Boston Latin School

Joseph Lief “Joe”

Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts, listed Joseph Lief (“Joe”) among 122 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: came from Lewis School; headed for Harvard; activities listed: Track and Junior Debating Club. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 365.

Class of 1927

122 in the class of 1927 · 2 more named Lief

Full name: Joseph Lief
Known as: Joe
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Lewis School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Joe Lief; Joey Lief; Lief, Joseph.

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Clubs & teams 135
Same surname 1
Classmates 121
Same schools 299

In context

Of the 122 entries from the Boston Latin School class of 1927 read for this site, Joseph's is 61st alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 365 shows Joseph; the portraits we read from this book run from page 347 to page 381. The name Joseph appears 8 times among the 122 names on this site from the class. “Harvard” is Joseph's plan after graduation; 92 of 100 classmates with a printed plan (92%) named a college or university. This site lists 122 names for the class of 1927, against 104 for 1926 and 146 for 1928.

On the same scan page	George Howard Lentz, Philip Upper
Same club	Track: 27 other classmates
Same club	Junior Debating Club: 16 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 92 of 100 classmates with a plan (92%)
Same first name	Joseph: 7 other people in the class
The book's own title	Latin School Register

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Others named Lief

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Martin LiefBoston Latin School 1928

Also came from Lewis School

Also headed for Harvard

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 365. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_5).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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