Background
Wardwell, Allen was born on October 4, 1873 in New York, New York, United States. Son of William Thomas and Eliza (Lanterman) Wardwell.
Wardwell, Allen was born on October 4, 1873 in New York, New York, United States. Son of William Thomas and Eliza (Lanterman) Wardwell.
Allen Wardwell graduated from Yale University in 1895 and was a member of Scroll and Key Society.
Practiced law, New York, since 1898. Member firm Davis Polk Wardwell Sunderland & Kiendl. and predecessor firms since 1909. Trustee Bank of New York Commissioner Red Cross Mission to Russia, 1917-1918.
Chairman Government"s Unemployment Relief Commission, 1934-1935.
Chairman Red Cross Delegation to Russia, 1941. Trustee and president Juilliard Musical Foundation, Metropolitan Opera Association, Juilliard School of Music (director), State Charities Aid Association, Legal Aid Society.
He was a member of the Active Campaign Committee of the American Society for the Control of Cancer when it received an unconditional gift of $100,000 from John Doctorate. Rockefeller Junior. for its congress at Lake Mohonk in 1926.
Married Helen Rogers, October 14, 1903. Children: Edward Rogers, Clarissa (Mistress Francis L. Pell, Junior.