Background
Hay, Clarence Leonard was born on December 19, 1884 in Cleveland. Son of John and Clara Louise (Stone) Hay.
Hay, Clarence Leonard was born on December 19, 1884 in Cleveland. Son of John and Clara Louise (Stone) Hay.
Student Westminster School, Simsbury, Connecticut. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1908, Master of Arts, 1911.
Central American research fellow Harvard University on expedition with R. East. Merwin to Southern Quintana Roo in Yucatan in search of Maya ruins, 1911-1912. Excavations in Valley of Mexico, International School Archaeology, 1914, research associate in Mexican and Central American Archaeology, American Museum National History, 1921. Secretary, board of trustees American Museum National History, New York City, 1931-1954, then honorary trustee.
Honorary curator, eonservation and general ecology, American Museum National History.
Member American Anthropology assosiation, New York Academy Sciences, Horticultural Society of New York (directory). Club: Harvard, Century Association Horticulturist.
Married Alice Appleton, August 5, 1914. Children: John, Adele (Mistress Creekmore Fath).
