Background
Dunham, Lawrence Boardman was born on July 18, 1882 in West Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Francis and Annie Sherry (Boardman) Dunham.
Dunham, Lawrence Boardman was born on July 18, 1882 in West Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edward Francis and Annie Sherry (Boardman) Dunham.
Graduate Volkmann School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900. Bachelor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1904. Bachelor of Laws, New York Law School, 1907.
Admitted to New York bar, 1907. Managing clerk, law office of Whitridge, Butler & Rice, New York City, 1908. In private practice, New York City, 1908-1913.
Deputy police commissioner, New York City, 1913-1917.
Member of staff Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, 1925-1927. Director Bureau of Social Hygiene, 1928-1934.
Technical adviser to American delegation, Geneva Convention, for Limitation of Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs, 1931. Became Executive officer personal staff of Mayor LaGuardia, 1934.
Appointed city magistrate, New York City, April 1935, justice Court of Domestic Relations, New York City, September 1935.
Served as major United States Army, 1918-1919, intelligence officer, Signal Corps, War College and port of embarkation, Hoboken. Commissioned major in Army of the United States, July 1942, detailed as. Member Delta Phi, Saint Elmo.
Clubs: Yale, Riverdale, Saint Andrews Golf.
Married Margaret Vryling Putnam, June 10, 1915. Children: Lawrence Boardman, William Putnam, Margaret Van Vryling.