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The result of a merger in 1998 between Massachusetts-based Bright Horizons (founded in 1986 by Linda Mason and Roger Brown)^[1] and Corporate Family Solutions (founded in 1987 by Bob Keeshan, former Tennessee Governor and current U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander and Marguarite Salle). This article is about the U.S. State. ... Robert James Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) was an actor who was the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody television program, but who is most famous as the star and title character of the childrens show Captain Kangaroo. ... Notes 1East was Secretary of State for Tennessee from 1862-1865, appointed by Andrew Johnson, the military governor of the state under Union occupation during the American Civil War. ... Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. ...

In his 2005 U.S. Sentate financial disclosure report, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Oregon) listed personal ownership of BFAM (Bright Horizons Family Solutions) stock valued (at that time) between $1 million and $5 million dollars.^{[citation needed]} Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee and a member of the Republican Party. ...

In 2007, Bright Horizons Family Solutions was named for the eighth time to Fortune Magazine's annual 100 Best Places to Work in America.^[2] Categories: Magazines stubs | Time Warner subsidiaries | Business magazines ... Each year Fortune Magazine ranks the top 100 best places to work in America. ...

Bright Horizons is the world's largest provider of employer-sponsored child care. The company operates more than 600 child care centers worldwide, more than 500 across the U.S. and more than 100 in the UK and Ireland. The company also operates centers in Canada and Puerto Rico. Bright Horizons child care centers are typically sponsored by major employers and operated for employees of the sponsoring companies. Their clients include nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies, as well as other corporations, hospitals, universities, government agencies, and service firms. In addition to its core service of child care the company offers its clients a networks of back-up child care and elder care, operates six elementary schools and offers college admissions counseling through its College Coach division.

Bright Horizons is well regarded for a strong reputation for quality and its high record of accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The company is publicly traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol: BFAM.

References

1. ^ "Executive Team". Bright Horizons Family Services. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
2. ^ "Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For 2007". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.

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External links

• Company website