Cambridge High and Latin School

Robert Alan Dunn “Bos”

Robert Alan Dunn (“Bos”) is one of 416 graduates in the class of 1928 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1928 yearbook entry gives: headed for Harvard; activities listed: Editor-in-Chief of Year Book and Senior Drama Cast; lived at 100 Avon Hill Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 86 more named Dunn

Full name: Robert Alan Dunn
Known as: Bos
Lived at: 100 Avon Hill Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Bos Dunn; Bob Dunn; Robert Dunn; Robert A. Dunn.

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Group photos 20
Neighbours 15
Same surname 66
Classmates 415
Same schools 253

In context

Of the 416 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 read for this site, Robert's is 111th alphabetically. The entry is on page 55 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 27 to page 134. Robert's “Harvard” falls in the same group as 173 of the 343 plans printed for the class (50%): a college or university. In the 14 classes of Cambridge High and Latin School between 1915 and 1930 that this site covers, 36 people have the first name Robert, with the largest group (6) in 1930. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1928 has 416 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 459 for 1927 and 421 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Margaret Lorraine Duffy, Emma Bernardine Dunn, Tena Spencer Edison
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 20 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 173 of 343 classmates with a plan (50%)

At home, 100 Avon Hill Street

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Dunn at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

George W Dunn (wife Lillian K), salesman householderpage
Lillian K Dunn, Mrs tehr lived herepage

The Dunn household is listed here in 1925 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Robert's senior portrait.

In the same photographs:

What Robert did at school

Editor-in-Chief of Year Book
Senior Drama Cast
Chairman Junior Prom Committee
Room Committee, 1928
Tennis, 1927–28
Football, 1927
French Club, 1927–28
Delta Sigma Nu Fraternity

What the yearbook said

The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, the hand to execute.

Also grew up on Avon Hill Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Dunn

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 55. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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