Boston State College was a public
university
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
located in
Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
History
Boston State College's roots began with the
Girls' High School
Girls High School is a historically and architecturally notable public secondary school building located at 475 Nostrand Avenue in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It was built in 1886.''Brooklyn: a soup-to-nuts ...
, which was founded in 1852. In 1872, the Boston Normal School separated from Girls' High School and became an independent institution, although it still occupied the building alongside the high school and
Girls' Latin School
Boston Latin Academy (BLA) is a public exam school founded in 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts providing students in grades 7th through 12th a classical preparatory education.
Originally named Girls' Latin School until 1977, the school was the ...
. The Normal School was renamed the Teachers College of the City of Boston in 1924. In 1952, it became a state college, the State Teachers College at Boston. The college was renamed the State College at Boston, also known as Boston State College, in 1960. Boston State College merged with
University of Massachusetts Boston
The University of Massachusetts Boston (stylized as UMass Boston) is a Public university, public research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the only public research university in Boston and the third-largest campus in the five-campus Un ...
in 1982. After the merger, in the mid-1980s, its former main campus, located at 621 Huntington Avenue, was acquired by the
Massachusetts College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, branded as MassArt, is a public college of visual and applied art in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1873, it is one of the nation’s oldest art schools, the only publicly funded independent art school ...
, and serves as that institution's primary campus.
Notable alumni
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Jack Beatty
Jack J. Beatty (born May 15, 1945) is a writer, senior editor of ''The Atlantic'', and news analyst for ''On Point'', the national NPR news program.
Born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Beatty attended Boston Latin School, ...
– writer and radio commentator
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Bill Berglund
Bill Berglund (born September 24, 1945 in Everett, Massachusetts) is an American former ice hockey goaltender who played five games in the World Hockey Association for the New England Whalers.
Biography
Berglund played college hockey with Bost ...
– ice hockey player
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Edward G. Connolly – politician
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Peter Petrigno
Peter Petrigno (born January 7, 1954) is an American politician, educator, and community organizer who is currently serving as a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for Hillsborough 43 - Milford. He was first elected ...
– politician, teacher, and community organizer.
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Michael L. Coyne
Michael L. Coyne is Massachusetts School of Law's (MSLAW) dean, as well as a professor of law. He teaches civil procedure and conflict resolution, evidence, case preparation and strategy, and remedies. He is a graduate of Boston Latin School, Bo ...
– lawyer
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Richard Curwin – professor
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Daniel Anthony Hart
Daniel Anthony Hart (August 24, 1927 – January 14, 2008) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Norwich from 1995 to 2003.
Biography
Daniel Hart was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the third son of John and Su ...
– prelate
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Mel King
Melvin Herbert King (born 20 October 1928) is an American politician, community organizer, and educator, who holds the position of Senior Lecturer Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in their Department of Urban Studies and Plan ...
– politician, teacher, and community organizer
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Bruce Lehane Bruce Lehane (January 11, 1949 – September 23, 2017) was the cross country, middle distance, and long distance track and field coach at Boston University from 1982 to 2017.
Early life and running career
Lehane grew up in South Boston, Massachuset ...
– Cross country coach at
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...
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Dan Rea
Dan Rea is the conservative-leaning host of "NightSide with Dan Rea" WBZ radio, following the death of Paul Sullivan.
Education and background
A graduate of Boston Latin School (Class of 1966), Boston State College (English major) and Boston Un ...
– television and radio journalist
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Francis Roache
Francis Michael Roache (August 3, 1936 – December 17, 2018) was an American law enforcement officer and politician who served as the Boston Police Commissioner from 1985 to 1993. He was also a member of the Boston City Council from 1996 to 2002 ...
– Boston Police Commissioner from 1985 to 1993
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Edward F. Shea – federal judge
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Anna Tolman Smith
Anna Tolman Smith (January 4, 1840 – August 28, 1917) was an American educator, editor, and writer. She worked for the US Office of Education from 1879 until 1917, usually writing reports on comparative education topics. She was decorated by t ...
– educator, writer, editor
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Robert Travaglini
Robert Edward Travaglini (born July 20, 1952 in Massachusetts) is an American politician and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2007, Travaglini served as President of the Massachusetts Senate. He represented the first Middlesex and Suffolk senate distric ...
– politician
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John Tsang
John Tsang Chun-wah, GBM, JP (; born Mui; born 21 April 1951) is a Hong Kong former senior civil servant and government official who was the longest-serving Financial Secretary in the Special Administrative Region period to date.
Born in ...
– civil servant and
Financial Secretary of
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
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Gladys Wood
Gladys Sara Wood (May 16, 1916 – August 3, 2017) was an American educator and Academic administration, academic administrator. She was the first African-American principal in the Boston Public Schools.
Early life and education
Gladys Wood ...
– Boston Public Schools' first Black principal
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Mike Gorman
Michael Gorman (born November 24, 1945) is an American television play-by-play commentator for the Boston Celtics on NBC Sports Boston. Gorman also did play-by-play, alongside Fran Fraschilla, for NBC for basketball games during the 2016 Summ ...
Boston Celtics play-by-play announcer
External links
UMass Boston: Boston State CollegeBoston State College collection, 1900-1982 University Archives and Special Collections, Joseph P. Healey Library,
University of Massachusetts Boston
The University of Massachusetts Boston (stylized as UMass Boston) is a Public university, public research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the only public research university in Boston and the third-largest campus in the five-campus Un ...
Boston State College (and predecessors) yearbooks, 1917-1982Boston State College newspaper (''Chalkdust''), 1954-1971
Defunct universities and colleges in Massachusetts
Universities and colleges in Boston
Embedded educational institutions
Educational institutions established in 1872
Educational institutions disestablished in 1982
1872 establishments in Massachusetts
1982 disestablishments in Massachusetts
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