Henry Alexander Laughlin

Background

Laughlin, Henry Alexander was born on March 18, 1892 in Pittsburgh.

Education

Student, St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, 1910. Bachelor of Literature, Princeton University, 1914.

Career

In employ, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, book publications and manufacturers, Boston, from 1914; member board directors, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, book publications and manufacturers, Boston, from 1924; president, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, book publications and manufacturers, Boston, 1939-1957; Chairman of the Board, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, book publications and manufacturers, Boston, 1957-1963. President Princeton University Press, 1951-1957. Chairman, Board Of Directors Franklin Publs.

Inc., 1960-1961; trustee Middlesex Institution Savings.

Membership

Trustee Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Arts Festival, Boston Museum Contemporary Art, Children's Hospital, Boston, Concord Free Public Library. Member corporation Massachusetts General HHosp. General chairman Greater Boston United War Fund for 1945.

Private Battalion A, 1st Massachusetts Field Artillery on Mexico border, 1916. Second lieutenant 301st Field Artillery, United States Army, 1917, 41st Field Artillery, 1918-1919. Member Tavern Club, Union Club, Somerset Club (Boston).

Century Club, Brook Club (New York City). Ivy Club (Princeton).

Connections

Son of James B. and Clara B. (Young) L. M.Rebecca Greenleaf Lord, June 3, 1916. Children: Rebecca Ledlie (Mistress John M. Woolsey Junior), Henry A. Junior.

Father:

James B. Laughlin

Mother:

Clara B. (Young) Laughlin

child:

Rebecca Ledlie Laughlin (Mistress John M. Woolsey Junior)

child:

Henry A. Junior Laughlin