Background
Davis, Deane Chandler was born on November 7, 1900 in East Barre, Vermont, United States. Son of Earl Russell and Lois (Hillary) Davis.
(Deane Chandler Davis (November 7, 1900 - December 8, 1990...)
Deane Chandler Davis (November 7, 1900 - December 8, 1990) was born in East Barre, Vermont. He was the 74th Governor of the U.S. state of Vermont from 1969 to 1973 and a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1948. Before becoming Governor, he worked as a lawyer, county prosecutor, Superior Court judge (1931-36), and president of the National Life Insurance Co. In his retirement he published two books of humorous stories about his experience as a country lawyer. Davis died December 8, 1990. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Barre, Vermont. His governorship was particularly noteworthy for the creation of a state sales tax. Davis also oversaw the 1970 enactment of Act 250, a law designed to control development and safeguard the environment, community life, and aesthetic character of the state.
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Davis, Deane Chandler was born on November 7, 1900 in East Barre, Vermont, United States. Son of Earl Russell and Lois (Hillary) Davis.
Bachelor of Laws, Boston University, 1922. Doctor of Laws, Boston University, 1969. Doctor of Laws, University Vermont, 1957.
Doctor of Laws, Middlebury College, 1964. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Norwich University, 1963. DPubService (honorary), Norwich University, 1976.
Practiced law, Barre, Vermont, 1922-1931, 36-40;
city attorney, Barre, 1924-1926, 28-30;
states attorney, Washington County, Vermont, 1926-1928;
superior judge, State of Vermont, 1931-1936;
member, Wilson, Carver, Davis & Keyser, Barre and Chelsea, Vermont, 1936-1940;
general counsel, National Life Insurance Company, 1940-1950;
vice president, National Life Insurance Company, 1943-1950;
president, chief Executive officer, National Life Insurance Company, 1950-1966;
Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, National Life Insurance Company, 1966-1967;
Chairman of the Board, National Life Insurance Company, 1967-1968;
also director, member of advisory committee, National Life Insurance Company
governor, State of Vermont, 1969-1973. Member Barre City Council, 1923-1924. Member of advisory board Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
Board directors Bertex, Inc., Swxnton and St. Albans, Vermont.
(Deane Chandler Davis (November 7, 1900 - December 8, 1990...)
(Book by Davis, Deane C.)
President Vermont State Chamber of C., 1942-1943. Delegate Republican Convention, 1948, 72, member resolutions committee, 1948. President Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation.
Board directors Life Insurance Medical Research Fund, 1955-1957, Mary Fletcher Hospital, 1955-1959. President, managing director Cooperative Health Information Center Vermont, 1973-1975, board directors, 1973-1977. Member American Bar Association (governor 1945-1948, chairman Vermont committee representing council on legal education and admissions to bar), Vermont Bar Association (president 1942), Life Insurance Association American (director 1953-1963, president 1959-1960), American Life Convention (vice president), Institute Life Insurance (director 1961-1964, chairman board 1963), American Judicature Society, Vermont Morgan Horse Association (chairman board), American Morgan Horse Association (president 1963-1964), Green Mountain Horse Association (vice president), Delta Theta Phi.
Lodges: Masons, Knights of Pythias.
Married Corinne Eastman, June 14, 1924 (deceased March 9, 1951). Children— Deane (deceased), Marian Davis Calcagni, Thomas C. Married Marjorie Smith Conzelman, July 5, 1952.