Oct. 5, 2001
 Rev. Joseph A. Glavin, S.J., died Oct. 5 in Deaconess-Waltham
(Mass.) Hospital, at 83. Retiring in 1990, Fr. Glavin had served
many years as a member of the history department at Boston
College. He had also been an adviser to the Boston College
band and chaplain to the Holy Cross Club of Boston.
Fr. Glavin entered the Society of Jesus following his
graduation from Boston College High School in 1935. Ordained to the priesthood
in 1948, he continued
his studies in Washington. Fr. Glavin began his career at Holy Cross in 1950,
serving as moderator of athletics and then assistant professor of history;
he joined the Boston College history department in 1963.
Fr. Glavin is survived by a sister-in-law; and nephews
and nieces.
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