USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Cambridge > Harvard class of 1925 : thirty-fifth anniversary report > Part 10
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20
HERMAN MILTON KROPP: President of Furniture Manufactur- ing Company. Home Address, 1108 N. 15th St., Fort Smith, Ark. Office Address, Fort Smith Table Co., Fort Smith, Ark. Married, Ethyl Imogene Dunbar, Feb. 27, 1932, Fayetteville, Ark. Children, Phoebe Johanna, July 26, 1934; William John, 2d, July 6, 1938.
Little different to report. Still alive and kicking; still married to the same woman I started out with; and still with the same firm in the same capacity (with name changed now to Fort Smith Table Company ).
My daughter has since graduated from college (University of Tulsa, B.A. '56), and is now head of the physical education depart- ment at Bell Junior High School in Tulsa. My son is now a senior
109
35th Anniversary Report
at North Carolina State College at Raleigh, North Carolina, where he expects to get his degree this spring in furniture manufacturing and management. Neither of my children has married; hence, no grandchildren.
Otherwise continuing life in a medium-sized city in the south- west, taking part in whatever activities the community has, and trying hard to earn an honest buck or two.
VICTOR HARRIS KUGEL: Physician. Home Address, 2929 N. Bay Rd., Miami Beach 40, Fla. Office Address, 1700 Meridian Ave., Miami Beach 39, Fla. Married, Faye Huber, June 4, 1936, New York, N.Y. Children, Constance Louise, Connecticut Coll. '63, Sept. 8, 1941; William Henry, Oct. 28, 1945.
Professional - private practice of medicine ( specialty - cardio- vascular); chief of cardiology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach; consultant in cardiology, Veterans Administration, Coral Gables; assistant clinical professor of medicine, University of Miami Medical School; Deans Committee, Coral Gables; fellow, American College of Physicians. Organizations - past president, Miami and Florida Heart Associations; director, Miami and Florida Heart Associations; chairman, Community Service Program, Florida Heart Association; Rehabilitation Committee, American Heart Association.
EMMANUEL KURLAND: Lawyer. Home Address, 30 Montvale Rd., Newton Center, Mass. Office Address, 31 Milk St., Boston, Mass. Married, Bess Rabinovitz, Nov. 4, 1933, Boston, Mass. Children, Robert Jay, Harvard Law School '60, Dec. 12, 1936; Roger David, Nov. 11, 1943.
Still absorbed in the practice of law.
SAMUEL KURLAND: Teaching - Professor of Jewish History and Philosophy. Home Address, 808 69th Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Office Address, Gratz College, Mt. Vernon Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Mar- ried, Mildred E. White, July 15, 1932, Boston, Mass. Children, Jonathan Joshua, Jan. 11, 1939; Daniel Judah, Dec. 25, 1939; Rachel, July 25, 1948.
During the past five years I have taught here at Gratz College (professor of Jewish history and philosophy ) and at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (visiting lecturer in Jewish history ) in New York City. Published two volumes and collaborated
110
Harvard Class of 1925
on a third in the Mediaeval Academy of America's Corpus Com- mentariorum Averrois in Aristotelem. At work on a new book in Jewish history. Have always enjoyed teaching, though there comes a time when the yearning sets in for the opportunity to still the din of one's own voice long enough to meet the challenge of putting ideas to the acid test of definitive written form.
FREDERICK REGINALD LACK: Consulting Engineer. Home and Office Address, 176 Main St., Southport, Conn. Married, Har- riet Colgate Abbe, July 14, 1920 (died March 7, 1934); Elizabeth K. Abbe, March 29, 1940. Child, Harriet C. Abbe (m. Wadi Issa Sawabini). Grandchildren, Wadi I. Sawabini, 1950; Frederick L. Sawabini, 1951; Stuart J. Sawabini, 1953; Julia M. Sawabini, 1954.
Retired as vice-president, Western Electric Company, New York, 1958. Now consulting engineer. Director, Sprague Electric Company, North Adams, Massachusetts; Hazeltine Corporation, Little Neck, Long Island, New York; Dukane Corporation, St. Charles, Illinois; Smith Winchester Manufacturing Company, Windham, Connecticut. Now director of engineering, Electronic Industry Association; president, Pequot Library Association, South- port, Connecticut; past member, Visiting Committee, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard College.
FRANCIS WILLING LAFARGE: Investment Banking. Home Ad- dress, 136 E. 64th St., New York 5, N.Y .; South Kent, Conn. Office Address, Clark, Dodge & Co., 61 Wall St., New York 5, N.Y. Mar- ried, Helen Rust, Feb. 5, 1929, Boston, Mass (divorced 1938); Ruth Potter, Aug. 5, 1940, Minden, Nev. (divorced 1945); Loraine Grover, July 20, 1946, St. Louis, Mo. Children, Francis Willing, Jr., Jan. 31, 1930 (m. Sally Taft); Diane, Oct. 20, 1931 (m. Warren Wilson Perry ); Jonathan T., Oct. 15, 1941. Grandchildren, Francis Willing LaFarge, 3d, Nov. 15, 1955; Karen LaFarge, Nov. 20, 1956.
General partner in the firm of Clark, Dodge & Company; presi- dent and director of Capoc Industries, Inc., Capoc, Mich., and of Capoc Plastics, Minneapolis; director, Sherman Products, Inc., Royal Oak, Mich., and Garden Highlands, Inc., Puerto Rico; chair- man, New York County Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society; president, Lake Waramaug Country Club, New Preston, Conn .; and member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Analysts Club, the New York Society of Security Analysts, and the Kent,
111
35th Anniversary Report
Conn., Chamber of Commerce. Diversions - golf, fishing and gardening, in that order.
FRANK SHEDD LALLY died July 19, 1959, at Easton, Md.
MAURICE JOSEPH LANGSAM: Orthopedic Surgeon. Home Address, 9-05 162d St., Whitestone, N.Y. Office Address, 42-27 Union St., Flushing 55, N.Y. Married, Augusta Maksik, Nov. 20, 1931, New York, N.Y. (divorced 1956); Georgette Farrell, April, 1957. Children, Harvey Stevens, Sept. 5, 1932 (married); Barry William and Lawrence Edward (twins), June 5, 1935 (both mar- ried ).
I have become a consultant orthopedic surgeon for many in- surance companies and industrial concerns. Much of my time is spent testifying in the Supreme Court where I act as impartial specialist.
My principal interest is trying to make a killing in the stock market which would then give me the opportunity to clip coupons and count my dividends.
The two months' vacation I take every year is spent in visiting the different continents and collecting objects of art or handcrafts representative of the various places we tour. We have a sizable collection at this time and we are now looking forward to our next trip which will take us to the Far East.
RUSSELL CARPENTER LARCOM died March 27, 1959, at Bir- mingham, Ala.
CARL THEODORE LARSON: Professor of Architecture. Home Address, 3575 E. Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, Mich. Office Address, College of Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Married, Marjorie Worthington MacNaught, April 24, 1930, Naples, Italy. Children, Ronal Worthington, July 11, 1933 (m. Gretchen Anne Ebling); Dana Woodford, June 9, 1936 (m. Charlene Mary Koch).
Aside from the personal satisfaction that comes from teaching and being an integral part in the activity of the on-coming genera- tion, there is also a great pleasure, shared with my wife, in watch- ing the careers of our own sons unfold. Both are confirmed Michi- ganders. Ronal is now employed as a research assistant in the
112
Harvard Class of 1925
University of Michigan Research Institute's electron tube labora- tory; he expects to get his Ph.D. within the year. Dana has shifted his field from geology to finance; he will get a Master's degree in business administration next June.
Another personal satisfaction has been the privilege of serving as the Ann Arbor area chairman for A Program for Harvard College. This has brought me into close contact with many Harvard men whom I might otherwise not have known. A surprisingly large percentage of the Michigan faculty are Harvard alumni. It is quite understandable why there is such a strong bond between the two institutions.
Professionally, my own interests extend in three directions:
(1) The problem of international development. This interest derives from the stimulating experiences my wife and I had in Indonesia, where we spent four months in 1956 while I served as senior consultant ( socio-economics) for the United Nations Tech- nical Assistance Administration at the Regional Housing Center in Bandung. Southeast Asia is a part of the world we'll all be hearing more about in the next few years.
(2) The problem of how to measure the effect of schoolhouse architecture on the teaching-learning process. Recently Educational Facilities Laboratories, Inc., a unit of the Ford Foundation, has given the University of Michigan a grant to start a long-range program of school environments research. This study, for which I have been designated project director, will involve many other disciplines besides architecture.
(3) The problem of what to do about the increasing flood of print. There is a growing need for a dynamic pattern of organiza- tion - what I like to call a "development index" - that will permit accumulated information to be processed and stored in electronic machines for speedy selective retrieval by those interested in advancing the frontiers of knowledge.
Believe it or not, all three problems are interwoven and inter- acting.
MAYNARD LOCKE LAWRENCE died October 2, 1957, at Trum- bull, Conn.
ROBERT NEAL LEATH died May 9, 1952, at Los Angeles, Calif.
113
35th Anniversary Report
CHARLES LEBOUTILLIER, JR .: Director of Advertising & Dis- play. Home Address, Stonewood, Brooklandville, Md. Office Ad- dress, Cannon Shoe Co., Baltimore 17, Md. Married, Anne Pugh, Nov. 18, 1941, Brooklandville, Md. Children, Frances, Feb. 8, 1943; Katherine, Dec. 18, 1944; Geoffrey, Sept. 20, 1947.
Principally, in addition to attending to those duties classed as keeping one's body and soul together, what is left of me continues to derive unceasing gratification from the challenging activity of breeding, showing, judging and training dogs - poodles in par- ticular. I do still find some little time for painting but must confess to a sameness of subject which is invariably a poodle. Fanatic! Veritas!
STEPHEN VAN PRAAG LEE died April 27, 1931, at San Marino, Calif.
* JONATHAN NORTON LEONARD: Address, 19 Burnside Drive, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
CHARLES MARTIN LERER: Lawyer. Home Address, 33 Tre- mont St., Maynard, Mass. Office Address, 74 Main St., Maynard, Mass. Married, Ida E. Lehto, April 26, 1936, Greenville, N.H.
After twenty-five years I closed my Boston office and now practise law from my Maynard office. About three years ago, I declined reappointment as town counsel to devote all my time to my private law practice. I am a member of the Middlesex and Massachusetts Bar Associations, the Massachusetts Town Counsels' and City Solicitors' Association, and also am a member of Rotary. I spend my spare time at our summer place at Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester, where the living is easy. I am still president of the Maynard Consumer Credit Union and have been since it was organized ten years ago. Life has been good to me. It is always a pleasure to meet with classmates, and I hope to attend more Class meetings in the future.
HENRY PETER LESBURT: Address, 77 Pleasant St., Lynn, Mass.
THOMAS SUTTON LESTER: Accounting. Home Address, 13 Ohio St., Dedham, Mass. Office Address, Eastern Gas & Fuel Asso-
114
Harvard Class of 1925
ciates, 250 Stuart St., Boston, Mass. Married, Mae M. Cabrel, Nov. 21, 1931, Braintree, Mass. Child, Richard Frederick, June 3, 1937.
There has been no basic change in my activities, vocational and avocational, since my report for 1950. I enjoy teaching at North- eastern University increasingly as the years go by. I think I should have elected pedagogy rather than accounting for a vocation; yet maybe it's more fun to teach avocationally than steadily day after day. As for a philosophy of life, my 1950 statement concerning ambition still holds good.
ALEXANDER LEVIN: Lawyer. Home Address, 9437 Shore Rd., Brooklyn 9, N.Y. Office Address, 61 Broadway, New York 6, N.Y. Married, Rose Kershman, June 10, 1945, Brooklyn, N.Y. Children, Ida Jane, March 4, 1947; Steven I., Aug. 12, 1949.
MAURICE LEVINSKY: Last Known Address, 9 Oxford St., Port- land, Maine. (Lost.)
AARON LEVY: Physician. Home Address, Wakefield Boulevard, Winsted, Conn. Office Address, 26 Elm St., Winsted, Conn. Married, Marie Stone, June, 1950.
I'm still doing general practice ( sometimes I hate you, sometimes I love you).
REGINALD LEVY died August 14, 1951, at Chicago, Ill.
JOSEPH L. LEWIS: Physician - Pediatrics. Home Address, 496 Waverley Oaks Rd., Waltham 54, Mass. Office Address, 25 Grant St., Waltham 54, Mass. Married, Ruth E. London, July 6, 1930, Attleboro, Mass. Child, Martha L. Lewis, Radcliffe '63, July 6, 1941.
Anticipating the Thirty-fifth Anniversary Reunion, our Finleys, Hammonds and Carters will agree that Ovid described '25 in his words:
Scilicet ingeniis aliqua est concordia junctis,
Et servat studii foedera quisque sui. -
In truth there is a certain alliance between kindred minds,
And each one cherishes the ties of his own pursuit.
This diversified togetherness marks the biography of our Class.
* JAMES ALLAN LIND: Address, 1213 Michigan Ave., Evanston, Ill.
115
35th Anniversary Report
CHARLES FREDERICK LINGHAM died February 26, 1949, en route to Lockport, N.Y.
SYDNEY LITTER: Lawyer. Home Address, 1498 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass. Office Address, 73 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. Married, Estelle Newman, Dec. 22, 1935, Brookline, Mass.
LELAND AARON LITTLEFIELD: Physician. Home and Office Address, 205 Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass. Married, Alice J. Sangster, Oct. 26, 1935, Sherbrooke, Canada. Children, Alice Elea- nor, May 23, 1938; Leland Richard, Jan. 31, 1941.
WILLIAM DUDLEY LIVINGSTON: Electronics. Home Address, 242 Glen Rd., Weston 93, Mass. Office Address, Raytheon Co., Bed- ford, Mass. Married, Jane Edson, July 5, 1930, Sewickley, Pa. (di- vorced 1938); Bertha Whitridge Smith, April 24, 1942, Baltimore, Md. Children, William Dudley, Jr., April 5, 1933; Ann Whitridge, April 2, 1943; Joan Murray, Dec. 5, 1945.
It was something of a surprise, coming to Boston in '59 to begin the sixth - and presumably last - phase of life since '25 (none of which began in '50). Having come to know a good many parts of the country, it is refreshing to find that this area has retained so much of the distinguished character to which my friends, the natives, used to wish us to salaam those thirty-five years ago. That must be because of these natives and the others they have attracted here, and we are glad to be numbered among the latter.
It was also something of a shock to be in the armament business again, having parted with it presumably forever, after being valet and tinker to so much naval gunnery during the war. Despite their objectives, the past and present implements of that trade represent a high level of human ingenuity. The people who serve them - because the popular need demands such service - are privi- leged to be living on present-day frontiers. They constantly hope that the ultimate results will help to protect a decent life on the earth, and they are equally constantly seeking for by-product re- results which may contribute more immediate and specific bene- fits. Over all is the pervading realization of how tenuous our situa- tion is, despite brotherly hockey games.
116
Harvard Class of 1925
Under the circumstances, activities, interests and diversions are absorbed in learning how missile "birds" fly high and become smat- teringly familiar with "space." In spots, our 1918 canoe has been probing the upper reaches of the Charles, which were unreachable via single shell, and the same old feet have been exploring the woodlands nearby. No bird watching - yet.
As an ave non vale, a salute to the members of '25 and our close contemporaries who were so greatly responsible for the success of the Program.
HAMILTON DE FOREST LOCKWOOD, JR .: Investment Analyst. Home Address, 380 Marlborough St., Boston 15, Mass. Office Ad- dress, State Street Research & Management Co., 140 Federal St., Boston 10, Mass.
JOHN DAVIS LODGE: U.S. Ambassador to Spain. Home Address, Easton Road, Westport, Conn. Office Address, American Embassy, Madrid, Spain. Married, Francesca Braggiotti, July 6, 1929, Boston, Mass. Children, Lily de Pourtalés, April 12, 1930; Beatrice Anna Cabot, May 2, 1938.
After finishing a four-year term as governor of Connecticut in January, 1955, I was appointed Ambassador to Spain by President Eisenhower. I reported for duty in Madrid in March, 1955, and am still serving in that capacity. During this time I have made a num- ber of trips home for State Department consultations, occasional speeches, and leave. This has enabled me to keep in touch with family, friends, and colleagues in public life. I also performed two weeks' annual active duty in the Navy in 1959 with the Second Fleet in the NATO exercise "Riptide," and, in each of the five preceding years, with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. I am associated with a number of charities both in the United States and in Spain.
DONALD PRESCOTT LOKER: Vice-president, Food Packing Company. Home Address, 14 Williamsburg Lane, Rolling Hills, Calif. Office Address, Star-Kist Foods, Inc., 582 Tuna St., Terminal Island, Calif. Married, Katherine Bogdanovich, June 12, 1940, Skowhegan, Maine. Children, Deborah Prescott, April 25, 1951; Katherine Olyott, June 25, 1952.
117
35th Anniversary Report
* JOSEPH LORD: Address, 176 Beacon St., Boston 16, Mass.
EDWARD GEORGE LOWRY, JR .: Finance. Home Address, 2A Washington Mews, New York 3, N.Y. Office Address, General Re- insurance Corp., 400 Park Ave., New York 22, N.Y. Married, Ruth Driver, Aug. 23, 1928, Milton, Mass. Children, Ruth Elizabeth, April 16, 1930 (m. Anthony Arnold); Edward George, 3d, Harvard '53, LL.B. '56, Feb. 13, 1932. Grandchildren, George Anthony Arn- old, July 20, 1957; William Stanleigh Arnold, Nov. 25, 1958.
Chairman and chief executive officer of the General Reinsurance Corporation and affiliated companies; director, Marine Midland Trust Company of New York, Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, and United-Greenfield Corporation; trustee, Bowery Savings Bank. Di- versions: weekending on the eastern shore of Maryland and sail- ing a small boat up and down the eastern seaboard as opportunity affords - which isn't often enough.
GEORGE P. LUDLAM: Public Service Advertising. Home Ad- dress, 67 Third St., Garden City, Long Island, N.Y. Ofice Address, Advertising Council, Inc., 25 W. 45th St., New York, N.Y. Married, Kathleen Kieffer, Oct. 15, 1943. Children, Stephen, April 25, 1947; Anne Brett, June 5, 1950.
Business - a continuation of the same described in 1950 and 1955. I am a vice-president of the Advertising Council, in charge of operations in New York, and also a member of the board of di- rectors.
Interests - somewhere back about 1955 I must have talked too prominently, because since that time I have found myself a founder and first president of the Garden City Citizens Committee on Edu- cation, and a member of the New York State Citizens Committee for the Public Schools. I am presently on the Advisory Council of the latter organization, and am also a trustee of Union Free School District 18, Garden City.
Diversions - this spring we swapped our motor-cruiser for a family sailboat, so instead of grounding happily on the sand-banks of Long Island's south shore, as I reported in 1955, we now spend our weekends getting off the rocks and ledges of the north shore.
* JOSEPH FITZGERALD LULEY: Address, P.O. Box 1, Port Canaveral, Fla.
118
Harvard Class of 1925
ARTHUR GEORGE LYNCH: Chemist - Technical Sales Service. Home Address, 97 Locust St., Garden City, Long Island, N.Y. Office Address, Titanium Pigment Div., National Lead Co., 99 Hudson St., New York 13, N.Y. Married, Cornelia Anne Brody, Jan. 1, 1934, New York, N.Y. Children, Arlanne Patricia, March 14, 1935; Kath- leen Claire, May 9, 1938.
We lead very uneventful lives. Diversions are a little golf and bridge.
CHARLES ARTHUR LYNCH: Professor of Greek and Latin Classics and Linguistics. Home Address, 782 River Ave., Provi- dence 8, R.I., and Plum Beach, Saunderstown P.O., R.I. Office Address, Classics Dept., Brown University, Providence 12, R.I. Married, Bernadette Pelletier, April 2, 1923. Children, Charles Arthur Peter, Jan. 31, 1924 (m. Diane Fletcher); Jerome Benedict, March 6, 1931 (m. Marcia A. Ransehousen); Patricia Anne, July 31, 1940. Grandchildren, Geoffrey Peter Lynch, May 22, 1950; Jonathan David Lynch, Feb. 2, 1953; and Matthew Paul Lynch, Dec. 21, 1953, all sons of C. A. Peter and Diane Fletcher Lynch.
I have completed my thirty-second year as teacher of classical philology at Brown University. In 1957 I sailed on the Battleship Iowa to Rio de Janeiro, flew on a Navy plane south then west over the Andes into Santiago, Chile, then north and east up the Pacific coast and back to Norfolk, Virginia. I was civilian observer of the Naval R.O.T.C. training cruise. This summer I worked in my Plum Beach, Saunderstown, Rhode Island, cottage as research as- sistant to the Yale University Library. My task was to prepare for the St. Thomas More Project, an edition of More's Latin epigrams.
PRESCOTT CLIFFTON MABON: Assistant to President, Ameri- can Telephone & Telegraph Company. Home Address, 36 Commo- dore Rd., Chappaqua, N.Y. Office Address, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., 195 Broadway, New York 7, N.Y. Married, Wilifred White, Feb. 11, 1928, Utica, N.Y. Children, Susan Prescott, June 29, 1930; David White, Harvard '57, Aug. 29, 1935.
THOMAS DABNEY MABRY, JR .: Farmer. Home Address, R.F.D. 1, Allensville, Ky. Married, Ethel Haven, Oct. 22, 1942, New York, N.Y. Children, Susan Haven, Feb. 15, 1944; Eliza Dabney, Aug. 24, 1946.
119
35th Anniversary Report
EDWARD JOHN MCCARTHY: Chief Engineer, Massachusetts Department of Public Works. Home Address, 72 Pilgrim Rd., Wellesley, Mass. Office Address, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works, 100 Nashua St., Boston, Mass. Married, Eleanor M. McInnes, Nov. 27, 1954, Boston, Mass. Children, Mary Ellen, Feb. 20, 1956; Edward John, Jr., April 15, 1957; Joseph A. and Jane (twins) Dec. 3, 1958.
Member, American Association of State Highway Officials, In- stitute of Traffic Engineers, Harvard Club of Boston.
HENRY ANDREW McCASHIN: Retailing - Management Con- sultant. Home Address, 256 Kimball Ave., Westfield, N.J. Office Address, R. H. Macy & Co., Inc., Herald Sq., New York 1, N.Y. Married, Elizabeth Wye, Nov. 26, 1938, New York, N.Y. Children, Andrew Wye, Nov. 10, 1940; Gray Leavitt, Feb. 26, 1943.
I have completed thirty years with Macy's, New York, as an industrial engineer and management consultant, with emphasis presently on the installation of an NCR 304 electronic computer. In addition, I am developing an independent consulting practice which I expect to grow as I take on new and additional clients.
HAROLD ANTHONY MCELROY: Rubber Footwear Sales. Home Address, 146 Watson Rd., Belmont 78, Mass. Office Address, B. F. Goodrich Co., 139 Cypress St., Watertown, Mass. Married, Geral- dine O'Brien, June 30, 1932, Brookline, Mass. Children, Harold Anthony, Jr., March 27, 1933; Eugene J., April 19, 1935; Peter E., Harvard '59, March 9, 1938; Ellen L., Feb. 9, 1945.
Director, Belmont Boosters, Arlington Chamber of Commerce.
NEIL HOSLER MCELROY: Chairman of the Board, Procter & Gamble Co. Home Address, 3478 Vista Terr., Cincinnati 8, Ohio. Office Address, P.O. Box 599, Cincinnati 1, Ohio. Married, Mary Camilla Fry, June 29, 1929, Cincinnati, Ohio. Children, Nancy Sue, Dec. 8, 1935; Barbara Ellen, Dec. 20, 1937 (m. David S. Dimling); Malcolm Neil, Aug. 16, 1943.
Within a relatively few weeks after leaving college, I went to work for the Procter & Gamble Company and about twenty years later, having progressed through various levels of management of that company, I became its president. I took leave of absence from Procter & Gamble in October, 1957, in order to accept appointment
120
Harvard Class of 1925
by President Eisenhower as Secretary of Defense. On December 1, 1959, I resigned from the position of Secretary of Defense, and about a week later was named chairman of the board of the Procter & Gamble Company.
My principal interests, outside of those associated with my family and my business, have been the general betterment of my home community, Cincinnati, and a broad national interest in educa- tion. Specific activities in behalf of education include, inter alia, the chairmanship of the President's Committee for the White House Conference on Education (1955); being a Harvard Overseer, presi- dent of the Associated Harvard Clubs, and member of the Council for Financial Aid to Education. My business directorships are the Procter & Gamble Company, General Electric Company and Chrys- ler Corporation.
While in business, I traveled a great deal in this country and around South America, Europe and the Far East. As Secretary of Defense, I re-visited many of these countries and, in addition, made calls on many of the less-traveled countries in the free world com- plex.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.