Father Gasson returns to the hall named in his honor, August 25, 2011.

After being closed 26 months for interior and exterior renovations, Gasson Hall reopened in late August. One of the first items to return was a sculpture of the hall's namesake, Thomas I. Gasson, SJ (1859-1931). The 24-inch marble bust by an unknown artist honors the 13th president of Boston College (1907-14), who presided over the University's move from Boston's South End to the Heights and the construction of its first structure, known as the Recitation Building when it opened in 1913 and renamed in Gasson's honor in 1952. The five-and-a-half-foot tall, 600-pound sculpture was housed in Carney 147 during the renovations and now resides in Gasson 105.