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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History of The English High School The English High School began in 1821 in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston with an enrollment of 101 boys. It was the first public high school in America. America’s First Public High School Almost two centuries have passed since The
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History of the English High School Cadets Today, The English High School has the second largest JROTC cadet participation in the City of Boston. Learn how the roots of this corps date back to Civil War days. by Stephen M. Berkowitz ’60 Things were not going well
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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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