Background
Carleton, Philip Greenleaf was born on February 7, 1878 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Greenleaf and Frances Ellen (Putnam) Carleton.
Carleton, Philip Greenleaf was born on February 7, 1878 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Greenleaf and Frances Ellen (Putnam) Carleton.
Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1895. Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Harvard, 1899, Bachelor of Laws, 1905.
Tutor in English, Columbia 1899-1901. Instructor in English, Harvard, 1901-1905. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1905, and began practice with Walter I. Badger, Boston.
With Currier, Young & Pillsbury, 1909-1919, member firm, 1917-1919.
General counsel Public Trustees of Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, 1919-1946, vice president and general counsel, 1946-1949, retired. President Eastern Mutual Insurance Company, Boston.
Served as government appeal agent on legal advisory board of Selective Draft, World War. Member American and City of Boston bar associations. Clubs: Union, Harvard (Boston).
Married Sarah Swift Schaff, June 19, 1915.