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Frederick S. Pardee (SMG'54, GSM'54). Photo by Fred Sway, University Photo Services. Study of Global Future
Frederick S. Pardee (SMG’54, GSM’54) has doubled his endowment of Boston University’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future with a recent $5 million gift.
Yvonne Backus as she appeared in Seattle's society pages in October 1941, shortly after her marriage to LeRoy Backus. Seattle Times photo.

Mysterious Friend
Million dollar gifts don’t just fall into your lap. Or do they? Marcia Ryan, planned gift administrator at Boston University, may feel as if they do after receiving word of a $4.4 million bequest to the University — from someone who appears to have no connection to BU.
Jack Parker (SMG'68, Hon. '96) with his Terriers. Photo by Fred Sway, University Photo Services. Celebrating Friendship
Dexter Dodge (SMG’56), a BU trustee, longtime alumni leader, and benefactor of a wide variety of BU programs, is donating $250,000 toward the new home for the hockey Terriers, a gift that will name the head hockey coach’s office in the new Harry Agganis Arena.
Esther Hopkins (CAS'47): "I like having a voice in what's going on." Photo by Jim Flynn. Esther Hopkins: Career Volunteer
A person praised for “a career in volunteer work” is generally unencumbered by paid employment. But Esther A. H. Hopkins (CAS’47), career volunteer, has only recently retired as scientist and lawyer.
Ray Buell (SED'54), pictured here at the new DeWolfe Boathouse, has left his mark on the BU Crew and Hockey programs. Photo by Kal Zabarsky, University Photo Services. Living All Out
Beginning with archery when he was a schoolboy in Newton, Massachusetts, athletics have always been a big part of Ray Buell’s life. For more than sixty years he has played, taught, coached, and supported a wide range of sports, but the sport that captivated him early on and remains his favorite is crew.
Velia (Hon.'03) and Carlos Tosi just before the convocation in her honor. Photo by Fred Sway, University Photo Services. Honorary Alumna
Sixty-three years ago, Velia Rigione, born and raised in Boston’s North End, declined her admission to Boston University and became, instead, Mrs. Carlos Tosi. But “Carlos’s gain was not our loss,” as Chancellor John Silber said in January as he presented her with an honorary degree. “You became and remained a dedicated member of the Boston University community.”
Betsy McAlister Groves, founder and director of the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center, in the project's playroom, where children receive counseling. Child Witnesses to Violence
After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Head Start and day care center teachers in New York City needed training to help their young charges cope with the traumatic events. They turned to the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center.
Spencer Frankl. Photo by Kent Dayton. Dean Frankl's Silver Anniversary
The Goldman School of Dental Medicine is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, and mention of that fact seldom goes by without mention of another — it’s also Dean Spencer Frankl’s twenty-fifth year at the helm of the school.
School of Social Work Dean Wilma Peebles-Wilkins. Photo by Kal Zabarsky, University Photo Services.
 Caring for an Aging Population
As the American population ages and more elderly people receive care for chronic illnesses at home, social workers are increasingly caring for older adults and their families.
Louis Lowy (SED'49, SSW'51). Photo by BU Photo Services. Gerontology at BU
In 1875, Boston University’s two-year-old School of Medicine launched its Home Medical Service, in which students attended particularly to homebound elderly. Thus began the University’s tradition of leadership in geriatrics and gerontology.
Screenshot of the Alumni Web Giving page. Web Makes Giving Easy
We shop at Amazon.com, we check on our 401Ks online, and now some of us make our donations via the Web.
School of Theology Dean Robert Neville at the reception celebrating the School's most recent Lilly grant. Photo by Vernon Doucette, University Photo Services. The Challenge of Urban Ministries
In the 1950s, as white working- and middle-class Americans began fleeing from cities to suburbia, urban churches struggled to adapt to changing demographics.
CAS Professor Andrew Bacevich. Photo by Vernon Doucette, University Photo Services. Not Your Father's Conservative
Many of Andrew Bacevich’s colleagues in the field of international relations may prejudge his ideological bent: a West Point graduate and former Army colonel is bound to reflect the military culture’s stringent conservatism in his academic work, right?
Cover of the African Leaders State of Africa Report 2002. Reports from Africa
On Presidents Day, Boston University’s African Presidential Archives and Research Center (APARC) released its first State of Africa report, a platform for democratically elected African leaders to assess the pressing economic, political, and cultural issues in their respective countries.
Thomas and Melanie Frost, parents of Lisa (SHA'01, COM'01), at the benefit auction in November wearing pins with her photo. Photo by Frank Curran. Passing on Their Dreams
The aspirations of two young women dissolved when their lives were cut short on September 11, 2001. But now, they will always be remembered in a place where they began to cultivate their dreams.
Trustee Luci Baines Johnson and her husband, Ian Turpin (left), flank Chancellor John Silber, the guest of honor at a Boston University reception at their Austin, Texas, home in December. On the right, Vice President for University Development and Alumni Relations Christopher Reaske. BU in Texas
BU Trustee holds reception at her home in Austin, Texas.
Trustee Edward Masterman and his wife, Sydell, stand in the rain to unveil the plaque on Edward I. and Sydell Masterman Hall (La Maison Française) at 153 Bay State Road at its formal dedication on November 12. The Mastermans' naming gift helped fund renovation of the handsome townhouse. Holding the umbrella: Robert Planutis, special events director at SMG Catering. Masterman House Dedication
Edward I. and Sydell Masterman Hall (La Maison Française) at 153 Bay State Road has its formal dedication.