John Falvey of Dorchester, a 1987 graduate of Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree, was inducted into the school’s Academic Hall of Fame during the Bishops’ Ball Gala at the Lantana’s in Randolph on April 7.

Falvey was one of four academic and three athletic inductees. Five of the school’s championship football teams were also inducted: 1957, ‘58, ’60, ’61, ’62. Legendary coach Armond Colombo, who was assistant for the first two teams and head coach for the other three, was present at the ceremony.

For academic honorees, criteria included academic rank, membership in the National Honor Society, community service, character, recommendations, and career-related accomplishments.

Falvey was class president for three years, president of the school’s chapter of S.A.D.D. (Students Against Drunk Driving), a campus minister, and a member of the National Honor Society (vice-president), Spanish Club and golf team. Finishing in the top 10 percent of his class, he was also awarded the school’s most prestigious award, the Williams Award, at commencement.

He attended Boston College earning a B.A. degree in economics and Spanish and an MBA in finance. At BC, he coordinated the MBA Mentor Program, received an “Outstanding Contribution” award at graduation, and was listed as a “Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.”

He has worked for Bank of Boston, Sovereign Bank (now Santander), Citizens Bank, and is currently back at Santander as the senior vice president and marketing director for the commercial banking, business banking and global corporate banking Business Units. He is a member of the AWHS Board of Trustees.

Archbishop Williams High School is a grades 7-12, Catholic, coed, college preparatory school serving students from more than 40 communities on the South Shore and in the greater Boston area.