John Nadeau:
CLASS OF 1970
Tewksbury Memorial High SchoolClass of 1970
Tewksbury, MA
John's Story
Life
After graduating from Northeastern University in 1974 with a BS in Physical Therapy, I worked for three years at Glover Hospital in Needham, MA. I got married to Ann, who is also a physical therapist, and we have three daughters, who are now all grown up. We have seven grandchildren which is still hard to believe. Once I became a physical therapist the plan was to become a professional athletic trainer as I was a student athletic trainer for TMHS thanks to Coach Bob Vadeboncoeur. My plan got sidelined. While at Glover Hospital I began treating a patient with cystic fibrosis (cf) in his home before I went to work. His doctor was at Children's Hospital in Boston, who apparently liked the results of my work because he began sending more cf patients to me. I became quite busy with cf patients and left my hospital job in 1977 to begin a physical therapy prac...Expand for more
tice that specializes in treating cystic fibrosis. I never have had another job. When we were all so much younger and growing up in Tewksbury I lived near the (now sadly gone) Tew-Mac airport. I spent a good deal of time looking up at those cool little airplanes. I guess the dream of being up there lingered. In 1988 I discovered that I finally had the time and money to learn to fly. It has been one of the most rewarding endeavors of my life. Thank you old Tew-Mac Airport! After living nearly 30 years near Boston my wife and I have recently re-located back to the Merrimack Valley. It would be great fun to get a chance to converse with friends from the past. It was great to meet so many of you at our 25th reunion and our fiftieth is coming up! . I for one think that the ol' Town of Tewksbury gave us a good start in life. It was a great place to grow up.
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