Background
IV, Alfred Day Rathbone, was born on January 19, 1897 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Alfred Day, III, and Jessie Mary (Ball) R.
IV, Alfred Day Rathbone, was born on January 19, 1897 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Alfred Day, III, and Jessie Mary (Ball) R.
Student University of Michigan, 1915-1917, leaving to enter military service in May.
Began career doing general insurance, 1920-1930. Advisory manager, The Air Pilot, 1933. Secretary, labor relations, The National Code Authority for Trucking Industry, 1934-1935.
Advisory manager, Transport Topics (American Trucking Associations, Incorporated.), 1935-1936.
Sales manager, editor, Radio Reports, Incorporated, New York York, 1937-1940. Departmental editor on arms and ammunition, Scientific American, 1939-1942.
Game Breeder and Sportsman, 1940-1942. Accredited war correspondent, American Legion Magazine, since 1942.
Associate editor, Scientific American, 1940-1943.
American Ambulance Field Service with French Army at Verdun, 1917. United States Naval Reserve, 1918.
Member American Legion, Sigma Phi Society.
Married Mary Frances Puffenbarger, January 3, 1935.