John Thomas Leyden

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: According to his obituary "He graduated from Mount Hermon School and received bachelor's and master's degrees from Colgate University. Mr. Leyden served in the Army before entering the education field in 1961 at Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., as a history teacher. He later became assistant to the headmaster and director of admissions there. In 1967, he became headmaster of the Good Hope School on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, and returned to Northfield-Mount Hermon School in 1973 as assistant to the headmaster and director of external affairs. He was elected headmaster of Hebron Academy in 1977. Mr. Leyden was a member of the Board of Overseers of Bustin's Island and trustee of the Hebron Community Baptist Church. He was appointed tot he Select Advisory Committee of Private Schools by the Maine commissioner of education and cultural services. A recent president of the Maine Association of Independent Schools and newly-elected president of the Independent Schools of Northern New England, he was also a member of the National Association of Secondary Schools."
• Residence: 1963, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Died:
He was stricken with a heart attack while attending the Conference of New England Educators in Bretton Woods.

John married Beverly Ann Bolton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John "Jack" Leyden, Jr.
2. James Edward "Jim" Leyden
3. Jeffrey Alan Leyden

Peter married Elizabeth Bridges on 20 Jun 1925 in Weirs Beach, Belknap County, New Hampshire. Elizabeth was born on 31 Oct 1902 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1994 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]