page_title: Maynard, Massachusetts
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Maynard, Massachusetts / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Maynard Public Library rear view in 2018 in Maynard Massachusetts MA
context_page_description: Maynard is a small suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is located 22 miles west of Boston, in the MetroWest and Greater Boston region of Massachusetts and borders Acton, Concord, Stow and Sudbury. As of the 2010 federal census, the town population was 10,106.
  Maynard is located on the Assabet River, a tributary of the Concord River. A large part of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge is located within the town. Historic downtown Maynard is home to many shops, restaurants, galleries, a movie theater, and the former Assabet Woolen Mill, which produced wool fabrics from 1846 to 1950, including cloth for Union Army uniforms during the Civil War. Maynard was the headquarters for Digital Equipment Corporation from 1957 to 1998. Owners of the former mill complex currently lease space to office and light industry businesses.
context_section_description: Julie Berry, author of ten children's and young adults books; currently living in California
  Luke Brooks, (1731–1817) Revolutionary War minuteman at the Battle of Lexington
  Elizabeth Updike Cobblah, artist, daughter of John Updike
  John "Red" Flaherty, (1917–1999), born in Maynard, American League baseball umpire 1953–1973
  Michael Goulian, airshow performer and RedBull Air Race pilot
  Herb Greene, noted photographer of the Grateful Dead, moved to Maynard in 1999
  Waino Kauppi, child prodigy cornet player who later went on to be featured with several New York bands
  Amory Maynard, (1804–1890), started woolen mill in 1846; alive when Assabet Village became Town of Maynard
  Leo Mullin, CEO of Delta Airlines (1997–2003), born and grew up in Maynard
  Frank Murray, (1885–1951), born in Maynard, college football coach Marquette University and University of Virginia; College Football Hall of Fame.
  Ken Olsen, (1926-2011), founder and president of Digital Equipment Corporation, in Maynard, 1957-1992.
  Hermon Hosmer Scott, (1909-1975), was founder of H.H. Scott, Inc., a Hi-fi company located in Maynard from 1957-1975.
  Jarrod Shoemaker, professional triathlete; currently living in Florida
  Tantamous (Old Jethro), (ca.1580–1676), Native American leader in colonial Massachusetts
  William G. Tapply, (1940–2009), born in Waltham, lived in Maynard, author of fiction and non-fiction books
caption: Maynard Public Library moved in 2006 to building that had been Roosevelt School 1918–1988
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