Background
Munroe, James Phinney was born on June 3, 1862 in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James S. and Alice B. (Phinney) Munroe.
Munroe, James Phinney was born on June 3, 1862 in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James S. and Alice B. (Phinney) Munroe.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1882. Doctor of Letters, George Washington University, 1918. Phi Beta Kappa, William and Mary College, Virginia, 1919.
Secretary of faculty, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1882-1889. Member firm James South. Munroe & Company, since 1889. Treasurer Munroe Felt & Paper Company, Boston, since 1897, president, since 1910.
President Alumni Association Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1894-1897.
Life member corporation Massachusetts Institute Technology, since 1897, secretary, since 1909. Managing editor Technology Review, 1899-1908.
Chairman Lexington School Committee, 1907-1909. Chairman Massachusetts Common for the Blind, 1908-1918.
Executive director “Boston 1915,” 1910-1911.
Director National Committee Prevention Blindness. Vice president North. Bennet Saint Industrial School. Treasurer Garland School.
Treasurer Residuary Estate of George O. Smith.
Member firm James South. Munroe & Company, since 1889. Member Lexington History Society (president 1898), National Society Vocational Education (president 1910-1911), Boston Chamber Commerce (Chairman of Commission on education, 1909-1912), Bostonian Society, Unitarian Laymen’s League (director), Mas. Civic League (chairman civil service committee).
Married Katharine Winthrop Langdon, July 2, 1885. Children: Alice Langdon (deceased), Katharine Langdon (Mistress Frederic L. Day), Elizabeth Winthrop.