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Boothby; The groundskeeper at Starfleet Academy. Boothby was something of a fixture at the academy, having worked there since Jean-Luc Picard was a cadet in the 2320s. During those days, Picard regarded the irascible Boothby as "a mean-spirited, vicious old man." Boothby nevertheless helped guide Picard through a particularly difficult time when the young cadet had committed a serious offense. Boothby later recalled that he had simply helped Picard listen to himself. Boothby, for his part, followed Picard's career with some satisfaction. Years later, Picard came to understand Boothby more clearly, and regarded the old groundskeeper as one of the wisest men he had ever known. When Wesley Crusher entered Starfleet Academy in 2367, Picard advised him to seek out Boothby's advice. Boothby began working at Starfleet in San Francisco in 2321; his career there spanned more than a half-century, during which his mentoring of numerous promising cadets belied his apparently humble role as groundskeeper. "First Duty"

Boothby appeared in two episodes of Voyager; "In the Flesh" and "The Fight"