Gleaning My Teeming Brain: Memoirs of a Polymath

ISBN-10: 0984718540
ISBN-13: 9780984718542
Language: English
Published: 2021-07-26
Author: Jack Maguire

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Jack Maguire is father of eight children, valedictorian of his Boston College High School class, a PhD in Mathematical Physics at the age of 25 from Boston College, author of over 50 papers on subjects ranging from how the Aurora works to educational reform, was elected to the Lexington, Massachusetts school committee while still in his 20s, "invented" the discipline of Enrollment Management, which helped bring Boston College (and other colleges and universities) from the brink of bankruptcy to unprecedented financial success and qualityimprovement, and much, much more (see inside for full bio). In short, Jack is a polymath. This work recounts, and celebrates, his "teeming brain."

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