Boston College soon will break ground for a new athletics center that will greatly enhance intercollegiate, intramural, and club sports, thanks to a $15 million commitment from the Yawkey Foundation.
The cost of the new facility, to be called the Yawkey Athletics Center, will total approximately $26 million and will be funded through private gifts. Construction is scheduled to begin after the last home football game this fall.
John L. Harrington '57, executive director and trustee of the Yawkey Foundation, stated, "The project will enable the University to provide more equitable facility use among all student athletes and to strengthen and better integrate its athletics and academic support systems. Mrs. Yawkey had a long history of supporting intercollegiate athletics and forged a longtime relationship with Boston College. During her lifetime, Mrs. Yawkey made significant charitable contributions to the school for athletic scholarships and had many close friendships with former Boston College athletes, many of whom joined the Red Sox organization, including Joe Morgan, Ed Pellagrini, and Mike Roarke."
The new facility will be attached to the north side of Alumni Stadium. It will house the varsity football program, the Office of Learning Resources for Student Athletes, and a large function area for general University use, freeing up critically needed space in Conte Forum for women's athletics and other men's teams.
Yawkey Foundation I was established in 1976 by Thomas A. Yawkey, and Yawkey Foundation II was established in the early 1980s by Jean R. Yawkey to further serve the family's charitable goals. Since the deaths of the Yawkeys, the foundations' boards of trustees have continued the Yawkeys' legacy, contributing to organizations large and small that share the foundations' charitable objectives, including conservation, education, social services, health care, arts and culture, and amateur sports.
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