Background
Rugg, Arthur Prentice was born on August 20, 1862 in Sterling, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Prentice Mason and Cynthia (Ross) Rugg.
Rugg, Arthur Prentice was born on August 20, 1862 in Sterling, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Prentice Mason and Cynthia (Ross) Rugg.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1883. Bachelor of Laws, Boston University, 1886. Doctor of Laws, Amherst, 1908, Harvard, 1914, Boston University, 1923, Williams, 1924.
Admitted to bar, 1886. Partner of Honorary John R. Thayer. President Worcester Common Council, 1895.
Assistant district attorney, Massachusetts Middle District, 1895-1897.
City solicitor, Worcester, 1897-1906. The American Association Foreign Justice of Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, September 27, 1906-September 20, 1911, chief justice same, September 20, since 1911.
Trustee Boston University, 1909-1922, Clark University, since 1909, Amherst College, since 1917. President American Antiquarian Society.
Member of council Colonial Society of Massachusetts (vice president 1918), American Law Institute.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences (vice president 1921-1927).
Member of council Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Married Florence May Belcher, April. Children: Charles Belcher, Arthur Prentice, Esther Cynthia, Donald Sterling (deceased).