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Chestnut Hill, MA-based David Trainor as Vice President for Human Resources
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Boston College was founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) to educate Boston`s predominantly Irish, Catholic immigrant community. It opened its doors on September 5, 1864, in a building on Harrison Avenue in Boston`s South End, a “small streetcar college” for commuting students. When it outgrew the limitations of the space, then-president Rev. Thomas I. Gasson, S.J., bought 31 acres of the former Lawrence Farm in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and broke ground in 1909 on a new campus, today fondly known as “the Heights.” BC began as an undergraduate liberal arts college, but as its aspirations grew, it added graduate programs and professional schools fulfilling its charter as a university.
About the Person
David P. Trainor is the Vice President for Human Resources at Boston College, effective October 20, 2014. Trainor spent 14 years in higher education human resources at Iowa State University (ISU) and in the Connecticut State University System (CSUS) before becoming CEO at Emeriti. Since 2013, Trainor has led Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions, a non-profit company that provides retirement health programs and health care administration to more than 50 colleges and universities throughout the United States. Prior to joining Emeriti, he served as associate vice president for human resources at ISU, where he was credited with improving operational efficiency through technology and innovation. He had previously served as executive assistant to the chancellor and associate vice chancellor for human resources and labor relations at CSUS, which encompasses Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Connecticut State universities and serves more than 36,000 students. Prior to working at CSUS, he was associate vice president for human resources at Eastern Connecticut State University. Trainor received a bachelor of arts degree in history from the College of the Holy Cross and a law degree from New England School of Law. He is active in several professional associations, having served on the national board of directors of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, and the board of directors of the Society of Higher Education Senior Human Resources Executives, and as a member of the Society of Human Resources Management. An attorney, he is also a former member of the Labor and Employment Division of the Massachusetts Bar Association. A father of three, he lives in Tolland, Conn., with his wife Darlene. He has served on the local board of education in Tolland, where he also coached youth football.
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