Excerpted from an email from Tim Farmer, principal of Remington Middle School in Franklin, MA:
"The Remington School is named after Leonard Leroy Francis Remington. Mr. Remington graduated from Franklin High School in 1921 and from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1926. He was a member of the Franklin School Committee from 1944 to 1968. While an engineer he spent several years working at Thompson Press, in Franklin. He served as President of the Franklin Rotary Club. He also played in several piano bands while at Franklin High School and in college. Mr. Remington was the father of two children - Paul Remington and Anne Remington Larkin.