Suffolk University is a

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in Boston, Massachusetts. With 7,560 students (includes all campuses, 7,379 at the Boston location alone), it is the eighth-largest university in metropolitan Boston. It was founded as a law school in 1906 and named after its location in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The university's

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include mayors, dozens of U.S.

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and state judges and members of the U.S. Congress. The university is also host to its namesake public opinion poll, the

Suffolk University Political Research Center The Suffolk University Political Research Center (abbreviated as SUPRC) is an opinion polling center at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. History, organization, and leadership Founded in 2002, the center mostly conducts national and sta ...

. The university, located at the downtown edge of the historic

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neighborhood, is

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and comprises the

Suffolk University Law School Suffolk University Law School (also known as Suffolk Law School) is the private, non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail, two block ...

, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the

Sawyer Business School The Sawyer Business School is one of the three schools comprising Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Suffolk was founded in 1906; the Business School was founded in 1937 by Gleason Leonard Archer. Academics Sawyer Business School of ...

. It has an international campus in

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in addition to the main campus in downtown Boston. The university's sports teams, the Suffolk Rams, compete in 19 varsity sports in

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as members of the

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History

Gleason Archer founder of Suffolk University

Suffolk University was initially founded as a law school in 1906 by Boston lawyer

Gleason Archer Sr. Gleason Archer Sr. (October 29, 1880 – June 28, 1966) was the founder and first president of Suffolk University and Suffolk Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. Archer was also an extensive writer and radio broadcaster. Early life and educ ...

, who named it "Archer's Evening Law School," intending it for law students who worked during the day. The school was renamed Suffolk School of Law in 1907, after Archer moved it from his

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home into his law offices in downtown

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. A year later the first of Archer's students had passed the bar, leading to a boost in registration. The school's original goal was to "serve ambitious young men who are obliged to work for a living while studying law."About Suffolk Law School
March 3, 2009. By 1930, Archer developed Suffolk into one of the largest law schools in the country, and decided to create "a great evening university" that working people could afford. The school became a university in the 1930s when the Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences was founded in 1934 and the Sawyer Business School—then known as the College of Business Administration—in 1937. That same year, the three academic units were incorporated as Suffolk University. During the 1990s Suffolk constructed its first residence halls, began satellite programs with other colleges in Massachusetts, and opened its international campuses. From 1990 to 2005, its endowment increased over 400%, to approximately $72 million, and enrollment climbed.

Presidents (1906–present)

(1906–1948) * Walter Burse (1948–1954) * Robert Munce (1954–1960) *

Dennis C. Haley Dennis Curran Haley (August 16, 1893 – July 26, 1966) was president of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts from 1960 to 1965. Early life Haley was born on August 16, 1893 in Warren, Massachusetts to William T. Haley and Margaret C. Curra ...

(1960–1965) * John E. Fenton (1965–1970) * Thomas Fulham (1970–1980) *

Daniel Perlman Daniel H. Perlman (1934–1994) was the seventh president of Suffolk University Suffolk University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. With 7,560 students (includes all campuses, 7,379 at the Boston location alone), it ...

(1980–1989) *

David Sargent David J. Sargent (born 1931) was the President of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts from 1989 to 2010.The AALS directory of law teachers (West Pub. Co., 2007) Sargent is a native of Newport, New Hampshire and graduated from the Suffol ...

(1989–2010) * Barry Brown (2010–2012) (interim) * James McCarthy (2012-2014) *

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(2014–2015) (interim) *

Margaret McKenna Margaret McKenna is an American religious sister and anti-militarist activist. Raised in Hackensack, New Jersey, she earned her PhD in the origins and religious thought of Christianity from the University of Pennsylvania. In the 1970s, McKen ...

(2015–2016) * Marisa Kelly (2016–present)

Campus

The main campus in downtown Boston is situated on well-known Beacon Hill, adjacent to the

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and the

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. Up until 1995, Suffolk was a commuter-only school. Today, there are four coed residence halls, housing over 65% of freshman, and a total of 24% of the entire undergraduate population: *Smith Hall *Nathan R. Miller Hall *10 West * Modern Theatre The residence hall at 150 Tremont Street, renamed Smith Hall in 2018, was the first built by the university and currently houses students in singles, doubles, quads, and suites, with communal bathrooms. Nathan R. Miller Residence Hall (located at 10 Somerset St.) was opened in 2005 and houses 15 floors of freshman, and 2 floors of sophomores in singles, doubles and quads, with bathrooms shared between every two rooms or one bathroom per quad. The 10 West Residence Hall, opened in 2008, has housing for freshman and sophomores in singles and doubles. Suites accommodate 3-5 students and a variety of apartment-style suites (that include full kitchens) house 2 to 8 students. Both Miller Hall and 150 Tremont have cafeterias. Students living at 10 West/Modern Theater can eat at 150 Tremont. Suffolk University occasionally leases additional properties (such as the Hyatt & Holiday Inn Beacon Hill). If leased, those locations house freshman students. The Modern Theatre Residence Hall opened in the fall of 2010 and is considered an extension to the 10 West Resident Hall. The two residence halls share one entrance at 10 West Street. The Modern Theater Residence Hall is built over the restored

Modern Theatre (Boston) The Modern Theatre is located on Washington Street in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It opened as a movie theater in 1914 in a former commercial building that had been repurposed by noted theater architect Clarence H. Blackall. In 2009 Suffo ...

. In the fall of 2020, the university added a new residence hall, the

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at One Court Street, which it purchased in the fall of 2019. In addition to its main campus in Boston, there is a satellite campus in

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. A Dakar, Senegal, campus operated from 1999 to 2011.

Buildings

Suffolk University has many different buildings that are spread through downtown Boston and Beacon Hill. * Nathan R. Miller Hall: Residence Building (10 Somerset Street) * One Beacon Street: Few floors for academics (1 Beacon Street) * Smith Hall: Residence Building (150 Tremont Street) * Samia Academic Center (The SAC): Academic Building (20 Somerset Street) * Frank Sawyer Building: Academic Building (8 Ashburton Place) * Rosalie K. Stahl Center: Academic, Administration, Library Building (73 Tremont Street) * David J. Sargent Hall: Law, Graduate Building (120 Tremont Street) * Modern Theatre: Theatre, Residence Hall (523-525 Washington Street) * 10 West Residence Hall: (10 West Street) * Ridgeway Building: Athletics/Gym, Suffolk University Police Headquarters, Michael & Larry Smith Fitness Center (148 Cambridge Street) *

: Residence Hall (1 Court Street) * Athletic Fields & Complex: (150 Porter Street)

Former buildings

* C. Walsh Theatre (55 Temple Street) - sold * Frank J. Donahue Building (41 Temple Street) - sold * Gleason L. & Hiram J. Archer Building (20 Derne Street) - sold * Fenton Building (32 Derne Street) - sold * The New England School of Art & Design (75 Arlington Street)

Academics

Suffolk employs over 900 full-time and adjunct faculty members, who instruct approximately 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students on its Boston Campus. The Sawyer Business School (previously the Sawyer School of Management) focuses on global business education. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees. Joint degrees are also offered. About 3,000 students are currently enrolled in all programs. The Saturday-only Executive MBA Program incorporates four off-site one-week seminars and week-long global trips to

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and China. The Global MBA is a specialized MBA in international business with an intensive concentration in either finance or marketing. The full-time program includes a 3-month internship outside the student's home country. Summer 2010 Global MBA internships are in 10 countries. Part-time Global MBAs complete either a global experiential research project at their place of business or a 3-month consulting project that includes an intensive 2 week residency outside the US. The Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences has seventeen academic departments which offer more than seventy

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and graduate programs. Among the departments is the New England School of Art and Design (NESAD)Suffolk University(2006). Schools, Colleges and Campuses. Retrieved April 2, 2006 from:http://www.suffolk.edu/schools.html/~Academics Suffolk University Law School, founded in 1906, offers a standard

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program and advanced L.L.M. program. 43% of applicants were admitted to the J.D. program in 2005. The university is also home to various research centers and institutes, including the Centers for Crime & Justice Policy Research, Restorative Justice, and Women's Health and Human Right, the Moakley Archives, the Poetry Center, Political Research Centers, and the Sagan Energy Research Laboratory. The

(SUPRC) conducts various scientific polls of national and regional political issues. The university also has an undergraduate honors program in the College of Arts & Sciences and Sawyer Business School. Freshman and transfer students are considered for the Honors program upon applying to Suffolk. Students in their second year are considered candidates for join the program by remaining one year at the institution with a 3.5 GPA. The student from Suffolk University upon graduating from the honor program graduate with a Latin Honor: Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude: You must have a cumulative GPA of 3.7, or Cum Laude.

Rankings

In 2018

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ranked Suffolk #177 (tie) in National Universities. In 2009 U.S. News ranked Suffolk in the "top tier of “Best Master’s Universities in the North" and #7 in "Best College: Most International Students” attending master's programs." The 2015 edition of

publication ranked Suffolk Law School 20th in the United States for its

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, 13th for its

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program, and 6th for its

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. The ILRG also has numerous other categories and ranks Suffolk University Law School as the 68th most selective law school, 45th for job placement before graduation, 78th for job placement after 9 months, 23rd for best bar passer rates among first time takers, 14th when ranking the school versus the state average for bar passage rates, 92nd for student to faculty ratio and 87th overall for student median LSAT/GPAs. Law & Politics' 2010 ranking of law schools ranked Suffolk University Law School 33rd overall. In 2010, The

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ranked Suffolk 25th in the country. Leiter's ranking of most desirable law schools lists Suffolk as the 35th most desirable law school in the country. Law.com ranks Suffolk 54th overall for best job placement and employment trends into "BigLaw" with eleven percent of the class entering Big Law. In 2010, The Hylton Rankings placed Suffolk University Law School 94th overall among all law schools.

Athletics

Suffolk University teams participate as a member of the

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's Division III. The Rams are a member of the

(CCC) and the

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(ECAC). They were a member of the

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(GNAC) from 1995 to 2020. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, golf, ice hockey, soccer and tennis; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, ice hockey, soccer, softball, golf, tennis and volleyball.

Notable persons

Notable alumni

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, Broadway actor (Hughie, the Music Man), director, television and actor (Bentley on the Jeffersons, the Goodbye Girl, Sesame Street, This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind) *

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, actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bull), activist * John Hynes, class of 1924, 49th

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Thomas J. Lane Thomas Joseph Lane (July 6, 1898 – June 14, 1994) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1941 to 1963, notable for having been re-elected after serving time in federal prison. Lane was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on July 6, 1898 ...

, class of 1925,

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from Massachusetts (1941–1963) * James A. Burke,

from Massachusetts (1959–1979) * Gleason Archer Jr., class of 1939, theologian, author *

William L. Uanna William Lewis "Bud" Uanna (May 13, 1909 – December 22, 1961) was an American security expert, who gained prominence as a security officer with the Manhattan Project, which built the first atomic bomb during World War II. Uanna was in charge ...

, class of 1942,

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at the

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from 1949 to 1951,

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(CIC) as Director of Operations of the I Service Command, security expert on The

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Martin F. Loughlin Martin Francis Loughlin (March 11, 1923 – March 7, 2007) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Education and career Loughlin was born in Manchester, New Hampshire and graduat ...

, class of 1951,

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of New Hampshire, judge (1979–1995) *

Thomas Michael McGovern Dr Thomas McGovern was appointed the eighth president of Fisher College, Boston, United States in 2007, following thirty-eight years of working at the college. Education McGovern earned his Ed.D. from Johnson & Wales University, an M.P.A. from S ...

, college president *

, class of 1954, President of Suffolk University (1989–2010) *

Joe Moakley John Joseph Moakley (April 27, 1927 – May 28, 2001) was an American politician who served as the United States representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district from 1973 until his death in 2001. Moakley won the seat from incumbent ...

, class of 1956,

from Massachusetts 1973–2001, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Rules *

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, class of 1965, television judge ''Caught in Providence'' on ''ABC''; Chief Judge Providence, R.I. Municipal Court *

Gunnar S. Overstrom Jr. Gunnar S. Overstrom Jr. was a vice chairman of FleetBoston Financial (now a part of Bank of America) and the former president and chief operating officer of the Shawmut National Corporation. Mr. Overstrom graduated from Babson College in Wellesley ...

, class of 1968, vice-chair of

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and president and chief operating officer of the Shawmut National Corporation. * James Sokolove, class of 1969, television personal injury attorney *

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, class of 1969, Chancellor of

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* Richard J. Leon, class of 1974,

of the

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, judge (2002–present) *

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, class of 1974, Chief Justice of the

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James Bamford James Bamford (born September 15, 1946) is an American author, journalist and documentary producer noted for his writing about United States intelligence agencies, especially the National Security Agency (NSA). ''The New York Times'' has calle ...

, class of 1975, journalist, author * Francis Flaherty, class of 1975, Justice of

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* William F. Galvin, class of 1975, Secretary of State of Massachusetts *

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, poker player, winner of

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, member of

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* Robert A. DeLeo, class of 1976, member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1991 – present) 85th

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, class of 1976, President & CEO,

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* John F. Tierney, class of 1976,

from Massachusetts 1997–2015, former chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs *

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, class of 1976, Justice of

* John Loftus, class of 1977, author, television commentator *

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, class of 1978, Justice of

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, class of 1978, President of

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from Rhode Island (1989–1995) * Michael E. Festa, class of 1979, member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1998 – present) *

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, Secretary of State of

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, 2006–present * Martin Meehan, class of 1981,

from Massachusetts 1993–2007, former chairman

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, current President of the

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Joan Vennochi Joan Elizabeth Vennochi (born January 27, 1953) is an American newspaper columnist. She specializes in local and national politics at ''The Boston Globe''. With Stephen A. Kurkjian, Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils Bruzelius, and Robert M. Porterfiel ...

, class of 1984, Pulitzer Prize winner, investigative journalist

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, class of 1987, Legislator, President of the

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Edward M. Augustus Jr. Edward M. Augustus Jr. (born March 31, 1965 in Worcester) is an American politician and administrator who is the inaugural Chancellor of Dean College and served as the City Manager of Worcester, Massachusetts and was a member of the Massachuse ...

, class of 1987, city manage for

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, class of 1992, Attorney General of Rhode Island * Gary Christenson, class of 1990, 1992, and 2003 (triple alumnus),

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Allan Fung Allan Wai-Ket Fung (born February 25, 1970) is an American attorney and politician who served as Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island from 2009 to 2021. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2014 and 2018 elections as w ...

, Class of 1995, Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island *

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, Class of 2000, Director of the White House

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(Jenna Marbles), class of 2008, YouTube personality *

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, class of 2013,

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2012,

Miss New Jersey Teen USA The Miss New Jersey Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss Teen USA pageant. New Jersey has had a moderated success at Miss Teen USA, with ten placements. In the first twenty ...

2008 and Top 10 at

Miss USA 2012 Miss USA 2012 was the 61st Miss USA pageant, held on June 3, 2012, at The AXIS in Las Vegas, Nevada and it was televised live on NBC. Alyssa Campanella of California crowned her successor Olivia Culpo of Rhode Island at the end of the ev ...

Nick Cafardo Nicholas Dominic Cafardo (May 8, 1956 – February 21, 2019) was an American sportswriter and sports author. A longtime columnist and beat reporter for ''The Boston Globe'', he primarily covered the Boston Red Sox. In December 2019, Cafardo was n ...

, Boston Globe sports reporter and columnist, 2017 Massachusetts Sports Writer of the Year and 2017 recipient of the Boston Baseball Writers' Association of America's Dave O'Hara award.

Notable faculty and trustees

* Patricia Brown, Emeritus Law Librarian and Professor *

Joseph Glannon Joseph Glannon, J.D. is a professor at Suffolk University Law School and author of several legal guides. He has taught courses in civil procedure, conflict of laws, and torts at Suffolk since 1980. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English, a ...

, Professor, well-known writer of Torts and Civil Procedure texts *

Joseph P. Hoar Joseph Paul Hoar (December 30, 1934 – September 17, 2022) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. He served as Commander in Chief of United States Central Command from 1991 to 1994, retiring from the Marine Corps on September 1, 199 ...

, Trustee, Commander in Chief of

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Gerald Peary Gerald Peary (born October 30, 1944) is an American film critic, filmmaker, editor of the University Press of Mississippi, and a former curator of the Harvard Film Archive. Early life and education Peary graduated from Rider University in 1964, w ...

, Professor of Communications, noted film critic, reviewer, and columnist *

Susan Starr Sered Susan Starr Sered (born 1955) is Professor of Sociology at Suffolk University and Senior Researcher at Suffolk University's Center for Women's Health and Human Rights. Previously, she was the director of the "Religion, Health and Healing Initiati ...

, Senior Research Associate at Suffolk University's Center for Women's Health and Human Rights, author of books on women's health *

Ronald Suleski Ronald Suleski (born June 11, 1942) is a historian, anthropologist and author specializing in East Asia. He has been the longest serving president of the Asiatic Society of Japan, served on the National Committee on US-China Relations and associate ...

References

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