Boys Republic is a private, all-boys school for troubled adolescents located in

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. It was founded in 1907 by Margaret Fowler. As an adolescent,

Steve McQueen Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1 ...

was remanded there. He was known to demand razors and jeans in his contracts so that he could donate them to the school.John Dominis/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. "Steve McQueen Returns to Reform School" 1963, accessed February 7, 2011

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