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Woburn Memorial High School Graduating
senior Seamus O’Brien has recently received the $2,400 Scholarship to
the Woburn Electrical School of Code and Theory. Seamus had graduated
in June Cum Laude from WMHS. While there he also excelled on the
football, wrestling and lacross teams. He will be studying this fall at
Bunker Hill College in the NSTAR program.
The Scholarship is in the name of George
Williams the founder of the School. The school was begun by the former
Electrical Inspector of the City of Woburn in 1981. It had run through
June of 2005 at the Plympton School. The School has brought thousands
to their Electrical and Alarm licenses. George was subsequently an
Inspector for the National Recognized Testing Lab Intertek under the ETL
Label.
George has recently retired completely and
is living on Cape Cod with his lovely wife Vi.
Nine years ago George handpicked Bob
McGann to be the director of the school. Bob is beginning his tenth
year this fall as Director /Owner/Instructor. The School is now located
at the WMHS at 88 Montvale Ave Woburn. Bob says “The facility is so
high tech and clean that we are so lucky to be there with such a
cooperative group involved. We hope we can continue there for many
years to come.”
Bob himself served as Electrical Inspector in Woburn from 1992-1997.
Since that time he has served the City of Cambridge in the same
position. He has served on the Massachusetts Electrical Code Advisory
Committee as an Inspector Representative since 1999. They review the
National Electrical Code Changes and advise the Board of Fire Prevention
Regulations which promulgate the Mass Electrical Code. Bob has served
multiple positions for the Municipal Inspector Association and the
International Association of Electrical Inspectors. These include but
are not limited to the Chairman of each organization, Board of Directors
and Scholarship committee. He has served on a National Code Committee
for NFPA on the 2005 and 2008 codes as an IAEI representative. |