"We all valued the Jesuit experience. It expanded our knowledge of the world which was very valuable for us."Thomas W. Duncan ’65
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Thomas W. Duncan ’65 was the first in his family to attend Saint Peter’s College. He certainly wasn’t the last. The alumnus grew up in a close-knit Jersey City family and is the eldest of seven siblings, four of whom also attended alma mater. “We all valued the Jesuit experience,” said Duncan. “It expanded our knowledge of the world which was very valuable for us.”
The strong family connection to the College was the impetus for Duncan and his wife, Mariana, to make a generous gift to the Campaign and name the student center’s event facility on the sixth floor the Duncan Family Sky Room.
Duncan is giving back to an institution that has given him and his family members so much. Following graduation from Saint Peter’s, Duncan earned an M.B.A. from Harvard University Graduate School of Business. He later served as president and chairman of the Boston investment firm Frontier Capital Management Company until his recent retirement. “It’s a payback for the opportunities Saint Peter’s has provided us,” Duncan explained. “I owe a debt to the College for creating those opportunities.”