Clarence Hill Kelsey (S&B 1878)
Finance. Yale University. Skull and Bones. Linonia. Gamma Nu. He Boule. Psi Upsilon. Phi Beta Kappa. Yale Literary Magazine.
Vice-president of National Board of Friends of Boys, Inc.
Corporate member of American Board;
Became chairman of trustees committee of New York Community Trust in June, 1928, member Real Estate Board of New York since 1923 and of New York Chamber of Commerce since 1897 (chairman of its taxation committee 1922-24); trustee of O, B. Potter Trust 1894-1913;
Had been trustee of Brick Presbyterian Church, East Orange, vice-president of Citizens* Union and member of Sinking Fund Commission of East Orange, and chairman of East Orange Division of Welfare Federation of the Oranges 1921-27;
Since 26 Dec 1929, Director, Consolidated Gas Company.
Since Jan 1929 - General Chairman of Business Men’s Division of Greater New York Federation of Churches.
1924 to 1926 - Chairman of executive committee of Hampton-Tuskegee endowment fund campaign.
1923 - A corporator of Miriam Osborn Memorial Home and since then a trustee; member of council of New York University since 1903 and of its executive committee for 1929 and 1930.
1917 to 1919 - Treasurer of Robert C Ogden Memorial Committee (auditorium built at Hampton in honor of the former president of the board of trustees of Hampton Institute)
Since 1913, Treasurer and trustee of O B. Potter Properties, Inc.
Since 1909 - Trustee of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, made vice-president of the investment committee 1915, and chosen chairman of the board on April 24, 1930, to succeed his classmate, William Howard Taft (S&B 1817)
1910 to 1925 - Member of Yale Corporation as one of the successors of the Original Trustees.[4]
Since 1910, Director, Madison Safe Deposit Company, Realty Associates, Commercial Trust Company of Jersey City, N. J, Home Insurance Company.
Since 1909, Director, Corn Products Refining Company.
1905 to 1922, Member Finance Committee, 1914 to 1919, Prudential Committee, 1904 to 1916, Director of Alumni Fund Association.
Since 1903 - Director, Mechanics & Metals Bank, Thompson-Starrett Company (building construction), Southern Pacific Railroad Company (until recently).
Since 1903 - Treasurer of Class of 1878 and Class Agent 1893 to 1898 and Since 1904;
Since 1902 - President and director of Yale Building Company. Director of Westchester Title & Mortgage Guaranty Company.
1900 and 1927 - Former trustee of Kowaliga School (industrial school for colored youth), Benson, Ala.
Since 1895 - Director, United States Life Insurance Company.
Since 1895 - Vice President of City Real Estate.
Since 1892 - Director, Lincoln Trust Company, Corn Exchange Bank & Trust Company.
1892 - helped to organize Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Company, of which he was second vice-president and general manager until 1925 and chairman of the board since 1925;
1905 to 1923 - President of Yale Foreign Missionary Society ; wrote an article on “Guarantee Companies” for Johnson’s Universal Cyclopedia 1894 and articles on “Title Guarantee Companies*’ for the 10th, nth , and 14th editions of Encyclopedia Bntannica (1902-03, 1910-11, and 1929)
1 Dec 1885 - Married Elizabeth Baldwin Tomlinson.
Since 1883 had been connected with Title Guarantee & Trust Company of New York, which he helped to organize in 1882; office manager at first, made secretary 1885, became vice-president 1886, was president of the company from January, 1892, to January, 1923, and had since been chairman of the board.
1880 - Following his admission to the New York Bar, practiced law in New York City three years, acting as managing clerk for law firm of Chamberlain, Carter & Hornblower 1881-83;
1879 to 1880 - Studied law in Yale School of Law as member of the Junior Class and then at Hamilton, where he received degree of LL B in 1880, also received degree of M.A. at Yale 1880.
1878 to 1879 - Studied German and history in Yale Graduate School as Soldiers Memorial Fellow.
1878 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.[1]
Died 30 Apr 1930, from pneumonia. Age 73
[3] - Skull and Bones Membership List by David Luhrssen
[4] - Yale Obituary - Page 64 / On the page 63
[5] - Find a Grave.com - Clarence Hill Kelsey (S&B 1878)
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