Charles Belcher Rugg

Background

Rugg, Charles Belcher was born on January 20, 1890 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Honorary Arthur P. (chief justice Supreme Court of Massachusetts, 27 years) and Florence M. (Belcher) R.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1911, honorary Master of Arts, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1914.

Career

Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1914, and began practice at Worcester with firm of Sibley, Sibley & Blair. Later member Mirick, Rugg & Whitcomb until 1930. Member Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, 1933-1940, Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge & Rugg since 1940.

Member City Council, Worcester, 1915-1917.

Appointed United States commissioner, 1920. Assistant district attorney Middle District of Massachusetts, 1921-1926, elected district attorney, 1926.

Assistant attorney general of the United States, February 6, 1930-January 23, 1933, in charge defense of claims against United States Government. Acts as special assistant to attorney general of Massachusetts and of the United States occasionally on special cases.

Member United States Common for Adjustment of British Claims, London, 1932.

Member Massachusetts Bar Examiners, since 1953. Delegate Republican National Convention, 1940, 44. Ensign and Lieutenant junior grade, United States North.R., World War.

Lieutenant commander United States Navy Reserve since 1933.

Achievements

• Charles Belcher Rugg has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board of trustees Worcester Academy, Amherst and Simmons Colleges Member American, Federal, Massachusetts and Worcester County bar associations, American Law Institute, Bar Association City of Boston, American Unitarian Association (Vice-President and director 1941), American Legion, Chi Phi. Mason.; Club: Union (Boston).

Connections

Married Marjory L. Boynton, June 21, 1917. Children: Cynthia, Deborah.