Background
Thacher, Archibald Gourlay was born on January 16, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Isabel Gourlie (Gourlay) Thacher.
Thacher, Archibald Gourlay was born on January 16, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George and Isabel Gourlie (Gourlay) Thacher.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard, 1897, Bachelor of Laws, 1900.
Admitted to New York bar, 1900. Assistant with Butler, Notman, Joline & Mynderse, New York, New York, 1900-1905. Became partner firm Butler, Notman & Mynderse, 1905, and of successor firms, Wallace, Butler & Brown, 1907-1913, Barry, Wainwright, Thacher & Symmers, 1913-1951, Thatcher, Proffitt, Prizer & Crawley, since 1951.
Director American and Foreign Insurance Company, Columbia Insurance of New York, Eagle Fire Company of New York, Imperial Insurance Company, Norwich Union, Phoenix, and Sun indemnity companies, Patriotic Insurance Company of America, Sun Underwriters Insurance Company of New York, Seamens Bank for Savings in City of New York (trustee).
Served as captain 306th infantry, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Force, 1917. Member American and New York State bar associations, Association Bar City of New York, (Chairman of Commission national defense. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Harvard (New York).
Married Ethel Davies, August 9, 1902 (died February 24, 1935). Married second, Edna Marston Beeckman, July 29, 1937. Children: Alice Davies (deceased), Archibald Gourlay (deceased), Isabel Davies (Mistress Sanford South. Clark).