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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EHS Notable Alumni Bob MacGillivray, EHS ’54: Basketball Star for Life Bob MacGillivray, EHS ’54 grew up in Dorchester. He could have gone to close-by Dorchester High, but the 6’ 4” basketball phenom chose to bring his athletic skills to English High. “Coach Sullivan (Arthur) welcomed
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EHS Notable Alumni Martin Bookspan, EHS ’43, the Cultured Voice of Lincoln Center Telecasts and NYT Music Critic Martin Bookspan, English High Alumnus in the wartime class of 1943, was recently remembered by EHSA Board of Directors member Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse ’44. Woody remembers Martin as a
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Alumni Spotlight The Amazing Reverend Patrick Healy, EHS ’39 Photo: Nicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald While the Boston Herald did an excellent piece on this amazing man we thought we would speak to Rev. Patrick Healy for some more details of his thoughts on his English High
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EHS Notable Alumni Thirty Years On, English High Remembers Tom Cassidy ’67 – A True Pioneer and English High Graduate EHSA President, Mike Thomas was a classmate, teammate and best friend of Tom Cassidy. Thirty years after Tom’s passing, here is how he remembers his good friend:
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Meet the 2021 Stella and Emmanuel Mavridis Scholarship Winners and Finalists Each year the English High School Alumni & Friends Tutoring Program, established and supported by a gift in memory of Stella and Emmanuel Mavridis, awards promising English High students who are planning to attend college with
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English High School History English High Student Joined Famous Black Civil War Regiment According to the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first military unit consisting of black soldiers to be raised in the North during the Civil War. The adoption of
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