100 Years of Changing the World

In 1906, Roland E. Brown was a machinist with a wild ambition. By 1908, he was a lawyer with wide-open prospects—the first Suffolk student to pass the bar.

In the century since, Suffolk has helped write the same story many times over, with thousands of different heroes: people who sought the same rigorous, inspiring practicality of a Suffolk education as a way to transform their lives. Our graduates have risen to leadership in fields from law and business to public service, science, and the arts, in Massachusetts and around the globe. We have helped promising young people find a purpose—and in the end, we have prepared them to change the world for the better.

Here are some of our stories.

• $1 million gift creates Institute for East Asian Studies
  Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg ’52 to host opening event on April 8
• Rappaports Endow First Suffolk Chair
  Historic $5 million gift supports law and public policy