John A. McNeice Jr of Canton, Massachusetts

Canton, Massachusetts

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 is a noted philanthropist and the former Chairman and CEO of the Colonial Group. As of 27 June 2006, he serves on the Board of Trustees of both Boston College

Boston College

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 and Boston College High School

Boston College High School

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. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. He is a Double Eagle

Double and Triple Eagles

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, having graduated from BC High in 1950 and BC in 1954.

Philanthropy

On 21 November 2005, McNeice and his wife made the largest-ever charitable contribution to a Catholic

Catholic

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 secondary school

Secondary school

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 when he donated $6 million to Boston College High School http://bchigh.edu/home/news_item.asp?id=321.

In 2006, he created largest-ever single endowment for student volunteerism and retreat programs when he donated $5 million to create the John and Margarete McNeice Student Formation Fund http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v8/s3/mcneice.html.

He is on the Founder's Committee of the Boston

Boston

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 Irish Famine Memorial. http://www.boston.com/famine/committee.stm

He is on the Executive Council of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund http://www.csfboston.org/programs_services/executive_council_icsf.asp

He was the former chairman of the American Ireland Fund http://irlfunds.org/aif/boston/news_2.asp

He and his wife are primary sponsors of Caritas Carney Hospitals http://www.carneyhospital.org/home/site_content_list_detail.asp?s=2530&ss=2078