Student Recreation Complex addition dedication ceremony paperweight, 1976 February 28

File — Box: 1, tray: 3

Scope and Contents

A lucite with an image of the building.

Dates

Creation: 1976 February 28

Creator

From the Collection: Boston College (Organization)
From the Collection: Boston College. Alumni Association (Organization)
From the Collection: Boston College. Athletics (Organization)
From the Collection: Boston College. Library (Organization)
From the Collection: Boston College. Office of the Executive Vice President (Organization)
From the Collection: United States. Army. Students' Army Training Corps (Organization)
From the Collection: Boston College. Theology Department (Organization)
From the Collection: Bapst, John (1815-1887) (Person)
From the Collection: Barrett, Timothy, 1862-1935 (Person)
From the Collection: Birmingham, Charles A. (Person)
From the Collection: Crowther, Welles (Welles Remy), 1977-2001 (Person)
From the Collection: Joyce, W. Seavey (1913-1988) (Person)
From the Collection: Keefe, Augustine L. (Person)
From the Collection: Lynch, Daniel J. (Person)
From the Collection: Regal Press (Organization)
From the Collection: Shaw, Joseph Coolidge, 1821-1851 (Person)
From the Collection: Shea, James Henry, 1866-1953 (Person)
From the Collection: Whalen, William B. (Person)

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Historical note

The Student Recreation Complex or "Rec-plex" was completed in 1972 on Boston College's Chestnut Hill Lower Campus. Designed by Daniel Tully, it featured a unique "hyperbolic paraboloid" roofline with a series of peaks. In 1975 it was dedicated to Athletic Director William J. Flynn, a key figure in the original conception, planning, and construction of the Complex. Although slated for replacement in 1986 university planning documents, it endured until 2019, when it was replaced with the the Margot Connell Recreation Center (built on a site adjacent to the old Complex site).