Edward Everett Watts

Background

Watts, Edward Everett was born on August 22, 1899 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward Everett and Louise O. (Gros) Watts.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1921; Juris Doctor, Columbia University, 1924.

Career

Associate, Cravath, de Gersdorff, Swaine & Wood, New York City, 1924-1929; associate, Mitchell, Taylor, Capron & Marsh (and predecessor firm), 1929-1938; partner firm, Turk, Marsh, Kelly & Hoare (and predecessor firm), 1938-1975; counsel to firm, Turk, Marsh, Kelly & Hoare (and predecessor firm), from 1975.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1925, Supreme Court of the United States Ct 1942.

Membership

Trustee, chairman of the executive committee Broadway Savings Bank, 1943-1970. President Travelers Aid Society, New York, 1947-1957, chairman honorary board, 1957-1981. President International Film Foundation, 1945-1980, Chairman of the Board, 1980-1987.

Director Legal Aid Society New York, 1938-1971, officer, 1939-1970, board chairman, 1967-1970. Chairman of Commission corporations Commerce and Industry Association New York, 1956-1971. Incorporator Eye-Bank for SightRestoration, 1945, board, 1945-1987, secretary, 1947-1970.

Trustee United Board Christian Higher Education in Asia, 1952-1967, vice chairman, 1958-1967, counselor, from 1974. Director Princeton in Asia, Inc., 1938-1974, New York City Mission Society, 1961-1967. Co-founder, chairman Leap Year Assemblies, New York City, from 1924.

Trustee, member corporation Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1963-1978. Trustee TobeyHosp., Wareham, Massachusetts, 1971-1986, vice president, 1977-1979. President Princeton Classof 1921, 1941-1951, 83-87, Columbia Law School Class of 1924.

Member Princeton Graduate Council, 1941-1963. Member American, New York City, New York State bar associations, Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Isabella R. Hardy, September 14, 1940. Children: Elizabeth Hardy (Mistress Nicholas P. Boileau), Edward Everett III, Isabella King.

Father:

Edward Everett Watts

Mother:

Louise O. (Gros) Watts

Spouse:

Isabella R. Hardy

child:

Edward Everett III Watts

child:

Elizabeth Hardy Watts (Mistress Nicholas P. Boileau)

child:

Isabella King Watts