Thomas I. Gasson
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Thomas Ignatius Gasson was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born in England, he emigrated to the United States at the age of 13, and was taken under the care of two Catholic women in Philadelph
Portrait of Thomas I. Gasson
Gasson oversaw construction of the recitation building, today known as Gasson Hall
Thomas Gasson circa 1910
Boston College
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Boston College is a private Catholic Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic religious order, the university has
Thomas I. Gasson
…theology at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, where he was ordained a priest. Upon his return to the United States, he became a professor at Boston College, before being named President of Boston College in 1907. As president, he initiated the college's relocation from the South End of Boston to a new…
Early Boston College in Boston's South End
Gasson Hall in spring
Gasson Hall in summer
Gasson Hall in autumn