Background
Read, Harlan Eugene was born on May 7, 1880 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of Justus Vinton and Clara Lee (Woods) Read.
Read, Harlan Eugene was born on May 7, 1880 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of Justus Vinton and Clara Lee (Woods) Read.
Graduate Whipple Academy, 1898, Brown’s Business College, Jacksonville, 1901. Bachelor of Arts, Illinois College, Jacksonville, 1902. Post-graduate University of Oxford, England, 1903.
Editor Business Monthly magazine, auditor Brown’s 22 business colls., 1903-1908, owner 7 of these colls., 1909-1925. Also writer and editor text books, and contributor many newspaper syndicate features. Editor commercial texts for Macmillan corporation since 1922.
Member Defense Savings Staff, United States Treasury Department, Washington, 1941-1942.
Member.
Married Edna Hatch, June 5, 1908 (died June 23, 1944). Children: John Hatch, Katherine.