John White Hallowell | |
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| Born | December 24, 1878 "Nöddebo" Medford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 1927 Milton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, Football Player |
John White Hallowell (December 24, 1878 – January 5, 1927) was a prominent American businessman andfootball player. He playedcollege football atHarvard University and was a consensus All-American at theend position in both 1898 and 1900. Hallowell served in theU.S. Food Administration, and was chairman of the New England Committee for Supplementary Rations for Belgian Children duringWorld War I. After the War, Hallowell served as assistant to theSecretary of the Interior,Franklin K. Lane.
Born and raised in "Nöddebo", the Hallowell estate inWest Medford, Massachusetts, John "Jack" Hallowell was the fourth child ofCol Norwood Penrose Hallowell and Sarah Wharton Haydock.
Like much of his family, Hallowell played an important role inHarvard athletics. Like his brothersN. Penrose Hallowell and Robert Haydock Hallowell, he enrolled atHarvard University as part of the Class of 1901.[1] He playedcollege football for theHarvard Crimson football team from 1898 to 1900. He was a consensus All-American in both 1898 and 1900 while playing at theend position for theHarvard Crimson football team.[2] His father, Col Norwood Penrose Hallowell, road out on horseback from their estate inMedford to attend his son’s football games. Hallowell was also a hurdler and captain of the track team. He went to England with the Harvard-Yale track team for the first meet with Oxford and Cambridge in 1899. He served as class treasurer, chairman of the Class Committee, and president of the Associated Harvard Clubs while attending Harvard.[3][1] At Harvard, he was also a member of thePorcelian Club, the Delta Phi Club, theHasty Pudding, the Dickey, and the Institute of 1770.[1]
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| Position | End |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1878-12-24)December 24, 1878 |
| Died: | January 5, 1927(1927-01-05) (aged 44) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Career history | |
| College | Harvard University (1898–1901) |
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After graduating from Harvard in 1901, he took a position in the securities department at the utilities consulting firm Stone & Webster, Inc. in Boston, where he became a partner and worked for sixteen years. At the outbreak ofWorld War I, he became chairman of the New England Committee for Supplementary Rations for Belgian Children. During and afterWorld War I, he served as an assistant toHerbert Hoover in theUnited States Food Administration in Belgium and other parts of Europe.[3][4][5] He later became assistant to theSecretary of the Interior,Franklin K. Lane. He was also appointed to the United States Council of National Defenses Emergency Employment Committee for Soldiers and Sailors. In 1918, Hallowell was decorated byKing Albert of Belgium for his efforts during the war.[6] After the war, Hallowell became the director of The Wilmington & Franklin Coal Company in Chicago, a director of Richards & Co, and later joined the Board of the Boston Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to sitting on many corporate boards, includingThe Children's Hospital and theMiddlesex School inConcord, Hallowell was treasurer of theHarvard Alumni Bulletin, treasurer of the Harvard Alumni Association, a member of the Harvard Fund Council, President of the Harvard Associated clubs, and, like his brothersNorwood Penrose Hallowell and Robert Haydock Hallowell, as well as his cousin Richard Price Hallowell Jr, he joined theBoard of Overseers at Harvard University from 1914 to 1925.
In the early twentieth century, John, his brother Robert, and his cousinN. Penrose Jr moved to houses on Brush Hill Road inMilton, Massachusetts. He maintained a summer home on Wing’s Neck inBourne, Massachusetts.
In 1905, Hallowell married Marian Hathaway Ladd (1884–1968), a cousin ofHoratio Hathaway and a granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton Ladd, owner of theMoffatt-Ladd House. They had five children:
While working in the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Hallowell fell ill withtyphoid fever on January 1, 1927, and within 4 days, succumbed to his illness at Philips House,Massachusetts General Hospital on January 5.[3][10]
Hallowell left his entire estate to his wife, Marian Hathaway Ladd Hallowell, stating in a letter to theNew York Times that “omission to provide for my children or for the issue of a deceased child is intentional and is not occasioned by accident or mistake, but my desire to leave all to my wife, and because of my trust in her wisdom and her discretion in the use of her property”.
Hallowell’s funeral took place January 7th, 1927 at a Unitarian Church inMilton Massachusetts, and was attended byHerbert Hoover, members of theHarvard Corporation and members of theHarvard Overseers.[11]
After his death,The Harvard Crimson paid tribute to Hallowell: "Very rarely men arise with the genius for distinguished public service untouched by the ambition for public recognition. Such a man was John White Hallowell '01. His death in the very midst of manifold activities in the service of Harvard and the nation is a great personal loss. It is, however, the peculiar good fortune of humanity that the work and influence of a man blessed with purity of motives, strength of purpose, and clarity of vision, remain and grow stronger after he has passed away."[12] He is buried in theMilton cemetery with his wife.
