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Regis College has named the university’s School of Business and Communication after Marshall M. Sloane, founder of Century Bank. Sloane, who died in April, was a supporter of Regis and received an honorary degree and the Shining Example award from the university in recognition of his philanthropic efforts in Greater Boston.

Sloane’s son Barry Sloane and his daughter Linda Sloane Kay recently accepted the honor on behalf of their family at the university’s annual Let It Shine gala.

“Regis had no greater champion in the university’s mission to improve lives through education than Marshall Sloane,” Regis President Antoinette Hays said in a statement. “By honoring him in this way, the university is able to ensure that his tremendous legacy will forever inspire Regis students.”

Students of the Marshall M. Sloane School of Business and Communication will work in business, entrepreneurship, marketing, communication and more. Students participate in seminars and high-level internships at investment firms, hospitals, federal government offices and other prestigious organizations. Professors bring real-world experience into the classroom to combine theory and practice, providing quality individual and seminar-style mentoring.

“Linda and I are so humbled by the honor of naming the School of Business and Communication in honor of our dad. He was such a booster of the mission and success of Regis, to have a school named for him would have brought tears to his eyes. He would be justifiably proud,” Barry Sloane said in a statement. “Higher education meant so much to him, and the idea that thousands of graduates will bear his name on their diplomas is a fitting legacy to his life of accomplishments, and his credo that ‘Character Counts.'”

Born and raised in Somerville, Marshall Sloane founded Century Bank and Trust Company in 1969. A strong believer in community involvement, Sloane’s extensive work and accomplishments in community affairs have been widely recognized.