{"id":80177,"date":"2024-09-18T14:20:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=80177"},"modified":"2024-09-18T20:38:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T00:38:27","slug":"bu-wheelock-remembers-gordon-marshall","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2024\/bu-wheelock-remembers-gordon-marshall\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Wheelock Remembers Gordon Marshall"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"926\" height=\"1350\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Headshot of Gordon Marshall\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018.jpg 926w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-412x600.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-768x1120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-567x826.jpg 567w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-236x344.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-363x529.jpg 363w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-468x682.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-708x1032.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-906x1321.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-472x688.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-726x1058.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2024\/09\/Marshall-1-PC4.36018-686x1000.jpg 686w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br><strong>BU Wheelock Remembers Gordon Marshall<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Served as president of Wheelock College from 1973 to 1983<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">September 18, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-comments\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#comments\" class=\"wp-prepress-component-comment-counter label\">3<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/sofia-romero\/\">Sofia Romero<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Gordon Marshall, who served as president of Wheelock College from 1973 to 1983, passed away on September 8. He was a scholar and businessman who dedicated his career to advancing education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Marshall, who held degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Business School, served in several academic positions before becoming president of Wheelock College. As president, he is credited with revitalizing the college after a challenging period in its history. Among his achievements was his instrumental role in the founding of the Wheelock Family Theater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After he retired as president, alumni honored him by creating the Gordon Marshall Faculty Endowment, which provides funding for full-time faculty to pursue significant teaching and research opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGordon was very devoted to the college and its mission,\u201d says David Chard, who stepped down in June as dean of BU Wheelock. \u201cHe continued to support the college financially long after his retirement and was particularly supportive of Wheelock\u2019s merger with BU.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his retirement, Dr. Marshall continued to have a full professional life, which included working with an entrepreneurial startup company, serving on the faculty of Colby Sawyer College, and serving as executive director of a New Hampshire nonprofit dedicated to environmental education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friends and family remembered Dr. Marshall at a memorial service held on September 14. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chadwickfuneralservice.com\/obituary\/gordon-marshall\">Dr. Marshall&#8217;s full obituary<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gordon Marshall, who served as president of Wheelock College from 1973 to 1983, passed away on September 8. He was a scholar and businessman who dedicated his career to advancing education. Dr. Marshall, who held degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Business School, served in several academic positions before becoming president of Wheelock College. 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