Amos Chesley YORK

Background

York, Amos Chesley was born on October 11, 1884 in Rockport, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Frederick and Marietta (Lufkin) New York.

Education

Graduated from the high school, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1903. Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, Boston University, 1905. Doctor of Letters, Portia College, 1937.

D.A.O., Staley College, 1948. Doctor of Laws, Windsor U., 1950.

Career

Began practice at Boston, 1906. Now member firm Devine, York & Volpe. Government appeal agent Selective Service, 1917-1918 and since 1940.

City solicitor, Medford, 1918-1921, 44-50. Assistant attorney general of Massachusetts, 1921-January 1927. Resigned and appointed assistant United State Attorneys, District of Massachusetts, February 1927, continuing until 1934.

Professor of law Suffolk University Law School since 1908, Portia Law School (for women) since 1910. President of the board of trustees and dean, Portia Law school and Calvin Coolidge College of Liberal Arts.

Membership

Member American Bar Association, Society Mayflower Descendants, Massachusetts Law Society, Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities, Medford History Society, Gamma Eta Gamma. Mason, Elk.; Club: Boston City. Lecturer on legal and world travel topics.

• Clubs: Boston City, Canopy.

Connections

Spouse Hortense E. Stanhope, Malden, Massachusetts, September 3, 1913.

Father:

Charles Frederick York

Mother:

Marietta (Lufkin) York

Spouse:

Hortense Elolse Stanhope