Boys Republic is a private,
all-boys school for troubled adolescents located in
Chino Hills, California. It was founded in 1907 by Margaret Fowler. As an adolescent, the actor
Steve McQueen
Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of counterculture of the 1960s, 1960s counterculture, made him a top box office draw for his films of the late ...
was remanded there.
In later life, he was known to demand razors and jeans in his contracts so that he could donate them to the school.
[John Dominis/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. "Steve McQueen Returns to Reform School" 1963, accessed February 7, 2011]
References
Educational institutions established in 1907
1907 establishments in California
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