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That same month, Mr. Zimmerman went to the Life Insurance Agency Management Association as director of institutional relations. Under his leadership, the Association became a leading force in the move to coordinate efforts of the many institutional groups in the life insurance business. He had an active part in the activities of the life insurance marketing institutes at major universities and in the coope- rative project that led to the formation of the Life Underwriter Train- ing Council. The work of the Association's committees was under his direction, and he was primarily responsible for the progress made in such areas as relations with universities and managerial training. Mr. Zimmerman was elected assistant managing director in July, 1947, and a year later was named associate managing director. He continued to head the institutional relations division. In May, 1951, he was elected managing director to succeed the late John Marshall Holcombe, Jr., founder of the Agency Management Association. In September of that year, he was awarded the John Newton Russell Memorial Award for outstanding and meritorious service to the in- stitution of life insurance. On July 1, 1956, Mr. Zimmerman returned to the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company as president.
Active in civic affairs, Mr. Zimmerman served as general chair- man of the Greater Hartford Red Cross Campaign in 1949, also serving as chairman of various committees of the Greater Hartford Community Chest, the Young Men's Christian Association, and other civic organizations. In 1950-1951 he served as chairman of the Dart- mouth Alumni Fund Campaign. At present he is serving on the board of trustees of Dartmouth College, and is also chairman of its 200th Anniversary Development Program. From 1951 to 1957 he was a member of the board of overseers of the Amos Tuck School at Dart- mouth. He serves on the board of trustees of Hillyer College, and
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on the advisory cabinet of the committee of founders, University of Hartford. He is a member of the board of directors of the Greater Hartford Symphony, and chairman of the West Hartford Branch Y.M.C.A. Committee. He is a director of the Hartford Council of the Navy League of the United States; and as a member of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States, serves on its insurance com- mittee. Besides his major business connection, Mr. Zimmerman serves on the advisory board of the West Hartford Branch, Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, and as a director of the Dime Savings Bank. Mr. Zimmerman's favorite outdoor sports are golf and deep- sea fishing.
In New York City on October 17, 1942, Charles J. Zimmerman married Opal Marie Smith, daughter of George and Emma (Christy) Smith. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Mrs. Zimmerman serves on the board of directors of the Hartford Symphony. She is a member of the board of the American Red Cross chapter at West. Hartford, and has also served the Red Cross as campaign chairman.
A. CHAPIN MILLER
A lifelong resident of Hartford, A. Chapin Miller has been with the Hartford Savings and Loan Association for over two decades and a half, and is now its president. He has also headed the Savings and Loan League of Connecticut.
He was born in Hartford on May 26, 1894, and is a son of Joseph A. and Anna L. (Babcock) Miller. His mother is still living and in good health at the age of ninety-six (June, 1959). A. Chapin Miller attended local elementary schools and East Hartford High School. In 1910, when he was sixteen years old, he was employed by Pratt and Whitney at Hartford as an office boy. In the years which followed, he was promoted to timekeeper, worked in the sales department, and in 1917 won promotion to paymaster. That position he held until 1931, when he resigned to enter the savings and loan business. A small sav- ings and loan association had been established in the Pratt and Whitney organization as early as 1919, and this ultimately became known as the Pratt and Whitney Building and Loan Association. In 1931 it was consolidated with the Hartford Building and Loan Association, and the emergent firm was known as the Hartford Home Savings and Loan Association. Mr. Miller, who was at that time secretary of the Pratt and Whitney concern, joined the new banking company. He continued in his post as secretary until 1942, when he was elected
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president. In 1954 the association occupied a new headquarters at 79 Farmington Avenue.
Long active in the Savings and Loan League of Connecticut, Mr. Miller has held office as its president. He has served on various committees of the United States Association of Savings and Loan Leagues. In his home city of Hartford he is a member of the Better Business Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce. He is a communicant of the Episcopal Church, and his favorite outdoor pastime is gardening.
On October 17, 1917, in Hartford, A. Chapin Miller married Clara H. Burkle, a native of that city and daughter of Edwin C. and Clara (Stevens) Burkle. The couple are the parents of the following children: I. Edwin J., who was born in Hartford on July 13, 1918. He graduated from Hartford High School, and is in the insurance field in Atlanta, Georgia. He was in military service for four years at the time of World War II. 2. Chapin W., born on March 26, 1929, also at Hartford. He is a graduate of Wethersfield High School, and is now sales representative for General Motors Acceptance Corpora- tion with the Mahen Automobile Company. 3. Marilyn, born in Hart- ford on November 5, 1932. She graduated from West Hartford High School, and is a registered nurse, having received her professional training at Hartford Hospital. She is now the wife of Newton Emer- son. Mr. and Mrs. A. Chapin Miller have four grandchildren.
PATRICK HENRY FENNELLY
After ample and varied experience in the printing industry, Pat- rick Henry Fennelly established his own business in New Haven. The firm, which now has modern headquarters in Hamden, is known as Southern New England Typographic Service, Inc. Mr. Fennelly is its president, and his sons are associated with him.
The family is of Irish origin. Patrick H. Fennelly's father, Patrick Joseph, was born in 1848 in County Kilkenny, and came to the United States in 1861, settling in Delaware County, New York, where he worked on the railroad. For many years he made his home at Roxbury, New York. His death occurred in 1903. His wife, the former Catherine Kalaher, was born in Kingston, New York, in 1859, and died in 1920.
Patrick H. Fennelly completed his public school education at Oneonta, New York, and graduated from high school there in 1907. In that year he began his career working for newspapers in New York State and learning the printing trade. He was in Kingston from 1909 to 1918, working as an employee of the Leader and the Daily Freeman. From 1918 to 1920 he worked in various printing shops
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in New York City. In the latter year he went to Stamford, where he became a linotype operator. He continued in that phase of the printing industry until 1931.
With the experience and the confidence necessary to launch his own venture, Mr. Fennelly opened his own business in New Haven in 1931, occupying a small second-floor shop on Temple Street. In this firm, then as now called the Southern New England Typographic Service, Inc., he had one partner, Frank Flynn, and the remainder of their staff consisted of one boy as helper. In 1937, Mr. Fennelly bought Mr. Flynn's share. When in 1935 Mr. Fennelly's older son Richard graduated from high school, he joined the organization. The younger son, Joseph, came with the company in 1946. In 1949 they saw the completion of their attractive new building on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden. So rapidly has the business grown in the past decade that two additions have been made to this building. The company now has a payroll of one hundred full-time employees. An office is main- tained at 415 Lexington Avenue in New York City.
Mr. Fennelly, as active as ever in the management of his firm in the role of president, has become a prominent figure in his industry. He is a member of the Printing Industry of Connecticut, the Inter- national Type Composition Association, and the Craftsmen's Club. In addition to his trade connections, he is a member of the National Association of Manufacturers, and, in his home city, the Chamber of Commerce and the Union League of New Haven. He is a Roman Catholic, and in politics a Republican.
At Amenia, New York, on October 16, 1915, Patrick Henry Fennelly married Catherine Schrowang. Born August 12, 1892, at Rosendale, New York, she is a daughter of Richard and Catherine (Brown) Schrowang. Her father, a native of Bavaria, was a con- tractor and owner of a hotel in Rosendale. He died in 1902. His wife was born in Rosendale. She died in 1928. Mrs. Fennelly is a graduate of Kingston Academy, and is a member of the Hamden Garden Club and of church organizations. The couple are the parents of four children: 1. Richard Edward, who was born on April 7, 1917, in Kingston, New York. In 1935 he graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven, with honors. He then entered business with his father, and is now vice president and treasurer of Southern New England Typographic Services, Inc. He is a member of the Hamden Lions Club and the New Haven Country Club. Richard E. Fen- nelly married Gloria Egan, and their children are Susan Gail, Diane, Richard Edward, Jr .. Patrick Henry, 2nd, John, James, and Timothy.
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2. Catherine Mary, born October 24, 1918, at West New Brighton, Staten Island. She graduated from Hillhouse High School in New Haven in 1936, and has since received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts from Notre Dame College for Girls on Staten Island and the Master of Arts from Columbia University. In 1946 she took her de- gree of Doctor of Philosophy in History from Yale University. She has been active as a historian, collaborating on a number of historical volumes. She is now research director of Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts, working at the museum there. 3. Joseph Patrick, born May 31, 1921, in Stamford. He graduated from Hillhouse High School in 1937. Later enlisting in the United States Army, he was in military service for five years, of which three years were spent in the South Pacific. He held the rank of sergeant. Continuing with his studies after his separation from the service, he completed courses for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in three and one-half years at Yale University, receiving that degree in 1950. He spent a short time with Southern New England Typographic Service in 1946, and is now with the company on a full-time basis. Joseph P. Fennelly mar- ried Virginia Lee, and they have three children: Joseph Patrick, Jr., Michael, and Sarah. 4. Robert Francis, born October 24, 1924; he graduated from Hamden High School; he served in the United States Army for one year and then attended and graduated from the Uni- versity of Illinois School of Journalism in 1951. He is now one of the executives of the Southern New England Typographic Service. He married Eleanor Ann Browns of Bloomington, Illinois. There are five children: Joseph David, Ann Elizabeth, Robert F., Barbara Lois and Christine.
ARTHUR JACOB ROETTING
President and general manager of the Wire Machinery Cor- poration of America, Inc., since 1954, and the owner and operator of the New Haven Sand Blast Company, Mr. Roetting is a member of the American Society for Metals. He has been active in the metal- working field since 1921.
He was born in Wurzburg, Germany, on June 22, 1905, the son of John Roetting and of Flora (Keisling) Roetting. His father was born in Berlin, Germany, on May 29, 1876, and his mother in Schwein- furt-am-Main, Germany, on March 15, 1881. Mr. Roetting came with his parents to America in 1909, and he graduated from New Haven Ivy Street School in 1919 and from Boardman Trade School in 1921. He took night courses at New Haven Preparatory School from 1930
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to 1932, and he studied at New Haven College from 1933 to 1936 as an associate in science.
A machinist and tool-maker with the Universal Wire Machinery Company of New Haven from 1921 to 1928, he was shop foreman from 1928 to 1936, after Universal merged with the Wire Machionery Corporation of America. He became general foreman in 1936, was promoted to sales engineer in 1938, he became plant superintendent in 1939, plant manager in 1941, and works manager in 1945. He has been president and general manager of the Wire Machinery Cor- poration of America since 1954.
He is a charter member of the Woodbridge Club, and he is a member of the Race Brook Country Club. A Republican in politics, he attends religious services at the Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Mr. Roetting was married in New Haven on August II, 1930, to Helen Elizabeth Phillips, born on December 2, 1908, the daughter of William Hudson Phillips and of Agnes (Campbell) Phillips. Her father was born on May 30, 1885, and her mother in 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Roetting have three children: I. Mrs. Nancy Helen Roetting Clifford, born on January 7, 1932. She has one child, John Clifford, born October II, 1954. 2. Arthur Jacob, born on March 14, 1938, now serving in the United States Armed forces. 3. David Phillips, born on December 29, 1944, now attending Amity High School in Woodbridge.
MANNING WRIGHT HEARD
After a number of years in executive posts with the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Manning Wright Heard was named vice president and general counsel of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company Group a few years ago. A lawyer, he has spent most of his. career in the insurance field.
He is a native of the South, born at Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, on August 31, 1896. His father, William Wright Heard, was for many years conspicuous in the public life of that state, serving as a member of its House of Representatives, as State Auditor, and, from 1900 to 1904, as Governor; married the former Miss Isabelle Elizabeth Manning. Manning Wright Heard received his education in his native state. Graduating from Boys High School in New Or- leans, he entered Tulane University. He went on to professional studies at the Tulane University College of Law, and graduated there in 1920.
Shortly after he had begun his career in law practice, Mr. Heard
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became assistant district attorney of the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, in 1920. In 1922 he joined the law firm of Monroe and Lemann in that city, and in 1924 became attorney for the Union Indemnity Com- pany. A resident of Hartford since 1933, Mr. Heard joined the Hart- ford Accident and Indemnity Company in 1933, as an attorney in its Fidelity and Surety Claim Department.
He was elected secretary of this company in 1937, and was pro- moted to vice president two years later. In 1946, he became general counsel of the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, while re- taining the position of vice president. He was first vice president and general counsel of this firm from 1953 until 1955, when he was elected vice president and general counsel of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company Group. His office is at 690 Asylum Avenue.
He has played his part in municipal affairs in the city of Hart- ford. From 1945 to 1948 he served on its Board of Finance, and from 1953 to 1958 he served as a commissioner of the Metropolitan District Commission. He was chairman of the Commission in 1953, 1954 and 1955.
As a lawyer, he is a member of the American Bar Association, the Hartford County Bar Association, the International Association of Insurance Counsel, and the American Judicature Society. His fra- ternities are Phi Delta Phi and Delta Kappa Epsilon, and in his home city he holds membership in the Hartford Golf Club and the Young Men's Christian Association.
The insurance executive is a veteran of World War I, having served with the 336th Field Artillery, a component of the Eighth Division, United States Army, with a commission as first lieutenant.
He is a Baptist in religious faith while his family are Catholic. Mrs. Heard is the former Miss Renee Montagnet, daughter of Oliver P. and Lucie (Sarpy) Montagnet, and she became the wife of Man- ning Wright Heard in a ceremony at New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 16, 1920. The couple became the parents of three children : I. Mumford M., who was born on October 29, 1921, and is now deceased. 2. Manning Wright, Jr., born on August 15, 1928. 3. June Judith, born May 22, 1935. The family's residence is at 1391 Asylum Avenue, Hartford.
CHESTER D. JORGENSEN
Over four decades ago, Chester D. Jorgensen came to Hartford and entered the banking business. With the exception of a few years, he has been active in that city's banking leadership since, and is now
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president and director of The South End Bank and Trust Company.
Born at Williamsburg, Massachusetts, on November 30, 1897, he is a son of Stephen and Alfreda (Danielson) Jorgensen. Both parents are now deceased. Stephen Jorgensen was a manufacturer of pearl buttons in nearby Haydenville, Massachusetts, and there his son attended the public elementary and high schools. After graduation from Haydenville High School, he gained his first experience in the banking profession as a clerk in the Haydenville Savings Bank, which at that time had two employees-its treasurer and Mr. Jorgensen. He began this connection in 1915, and left for Hartford the following year.
When he first located in the latter city, he joined the staff of the now defunct City Bank and Trust Company. He held various posi- tions over the next five years, and at the time he resigned in 1921, was in charge of the discount department. He next went to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where from January, 1922, to May, 1929, he was assistant factory manager for Fuller Brush Company, Ltd., at its plant in that city.
In May, 1929, Mr. Jorgensen returned to Hartford to assist in the founding of the South End Bank and Trust Company. He served as its treasurer from that date until 1952, when he was elected presi- dent. He is also a member of its board of directors. As a bank execu- tive, he holds membership in the Connecticut State Bankers Asso- ciation.
At the time of World War I, Mr. Jorgensen was in the Student Army Training Corps, and trained at Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst.
In his home city, Mr. Jorgensen is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Hartford Country Club. He is fond of golf. He and Mrs. Jorgensen attend the Congregational Church.
She is the former Miss Esther Purrington, a native of Hayden- ville, and daughter of Wilbur and Eleanor (Luce) Purrington. She became the wife of Chester D. Jorgensen in a ceremony at Hayden- ville on September 9, 1922. The couple are the parents of the following children : 1. Chester Neil, who was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on November 30, 1925. He graduated from William Hall High School, West Hartford, and Dartmouth College, where he attended the Thayer School of Engineering. He is now an electrical technician with the National Cash Register Company at Dayton, Ohio. Chester N. Jor- gensen married Phyllis Yost, of Dayton, and they have a daughter, Nancy, who was born in July, 1955, and a son Richard, born in June, 1958. 2. Eleanor Luce, born March 29, 1929, also at Hamilton, On-
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tario. She graduated from William Hall High School and from Edge- wood Park School for Girls at Briarcliff. She is now married to Edgar B. Parsons of Windsor, New York. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and is a graduate of Hotchkiss School and Colgate University. They live at Windsor, a suburb of Binghamton, New York, where Mr. Parsons is a special agent for Travellers In- surance Company of Hartford. The couple have three children, all of whom were born in Binghamton: i. Timothy. ii. Edgar B. iii. Cyn- thia Luce.
CARLOS ALBERT RICHARDSON
Carlos Albert Richardson, Attorney, was born at Mohawk, New York, on September 30, 1895, the son of Charles Duane and Jennie Richardson. He studied economics and business administration at Bos- ton University and law at Northeastern University, leaving his college work to enlist in the Yankee (26th ) Division in World War I in 1917. He was wounded in action and after his discharge from the Army completed his law courses at Denver (Colorado) University. Mr. Ri- chardson practiced law in Denver until coming to New Britain in 1930, where he has since been a partner in the law firm of Camp, Wil- liams and Richardson.
In past years, Mr. Richardson has served his city as chairman of the Charter Revision Committee, chairman of the City Plan Commis- sion, chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners, and chairman of the Veterans Commission. He was chairman of the U.N.E.S.C.O. Council of New Britain for four years, State Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Military Order of the Purple Heart, State Lieutenant Governor of Kiwanis International, a director of the Connecticut Society for Crippled Children, vice president of the Community Concerts Association, chairman of the New Britain Salvation Army Advisory Board, and a trustee of the Retreat at Woodstock.
Mrs. Richardson is the former Miss Dorothea Ursula Whitney, daughter of Charles Augustine and Emma Louise (Ruggli) Whitney. They were married at Watertown, Massachusetts, June 1, 1919. Mrs. Richardson is a graduate of Radcliffe College and attended Portia Law School in Boston. For twelve years she served on the State Board of Education of Connecticut, 1939 to 1951. She is a former State President of the Connecticut Division of The American Association of University Women and is a former president of the College Club of New Britain. Mrs. Richardson was president of the Local League
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of Women Voters, served on the Board of the Y.W.C.A. and as chair- man of the Land Army in New Britain. She was active in war work and continues this activity in veteran's work. She held the chairman- ship of the Women's Division of the War Savings Staff of New Britain and chairman of the New Britain Council for Naturalization and Citizenship. Mrs. Richardson is a vice president of the New Britain Symphony. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have the following children : 1. Carlos Albert, Jr., born on December 10, 1920. 2. Robert Whitney, born on April 30, 1924. 3. Frances Louise ( Brautigam), born December 7, 1925.
JAMES ALLWOOD TAYLOR
Among Hartford industrial executives, James Allwood Taylor is best known as president of the Hartford Machine Screw Company. He is also chairman of the board of The Taylor and Fenn Company, president of Standard Screw Company, and a director of a number of other corporations.
A native of Hartford, he was born on August 10, 1905, son of Charles Lincoln and Bertha (Smith) Taylor. His father, who died in 1944, was president of The Taylor and Fenn Company and of Col- lins Company. James A. Taylor attended the public schools of his native city and graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1922. In 1926 he took his degree of Bachelor of Arts at Williams College, and immediately afterwards began his connection with the Hartford Machine Screw Company.
He learned the business in its various aspects from practical ex- perience, first working as a machine operator and later advancing to production manager. He was elevated to the vice presidency in 1934, and became president of the corporation in 1945, a position he has held to the present time. In addition to his executive duties with Hartford Machine Screw Company, The Taylor and Fenn Company, and Stand- ard Screw Company, Mr. Taylor serves on the boards of directors of the following concerns : Spencer-Turbine Company, Fafnir Bearing Company of New Britain, Edwin Taylor Lumber Company, Collins Company, Travelers Insurance Company, Travelers Indemnity Com- pany, and Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company. He serves on the Travelers Insurance Company's finance committee. He is a trustee of the Society for Savings, and is a past president of Hartford Hos- pital.
Mr. Taylor is a member of The Hartford Club, Farmington Country Club, and the Williams Club of New York. He is fond of
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outdoor sports, particularly golf and tennis. An Episcopalian, he at- tends Christ Church Cathedral.
Mrs. Taylor is the former Edith Brainard Davis, daughter of J. H. Kelso and Edith (Brainard) Davis. She is a graduate of Mas- ters School at Dobbs Ferry, New York, and also studied in Paris, France; and she became the wife of James A. Taylor in a ceremony at Fenwick, Connecticut, on September 12, 1931. The couple are the parents of the following children: I. James Allwood, Jr., who was born in Hartford on June 5, 1934. He graduated from Pomfret School, and from Williams College in 1956, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He is now a lieutenant (j.g. ) in the United States Naval Reserve. James A. Taylor, Jr., married Betsy Alden Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Robinson of Avon, on September 7, 1957. 2. Susan Brewster, born October 27, 1938, in Hartford. A graduate of Oxford School, she is now attending Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. 3. Davis, born October 13, 1942; attending Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. 4. Nancy Morgan, born May 19, 1948; attending Renbrook School in West Hartford.
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