Background
Pollitt, Levin Irving was born on April 28, 1866 in Salisbury, Maryland. Son of Levin Irving and Anne Maria (Ralph) Pollitt.
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Levin Irving Pollitt
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Western Maryland. College, Wesminster, 1889, Master of Arts, 1892, honorary Master of Arts, 1926, Doctor of Laws, 1939.
Career
Teacher Western Maryland. College, 1889-1890, Chamberlain-Hunt Academy, Portuguese Gibson, Mississippi, 1890-1898, also editor Portuguese Gibson (Mississippi) Reveille, 1895-1898. General manager Natchez (Mississippi) Water & Sewer Company, 1898-1901, Pine Bluff (Arkansas) Water & Light Company, 1901-1904.
President Suffolk (Virginia) Gas-Electric Company, 1909-1924, Bluefield (Virginia) Gas & Power Company, 1911-1924, Henrico County (Virginia) Gas Company, 1912-1920, Sumter (South Carolina.) Gas & Power Company, 1912-1924, Gas Light Company of Augusta, Georgia, 1914-1924, Husband Flint Products Company, 1918-1920.
Vice-president and general manager Southern Gas & Electric Corporation, 1909-1923, president 1923-1945. Editor and historian, Presbytery of Baltimore.
Achievements
Membership
Member Presbytery of Baltimore (moderator 1927-1928). Member American Gas Association, Maryland. History Society, Saint Andrew’s Society, Eastern Shore Society of Baltimore (president 1925), Sons of the American Revolution
Connections
Married Fanny L. Bertron, December 27, 1894. Children: Pauline Frances (Mistress Douglas R. Morrison), Levin Irving.
