JOHN FRANCIS "JACK" MCCARTHY

I received a call from my dear friend, Jim Curran, that he had read Jack's obituary in The Globe. I was saddened to hear of Jack's passing, but I know
he's in a better place.
I first met Jack in the fall of 1966, when I was a student of his in a freshman English class. I always en-joyed his lectures,as he was always pithy, insightfull, with a dry sense of humor. A couple of years later, together with another student of Jack's, Pete Parker, we started the Boston College Outing Club,...