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An academically selective girls-only high school began its separate existence (from "The Hill") in 1929 at Hamilton
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Dr Trevor Sorensen
Hamilton Primary School Days / NBHS Memoirs - Sorensen / Schoolboy Rocketry

" ... I had a dream that started in my first year of high school, was able to nurture and grow it through those six years, and the life lessons and brilliant education I received in those hallowed halls, enabled me to achieve and live my dream.
Thank you, Boys’ High, and especially to those teachers that guided me along the path."


Born in Brisbane, Dr. Sorensen received his BS. (1973), M.S. (1976) and Doctor of Engineering (1979) degrees in Aerospace Engineering from University of Kansas (KU). He did his doctoral project on Pioneer Venus at NASA Ames. He then was a Space Shuttle guidance and control engineer, worked in Mission Control as assistant Flight Director, and finally was a software engineering manager supporting Shuttle missions more

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