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Mr. Fraser was named to the board of directors of the Connect- icut Light and Power Company in 1945, and in 1948 he became a member of the board of Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Company. From the latter post he has since resigned. He became a director of the Institute of Life Insurance in 1948, and his term extended through 1952. Also in 1948, he became chairman of the advisory council of that year's Red Cross fund campaign in Hartford. He was named a director of the Life Insurance Association of America in 1949, and the same year joined the executive committee of the Institute of Life Insurance. In 1951, he was named to two boards of directors, those of the Arma Corporation of Brooklyn, New York, and American Bosch Corporation of Springfield, Massachusetts. He has since resign- ed from both of these directorates. He became a director of the Hart- ford Hospital in 1952. In 1953 he became a director of Alexander Smith, Inc., which became Mohasco Industries in 1956.
Clarkson College of Technology at Potsdam. New York, con- ferred on Peter M. Fraser the degree of Doctor of Science in Business Administration in 1946; and in 1955 he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Trinity College in Hartford.
His memberships include The Hartford Club, Hartford Golf
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Club, St. Andrews Society of New York, Links Club of New York City, Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club of LaGrangeville, New York, The Island Club of Hobe Sound, Florida, Seminole Golf Club of Palm Beach, Florida, and the Twentieth Century Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Fraser make their home at 1161 Prospect Avenue, West Hartford, and also have a home at Isle Ridge, Hobe Sound, Florida, She is the former Miss Mable Wark, daughter of Thomas A. and Emily (Graham) Wark, and she was married to Peter M. Fraser on May 3, 1915. They are the parents of two children : I. Aileen, who was born on February 26, 1916. She married Frank Balbirnie Alberts, and they have one child, Andrea Fraser Alberts. 2. Peter MacGregor, born on January 28, 1922.
ARTHUR FRANCIS HAURY
President and general manager of the Harloc Products Cor- poration of West Haven, Connecticut, which he founded in 1949, and also active in the investment field, Mr. Haury is a former vice presi- dent and treasurer of the Wire Rope Corporation of America.
He was born in New Haven, on June 13, 1903, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Haury of New Haven. His father was born in New Haven on December 29, 1869 and died in 1948 after many years of retirement. Mr. Haury graduated from New Haven High School and then took night school courses in engineering at Sheffield School in New Haven. Until 1931, he was in the employ of the American Chain and Cable Company of New Jersey, and then of the Ameri- can Steel and Wire Company in New Haven. It was in 1931 that, with a partner, he formed the Wire Rope Corporation of America, and he served as vice president and treasurer until 1948 when he sold his interest. In 1949, he started the Harloc Products Corporation in New Haven, specializing in residential door locks; the firm moved to West Haven in 1956. The company is a family corporation and now employs fifty full-time employees. Mr. Haury holds the office of president and general manager.
A Mason and a member of the New Haven Country Club, Mr. Haury is an independent Republican in politics, and he attends re- ligious services as a member of the Episcopal Church.
He was married in New Haven on September II, 1926, to Ger- trude Louise Stiles, born in New Haven on February 24, 1904; she is now secretary of the Harloc Products Corporation.
Mr. and Mrs. Haury have one son, Arthur Richard, born in Passaic, New Jersey, on December 29, 1929. He graduated from Hop-
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kins Grammar School, New Haven, in 1947, obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1951, and then be- came associated with the Harloc Products Corporation as assistant treasurer and assistant to the president. He became vice president in 1953. He is a member of the New Haven Country Club and of the Woodbridge Club. He is married to Frances Ann Wanagel, who was born on March 9, 1929. Mr. and Mrs. Haury have four children: I. Gretchen, born on December 18, 1952. 2. David Hopkins, born on August 16, 1954. 3. Sally Ann, born on August 17, 1956. 4. Katherine, born December 30, 1958.
JAMES E. BENT
When, more than two decades ago, the Hartford Federal Savings and Loan Association was reorganized, James E. Bent took a con- spicuous part in the program of reorganization. He has been an official of the bank ever since-most of the time its president. He has also been an official of bankers' groups, and of local cultural and welfare institutions.
A native of Lee, Massachusetts, he was born on August 15, 1905, son of James F. and Elizabeth (Collins) Bent. This couple had one other son, George C. Bent. After completing his public elementary and high school education in local schools, James E. Bent came to Hartford to attend Trinity College. There he graduated in the Class of 1928. As an undergraduate he was pledged to Psi Upsilon fraternity.
He began his business career in 1929 as an assistant foreman with the United States Rubber Company, and left the following year to join the Page Steel and Wire Company as manager of its Hartford office. In 1932 he entered business for himself, founding the firm of Bent and Bent, Inc., an insurance and real estate agency.
In 1934 he was called to reorganize the Hartford Federal Savings and Loan Association, and assumed office as director and secretary- treasurer of the bank once reorganization was completed. He became president of the bank in 1936. He remains chairman of the board of Bent and Bent, Inc., and is also chairman of Bent and Bent Real Estate, Inc., and a director of Bent Construction Company and of Bent Realty, Inc. He likewise serves on the board of directors of Security Insurance Company of New Haven.
As a banker, he is a former director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, a member of the Federal Savings and Loan Advisory Council, Washington, D. C., and a member of the Advisory Council on Banking of the State of Connecticut. He is vice president and
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director of the Savings and Loan League of Connecticut; past presi- dent of the New England Conference of Savings and Loan Associa- tions and Co-operative Banks; director and past president of the Fed- eral Savings League of New England; and vice president of the Na- tional Savings and Loan League. As a real estate agency official, he is a member of the Society of Residential Appraisers. Mr. Bent is a mem- ber of the Savings and Loan Advisory Committee to the Treasurer of the United States. He was elected president of the National League of Insured Savings Association in October 1958.
He has been a constructive worker in civic causes. In 1955 he served as chairman of the United Service Club Flood Relief Com- mittee. He is a trustee of the Hartford School for the Blind, trustee of Hillyer College and of the Hartford School of Music; regent of the University of Hartford, and past director of the Symphony So- ciety. Mr. Bent is a director of the Retail Trade Board of Hartford. He is a member and past president of the Hartford Rotary Club, and is affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, being a member of the higher bodies of the order and holding the Thirty-second degree. His other memberships include The Hartford Club, City Club, Uni- versity Club, Hartford Golf Club, Tunxis Club, Oasis Club, Colt Trust Association, and the Newcomen Society. As a veteran of World War II, he also belongs to the Officers Club of Connecticut, the Air Force Association, and the Officers Reserve.
His wartime experience was with the United States Army Air Corps, in which he was commissioned a first lieutenant in August, 1942. He served in the United States, South America, Africa and Europe. In 1945 he received a Commendation Ribbon. When he went into inactive service in December, 1946, he held the rank of major.
On September 26, 1936, James E. Bent married Frances P. Wil- liams. Born at Billings, Montana, she is the daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Vallely) Williams. She is a graduate of Godard Junior College, and of the School of Financial Public Relations of North- western University. During the World War II years from 1942 to 1946, she was acting manager of the Hartford Federal Savings and Loan Association. She was elected secretary of the Association in 1950, vice president and secretary in 1955, and director in 1958.
Mrs. Bent is also active in community affairs. She is a director of the Young Women's Christian Association of Greater Hartford and a member of its finance committee; a director and secretary of the board of the Symphony Society of Greater Hartford; vice presi- dent of the Women's Auxiliary of the Symphony Society of Greater
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Hartford; and a member of the Women's Auxiliary of Hartford Hos- pital. She has served as treasurer and as member of the board of directors of Soroptomist International of Hartford, a service club for executive women; and she is also a member of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, the Advertising Club of Hartford, and the League of Women Voters of West Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. Bent make their home at 343 North Steele Road, West Hartford.
MILTON HUGH GLOVER
A banker in Hartford since the early 1930s, Milton Hugh Glover is now senior vice president of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company, and he serves on the boards of a number of corporations.
He is a native of Providence, Rhode Island, and was born on October 10, 1899, son of Cornelius L. and Mary C. (Fraser) Glover. After completing his public elementary and high school education in local schools, Milton H. Glover entered Brown University, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1922. The following year he began his business career with J. G. White and Company of New York City, continuing with that organization until 1930.
He came to Hartford in 1931 with Edward B. Smith and Com- pany and in 1932 joined the staff of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company as investment officer. He became vice president of the bank in 1939, and senior vice president in 1947. He serves on its board of directors, and is also a director of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Capewell Manufacturing Company, Cuno En- gineering Corporation, Ensign-Bickford Company, Holo-Krome Screw Corporation, National Fire Insurance Company, Chemical Coating Corporation, Kaman Aircorporation, and Veeder-Root, Inc.
In addition to his business interests, Mr. Glover has taken a use- ful part in welfare and educational groups. He serves on the boards of trustees of the W. T. Grant Foundation and the Edward W. Hazen Foundation, and he is also a trustee of Brown University and The University of Hartford. A member of Community Research Asso- ciates, he has served as its president, and he is chairman of the board of the National Health and Welfare Foundation. As a bank official, he belongs to the Connecticut Bankers Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Glover make their home at Simsbury. She is the former Miss Susan Ellsworth, daughter of Henry E. and Susan (Starr) Ellsworth, and she became the wife of Milton Hugh Glover
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on December 26. 1934. They have three children: 1. Joan. 2. Gordon Gray. 3. Henry Ellsworth.
JOHN S. GARVAN, JR.
The Hartford paper firm of P. Garvan, Inc., has been the focal point of the business career of John S. Garvan, Jr., since he returned from wartime service in the Army Air Corps. He is now president of the corporation, which is one of the city's oldest, having been found- ed nearly a century ago.
Mr. Garvan is a native of Hartford, and was born on December 23. 1919, son of John S. and Louise B. (Rend) Garvan. His father, who was president of P. Garvan, Inc., died in 1954. Mrs. Garvan survives him and makes her home in Hartford. The younger John S. Garvan attended Kingswood School in West Hartford, and completed his preparatory studies at Andover Academy in Massachusetts. He then enrolled at Yale University.
In 1943, Mr. Garvan entered the United States Army Air Corps, in which he was commissioned a captain. He served with the Eighth Air Force in Europe, and in recognition of his performance of his combat duties, received the Air Medal, two oak-leaf clusters, and the European-African-Middle Eastern campaign ribbon. He received his honorable discharge in 1946.
Immediately on returning to civilian life, Mr. Garvan joined the family firm, P. Garvan, Inc., an old Hartford paper firm which was established by Patrick Garvan in 1864. At the time John S., Jr., joined the organization, his father was president, and under his capable direction the young man familiarized himself through practical ex- perience with the various phases of the work and the manufacturing processes. He held various positions, and had had sufficient executive experience at the time of his father's death in 1954 to succeed him in the presidency. He has headed the corporation since that time.
Besides his connection with P. Garvan, Inc., Mr. Garvan is a director of the Riverside Trust Company of Hartford. He is a mem- ber of the Hartford Golf Club, Madison Beach Club and Hartford Gun Club, and he is a communicant of Asylum Hill Congregational Church.
On May 8, 1943, at Quanah, Texas, John S. Garvan, Jr., married Virginia H. Jones of New Britain, Connecticut, daughter of Louis S. and Jessie (Whiteman) Jones. Mrs. Garvan attended Abbott Aca- demy at Andover, Massachusetts, and Bryn Mawr College. The cou- ple are the parents of three children, all of whom were born in Hart-
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ford: 1. John S., 3rd, born on March 27, 1945. He is now attending Kingswood School. 2. Michael, born on March 1, 1948. 3. Laura Lee, born April 4, 1952. The family lives at 236 Girard Avenue, Hartford.
ERNEST T. BRAINARD
Ernest T. Brainard has had nearly four decades' experience in the investment field at Hartford, and he now heads the firm of Brain- ard-Judd Company, of which he is sole owner. He has been active in a considerable variety of civic connections and welfare programs, both in Hartford and at New Britain where he makes his home.
Born at Danvers, Massachusetts, on January 27, 1890, he is a son of John C. and Mary H. (Treworgy) Brainard. His mother was a native of Ellsworth, Maine. Ernest T. Brainard received his public school education in his native city and graduated from Danvers High School and from Burdette Business College at Lynn, Massachusetts. Before completing his education, he had learned the watchmaker's trade, and prior to World War I, had worked as chief inspector in the Boston office of the Boston and Maine Railroad. At the time this country was engaged in the war, he entered the army, and served in Europe with the 30Ist Field Artillery. Entering the armed forces as a private, he advanced to the rank of captain, receiving training at the Saumur Artillery School in France. While there, he made the acquaintance of E. Wells Eddy of Hartford, who first interested him in devoting his career to the investment business.
Accordingly, after he had returned to civilian life, he came to Hartford and joined the investment firm of Richter and Company. He remained with that organization when it became Fuller, Richter and Aldrich in 1925. In 1927 he became a partner in Shaw and Com- pany, and from 1932 to 1937, was a partner in Sweeney, Brainard and Company. In 1937 he became a partner in the firm of Brainard- Judd Company, of which he has been sole owner since 1954.
In New Britain, where he makes his home, Mr. Brainard has been particularly active in community affairs. Since 1942, he has served on that city's board of education, and he is now chairman of its finance committee. He is a director of the Children's Home of New Britain, a director of the Boys' Club of New Britain, and was formerly a member of the city's Recreation Commission. A member of the Chamber of Commerce there, he formerly served on that body's board of directors. His memberships include the New Britain Club, the Shuttle Meadow Club, and the Kego Park Club, a hunting organi-
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zation, the Coon Club of Norfolk, and the Bigelow Howard Valley Game Club at Hampton. He and Mrs. Brainard attend the South Congregational Church and St. Mark's Episcopal Church in New Britain.
She is the former Eileen Todhunter, and was married to Ernest T. Brainard in September, 1955. His first wife, the former Virginia H. Hurlbut, is deceased. To the first marriage his three children were born: 1. John C., on February 6, 1930. He is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Kentucky. He married Mildred Correll of Somerset, Ken- tucky, and they reside in Glasgow, Kentucky. They have two children : i. Ted Ernest, born March 9, 1957. ii. Diann Gail, born April 21, 1958. 2. Mary H., born on December 6, 1931. She graduated from Vermont Junior College, and is now the wife of Clifton Cargill. They have one daughter, Deborah Lynn Cargill, who was born on May 13, 1956, and one son, Michael Ernest Cargill, born March 24, 1958. 3. Virginia A., born December 19, 1936. She was a student at Simmons College School of Nursing in Boston, and graduated in June 1959, after five years of study.
JOIIN RICHARD COOK
Most of John Richard Cook's career has been with one of Hart- ford's well-known industrial firms, Arrow-Hart and Hegeman Elec- tric Company. He is a native of Centerville, Maryland, and was born on July 9, 1887, son of John R. and Emma (Perry ) Cook. He received his early education at Charlotte Hall Military Academy and in the public schools of Centerville, graduating from the military academy in 1906. In 1910 he took the degree of Bachelor of Science at Trinity College, Hartford,
The following year he joined Travelers Insurance Company as cashier, serving in that office through part of 1912. He then became a sales representative with the firm of Levering and Garrigues, remain- ing with that structural company until 1914. From that time until 1918 he was an underwriter for the London and Lancashire Fire In- surance Company.
Mr. Cook joined Hart and Hegeman in 1918. This firm merged in 1928 with the Arrow Electric Company, and became known as the Arrow-Hart and Hegeman Electric Company. He entered the organi- zation as service manager, and in the years which followed, was suc- cessively sales executive, general manager, and vice president. He filled the vice presidency at the time he was elected president of the cor- poration in 1932. In 1957, he became chairman of the board.
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Besides this major business connection, John Richard Cook serves on the boards of directors of Hartford Steam Boiler Inpection and Insurance Company, the Society for Savings, National Fire Insurance Company, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, and United Na- tional Indemnity Company. He was formerly a director of Niles- Bement-Pond Company and Potter and Johnson Company.
As an industrialist, Mr. Cook formerly served on the board of directors of the Manufacturers Association of Hartford County. He is a former vice president and is now a director of the American School for the Deaf, also serving on its board of directors, and he is a trustee of Trinity College. Mr. Cook's memberships include Delta Psi fra- ternity, the Electrical Manufacturers Club, The Hartford Club, and Hartford Golf Club.
On October 25, 1916, John Richard Cook married Mildred C. Corson (deceased 1958), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Corson, and they made their home on North Beacon Street in Hartford.
PATRICK J. SULLIVAN
Hartford industrialist Patrick J. Sullivan has been with the Arrow-Hart and Hegeman Electric Company, and its predecessor, since the beginning of his career, and for over two years has held office as its president. He is a native of Derby, and was born on No- vember 8, 1902, son of Patrick J., Sr., and Josephine (Flynn) Sul- livan. Both of his parents were born in Ireland, and came to this country in childhood, their families settling in Derby. The elder Pa- trick Sullivan died in 1932, but Mrs. Sullivan is still living at the age of ninety-seven.
Attending the public schools of Derby, the younger Patrick J. Sullivan graduated from high school there, and entered Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. There he took his degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1925.
In the same year he joined Hart and Hegeman Manufacturing Company, and shortly afterwards was advanced to the position of assistant superintendent of its plant. In 1928, the firm merged with the Arrow Electric Company to form the present Arrow-Hart and Hegeman Electric Company. After a short absence from Hartford, Mr. Sullivan returned to the city in 1933, and the following year was made assistant superintendent under the new management. In 1945 he was appointed general superintendent in charge of all Arrow-Hart factories in Hartford and Danielson, Connecticut, and Washington, New Jersey. In 1951 he was appointed vice president in charge of
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plant operations and production, and in 1955 was elected to the cor- poration's board of directors. He was elected executive vice president in March, 1956, and was promoted to the presidency in March, 1957.
Mr. Sullivan serves on the boards of directors of the Riverside Bank and Trust Company of Hartford and the Manufacturers As- sociation of Hartford County. He is also a director of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, the Farmington Club and Junior Achievement of Hartford His memberships include The Hartford Club, Hartford Golf Club and the Country Club at Farmington. He is a Roman Cath- olic, attending St. Thomas' Church.
On July 28. 1938, in Hartford, Patrick J. Sullivan married Alice Welles of West Hartford, daughter of Edgar and Ellen Welles. Mrs. Sullivan received her education in the Hartford public schools. The couple are the parents of one son, Robert W., who was born in West Hartford on July 14. 1944. He is now attending Kingswood School, West Hartford.
ARTHUR CARL LASKE
Secretary-treasurer and a director of American Chain and Cable Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and associated with the com- pany since 1925, Mr. Laske is a vice president and a director of the William T. Morris Foundation of New York City, a director and secretary of the Maryland Nut and Bolt Company of Baltimore, Mary- land, and a director of the Bristol Company of Waterbury.
Mr. Laske was born in Bridgeport on October 3, 1899, the son of August Laske and of Mary ( Miller) Laske. His father was born in Germany in 1870 and came to the United States around 1884, where two of his sisters were living. He learned the trade of a car- riage-maker, and then became active as a grocer and as a real estate operator, owning both businesses for many years. He died in 1948. Mr. Laske's mother was born in Germany in 1872, and now resides in Bridgeport. Mr. Laske graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1917, and prior to his association with the American Chain and Cable Company, was a salesman for Remington Arms, was secretary of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company in its Bureau of Construction and Repair, and was later in the employ of the Bridgeport Brass Company.
A Republican in politics, Mr. Laske is a member of the National Republican Club of New York. is active in the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce, and enjoys social connections as a member of the
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Algonquin Club of Bridgeport. He attends religious worship at Saint Theresa's Roman Catholic Church in Long Hill, Connecticut.
He was married in Bridgeport on October 12, 1921, to Evelyn R. Strasburger, born in Bridgeport on August 22, 1899, the daughter of Frank Strasburger and of Emma (Callahan) Strasburger. Her father was born in Germany in 1868 and came to the United States as a young boy. He followed the trade of a barber and died in 1954. Mrs. Laske's mother was born in Bridgeport in 1870, and died in 1926. Mrs. Laske graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1917.
Mr. and Mrs. Laske have two children: 1. Marilyn F., born in Bridgeport on October 9, 1924, graduated from Laurelton Hall in Milford, Connecticut, in 1942. She is married to David Chisnall and resides in Monroe, Connecticut. She is the mother of three children: Sharon, Lawrence and Diane. 2. Arthur Carl, Jr., born in Bridge- port on October 31, 1928, attended Fairfield Preparatory School and obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science at Fairfield Univer- sity in 1952. A lieutenant in the National Guard, he is a salesman for the American Chain and Cable Company.
FREDERICK BRINK
President and treasurer of Brink and Cotton Manufacturing Company of Bridgeport, which he helped found in 1925, Mr. Brink has financial interests in other manufacturing concerns. He is a member of the Connecticut Manufacturers Association and of the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce.
He was born in the Rhineland, Germany, on December 19, 1883, the son of Edward Brink and of Caroline (Kreshmar) Brink. His father was born in the Rhineland in 1832, and he came to the United States in 1886 with his family, settling in Connecticut. He lived first in Manchester, and was a gunsmith for Pratt and Whitney of Hart- ford. When the company ceased the manufacture of firearms, he re- mained with them as a mechanic, and he was later mechanical en- gineer for Cheney Brothers of Manchester, and then with the Eddy Electric Company of Windsor. He died in 1900. Mr. Brink's mother was born in the Rhineland in 1842 and died in 1912.
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