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Historical records matching Atty. Richard Stockton Emmet
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About Atty. Richard Stockton Emmet
- Richard's birth, photograph, and death information are available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129131024/richard-stockton-emmet
- Richard's photograph is used courtesy of Constable_Cascaden, Find A Grave ID 48661109
- The following write-up is available at the above-mentioned URL:
- "Son of William T. Emmet and Cornelia Zabriskie. Married (1) Helen Pratt Philbin. Father of Richard S. Emmet, Jr. and Jane E. Drake. Married (2) Jessie Keena Schroeder. Father of Robert E. Emmet and Katherine T. Emmet. He was an attorney.
- "Richard Stockton Emmet, lawyer and former trustee of St. Paul's, died October 5, 1969, in New York City. He was born April 8, 1897, in New Rochelle, New York, the son of William T. Emmet, '87, and Cornelia Z. Emmet. Winner of the School Medal at his graduation from St. Paul's, he had also been the recipient of the Stewart Douglas Robinson Scholarship in 1915 and had been secretary of the Cadmean and an assistant editor of the Horae.
- "The "smooth style" he displayed as captain of the second Halcyon crew on Race Day, 1915, came to its reward three years later when he was stroke and captain of the Harvard varsity crew.
- "After graduation from college in 1919, he served under Herbert Hoover, first on the Belgian Relief Commission and later when Mr. Hoover was Secretary of Commerce.
- "He graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1927, to begin a distinguished career as a lawyer, becoming a partner in the New York firm of Emmet, Marvin & Martin. He was a trustee of St. Paul's from 1935 to 1939. For more than thirty years he also served as treasurer and a trustee of St. Barnabas Hospital, New York City, and he had been a member of the Old Brookville, L. I., zoning board of appeals.
- "Surviving are his wife, Jessie Schroeder Emmet; a son and daughter by his first marriage, Richard S. Emmet, Jr., '42, and Mrs. Jane E. Drake; a son and daughter by his second marriage, Lt. Robert Emmet, USMC, '63, and Miss Katherine T. Emmet; a brother, William T. Emmet, '25, and six grandchildren. Another son, William T. Emmet, 2d, '38, a pilot with the Eighth Air Force, was killed in action over Germany in World War II.
- " Alumni Horae, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 198, Obituaries 3, Originally published: Autumn 1969."
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Atty. Richard Stockton Emmet's Timeline
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April 8, 1897
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New Rochelle, Westchester, New York, United States
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| 1920 |
September 21, 1920
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Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
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October 5, 1969
Age 72
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Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
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Memorial Cemetery of Saint John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Nassau, New York, United States
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