of the Walsh, and ground was broken on June 19, 1909, for Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Evening the construction of Gasson Hall. It is located on the College, and the Summer Session. Today's women stu site of the Lawrence farmhouse, in the center of the dents comprise 57 percent of the University's enroll original tract of land purchased by Father Gasson, and ment, and 43 percent of a total alumni body of over is built largely of stone taken from a quarry which oc 91,000. cupied part of the sites of Devlin, Higgins, and Cush ing Halls. The foundations were blasted out of solid Now the fourth largest private university in New Eng ledge. Because of its historic value, Gasson was com land, with full- and part-time enrollment of over pletely restored in 1976 in order to preserve its famil 14,000, Boston College consists of eleven schools, col iar Gothic spires for future generations of students leges, and institutes offering thirteen degree programs and alumni. and one certification program. Later purchases doubled the size of the property, with the addition of the upper campus in 1941, and the lower campus with the purchase of

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