Background
Comstock, Alexander Barr was born on October 29, 1886 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Ezra Young and Nellie Preston (Barr) Comstock.
Comstock, Alexander Barr was born on October 29, 1886 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Ezra Young and Nellie Preston (Barr) Comstock.
Student Boston Latin School, 1901-1904. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1908. Bachelor of Laws, 1910.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1910. With legal department Boston Elevated Railway Company, 1910-1912. Practiced law, in Boston, 1912-1942.
Member firm Goodwin, Parker, Raymond & Comstock, 1921-1939.
In Department of State, 1943-1944. Special assistant to attorney general assigned tax division, Department of Justice, since 1944.
Now or formerly director of many business corporations, including Comstock & Wescott, Incorporated. Captain gas defense division, Chemical Warfare Service, United States Army, World War I. Honorary discharge, 1918.
Delegate to President's Smaller Business Conference, 1937.
Formerly town meeting member, Brookline and Dedham. Formerly director City Missionary Society of Boston.
Member Foreign Policy Association (member of council, Massachusetts branch), Massachusetts Branch League of Nations Association (director) former chairman, Executive Committee), Boston Citizens Committee for World Court (member Executive Committee), Massachusetts Branch of League to Enforce Peace (ex-Chairman of Commission on state organization), Institute on World Organisation (co-chairman), American, Massachusetts, Boston and Federal bar associations, American Society International Law, Academy of Political Science, American Legion. Clubs: Cosmos, Harvard (Washington), Harvard (Boston).
Married Dorothy Dewey, December 7, 1916 (deceased January 24, 1953). Children: Alexander Barr, Dorothy Dewey.