Background
Drinker, Henry Sandwith was born on September 15, 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry S. and Aimee Ernesta (Beaux) Drinker.
Drinker, Henry Sandwith was born on September 15, 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry S. and Aimee Ernesta (Beaux) Drinker.
Student Haverford School, 1892-1896. Bachelor of Arts, Haverford College, 1900, Harvard, 1901. Student Harvard Law School, 1902-1903.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Pennsylvania, 1904, Museum Doctor, 1942.
Doctor of Letters, Oberlin College, 1944, Haverford College, 1949.
Admitted to partnership, 1917. Senior member Drinker, Biddle & Reath, attorneys, Philadelphia, 1932. Associate trustee University of Pennsylvania, Juilliard School of Music.
Manager Philadelphia Savings Fund Society.
Vice president Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts (was interim president after resignation of J. F. Lewis, Junior), Settlement Music School. Director Westminster Choir College, Academy Natural Science (Philadelphia).
Chairman American Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics.
Member Drinker, Biddle & Reath, attorneys, Philadelphia, 1932. Associate trustee University of Pennsylvania, Juilliard School of Music. Member American Philosophical Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Republican.
Clubs: Philadelphia (Philadelphia).
Married Sophie Lewis Hutchinson, May 16, 1911. Children: Henry Sandwith, Cecilia, Ernesta, Pemberton H.