Lawrence High School

Joseph John Villani “Jazz”

Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts, listed Joseph John Villani (“Jazz”) among 512 graduates in the class of 1944. The entry gives: came from Breen; headed for Great musician, composer, conductor; born in 1926. Portrait and entry from the Blue and White, page 113.

Class of 1944

512 in the class of 1944 · 4 more named Villani

Full name: Joseph John Villani
Known as: Jazz
Born: March 7, 1926, Ocean City, Maryland
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1944
Course: Business
Came from: Breen
Headed for: Great musician, composer, conductor

Also searched as: Jazz Villani; Joe Villani; Joseph Villani; Joseph J. Villani.

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Same surname 3
Classmates 511
Same schools 44

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 512 names from the Lawrence High School class of 1944, Joseph stands 487th. In the scan, Joseph appears on page 113, near the end of the run of 512 portraits read for this site (pages 12 to 119). Counting Joseph, 40 people in the class are listed as coming from Breen. Business was the course of 117 out of 496 classmates who printed one (24%), including Joseph. First names that recur in the class of 1944: John (22), Joseph (15) and Mary (14). In the class of 1945: John (17) and Robert (13).

On the same scan page	Agnes C. Vilkisius, Mary Delores Viscosi, Irene Mary Wagner, Alfred Bernard Wallack
Same earlier school	Breen: 39 other classmates
Same course	Business: 117 of 496 classmates with a course (24%)
Same first name	Joseph: 14 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Blue and White

What Joseph did at school

Alumni Symphony 2, 3, 4
L.H.S. band 1, 2, 3, 4
L.H.S. Orchestra 2, 3, 4

What the yearbook said

“Such sweet soft notes as yet musicians never gave the enraptured air”

The class of 1944

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Others named Villani

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

Also came from Breen

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Source

Lawrence High School yearbook, 1944, page 113. 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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