Background
Whitman, Alfred Freeman was born on March 20, 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick Augustus and Emily Ives (Coumans) Whitman.
Whitman, Alfred Freeman was born on March 20, 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick Augustus and Emily Ives (Coumans) Whitman.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1908. Student Simmons College School Social Work. 1907-1908.
1 son, Robert F. With Massachusetts Society Prevention Cruelty to Children. 1908-1919; executive secretary Pennsylvania Society Prevention Cruelty to Children. 1920-1922; executive secretary Children’s Aid Association, Boston, since 1922.
Instructor social ethics, Harvard. 1923-1924. Director Greater Boston Community Fund, Unitarian Service Committee, United States Committee for Care European Children, Children to Palestine.
Member Child Welfare League of America (vice president), American Association Social Workers (director 1924-1926), Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety (chairman on day care). American Unitarian Association (director) 1938-1941). Clubs: Boston City.
Married Bessie Hitchcock, September 12, 1908 (died 1920).; married second, Fannie Marie Whitman, October 16, 1924. Children: Emily, Mahala (Mistress Austin L. Starrett).