Background
Fuess, Claude Moore was born on January 12, 1885 in Waterville, New York, United States. Son of Louis Philip and Helen Augusta (Moore) Fuess.
Fuess, Claude Moore was born on January 12, 1885 in Waterville, New York, United States. Son of Louis Philip and Helen Augusta (Moore) Fuess.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1905, Doctor of Letters, 1929. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1906, Doctor of Philosophy, 1912, Doctor of Letters, 1931. Doctor of Letters, Dartmouth, 1931, Yale, 1934, Princeton, 1938.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Williams College, 1935.
Doctor of Laws, Tufts College, 1943, Emerson, 1956. Doctor of Education, Calvin Coolidge College, 1958.
1 son, John Cushing; married second, Lulie Anderson Blackfan, December 15, 1945 (died November 6, 1956). Began instructor in English and editor of Phillips Bulletin, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1908-1933, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson Foundation professor of English. 1928; headmaster of Phillips Academy, 1933-1948.
Lowell Institute lecturer, 1954, 55.
Member Massachusetts Commision on the Aging, White House Conference on Education, Civil War Centennial Commission. Member Massachusetts War Memorial Commission. Member of the board visitors, Amherst College, Brown University, Harvard University, United States Naval Academy.
Member Massachusetts Board Collegiate.
Member Headmasters Association, (president 1947-1948), Modern Language Association American, English Speaking Union, Massachusetts History Society, Society Colonial Wars, American Legion, Military Order World War, American Academy Arts and Science. Amherst Alumni Council, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi (national president 1937-1939).
President New England Association Colleges Secondary Schools, 1942. Clubs: Country (Brookline).
Married Elizabeth Cushing Goodhue, June 27, 1911 (died July 26, 1943). Married second, Lulie Anderson Blackfan, December 15, 1945 (died November 6, 1956).