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"Work is one of our greatest blessings. Everyone should have an honest occupation."
Frederick H. Rindge
Courtesy of the Rindge School of Technical Arts at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
The Rindge Tech Alumni Association
The Rindge Tech Alumni Association has served graduates of Rindge Tech since its inception in 1888. One of the oldest alumni organizations in the country, the group meets regularly the 2nd Tuesday of each month in the Ted Darling Conference Room located in the RSTA Main Office.
Rindge Tech Alumni Leadership
President: Gil Quinn '60
1st VP: Bob Bibeau '47
Executive Secretary-Treasurer: Ted Darling '72
Recording Secretary: Howard Stone '40
Financial Secretary: Dan Farrell '60
Legal Counsel: Jack Bourgeois '55
Editor Registry: Bill Morse '36
Headmaster Emeritus: Robert R. Sweeney
Honorary Members: John F. Rindge, Ronald R. Rindge,
Steve Spofford
Board Members
| Joseph Ahern '69 |
Robert Chebator '60 |
Bill Cobham '47 |
| Walter Costa '44 |
Steve Ferguson Faculty '72 |
Fran Heiligman '41 |
| George Hinds '66 |
Bill Mangan Faculty '60 |
Paul Marcin '55 |
| Harold Murphy '56 |
Ed Patacchiola '38 |
Jack Piantedosi '57 |
| Gerry Shea--Faculty |
Steve Surette--Faculty |
George Wolfe '67 |
Frank McCarthy, Steve Surette, William Joyce: Faculty Retired
Phil Dussault: Faculty Deceased
Executive Director RSTA: Mike Ananis
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Alumni Snapshots in Rindge Tech History
Ed Collymore, Rindge Tech '55 in his four varsity years at Villanova, ran on a trio of record-setting teams. As anchor for the mile relay in '58, he led the team to a meet record which lasted until the advent of the synthetic track in 1967.
John Thomas, Rindge Tech '58 was a skinny 17-year-old Boston University freshman when he rocked the world. It was Jan. 31, 1959, at Madison Square Garden in New York. The scene was track and field's prestigious Millrose Games Thomas, hardly half a year out of Rindge Tech in Cambridge, stunned the crowd when he posted the world's first indoor 7-foot leap in the high jump. Locked in a duel with world champion Charlie Dumas, who had recorded the world's first outdoor 7-foot jump, Thomas cleared that height on his second try. John went on to compete in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won SILVER and BRONZE medals.
Charlie Jenkins, Rindge Tech '53 The first Villanovan to anchor a championship team at Penn, Jenkins went undefeated in seven races for the Wildcats in the mid-'50s. He ran anchor on three championship Mile relays and ran half-mile legs on four medleys. Charlie competed in the 1956 Olympics and won GOLD medals in the 400 meter and 1600 meter relay.
William D. Slater, 2nd Lieutenant An automobile race driver in civilian life. Lt. Slater enlisted in the Army Air Force on October 23, 1942. He received his wings and commission at Craig Field, Alabama in August 1944. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1917 and graduated from Rindge Technical High School . He was sent to Millville in April 1945 for advanced fighter training and died in a midair collision of two P-47s over Lummistown Pond on May 2, 1945.
Bibber McCoy, Pro Wrestler An internationally known professional heavyweight wrestler, Robert H. "Bibber" McCoy, After graduating from the Rindge Technical High School where he received 32 letters for various sports, attended Boston College. There he played football under Frank Kavanaugh. Later, Mr. McCoy transferred to Holy Cross College where he played on the football team under Cleo O'Donnell. He also was a baseball catcher there and later was inducted into the Holy Cross Hall of Fame. Mr. McCoy, who once played end for the professional Canton Bulldogs, twice defeated Frank Hussey, known as the "world's fastest human," in the 100-yard dash. During Mr. McCoy's wrestling career, which spanned about a 30-year period, he wrestled under the name of Bibber McCoy, Taurus the Bull and the Green Hornet.
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