Background
Chew, Oswald was born on May 24, 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary Johnson (Brown) Chew.
Chew, Oswald was born on May 24, 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Mary Johnson (Brown) Chew.
Student William Penn Charter School, 1893-1895. Graduated from St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H., 1898. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1903.
Studied law at Harvard and University of Pennsylvania, 1903-1905.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1907, and practiced in Philadelphia. Director Food Gardens Association, Inc. (for the unemployed), Philadelphia, since 1932.
President Manufacturers Land & Improvement corporation since 1933. President Radnor Realty Company, president Gloucester Land Company Attended Camp Plattsburg, New York, 1915-1916. Member Common for Relief in Belgium, 1916 (awarded Commission’s medal).
Volunteer ambulance driver, France, 1916-1917. With American Field Service in Argonne and Verdun sectors. Civilian interpreter, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force, 1917.
Commissioned Lieutenant and assigned to liaison service, 1918. Honorary discharge, St. Aignan, France, 1919. Captain cavalry United States Army Reserve, 1928.
Clubs: Philadelphia, Automobile of Philadelphia, Harvard (New York).
Married Ada Knowlton, June 3, 1908.