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The Events page...THE most important page on the site.
Find out what we're up to, where we'll be and when. There are so many talented alumni in area bands, find out about reunions, fundraisers and of course, those HTHS Alumni Night Out functions at a local watering hole. More
info to come.
Current News
Planning for 2012
The
committee is busy planning for 2012. If you can help, please contact
Dan Santora ('73)
Recent Events
HTHSAA Gift to HTHS
$2000 Donation
Thanks to everyone for their support of the HTHS Alumni Association for the past year. We recently presented HTHS Principal Gary O'Brien with a check for $2,000 to benefit the athletics and activities fund.
William B. Brahms '85
Historian, Author
William B. Brahms
(Haddon Township High School Class of 1985) is a librarian and
author of six books that include the core reference works
Notable Last Facts: A
Compendium of Endings, Conclusions, Terminations and Final
Events Throughout History (2005) and
Last Words of Notable
People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People
Throughout History (2010). He is also active in innovative
library and digitization projects and is an active supporter and
member of organizations that support libraries, local history,
preservation, publishing and the arts.
Bill enrolled in the Rutgers Graduate School of Communication Information and Library Studies where he earned an M.L.S. with a 4.0 GPA and was selected for Beta Phi Mu (Library honor society). He began his library career as an intern in South Brunswick, New Jersey. From 1993 until 2004 he worked at the Franklin Township Public Library in Somerset, New Jersey, where he served as the Head of Reference and Historical Collections. A New Jersey state library grant enabled him to co-develop two major digital projects: one of the first on-line historical photograph databases in a public library in the country and one of the first on-line full-text/full-image searchable local newspaper archives in a public library in the country. His digital project work led to a position on the advisory committee to the New Jersey Digital Highway.
While at Franklin, Bill also wrote Images of America: Franklin Township (Arcadia, 1997; a photographic history) and Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ: A History (FTPL, 1998; the first comprehensive work about this important New Jersey community). His Franklin Township history garnered him commendations from the township mayor and a scholar/author award from the Marconi Foundation in Somerset. In 2000, he compiled The Cap and Skull Society of Rutgers College Centennial History and Biographical Directory (C&S, Rutgers, 2000).
Bill founded Reference Desk Press, Inc. in 2004 and published the core reference work Notable Last Facts a year later. The book was selected as an “Achievement in Publishing” by the American Library Association (ALA) Journal Booklist and included in the ALA Journal Choice--2005 Editor's Choice issue, dubbing it the “Best addition” in Trivia for the year. He has recently published Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History (2010).
Bill developed and maintains the Haddon Township Historical Society’s web site and archive. He is a member of the boards of two groups working to save and redevelop the Westmont Theatre: Neighbors Celebrating the Westmont and The Friends of the Westmont Theatre. Bill wrote produced the companion book and appears in the documentary film The Grand Old Lady that debuted at the Rehoboth Film Festival and is listed in The Internet Movie Database (imdb.com). He also serves on several other boards and committees outside the area dedicated to history, preservation, education and the arts. Bill has been listed six times in Who's Who in America and twice in Marquis Who's Who in the World.
Bill enrolled in the Rutgers Graduate School of Communication Information and Library Studies where he earned an M.L.S. with a 4.0 GPA and was selected for Beta Phi Mu (Library honor society). He began his library career as an intern in South Brunswick, New Jersey. From 1993 until 2004 he worked at the Franklin Township Public Library in Somerset, New Jersey, where he served as the Head of Reference and Historical Collections. A New Jersey state library grant enabled him to co-develop two major digital projects: one of the first on-line historical photograph databases in a public library in the country and one of the first on-line full-text/full-image searchable local newspaper archives in a public library in the country. His digital project work led to a position on the advisory committee to the New Jersey Digital Highway.
While at Franklin, Bill also wrote Images of America: Franklin Township (Arcadia, 1997; a photographic history) and Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ: A History (FTPL, 1998; the first comprehensive work about this important New Jersey community). His Franklin Township history garnered him commendations from the township mayor and a scholar/author award from the Marconi Foundation in Somerset. In 2000, he compiled The Cap and Skull Society of Rutgers College Centennial History and Biographical Directory (C&S, Rutgers, 2000).
Bill founded Reference Desk Press, Inc. in 2004 and published the core reference work Notable Last Facts a year later. The book was selected as an “Achievement in Publishing” by the American Library Association (ALA) Journal Booklist and included in the ALA Journal Choice--2005 Editor's Choice issue, dubbing it the “Best addition” in Trivia for the year. He has recently published Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History (2010).
Bill developed and maintains the Haddon Township Historical Society’s web site and archive. He is a member of the boards of two groups working to save and redevelop the Westmont Theatre: Neighbors Celebrating the Westmont and The Friends of the Westmont Theatre. Bill wrote produced the companion book and appears in the documentary film The Grand Old Lady that debuted at the Rehoboth Film Festival and is listed in The Internet Movie Database (imdb.com). He also serves on several other boards and committees outside the area dedicated to history, preservation, education and the arts. Bill has been listed six times in Who's Who in America and twice in Marquis Who's Who in the World.
www.haddontwphistoricalsociety.org
