Lawrence High School

John Franklin Bowen “Jack”

John Franklin Bowen (“Jack”) appears in the 1944 yearbook of Lawrence High School in Lawrence, MA. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1944

512 in the class of 1944 · 33 more named Bowen

Full name: John Franklin Bowen
Known as: Jack
Born: January 29, 1927
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1944
Course: General
Came from: Bruce
Headed for: Journalism

Also searched as: Jack Bowen; John Bowen; John F. Bowen; Johnny Bowen.

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Same surname 23
Classmates 511
Same schools 81

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 512 names from the Lawrence High School class of 1944, John stands 38th. Turning the scan to page 19 shows John; the portraits we read from this book run from page 12 to page 119. From 1920 to 1945, 53 Lawrence High School graduates on this site share the first name John, spread over 6 classes and peaking at 22 in 1944. Of the 496 entries in the class with a course, 122 (25%) say General, John's among them. Among first names, the class of 1944 favours John (22), Joseph (15) and Mary (14); the class of 1945 had John (17) and Robert (13).

On the same scan page	Henrietta Boragine, Vincent Joseph Borrelli, Geraldine M. Brandy, Marion Frances Brouder
Same earlier school	Bruce: 64 other classmates
Same course	General: 122 of 496 classmates with a course (25%)
Same first name	John: 21 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Blue and White

What John did at school

Basketball 2, 3
Track 3, 4

What the yearbook said

“An honest man’s the noblest work of God”

The class of 1944

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Others named Bowen

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also came from Bruce

Also headed for Journalism

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Source

Lawrence High School yearbook, 1944, page 19. 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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