Roger Batchelder

Background

Batchelder, Roger was born on June 5, 1897 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of Frank Roe and Mabel Caroline (Streeter) Batchelder.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, from Harvard University, 1918.

Career

Contributor full page Sunday feature articles lo the Boston Herald, 1917-1918, Essex Market Court column, New York Evening World, 1919-1920. “New Yorkers for a Day or Two” column, 1921. Real estate editor, 1924-1925.

New York correspondent Boston Globe, 1925-1934.

Writer “Skylines of New York,” and “Footlights of Broadway,” weekly columns for North American Newspaper Alliance, 1932-1933.

Achievements

• Roger Batchelder has been listed as a notable newspaper man, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as private 8th’ Massachusetts Infantry on Mexican border 5 months, 1916. Member Kappa Gamma Chirurgical Mason.; Club: Harvard (New York).

Connections

Married Florence May Holt, April. Children: Austin (deceased), Carol.