Background
Staples, Harold Elmer was born on June 9, 1892 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. Son of Charles and Florence (Elmer) Staples.
Staples, Harold Elmer was born on June 9, 1892 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. Son of Charles and Florence (Elmer) Staples.
AB, Harvard University, 1914. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1917.
Practice in Providence, from 1918. Partner Tillinghast, Collins & Tanner, from 1926. 1st assistant atty general, Rhode Island, 1925-1927.
Trustee Marlboro (Vermont) College, from 1948. President Family Welfare Society Providence, 1933-1936, Providence Animal Rescue League, from 1951, International Institute Providence, 1950-1961. Board directors American Council for Nationalities Service.
National council United States Committee Refugees. With United States Naval Reserve Force, 1918-1919. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers.
Member American Inter-American Bar Association, Rhode Island Bar Association, American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, Society Colonial Wars, Appalachian Mountain Club, Green Mountain Club (Vermont), Hope Club, Art Club, Agawam Hunt Club, Rotary, Masons, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Margaret Dorothy Smith, May 6, 1918. Children: Richard F., Margaret E. Staples Morrow, Charles G., Jeanne Elizabeth Staples Busch.