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Archives/3. Alumni

 Record Group Term
Identifier: Archives/3

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Hale Waite papers

 Collection
Identifier: M155
Overview

Albert Hale Waite, a bank executive, was born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1901. He attended Quincy High School, Northeastern University School of Law, and the American Institute of Banking. He was a member of the Northeastern School of Law class of 1933. Waite lived in Swampscott, Massachusetts for over 50 years, and served as Vice President and Trust Officer of the New England Merchants Bank of Boston.



Dates: 1933-1934
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Albert James Augustine papers

 Collection
Identifier: M052
Overview

Albert James Augustine attended Northeastern University from 1931-1935, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.



Dates: 1927-1935
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Arthur Batcheller papers

 Collection
Identifier: M012
Overview Arthur Batcheller was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1888. He attended the Boston School of Telegraphy in 1902. In 1906, he joined the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad (BRB&LR) as locomotive fireman. While working on the railroad, he pursued a degree in electronics at the Boston YMCA Electrical Engineering School. He earned his First Class Radio Operators license from the Boston YMCA Polytechnic School in 1913. Between 1917 and 1918, he was the Radio Inspector for Boston....
Dates: 1888-1977; Majority of material found within 1913-1955
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Bernard "Bunny" Solomon papers

 Collection
Identifier: M077
Overview Bernard "Bunny" Solomon was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1923. A member of Northeastern University's Class of 1946, he served in Europe in World War II, returning home to a position in his father's lingerie manufacturing business. He became an active Democrat and was appointed State Purchasing Agent under Governor Foster Furcolo in 1957. Solomon resigned his position in 1960 and became a vice president of the Stop & Shop Companies. In 1982, he left Stop & Shop to become the...
Dates: 1925-2006
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Calista M. Greenough papers

 Collection
Identifier: M173
Overview

Calista M. Greenough (née Folsom) was a member of the first co-ed class to enroll at Northeastern University in 1943, making her one of the first female graduates of Northeastern University. She graduated from Northeastern in 1946 with a B.A. in Liberal Arts, after which she became a librarian. She married Mager R. Greenough who died in 1997. As of April 2011, Calista resides in Danvers, Massachusetts.



Dates: 1945-1948
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Charles Joseph Collazzo papers

 Collection
Identifier: M005
Overview Charles Joseph Collazzo (CJC) was a professor of marketing in the College of Business Administration at Northeastern University, ca. 1962-1984. He was also an alumnus of Northeastern University (College of Liberal Arts, 1943) and a World War II veteran. CJC served on many University committees, including the Graduate Council, ca. 1979-1981; the Library Operations Committee in the 1970s and 1980s; the Library Planning Committee, ca. 1980-1984; and the Search Committee for the Director and...
Dates: 1919-1984
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Clyde F. Joslyn papers and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: M075
Overview Clyde Frederic Joslyn attended Northeastern University as an accounting major, graduating in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science from the College of Business Administration. While a student at Northeastern, Joslyn was a member of many student organizations and a leader in several: a feature editor for the Northeastern News, the president of Phi Beta Alpha fraternity, a trumpet player in the band and Musical Club, and a member of the Junior Prom Committee, the International Relations Club, the...
Dates: circa 1929-1987
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

David L. Wilmarth papers

 Collection
Identifier: M036
Overview

David L. Wilmarth graduated from Northeastern University's College of Liberal Arts in 1949. In 1960, he returned to the University as an Associate Professor in Earth Sciences. He retired in 1986.



Dates: 1942-1966
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Doris Shalit Oberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: M190
Overview Doris Shalit Oberg graduated from the infirmary as a dental hygienist in 1933 and remained an active member of the Alumni Association, planning reunions until her death on March 19, 1993. She also attended the Museum of Fine Arts School of Art and remained affiliated there. She was an active member of the Quincy Historical Society from 1954, and she served as both vice-president and first female president of the organization in 1982. She was married to Mr. Rudolph Oberg, former director of...
Dates: 1933-1983
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Edward B. Landry papers and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: M076
Overview Edward B. Landry attended Northeastern University as a member of the Class of 1929, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, and later earning another B.S. in Engineering from Northeastern in 1935. While a student, Landry was active in student government, serving on the Student Council, and was president and vice president of his class. After graduation, he was active in alumni affairs, founding the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Alumni Club and serving as its president....
Dates: 1921-1978
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Edward F. Lyons, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: M014
Overview Edward F. Lyons, Jr. was born in Boston, September 17, 1899. He earned a bachelor of law degree from Northeastern University in 1921 and passed the Massachusetts bar exam the same year. He was engaged in general practice until 1933 when he began working as an attorney with Home Owners Loan Corporation, an agency of the federal government. In 1942, he entered the Army, and in 1943-1945 he served as an intelligence officer in a camp for German prisoners of war in El Reno, Oklahoma. In...
Dates: circa 1917-1959
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Emma Jean Lang Avery papers

 Collection
Identifier: M003
Overview Emma Jean Lang Avery was born in Boston in 1893 or 1894. She attended Boston University from 1916 to 1923, graduating from the College of Business Administration with honors. Avery then attended Northeastern University's Evening School of Law from September 1923 to June 1927, and received her LLB in 1927. In 1931, she returned to NU to take the Comprehensive Review course offered to law students in their fourth year, most likely in preparation for the Massachusetts Bar Exam. It is unclear...
Dates: 1916-1931
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Eugene M. Reppucci, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: M181
Overview

Eugene M. Reppucci, Jr. received a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University in 1960 and a Master of Education degree in 1965. Reppucci was also awarded an honorary degree in 1995. Reppucci was appointed the Assistant Director of Development at Northeastern in 1962 and remained in that department until 1995 when he retired as Senior Vice President of Development.



Dates: 1955-2004
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Frederick L. Corcoran, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: M115
Overview

Frederick L. Corcoran, Jr. was an alumnus of Northeastern University, graduating in 1935 with a BS in Electrical Engineering and in 1939 with an LLB. Corcoran died in November of 2001.



Dates: 1935-1958
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Gay W. Milbrandt medals

 Collection
Identifier: M024
Overview

Gay W. Milbrandt graduated from Northeastern University's (NU) College of Engineering in 1935. He set indoor and outdoor records at NU in shot put that lasted for over 20 years. He was captain of the track team in 1933-34 and won the Alumni Track Trophy that year as its most valuable member.



Dates: 1930-1934
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Harvey C. Krentzman papers

 Collection
Identifier: M034
Overview Harvey "Chet" Krentzman graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in Engineering in 1949. He received his MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1952, and in 1954 he established the Advanced Management Associates, Inc., a management company providing consultant services to small businesses. In 1959 he was invited to start the Small Business Institute at the Northeastern University Office of Adult and Continuing Education. From the 1960s through the early 1980s, he ran a number of...
Dates: 1953-2005
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Henry Robert Cattley papers

 Collection
Identifier: M053
Overview

Henry Robert Cattley attended Northeastern University from 1931 to 1935, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. Cattley was a member of the track and cross-country teams, and he participated in Northeastern University's annual show.



Dates: 1930-1945
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Joseph P. McGuckian papers

 Collection
Identifier: M054
Overview Joseph P. McGuckian was born in Roslindale, Massachusetts on April 30,1907.  He graduated from Boston English High School in 1924 and entered Northeastern University three years later.  While attending Northeastern, McGuckian participated in extracurricular activities including the Flying Club and Nominating Committee, was a member of the soccer and hockey teams, and was voted Junior Class Secretary and in his senior year, Senate president.  McGuckian graduated with a Bachelor of Science...
Dates: 1927-1930
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Lester E. Hintz papers

 Collection
Identifier: M018
Overview Lester E. Hintz graduated from the Business Administration program at Northeastern University in 1931. While attending Northeastern, he was a member of the Gamma Phi Kappa fraternity and was one of the star players on the fraternity's basketball team. After graduation he married his college sweetheart, Marion Shumway, and returned to his home state of Connecticut to work as an accountant. Throughout his adult life, he was active in the Northeastern University Alumni Club of Connecticut,...
Dates: 1928-1996
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Nicholas D. Corsano papers

 Collection
Identifier: M186
Overview Nicholas D. Corsano was born on August 4, 1904 in the North End, Boston. He graduated from the Northeastern University School of Engineering in 1926, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Most of his working career was spent with Boston Building Department as an inspector and construction supervisor. He became a co-chairman of the joint 1925-1926 Northeastern reunion committee in 1987, devoting considerable time to documenting class meetings and communicating with...
Dates: 1926-2001
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Norman G. Miclette papers

 Collection
Identifier: M147
Overview Norman G. Miclette was born on July 31, 1927 in Watertown, Connecticut. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, having served the United States Army in Korea. He attended both the Harvard Business School and the Evening School of Business at Northeastern University in the 1950's. His studies at Harvard 1952—-1955 focused on business and personnel management, and 1956—-1958 he studied the traffic management industry at Northeastern. While studying at...
Dates: 1952-1958
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Paul M. Levenson papers

 Collection
Identifier: M056
Overview Paul M. Levenson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University in 1940. He was an engineer with Platt Construction Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts for 17 years before and after serving in the Navy during World War II. Later, he became vice president of the Boston construction firm, J. Slotnick Company. In 1977, he retired from the Cambridge firm, Carol R. Johnson Associates. In addition, he was president and director of the Blue Hill Credit Union,...
Dates: 1878-2001
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Phyllis M. Ryan papers

 Collection
Identifier: M094
Overview Phyllis Milgroom Ryan (1927-1998) began her career as a political activist while a student at Northeastern University. Following her graduation from Northeastern University in 1950, she worked as a psychiatric social worker in the Massachusetts state mental health system. In 1951, she married William J. Ryan, Jr. with whom she shared a passion for social justice and collaborated in political action for the next several decades. By the early 1960s Phyllis M. Ryan served as a media advisor and...
Dates: 1959-1988; Majority of material found within 1961-1988
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Robert B. MacGregor papers

 Collection
Identifier: M134
Overview

Robert B. MacGregor graduated from Northeastern University's College of Engineering in 1947. MacGregor was an industrial engineering major and a Lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942-1946, as well as a member of the Camera Club.



Dates: 1947
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Robert C. Campbell papers

 Collection
Identifier: M117
Overview Robert C. Campbell (RCC) was born on April 12, 1920 and graduated from Northeastern University (NU) with an honors degree in Business Administration in 1943. During his time at NU, he was a member of Gamma Phi Kappa, the Sigma Society, the Class Executive Council, and the United States Marine Corps Reserves. He did his Co-op work at R.L. Polk and Co., Weil, Pearson and Co., and the First National Bank of Boston. He was inducted into the NU Golden Graduates Society in 1993. In the 2005 NU...
Dates: 1939-1993
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Robert Erickson papers

 Collection
Identifier: M029
Overview

Robert Erickson (1901-1989) was born in Fitchburg, MA and graduated from Northeastern University's School of Engineering in 1926. He earned an M.S. in Business Administration from Boston University in 1930. While attending Northeastern, he was known as the most active man in his class. He was a member of the student senate, played drums in the school orchestra, and was an enthusiastic participant in his fraternity, Beta Gamma Epsilon.



Dates: 1922-1984; Majority of material found within 1922-1926
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Robert J. Markell papers

 Collection
Identifier: M057
Overview Engineer and television producer Robert Joseph Markell was born in Boston on April 12, 1924. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1944 and an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts in 1965 from Northeastern University. Markell worked for the Grumman Aircraft Company in 1944-1946 and as a civil engineer and architect in Boston until 1948. In 1948, he became a student at the Art Students League in New York City. From 1949 to 1959, Markell was a scenic designer at CBS-TV, and from 1959 to...
Dates: 1967-1968
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Samuel H. Becker papers

 Collection
Identifier: M007
Overview

Samuel H. Becker graduated from Northeastern University Evening School of Law in 1936, earning a Bachelor of Law degree.



Dates: 1925-1962
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Walter W. Hartford, Jr. films

 Collection
Identifier: M074
Overview Walter W. Hartford Jr., was president of Northeastern University's Class of 1943 and was an electrical engineering major in the original Class of 1944, which entered Northeastern in September 1939. The graduation date for the class was to be June 1944; however, after the United States entered World War II, the school instituted an accelerated program which moved the graduation date of the Class of 1944 to November 1943. During the war, Northeastern University graduated several classes per...
Dates: circa 1942-1943
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Wilbert A. Bishop, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: M151
Overview

Wilbert A. Bishop, Jr. was born on May 27, 1906. He was raised in Lynn, Massachusetts and graduated from the Northeastern University School of Law in 1933. He later resided in Hinesville, Georgia, where he practiced law. Bishop died in September 1973 at age 67.



Dates: 1931-1933
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

Wilfred A. Young papers

 Collection
Identifier: M184
Overview Northeastern University alumnus Wilfred A. Young was born on February 16th, 1901. He attended High School in Windham, Connecticut, and later graduated from the Northeastern College of Engineering in 1923 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Young later resided in West Hartford, Connecticut working as a Sales Engineer for Bernard M. Packard Company in Hamden, Connecticut. In 1967, he became the President of Northeastern University's Alumni Club of Connecticut. He passed away on April...
Dates: 1923-1969
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

William Joseph Mulcahy, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: M051
Overview

William Joseph Mulcahy, Jr. attended Northeastern from 1963-1968, graduating from University College with a Bachelor of Science degree.



Dates: 1963-1967
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

William Lieberman papers

 Collection
Identifier: M095
Overview

William Lieberman attended Northeastern University between 1964 and 1968. He majored in biology and went to work in the field of transportation. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA. He wrote Chapter 5, "The Winthrop Loop", in Robert C. Stanley's Narrow Gauge: The Story of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroads, (Cambridge, Mass.: Boston Railway Association, Inc., 1980), available in the Northeastern University library.



Dates: 1964-2001; Majority of material found within 1964-1968
Found in: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections

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