Springfield Trade High School - Beaver Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Dedication The Seniors of Trade High take pride in honoring Mr. Lewis Jackson for his 50 years in the Springfield School System by dedicat- ing this year’s annual to him. Twenty-one of those years he has given of himself to the life of Trade High; ever cooperative, alert and prompt in his service. Springfield claims Lewis as its own, wel- coming him to life 69 years ago Although he grew up in a small town called Pine Plains, N. Y., he came back home fo re-es- tablish life in Western Massachusetts. Looking back, Lewis can well feel proud of his family, which grew from two daugh- MR. LEWIS JACKSON ters and one son to 10 grandchildren and 3 great-grand children. Oftentimes he proudly speaks about them to his fellow workers, many times adding zest to the stories with his quick wit, and friendly humor. Many a time his quiet demure in getting a point across led one to believe once again in the old saying, ‘Silence is golden. So now in the golden years of his seni- ority, we extend to Mr. Jackson much health in his future and much joy in his family. Come back to visit Trade High, Lewis.

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RogerL. Putnam THE HONORABLE ROGER L. PUTNAM City - Mayor of Springfield 1937-1943. Re-elected 1939 and 1941. (Granted military leave in 1943.) Trade High School owes its existence to the Putnam Administration. State - Democratic Nominee for Governor of Massachusetts. National - Military - Business - Industry - Civic - National Administrator of Economic Stabilization Agency . Appointed by the President of the United States in 1951. Enlisted World WarIlas Seaman. Attended Officers Training School. Experimental Officer at Naval Proving Ground. Discharged January 1919 as Lieutenant, jg. Recalled to active duty as Lieutenant Commander March 1943 - assigned as Director of Research and Development for Amphibious Forces for the Atlantic Fleet. Served on staff of Admiral A.G. Kirk in Command of U. S. Naval Forces (Normandy Invasion). Released to inactive duty in 1944 to become Director of Office of Contract Settlement. Director of Springfield National Bank - Past Director of Van Norman Tool Company - American Bosch Corp. - Perkins Machine Gear Company. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Package Machinery Company. Park Commissioner for City of Springfield. Local Director of FEPC - Massachusetts Fair Employment Practice Commission. He was named to the Board of the Dexter Fund on June 5, 1951. Treasurer of Petersham Memorial Library - Trustee of Springfield Library Association - Chairman of Red Cross Chapter 19 - Head of Pioneer Valley Members - Chairman of Development Council - Committee Chairman of Citizens' Action Com- mission for the City of Springfield - Sole Trustee ofthe Lowell Observatory and Chairman of Mars Study Committee located in Flagstaff, Arizona. Marriage - Washington, D. C., to Caroline Piatt Jenkins. Children - Caroline Canfield, Roger Lowell, Jr., William Lowell, Anna Lowell, Mary Compton, Michael C. J. Education - Noble Greenough School, Boston Harvard 1915 AB - Magna Cum Laude Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5