Background
Chapin, Arthur Beebe was born on November 17, 1868 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Judge Edward W. and Mary Lavinia (Beebe) Chapin.
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Chapin, Arthur Beebe was born on November 17, 1868 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Judge Edward W. and Mary Lavinia (Beebe) Chapin.
Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1887. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1891.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1896. In practice with father at Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1897-1904. City solicitor, Holyoke, 1896.
Mayor of Holyoke, 1899-1904. Treasurer Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1905-1909. Bank commissioner, Massachusetts, 1909-1912.
Vice president, later president American Trust Company, Boston, 1912-1929. General manager New York office of Whiting Paper Company, 1929-1931. Treasurer R.R. Credit Corporation, Washington, District of Columbia, 1932-1937.
Now president Farr Alpaca Company (in receivership). Director Holyoke & Westfield R.R., Assistant treasurer, later treasurer, Andover Theological Seminary, 1910-1932. Chairman Holyoke Committee of British War Relief Society Delaware to Republican National Convention, 1924.
Former member Massachusetts Board Tax Appeals. Member of commander to revise tax laws of Massachusetts.
Member S.A.R. (former treasurer Massachusetts chapter), S.R. Mason (K.T.).; Club: University (Boston).
Married Tirzah L. Sherwood, November 25, 1896 (died December 22, 1901). Married second, Marion S. Murlless, December 18, 1907.