Conversation with Doug Worthen of Middlesex School
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As a Middlesex student, Doug ’96 served as a co-captain of the varsity football and lacrosse teams. He was All-New England in football in 1994 and 1995 and All-New England and Honorable Mention All-American in lacrosse in 1996. Doug continued on to the University of Virginia, where he played lacrosse for four years and was a member of the 1999 National Championship team. Since graduating from UVA, Doug has developed a passion for mindfulness and meditation and is currently very active in the burgeoning movement to bring these practices into the American school system. To this end, Doug joined the Middlesex faculty in 2011 to lead sessions in meditation and teach courses on mindfulness.
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