Background
Putnam, William Hutchinson was born on February 1, 1878 in Brooklyn, Connecticut, United States. Son of Albert Day and Harriet Eliza (Dorrance) Putnam.
Putnam, William Hutchinson was born on February 1, 1878 in Brooklyn, Connecticut, United States. Son of Albert Day and Harriet Eliza (Dorrance) Putnam.
Educational public schools. Honorary Master of Arts, Trinity College, 1942. Doctor of Humane Letters, Hillyer College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1955.
Clerk in Windham County National Bank, Danielson, Connecticut. With New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, William A. Read & County, New New York Partner Richter & Company, Hartford predecessor of Putnam & Company.
Senior partner Putnam & Company, since 1921.
Director Hartford Special Machinery Company.
Member New York Stock Exchange. Chairman Greater Hartford Bridge. Member Hartford Park Commission, 1931-1948.
Member Hartford Finance Commission, 1916-1922.
Member of Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission Chairman board of trustees Connecticut College for Women, New London, Suffield Academy, trustee Horace Bushnell Memorial, Connecticut chairman Liberty Loans, 1917-1919, Connecticut History Society (finance committee), Society of Cincinnati of Connecticut, Society of Colonial Wars, Mayflower Society, Society of Founders and Patriots, Walpole Society, Laurel Garden. Mason (32°, Shriner, Knight of the Order of the Thistle).
Clubs: Hartford.
Married Adabelle C. Lyon, March 8, 1899 (died April. Children: Lyonel Hutchinson, Marcella Rockwell, Albert Day.