Background
Frost, Walter Archer was born on December 18, 1875 in Amenia, New York, United States. Son of Simeon Taylor and Phoebe (Wheeler) Frost.
Frost, Walter Archer was born on December 18, 1875 in Amenia, New York, United States. Son of Simeon Taylor and Phoebe (Wheeler) Frost.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1901. Bachelor of Laws, University Wisconsin, m. Susan Winifred McCurdy, December 18, 1905 (deceased 1948);(Mistress Stanley Kenneth Anderson).
Engaged in practice law Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1905-1906, Boston, 1909-1912. Editor People's Magazine, New York, part of 1912. Associate editor Munsey’s Magazine, 1912-1913.
Fiction editor Good Housekeeping Magazine, New York, 1913-1914.
Assistant director Bureau Membership, and associate director bureau of Canteen Service, American Red Cross, Washington, 1915-1917. Manager syndicate department New York Evening Post, 1920.
Financial secretary Charity Organisation Society, 1920-1923. Literature assistant Young & Rubicam, Incorporated., New York, 1937-1946.
Enlisted in the United States Army, June 14, 1918.
Commissioned captain Quartermaster Corps. Assistant salvage officer, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Assigned to Chief of Transportation, assigned Judge Advisory Corps 1919.
Honorary discharged, October 27, 1919.
Commissioned captain Question Manager Reserve corpus, United States army.
Fellow American Geography Society. Member American Institute Graphic Arts, Eugene Field Society (honorary), American Legion Military Order Foreign Wars United States, Psi Upsilon. Officer d’Academie, France, 1939.
Clubs: Hasty Pudding.
Institute of 1770 (Cambridge, Massachusetts).