Background
King, Raymond Thomas was born on August 15, 1893 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Edward and Anna (Davis) King.
King, Raymond Thomas was born on August 15, 1893 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Edward and Anna (Davis) King.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1915. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1919.
Childrer—Joan (Mistress Eugene Loveland), Nancy (Mistress Hobart Swan), Lucy, Raymond T., Mary (Mistress Charles Whelan). Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1919. Private practice law, Springfield, 1921-1971.
Member Ely, King, Kingsbury & Corcoran.
City solicitor City of Springfield, 1936-1937, special counsel, 1939-1940. Director Legal Aid Society, 1942-1971.
Member Catholic Scholarships for Negroes, Incorporated., 1948-1971. Director Springfield Community Chest, 1936-1940.
Organizer, director War Chest, 1941-1943, United Fund Greater Springfield, Incorporated., 1950-1951.
Member Massachusetts White House Conference on Youth, 1950. Area chairman Easter Seal campaign Bay State Society, 1956. President Concert Association of Springfield, 1933-1948.
Springfield chairman American Aid for Children to Palestine, 1948, Children’s Medical Center, Boston, 1949.
Served as captain infantry United States Army, 1917-1919. Member American, Massachusetts, Hampden County (president 1942-1943) bar associations, Harvard Law School Association, American Legion. Knights of Columbus; Clubs: University, Dartmouth (Springfield).
Married Olive Geran King, October 19, 1918.