Suffolk University Alumni Magazine 2008/2009 - (Page 25) TexT//Lauri umansky imaGes//mark OsTOW tEaCHInG & mEntorInG THE puNCH frOm ThE Civil War through the 1920s, Brockton, Massachusetts thrived as one of the world’s premier shoe manufacturing centers. By the 1950s, the hardscrabble city 30 miles south of Boston claimed bragging rights as the birthplace of undefeated heavyweight boxing champion rocky Marciano. Twenty years later, when Marvelous Marvin hagler entered the ring, the city added a middleweight champion to its scorecard. Today, though the fight motif is still in full swing around the “City of Champions,” Brockton’s greatest boast is probably its high school—the largest in New england. A beige colossus flanking the road behind the rocky Marciano Stadium, Brockton high School houses 4,358 students and a faculty of 331 women and men. Among these educators is history teacher Gregory hazelwood BA ‘98. “I wish every kid in the school could have Mr. hazelwood as a teacher during their career here,” says Brockton high School principal dr. Susan Szachowicz. “he brings history to life. But the most important lessons he teaches are about character, how to treat other people. Greg uses every moment as a teachable moment.” www.suffolk.edu SUFFOLKARTS+SCIENCES//2008/2009 [25] http://www.suffolk.edu
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