Matthew Hale

Background

Hale, Matthew was born on May 30, 1882 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Matthew and Mary (Lee) Hale.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1903 (Phi Beta Kappa), A.M., 1904. Harvard Law School, 1903-1904, 1905-1906.

Career

Began practice in offices of Dunbar, Brandeis & Nutter, 1907. Opened private office, 1908. Assistant solicitor, B.&M. R.R., working on interstate commerce law, 1908-1911.

Purchased Boston Journal, March 1913. Vice president Liberty Shipbuilding Company, 1918. Manager Liberty Shipbuilding Ship Yards, Brunswick, Georgia, 1918.

President S. Atlantic Maritime Corporation, 1918-1922, S. Atlantic Export Company, 1919-1922. Alderman, Boston, 1909-1910. Council, 1910-1913; chairman Progressive State Committee, Massachusetts, 1912.

Massachusetts member Progressive National Committee, 1912. Appointed member Wage Umpire Board, July 1918.

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Anne Taggard Piper, February 23, 1907.

Father:

Matthew Hale

Mother:

Mary (Lee) Hale

Spouse:

Anne Taggard Piper