Richard H. Waldo

Background

Waldo, Richard H. was born on September 28, 1878 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Howard Lovett and Clara Waldo (Sullivan) Waldo.

Education

Educated Friends Academy, Locust Valley, New York, Hawkins Collegiate Institute, New Brighton, New York.

Career

Advertising representative Harper & Brothers, 1902-1905. Advisory and business manager Good Housekeeping Magazine, 1905-1914. Established and developed Good Housekeeping Institute with licensing of manufacturers.

Secretary and associate general manager New York Tribune, 1914-1917. Created and caused to be adopted “Truth” emblem by Associated Advertising Clubs of the World (Advertising Federation of America), 1909-1914. Chairman publicity committee Chamber Commerce United States of America, 1913-1917.

Established and staffed The Nation’s. Business, Washington, District of Columbia Commissioned captain Infantry United States.R., Plattsburg, New York, November 8, 1917. Duty American Expeditionary Force, December 1917-August 1919.

Organized War Risk Insurance in Great Britain and Ireland. As business manager organized “The Stars and Stripes,” G.-2, Chaumont. Commanded troops 111th Infantry, 28th Division, field service.

Also secretary and organizing officer Inter-allied Games, Paris, 1919, G.-5, Chaumont. United States Army, 1919.

Membership

Clubs: Atlantic Beach, Military-Naval, Metropolitan (New York).

Connections

Children: Allan Stone, William Stone, Howard Lovett, Thayer Everett.

Father:

Howard Lovett Waldo

Mother:

Clara Waldo (Sullivan) Waldo

child:

Allan Stone Waldo

child:

William Stone Waldo

child:

Thayer Everett Waldo

child:

Howard Lovett Waldo