Alumni Spotlight Mayra Volquez EHS ’07: Passing Her ‘Dare to Dream’ Philosophy to Today’s EHS Students When Mayra Volquez, ‘07 came to America from the Dominican Republic 15 years ago with her parents and siblings, she entered the 10th grade at English High where she learned
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Alumni Profile Carroll Blake, EHS ’68, Life-Long Track Star is Still Beating ‘Father Time’ At 71 most athletes have hung up their cleats and mothballed most of their sports equipment long ago — not Dr. Carroll Blake, EHS ’68. Despite reaching the title of septuagenarian, Carroll still
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Alumni Profile Gladys Durham, EHS ’94: She Dared to Dream. Now She’s Paving the Way for Others Gladys Durham, EHS ‘94, proudly represents EHS through her many accomplishments academically, financially, for the community, and with her family. One of EHS’s most profound achievements during its first 200
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Alumni Profile Charles Hayden, EHS Class of 1886, A Towering Figure in Business and Philanthropy The Charles Hayden Foundation continues giving millions in grants to this day. When people think of a very successful English High businessmen, they naturally think of JP Morgan. But another towering figure
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Alumni Profile World Famous Berklee College of Music in Boston Founded by Lawrence Berk EHS ‘27 I worked all the clubs, like the Yen Ho Restaurant on Huntington avenue as a kid when I was attending English; there really wasn’t much to look forward to in music
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Alumni Profile The English High School Alumnus Who Saved A War and A Country General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (1895-1992), EHS 1912, West Point 1917, was one of this country’s greatest military commanders. In WW II he served as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, Chief of Staff of
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Alumni Profile Allan Rohan Crite, EHS ’29, Captured The Pulse of Boston’s African-American Community In the top left-hand corner of the EHSA’s 200th Anniversary Brochure is the photo of Allan Rohan Crite, EHS class of 1929, shown here. Perhaps not as recognizable as JP Morgan or other
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