CITY

Official Website:
http://www.medford.org/

Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.medfordchamberma.com/

Population:
55765 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1630 (settled)

County:
Middlesex County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Tufts University	1852

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thayer David	Actor	4-Mar-1927	17-Jul-1978	Jergens in Rocky
Parker T. Hart	Diplomat	28-Sep-1910	15-Oct-1997	US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1961-65
Maria Menounos	Journalist	8-Jun-1978		Entertainment Tonight
Julianne Nicholson	Actor	1-Jul-1971		Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Peter E. Raskind	Business	c. 1956		CEO of National City
Paul Theroux	Novelist	10-Apr-1941		The Mosquito Coast
Charles Tufts	Business	17-Jul-1781	24-Dec-1876	Founder of Tufts University

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Art Ross	Hockey	13-Jan-1886	5-Aug-1964	Longtime Bruins GM and Head Coach
Claude Shannon	Scientist	30-Apr-1916	24-Feb-2001	Pioneer in information theory
Clifford G. Shull	Physicist	23-Sep-1915	31-Mar-2001	Neutron scattering

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