By Reid Oslin
Staff Writer
When Robert Alence graduated from Boston College in 1951, he looked forward to launching what would be a successful career in business and to a marriage that would eventually bring seven children.
Among the Boston College graduates to be honored at the Sept. 27 Alumni Achievement Awards ceremony are (clockwise from upper left): Robert Alence, '51 (Religion), Margot Morrell, NC '74 (Arts and Humanities) and Ileta Sumner, Law '90 (Law).
The Brooklyn native and World War II veteran never imagined that he would also spend 25 years as a Roman Catholic deacon, including eight years as a chaplain in one of Massachusetts' toughest prisons.
Fifty years after receiving his diploma, that diaconate service has earned Alence the Boston College Alumni Association's Award of Excellence in Religion. The prize will be presented during the annual Alumni Achievement Awards ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in Robsham Theater...
Source: www.bc.edu/ bc_org/ rvp/ pubaf/ chronicle/ v10/ s20/ alumni.html
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