Cambridge High and Latin School

Leroy Anderson “Andy”

Leroy Anderson (American composer of light orchestral music) is in the 1925 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates and what the book says.

Class of 1925

Before they were famous

Leroy Anderson American composer of light orchestral music

Leroy Anderson was an American composer of light orchestral miniatures. He served in the United States Army as a translator and an intelligence officer. His music was frequently performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra. He often used creative instrumental effects in his compositions.

Born: June 29, 1908, Cambridge
Died: 1975
Age in this yearbook: about 17
In the yearbook as: Leroy Anderson, Cambridge High and Latin School, class of 1925

How we know this is the same person: Birth date printed in the yearbook (June 29, 1908) matches Wikidata exactly; Wikidata: educated at Cambridge High and Latin. Summary written from the Wikipedia article (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

424 in the class of 1925 · 267 more named Anderson

Full name: Leroy Anderson
Known as: Andy
Born: June 29, 1908
Lived at: 12 Chatham Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Came from: Harvard Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Andy Anderson; Anderson, Leroy.

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Household 1
Neighbours 9
Same surname 200
Classmates 423
Same schools 267

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 424 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1925, Leroy stands 13th. In the scan, Leroy appears on page 95, around the middle of the run of 424 portraits read for this site (pages 29 to 137). Anderson is the surname of 17 people across 11 Cambridge High and Latin School classes on this site, 1917 to 1929. Counting Leroy, 46 people in the class are listed as coming from Harvard Grammar School. Names on this site: 424 for the class of 1925, compared with 366 for 1924 and 462 for 1926.

On the same scan page	Donald J. Ahern, Maynard W. Allard, Joseph Allen
Same earlier school	Harvard Grammar School: 45 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 164 of 365 classmates with a plan (45%)

At home, 12 Chatham Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Russell Brewer AndersonCambridge 1928

The 1925 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Anderson at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Brewer A Anderson (wife Anna M), clerk P householderpage
Le Anderson, Roy student lived herepage

The Anderson household is listed here in 1917, 1918, 1927, 1928 and 1930 too.

What Leroy did at school

French Club, ’24, ’25
Glee Club
Mandolin Club

Also grew up on Chatham Street

The class of 1925

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Others named Anderson

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

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Also came from Harvard Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1925, page 95. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1925unse).

Published 1925, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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