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CHARLES W. ELIOT: U. S. educator and a leader in public affairs, he was born in Boston, Mass, on March 20, 1834. Graduating from Boston Latin School in 1849 and Harvard University in 1853, he taught mathematics and science at Harvard from 1854 to 1863. In 1865 he became professor of analytical chemistry at MIT. There he served until 1869, when he was appointed president of Harvard, which, when he retired in 1909, he had successfully elevated into an institution of world renown. Contending that higher learning in the United States needed to be “broadened, deepened, and invigorated,” Eliot demanded a place for the sciences along with the humanities in any sound program of liberal education. Eliot’s influence reached into secondary education too. During his presidency Harvard raised its entrance require- ments, and some other major colleges did likewise. This in turn effected a corresponding rise in secondary school standards. Charles W. Eliot LEONARD BERNSTEIN: American conductor, com- poser, and pianist, born Lawrence, Massachusetts on August 25, 1918. He took up the study of piano when he was 10, graduated from Boston Latin School in 1935, and graduated from Harvard University in 1939. On November 13, 1943, he scored a spectacular triumph when, with less than 12 hours’ notice and with no opportunity to rehearse the musicians, he substituted for Bruno Walter in leading the orchestra through a difficult program, earning the un- qualified acclaim of the audience and the ciritics. Between 1945 and 1955 he led every major orchestra in the United States and western Europe and was everywhere conceded a place in the front rank of the world’s conductors. Especially gifted in the interpretation of contemporary music, Mr. Bernstein has also appeared frequently as a concert pianist. His own compositions include numerous works in the serious, popular, and jazz idioms. Leonard Bernstein of Outstanding Service 13
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DEDICATION Latin School men have served our country in many ways. They have contributed greatly to build her industries, to develop her culture, to strengthen her faith, to educate her young, to heal her sick, and to guide her on the road of self-government. It is hi part this heritage of outstanding service that inspires each Latin School student to prove himself worthy as a man to add his name to the illustrious list of Latin School graduates. THOMAS VINCENT LEARSON: Corporation official. Born on September 26, 1912, he jrraduated from Boston Latin School in 1931 and received his A.B. from Harvard in 1935. While attending Latin, Mr. Learson was an exem- plary student and scholar. During World War II, he served as an officer in the Navy. Thomas Learson has been with the IBM Corporation since 1935. Some of the positions he has held include; Manager, Philadelphia office; district manager, Detroit headquarters; general sales manager; director electronic data processing machines; vice-president in charge of sales. New York City; and director, IBM World Trade Corporation. It is a great tribute to this Latin School graduate that he has risen within such a short time to President of this world-wide corporation. JOHN COLLINS WARREN: American surgeon. Born in 1778, he entered Latin School at the age of eight and went on to graduate from Harvard in 1797. He was adjunct professor of anatomy and surgery at Harvard in 1806-15, and professor in those branches in 1815-47. He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts General Hospital and was its chief surgeon the remainder of his life. He per- formed the first public operation in which ether was used as an anaesthesia in 1846; he also performed the first operation for strangulated hernia in this country. He was one of the founders of the American Medical Association, and president of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Dr. Warren was a voluminous writer, drawing upon a vast fund of personal experience as a surgeon. He was greatly interested in palaeontology, and his collection of specimens formed the nucleus of the “Warren Museum” of the Harvard Medical School. JOHN .1. WRIGHT: bishop; born in Boston on July 18, 1909. He graduated from Boston Latin School in 1927 and re- ceived his A.B. from Boston College in 1931; S.T.L. Gregori- an University in Rome, 1936; S.T.D., 1939. Many honorary degrees were conferred upon Bishop Wright including those from Boston College, Holy Cross, Layola, Fordham and St. John (Brooklyn). From 1939 to 1944 he was a professor at St. John’s Seminary in Boston and became secretary to tbe Archbishop of Boston in 1943. He was the first bishop of Worcester, Mass, serving from 1950 to 1959. Since he has been bishop of Pittsburgh Diocese. Bishop Wright has written many works on Catholic social teachings. He is presently Episcopal director of the Lay Retreat Movement in the United States, Officer Legion of Honor (France), and Order of Merit (Italy). JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY : American financier and diplomat born in Boston on September 6, 1888. The son of a well-to-do politician and businessman, Kennedy grad- uated from Boston Latin School and Harvard College. He became president of tbe Columbia Trust Company in 1914. After the war he entered the motion picture industry and by 1928 had a controlling interest in Keith, Albee, Orpheum Theatres Corporation. By 1930, he had acquired a sub- stantial fortune which he increased through investments in real estate to an estimated $250 million by 1957. Long an outstanding Roman Catholic layman and a prominent member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy con- tributed greatly to Democratic campaign funds. He held several important posts under Democratic administrations, culminating in his appointment as ambassador to Great Britain (1937-1940). Joseph Patrick Kennedy To a Heritage 12
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