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Harvard man, and for two years was an in- structor there. He is also a member of the legal profession, engaged in practice for about eleven years prior to his election and appointment to his present responsible position.
Charles P. Howard was born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, December 26, 1887, son of Dr. Herbert Burr and Margaret Emily (Pagelson) Howard. His father was graduated from Har- vard College in 1881, and from Harvard Med- ical School in 1884, was superintendent of var- ious hospitals, and chairman of the State Board of Insanity.
Charles P. Howard attended the public schools of Tewksbury and Boston, and then prepared for college in the Boston Latin School, from which he was graduated in 1905. The following fall he entered Harvard College and completed his course there with gradua- tion in 1909, receiving at that time the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He continued his stud- ies in Harvard for another year, and in the spring of 1910 received from his alma mater the degree of Master of Arts. Mr. Howard then began professional study in Harvard Law School, from which he was graduated in 1914, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. From 1914 to 1916 he was retained as an assistant in the Department of Government, at Harvard. He was engaged in the general practice of the law from 1914 to 1925, when his duties as chairman of the Commission on Administra- tion and Finance made it necessary that he give up his general practice. Meantime, in 1917 he had served as a member of the Massa- chusetts Constitutional Convention, where he presented the proposal which ultimately brought about consolidation of over one hun- dred administrative departments of the State government into the present twenty depart- ments. In 1922 he was elected State Senator. He was reëlected in 1924, and in 1925 was appointed chairman of the Commission on Administra- tion and Finance, which office he now holds. Politically, Mr. Howard gives his support to the principles and the candidates of the Re- publican party. Upon the entrance of the Uni-
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ted States into the World War he enlisted in the ariny, and was at the Plattsburg Officers' Training Camp; served for twenty-six months; was in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne of- fensives .with the first army corps, and is now (1929), a major in the Infantry Reserve, Uni- ted States Army.
Charles P. Howard was married, at Winston- Salem, North Carolina, September 15, 1921, to Katherine M. Graham, daughter of Joseph L. Graham of Winston-Salem, and of Margaret (Nowell) Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are the parents of one daughter, Margaret, who was born April 28, 1923.
IRVIN ELLIS DIERDORFF-Vice-pres- ident of the firm of Southworth, Dierdorff and Company, Incorporated, dealers in investment securities, with offices in ten large cities of the East, Irvin Ellis Dierdorff is well quali- fied by experience and ability for the executive position which he holds in this important com- pany. Having been a resident of Boston for the past half-dozen years, he is well known in this city, and in financial circles of New Eng- land.
Mr. Dierdorff was born in Kalona, Iowa, in 1888, a son of Charles D. and Anna (Snider) Dierdorff. The father, born in Pennsylvania, became a farmer, residing for a time in Ohio and settling finally in Iowa.
Irvin Ellis Dierdorff grew to manhood in Iowa, attending the public schools of the State, and later the State University at Iowa City, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws de- gree in 1911. During the next nine years he was associated with George M. Bechtel and Company, of Davenport, Iowa, security deal- ers and bankers. This broad experience which included careful training in details as well as education in general economics and American financial affairs, prepared Mr. Dierdorff for his
important position as general manager for the State of Iowa of the American Bond and Mortgage Company, which he was next called upon to fill. His outstanding success during three years of leadership there brought about his transfer to the wider field of operations in Boston and New England, where he became New England manager in 1923 for the same company. Here he repeated his western suc- cesses and soon became widely known in busi- ness and investment circles of New England. Finally, in 1929, the firm of Southworth, Dier- dorff and Company, Incorporated, was or- ganized, with R. G. Southworth, who has spent many years in investment and legal work, as president; Mr. Dierdorff as vice-president, in charge of the New England activities of the company; W. A. Bean, vice-president; R. A. Donny, treasurer; and R. B. Walters, secre- tary. Offices are maintained at No. 80 Fed- eral Street, Boston; in New York City, at No. 11 Broadway; and in Albany, at No. 75 State Street, in addition to smaller offices in Elmira, Plattsburg, Malone, and Glens Falls, New York; Worcester and Haverhill, Massachu- setts, and Waterville, Maine. Southworth, Dierdorff and Company, Incorporated, is quali- fied by years of wide investment experience of its officers and personnel to render complete investment service. The company's organi- zation will be available at all times for the ful- filling of orders from its clients for the pur- chase and sale of investment securities.
Mr. Dierdorff has been a leading member of the Kiwanis Club for many years, and in 1926, as president of the Boston Kiwanis he was host, with his group, to children from the Home of Angel Guardian, Peabody School for Crippled Children, and St. Vincent's Or- phan Asylum, of Newton Center, where he re- sides, when these little unfortunates were en- tertained at a party at the Boston City Club. In 1928 Mr. Dierdorff was lieutenant-governor of the New England Kiwanis District, actively furthering its work. In both business and civic relationships he has always applied the basic principle of Kiwanis, building steadily,
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wisely, and to the benefit of his fellows. In
politics Mr. Dierdorff supports Republican can- didates and principles, while fraternally he is affiilated with the Free and Accepted Masons, in which great order he is a member of Rich- mond Lodge, No. 96, at Kalona, Iowa, a mem- ber of all bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scot- ish Rite, including Zarephath Consistory at Davenport, Iowa; and a member of Kaaba Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Davenport.
On May 5, 1916, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Irvin E. Dierdorff married Ruth Lucile Por- ter, daughter of Charles and Blanche (Sweet) Porter. Three children have been born of this marriage: 1. Irvin Ellis, Jr., born on January 20, 1920. 2. Joanne, born on January 20, 1923. 3. Ruth Lucile, born March 23, 1927. In re- ligious activities Mr. Dierdorff is associated with his family in the work of the First Church of Newton Center, where he is serving as president of the First Church Men's Club.
ARNOLD LEONARD-One of the promi- nent younger members of the Massachusetts bar is Arnold Leonard. After service in the United States Army during the World War, he began the practice of law at Boston in 1919. Since that time he has built up a successful practice, appearing in several important cases. Mr. Leonard is active in social and fraternal life, and has not neglected the call to public service. In 1924 and 1925 he acted as assistant district attorney for Middlesex County, and later was appointed special assistant district at- torney.
Mr. Leonard was born on June 12, 1893, at Joplin, Missouri, the son of James Miller and Helene (Arnold) Leonard. His father was born at Beardstown, Illinois, on February 22, 1852. The mother, who was also born in Illi- nois, died in Joplin on July 26, 1924.
Arnold Leonard attended the Joplin public schools and the high school there, and later, in 1910, entered the University of Missouri, where he was graduated in 1914 with the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts. Coming East, he undertook the regular course of study at Har- vard Law School, from which he was graduated in 1917, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. When the United States entered the World War in April, 1917, Mr. Leonard enlisted in Boston, and in May of that year attended the first Officers' Training Camp at Fort Riley, Kansas. Here he received his commission as second lieutenant of Field Artillery, on August 15, 1917, and later was promoted to a first lieutenancy, serving at Camp Funston, Kansas; Camp Jackson, South Carolina; and finally at Camp Zachary Taylor, in Louisville, Kentucky. He received his honorable discharge on Febru- ary 1, 1919. Returning to Boston, in March, he resumed his law work, and in September, 1919, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Since that time he has conducted a general practice in Boston and is now a member of the firm of Gallup and Leonard, with offices at No. 6 Beacon Street.
In 1926 Mr. Leonard was elected to the State Legislature for a term of two years, ta- king office in January, 1927, and was reelected in 1928 for another two-year term, serving on the Rules and Judiciary committees. In his political preference, he is a member of the Re- publican party. His fraternal affiliations are with Pequosette Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Watertown; Watertown Royal Arch Chapter; Cambridge Council and Geth- semane Commandery at Newton. He is also a member of the Alpha Tau Omega and Acacia fraternities, and of the American Legion, and holds membership in the following clubs: Oak- ley Country of Watertown, Hunnewell of Newton, Boston City, and the Army and Navy Club. He and his family are attendants of the Unitarian Church of Watertown.
On February 21, 1918, at Kansas City, Mis- souri, Arnold Leonard married June Van Nor- strand, who was born at St. Louis, Missouri,
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the daughter of John S. and Clara (Crabb) Van Norstrand. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard are the parents of two children, both of whom are living: 1. James Arnold, who was born Sep- tember 1; 1921. 2. Marjory, who was born July 17, 1925. The family home is at No. 136 Russell Avenue, Watertown, Massachusetts. Mr. Leonard is a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, and finds recreation in his spare time in mountain climbing.
CARL A. RAYMOND-The son a father who dedicated his life to the service of his community and the State of Massachu- setts, Carl A. Raymond has followed in the footsteps of his illustrious sire, inasmuch as he has served the Commonwealth most faith- fully since boyhood in various capacities of ever-increasing responsibility, never having known any employer other than the State of Massachusetts. 1
Hobart Raymond, father of Carl A. Ray- mond, was one of the most widely known pub- lic officials of his generation. He rendered services of incalculable value to the community of his residence, having been a public servant of the town for a period of forty years, during which time his fellow-citizens chose Hobart Raymond as their trusted representative in the occupation of every office existent within the corporative limits of Westminster, whether of elective or appointive character, with the single exception of the post of school commissioner, which he declined to accept, his last contri- bution to the community welfare having been made through his occupancy of the office of ioverseer of the poor. It was in 1893 that his wide circle of friends and admirers insisted that Mr. Raymond be a candidate for the State Legislature; he finally consented to accept the candidacy and was elected in that year to the Legislature by a goodly plurality. Hobart Raymond devoted his private life to the busi- iess of farming, and he was most successful in
that pursuit. A veteran of the Civil War, he served in that heart-rending struggle as a mem- ber of a gun battery which was a unit of the Eighteenth Heavy Artillery. Hobart Ray- mond was married to Laura A. Ball, and their son, Carl A. Raymond, is mentioned hereafter.
Carl A. Raymond, son of the Hon. Hobart and Laura A. (Ball) Raymond, was born in the town of Westminster, Massachusetts, in the year 1876. His youthful studies were com- pleted in the public schools of the town of Westminster, and afterwards the lad became a student at the Comer's Commercial College, located in the city of Boston. Subsequently, with the intention of acquiring a higher educa- tion, he enrolled as a student in classes for the instruction in mathematics and also prob- lems in minor engineering procedure. His first occupation was that of page in the House of Representatives. This appointment came from Captain John G. B. Adams, sergeant-at-arms, and known to his friends, who were legion, as John "Ginger Bread" Adams; Captain Adams was a veteran of the Civil War, having served for a period of three years as a member of the old Nineteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers. The alertness and ability to grasp the duties of his employment, while at the same time acquiring a knowledge of the functions of more advanced positions, early became ap- parent to the official and legislative staff of the State Legislature, with the result that, in 1897, Mr. Raymond received the appointment, through James Kimball, then clerk of the State House of Representatives, to serve in the ca- pacity of clerical assistant. He also was em- ployed for several seasons in the Department of Highway Commission, which connection continued until 1905, and in the following year he was appointed by Henry E. Turner to a clerkship in the auditor's department, and through promotions later became second deputy to the auditor. In the year 1917, he was pro- moted to the responsible position, by Mr. Bur- bank, then supervisor of administration, of deputy with special duties including the ma- king up of the budget for the governor. Mr.
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Raymond has since continued in this capacity. His Excellency, Governor Alvan T. Fuller, recognized his work in 1928 by formally ap- pointing Mr. Raymond budget commissioner.
A consistent Republican in political issues, Mr. Raymond invariably supports the candi- dates of that party at the polls. He is a mem- ber of Wyoming Lodge of the Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and of the Lions Club of Bos- ton, the Melrose City Club, the Bellevue Golf Club, and the Colonial Country Club. Also, Mr. Raymond is a member of the Society of the Sons of Veterans, and it should here be mentioned that he is himself a veteran of the Spanish-American War, he having volunteered his services to the country at the outbreak of hostilities, and was accepted as an enlisted man in Company E, of the First United States Volunteer Engineers. Mr. Raymond served in the latter connection in both 1898 and 1899.
Carl A. Raymond was married, on June 26, 1901, in the town of Gardner, Massachusetts, to Abbie Nichols, daughter of Charles and Alice (Brown) Nichols; three children have come to bless this union: Dorothy A., who was born in 1902; Lawrence N., the year of whose birth was 1906; and Carl A., namesake of his father, born in 1916. The family are members of the Universalist church, at Melrose, and maintain their residence in that community at No. 48 Batchelder Street. The official offices of Mr. Raymond, in the Commission on Administra- tion and Finance, are located in Suite No. 307, the State House.
HOWARD E. CROCKER-Studious atten- tion to a single line of business from his school days has brought its reward to Howard E. Crocker, who has attained the important posi- tion of district manager of the United States Tire Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Naurally ambitious and industrious, he early learned the value of a comprehensive grasp of every detail of the work in which he had en-
gaged and set about to attain that knowledge through actual experience in the various tribu- taries that feed the great stream of rubber manufacture. Unlike many men who go into different lines of industrial endeavor, he had to begin at the bottom, but nothing could keep him there for long. Well-educated, keen- witted, far-visioned, pleasing in his personality, he was thoroughly adapted for work that brought him into contact with great numbers of men of varying mental capacities and tem- peraments, for he was a maker of friends, pos- sessing in this trait one of the least definable and least tangible, yet most important, qualifi- cations of the business man. Reliable, honest and fair-dealing, he found among these friends - the support that he needed for the success and prosperity of his interests and those that he represented; and recognition soon came to him in the way of promotion. In every office that he administered he proved himself worthy of the trust imposed in him, and demonstrated to the satisfaction of all that he was a conscienti- ous and valuable unit of the enterprises with which he was associated. He has ever shown himself to be a patriotic citizen, a staunch friend, a substantial and progressive member of the body politic.
Mr. Crocker was born in Malden, Massachu- setts, on November 22, 1882, son of Mattias E. and Carrie H. (Berry) Crocker, and he re- ceived his education in the public schools of Malden, having been graduated from its high school and also from the Oxford School, in Malden. He found his first employment as a clerk in the Revere Rubber Company, although later he was transferred to Chicago and to San Francisco. It was in 1910 that he was sent to the Revere Rubber Company's Chicago of- fices; and in the two years that followed, both in Chicago and San Francisco, he acted as salesman for the company. Then, in 1912, he was made manager of the Revere store at Pitts- burgh, where he continued in this capacity un- til 1913. In that year he resigned, and associ- ated himself with the C. F. Coombs Company, Incorporated, of Boston, Massachusetts, as
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tock salesman. On February 1, 1915, he became i salesman for the Boston office of the United States Tire Company, and continued in this po- ition until January 1, 1916, when he was pro- noted to the managership of a branch store of the company at Providence, Rhode Island. t was on August 1, 1920, that he was made Imanager of the Boston branch of the organi- :ation, and on November 15 of the same year le was made district manager, with head- quarters in Boston; and this position he has ield since that time.
Mr. Crocker has been a participant in several ields of endeavor other than business. During he period in which the United States was a harty to the late World War, he was a mem- er of the Massachusetts National Guard, with tation in Cambridge. He is active in fra- ernal affairs, being a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, in which he belongs to Con- erse Lodge, of Malden, Massachusetts; the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; Beauseant Commandery, No. 41, Knights Templar, of falden; and Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston. Ie also is affiliated with the Belmont Springs Country Club.
PAUL F. CLARK-One of Boston's most rominent young men in insurance activities, 'aul F. Clark has already established a splen- id record for his remarkable business ability ad is also a leader in social service and edu- ational affairs in the city. Ever since the be- inning of his business career, upon the occa- on of his graduation from college, Mr. Clark as been associated with the insurance world olding several important positions until he ame to Boston to assume his present office, 1 1921, as General Agent for the John Han- ock Life Insurance Company for Eastern assachusetts, with offices located at No. 1 Fed- al Street. His rapid advance has been due ainly to his splendid qualities of sincere en-
thusiasmı and tireless energy, the same quali- ties which he displayed during his college ca- reer.
Mr. Clark was born in Dayton, Ohio, No- vember 19, 1892, son of Joseph Dayton Clark, who died in 1926, and Lulu Helen (Foster) Clark, who was born in New Bethlehem, Penn- sylvania, and died in 1896. Joseph Dayton Clark was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and en- tered the legal profession, and was engaged as lawyer and judge until the time of his death.
Paul F. Clark was educated in the public schools of Dayton, Ohio, after which he en- tered Staunton Military Academy, from which he was graduated with the class of 1910. Ma- triculating at the University of Pennsylvania, he distinguished himself as a scholar and ath- lete of ability, receiving his degree of Bachelor of Science in Economics with the class of 1914. He then became connected with the John Han- cock Life Insurance Company in Baltimore, Maryland, being associated with E. J. Clark, who is State Agent for Maryland and the Dis- trict of Columbia, and possessed of a keen, intuitive sense of business matters, steadily advanced until he was chosen to represent the company in this city. Under his capable man- agement and energetic methods, the business has increased greatly, making this organiza- tion one of the most important in the State. Mr. Clark is a director of the United States Bond and Mortgage Company, of the National Association of Life Underwriters and of the American College of Life Underwriters. Al- though his success attests to his thorough at-
tention to business, still he finds time to devote to the welfare and advancement of the com- munity, and in this capacity acts as a trustee of the New England Baptist Hospital, director of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association and director of the Northeastern University. Prominently active in social and business or- ganizations, he is a member of the Algonquin Club, Brae Burn Country Club, Exchange, Chestnut Hill Golf, and Tedesco Country clubs; Bald Peak Country, of which he is secretary and a director; University of Pennsylvania Club of
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New England; Merchants' Club; Varsity Club of Philadelphia; Boston Chamber of Commerce; Corinthian Yacht Club. Boston Young Men's Christian Association; Boston Life Underwri- ters' Association; National Association of Life Underwriters, of which Mr. Clark is President and a Trustee; Life Underwriters General Agents Round Table. In fraternal connections, he is a member of Joseph Warren Masonic Lodge and Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He is an Independent in politics and his religious affiliations are with the Baptist Church of Brookline, of which he is chairman of the Board of Trustees and member of the Execu- tive Committee. During the World War, he served in the Procurement Section. Ordnance Department. United States Army, stationed at Washington. District of Columbia. His hob- bies are traveling and athletics, in which he finds great recreation.
Paul F. Clark married. in 1917. Anne Quast. born in New York City, and they have two children: Jean Quast, and Paul Foster, Jr.
WALTON LEE CROCKER-One of the outstanding leaders in the life insurance busi- ness in the United States is Walton Lee Crock- er, who by study and thorough application to his work has made himself an expert in his field. and is now president of the John Han- cock Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Bos- ton. Also he is a director in various organiza- tions, all of which play important parts. in one way or another, in the affairs of this city.
Mr. Crocker was born in Plymouth. Nova Scotia, on February 8. 1868. His parents moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872, where he attended the public schools. He left school at an early age to earn his own living. as office boy in a cotton manufacturing con- cern, then with a drygoods wholesaling firm. This was followed by a clerkship of several years with the Boston & Albany Railroad.
In 1891 he began work with the John Han- cock Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Bos- ton, as a bookkeeper. In this position. he acquainted himself with the fundamentals of the business and its operation. especially in the agency field. His work won him recogni- tion, and in 1895 he was made assistant secre- tary. In 1903 he was elected Secretary, in 1912 third Vice-President. in 1917 second Vice- President, in 1918 first Vice-President. He was elected President of the company in 1921, and ranks as one of the foremost underwriters in the country.
Besides being a student of insurance. Mr. Crocker is well posted on general business and financial problems. He is a director in the First National Bank of Boston and the Brook- line Trust Company, also a director in the United States Chamber of Commerce, and a member and former director of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, likewise a member c: the New England Council.
He is also interested in welfare and educa- tional work, is a trustee of Northeastern Uni- versity, director of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association. Vice-President and di- rector of the Florence Crittenton League of Compassion, and member of the Board of Managers of the Community Health Associa- tion. He is also a member and director ci the Brae Burn Country Club, and a member of the Country Club of Brookline.
These varied affiliations indicate Mr. Crock- er's broad general interest in the affairs of his community and State. and mark him as a citi- zen who takes an active part in all phases of public life.
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