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Thomas H. Stack
Thomas H. Stack (July 3, 1845 August 30, 1887) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who served briefly as the president of Boston College in 1887. Born in present-day West Virginia, he studied at the Virginia Military Institute. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army in 1863, serving as an artilleryman and then in the signal corps until 1865. He enrolled at Georgetown College in 1866, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1868. Stack then taught physics and chemistry at Georgetown, Boston College, and the College of the Holy Cross, before being appointed the president of Boston College in 1887. He held the office for less than one month before becoming ill and dying.
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Thomas H. Stack (July 3, 1845 August 30, 1887) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who served briefly as the president of Boston College in 1887. Born in present-day West Virginia, he studied at the Virginia Military Institute. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army in 1863, serving as an artilleryman and then in the signal corps until 1865. He enrolled at Georgetown College in 1866, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1868. Stack then taught physics and chemistry at Georgetown, Boston College, and the College of the Holy Cross, before being appointed the president of Boston College in 1887. He held the office for less than one month before becoming ill and dying.
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