CITY

Official Website:
http://www.city.waltham.ma.us/

Population:
59226 (2000 census)

County:
Middlesex County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Brandeis University	1948
Bentley University	1917

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Rose Art Museum	1961

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Thermo Fisher Scientific	2006
Phase Forward	1997
CMGI	1986
Novell	1983
Atlas Venture	1980
Thermo Electron	1956
Raytheon	1922
Global Partners LP

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
F. Lee Bailey	Attorney	10-Jun-1933		Criminal defense attorney
Nathaniel P. Banks	Politician	30-Jan-1816	1-Sep-1894	House Speaker, Governor of Massachusetts
John Lynch	Politician	25-Nov-1952		Governor of New Hampshire, 2005-13
Caroll Spinney	TV Personality	26-Dec-1933		Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch
Kenneth G. Wilson	Physicist	8-Jun-1936	15-Jun-2013	Second-order phase transitions

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nathaniel P. Banks	Politician	30-Jan-1816	1-Sep-1894	House Speaker, Governor of Massachusetts
George Kelly	Psychologist	28-Apr-1905	6-Mar-1967	Personal Construct Theory of personality

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