In October 1954, Boston College received a large gold-leafed, bronze statue of an eagle from the estate of a former American ambassador to Japan, Lars Anderson. The sculpture, cast in Japan, was originally part of the Ambassador's Residence in Tokyo. It was brought to the United States and for many years adorned Anderson's Japanese garden in Brookline, Massachusetts. With Rev. Thomas M. Herlihy, S.J. (Pastor of St. Ignatius Parish) acting as an intermediary, the statue was donated to Boston College. For three years, as pictured here, the statue was in front of the Alumni Hall (demolished in 1988 to make room for Voute and Gabelli Halls).
