Background
Water, Frederic Franklyn Van De was born on September 30, 1890 in Pompton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frederic Franklyn and Virginia Belle (Terhune) Van de Water.
Water, Frederic Franklyn Van De was born on September 30, 1890 in Pompton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Frederic Franklyn and Virginia Belle (Terhune) Van de Water.
Student New York University, 1910-1912. Bachelor of Letters, Columbia, 1914. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Middlebury College, 1952.
1 son, Frederic Franklyn. Reporter New York American, 1914. Reporter, special writer, night city editor New York Tribune, 1915-1922.
Book critic New York Tribune, 1922-1924.
Staff of Ladies’ Home Journal, 1922-1928. Book critic, New York Evening Post, 1928-1932.
Corporator Vermont Savings Bank, 1936-1968. Director Vermont Children’s Aid Society, 1936-1954.
Member Fort Ticonderoga Bi-centennial Committee, 1954-1955.
Trustee Leland Gay Seminary 1938-1958.
Member Fort Ticonderoga Bi-centennial Committee, 1954-1955. Member Windham County Peace Officers’ Association, 1939-1968. Fellow International Institute of Arts and Letters.
Member Sons of the American Revolution, Society Colonial Wars, PEN, Psi Upsilon.
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Married Eleanor Gay, October 4, 1916.