Background
Atwood, Albert William was born on February 25, 1879 in Jersey City. Son of William Henry and Elizabeth (Havens) Atwood.
Atwood, Albert William was born on February 25, 1879 in Jersey City. Son of William Henry and Elizabeth (Havens) Atwood.
Student Fredonia (New York) State Normal School. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1903. Master of Arts (honorary), 1920.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary).
1953; Master of Arts (honorary) Princeton, 1920. Doctor of Laws, Gallaudet College, 1951.
; children Albert William, Elizabeth Havens (Mistress Charles Cornell Bemsen Junior) Sarah Vanderlip (Mistress James Wallace Dailey). Minor Giles (deceased), Reporter New York Sun, 1903-1906. Financial editor New York Press, 1904-1912.
Contributor Financial News for Investors, Review of Revs., 1912-1916.
Associate member of faculty School Journalism Columbia, 1915-1922. Lecturer on finance New York University, 1908-1915.
Financial and insurance editor McClure’s magazine, 1913-1917. Financial editor Harper’s Weekly, 1913-1914, Every Week and Associate Sunday magazine, 1913-1917.
Contributor articles on finance, economics and government Sat.
Eve. Post, 1914-1937, editorial writer, 1919-1937, from 1957. Contributor National Geography magazine, 1941-1955.
Director Washington Gas Light Company Trustee Gallaudet College (chairman), Madeira School, Sidwell’s Friends School, District of Columbia Public Library (president).
Secretary of President Hoover’s Citizens Conference on Crisis in Education, 1933.
Member of faculty School Journalism Columbia, 1915-1922. Member Washington Literature Society, Social Hygiene Society (trustee), English-Speaking Union (past president District of Columbia), Order of Saint John, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi. Senior warden Saint Albans Church.
Clubs: Century, University (New York City).
Married Sarah Edwards Pratt, September 15, 1906 (deceased. Children Albert William, Elizabeth Havens (Mistress Charles Cornell Bemsen Junior.
