Background
Forbes, William Cameron was born in 1870 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Hathaway and Edith (Emerson) Forbes.
territorial governor investment banker
Forbes, William Cameron was born in 1870 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Hathaway and Edith (Emerson) Forbes.
G.s. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1892, Doctor of Laws, 1912. Also Doctor of Laws, Trinity College, 1924.
Doctor of Laws, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1932.
Unmarried.
Was clerk with Jackson & Curtis, bankers & brokers, Boston, 1894-1895. Chief financial department Stone & Webster, electrical engineers, 1897-1902. Partner J. M. Forbes & Company, merchants, Boston, since 1899.
Past vice president Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company.
Member corporation Provident Institution for Savings.
Member Philippine Commission, and secretary commerce and police in government of Philippine Islands, 1904-1908. Member Wood-Forbes Mission sent by President Harding to investigate conditions in Philippine Islands, 1921. Member Massachusetts History Society, College Electors Hall of Fame (New York University).
Clubs: Union, Tavern, Harvard (Boston).