Bordentown Military Institute
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The Bordentown Military Institute was a private high school in Bordentown, New Jersey
Bordentown, New Jersey
Bordentown City is in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 3,924. Bordentown is located at the confluence of the Delaware River, Blacks Creek and Crosswicks Creek...

 from 1881 to 1973.

History

It was created in 1881 when Reverend William Bowen purchased the Spring Villa Female Seminary building and reopened it as the Bordentown Military Institute. In 1972 it was merged with the Lenox School
Lenox School for Boys
Lenox School for Boys was a New England preparatory school for students in grades 9-12 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA established by the Protestant Episcopal Church of New England. It existed from 1926 under Rev. G. Gardner Monks, the school's first Headmaster until 1946. Then his successor, The Rev....

 in Lenox, Massachusetts
Lenox, Massachusetts
Lenox is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Set in Western Massachusetts, it is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,077 at the 2000 census. Where the town has a border with Stockbridge is the site of Tanglewood, summer...

. The combined entity was shut down the following year as the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...

 reduced the popularity of a military education.

Graduates

  • Nicholas S. H. Krawciw
    Nicholas S. H. Krawciw
    Nicholas S. H. Krawciw is a retired United States Army Major General who served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War, and served as Commanding General of the 3rd Infantry Division from 1987 to 1989.-Early life:...

     (born November 28, 1935)
  • Robert William Duncan, Jr. (born July 5, 1948)
  • Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918)
  • Douglas Palmer
    Douglas Palmer
    Douglas Harold Palmer was the first African American mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.- Biography :He was born in Trenton and attended Trenton public schools. He then graduated from the Bordentown Military Institute in Bordentown, New Jersey...

     (born October 19, 1951)
  • Barry T. Parker
    Barry T. Parker
    Barry T. Parker is an American Republican Party politician who served in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate.-Biography:...

     (born December 12, 1932)
  • Joe Plumeri (born 1944), Chairman & CEO of Willis Group Holdings
    Willis Group Holdings
    Willis Group Holdings is a global insurance broker headquartered in the Willis Building, London, United Kingdom. It has more than 400 offices in 120 countries, and approximately 17,000 employees...

    , and owner of the Trenton Thunder
    Trenton Thunder
    The Trenton Thunder are an American Minor League Baseball team and are the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. The Thunder play in the Eastern Division of the Eastern League, and are the two-time defending league champions...

    http://www.nj.com/thunder/times/index.ssf?/thunder/stories/plumeri.html

Bernard Sansaricq (born 1944) Class of 1963 - Lives in Pembroke Pines Florida 33026
  • John S. Chapman (born 1955)
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