Background
THAYER, Walter Nelson was born on July 5, 1875 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Walter Nelson and Adelaide (Briggs) Thayer, Senior.
State Commissioner of Corrections
THAYER, Walter Nelson was born on July 5, 1875 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Walter Nelson and Adelaide (Briggs) Thayer, Senior.
Troy High School; Troy Academy. New York University of Medical, 1897.
Y. Prison Physician Connecticut State Prison, Wethersfield, 1900. Private practice, New York State, 04. Assistant Physician Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New York.
1904-1913; Physician, Eastern New York Reformatory, Napanoch, 20. Assistant Superintendent Eastern New York Reformatory, 1920-1921. Superintendent Institute, for Defective Delinquents, Napanoch, 1921-1929.
Superintendent of Prisons, State of Maryland, 30. State Commissioner of Corrections, New York State, since 1930. Author of various monographs on Delinquency, Mental Deficiency.
Member: American Prigon Association. American Psychiatric Association. Internatl! Conference Mental Hygiene.
National. Association Mental Hygiene. American Association for Study of Feebleminded. Southern and Eastern Conference, on Prison Industrial Labor.
Masons. Clubs: Rotary, Baltimore Press, Shawangunk Mountain.
Spouse Adelaide McDonell, June 20, 1899, Dannemora, N.