Background
Wait, William Cushing was born on December 18, 1860 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Elijah Smith and Eliza Ann (Hadley) Wait.
Associate Justice Supreme Judicial Court
Wait, William Cushing was born on December 18, 1860 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Elijah Smith and Eliza Ann (Hadley) Wait.
Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts, 1882. Harvard Law School, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts, 1885.
1 son, Richard. Began practice, Boston, 1885. Became partner with Samuel J. Elder, 1890, later firm of Elder, Wait & Whitman. Judge Superior Court, 1902-1923.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, December 26, since 1923. Alderman, 1893, member School Committee, 1895-1920, commissioner Sinking Fund, 1896-1924, Medford, Massachusetts. Member Commision on Law’s Delays, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1909.
Member: American Academy Arts and Sciences. American Geographical. Society; Academy Political Science.
American Law Institute. American Bar Association. Colonial Society Massachusetts.
Phi Beta Kappa; Bostonian Society. American Judicial Society. Boston Bar Association.
Massachusetts Bar Association Clubs: Union, Boston. Harvard; 20th Century. Appalachian Mountain.
Harvard Musical Association. Law; Curtis.
Spouse Edith Foote Wright, January 1, 1889, Medford, Massachusetts.