From the 1928 Taunton High School yearbook "Journal"
THS Cadet '25, '26 Sergeant 27
Captain Co. D; Vice Pres History Club '28
Vice Pres Debating Club '28; Secretary Debating Club '27
Ex. Comm. A.A. '27; Quotation Editor of Journal
School Council '25, '26; Boy's Speaking Club '27
History Club '26, '28; Debating Club '27, '28
Traffic Squad '27, '28; Foreign Language Club '27, '28
Scribblers '28; Track
Alan was a member of the 1932 class of Brown University and the 1935 class of Harvard University. These obits were from their class files.
Alan P. Cusick [Brown 1932] of Providence and Newport, RI.; Aug 24, 2001. He was a corporate and tax attorney in private practice in Providence for many years. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he served as a weapons officer aboard the cruiser USS Brooklyn in the Atlantic. Toward the end of the war he was part of a group of lawyers who established the office of general counsel in the navy department, where he served until he was discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant commander. Prior to the war, he worked at the law firm of former federal court judge Ira Lloyd Letts. The valedictorian of his class at Brown, he gave the senior oration at graduation. At Brown he was an eastern intercollegiate debate champion and a member of the varsity baseball team. Active in alumni and athletic activities, he did pro bono legal work for the Brown Sports Foundation and for the merger of the Brown and Pembroke alumni associations. He was also past president of the Brown Club of Rhode Island and an original member of the Brown Football Association. A Boston Red Sox fan, he held season tickets at Fenway Park for more than fifty years. He was a sporting-dog enthusiast and was past president of the Irish Setter Club of New England. Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is survived by his wife, Helen; a son, Alan Jr. '70; a daughter; and two grandchildren, including Nancy T. O'Neill '94.
Alan P. Cusick [1935 Harvard] of Providence, R.I., died August 24, 2001. He practiced law in Providence from the 1940s until his retirement in 1985. He began his career in the firm of former federal court judge Ira Lloyd Letts, where he remained until the start of WWII. Commissioned a full lieutenant in the Navy, he served on the cruiser Brooklyn. He later worked at the Bureau of Naval Ordnance in Washington, D.C., in connection with the investigation of naval explosions and the development of new weaponry, and in the office of general counsel on termination of Navy contracts. He retired from the Navy in 1946 as a lieutenant commander.
Photo from Taunton High School Yearbook "Journal" courtesy Old Colony Historical Society, 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA
THS Cadet '25, '26 Sergeant 27
Captain Co. D; Vice Pres History Club '28
Vice Pres Debating Club '28; Secretary Debating Club '27
Ex. Comm. A.A. '27; Quotation Editor of Journal
School Council '25, '26; Boy's Speaking Club '27
History Club '26, '28; Debating Club '27, '28
Traffic Squad '27, '28; Foreign Language Club '27, '28
Scribblers '28; Track
Alan was a member of the 1932 class of Brown University and the 1935 class of Harvard University. These obits were from their class files.
Alan P. Cusick [Brown 1932] of Providence and Newport, RI.; Aug 24, 2001. He was a corporate and tax attorney in private practice in Providence for many years. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he served as a weapons officer aboard the cruiser USS Brooklyn in the Atlantic. Toward the end of the war he was part of a group of lawyers who established the office of general counsel in the navy department, where he served until he was discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant commander. Prior to the war, he worked at the law firm of former federal court judge Ira Lloyd Letts. The valedictorian of his class at Brown, he gave the senior oration at graduation. At Brown he was an eastern intercollegiate debate champion and a member of the varsity baseball team. Active in alumni and athletic activities, he did pro bono legal work for the Brown Sports Foundation and for the merger of the Brown and Pembroke alumni associations. He was also past president of the Brown Club of Rhode Island and an original member of the Brown Football Association. A Boston Red Sox fan, he held season tickets at Fenway Park for more than fifty years. He was a sporting-dog enthusiast and was past president of the Irish Setter Club of New England. Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is survived by his wife, Helen; a son, Alan Jr. '70; a daughter; and two grandchildren, including Nancy T. O'Neill '94.
Alan P. Cusick [1935 Harvard] of Providence, R.I., died August 24, 2001. He practiced law in Providence from the 1940s until his retirement in 1985. He began his career in the firm of former federal court judge Ira Lloyd Letts, where he remained until the start of WWII. Commissioned a full lieutenant in the Navy, he served on the cruiser Brooklyn. He later worked at the Bureau of Naval Ordnance in Washington, D.C., in connection with the investigation of naval explosions and the development of new weaponry, and in the office of general counsel on termination of Navy contracts. He retired from the Navy in 1946 as a lieutenant commander.
Photo from Taunton High School Yearbook "Journal" courtesy Old Colony Historical Society, 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA
From the 1928 Taunton High School yearbook "Journal"
THS Cadet '25, '26 Sergeant 27
Captain Co. D; Vice Pres History Club '28
Vice Pres Debating Club '28; Secretary Debating Club '27
Ex. Comm. A.A. '27; Quotation Editor of Journal
School Council '25, '26; Boy's Speaking Club '27
History Club '26, '28; Debating Club '27, '28
Traffic Squad '27, '28; Foreign Language Club '27, '28
Scribblers '28; Track
Alan was a member of the 1932 class of Brown University and the 1935 class of Harvard University. These obits were from their class files.
Alan P. Cusick [Brown 1932] of Providence and Newport, RI.; Aug 24, 2001. He was a corporate and tax attorney in private practice in Providence for many years. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he served as a weapons officer aboard the cruiser USS Brooklyn in the Atlantic. Toward the end of the war he was part of a group of lawyers who established the office of general counsel in the navy department, where he served until he was discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant commander. Prior to the war, he worked at the law firm of former federal court judge Ira Lloyd Letts. The valedictorian of his class at Brown, he gave the senior oration at graduation. At Brown he was an eastern intercollegiate debate champion and a member of the varsity baseball team. Active in alumni and athletic activities, he did pro bono legal work for the Brown Sports Foundation and for the merger of the Brown and Pembroke alumni associations. He was also past president of the Brown Club of Rhode Island and an original member of the Brown Football Association. A Boston Red Sox fan, he held season tickets at Fenway Park for more than fifty years. He was a sporting-dog enthusiast and was past president of the Irish Setter Club of New England. Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is survived by his wife, Helen; a son, Alan Jr. '70; a daughter; and two grandchildren, including Nancy T. O'Neill '94.
Alan P. Cusick [1935 Harvard] of Providence, R.I., died August 24, 2001. He practiced law in Providence from the 1940s until his retirement in 1985. He began his career in the firm of former federal court judge Ira Lloyd Letts, where he remained until the start of WWII. Commissioned a full lieutenant in the Navy, he served on the cruiser Brooklyn. He later worked at the Bureau of Naval Ordnance in Washington, D.C., in connection with the investigation of naval explosions and the development of new weaponry, and in the office of general counsel on termination of Navy contracts. He retired from the Navy in 1946 as a lieutenant commander.
Photo from Taunton High School Yearbook "Journal" courtesy Old Colony Historical Society, 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA
THS Cadet '25, '26 Sergeant 27
Captain Co. D; Vice Pres History Club '28
Vice Pres Debating Club '28; Secretary Debating Club '27
Ex. Comm. A.A. '27; Quotation Editor of Journal
School Council '25, '26; Boy's Speaking Club '27
History Club '26, '28; Debating Club '27, '28
Traffic Squad '27, '28; Foreign Language Club '27, '28
Scribblers '28; Track
Alan was a member of the 1932 class of Brown University and the 1935 class of Harvard University. These obits were from their class files.
Alan P. Cusick [Brown 1932] of Providence and Newport, RI.; Aug 24, 2001. He was a corporate and tax attorney in private practice in Providence for many years. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he served as a weapons officer aboard the cruiser USS Brooklyn in the Atlantic. Toward the end of the war he was part of a group of lawyers who established the office of general counsel in the navy department, where he served until he was discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant commander. Prior to the war, he worked at the law firm of former federal court judge Ira Lloyd Letts. The valedictorian of his class at Brown, he gave the senior oration at graduation. At Brown he was an eastern intercollegiate debate champion and a member of the varsity baseball team. Active in alumni and athletic activities, he did pro bono legal work for the Brown Sports Foundation and for the merger of the Brown and Pembroke alumni associations. He was also past president of the Brown Club of Rhode Island and an original member of the Brown Football Association. A Boston Red Sox fan, he held season tickets at Fenway Park for more than fifty years. He was a sporting-dog enthusiast and was past president of the Irish Setter Club of New England. Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He is survived by his wife, Helen; a son, Alan Jr. '70; a daughter; and two grandchildren, including Nancy T. O'Neill '94.
Alan P. Cusick [1935 Harvard] of Providence, R.I., died August 24, 2001. He practiced law in Providence from the 1940s until his retirement in 1985. He began his career in the firm of former federal court judge Ira Lloyd Letts, where he remained until the start of WWII. Commissioned a full lieutenant in the Navy, he served on the cruiser Brooklyn. He later worked at the Bureau of Naval Ordnance in Washington, D.C., in connection with the investigation of naval explosions and the development of new weaponry, and in the office of general counsel on termination of Navy contracts. He retired from the Navy in 1946 as a lieutenant commander.
Photo from Taunton High School Yearbook "Journal" courtesy Old Colony Historical Society, 66 Church Green, Taunton, MA
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