Background
Stokes, Harold Phelps was born on January 10, 1887 in New York City. Son of Anson Phelps and Helen Louisa (Phelps) Stokes.
Stokes, Harold Phelps was born on January 10, 1887 in New York City. Son of Anson Phelps and Helen Louisa (Phelps) Stokes.
Graduate Groton (Massachusetts) School, 1904. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1909 (Phi Beta Kappa). Traveled and studied in Europe, 1904-1905, and in Far East, 1909-1910.
Reporter New York Evening Post, 1911-1913. Albany correspondent, 1913-1917. Correspondent for Evening Post at Peace Conference, Paris, France, 1919.
Washington correspondent Evening Post, 1919-1923.
Secretary to Herbert Hoover, 1924-1926. Editorial staff New York Times, 1926-1937.
Student 1st Plattsburg O.T.C., 1917. Second in command Lieutenant, August 15, 1917.
First lieutenant, September 2, 1918.
Served with 306th Field Artillery, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Force, September 1917-April 1919. Participated in Oise-Aisne and Meuse-Argonne campaigns. Trustee Trudeau (New York) Sanatorium, 1913-1938.
Secretary Class of 1909, Yale, 1909-1921.
Married Elizabeth Miner King, September 17, 1920. Children: Helen Elizabeth, Lydia King, Anne Cornelia.