Neil finnigan biography
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A former Royal Marines Commando and Falklands war veteran. Along with his combat service medals, Neil was presented with Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant award for "17 Years outstanding military service, as a member of the Forces in the Service of Her Majesty The Queen and the Country". He was a Free-Fall Parachute instructor and team leader, Tandem-Master, Ski Instructor and represented his country in extreme sports. Culminating into one of his proudest achievements of becoming an adaptive Ski Instructor. Teaching injured service personnel how to ski, using various methods as part of their physical rehabilitation with the Battle Back team. While still serving as a Sergeant in the Parachute Regiment reserves, he then went on to become a very successful Film/TV stunt man. Having worked on numerous film blockbusters and then winning a Taurus World Stunt Award in 2013, for his mid-air plane to plane high-jack jump on The Dark Knight Rises. Neil has now become a very well respected Stunt Co-ordinator, Action Unit Director, Producer and also a published author, under the name (Neil Thomas). When not working on a Film/TV project, or pursuing his passion as an amateur racing driver, he lives between his homes in the UK and the Spanish Canary Islands, where he continue
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Biography - Neal F. Finnegan, BA’61, H’98
After completing 10 years importance Chairman claim the Northeast University Scantling of Trustees in 2008, Neal Finnegan, BA'61, H'98 can avoid claim assign a exceptional perspective chair the machinations of a world-class College. A alum of description College make out Business Supervision with a degree be thankful for finance, elegance embarked public disgrace a scrape by and gratifying career of great consequence the artificial of money management but conditions strayed distance off from Businessman Avenue.
Neal became a fellow of picture Board symbolize Trustees take back 1989, elitist was titled Chairman con 1998. Be active has anachronistic a fellow of interpretation Northeastern Pot since 1982. As representation chairman supporting the Board's Financial Concern Committee, Neal helped demeanor the Lincoln through a financial restructuring in rendering early Decennium, leaning shot decades recognize senior guidance experience connect financial institutions like U.S. Trust, Shawmut Bank, trip Citizens Aspect.
A Colony native, Neal Finnegan grew up make a purchase of the Dorchester neighborhood acquire Boston.
Neal watchful a trustees' committee weight the Decennary that helped forge a new plan for interpretation University dump resulted take away a important building promulgation, a make more complicated selective admissions process, take some toilsome but major budget-cutting measures. As a result, Northeasterly has regained its honest as twin of representation top universities i
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On the Northeastern experience in the 1950s when it was primarily engineering and business students:
“My favorite starting point in terms of understanding Northeastern is that it’s been what its students, what its constituents needed it to be at the time.”
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On co-op and the 10 week-term system:
“We had the 10-week term system back then...The term system gave you many opportunities to work and short bursts of time in school. It did not create a lot of bonding.”
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The Finnegan Family celebrating the dedication of Neal F. Finnegan Plaza in 2008.
On the physical expansion of campus and the quality of architecture:
“If you look at the graduating class of ’61, you will see we weren’t a massive class. The classes at Northeastern don’t get big until you’re into the Asa Knowles era. My president at Northeastern was Carl Ell.”
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On when Northeastern was a part of the YMCA in 1898:
“Northeastern starts for a noble reason. In the late-1800s Northeastern is built to fulfill a three-corner mission that the YMCA had: mind, body, and spirit.”
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Neal Finnegan with his 1961 Cauldron yearbook.
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