University Service for President Emeritus Jon Westling

BU President Emeritus Jon Westling (Hon.’03), 1942-2021: Westling came to the University in 1974 and his “career at BU spanned 46 years and included several top leadership posts, although his most lasting avocation was teaching students about the history of Europe,” says a BU Today article after he died. He was president of BU from 1996 to 2002 and continued to teach after stepping down. The University held a memorial service at Marsh Chapel for BU’s eighth president on October 27, and his son Matthew Westling (CGS’04, CAS’06) read the Wallace Stevens poem “Invective against Swans.” Photo by Jacob Chang-Rascle (COM’22)