Background
Lakin, Herbert Conrad was born on March 11, 1872 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Boyer and Ellena Kimball (Putnam) Lakin.
Lakin, Herbert Conrad was born on March 11, 1872 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Boyer and Ellena Kimball (Putnam) Lakin.
Graduated from the high school, Worcester, 1890. Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Harvard, 1894, Bachelor of Laws, 1898.
Admitted to New York bar, 1899, and began as clerk for law firm Evarts, Choate & Beaman, New York City. Clerk Lord, Day & Lord, 1901-1905. Member firm 1905-1919.
President The Cuba Company, 1919-1930, Compania Cubana, 1919-1930, Cuba R.R., 1919-1925. Director and counsel same companies, Cuba Northern Rys. and Consolidated R.R. of Cuba until 1933. President Cuban Land Company.
Director Long Island Railroad Company. Vice-president and director J. A. Wigmore Land Company Trustee Scarsdale Board of Education, 1914-1919 (president 1917-1919). Trustee, chairman finance committee Greenwich (Connecticut) Public Library, 1935-1941.
In Stockbridge; former president Laurel Hill Chairman's Association Town Planning Board. Member Post War Planning Board.
Member law firm of Wing, Lakin & Whedon 1930-May 1, 1940. Member New York National Guard, 1903-1909. Member American Bar Association, Association Bar City of New York, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Clubs: Harvard, Century (New York).
Married Helen Wardner Beaman, October 8, 1902. Children: Hettie Beaman (Mistress F. Ritter Shumway), Eleanor Putnam (Mistress David Porter Guest), Charles Beaman, Mary Stacy (Mistress George G. Hoffman).