Background
Quarles, John Rhodes was born on June 8, 1897 in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. Son of John Rhodes and Emma (Wheeler) Quarles.
Quarles, John Rhodes was born on June 8, 1897 in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. Son of John Rhodes and Emma (Wheeler) Quarles.
AB, University of Virginia, 1917; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1918; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1928.
Associate, Ropes & Gray, and predecessors, Boston, 1928-1937; member, Ropes & Gray, and predecessors, Boston, from 1937. Board directors William Carter Company, Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company, Singing Needles, Inc., Thomas Long Company. Trustee Bingham (Maine) Association Fund.
Member administrative board Tufts-New England Medical Center. Trustee Affiliated Hospitals, Inc., Social Law Library., Garland Junior College, Boston Floating Hospital, Episcopal Theological Seminary, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Medical Center, Boston. Past president, trustee Boston Lying-In Hospital.
Chairman, trustee Wellesley College. Secretary, trustee New England Center Hospital. Member of national commission church unity Episcopal Church Second lieutenant infantry, United States Army, World War I. Fellow American Bar Association.
Member Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Bar Association City New York, Union Club, St. Botolph Club, St. Bernard Fish and GameClub (Quebec, Canada), Raven Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho.
Married Josephine Franklin, September 15, 1928. Children: Barbara Jean Quarles Harper, Elizabeth Ann Quarles Glennon, John Rhodes Junior.