Background
Waite, Sumner was born on September 6, 1888 in Westbrook, Maine, United States. Son of John L. and Annie (Gowen) Waite.
Waite, Sumner was born on September 6, 1888 in Westbrook, Maine, United States. Son of John L. and Annie (Gowen) Waite.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 1911. Graduate Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1923, Command and General staff schedul, 1926, Army War College, 1932. Ecole Superieure de Guerre, Paris, France, 1928.
Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1950.
Second lieutenant, 5th Infantry, United States Army, 1911, promoted through the grades to brigadier general, 1944.
Member Phi Gamma Delta. Club: Army and Navy (Washington).
Married Elizabeth Carrison, November 7, 1923. Children: Elizabeth C., Sumner, Jordan C. Commissioned.