Information provided by CJohnston (# 49877364) on 8/7/2021 & then by ER1230 (# 46588193) on 5/31/2022.
Published in the Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, on July 20, 1972:
R. B. Fosdick Dies; Foundation Leader
Newtown—Raymond B. Fosdick, 89, former president of the Rockefeller Foundation who once served as first undersecretary of the League of Nations, died Tuesday in his Boggs Hill Road home after a long illness.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. Fosdick came from a long line of Buffalo, N.Y. clergymen. His brother was the Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of Riverside Church in New York City.
He graduated from Princeton University and New York Law School and began his career as assistant corporation counsel under New York City May George G. McClellan.
Reformer
Mr. Fosdick served as the city's chief investigator under McClellan's successor, William Gaynor, and quickly achieved a reputation as a reformer and opponent of graft in municipal government.
Mr. Fosdick's association with the Rockefeller interests began when John D. Rockefeller Jr. appointed him to study European and American police methods for Rockefeller's Bureau of Social Hygiene, the agency which became the Rockefeller Foundation.
During the 1916 Mexican border dispute, Mr. Fosdick served as a special representative of the secretary of war with the expeditionary force led by Gen. John J. Pershing.
During World War I he served on the war department's committee on training camps and later as an aide to Gen. Pershing in France.
After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson named Mr. Fosdick as top U.S. representative to the League of Nations. He held that post until it became clear that the United States would not join the world body.
He was named president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1920 and served in that capacity until 1963.
Several Books
He wrote more than a dozen books on world peace, philanthropy, education and government, including "Adventure in Giving" and "Chronicle of a Generation." He also wrote "The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation" and a biography of John D. Rockefeller.
Mr. Fosdick, who maintained a summer home in Newtown for several years, established permanent residence in 1966. He was the former president of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library and a former trustee of Danbury Hospital.
He leaves his wife, Elizabeth Miner Fosdick of Newtown; and a sister, Mrs. Rufus H. Jones Jr. of Portland, Maine.
The funeral is Friday at 4 p.m. in Riverside Church, New York City. Burial will be in Newtown Village Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the Newtown Forrest Association. The Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main St., is making arrangements.
Published in the Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, on July 20, 1972:
R. B. Fosdick Dies; Foundation Leader
Newtown—Raymond B. Fosdick, 89, former president of the Rockefeller Foundation who once served as first undersecretary of the League of Nations, died Tuesday in his Boggs Hill Road home after a long illness.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. Fosdick came from a long line of Buffalo, N.Y. clergymen. His brother was the Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of Riverside Church in New York City.
He graduated from Princeton University and New York Law School and began his career as assistant corporation counsel under New York City May George G. McClellan.
Reformer
Mr. Fosdick served as the city's chief investigator under McClellan's successor, William Gaynor, and quickly achieved a reputation as a reformer and opponent of graft in municipal government.
Mr. Fosdick's association with the Rockefeller interests began when John D. Rockefeller Jr. appointed him to study European and American police methods for Rockefeller's Bureau of Social Hygiene, the agency which became the Rockefeller Foundation.
During the 1916 Mexican border dispute, Mr. Fosdick served as a special representative of the secretary of war with the expeditionary force led by Gen. John J. Pershing.
During World War I he served on the war department's committee on training camps and later as an aide to Gen. Pershing in France.
After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson named Mr. Fosdick as top U.S. representative to the League of Nations. He held that post until it became clear that the United States would not join the world body.
He was named president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1920 and served in that capacity until 1963.
Several Books
He wrote more than a dozen books on world peace, philanthropy, education and government, including "Adventure in Giving" and "Chronicle of a Generation." He also wrote "The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation" and a biography of John D. Rockefeller.
Mr. Fosdick, who maintained a summer home in Newtown for several years, established permanent residence in 1966. He was the former president of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library and a former trustee of Danbury Hospital.
He leaves his wife, Elizabeth Miner Fosdick of Newtown; and a sister, Mrs. Rufus H. Jones Jr. of Portland, Maine.
The funeral is Friday at 4 p.m. in Riverside Church, New York City. Burial will be in Newtown Village Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the Newtown Forrest Association. The Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main St., is making arrangements.
Information provided by CJohnston (# 49877364) on 8/7/2021 & then by ER1230 (# 46588193) on 5/31/2022.
Published in the Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, on July 20, 1972:
R. B. Fosdick Dies; Foundation Leader
Newtown—Raymond B. Fosdick, 89, former president of the Rockefeller Foundation who once served as first undersecretary of the League of Nations, died Tuesday in his Boggs Hill Road home after a long illness.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. Fosdick came from a long line of Buffalo, N.Y. clergymen. His brother was the Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of Riverside Church in New York City.
He graduated from Princeton University and New York Law School and began his career as assistant corporation counsel under New York City May George G. McClellan.
Reformer
Mr. Fosdick served as the city's chief investigator under McClellan's successor, William Gaynor, and quickly achieved a reputation as a reformer and opponent of graft in municipal government.
Mr. Fosdick's association with the Rockefeller interests began when John D. Rockefeller Jr. appointed him to study European and American police methods for Rockefeller's Bureau of Social Hygiene, the agency which became the Rockefeller Foundation.
During the 1916 Mexican border dispute, Mr. Fosdick served as a special representative of the secretary of war with the expeditionary force led by Gen. John J. Pershing.
During World War I he served on the war department's committee on training camps and later as an aide to Gen. Pershing in France.
After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson named Mr. Fosdick as top U.S. representative to the League of Nations. He held that post until it became clear that the United States would not join the world body.
He was named president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1920 and served in that capacity until 1963.
Several Books
He wrote more than a dozen books on world peace, philanthropy, education and government, including "Adventure in Giving" and "Chronicle of a Generation." He also wrote "The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation" and a biography of John D. Rockefeller.
Mr. Fosdick, who maintained a summer home in Newtown for several years, established permanent residence in 1966. He was the former president of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library and a former trustee of Danbury Hospital.
He leaves his wife, Elizabeth Miner Fosdick of Newtown; and a sister, Mrs. Rufus H. Jones Jr. of Portland, Maine.
The funeral is Friday at 4 p.m. in Riverside Church, New York City. Burial will be in Newtown Village Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the Newtown Forrest Association. The Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main St., is making arrangements.
Published in the Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, on July 20, 1972:
R. B. Fosdick Dies; Foundation Leader
Newtown—Raymond B. Fosdick, 89, former president of the Rockefeller Foundation who once served as first undersecretary of the League of Nations, died Tuesday in his Boggs Hill Road home after a long illness.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. Fosdick came from a long line of Buffalo, N.Y. clergymen. His brother was the Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of Riverside Church in New York City.
He graduated from Princeton University and New York Law School and began his career as assistant corporation counsel under New York City May George G. McClellan.
Reformer
Mr. Fosdick served as the city's chief investigator under McClellan's successor, William Gaynor, and quickly achieved a reputation as a reformer and opponent of graft in municipal government.
Mr. Fosdick's association with the Rockefeller interests began when John D. Rockefeller Jr. appointed him to study European and American police methods for Rockefeller's Bureau of Social Hygiene, the agency which became the Rockefeller Foundation.
During the 1916 Mexican border dispute, Mr. Fosdick served as a special representative of the secretary of war with the expeditionary force led by Gen. John J. Pershing.
During World War I he served on the war department's committee on training camps and later as an aide to Gen. Pershing in France.
After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson named Mr. Fosdick as top U.S. representative to the League of Nations. He held that post until it became clear that the United States would not join the world body.
He was named president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1920 and served in that capacity until 1963.
Several Books
He wrote more than a dozen books on world peace, philanthropy, education and government, including "Adventure in Giving" and "Chronicle of a Generation." He also wrote "The Story of the Rockefeller Foundation" and a biography of John D. Rockefeller.
Mr. Fosdick, who maintained a summer home in Newtown for several years, established permanent residence in 1966. He was the former president of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library and a former trustee of Danbury Hospital.
He leaves his wife, Elizabeth Miner Fosdick of Newtown; and a sister, Mrs. Rufus H. Jones Jr. of Portland, Maine.
The funeral is Friday at 4 p.m. in Riverside Church, New York City. Burial will be in Newtown Village Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the Newtown Forrest Association. The Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main St., is making arrangements.
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