Background
WASHBURN, Watson was born on June 13, 1894 in New York City. Son of William Tucker and Mary R. (Doughty) Washburn.
Assistant State Attorney General
WASHBURN, Watson was born on June 13, 1894 in New York City. Son of William Tucker and Mary R. (Doughty) Washburn.
Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts, 1915. Columbia Law School, 1917, Bachelor of Laws Served as First Lieutenant, later Capt United States Army during World War. Special Assistant United States Treasury Department, Washington, District of Columbia, 1921-1922.
Admitted to New York bar, 1920. Partner Washburn & Gray and predecessor, from 1920. Assistant attorney general New York, 1929-1931.
Director Osborne Association, Citizens for Freedom, Inc. Trustee Ballet Foundation. President Reading Reform Foundation, from 1962.
Acting secretary to Governor Dewey, 1948.
Served as captain Field Artillery, United States Army, with American Expeditionary Forces, 1918-1919. Member Association Bar City New York, Spee. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Harvard, West Side Tennis (New York City).