Background
Cotting, Charles Edward was born on May 15, 1889 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Ruth Stetson (Thompson) Cotting.
Cotting, Charles Edward was born on May 15, 1889 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Ruth Stetson (Thompson) Cotting.
Preparatory education, Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, Massachusetts. Bachelor of Arts Harvard University, 1911.
Began with Lee, Higginson & Company, investment bankers, Boston, 1911, partner, from 1922. Chairman board, Lee Higginson Corporation. Vice-president and director Lee Higginson Safe Deposit Company.
Director Fifty Associates. Jones & Lamson Machine Company, Blackstone Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Maine Central R.R., Portland Terminal Company. Vice chairman of the board of trustees Provident Institute for Savings, Boston.
Served as First lieutenant, later captain, Air Service, United States Army, 1917-1919. Director Travelers Aid Society Boston. Trustee, treasurer Massachusetts Foundation.
Member visiting committee, graduate school business administration Harvard. Member corporation Massachusetts General Hospital. Member national Executive Board Boy Scouts America.
Member Executive Committee Massachusetts Society Prevention Cruelty to Children. Member corporation Cardigan Mountain School, Canaan, N.H. Clubs: Harvard, Union, Somerset, Odd Volumes, Bond (member of the Board of Governors) (Boston).
Married Sarah H. Winslow, July 26, 1939.