Background
Cole, Elbert Charles was born on April 2, 1891 in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Elbert and Alice Landon (French) Cole.
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Elbert Charles Cole
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AB, Middlebury College, 1915; AM, Trinity College, 1918; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1924.
Career
Assistant in biology, Middlebury College, 1914-1915;
instructor biology, Hartford (Connecticut) High School, 1915-1922;
instructor biology, Trinity College, 1918-1919;
Austin teaching fellow, Harvard University, 1922-1924;
assistant professor biology, Williams College, 1924-1928;
associate professor, Williams College, 1928-1932;
professor, Williams College, 1932-1945;
Samuel Fessenden Clarke professor biology, Williams College, 1945-1946;
emeritus, Williams College, from 1956. Proprietor Cole Enterprises, publicity service. Member corporation Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.
Life trustee Middlebury College, secretary of corporation, from 1959. Trustee of the Porter Hospital. Director Berkshire Frozen Foods Lockers Inc. from 1944.
Achievements
Membership
Member Common for Standardizationof Biological Stains. Board directors Williamstown Boys Club, 1930-1948. With first Infantry, Connecticut National Guard, 1915-1917.
With Machine Gun Co, corporal, Mexico border service, 1916, United States Army, 1917. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Anatomists, American Association Zoologists, American Association of University Professors, Faculty Club, Williams Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Phi.
Connections
Married Ida Nell Ainsworth, October 28, 1916. Children: Gerald Ainsworth, Elbert Charles, Phillis Anne (Mistress W.A.R. Deming). Married second, Margaret Caldwell Grierson, July 20,1933.
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Religion
congregationalist -
Political Party
Republican