Mentorship Mentorship is the influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor. A mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person. In an organizational setting, a mentor influences the personal and p ...

is the developmental relationship between a more experienced mentor and a less experienced partner referred to as a protégé or mentee. Mentor, Mentors, or The Mentor may also refer to:

Greek mythology

Mentor (Greek myth) In Greek mythology, Mentor (Ancient Greek: Μέντωρ, ''Méntōr''; gen.: Μέντορος) was attributed to the following characters: * Mentor, the Thespian son of Heracles and Asopis, daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. Mentor and his 49 ...

, any of several Greek mythological characters *

Mentor (Odyssey) In the ''Odyssey'', Mentor (Greek: Μέντωρ, ''Méntōr''; gen.: Μέντορος) was the son of Alcimus. In his old age Mentor was a friend of Odysseus. When Odysseus left for the Trojan War, he placed Mentor in charge of his son Telemachus ...

People

Mentor of Rhodes Mentor of Rhodes ( grc, Μέντωρ Ῥόδιος) () was a Greek mercenary and later Satrap of the Asiatic coast. He fought both for and against Artaxerxes III of Persia. He is also known as the first husband of Barsine, who later became mistr ...

, a Greek mercenary *

Mentor Graham William Mentor Graham (1800 – 1886) was an American teacher best known for tutoring Abraham Lincoln and giving him his higher education during the future President's time in New Salem, Illinois. Graham was born near Greensburg, Kentucky. He d ...

(1800–1886), a U.S. teacher *

Mentor Huebner Mentor Huebner (July 19, 1917 - March 19, 2001) was a leading Hollywood production illustrator who did storyboards, production art and creative concepts for more than 250 films, including ''King Kong'' (1976), ''Blade Runner'' (1982) and Francis ...

(1917–2001), a U.S. film illustrator * Mentor Mazrekaj (born 1989), an Albanian soccer player * Mentor Përmeti (1920–2015), an Albanian agronomist *

Mentor Williams Mentor Ralph Williams (June 11, 1946 – November 16, 2016) was an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for writing " Drift Away," a popular song first performed by John Henry Kurtz in 1972 and popularized by Dobie Gray the followi ...

(1946–2016), a U.S. musician * Mentor Xhemali (1926–1992), an Albanian singer *

Mentor Zhdrella Mentor Zhdrella (born 10 June 1988) is a Kosovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kosovan club Llapi and the Kosovo national team. He has been hailed as one of Kosovo's greatest talent, having been named four times as Footba ...

(born 1988), a Kosovar soccer player *

Mentor Zhubi Mentor Zhubi (born 1 May 1984) is a Swedish International Futsal player and a football player of Kosovar Albanian descent. Football He is currently playing for Västra Frölunda in Swedish Division 3. Futsal Zhubi is also a Futsal player for Go ...

(born 1984), a Swedish futsal player * "The Mentor", the pseudonym of

Loyd Blankenship Loyd Blankenship (born 1965), better known by his pseudonym The Mentor, is a computer hacker and writer. He has been active since the 1970s, when he was a member of the hacker groups Extasyy Elite and Legion of Doom. Writings Hacker Manifesto ...

, a famous hacker

Places

3451 Mentor 3451 Mentor is a large Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 19 April 1984, by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic. The uncommon Jovian X-type asteroid i ...

, Jovian asteroid

United States

* Mentor, Indiana *

Mentor, Kansas Mentor is an unincorporated community in Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 101. It is located south of Salina on Mentor Road. History Mentor was named by settle ...

Mentor, Kentucky Mentor is a home rule-class city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 193 as of the 2010 U.S. census. Geography Mentor is located at (38.890716, −84.245637). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city ha ...

Mentor, Minnesota Mentor is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Grand Forks- ND- MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 104 at the 2020 census. The city is near Maple Lake. History A post office called Mentor has be ...

* Mentor, Missouri *

Mentor, Ohio Mentor ( ) is the largest city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 47,450 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. Mentor was first settled in 1797. In 1876, James A. Garfield purchased a home in Men ...

, the largest city with this name * Mentor, Washington * Mentor, West Virginia * Mentor, Wisconsin * Mentor Township (disambiguation) **

Mentor Township, Cheboygan County, Michigan Mentor Township is a civil township of Cheboygan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 818 at the 2010 census. Geography Mentor Township is located in southwestern Cheboygan County and is bordered by Emmet County to the west ...

** Mentor Township, Oscoda County, Michigan *

Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio Mentor-on-the-Lake is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 7,131 at the 2020 census. History Originally part of Mentor Township, the village was established October 22, 1924. The U.S. Census for 1970 recorded the offi ...

* Mentor Avenue, Lake County, Ohio

Facilities and structures

Mentor station Mentor is a former railroad depot located on Station Street in Mentor, Ohio, Mentor, Ohio. The station opened in 1890. A defunct New York Central Railroad, New York Central freight house is located across the tracks from the depot. The depot is cu ...

, a rail station in Mentor, Ohio *

Mentor High School Mentor High School is a public high school located in Mentor, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Mentor Exempted Village School District (informally, "Mentor Schools"). At one time, it was the largest high school in Ohio ba ...

, Mentor, Ohio * Mentor Court, a bungalow court in Pasadena, California

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Mentor (comics), several characters from comics *

Mentor (A'lars) Mentor (A'lars) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ''Iron Man'' #55 (February 1973), and was created by Jim Starlin. Mentor is the leader of the Titanian colon ...

, a Marvel Comics character * Mentor, the guardian of Billy Batson/Captain Marvel in ''Shazam!'' (TV series) * Mentor of Arisia, an extraterrestrial force in E. E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman series; see ''

Children of the Lens ''Children of the Lens'' is a science fiction novel by American author E. E. Smith. It was originally serialized in the magazine ''Astounding'' beginning in 1947, and was first published in book form in 1954 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 4,87 ...

'' * An alien species in the ''Doctor Who'' universe

Other art, entertainment, and media

Mentors (band) The Mentors are an American heavy metal band, known for their deliberate shock rock lyrics. Originally formed in Seattle, Washington in May 1976, they relocated to Los Angeles, California in 1979. The band garnered attention both from noted h ...

, an American heavy metal band * ''Mentor'' (film), a 2006 film starring Rutger Hauer * ''Mentors'' (TV series), 1998 Canadian children's fantasy science fiction TV show * ''The Mentor'' (TV series), 2018 Australian reality TV show * ''The Mentor'' (webisodes), 2010 U.S. web extras for the U.S. version of ''The Office'' * ''Mentor'' , a magazine for gay men published by the BLK organization

Computing and technology

* Mentor, a line of minicomputers running the

Pick operating system The Pick Operating System (Pick System or Pick) is a demand-paged, multi-user, virtual memory, time-sharing computer operating system based around a MultiValue database. Pick is used primarily for business data processing. It is named after one of ...

and produced by Applied Digital Data Systems in the 1980s *

MENTOR routing algorithm The MENTOR routing algorithm is an algorithm for use in routing of mesh networks, specifically pertaining to their initial topology. It was developed in 1991 by Aaron Kershenbaum, Parviz Kermani, and George A. Grove and was published by the IEEE. ...

, a routing algorithm for mesh networks topology

Enterprises and organizations

MENTOR Mentorship is the influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor. A mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person. In an organizational setting, a mentor influences the personal and p ...

, a nonprofit organization that promotes mentorship *

Mentor (company) Mentor Worldwide LLC is an American company that supplies surgical aesthetics products to plastic surgeons. The company is based in Santa Barbara, California. It produces one of two silicone gel breast implants. Titled MemoryGel, the product was ...

, a supplier of surgical aesthetics products *

Mentor Books The New American Library (also known as NAL) is an American publisher based in New York, founded in 1948. Its initial focus was affordable paperback reprints of classics and scholarly works as well as popular and pulp fiction, but it now publishe ...

, an Irish publisher *

Mentor Foundation Mentor International (Mentor Foundation) is an international youth development NGO working in the field of substance use disorder prevention. It was founded in 1994 by Queen Silvia of Sweden in collaboration with the World Health Organisation. C ...

, an international youth development NGO * Mentor Dynamics, a Canadian manufacturer of lifting systems *

Mentor Graphics Siemens EDA is a US-based electronic design automation (EDA) multinational corporation for electrical engineering and electronics, headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon. Founded in 1981 as Mentor Graphics, the company was acquired by Siemens in ...

, a company providing electronic design automation solutions *

Mentor Public Schools Mentor Exempted Village School District, also known as Mentor Public Schools, is a school district headquartered in Mentor, Ohio. It serves Mentor, Mentor-on-the-Lake, a portion of Kirtland Hills, a portion of Concord Township, and a portion o ...

, Mentor, Ohio, USA

Other uses

* Mentor (satellite), a type of U.S. reconnaissance satellite * Mentor (ship), several ships by the name *

Miles Mentor The Miles M.16 Mentor was a 1930s British single-engined three-seat monoplane training and communications aircraft built by Miles Aircraft Limited. Design and development The origins of the Mentor can be traced back to the Air Ministry's relea ...

, a 1930s British trainer aircraft *

Beechcraft T-34 Mentor The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is an American propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston- ...

, a trainer plane