The Boston Garden-Arena Corporation was an American corporation that oversaw the operations of the

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from 1934 to 1973. It was formed when the

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Corporation gained control of the Boston Garden from the Madison Square Garden Corporation in 1934. From 1946 to 1950 it owned the Boston Celtics. In 1951 it purchased controlling interest in the

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from

Weston Adams Weston Woollard Adams (August 9, 1904 – March 19, 1973) was an American hockey executive with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Early life Adams was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. ...

. In 1953 it sold the Boston Arena to Samuel M. Pinsly for $398,000. In 1973, the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation merged with

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Members

Presidents

* Henry G. Lapham (1934–1939 ) * Raymond Lapham (1940–1941) *

Walter A. Brown Walter Augustine Brown (February 10, 1905 – September 7, 1964) was the founder and original owner of the Boston Celtics, as well as an important figure in the development of ice hockey in the United States. Life He was born in Hopkinton, Ma ...

(1941–1942) *

Tom Kanaly Thomas J. Kanaly was an American sports executive with the Boston Athletic Association and the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation. Personal life Kanaly was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, but grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts after his father, a ...

(1942–1945) *

(1945–1964) * Edward J. Powers (1964 –1973) * Weston Adams, Jr. (1973)

General Managers

* George V. Brown (1934–1937) *

(1937–1942) *

''Acting'' (1942–1945) *

(1945–1964) * Edward J. Powers (1964–1973 )

Chairmen

(1951–1973)

Notable directors

Earl Blaik Earl Henry "Red" Blaik (February 15, 1897 – May 6, 1989) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at Dartmouth College from 1934 to 1940 and at ...

* Marjorie Brown * Shelby Davis * Frederic C. Dumaine, Jr. * Sheldon Fairbanks * John S. Hammond *

Huntington Hardwick Huntington Reed "Tack" Hardwick (October 15, 1892 – June 26, 1949) was an American football player. He played at the halfback and end positions for Harvard University and was selected as a unanimous first-team All-American in 1914. He was e ...

Louis K. Liggett Louis Kroh Liggett (April 4, 1875 – June 5, 1946) was an American drug store magnate who founded L.K. Liggett Drug Company and then Rexall. He was later chairman of United Drug Company. He was a member of the Republican National Committe ...

John R. Macomber John Russell Macomber (February 1, 1875 – May 11, 1955) was an American financier and sportsman. Early life Macomber was born on February 1, 1875, in Framingham, Massachusetts, to John F. and Helen A. Hunt Macomber. He attended public schools ...

* Walter E. O'Hara * Bayard Tuckerman, Jr. * Herbert Tuckerman

References

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