John Laurence Finneran, American biology educator. Member Greater Lawrence Sanitary District, North Andover, since 1969, vice chairman, 1976-1977, chairman, 1977-1980, 82-83; Member National Biology Teachers Association, Massachusetts Association Science Teachers, International Oceanographic Foundation, New EnglandAquarium, Massachusetts Horticulture Society, National Wildlife Association, National Association Science Teachers; Club: Harvard.
Background
Finneran, John Laurence was born on June 14, 1925 in North Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Michael and Eleanor A. (Dugan) F. Bachelor of Arts in Biology-chemical Sciences, Harvard University, 1948, postgraduate, 1972-1974.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Bio-chemical Sciences, Harvard University, 1948. Postgrad, 1972—1974; Master of Education, Boston University, 1953. Postgraduate, Boston College, 1958.
Career
With Argonne National Laboratories, 1960. Teacher science and mathematics North Andover High School, 1948—1955. Spectrographic chemist Atomic Energy Commission, Cambridge, 1955—1957.
Biology teacher Winchester High School (Massachusetts), 1957—1961. Professor biology North Essex Community College, Haverhill, Massachusetts, since 1961.
Membership
Member Greater Lawrence Sanitary District, North Andover, since 1969, vice chairman, 1976—1977. Chairman, 1977—1980, 1982—1983. Representative Town of North Andover.
Member of National Association Science Teachers, National Wildlife Association, Massachusetts Horticulture Society, New England Aquarium, International Oceanographic Foundation, Massachusetts Association Science Teachers, National Biology Teachers Association, Harvard.