Northeastern University · Boston, Massachusetts

Laurence Houghton Willis

Laurence Houghton Willis was a senior at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1930, one of 262 graduates. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.

Class of 1930

262 in the class of 1930 · 20 more named Willis

Full name: Laurence Houghton Willis
School: Northeastern University
Graduated: Class of 1930

Also searched as: Laurence Willis; Laurence H. Willis; Willis, Laurence.

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Same surname 10
Classmates 261

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262 people from the Northeastern University class of 1930 appear on this site, and Willis puts Laurence 255th among them. In the scan, Laurence appears on page 61, in the last third of the run of 262 portraits read for this site (pages 32 to 70). First names that recur in the class of 1930: John (18), Charles (11) and William (10). In the class of 1929: John (13), Charles (9) and Robert (7). Names on this site: 262 for the class of 1930, compared with 190 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Harold Burton Watton, Raymond L. Watts, Arvo I. Wegelius, Winston Pendleton Wentworth and 3 more

What the page does not say. No birth date, no grammar school, no home address for Laurence. Other entries in the Northeastern University class of 1930 carry them far more often (birth date 81%, grammar school 77% and home address 73%), so either the book did not print them or our reading missed them; the scan has the final word.

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Northeastern University yearbook, 1930, page 61. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cauldron00nort).

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Snell Library, Northeastern University via the Internet Archive.

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