Lawrence High School

David George Collins “Red”

David George Collins (“Red”) was one of 512 graduates in the class of 1944 at Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from St. Patrick's; headed for Navy; born in 1926. Portrait and entry from the Blue and White, page 28.

Class of 1944

512 in the class of 1944 · 154 more named Collins

Full name: David George Collins
Known as: Red
Born: March 13, 1926
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1944
Course: General
Came from: St. Patrick's
Headed for: Navy

Also searched as: Red Collins; Dave Collins; David Collins; David G. Collins.

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Same surname 129
Classmates 511
Same schools 126

In context

David George Collins is number 85 of 512 in the alphabetical list of the Lawrence High School class of 1944 on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 28, in the first third of the stretch from page 12 to page 119 where this site found the book's portraits. General was the course of 122 out of 496 classmates who printed one (25%), including David. “Navy” is David's plan after graduation; 33 of 350 classmates with a printed plan (9%) named military service. A college or college-preparatory course was the choice of 31% of those who printed a course in the class of 1944; the neighbouring class shows 34% in 1945.

On the same scan page	Clare M. Cochrane, Gerald Jason Cohen, Howard I. Cohen, Esther Thelma Cole
Same kind of plan	military service: 33 of 350 classmates with a plan (9%)
Same course	General: 122 of 496 classmates with a course (25%)
The book's own title	The Blue and White

What the yearbook said

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Lawrence High School yearbook, 1944, page 28. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item lawrencehighscho1944lawr).

Published 1944. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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