Roger Browne Tyler

Background

Tyler, Roger Browne was born on July 19, 1896 in Bernardston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William J. and Susie Noyes (Browne) Tyler.

Education

Graduate, Boston Latin School, 1913. AB, Harvard University, 1917. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1920.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Emerson College, 1065.

Career

Associate, Goodwin, Proctor, Field & Hoar, Boston, 1920-1926; associate, Rackemann, Sawyer, & Brewster, Boston, 1926-1930; partner, Rackemann, Sawyer, & Brewster, Boston, 1930-1985; senior partner, Rackemann, Sawyer, & Brewster, Boston, 1971-1978; of counsel, Rackemann, Sawyer, & Brewster, Boston, 1978-1985. Board directors, also Chairman of the Board Workingmens Cooperative Bank, Boston, 1923-1971, president, 1947-1952. Past trustee Warren Institution Savings.

Past incorporator Union-Warren Savings Bank. Former corporator Newton Savings Bank. Trustee Thomas Thompson Trust, Ogden Codman Trust.

Achievements

• Bar: Mass 1920.

Membership

Chairman Brookline Community Council, 1955-1958. Member Brookline Bicentennial Commission,, Brookline Town Meeting, 1955-1974. Vice president, director Bunker Hill Monument Association.

Corporator Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Trustee, past chairman Walnut Hills Cemetery, Emerson College. Past president, trustee Rivers Country Day School.

Past trustee Marlboro College, Beaver County Day School. Secretary Harvard Class of 1917. Ensign United States Naval Reserve, 1918-1919.

Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association (past president, director), Boston Bar Association (past council member), Norfolk County Bar Association, Massachusetts Conveyancers Association (executive committee, past president),Bostonian Society (past president, director), New England Historic Genealogical Society (past council member), Boston Latin School Association (trustee, past president), Society Cincinnati New Hampshire (standing committee), Society Colonial Wars Massachusetts (past lieutenant governor), American Philaletic Society (life), Massachusetts Audubon Society, Nantucket History Society, Brookline History Society, Bernardson History Society, Dorchester History Society, Society Preservation New England Antiquities, Navy League, The Country Club (Brookline), Curtis Club, Abstract Club., Masons.

Connections

Married Margaret L. Blakely, October 4, 1924 (deceased 1955) children: William B., Martha Ann Tyler Saunders, Margaret C. Tyler Stetson. Married Beatrice M. Lowell Colby, August 29, 1956.

Father:

William J. Tyler

Mother:

Susie Noyes (Browne) Tyler

Spouse:

Margaret L. Blakely

Spouse:

Beatrice M. Lowell Colby

child:

Martha Ann Tyler Saunders Tyler

child:

William B. Tyler

child:

Margaret C. Tyler Stetson Tyler