Malden library dedicates rooms to exceptional citizens
Two locals have been honored by the Malden Public Library as two new meeting rooms have been dedicated to these outstanding citizens.
Announcements of such designations are often made known throughout a community with banner printing.
Joseph F. Lawless III and George Holland Jr. were both trustees of the library for many years. Lawless III passed away in 2020 and Holland Jr. passed away in 2016.
Holland Jr. was born in Malden and graduated from Malden High School in 1955. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics, and a doctoral degree in nuclear physics. From 1973 to 1976, he taught math and was a director of math in Malden. From 1976 to 1984, he was an assistant superintendent of schools and then from 1984 to 2000 he was superintendent. He was an active supporter of education at the library and instrumental in its addition on Park Street.
Lawless III had been a resident of Malden all his life. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science and taught that subject at Suffolk University and Boston College for several years as an invited professor.
Also heavily involved in politics in Malden, he has served as a board member at the Immigrant Learning Center, a deputy mayor under Mayor James Conway, a deputy director of the Malden Housing Authority, and a Mystic Valley Elder Services board member.
Announcements of such designations are often made known throughout a community with banner printing.
Joseph F. Lawless III and George Holland Jr. were both trustees of the library for many years. Lawless III passed away in 2020 and Holland Jr. passed away in 2016.
Holland Jr. was born in Malden and graduated from Malden High School in 1955. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics, and a doctoral degree in nuclear physics. From 1973 to 1976, he taught math and was a director of math in Malden. From 1976 to 1984, he was an assistant superintendent of schools and then from 1984 to 2000 he was superintendent. He was an active supporter of education at the library and instrumental in its addition on Park Street.
Lawless III had been a resident of Malden all his life. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science and taught that subject at Suffolk University and Boston College for several years as an invited professor.
Also heavily involved in politics in Malden, he has served as a board member at the Immigrant Learning Center, a deputy mayor under Mayor James Conway, a deputy director of the Malden Housing Authority, and a Mystic Valley Elder Services board member.