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Thayer Academy
Thayer Academy (TA) is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory day school located in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. The academy, conceived in 1871 at the bequest of General Sylvanus Thayer, known as the father of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and founder of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, was established in 1877. Thayer annually enrolls approximately 470 students in the Upper School (grades 9–12) and an additional 220 students in the Middle School (grades 5–8). The campus is situated in the heart of Braintree and consists of eight buildings and 54 classrooms. Students are drawn primarily from Boston's MetroWest and South Shore communities. History General Thayer, born in Braintree, Massachusetts, graduated as valedictorian from both Dartmouth College and the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. General Thayer was dedicated to hard work, and at the age of 17, he taught in the local schools of Ha ...
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Braintree, Massachusetts
Braintree (), officially the Town of Braintree, is a municipality in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Although officially known as a towBraintree is a city, with a mayor-council government, mayor-council form of government, and is considered a city under Massachusetts law. The population was 39,143 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Greater Boston area with access to the MBTA Red Line, and is a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council's South Shore Coalition. The first mayor of Braintree was Joe Sullivan who served until January 2020. The current mayor of Braintree is Charles Kokoros. Braintree, Massachusetts, is named after Braintree, Essex, in England. The town was first chartered in 1640. Later, some sections of Braintree formed separate municipalities: Quincy (1792), Randolph (1793), and Holbrook (1872). History European settlers first arrived in 1625. Subsequent to their arrival, the town was colonized in 1635, and ultimately incorp ...
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Jared Porter
Jared Douglas Porter (born November 26, 1979) is a former American baseball executive. As an executive, he has won four World Series Championships (Boston Red Sox - 2004, 2007, 2013; Chicago Cubs - 2016). He served as the Executive Vice President and General manager (baseball) of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) from December 13, 2020, to January 19, 2021. Early life and family Porter was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, before settling with his family in Wayzata, Minnesota, where he lived from age 4-15. In Minnesota, he attended both the Wayzata Public Schools and The Blake School (Minneapolis). When he was 15, he moved with his family to Duxbury, Massachusetts, where he attended Boston College High School for 1-year before transferring to Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts. While at Thayer Academy, Porter lettered in Baseball, Ice Hockey, Tennis, and Baseball, playing hockey with future National Hockey League play ...
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Mike Mottau
Michael Joseph Mottau (born March 19, 1978) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the seventh round, 182nd overall, by the New York Rangers in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Mottau was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but grew up in Avon, Massachusetts. He currently works as a Business Development Manager for Sunrise Erectors. Playing career Mottau played four years of college hockey at Boston College, and was the recipient of the Hobey Baker Award for top men's collegiate hockey player during his senior season. He made his National Hockey League debut with the Rangers during the 2000–01 season. He played nineteen games with the Rangers over two seasons, and four with the Calgary Flames during the 2002–03 season. Mottau played four seasons in the American Hockey League before returning to the NHL in the 2007–08 season with the New Jersey Devils. On September 28, 2010, Mottau signed a two-ye ...
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Asa S
ASA as an abbreviation or initialism may refer to: Biology and medicine * Accessible surface area of a biomolecule, accessible to a solvent * Acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin * Advanced surface ablation, refractive eye surgery * Anterior spinal artery, the blood vessel which supplies the anterior portion of the spinal cord * Antisperm antibodies, antibodies against sperm antigens * Argininosuccinic aciduria, a disorder of the urea cycle * ASA physical status classification system, rating of patients undergoing anesthesia Education and research * African Studies Association of the United Kingdom * African Studies Association *Alandica Shipping Academy, Åland Islands, Finland * Albany Students' Association, at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand * Alexander-Smith Academy, in Houston, Texas * Alpha Sigma Alpha, U.S. national sorority * American Society for Aesthetics, philosophical organization * American Student Assistance, national non-profit organization * American Studies ...
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Tiffany Kelly
The Miss Massachusetts USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently produced by The Clemente Organization based in Malden, Massachusetts, which also produces the Maine pageant. Shawnae Jebbia was crowned Miss USA in 1998 and Susie Castillo won the crown in 2003. Both Miss USA winners from Massachusetts were asked the same final question during the live telecasts. The most recent placement was Allissa Latham in 2018, placing Top 15. Skarlet Ramirez of Lawrence was crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2022 on March 27, 2022 at Burlington Marriott Hotel in Burlington. She represented Massachusetts for the title of Miss USA 2022. Gallery of titleholders File:Susie Castillo.jpg, Susie Castillo, Miss Massachusetts USA and Miss USA 2003 File:Maria Lekkakos headshot.png, Maria Lekkakos, Miss Massachusetts USA 2004 File:TiffanyKelly.jpg, Tiffany Kelly, Miss Massachusetts USA 2006 File:Jackie Bruno ...
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Mike Jones (basketball, Born 1984)
Michael Jones (born July 24, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the University of Maryland, College Park. He played his high school ball at Thayer Academy, home to hockey standouts Jeremy Roenick, Tony Amonte, Ryan Whitney and Steven Nelson Career He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts to Curtis and Lisa Jones, and he attended Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts. He scored a total of 2,021 points at Thayer, once dunked on Zach Canter of BB&N and in his senior year he posted averages of 24.8 points, 14.2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2.3 steals per game; he was named Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year and was invited to the McDonald's All-American Game of 2003. During the event he won the 3-point shooting competition (he was a 44% 3-point shooter in high school) and scored 13 points during the game. According to Joe Benson's recruiting website Scout.com, he was the second best shooting guard in the country coming out of high school, ...
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Kelly Amonte Hiller
Kelly Amonte Hiller is the head women's lacrosse coach at Northwestern University. She has coached Northwestern to eight NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championships. Amonte Hiller played for the University of Maryland Terrapins, and won two national championships as a player. She was named the ACC Female Athlete of the Year in 1996. In 2012, Amonte Hiller was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Amonte Hiller is the sister of former National Hockey League player Tony Amonte. She attended high school at Thayer Academy Thayer Academy (TA) is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory day school located in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. The academy, conceived in 1871 at the bequest of General Sylvanus Thayer, known as the father of the United Sta .... Head coaching record References External links Kelly Amonte Hiller - Official biography on Northwestern University Sports People from Hingham, Massachusetts Maryland Terr ...
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David Grossack
David C. Grossack (1956 – September 20, 2017) was an American attorney, writer, and activist born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of noted psychotherapist and author Dr. Martin Grossack and Judith Grossack. David was named one of the state's ten best lawyers by the ''Boston Herald'', and received a coveted "Lawyer of the Year" award from ''Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly''. Education David Grossack was educated at Thayer Academy, Brandeis University, Babson College (where he received a B.S. in Management in 1976), and the New England School of Law, where he was awarded a Juris Doctor in 1981. Early political career As a young law student, Grossack was influenced by the activities of Andrew Melechinsky, who was active in an organization known as Constitutional Revival. Constitutional Revival stood for the proposition that the federal constitution is the blueprint for a laissez faire, private enterprise society in which the role of government is limited, and that courts are in ...
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Corey Griffin
The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving the pouring of a bucket of ice water over a person's head, either by another person or self-administered, to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig's disease) and encourage donations to research. The challenge was co-founded by Pat Quinn and Pete Frates; it went viral on social media during July–August 2014. In the United States, many people participated for the ALS Association, and in the United Kingdom, many people participated for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, although some individuals opted to donate their money from the Ice Bucket Challenge to other organizations. The challenge encourages nominated participants to be filmed having a bucket of ice water poured on their heads and then nominating others to do the same. A common stipulation is that nominated participants have 24 hours to comp ...
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John Curtis Gowan
John Curtis Gowan (May 21, 1912 – December 2, 1986) was a psychologist who studied, along with E. Paul Torrance, the development of creative capabilities in children and gifted populations. Life John Curtis Gowan was born May 21, 1912 in Boston, Massachusetts. Graduating from Thayer Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1929, John Gowan was only 17 when he entered Harvard University, earning his undergraduate degree four years later. A master's degree in mathematics followed; he then moved to Culver, Indiana, where he was employed as a counselor and mathematics teacher at Culver Military Academy from 1941 to 1952. Earning a doctorate from UCLA, he became a member of the founding faculty at the California State University at Northridge, where he taught as a professor of Educational Psychology from 1953 until 1975, when he retired with emeritus status. Dr. Gowan became interested in gifted children after the Russians gained superiority in space with the 1957 launch of Sputnik. ...
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William D
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ...
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Charlie Coyle
Charles Robert Coyle (born March 2, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Minnesota Wild. Coyle played part of a single season with the Saint John Sea Dogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) in 2012. He played for the Boston University Terriers hockey program before he was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the first round, 28th overall, of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. In 2011, he was traded to the Minnesota Wild, with whom he played the first six years of his professional career before he was traded to the Bruins in 2019. Playing career Amateur A native of Massachusetts, Coyle played for Weymouth High School, a public school, during his freshman year and helped the Wildcat varsity hockey team to their first-ever Super 8 finals appearance, in which they played at the TD Garden against Boston College High School, a private school. The Wildcats beat n ...
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