Background
Torrey, Raymond Hezekiah was born on July 15, 1880 in Georgetown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Grafton Francis and Leonora Margaret (Warren) Torrey.
Torrey, Raymond Hezekiah was born on July 15, 1880 in Georgetown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Grafton Francis and Leonora Margaret (Warren) Torrey.
Graduated from the high school, Georgetown, 1898.
Reporter Georgetown Advocate, 1896-1899, Springfield (Massachusetts) Union, 1899-1903. Reporter, re-write man, copy reader, night manager, New York City News Association, 1903-1911. With New York American, 1911-1913 and 1916-1919, New York Tribune, 1913-1916, New York Evening Post (editor rotogravure section), 1919-1924.
Secretary New York State Council of Parks, 1924. Field secretary National Conference on State Parks, 1925-1927. Secretary American Scenic and History Preservation Society, since 1927. Secretary Association for Protection of Adirondacks, since 1929.
Author: New York Walk Book (with Frank Place and R. L. Dickinson), 1923. New York Walk Book (with same), 1934. State Parks and Recreational Uses of State Forests in the United States, 1926.Conducted “Long Brown Path” column, New York Post, 1919. Editor: Guide to the Appalachian Trail from the Housatonic River to the Susquehanna River, 1934. Contributor numerous articles on botanical subjects.Locates roadside markers for History Preservation Society, coöperating with State Education Department. Directed trail-making as chairman New York-New Jersey Trail Conference.
Member of board of managers New York Botanical Garden. Chairman field committee Torrey Botanical. Club, since 1927.
Married Elizabeth R. Bastible, April. Children: Raymond Francis, Leonora Warren (Mistress.