Background
Curtiss, Philip was born on April 10, 1885 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Philip Everett and Olive Collins (Welch) Curtiss.
Curtiss, Philip was born on April 10, 1885 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Philip Everett and Olive Collins (Welch) Curtiss.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1906, honorary Master of Arts, 1931. Studied University of Madrid and Sorbonne, Paris.
Was reported with Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, 1907-1908, Hartford (Connecticut) Times 1908-1910. Secretary Manufacturers’ Association of Connecticut, 1910-1914. Lieutenant and captain 1st Connecticut Infantry, 1910-1916.
Served with the 13th United States Infantry in Texas, 1911, with own regiment in Arizona, 1916.
Member Connecticut legislature, 1941-1943, 45-47. Member Commission to Examine Entire Court System of Connecticut, 1943-1944. Trustee Norfolk (Connecticut) Library.
Member Psi Upsilon.
Republican. Club: Norfolk Country.
Married Maudie Knust (Ida Valli), English actress, 1916. Children: Joan Valli (Mistress William B. Hurd) and Ann (Mistress Herbert Scoville, Junior.