FAMILY STYLE
Blane Walter ’93 and his wife, Claudia ’93, with brother Peter Walter ’98 and his wife, Jessica ’98, are celebrating their upcoming reunions by joining with their parents, Robert and Margaret Walter, to contribute $250,000 to the University. The Walters established the Walter Family Scholarship Fund while their sons were students. They have expressed their continuing commitment to BC by matching their sons’ recent gifts to the Walter Family Scholarship Fund in honor of their upcoming 5th- and 10th-year class reunions. The Walter family is based in Columbus, Ohio. An annual report to the family from the University provides profiles of the scholarship recipients, and the students themselves provide an annual update to the family. “This is a great way to experience a continuing and direct connection to Boston College,” says Blane Walter. “Those were some of the best years of my life. I want others to have the same opportunity.”

LIFE’S WORK
Cecilia Whitney, a longtime employee of Boston College, left a bequest with her sister, Anna, to establish the Thomas H. and Annie M. Whitney Scholarship Fund in memory of their parents. At age 28, Ms. Whitney gave up a teaching job in Maine to return to Brighton, Massachusetts, and care for her mother while her three sisters worked. Following her mother’s death, she joined the staff of the Alumni Association. According to colleague Janet Kelly, Whitney “had a sense of dignity and comportment akin to her generation. She endeared herself to everyone.” Lacking the opportunity to attend college herself, Whitney contributed to the administration and planning of BC’s Alumni Association as a supervisor until her retirement.

WALL STREET HONORS
Robert L. Reynolds, vice chairman and COO of Fidelity Investments, will be honored with the Boston College Presidential Medal of Excellence at the 15th annual Wall Street Council Tribute Dinner on April 23 at New York’s Waldorf- Astoria. The event will continue a tradition of support for the Presidential Scholars initiative at Boston College. The dinner is chaired by Robert M. Devlin P’98, ’89, chairman of Curragh Capital Partners; Mario J. Gabelli P’90, ’94, ’95, ’00, chairman of Gabelli Asset Management; and Peter S. Lynch ’65, P’01, vice chairman of Fidelity Management and Research. The dinner has raised more than $10 million in scholarship endowment funds, each year enabling some 15 young people who have demonstrated outstanding leadership ability and scholastic achievement to enroll at Boston College. Composed of more than 150 prominent members of the New York financial community, the Wall Street Council provides guidance for Boston College students, including career counseling and internships. On-campus programs also keep members in touch with the academic community. For more information, call Susan Thurmond at 617-552-4401.

Photo: Robert L. Reynolds


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