Terriers Return to Campus for Alumni Weekend 2025
Events included presentation of Distinguished Alumni Awards and a celebration of Marsh Chapel’s 75th anniversary
Brigitte Majewski (ENG’93) (third from right), her husband, Chris Collins (Questrom’01,’01) (second from right), and Beth McCloskey (ENG’93) at the Back to BU Beach Festival. Photo by Jake Belcher
Terriers Return to Campus for Alumni Weekend 2025
Events included presentation of Distinguished Alumni Awards and a celebration of Marsh Chapel’s 75th anniversary
Boston University welcomed alums back to campus in September for Alumni Weekend 2025, with receptions, reunions, talks, music, celebrations, and a sun-filled festival on the BU Beach.
During the weekend, the BU Alumni Association presented its highest honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award, to five outstanding Terriers: Peter S. Del Vecho (CFA’80), an Academy Award–winning producer with Walt Disney Animation Studios; Rebeca Carrillo Martinez (LAW’92, Hon.’25), chief justice of the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals, the nation’s first appellate court to hold an all-woman bench; Reshma Kewalramani (CAS’98, CAMED’98), president and chief executive officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a Fortune 500 biotechnology company; Russ Wilcox (CAS’13), CEO of ArtifexAI, which applies artificial intelligence and natural language processing technologies to the field of urban planning; and Clarence B. Jones (LAW’59), a civil rights leader, lawyer, and close confidante of Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59), who drafted King’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. The 2025 Young Alumni Award was presented to Hang Qin (CAS’16), a serial entrepreneur and creator of the BetterWorld Global Youth Model United Nations Conference.
The University also celebrated the 75th anniversary of Marsh Chapel, a beacon of religious life on campus (see page 42). Among the events: a choral concert featuring alumni singers.
Harold du Four-Anderson (COM’75, Wheelock’78) picks out his Class of 1975 T-shirt at the brunch for Golden Terriers. Photo by Jake Belcher
Reva Barez Schwartz (CAS’52) at the brunch for Golden Terriers at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. Photo by Jake Belcher
Shisheng Chang (left) and Yuyin Liu (GRS’20) enjoy the celebration for international alumni. Photo by Jake Belcher
The Velev family: Natallya (CAS’15) (from left), son Alex, 4, husband Ivan (Sargent’15,’17), and daughters Luiza (Questrom’29) and Zoey, 2, at the Back to BU Beach Fesitval. Photo by Jake Belcher
Nikita McCalister (STH’05) (left) chats with Justin Flynn, chair of the Young Alumni Council during the celebration for Black alumni. Photo by Jake Belcher
A choral concert was one of three events celebrating the 75th anniversary of Marsh Chapel. Photo by Jake Belcher
Wako Iwasaki (ENG’93) (from left), Lisa Mathews-Iwasaki (COM’93), Jody Tick (CAS’93), and Diana McGivney Slavin (Wheelock’93) at the Back to BU Beach Festival. Photo by Michael D. Spencer