Background
Marvin, Langdon Parker was born on September 16, 1876 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Selden Erastus and Katharine Langdon (Parker) Marvin.
Marvin, Langdon Parker was born on September 16, 1876 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Selden Erastus and Katharine Langdon (Parker) Marvin.
Graduate The Albany Academy, 1894. Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard, 1898, Master of Arts, 1899, Bachelor of Laws cum laude, 1901 (editor Harvard Law Review).
Secretary to Justice Horace Gray, Supreme Court, United States, 1901-1902. To Honorary Elihu Root while member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, London, 1903. Associate with Carter & Ledyard and Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, New York City, 1902-1907.
Member Rand, Moffatt & Webb, 1908-1909, Jerome & Rand, 1910, Marvin, Hooker & Roosevelt (Franklin Doctorate.), 1911-1920, Emmet, Marvin & Roosevelt, 1920-1924, Emmet, Marvin & Martin, since 1924.
Director Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
Member Rand, Moffatt & Webb, 1908-1909, Jerome & Rand, 1910, Marvin, Hooker & Roosevelt (Franklin Doctorate.), 1911-1920, Emmet, Marvin & Roosevelt, 1920-1924, Emmet, Marvin & Martin, since 1924. Member Plattsburg Military Training Camp, 1915. Member Harvard Fund Council, 1925-1930, 1933-1939.
Member Military Training Camps Association, United States (Executive Committee, past secretary), Associate Harvard.
Member vestry Saint Mary's-by-the-Sea, North East Harbor, Maine. Clubs: Harvard (secretary, 1907-1917, vice president, 1929-1932.
Married Mary Eliot Vaughan, December 9, 1916. Children: Diana Gibson, Langdon, Junior.