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The '''Vesper George School of Art''' closed its doors in 1983. For many years the school contributed to the [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] art community, training many talented artists, many of whom are still active in both commercial art and fine arts. In addition to training artists, it served to allow many artists to maintain a living as instructors while they were building their careers.
{{dablink|For McCain's son and father, see [[John McCain]] and [[John S. McCain, Sr.]], respectively}}
{{Infobox Military Person
|name=John S. McCain Jr.
|born= {{birth date|1911|1|17}}
|died= {{death date and age|1981|3|22|1911|1|17}}
|placeofburial= [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
|image=[[Image:John S McCain Jr.jpg|250px]]
|caption=Admiral John S. McCain, Jr.
|nickname=Jack
|placeofbirth= [[Council Bluffs, Iowa]]
|placeofdeath= In air over [[North Atlantic]]
|allegiance= [[United States|United States of America]]
|branch= [[United States Navy]]
|serviceyears=1931-1972
|rank= [[Admiral]]
|spouse= [[Roberta McCain]]
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|commands=[[USS Gunnel (SS-253)]]<br/>[[USS Dentuda (SS-335)]]<br/>[[United States Naval Forces Europe|U.S. Naval Forces Europe]]<br/>[[United States Pacific Command|U.S. Pacific Command]]
|battles=[[World War II]]<br/>[[Korean War]]<br/>[[Vietnam War]]
|awards=[[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>[[Silver Star]]<br/>[[Legion of Merit]]<br/>[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]
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'''John Sidney McCain Jr.''' ([[January 17]], [[1911]] – [[March 22]], [[1981]]) was a [[four star admiral]] in the [[United States Navy]] who served in [[World War II]] through the [[Vietnam War]].


==Notable alumni==
In World War II, he was a [[submarine]] commander in several theaters of operation and was decorated with both the [[Silver Star]] and [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]. In the Vietnam War, he was named [[United States Pacific Command|Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command (CINCPAC)]], commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater from 1968 to 1972.
*[[Vernon Grant]], creator of ''The Love Rangers''
*[[Robert McCloskey]], creator of [[Homer Price]] and ''[[Make Way for Ducklings]]''
*Amy Dacyczyn, author of ''The Tightwad Gazette''
*Margaret Fellows White, Bangor and Verona Island, Maine artist.
*Edmund V. Gillon, Jr.,“The Great Sights of New York”, “South Street Seaport”, “New York Then and Now”, “Cast-Iron Architecture in New York”, and “The Lower East Side” and over 50 other titles including an HO cut out series.


==External links==
His father [[John S. McCain, Sr.]] was also a four-star admiral in the Navy, and they were the first father-son pair to achieve four-star admiral rank.<ref name="az-naval">{{cite news |url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/specials/mccain/articles/0301mccainbio-chapter2.html |title=John McCain Report: At the Naval Academy |author=Nowicki, Dan & [[Bill Muller|Muller, Bill]] |work=[[The Arizona Republic]] |date=2007-03-01 |accessdate=2007-11-10}}</ref> His son [[John McCain|John S. McCain III]] is a former [[naval aviator]] who retired with the rank of [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] and is currently a [[United States Senator]] and the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nominee for [[President of the United States]].
*[http://vespergeorge.dobsonarts.com Vesper George Alumni web site.]
*[http://vespergeorge.dobsonarts.com/VGUCatalog.pdf Vesper George catalog]


[[Category:Art schools in the United States]]
==Early years, education and family==
[[Category:Culture of Boston, Massachusetts]]
McCain was born in [[Council Bluffs, Iowa]], while his father was away at sea and his mother was traveling cross country to visit with her sister.<ref name="ddg56-namesake">{{cite web | url=http://www.mccain.navy.mil/Site%20Pages/namesake3.aspx | title=USS John S. McCain (DDG56): Namesake | author=[[John McCain]] (likely) | publisher=[[United States Navy]] | accessdate=2008-10-02}}</ref> His family name was "Jack",<ref name="ddg56-namesake"/> although he would also be called "Junior" by others, which he preferred less.
[[Category:Education in Boston, Massachusetts]]

[[Category:History of Boston, Massachusetts]]
Besides his father, his uncle (his father's brother) was U.S. Army Brigadier General William Alexander McCain. His family tree also had other people engaged in military service, back through many wars.<ref name="timberg-bio-ch1">Timberg, ''An American Odyssey'', [http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/timberg-mccain.html pp. 17–34.]</ref>

McCain entered the [[United States Naval Academy]] in 1927, at age 16.<ref name="ddg56-namesake"/> He disliked the hazing tradition of Annapolis, and spent his years there gaining many demerits and and mediocre grades.<ref name="ddg56-namesake"/> He graduated in 1931, finishing in the bottom twentieth of this class.<ref>Timberg, ''An American Odyssey'', pp. 18, 28.</ref>. Upon graduation he was commissioned an [[Ensign_(rank)#United_States|ensign]] and assigned to duty aboard the battleship [[USS Oklahoma (BB-37)|USS ''Oklahoma'']] in the Pacific.<ref name="ddg56-namesake"/><ref name="reynolds">Reynolds, ''Famous American Admirals'', p. 208.</ref> He applied to flight school to become a [[naval aviator]], but was turned down due to a [[heart murmur]], and was accepted at submarine school instead.<ref name="ddg56-namesake"/>

He married [[Roberta McCain|Roberta Wright]] on [[January 21]], [[1933]], when they eloped to a bar in [[Tijuana, Mexico]], after Roberta's mother objected to her association with a sailor.<ref name="nw083008">{{cite news | url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/156488 | title=Hidden Depths | author=[[Jon Meacham|Meacham, Jon]] | publisher=''[[Newsweek]]'' | date=2008-08-30 | accessdate=2008-09-04}}</ref> They would have three children: [[Sandy McCain Morgan|Sandy]] (born 1934), [[John McCain|John Sidney III]] (born 1936), and [[Joe McCain|Joe]] (born 1942).<ref name="timberg-bio-ch1"/><ref name="nw083008"/>

The family was frequently uprooted as they followed him to [[New London, Connecticut]], where the submarine training began in 1933,<ref name="reynolds"/> [[Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]], and other stations in the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="alexander-19">Alexander, ''Man of the People'', p. 19.</ref> He served on the old, [[World War I]]-era submarines [[USS S-45 (SS-156)|''S-45'']] and [[USS R-13 (SS-90)|''R-13'']].<ref name="reynolds"/><ref name="ddg56-namesake"/> From 1938 to 1940, he returned to the Naval Academy for a stint of teaching [[electrical engineering]] to midshipmen.<ref name="reynolds"/> In 1940 and early 1941, he sailed in the more modern [[USS Skipjack (SS-184)|''Skipjack'']]<ref name="reynolds"/> (then commanded by [[Charles L. Freeman|Larry Freeman]])<ref>Blair, ''Silent Victory'', p.164.</ref> as part of the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]]'s [[Submarine Division 15|SubDiv 15]], under Captain [[Ralph Waldo Christie|Ralph Christie]].<ref>Blair, p.82.</ref> In April 1941, McCain was detached to his first command, the antique [[USS O-8 (SS-69)|''O-8'']], recommissioned as a training ship at the Submarine School in New London.<ref name="reynolds"/>

After the 1941 [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], he would not see his family for long stretches.<ref name="timberg-bio-ch1"/>

==World War II==
McCain, by now a [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|lieutenant commander]],<ref name="reynolds"/> was assigned to command the submarine [[USS Gunnel (SS-253)|''Gunnel'']], joining her in May 1942 for trials and seeing the boat commissioned in August 1942.<ref name="reynolds"/>

''Gunnel'' was deployed as part of the November 1942 [[Operation Torch|invasion of French North Africa]].<ref name="reynolds"/> Operating conditions for the five submarines deployed there were not favorable, due to overcrowded waters, poor weather, and mixed-up signals, and the deployment had no accomplishments.<ref name="blair-265"/> Like many other U.S. subs, ''Gunnel'' was attacked in error by friendly aircraft.<ref name="blair-265">Blair, ''Silent Victory'', p.265.</ref> The [[Hooven-Owens-Rentschler]] (H.O.R.) diesels (known as "whores") which powered ''Gunnel'' were troublesome; at one point ''en route'' home, drive gears of all four of the main engines were out of commission, and McCain had to rely on his tiny auxiliary for the last thousand [[nautical mile|mile]]s (1850 km). ''Gunnel'' went into the navy yard for an extensive refit<ref name="blair-265"/> and was replaced on patrol station off North Africa by [[Willis Lent|"Pilly" Lent]]'s [[USS Haddo (SS-255)|''Haddo'']].<ref name=">Blair, ''Silent Victory'', p. 256.</ref>

After the refit, ''Gunnel'' was ordered to the Pacific Fleet. In June 1943, in the East China and Yellow Seas, McCain sank two ships (confirmed postwar by [[JANAC]]): ''Koyo Maru'' (6400 [[ton]]s) and ''Tokiwa Maru'' (7000 tons). Persistent trouble from the sub's diesels cut the patrol to only eleven days, after which McCain returned to [[Pearl Harbor]].<ref>Blair, ''Silent Victory'', p.439-40</ref>

''Gunnel'' was the first Pearl Harbor boat to have her H.O.R. diesels replaced, and she returned to action off [[Iwo Jima]] in December 1943. Alerted by [[station Hypo|<small>HYPO</small>]] of [[aircraft carrier|carrier]]s, on the night of 2-3 December, McCain fired four [[torpedo]]es at IJNS [[Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō|''Zuihō'']] at a very long range of 6000 yd (5500 m, 3 mi), only to miss as ''Zuiho'' zigged.<ref>Blair, ''Silent Victory'', p. 527</ref> Although he missed, McCain was one of only a handful of U.S. submarine commanders to actually attack an enemy carrier.

On [[18 March]] [[1944]], on patrol off [[Tawi Tawi]], the main Japanese fleet anchorage in the [[Philippines]], McCain got another shot at a carrier. He fired from extremely long range (9000 yd {8200 m}), missed the target, and sustained a counterattack of sixteen [[depth charges]]. He tried to attack the same carrier over the next four days, but could place his boat no closer than 5 nm (9 km).<ref>Blair, ''Silent Victory'', p. 582</ref>

During the May 1944 U.S. air strike on [[Surabaya]], ''Gunnel'' lay off Tawi Tawi in company with [[Robert Olsen]]'s [[USS Angler (SS-240)|''Angler'']], but McCain managed no attacks on Japanese ships. He shifted his operations to the coast of [[Indochina]], where, on [[8 June]] [[1944]], he picked up a convoy, escorted by yet another aircraft carrier. He was unable to approach closer than 15 nautical miles (28 km). In July 1944, he was detached for a brief return to New London.<ref name="reynolds"/>

On his return to Pearl Harbor then, the Navy ordered him to command the new [[USS Dentuda (SS-335)|''Dentuda'']] starting October 1944, with commissioning two months later.<ref name="reynolds"/> During his one patrol in command of that submarine, he damaged a large freighter and sank two patrol craft in the [[East China Sea]] and the [[Taiwan Straits]].<ref>Blair, p.630</ref> At the conclusion of the war, McCain sailed ''Dentuda'' into [[Tokyo Bay]] and had one last meeting with his father, who had been commanding the [[Fast Carrier Task Force]] during the latter stages of the war. Slew McCain would die four days after the [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Japanese surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay]].<ref>McCain and Salter, ''Faith of My Fathers'', pp. 3–6, 92.</ref>

For his actions in the war, McCain was decorated with both the [[Silver Star]] and [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]].<ref name="alexander-13">Alexander, ''Man of the People'', pp. 13–14.</ref>

==Post-World War II==
[[Image:Admiral McCain, wife, and sons.jpg|thumb|250px|right|''Right-to-left:'' [[John S. McCain, Jr.]] with his son Joe, his wife [[Roberta McCain|Roberta Wright]], and son [[John McCain]] III in 1951.]]
After the end of the war, McCain stayed in the Navy and his family settled in [[Northern Virginia]].<ref name="alexander-20">Alexander, ''Man of the People'', p. 20.</ref> He was assigned as Director of Records to the [[Chief of Naval Personnel|Bureau of Naval Personnel]] until early 1949.<ref name="reynolds"/> He assumed command of [[Submarine Division 71]] in the Pacific that year, sailing on the flagship [[USS Carp (SS-338)|''Carp'']],<ref name="reynolds"/> which took him to a variety of naval stations<ref>Alexander, ''Man of the People'', p. 21.</ref> and two exploratory cruises to extreme northern waters,<ref name="reynolds"/> adding to the knowledge of an increasingly important strategic area for submarine operations.

By now a [[Commander (United States)|commander]],<ref name="stpaul"/> from February through November 1950, McCain was [[Executive officer#United States|executive officer]] of the [[heavy cruiser]] [[USS Saint Paul (CA-73)|USS ''Saint Paul'']], and from June 1950 was involved in the early stages of the [[Korean War]], joining [[Task Force 77 (U.S. Navy)|Task Force 77]] to patrol the [[Formosa Strait]].<ref name="nyt-obit">{{cite news | url=http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=FB0F17FD385D0C778EDDAA0894D9484D81 | title=Adm. John S. McCain Jr. is Dead; Ex-Commander of Pacific Forces | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=1981-03-24}}</ref><ref name="stpaul">{{cite web | url=http://www.uss-saint-paul-ca73.com/The%20Fighting%20Saint.htm | title=Executive Officers | publisher=The Fighting Saint website | date=2008-09-26 | accessdate=2008-10-02}}</ref>

Now a [[Captain (United States)#USN, USCG, PHSCC and NOAA|captain]], McCain was assigned to a series of posts at [[The Pentagon]] in alternation with various commands.<ref name="reynolds"/> He was Director of Undersea Warfare Research and Development from 1950 to 1953, commander of Submarine Squadron 6 aboard flagship [[USS Sea Leopard (SS-483)|''Sea Leopard'']] in the Atlantic from 1953 to 1954, commander of the [[attack transport]] [[USS Monrovia (APA-31)|''Monrovia'']] from 1954 to 1955 in the Mediterranean, Director of the Progress Analysis Group from 1955 to 1957, and commander of the [[heavy cruiser]] [[USS Albany (CA-123)|''Albany'']] from 1957 to 1958.<ref name="reynolds"/><ref name="reynolds-209"/>

McCain was promoted to [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] in 1958.<ref name="alexander-34">Alexander, ''Man of the People'', p. 34.</ref> From that year to 1960 he was assigned to the the [[United States Secretary of the Navy#The Navy Secretariat|Office of the Secretary of the Navy]], where he joined the [[Office of Legislative Affairs (United States Navy)|Legislative Affairs Office]] as Chief Legislative Liaison.<ref name="reynolds-209"/> There he formed many useful political connections, as senators, representatives, admirals, and generals were all frequent social visitors to his centrally-located D.C. house, which would later become the [[Capitol Hill Club]].<ref name="timberg-bio-ch1"/><ref>Timberg, ''Nightingale's Song'', pp. 40–41.</ref> (His son John would witness these interactions and two decades later assume the same role, on the way to the start of his political career.)

He spent the 1960s in a series of commands in the Atlantic, including Amphibious Group 2, Amphibious Training, Chief of Naval Information.

He was promoted to [[Vice Admiral (United States)|vice admiral]] in 1963,<ref name="alexander-34"/> and was made commander of the entire Amphibious Forces, Atlantic Fleet.<ref name="reynolds-209"/> In April 1965, he led the [[United States invasion of the Dominican Republic]] as commander of [[Task Force 124]].<ref name="reynolds-209"/> He then served three roles simultaneously: vice chairman of delegation to the [[United Nations]] [[Military Staff Committee]], Commander [[Eastern Sea Frontier]], and Commander [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]].<ref name="reynolds-209"/> In May 1967, he was promoted to [[four star admiral|admiral]], and became [[United States Naval Forces Europe|Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe]], stationed in [[London]].<ref name="timberg-bio-ch1"/> He was involved in the investigations that followed the 1967 [[USS Liberty incident|USS ''Liberty'' incident]].

McCain was known for his salty character<ref name="time-obit">{{cite news | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,951632,00.html | title=(Milestones: Died) | publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' | date=1981-04-06}}</ref><ref name="ns-32">Timberg, ''Nightingale's Song'', p. 32.</ref> and trademark cigar.<ref name="ns-32"/>

McCain was a strong promoter of the importance of [[seapower]].<ref name="ns-32"/> During the [[Cold War]], McCain stressed the importance of maintaining naval superiority over the [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="time-obit"/> He was especially concerned in light of the growing number of submarines deployed by the [[Soviet Navy]], calling them, "a direct threat to our free use of the oceans of the world."<ref name="time-obit"/> He also said that the Soviets' maritime goal "encompasses not only the military uses of the sea, but also those relating to world politics, economics, commerce and technology," and likened its propaganda value to the [[Space Race]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F1061EF93C5E1A7B93C6AB178AD85F4C8685F9 | title=Admiral Says Soviet Is Striving to Rule the Seas | author=Arnold, Martin | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=1968-01-24}}</ref>

==Vietnam War==
In April 1968, at the height of the [[Vietnam War]], McCain was named by President [[Lyndon Johnson]] as [[United States Pacific Command|Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command (CINCPAC)]], effective in July 1968, stationed in [[Honolulu]] and commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F50F16F73E541B7B93C3A8178FD85F4C8685F9 | title=Gen. Abrams Gets Top Vietnam Post; Deputy Is Named | author=[[Max Frankel|Frankel, Max]] | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=[[1968-04-11]]}}</ref>

When the [[Nixon Administration]] took office in January 1969, the secret [[National Security Study Memorandum]] 1 collected views of top officials on the prospects for President [[Richard Nixon]]'s policy of [[Vietnamization]].<ref name="hk-50"/> There was a division of thought among those contributing, but McCain was one of those who were relatively optimistic, believing the North Vietnamese had entered peace talks due to military weakness, that the South Vietnamese pacification progress was real, and the tide was favorably turning.<ref name="hk-50">Kissinger, ''Ending the Vietnam War'', p. 50.</ref>

In April 1970, McCain gave personal briefings to Nixon in Honolulu and [[San Clemente]], where he highlighted the threat from North Vietnamese operations in [[Laos]] and [[Cambodia]] and emphasized the schedule for withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from Vietnam had to be flexible.<ref name="hk-145">Kissinger, ''Ending the Vietnam War'', pp. 144–145.</ref> McCain's views helped persuade Nixon to go ahead with the [[Cambodian Incursion]] later that month.<ref name="hk-145"/>

During all this time, his son, a [[naval aviator]] [[John S. McCain III]] was [[Early life and military career of John McCain#Prisoner of war|held in North Vietnam as a prisoner of war for nearly five and a half years]], having been shot down in October 1967. Each year Jack McCain was CINCPAC, he paid a Christmastime visit to the American troops in [[South Vietnam]] serving closest to the [[Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone|DMZ]]; he would stand alone and look north, to be as close to his son as he could get.<ref name="ff-287">McCain and Salter, ''Faith of My Fathers'', pp. 287–288. John McCain states he has received dozens of reports over the years of his father doing this.</ref>

During [[Operation Linebacker]], the resumed bombing of the north starting in April 1972, the targets included the Hanoi area and the daily orders were issued by McCain, knowing his POW son was in the vicinity.<ref name="timberg-106">Timberg, ''An American Odyssey'', pp. 106–107.</ref> McCain's tour as CINCPAC ended in September 1972,<ref>Frankum, ''Like Rolling Thunder'', p. 161.</ref> despite his request to have it extended so he could see the war to its conclusion, which was turned down by Nixon.<ref name="ff-287"/> For the next two months, he served as special assistant to [[Chief of Naval Operations]] Admiral [[Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.]].<ref name="reynolds-209"/>

[[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] [[Henry Kissinger]] would later characterize McCain's approach to the Vietnam War by saying, "He fought for the victory that his instinct and upbringing demanded and that political reality forbade."<ref name="hk-145"/>

==Retirement==
Admiral McCain retired in November 1972.<ref name="reynolds-209">Reynolds, ''Famous American Admirals'', p. 209.</ref> He felt despair over his reluctant retirement from the United States Navy and fell into prolonged poor health afterwards.<ref name="wtff-3">McCain and Salter, ''Worth the Fighting For'', pp. 3–4.</ref> His son John felt his father's "long years of binge drinking" had caught up with him, despite his mostly successful subsequent recovery in [[Alcoholics Anonymous]].<ref name="wtff-3"/>

He died of [[heart failure]] on a military aircraft en route from [[Europe]] on [[22 March]] [[1981]], with his wife at his side.<ref name="wtff-3"/><ref>The plane landed at [[Bangor, Maine]] where his death was confirmed, and then went on to [[Andrews Air Force Base]] outside of Washington. See ''Worth the Fighting For'', p.5. This has lead some web sources to inaccurately report the place of death as Washington.</ref> He was buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] on March 27, 1981.<ref name="nw083008"/>

==Namesakes==
[[USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)|USS ''John S. McCain'' (DDG-56)]] was named for both Admirals McCain.

Grandson John S. McCain IV is currently attending the [[United States Naval Academy]] in [[Annapolis, Maryland]], the fourth-generation John S. McCain to do so.

== Awards ==
John McCain received the following medals and decorations (''incomplete''):{{Fact|date=October 2008}}

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==See also==
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==References==
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===Books===
*{{cite book |title = Man of the People: The Life of John McCain |first = Paul |last = Alexander |authorlink=Paul Alexander |isbn = 0-471-22829-X |year = 2002 |publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]]|location=Hoboken, New Jersey}}
*{{cite book
| last = Blair, Jr.
| first = Clay
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| year = 2001
| chapter =
| title = Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan
| publisher = [[Naval Institute Press]]
| location = Annpolis, Maryland
| id = ISBN 155750217X
}}
*{{cite book | last=Frankum | first=Ronald Bruce | title=Like Rolling Thunder: The Air War In Vietnam 1964-1975 | publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] | year=2005 | isbn=0-7425-4302-1}}
*{{cite book | last=Kissinger | first=Henry | authorlink=Henry Kissinger | title=Ending the Vietnam War: A History of America's Involvement in and Extrication from the Vietnam War | publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]] | year=2003 | isbn=0-7432-1532-X}}
*{{cite book
| last = McCain
| first = John
| authorlink = John S. McCain III
| coauthors =
| year = 1999
| chapter =
| title = The Reminiscences of Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., U.S. Navy (retired)
| publisher = [[Naval Institute Press]]
| location = Annpolis, Maryland
| id = ASIN B0006RY8ZK
}}
*{{cite book | last=McCain | first=John | authorlink=John McCain |coauthors =[[Mark Salter|Salter, Mark]] | title=[[Faith of My Fathers]] | publisher=[[Random House]] | year=1999 |location=New York | isbn=0-375-50191-6}}
*{{cite book | last=McCain | first=John | authorlink=John McCain | coauthors =[[Mark Salter|Salter, Mark]] | title=[[Worth the Fighting For]] | publisher=[[Random House]] | year=2002 |location=New York | isbn=0-375-50542-3}}
*{{cite book | last=Reynolds | first=Clark G. | authorlink=Clark G. Reynolds | title=Famous American Admirals | publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]] | year=2002 | isbn=1557500061}}
*{{cite book |last=Timberg |first=Robert |title=[[The Nightingale's Song]] |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=1996 |location=New York |isbn=0-684-80301-1}} Online access to [http://www.amazon.com/Nightingales-Song-Robert-Timberg/dp/product-description/0684826739 a portion of Chapter 1] is available.
*{{cite book |last=Timberg |first=Robert |title=[[John McCain: An American Odyssey]] |publisher=[[Touchstone Books]] |year=1999 |location=New York |isbn=0-684-86794-X}} Online access to [http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/timberg-mccain.html Chapter 1] is available.

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The Vesper George School of Art closed its doors in 1983. For many years the school contributed to the Boston, Massachusetts art community, training many talented artists, many of whom are still active in both commercial art and fine arts. In addition to training artists, it served to allow many artists to maintain a living as instructors while they were building their careers.

Notable alumni

  • Vernon Grant, creator of The Love Rangers
  • Robert McCloskey, creator of Homer Price and Make Way for Ducklings
  • Amy Dacyczyn, author of The Tightwad Gazette
  • Margaret Fellows White, Bangor and Verona Island, Maine artist.
  • Edmund V. Gillon, Jr.,“The Great Sights of New York”, “South Street Seaport”, “New York Then and Now”, “Cast-Iron Architecture in New York”, and “The Lower East Side” and over 50 other titles including an HO cut out series.

External links

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