Background
Kent, Stephen Girard was born on January 21, 1890 in Brooklyn. Son of Stephen Waterbury and Carabel (Steele) Kent.
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Stephen Girard Kent
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Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1911. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1914.
Career
Admitted to New York bar, 1914. Associate Shearman & Sterling, New York City, 1914-1917, Dorman & Dana, 1917-1920. Staff lawyer Irving Trust Company and predecessor, New York City, 1920-1955.
Assistant resident counsel, 1926, resident counsel, 1929, secretary, 1939, head legal division, 1931-1955, general counsel, 1953-1955.
Achievements
Membership
Member of board of managers, executive and finance (chairman) committees Broadcasting and Film Commission, National Council Churches of Christ in United States of America. Member board of managers of United Church Men.
Served as Second lieutenant 323d infantry 81st Division, American Expeditionary Force, World War I. Member American Society Corporate Sections, Incorporated., American Bar assosiation, New York Company Lawyers, assosiation, New York Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon.
Clubs Williams (New York City).
Connections
Married Philena Marshall, June 11, 1921. Children: Stephen Girard, George Marshall, Thomas Day.
