Waldo Elliott Pratt

Background

Pratt, Waldo Elliott was born on December 31, 1895 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Waldo Elliott and Ina (Angus) Pratt.

Education

Graduate, Amherst College, 1918.

Career

With, Lockwood, Gren & Company, 1920-1927; with, Eaton & Howard, investment managers, Boston, from 1928; treasurer, Eaton & Howard, investment managers, Boston, 1932-1942; also board directors, Eaton & Howard, investment managers, Boston director, Wellesley (Massachusetts) Trust Company, 1931-1942; treasurer, Wellesley (Massachusetts) Trust Company, 1938-1942. Board directors United Elastic Corporation, Easthampton, Massachusetts, from 1932. Board directors Hollingsworth & Whitney Company, Boston, 1939-1954, assistant treasurer, 1945-1951, treasurer, 1951-1954, vice president, 1952-1954.

Assistant treasurer Scott Paper Company, 1954-1955.

Achievements

• Waldo Elliott Pratt has been listed as a noteworthy Business executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Eaton & Howard Balanced Fund, Eaton & Howard Stock Fund. Trustee Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Chairman budget committee United Church of Christ, 1961-1963.

Board directors United Church Board for World Ministries, 1955-1963. Treasurer Massachusetts Congressional Christian Conference, Massachusetts Congressional Fund. Second lieutenant Field Artillery, United States.Army, 1917-1919.

Captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member Society Mayflower Descendant, Brookline Country Club, Duxbury Yacht Club.

Connections

Married Helen Virginia Stanley, February 15, 1923. Children: Nancy Virginia Pratt Rhoads, Waldo Elliott 3d, Stanley Edward.

Father:

Waldo Elliott Pratt

Mother:

Ina (Angus) Pratt

Spouse:

Helen Virginia Stanley

child:

Nancy Virginia Pratt Rhoads Pratt

child:

Stanley Edward Pratt

child:

Waldo Elliott 3d Pratt