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"I have joined the Masons and the Odd Fellows, but rarely have time to attend the meetings. I belong to the Massachusetts Medi- cal Society, American Medical Association, Trudeau Society, and American Climatological and Clinical Association. In the town of Sharon I have been a member of the Board of Health ever since there has been such a board, and I have been the only school physician the town has ever had.
"All in all, the days are full and the nights are short. I rarely arrive home before 11:30 at night and I rise at 7 A.M. But it is nice to have a little more to do than can be accomplished in any one day."
Griffin was born August 22, 1874, at Bradford, Massachusetts, the son of Sidney Augustus and Keziah (Dean) Griffin. He pre- pared at the Haverhill, Massachusetts, High School. He received his A.B. magna cum laude with honorable mention in history after three years' work, and obtained his M.D. cum laude in 1900 at the Medical School. He married Mabel Annie Gage, February 12, 1902, at Haverhill.
During the first World War, he served on his local Medical Advisory Board. In World War II, he personally examined all the draftees, some thiry-five hundred in all, in his district. He is the author of a number of medical papers which were published in medical journals.
WILLIAM HEARNE GRIMES
M work has been pretty much a continuation of the experi- ment in which I was engaged at the time of our Twenty-fifth Report," writes Grimes. "I started out in 1912 to try a new type of commercial banking, and it has proved to be more of a success than anticipated, for the development of consumer credit, a field which was frowned upon and the subject of a great deal of criti- cism by bankers and economists, has overcome the objections and has proved to be a very necessary branch of modern banking, especially in view of the curtailment of former types of bank loans.
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"My 'History of Commercial Credit Company,' published in September, 1946, brings out very clearly the important part played by the company as a pioneer in the development of this type of credit. In 1922 the company had grown in ten years from a com- pany of $300,000 to one of $6,000,000. It seems beyond belief that the capital has now reached $80,000,000.
"In 1942 I retired from active service in the company as vice- chairman, and since that time I have devoted my time to the re- calling of the earlier history of the undertaking."
Grimes, the son of Alexander Varden and Mary Estelle ( Kirk- land) Grimes, was born October 4, 1871, at Washington, D. C. He prepared at the High School in Washington, D. C. Before coming to Harvard, he received an LL.B. at Georgetown Univer- sity in 1892 and an LL.M. in 1893. He obtained an A.B. with our Class. He married Isabelle Clementine Seguenot, February 2, 1902, at St. Louis. Their sons are: William Alexander, born June 6, 1904; and John Seguenot, born January 1, 1906. There are two grandchildren, Shirley Carter Grimes and Anne Seguenot Grimes.
Grimes's son, William, was graduated from Harvard in 1925, and received an LL.B. in 1928. He served in World War II as a major in the Air Forces. John received his A.B. in 1926.
From 1898 to June, 1899, Grimes was engaged in the practice of law. For the following thirteen years he was credit manager in a manufacturing Company. From 1912 until his retirement in 1942, he was a commercial banker.
He is the author of "Distribution and the Finance Company," which was published in the Harvard Business Review; "The De- velopment of Consumer Credit," published in August, 1941; and "The Story of Commercial Credit Company," published in Sep- tember, 1946.
+ PIERRE JOHNSON GULICK
PIERRE JOHNSON GULICK was born December 16, 1872, at Barce- lona, Spain, the son of Luther Halsey and Louisa (Lewis) Gulick, missionaries. He came to Harvard from the Springfield, Massachusetts, High School, entering with our Class. He died in
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Cambridge on November 30, 1894. He was an exceptionally atractive young man, endowed with a fine intellect, courage, high moral standards, and lovable personality.
+ HENRY SEAVEY HACKETT
H ENRY SEAVEY HACKETT was born June 20, 1875, at Chicago. The son of George Jewett and Anna (Seavey ) Hackett, he prepared at the Berkeley School, New York, and was in college for four years, receiving an A.B. cum laude in 1897. He received a John Harvard scholarship and followed his inclination towards English and philosophy. A few years after graduation his mind gave way under the strain of overwork, and his bodily health, never very good, declined until his death at Middletown, New York, on March 4, 1915.
GEORGE FRANKLIN HAGERMAN
I N my Twenty-fifth Report, just examined," writes Hagerman, "I stated that my nine-year-old son was claiming that he would make football, baseball, and hockey teams, and that his mother believed him. From some personal experiences I wasn't so sure, but agreed to withdraw my admission of 'little accomplished' if he made good his threats.
"What I didn't know at the time, and I guess he didn't either, was that these teams were Dartmouth, not Harvard. Strange to say, he did 'make good' with a vengeance in track, hockey, and football. Among other awful results was a kicked goal after a touchdown tying a Harvard-Dartmouth game in '34 and a field goal to win the '35 game, all of which I had to sit and watch and cheer (faintly) for family reasons. Accordingly my original re- port of 'little accomplished' stands.
"I was hit by compulsory retirement June 1, 1938, after thirty- eight years of telephone assignments, including those of director, vice-president, and other executive jobs with the New England Company's subsidiaries. I became a loafer, and being naturally lazy, liked it - for a while. I later discovered that work was essential to real satisfaction.
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"Then O.P.A. offered a solution, no compensation, but plenty of work. It was a life saver and I certainly learned a lot about effective production and its dependence on skilled labor. I hope I helped to get a little more and faster production - all credit to New England's war industries for a wonderful job.
"I am now loafing again, playing with grandchildren, doing some 'baby sitting,' wiping dishes, raking leaves and, while lean- ing on a rake handle, planning a new job - all, of course, pending receipt by survivors of a card: 'Born ... Died .
Hagerman, the son of Samuel Clark and Anna Meriam (Hodges) Hagerman, was born May 30, 1873, at Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He prepared at the Lowell, Massachusetts, High School. After four years' work, he was graduated with our Class, and spent two years at the Law School. Since leaving college he has been a lawyer, engineer, and executive, largely with the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company.
He married Violette Z. Dupont, January 31, 1912, at Somer- ville, Massachusetts. Their son, Donald Clark, was born Novem- ber 7, 1912. There are three grandchildren, two girls, three and seven years of age, and a boy, one year old, who, his dad hopes, will make a Dartmouth tackle.
In World War I, Hagerman did special telephone work along Signal Corps lines. In World War II, he served as chairman of the War Production Board's panels of consultants for training within industry in war industries of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Mrs. Hagerman was active in the war relief work of the Christian Science Church of Boston. In World War II, Hager- man's son, Donald, as master of Tabor Academy and in charge of the summer school there, did special work in getting students into the United States Naval Academy.
JAMES FRANK HALL
T o make life bearable after retirement," writes James Hall, "one must develop some hobbies. Frequently men have told me that they are not interested in anything and can't develop an interest. The answer to that is to learn more about the subject in
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question, study it, and develop it. Many interesting things are coming to the world every year, and there is a wide variety of subjects from which to choose.
"My time since retirement has been devoted largely to keeping abreast of the advances in medicine and surgery. I have also de- voted time to studies in medical research."
Hall, born December 1, 1873, at Lowell, Massachusetts, is the son of Thalles and Lizzie Ann ( Clemence ) Hall. He prepared at the Lowell High School. He received his A.B. with our Class, and an M.D. cum laude at the Medical School in 1899. As an undergraduate he was a member of the Boylston Medical Society. He married Mrs. Leila Voorhies Scott, June 18, 1923, at Washing- ton, D. C.
"After graduation from medical school," writes Hall, "I took postgraduate work in Vienna, and London up to December, 1900.
"I entered the U. S. Army Medical Corps in 1901 as a first lieutenant. I was advanced through the various grades up to and including colonel, and served continuously until my retirement in 1937.
"Early in 1918 I was assigned to the defensive sector north of Paris. I participated in the campaigns of Aisne-Marne, Cham- pagne-Marne, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne. Following the Armistice in 1918, I was transferred to the American Forces in Germany, where I remained until August, 1919. In 1918 I re- ceived a citation from General Pershing, 'for especially meritori- ous and conspicuous service as commanding officer of Evacuation Hospital No. 8' during active operations of the American Expedi- tionary Force in France in 1918. I was awarded the Purple Heart."
Hall is a member of the Army & Navy Club of Washington, D. C., and of Manila, Philippine Islands. He is also a member of the Army & Navy Country Club of Arlington, Virginia.
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ROBERT WILLIAM HALL
R OBERT HALL, the son of Ephraim Gaylord Hall, University of Michigan, '61, and Alice Cogswell Crossette, was born Au- gust 17, 1872, at Cincinnati, Ohio. He prepared at the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, Connecticut. After receiving his Bachelor's degree cum laude with our Class, he entered the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where he took an A.M. in 1898 and a Ph.D. in 1901. He had previously received a Ph.B. at Yale in 1895.
He married Mary Alice Bowers, August 4, 1908, at Portland, Maine. Their children are: Roberta Bowers (Mrs. McLean), born February 17, 1911; Marjorie Crossette (Mrs. Fuller), born June 13, 1913; and Roscoe Bowers, born July 4, 1915. There are five grandchildren, four boys and one girl.
After leaving college, Hall was a professor of biology at Lehigh University. From 1902 to 1937, he was head of the department, and in 1942 he became professor emeritus. He is a fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, a life member of the Pennsylvania Forestry Association, and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Bethlehem Tuberculosis and Health Society for thirty-five years, serving as vice-president for many years. He belongs to the Bethlehem Rotary Club.
During World War I, he was directed to continue teaching, especially the Students' Army Training Corps. He was a member of the draft board. In World War II, he was a telephonist in civilian defense work.
EUGENE SAMUEL HALLE
I AM still in the security business," writes Halle, "being sole owner of Will S. Halle & Company in Cleveland, Ohio. I am keenly interested in welfare work, the kind that is trying to help others to help themselves.
"Many years ago, I came across the following lines, written, I think, by Edgar Guest:
A little more TENDERNESS A little less creed,
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A little more GIVING A little less greed,
A little more SMILE A little less frown,
A little less kicking on a man when he's down.
A little more WE A little less I,
A little more LAUGH A little less cry,
A little more flowers on the pathway of life,
And fewer on graves at the end of the strife.
"I used this poem originally because of its last two lines. I am a firm believer in doing for others what one can during life and avoiding ostentation at the grave. I also dislike, in the main, en- dowments. I prefer that principal as well as interest be used over a period of years instead of in perpetuity.
"At the present time, 1946, I am much interested in the lines, 'A little more WE, and a little less I.' Therein lie most of our present-day troubles. Most individuals and groups are primarily interested in themselves and only incidentally in the effects on the world in which they are living. Wendell Willkie in his One World expressed clearly what we ought to do, but that is what the politicians all over the world are nullifying. Until we learn to apply and not merely profess 'A little more WE . . . A little less I,' there is little chance for world betterment. It is not enough to profess belief in the Ten Commandments, it is absolutely neces- sary to apply them practically.
"I was very happy to give from my capital to the Under- graduate Library Fund this year. To my mind, the library is comparable to laboratory development in modern business, and this appeals to me greatly.
"In spite of many years of defective hearing and now of im- paired walking, I have been able to continue an active interest in business, and especially in welfare work. At the present time, I am treasurer of the Mt. Sinai Hospital of Cleveland."
Halle, the son of Manuel and Augusta (Weil) Halle, was born July 10, 1875, at Cleveland. He prepared at the University School in that city. After four years with our Class, he received his A.B. in 1897. He spent the following year at the Law School. He married Blanche Rohrheimer, June 10, 1903, at Cleveland. Their daughter, born June 5, 1905, died in infancy.
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NORWOOD PENROSE HALLOWELL
I AM still in the investment banking business where I have been since 1898," reports Hallowell. "I am proud to be one of those privileged to carry on under the fine old Boston names of Lee and Higginson. I became a partner in the firm of Lee, Higginson & Company in 1906, with my headquarters in Boston until 1932, when, largely due to the insistence of one Ivar Krueger, playing with matches and burning not only his fingers but those of some of the rest of us, I was asked by my partners to move to New York to head the newly formed Lee Higginson Corporation. And here I am, a rather happy New Yorker in intimate touch with many of my best friends in the Class but with a secret hankering to sneak back some day to enjoy the quieter life of Boston. To meet such an eventuality I am keeping as many Boston ties as possible, being a trustee of Milton Academy, the Farm & Trades School, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
'During my years in New York, by far the most interesting work outside of my business has been serving for over three years on Local Board No. 32 of the Selective Service System. We cov- ered the section between 64th and 74th Streets and Fifth Avenue and the East River, which included about six thousand regis- trants. Since its appointment the Board has sent over three thousand young men for induction. We covered a group of the rich, the middle well-to-do, and the poor. Our Board of five met every afternoon, until recently, from 5 to 7 o'clock, and many times much later. It was absorbing work, especially the interviews with the draftees. These produced feelings in us of every im- aginable kind - humor, pathos, pride, anger, and disgust. There were some who would lie and try to squirm out under all kinds of pretexts, but on the whole we were proud of the men who came through our Board. The attitude of the large majority was splen- did. They wanted to do their share and were willing and anxious to join the forces. But many times we had to make some pretty tough decisions by inducting young fathers or those with aged or sick parents. Sometimes the inductees were forced to sell out their small business in order to enlist. It was not al-
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ways a pleasant job, but what a lot we learned of human nature!
"Maintaining active correspondence during the war with my son, grandson, two sons-in-law, and four nephews, all of whom were on active duty, was one of my greatest pleasures. My son, who was an ensign in the Naval Reserve at the beginning of the war, naturally went into service at once, eventually spending about a year on a P.C. boat in the Casablanca area and later, on a D.E., of which he became commander in the Pacific. He was retired to inactive duty with the rank of commander in the early months of 1946. My son-in-law, H. Irving Pratt, a lieutenant com- mander in the Naval Reserve, was commanding officer of a mine- sweeper and received the Bronze Star Medal for his work during the assault on France and the bombardment of Cherbourg. An- other son-in-law, Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Williamson, Field Artillery Sixth Corps, received the Legion of Merit for his 'ex- ceptionally meritorious conduct' on the Anzio beachhead in Italy.
'Outside of being on innumerable committees for raising money for the United Hospitals, Russian and French Relief, U.S.O., Re- publican State Committee, and others, my work and play have been uneventful, but not without interest. Keeping in active touch with six children and twenty-one grandchildren ( eleven boys and ten girls) makes life full of excitement, for the unex- pected is always happening. Two grandchildren were married this summer, so by the law of averages I should have at least one great-grandchild before our June celebration, but probably not before this report goes to press. Here's hoping!"
Hallowell, the son of Norwood Penrose Hallowell, '61, and Sarah Wharton Haydock, was born July 3, 1875, at West Med- ford, Massachusetts. He prepared at Hopkinson's School in Bos- ton, and was graduated with our Class after four years' study. As an undergraduate he ran with the Varsity Track Team and played baseball and football with the Class teams from 1894 to 1897. He was a member of the Institute of 1770, D.K.E., Delta Phi, Porcellian, and Hasty Pudding. He was a member of the Society of Friends.
Hallowell married Margaret Ingersoll Bowditch, October 10,
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1901, at Boston. Their children are: Mary (Mrs. Crocker), born September 18, 1902; Hannah Penrose (Mrs. Bigelow), born Au- gust 19, 1904; Ellen Rice ( Mrs. Pratt), born June 9, 1906; Norwood Penrose, Jr., born November 2, 1909; Alfred Bowditch, born November 11, 1911; and Margaret (Mrs. Williamson), born May 18, 1916. Norwood, Jr., is a member of the Harvard Class of 1932, and Alfred was graduated in '34. Hallowell has two Har- vard brothers: Robert Haydock Hallowell, '96, and the late John White Hallowell, '01.
During the first World War, he was executive chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee of New England for all five loans. Mrs. Hallowell was inspector of all surgical dressings in the workroom of the American Red Cross at Milton, Massachusetts. She was also a member of the Women's Division on various liberty loans. In World War II, she was chairman of the Women's Division of Russian War Relief in the New York City campaign. She was chairman of the Volunteer Bureau for American Relief for France and vice-chairman of the Warehouse Division. She worked with the Red Cross and in the workroom of the American Hospital for Britain.
In 1898 Hallowell entered the investment banking field as a clerk with Vermilye & Company in Boston, where he remained until 1901. He entered Lee Higginson & Company as a salesman, became a partner in January, 1906, and executive vice-president of Lee Higginson Corporation in New York, in June, 1932. In December, 1939, he became chairman of the Board, and in Janu- ary, 1942, president. From 1916 to 1939 he was a partner of Higginson & Company, London. He is a director of the Gillette Safety Razor Company and the 862 Park Avenue Corporation. He is a trustee of the Associates of the Harvard Business School, Interscholastic Foundation, and a member of the Committees to Visit the Graduate School of Business Administration and the Department of Physics at Harvard. He was treasurer of the Har- vard Union from 1911 to 1918; director of the Harvard Alumni Association from 1918 to 1920; treasurer of the Harvard Bulletin from 1918 to 1920; an overseer of Harvard College from 1920 to 1926; a governor of the Investment Bankers Association of Amer-
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ica from 1912 to 1920, of which he served as vice-president from 1920 to 1922; and governor of the Investment Bankers Confer- ence, Incorporated, from 1939 to 1941.
He is a former treasurer and trustee of the Calhoun Colored School in Calhoun, Alabama; a former director of the Merchants National Bank of Boston (1924-1932), Capital Managers, Incor- porated, Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Company, Atlantic Gypsum Products Company, Blue Hill National Bank, Milton, Massachu- setts, Cape Breton Pulp & Paper Company, Galveston Electric Company, Houston Electric Company, Galveston-Houston Elec- tric Railway Company, Guarantee Company of North America, Montana Power Company, Lowell Gas Light Company, National Bank of Commerce, Boston, and Puget Sound Railway Company. He is a former trustee of the Bankers Electric Protective Associa- tion and Suffolk Savings Bank of Boston. He is a hereditary com- panion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts.
His clubs in Boston include the Tennis & Racquet, Harvard and Downtown Clubs. In New York he belongs to the Harvard Club, Links Club, Downtown Association, River Club, and Bond Club of New York.
+ GEORGE BERNARD HANAVAN
G EORGE BERNARD HANAVAN died March 24, 1934, at Forest Hills, Long Island, New York. The son of John and Joanna (O'Brien) Hanavan, he was born October 16, 1874, at Buffalo, New York, and attended high school there. He came to Harvard in 1892 and, after two years in college, took a year at the Law School. He then returned to the College for two more years, re- ceiving an A.B. in 1897, and then spent a second year in the Law School. He practised law successively in Buffalo, New York City, and Long Island City. At one time he was counsel for the New York & Queens County Railway and was later president of the Bar Association of Queens County. At the time of his death, he was president of the Gardens Corporation of Forest Hills and vice-president and general counsel of the Long Island City Star.
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He was survived by his wife, the former Mrs. Elizabeth Todd, whom he married in 1916.
+ CHARLES WILLIAM HANFORD
(HARLES WILLIAM HANFORD died July 11, 1933, at New York C
City. Born March 3, 1874, at Chicago, he was the son of Philander Chase and Emma Catherine (Marshall) Hanford, and prepared at the Harvard School in Chicago. In the fall of 1897 he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad in New York. Within two years this work took him to Pittsburgh, where he left the railroad and went into the iron and steel business as vice- president of Spang, Chalfant & Company, Incorporated. Several years later he was briefly associated with the banking firm of Potter, Choate & Prentice, in New York, then re-entered the iron and steel business in the executive offices of the Ingersoll Rand Company. He found time to travel in Europe, Australia, and Africa. During the first World War, he was attached to Naval Intelligence, as a "dollar-a-year" man. He never married.
LYMAN SAWIN HAPGOOD
I FIND that I have very little to add to what I wrote for our large Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Report," writes Hapgood. "A doc- tor's life gets to be pretty routine, although there are ample satis- factions to be derived from it. I am still in the active practice of my specialty, anaesthesia, though not so busy as I was twenty-five years ago. I am fortunate to be in good health.
"Since my two ventures to France during World War I, I have not taken any long trips to foreign lands. I missed our Thirtieth Reunion because I had the opportunity to go as a guest on a nineteen-day ice patrol tour of duty with the U. S. Coast Guard cutter, Modac, in 1927. In 1941 I took a little motor trip to Can- ada, where I had the wonderful experience, through the kindness of personal friends, to visit and meet personally the Dionne Quin- tuplets, and also Dr. Dafoe. My visit to that nursery will not be forgotten.
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"During this last war, I watched with great interest my son's part in it, which took him much greater distances around the world and kept him a much longer time ( three and a half years ) than my own experience. By a curious coincidence, we both missed our twentieth reunions from college on account of a major war, I in .1917 and he in 1945. I am quoted, apocryphally of course, as having said on my discharge in 1919 that 'George was going to fight the next war,' and it turned out that George's name was Dick. In 1945, on his discharge, he took up the same quota- tion and is on record with the same sentiment. Let's hope, how- ever, that there will be no next war."
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