Alumni Spotlight EHS Alumnus Robert Gillen Served as 59th Commander of the USS Constitution Robert L. Gillen in the 1951 English High Yearbook In June, 2022, the City of Boston celebrated Robert Gillen Day. Although his name may not be familiar, if any alumnus personified the EnglishRead more →
Alumni Spotlight True Class: Blanca Ramirez Pablo, '22 Family’s medical issues, health care in her native Guatemala convinced this English High student to go into medicine Three years ago, Blanca Ramirez Pablo watched as her grandmother died at home due to a lack of proper medical careRead more →
Alumni Spotlight David Cohen, ‘59: ‘Shadow Warrior’ David Cohen, EHS '59 On December 21, 2013, The New York Daily News ran an editorial entitled ‘Shadow Warrior' praising David Cohen, EHS ’59, for protecting the people of New York from terrorist attacks for 12 years as Deputy CommissionerRead more →
Update, August, 2022 Cedric Turner is in the center of the back row in this photo taken at the launch sight to celebrate Mission NS-22. Six mission astronauts are in blue. Cedric Turner, '76, was invited by Challenger Center and AIAA, on behalf of Club for theRead more →
Alumni Spotlight George Alpert ’15: Railroad President and Key Brandeis University Founder Not too long ago we featured a story about English High grad Lawrence Berk, who founded the now famous Berklee College of Music in Boston. Another English High grad, George Alpert, class of 1915, playedRead more →
Alumni Spotlight Celebrating A National Treasure: Happy 95th Birthday, Woody! In 1821, when the founders of The English High School created the idea of a free public high school for the sons of Boston’s working class families, they very well might have pictured young men like EnochRead more →
Alumni Spotlight Samuel Pierpont Langley, Class of 1850, The Man Who Almost Beat the Wright Brothers into the Air When you think of the inventors of aviation, naturally the Wright Brothers come to mind. But Samuel Langley, EHS Class of 1850 wasn’t that far behind. LangleyRead more →
Alumni Spotlight Rashid Dilworth Silvera '66: A Success in Two Worlds Global fashion model; devoted and beloved educator by Dan Eramian '66 Rashid Dilworth Silvera '66 - #85 played end position on both offense and defense teams. The fact that Rashid Dilworth Silvera, ’66 became an internationallyRead more →
Alumni Spotlight Judge Thomas Connors '68: Giving Back Through EHS's Popular Legal & Protective Services Pathways Program. Judge Thomas A. Connors, Retired, EHS '68 “If you want to be a lawyer or a judge, you need to be able to think clearly and write well,” says retiredRead more →
Alumni Spotlight Secrets to Success: EHS Football Coach Ryan Conway ’89 Left to right: New England Patriots Executive Director of Community Affairs Andre Tippett; Coach Ryan Conway; and Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots and an English High supporter, whose father Harry graduated from EHSRead more →
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