Background
Tanner, Harold Brooks was born on October 30, 1887 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Willard Brooks and Annie Tingley (Dunlop) Tanner.
Tanner, Harold Brooks was born on October 30, 1887 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Willard Brooks and Annie Tingley (Dunlop) Tanner.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1949. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1912.
Admitted to Rhode Island bar, 1911, practiced in Providence, corporate, banking, taxation and real estate. Senior partner Tillinghast, Collins & Tanner, from 1950. Chancellor Brown University, 1952-1964.
Director Merchants.
Cold Storage & Warehouse Company, 1947-1964.
Member Commision on Uniform Commercial Code, 1959-1960. Member Rhode Island (president 1946-1949) bar associations, Primaries and Corrupt Practices, 1939-1940. Trustee Brown University, Greater Providence Young Men's Christian Association.
Member American, Rhode Island (president 1946-1949) bar associations, Institute Judicial Adminstrns., Society Colonial Wars (past governor Rhode Island).
Baptist (moderator First Baptist Church in American, 1943-1953). Clubs: Art, Hope, Agawam Hunt Providence Rhode Island.
Married Kate East. Cushman, October 15, 1913. Children: Ralph Cushman, Earl Chapin.