April 20, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy's Address at the Boston College Centennial Ceremonies 

President John F. Kennedy delivers an address at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Also seen are British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing. Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
The President spoke in Alumni Stadium on the college campus at Newton, Mass. His opening words referred to the Reverend Michael P. Walsh, S.J., President of Boston College; His Eminence Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston; and Governor Endicott Peabody of Massachusetts. Later he referred to Nathan N. Pusey, President of Harvard University; the Very Reverend Edward B. Bunn, S.J., President of Georgetown University; and Lady Barbara Ward Jackson, noted British writer--all of whom were awarded honorary degrees by Boston College.