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Edwin Leonard Shevlin, was born, on 29 October 1898, in Crookston, Minnesota; died, on 13 October 1950, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Parents --
Father: Edwin Charles Shevlin, operator of the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Companies, Bend, Oregon. He was the son of John and Maude Matilda (Leonard) Shevlin.
Mother: Harriet Albina (Hall) Shevlin, daughter of Stephen Crosby Hall and Alice Albina (Clark) Hall. Her father was a important name in the American lumber industry. His companies having logged and cut many millions of board feet of lumber and turned a good part of it into finished product including roofing, siding, molding, framing, and heavy beams. They then resold much of the land for farming use.
Schooling -- The Hill School [College preparatory], Scholar of the Third Rank, junior year; Harvard, freshman and University football teams, freshman baseball team, University track and gymnastic teams, sergeant ROTC at Yale, Alpha Delta Phi, Skull and Bones.
Occupation -- planing mill for, Eastern and Western Lumber Company, Portland, Oregon, 1921-22; with Shevhn-Hixon Lumber Company, Bend, Oregon, 1922-50; (salesman New York City 1925-31; Assistant General Manager, sawmills, Bend, Oregon 1931-39; Executive Vice-President, for Shevlin Pine Sales Company, Minneapolis, Minn., and Shevlin-Hixon Company, 1939-50; Vice-President, Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest 1946-47, President 1947-48; 2nd. Lt. Field Artillery, World War I; President Men's Advisory Board, at Northwestern Hospital, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Director, Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis, Minn.; member, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minn..
Married -- December 9, 1930, New York City, Ella Jeanne Broward (BA Unviversity of Washington, 1921, B S.; Columbia University,1922, MA, 1923; daughter of, Napoleon Bonaparte and Annie Isabel (Douglass) Broward.
Bio from Harvard University publician.
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--- Edwin L. Shevlin's Children ---
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(1) Edwin Leonard Shevlin, Jr.
(2) Jean Broward [Shevlin] Gerard, was married to, Lt. Col. James Watson Gerard, in 1959. Her husband, died in 1987. Her husband's father, by the same name, was a soldier, polititan, lawyer, and United States Ambassador to Germany, during WWI, working with/for British prisoners.
Mrs. Jean Gerard, was graduated from Vassar College in 1959. She earned her law degree from Fordham University in 1877. She died of cancer at her home in Paris, on 05 Aug 1996, she was 59, and had been under treatment for cancer.
Jean, who as America's permanent representative at NESCO played a key role in President Reagan's decision to pull out of the agency in 1984. On 28 Dec 1983, the Regan Administration abandoned its efforts to negotate change at UNSCO when Mrs. Gerard gave Mr. M'Bow notice of America's intention to withdraw from the organization, on 31 Dec 1984, and to end its financial support of the agency, cutting its U.N. budget by a quarter. Subsequently, Britain and Singapore, also withdrew.
In 1985, Mrs. Gerard was named Ambassador to Luxembourg, serving there until 1989. She was the director of the N.Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society and the Child Health Foundation.
She was survived by a son, James and a daughter, Harriet.
Artical by, Paul Lewis, The New York Times, 06 Aug 1996.
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Death of Edwin L. Shevlin -- Due to carcinoma, ashes interred in Portland Memorial Mausoleum with his parent's and wife. Survived by wife, children, and a brother.
Brother -- Crosby Hall Shevlin; Harvard, Class of 1920; born Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, on 10 Dec 1896; died in Marin county, California, on 25 Feb 1956. Cause of death, alcoholism. Married, Louise Frazar Burrell at Newport, Rhode Island, on 03 July 1918. Adopted two children, Cynthia Burrell Shevlin Warias and John Burrell Shevlin. Crosby was the love of his wife. NOTE: Until, about, 1910, Crosby's name was, Stephen Crosby Shevlin for unkown reasons the name was changed, to Crosby Hall Shevlin.
(2)NOTE: There are several more hidden images that you may look at.
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Edwin Leonard Shevlin, was born, on 29 October 1898, in Crookston, Minnesota; died, on 13 October 1950, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Parents --
Father: Edwin Charles Shevlin, operator of the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Companies, Bend, Oregon. He was the son of John and Maude Matilda (Leonard) Shevlin.
Mother: Harriet Albina (Hall) Shevlin, daughter of Stephen Crosby Hall and Alice Albina (Clark) Hall. Her father was a important name in the American lumber industry. His companies having logged and cut many millions of board feet of lumber and turned a good part of it into finished product including roofing, siding, molding, framing, and heavy beams. They then resold much of the land for farming use.
Schooling -- The Hill School [College preparatory], Scholar of the Third Rank, junior year; Harvard, freshman and University football teams, freshman baseball team, University track and gymnastic teams, sergeant ROTC at Yale, Alpha Delta Phi, Skull and Bones.
Occupation -- planing mill for, Eastern and Western Lumber Company, Portland, Oregon, 1921-22; with Shevhn-Hixon Lumber Company, Bend, Oregon, 1922-50; (salesman New York City 1925-31; Assistant General Manager, sawmills, Bend, Oregon 1931-39; Executive Vice-President, for Shevlin Pine Sales Company, Minneapolis, Minn., and Shevlin-Hixon Company, 1939-50; Vice-President, Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest 1946-47, President 1947-48; 2nd. Lt. Field Artillery, World War I; President Men's Advisory Board, at Northwestern Hospital, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Director, Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis, Minn.; member, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minn..
Married -- December 9, 1930, New York City, Ella Jeanne Broward (BA Unviversity of Washington, 1921, B S.; Columbia University,1922, MA, 1923; daughter of, Napoleon Bonaparte and Annie Isabel (Douglass) Broward.
Bio from Harvard University publician.
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--- Edwin L. Shevlin's Children ---
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(1) Edwin Leonard Shevlin, Jr.
(2) Jean Broward [Shevlin] Gerard, was married to, Lt. Col. James Watson Gerard, in 1959. Her husband, died in 1987. Her husband's father, by the same name, was a soldier, polititan, lawyer, and United States Ambassador to Germany, during WWI, working with/for British prisoners.
Mrs. Jean Gerard, was graduated from Vassar College in 1959. She earned her law degree from Fordham University in 1877. She died of cancer at her home in Paris, on 05 Aug 1996, she was 59, and had been under treatment for cancer.
Jean, who as America's permanent representative at NESCO played a key role in President Reagan's decision to pull out of the agency in 1984. On 28 Dec 1983, the Regan Administration abandoned its efforts to negotate change at UNSCO when Mrs. Gerard gave Mr. M'Bow notice of America's intention to withdraw from the organization, on 31 Dec 1984, and to end its financial support of the agency, cutting its U.N. budget by a quarter. Subsequently, Britain and Singapore, also withdrew.
In 1985, Mrs. Gerard was named Ambassador to Luxembourg, serving there until 1989. She was the director of the N.Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society and the Child Health Foundation.
She was survived by a son, James and a daughter, Harriet.
Artical by, Paul Lewis, The New York Times, 06 Aug 1996.
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Death of Edwin L. Shevlin -- Due to carcinoma, ashes interred in Portland Memorial Mausoleum with his parent's and wife. Survived by wife, children, and a brother.
Brother -- Crosby Hall Shevlin; Harvard, Class of 1920; born Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, on 10 Dec 1896; died in Marin county, California, on 25 Feb 1956. Cause of death, alcoholism. Married, Louise Frazar Burrell at Newport, Rhode Island, on 03 July 1918. Adopted two children, Cynthia Burrell Shevlin Warias and John Burrell Shevlin. Crosby was the love of his wife. NOTE: Until, about, 1910, Crosby's name was, Stephen Crosby Shevlin for unkown reasons the name was changed, to Crosby Hall Shevlin.
(1)NOTE: If you wish to see the images enlarged. Double click on the image at least twice. Thus enlarging the image twice. At this stage a single click on enlarged image can either, + or -. increase,or,decrease the size.
(2)NOTE: There are several more hidden images that you may look at.
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Edwin Leonard Shevlin, was born, on 29 October 1898, in Crookston, Minnesota; died, on 13 October 1950, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Parents --
Father: Edwin Charles Shevlin, operator of the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Companies, Bend, Oregon. He was the son of John and Maude Matilda (Leonard) Shevlin.
Mother: Harriet Albina (Hall) Shevlin, daughter of Stephen Crosby Hall and Alice Albina (Clark) Hall. Her father was a important name in the American lumber industry. His companies having logged and cut many millions of board feet of lumber and turned a good part of it into finished product including roofing, siding, molding, framing, and heavy beams. They then resold much of the land for farming use.
Schooling -- The Hill School [College preparatory], Scholar of the Third Rank, junior year; Harvard, freshman and University football teams, freshman baseball team, University track and gymnastic teams, sergeant ROTC at Yale, Alpha Delta Phi, Skull and Bones.
Occupation -- planing mill for, Eastern and Western Lumber Company, Portland, Oregon, 1921-22; with Shevhn-Hixon Lumber Company, Bend, Oregon, 1922-50; (salesman New York City 1925-31; Assistant General Manager, sawmills, Bend, Oregon 1931-39; Executive Vice-President, for Shevlin Pine Sales Company, Minneapolis, Minn., and Shevlin-Hixon Company, 1939-50; Vice-President, Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest 1946-47, President 1947-48; 2nd. Lt. Field Artillery, World War I; President Men's Advisory Board, at Northwestern Hospital, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Director, Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis, Minn.; member, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minn..
Married -- December 9, 1930, New York City, Ella Jeanne Broward (BA Unviversity of Washington, 1921, B S.; Columbia University,1922, MA, 1923; daughter of, Napoleon Bonaparte and Annie Isabel (Douglass) Broward.
Bio from Harvard University publician.
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--- Edwin L. Shevlin's Children ---
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(1) Edwin Leonard Shevlin, Jr.
(2) Jean Broward [Shevlin] Gerard, was married to, Lt. Col. James Watson Gerard, in 1959. Her husband, died in 1987. Her husband's father, by the same name, was a soldier, polititan, lawyer, and United States Ambassador to Germany, during WWI, working with/for British prisoners.
Mrs. Jean Gerard, was graduated from Vassar College in 1959. She earned her law degree from Fordham University in 1877. She died of cancer at her home in Paris, on 05 Aug 1996, she was 59, and had been under treatment for cancer.
Jean, who as America's permanent representative at NESCO played a key role in President Reagan's decision to pull out of the agency in 1984. On 28 Dec 1983, the Regan Administration abandoned its efforts to negotate change at UNSCO when Mrs. Gerard gave Mr. M'Bow notice of America's intention to withdraw from the organization, on 31 Dec 1984, and to end its financial support of the agency, cutting its U.N. budget by a quarter. Subsequently, Britain and Singapore, also withdrew.
In 1985, Mrs. Gerard was named Ambassador to Luxembourg, serving there until 1989. She was the director of the N.Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society and the Child Health Foundation.
She was survived by a son, James and a daughter, Harriet.
Artical by, Paul Lewis, The New York Times, 06 Aug 1996.
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Death of Edwin L. Shevlin -- Due to carcinoma, ashes interred in Portland Memorial Mausoleum with his parent's and wife. Survived by wife, children, and a brother.
Brother -- Crosby Hall Shevlin; Harvard, Class of 1920; born Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, on 10 Dec 1896; died in Marin county, California, on 25 Feb 1956. Cause of death, alcoholism. Married, Louise Frazar Burrell at Newport, Rhode Island, on 03 July 1918. Adopted two children, Cynthia Burrell Shevlin Warias and John Burrell Shevlin. Crosby was the love of his wife. NOTE: Until, about, 1910, Crosby's name was, Stephen Crosby Shevlin for unkown reasons the name was changed, to Crosby Hall Shevlin.
(2)NOTE: There are several more hidden images that you may look at.
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Edwin Leonard Shevlin, was born, on 29 October 1898, in Crookston, Minnesota; died, on 13 October 1950, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Parents --
Father: Edwin Charles Shevlin, operator of the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Companies, Bend, Oregon. He was the son of John and Maude Matilda (Leonard) Shevlin.
Mother: Harriet Albina (Hall) Shevlin, daughter of Stephen Crosby Hall and Alice Albina (Clark) Hall. Her father was a important name in the American lumber industry. His companies having logged and cut many millions of board feet of lumber and turned a good part of it into finished product including roofing, siding, molding, framing, and heavy beams. They then resold much of the land for farming use.
Schooling -- The Hill School [College preparatory], Scholar of the Third Rank, junior year; Harvard, freshman and University football teams, freshman baseball team, University track and gymnastic teams, sergeant ROTC at Yale, Alpha Delta Phi, Skull and Bones.
Occupation -- planing mill for, Eastern and Western Lumber Company, Portland, Oregon, 1921-22; with Shevhn-Hixon Lumber Company, Bend, Oregon, 1922-50; (salesman New York City 1925-31; Assistant General Manager, sawmills, Bend, Oregon 1931-39; Executive Vice-President, for Shevlin Pine Sales Company, Minneapolis, Minn., and Shevlin-Hixon Company, 1939-50; Vice-President, Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest 1946-47, President 1947-48; 2nd. Lt. Field Artillery, World War I; President Men's Advisory Board, at Northwestern Hospital, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Director, Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis, Minn.; member, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, Minn..
Married -- December 9, 1930, New York City, Ella Jeanne Broward (BA Unviversity of Washington, 1921, B S.; Columbia University,1922, MA, 1923; daughter of, Napoleon Bonaparte and Annie Isabel (Douglass) Broward.
Bio from Harvard University publician.
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--- Edwin L. Shevlin's Children ---
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(1) Edwin Leonard Shevlin, Jr.
(2) Jean Broward [Shevlin] Gerard, was married to, Lt. Col. James Watson Gerard, in 1959. Her husband, died in 1987. Her husband's father, by the same name, was a soldier, polititan, lawyer, and United States Ambassador to Germany, during WWI, working with/for British prisoners.
Mrs. Jean Gerard, was graduated from Vassar College in 1959. She earned her law degree from Fordham University in 1877. She died of cancer at her home in Paris, on 05 Aug 1996, she was 59, and had been under treatment for cancer.
Jean, who as America's permanent representative at NESCO played a key role in President Reagan's decision to pull out of the agency in 1984. On 28 Dec 1983, the Regan Administration abandoned its efforts to negotate change at UNSCO when Mrs. Gerard gave Mr. M'Bow notice of America's intention to withdraw from the organization, on 31 Dec 1984, and to end its financial support of the agency, cutting its U.N. budget by a quarter. Subsequently, Britain and Singapore, also withdrew.
In 1985, Mrs. Gerard was named Ambassador to Luxembourg, serving there until 1989. She was the director of the N.Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society and the Child Health Foundation.
She was survived by a son, James and a daughter, Harriet.
Artical by, Paul Lewis, The New York Times, 06 Aug 1996.
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Death of Edwin L. Shevlin -- Due to carcinoma, ashes interred in Portland Memorial Mausoleum with his parent's and wife. Survived by wife, children, and a brother.
Brother -- Crosby Hall Shevlin; Harvard, Class of 1920; born Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, on 10 Dec 1896; died in Marin county, California, on 25 Feb 1956. Cause of death, alcoholism. Married, Louise Frazar Burrell at Newport, Rhode Island, on 03 July 1918. Adopted two children, Cynthia Burrell Shevlin Warias and John Burrell Shevlin. Crosby was the love of his wife. NOTE: Until, about, 1910, Crosby's name was, Stephen Crosby Shevlin for unkown reasons the name was changed, to Crosby Hall Shevlin.
