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At Rhinebeck, New York, on August 25, 1932, Charles P. Rora- back married Frances Alice Bryant, daughter of Philip and Emma (Moshier) Bryant. The couple are the parents of one son, Charles Willard, who was born on August 9, 1933. He graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1955, and received his Bachelor of Laws in 1958. He is now associated with his father's firm. He married Mary E. Fluty of West Hartford and they have one son, Charles Edward, born in February 1958.
HAROLD JOSEPH BURNS
Active in the real estate and insurance field in Torrington, presi- dent and director of Burns, Brooks and McNeil, Inc., and treasurer
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and commissioner of the Housing Authority of the City of Torring- ton, Mr. Burns is a senior member of the Society of Residential Ap- praisers. In 1957 he was elected president of the Litchfield County Association of Insurance Agents, Inc.
Mr. Burns was born in Winsted on October 26, 1917, the son of Edward Joseph Burns and of Judith Marie (Palm) Burns. His father was born in Torrington, Connecticut, on July 24, 1883, and his mother was born in Sweden on September 3, 1891. He graduated from Saint Francis Parochial School, Torrington, and from Torrington High School, studied for one year at Villanova College and then graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1941, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Foreign Service. During World War II, he served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1940 to 1946, and attended the United States Naval Academy in 1941. After five years of active duty, Mr. Burns was released. to inactive duty with the rank of lieutenant commander in 1946.
A real estate broker and insurance agent from 1946 to date, Mr. Burns has been active as a real estate appraiser since 1952, and he was president of the Litchfield County Board of Realtors, Incorporated, in 1955 and 1956. A Democrat, he served as chairman of the Board of Assessors of Torringon from 1949 to 1953, and he became president of the Torrington Veterans Council in 1957. His social connections include membership in the Eagles, the Elks and the Rotary Club, and he is also a member of the Torrington Club and of the Torrington Country Club. He attends religious services as a communicant of the Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. Burns was married in New York City on November 22, 1950 to Ronda Lee Brooks, the daughter of John Hervey Brooks and of Virginia (Weston) Brooks. Both of her parents were born in Tor- rington, her father in 1900 and her mother, in 1907. Mr. Burns is the father of three children: I. Margaret Ann. 2. Molly Fiint. 3. John Brooks.
JOHN HERVEY BROOKS
Chairman of the board of the Torrington Savings Bank of Tor- rington, Connecticut, since 1949, president of the Brooks Bank and Trust Company, and associated with the banking field for nearly forty years, Mr. Brooks is a member of the Advisory Council on Banking of the State of Connecticut. He was formerly associated with the Banking Department of the State of Connecticut.
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Mr. Brooks was born in Torrington on April 13, 1900, the son of John Norton Brooks and of Alice (Atkins) Brooks. Educated in private schools, he entered the banking field in 1919 as an employee of the Banking Department of the State of Connecticut, and he be- came associated with the Brooks Bank and Trust Company in 1923. Assistant treasurer and then treasurer from 1923 to 1941, he was made a director in 1925, and he has been president of the bank since 1941. He has been president-treasurer of the Torrington Printing Company since 1950, and publisher of the "Torrington Register" since 1950. He has been president and a director of the Hotchkiss Brothers Company since 1939; vice president, treasurer and a director of the Warrenton Woolen Company since 1953; and he is a director of the Torrington Water Company and of the Sanitary Paper Company.
His community activities are many and varied. He is treasurer of the Hillside Cemetery Association; a director of the Torrington Chap- ter of the American Red Cross; treasurer of the Wolcottville School Society ; and a trustee of the Torrington Library. He is also a trustee of the Brooker Memorial and of the Hungerford Hospital; he is a member of the Torrington Historical Society; he is a trustee of the Connecticut Junior Republic; and is a member of the State Flood Commission. He is a Republican in politics.
His social connections include membership in the Masons, the Elks, the Eagles and the Sons of the American Revolution, and he is aiso a member of the Torrington Club and of the Torrington Country Club. He attends religious services as a member of the Episcopal Church.
Mr. Brooks was married at Litchfield, Connecticut, in January, 1928, to Virginia Weston, born in Torrington, Connecticut, on Janu- ary 13, 1907, the daughter of Frederick P. Weston and of Clara T. Weston. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks have one daughter, Ronda Lee, now Mrs. Harold J. Burns.
ALBERT WILLIAM CLOCK
Since the beginning of his career in banking, over forty-five years ago, Albert William Clock has been with the First National Bank of Litchfield. He is an official of a number of other corporations in his city.
A native of Litchfield, he was born on June 21, 1894, son of El- gin S. and Margaret (Stauseback) Clock. His father followed the trade of painter and decorator, and also sold insurance, and was for some years the assessor of the Town of Litchfield. Albert W. Clock
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attended the public schools there, and graduated from Litchfield High School. In 1913 he began his connection with The First National Bank of Litchfield, and advanced steadily with the organization, becoming its president in January, 1937. He is a director of the bank, and also of the Litchfield Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and F. North Clark Insurance Agency. He is director and treasurer of Litchfield County Farm Bureau and Extension Service. He is a trustee of Litchfield County4-H Foundation, Inc., White Memorial Foundation, and the Connecticut Public Expenditure Council. During World War I, Mr. Clock served in Company K, 304th Infantry, 76th Division. He served overseas for seven months. Since 1924, he has served his township as treasurer.
He is a member of the American Legion, Morgan Weir Post No. 27, Litchfield Grange No. 107 of the Patrons of Husbandry, and St. Paul's Lodge No. 11, Free and Accepted Masons. He is a communi- cant of the First Congregational Church of Litchfield, although Mis. Clock attends the Methodist Church.
She is the former Miss Helen Pauline Webster, daughter of Almon and Clara (Atwood) Webster. Mr. and Mrs. Clock were mar- ried at Litchfield on June 26, 1920. They are the parents of the fol- lowing children : 1. Robert Marshall, who was born on April 11, 1921. 2. Ernest Webster, born on September 9, 1924. 3. Marjorie Lucilie, who was born on September 15, 1929, and is now Mrs. A. M. Mitchell.
HARVEY LAWRENCE KOIZIM
Active in the practice of law in Westport since 1954, and a prac- ticing attorney since 1951, Mr. Koizim is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and the American Bar Association, he has been chair- man of the Criminal and Civil Procedures Committee of the Municipal Judges Assembly, and is a member of the Bar of the Federal District Court and of the Norwalk-Westport-Wilton Bar Association.
He was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on May 14, 1927, the sen of Moses Koizim and of Beatrice ( Bernstein) Koizim. His father was born in Austria-Hungary in 1895 and came to the United States at the age of seven. He operated ladies ready-to-wear stores in Water- bury and New Haven, manufactured rubber and plastic sundries in New Haven, and is now retired and living in New Haven. Mr. Koi- zim's mother was born in New York City in 1899.
Mr. Koizim graduated from Cheshire Academy in 1944 and ob- tained the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Colby College in 1948. He
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received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from Yale University Law School in 1951. He then began the practice of law in Norwalk, and it was in 1954 that he established his office in Westport.
A Democrat in politics and judge of the Municipal Court from 1955 to 1959. Mr. Koizim has been active in community organiza- tions and was a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Boy Scouts of the Manwehu Council. Co-chairman of the Cerebral Palsy Drive of Westport, he is trustee and secretary of Temple Israel of Fairfield, where he attends religious worship, he is a trustee of the Visiting Homemakers of Westport, is chairman of the Foundation Committee of the Mid-Fairfield County Child Guidance Center, a trustee of the Mid-Fairfield Youth Museum, and he is active on the Westport Board of Trade. A member of Tau Delta Phi fraternity, he enjoys social connections also as a member of the Yale Alumni of Fairfield County, of the Colby Alumni, and as a member of the Lions Club and of the Elks.
Mr. Koizim was married in New York City on June II, 1950, to Ellen Shiffman, born on June 13, 1928, the daughter of Harry Shiff- man, M.D., and of Viola (Herrmann) Shiffman. Her father was born in New York City in 1896 and died in 1953. Mrs. Koizim's mother was born in New York City in 1908. Mrs. Koizim graduated from Taft High School in 1945, obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science at Purdue University in 1949, and then received the degree of Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1950. Chairman of the Cerebral Palsy Drive of Westport, she is also active in the Parent- Teachers Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Koizim have two children: 1. John David, born in New Haven on February 2, 1952, is now a student at the Westport School. 2. Harriet Ann, born on November 24, 1955.
CHARLES MARTIN BRENNAN, JR.
Ever since his undergraduate days at Yale University, Charies Martin Brennan, Jr., has been executive head of an important indus- try of his home city, the New Haven Malleable Iron Company. This firm is a producer of castings in aluminum as well as iron, and several members of the family have been identified with its management.
Born at Bridgeport on February 10, 1915, Mr. Brennan is a son of Charles Martin, Sr., and Helen Nihil (Keefe) Brennan. Charles Martin, Sr., who was born at Naugatuck in 1880, represents the second generation of the family in the foundry industry. In partner-
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ship with his two brothers, Edward P. and William F. Brennan, he founded the New Haven Malleable Iron Company in 1916. He was active in the Rotary Club, as well as other clubs and civic organiza- tions. His death occurred on February 19, 1956. Helen N. Keefe, whom he married, was born in New Haven in 1882, survives her husband, and still lives in that city. Her father, William Keefe, was once sheriff of New Haven County.
Reared in New Haven and attending its public schools, Charles M. Brennan, Jr., graduated from New Haven High School in 1933. He was fortunate in being able to pursue his advanced studies in the same city, at famed Yale University, where he took his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1938. He has since taken some summer courses at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
In 1936, while still a student at Yale, he was made president of the New Haven Malleable Iron Company, a post he has held ever since. His brother, John A. Brennan, is associated with him in its management, holding the offices of vice president and assistant treas- urer. The firm, which specializes in the production of malleable iron and aluminum castings, has recently established a hardware division as well, and the small tools and clamps which it produces have already found a market throughout the nation. There are about a hundred full-time employees on the company's payroll. Home offices are at 385 Clinton Avenue in New Haven.
Charles M. Brennan, Jr., is a past director of the Malleable Founders' Society, as was his late father. In his home city he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the New Haven Lawn Club, the New Haven Country Club and the Pine Orchard Club, and he also belongs to the Yale Club of New York City. He was formerly a Rotarian. His fraternity is Beta Theta Pi. In religious faith he is a Roman Catholic.
In Philadelphia, on September 21, 1940, Charles M. Brennan, Jr., married Margaret Mary Gleeson. Born in 1918 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she is a daughter of Lawrence and Jule (Flaherty) Gleeson. Both of her parents were natives of Philadelphia, and both are deceased. Her father was an insurance broker in Philadelphia. Mrs. Brennan spent most of her early life in Philadelphia, and at- tended a convent school there. She is active in and a director of the New Haven Chapter of the Red Cross. The couple are the parents of three children: 1. Charles Martin. 3rd, who was born on January 30, 1942. He is attending Choate School. 2. Barbara, born January 28, 1943; attending Fox Hollow Academy, Lenox, Massachusetts.
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3. Joan, born December 17, 1946; a student at Foote School in New Haven. All of the children were born in New Haven.
John Arthur Brennan, who is vice president and assistant treas- urer of the New Haven Malleable Iron Company, was born in New Haven on May 18, 1921. He is a graduate of The Choate School and attended Yale University. He served three years in the Army Air Transport Command, and in the course of that time was stationed both in India and in Europe. On receiving his honorable discharge from the service, he joined the company, in which he has held execu- tive office since. He is clerk and a trustee of the Pine Orchard Union Chapel Association in Pine Orchard. He is a member and was chair- man of the Entertainment Committee of Pine Orchard Club, 1957 and 1958, St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Church in Stoney Creek, and treasurer of the International Rhodes Racing Association, 1958 and 1959. John A. Brennan married Joan E. Somerby, and they have four children: 1. Beth. 2. John A., Jr. 3. Martha H., and 4. Laura S., twins.
FREDERICK JOHN FERRIS
After some years with the United States Steel Corporation, Frederick John Ferris entered the insurance business in New Canaan and now heads his own agency. He is a veteran of naval service in World War II, and takes a full part in the activities of insurance men's groups and in community affairs.
Born at Flushing, in the Borough of Queens, New York City, on October 22, 1918, he is a son of John Uriah and Harriet (Colman) Ferris. His father was born August 11, 1879, in the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, and attended school in Massachusetts. He be- came a division sales manager for the United States Rubber Company. Now retired, he lives at Naugatuck. He served that township as tax collector for two years, and has been active in Masonry. Harriet Colman, whom he married, was born in Massachusetts on January I, 1879. She received a grade school education in her native state, and has been active in the Daughters of the American Revolution. She too is living at Naugatuck.
In the public schools of that city, Frederick J. Ferris received his early education, and he graduated from Naugatuck High School in 1936. Entering Yale University, he graduated there in 1941 with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. In that year he began his connection with the United States Steel
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Corporation, with which he remained until 1946, with the exception of his leave of absence to serve in the United States Navy.
He entered naval service in 1942, and served with the Atlantic Fleet on a destroyer escort vessel. His ship was awarded a Presidential Unit citation for its antisubmarine work. He attained the rank of lieutenant, senior grade. Discharged in 1945, he holds no reserve status.
Not long after resuming his connection with United States Steel Corporation at the war's end, Mr. Ferris resigned from the organization permanently, and on January 1, 1948, entered the in- surance field in New Canaan. In June, 1951, he formed a partnership with Charles M. Richmond, establishing the agency known as Rich- mond and Ferris. They continued in partnership until June, 1955, when Mr. Ferris became sole owner. He has been head of the firm since. Its offices are at 300 Main Street, Stamford.
Mr. Ferris is a member of the Stamford Association of Insur- ance Agents, the Connecticut Association of Insurance Agents, the National Association of Insurance Agents, and the Navy League. He and his family attend the Episcopal Church.
At New Canaan on August 4, 1942, Frederick John Ferris mar- ried Bettina McIlroy. She was born in Canada on March 31, 1918, daughter of Dr. P. T. and Patricia McIlroy. Her father too was born in Canada and graduated from McGill University, receiving his de- gree of Doctor of Medicine. He now practices at Redding, Connecti- cut. Mrs. McIlroy is deceased. A graduate of Yale Music School, Mrs. Ferris completed her courses there in 1941 and holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Music. Mr. and Mrs. Ferris have four chil- dren: I. Peter Colman, who was born in New Canaan on July 18, 1943. He is attending New Canaan High School, and plays on the basketball, baseball and football teams. 2. Susan Elizabeth, born July 30, 1947, in Stamford. 3. John William, born September 29, 1952: in New Canaan. 4. Thomas Jeffrey, born May 28, 1954.
CLEMENT LOUIS RAITERI, JR.
One of the youngest men to join Stamford's circle of business leaders is Clement Louis Raiteri, Jr., who heads his own insurance agency with offices at 239 Main Street. He represents the Travelers insurance group. Mr. Raiteri is a veteran of overseas service with the Field Artillery. He was elected to serve in the upper house of the State Legislature in 1958.
Born in Stamford on June 12, 1928, he is a son of Clement and Jane (Vitale) Raiteri. His father, who was born in Torino, Italy, on
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April 30, 1898, came to this country about 1910, immediately settling at Stamford. He attended schools in his native country, and continued his education at St. John's Parochial School in Stamford. Early in his career he entered the restaurant business, in which he remained until his retirement. He still lives in Stamford with Mrs. Raiteri, the former Jane Vitale, who was born in New York on January 24, 1905. She attended Wall Street School and Burdick Junior High School in Stamford.
The Stamford public schools also provided the formal education of Clement L. Raiteri. Although he holds no college degree, he studied real estate law at Pace Institute and actuarial studies at Bridgeport University.
Until his entry into military service, he worked in his father's restaurant, becoming its manager. Enlisting in the 192nd Field Artillery Battalion, a Connecticut National Guard unit, in 1947, he was with this outfit when it was called into federal service as a com- ponent of the 43rd Division. This was in September, 1950, shortly after this country had become involved in the Korean War. In 1951, he was sent to Germany and stationed at Bad Tolz in Bavaria. He returned to this country in May, 1952, and received his honorable discharge in the rank of sergeant first class.
Following his return to civilian life, Mr. Raiteri attended the Travelers' Insurance school for agents, and after concluding his courses there, opened his own agency on January 1, 1954. He has headed this agency since.
A Democrat in politics, he has become active in public affairs. He was elected to Stamford's Board of Representatives in 1955 and re-elected in 1957. In 1958 he was elected to the State Senate.
He is a member of the lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Springdale Athletic Club, Old Timers Club and The Italian Center. His religious faith is Roman Catholic.
RAYMOND MATHEWSON HOOD, JR.
The profession of architecture has long been the major oc- cupational interest in the family of Raymond Mathewson Hood, Jr. He practices at Stamford, where he has his own offices at 303 Main Street.
Born in Greenwich on July 25, 1921, he is a son of Raymond Mathewson, Sr., and Elsie Esterdina (Schmidt) Hood. His father
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too was an architect. Born at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on March 29, 1881, the elder Raymond M. Hood graduated from Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, where he received his degree of Bache- lor of Science in 1903. He studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1911, graduating as Architecte Diplôme; and in 1931 Brown University conferred on him the honorary degree of Master of Arts. After working for the architectural firms of Cram, Goodhue and Fer- guson and Palmer, Hornbostel and Jones, he formed an association as Hood, Godley and Fouilhoux in 1927, and from this the firm of Hood and Fouilhoux was formed in 1931. Raymond M. Hood, Sr., remained active as a member of that firm until his death on August 4, 1934. He won a wide reputation as an architect, and a number of awards. Among these were the Chicago Tribune Tower Competition, in con- junction with John Mead Howells; the Medal of Honor of the Architectural League of New York in 1926; the Gold Medal of the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1927; and the Fifth Avenue Association Medal of Honor in 1935. He also received the decoration of Chevalier de la Couronne from the Belgian government. He was consultant on the rebuilding of the University of Brussels; associate architect of the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago in 1933; and one of the associated architects on Rockefeller Center in 1932. He was a member of the Architectural League of New York, the American Institute of Architects, the Bund Deutscher Architekten, the Groupe Américain des Architectes Dip- lôme of the Beaux Arts Society, and an alumnus of the American Academy in Rome. In politics he was a Socialist and Democrat. In New York City, in 1920, he married Elsie Esterdina S. Schmidt, who was born in that city in 1899, and died in 1946 in Stamford. They had three children: I. Raymond M., Jr. 2. Trientje van Boelsen. 3. Richard.
Completing his preparatory studies at Cranbrook School in Detroit in 1938, Raymond M. Hood, Jr., entered Princeton Univer- sity, where he took his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1942. He also prepared for his profession at Princeton, following his return from wartime military service, and received his degree of Master of Fine Arts in 1949.
His wartime service was with the United States Army Air Corps, in which he enlisted in 1942. As a staff sergeant, he served with the Eighth Air Force in the European Theater of Operations, being a bomb-sight mechanic. He earned a Distinguished Unit Badge with cluster, the European theater ribbon with six battle stars, and the
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Victory Medal. He received his honorable discharge at the end of 1945.
Following the completion of his architectural training in 1949, he began work in the firm of Harrison, Abramowitz and Francis L. S. Mayers in Stamford. He has been engaged in his own practice since 1950, and has had his own office since 1954. In 1956-1957, he was in partnership with Larch C. Renshaw. He has also been asso- ciated with Guy Francis Lamb since 1954, although this is not a formal partnership. Mr. Hood holds membership in the Connecticut Society of Architects and the Stamford Society of Architects. His nonprofessional memberships include the Elm Club of Princeton Uni- versity. He is a Protestant in religious faith, active in no church. Politically he registers as a Democrat.
On April 1, 1949, at Stamford, Raymond Mathewson Hood, Jr., married Gloria Jean Magnani Thomas. Born in New York City on June 6, 1924, she is a daughter of Leo and Ella Meta (Bullwinkel) Magnani. Her father, also a native of New York City, is in the wholesale food business. The couple live in Stamford. Mrs. Hood received her education in the New York City public schools, and the Lincoln School, also in New York. Active in the Junior League, she has served on a number of its committees. The couple have two adopted children: I. Raymond Mathewson, 3rd, who was born in Yonkers, New York, on September 19, 1950. 2. Dierdre van Bolsen, born No- vember 16, 1953, also in Yonkers.
FREDERICK MICHAEL LIONE, JR.
One of Stamford's younger business leaders, Frederick Michacl Lione, Jr., is capably filling substantial executive duties with the Vuono Construction Company. A native of Stamford, he was born on March 23, 1934, and is a son of Frederick Michael, Sr., and Eva (Vuono) Lione. His father, also born at Stamford, on May 9, 1901, received his degree of Bachelor of Business Administration from Boston Uni- versity, and studied engineering subjects at Columbia University. Joining the Vuono Construction Company in 1934, he was made its president in 1955, the office he still holds. He is a Kiwanian, and holds the Fourth degree in the Knights of Columbus. Eva Vuono, whom he married, was born July 24, 1908, in Stamford. She attended the schools of that city, and Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York, where she received her degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1932.
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