Background
Thayer, Lucius Ellsworth was born on June 19, 1896 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Review Lucius Harrison and Helen Chadwick (Rand) Thayer.
Thayer, Lucius Ellsworth was born on June 19, 1896 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Review Lucius Harrison and Helen Chadwick (Rand) Thayer.
Graduate Phillips Exeter Academy, 1914. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1918. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1923.
Bar, 1923; associate Hale & Dorr, Boston, 1923-1968, senior partner, 1932-1968, president, 1949-1965. Chairman, Exolon Company, abrasives, Tonawanda, New York, 1961-1968, also director Chairman Sherwood Investors, Incorporated., Brookline, Massachusetts President Board of Ministerial Aid.
Massachusetts Commissioner, sinking fund, City of Newton.
Secretary, trustee Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey. Board of trustees (recipient layman’s citation award) Andover Theological School.
Served with American Field Service, French Army, 1917. Member Newton Council Churches (1st president), Boston Seaman’s Friend Society (past president), American, Massachusetts bar associations, Newcomen Society, American Society International Law, United Nations League Lawyers (past vice president American division), Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon. Clubs: Union, Algonquin (Boston).
Married Virginia Speare, September 13, 1924. Children: Lucius Harrison II, Patricia V.