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The legendary organization founded by Fr. Flanagan \u2014 or, Spencer Tracy, to people who remember the movie \u2014 will make history with a new non-Christian chairman: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For the first time in its 94-year history, the board chairman of Omaha-based Boys Town will be a non-Catholic. In fact, the new chairman is also non-Christian \u2014 he is Hindu.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cI think a \u2018first\u2019 is always good in the sense that there might be some stereotypes that people have about Boys Town,\u201d said Rajive Johri, who becomes chairman next month. \u201cThis truly tells you how mission-oriented Boys Town is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rev. Steven E. Boes, national executive director, said Johri has been a valuable member of the 16-person board for four years.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe really is an outside-the-box thinker and a great mind,\u201d Boes said. \u201cHe\u2019s not a rubber stamp. He pushes me a lot, which is exactly what a board member is supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

For most of its history, the ex-officio Boys Town board chairman was the sitting archbishop of Omaha. But in 2003, then-Archbishop Elden Curtiss resigned, and the board elected its first lay chairman, John Gillin of Atlanta.<\/p>\n

He was followed as chairman by Omaha businessmen Ken Stinson and John T. Reed. Johri, who was born in India and had served as president of the First National Bank of Omaha, will serve a two-year term as chairman.<\/p>\n

It promises to be an important period. Boes (pronounced \u201cBaze\u201d) said Boys Town plans to embark on a $20 million capital campaign in hopes of adding two $10 million buildings to its main Omaha campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to write a new chapter in the history of Boys Town,\u201d the priest said, \u201cand make a large national impact.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The legendary organization founded by Fr. Flanagan \u2014 or, Spencer Tracy, to people who remember the movie \u2014 will make history with a new non-Christian chairman: For the first time in its 94-year history, the board chairman of Omaha-based Boys Town will be a non-Catholic. In fact, the new chairman is also non-Christian \u2014 he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-3703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-that","tag-boys-town"],"yoast_head":"\nBoys Town names Hindu as its next chairman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The legendary organization founded by Fr. 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