Arthur Easterbrook Whittemore (June 3, 1896 – October 1, 1969) was a justice of theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1955 to 1969. He was appointed by GovernorChristian Herter.[1]
Whittemore was born on June 3, 1896, inReading, Massachusetts to father Frederick Ellsworth Whittemore and mother Edith Lillian Easterbrook. Frederick was principal ofReading High School. In 1904, Fredrick was given the position of Superintendent of South Hadley-Granby Schools, and the Whittemores moved toSouth Hadley, Massachusetts. Whittemore attended and graduated fromSouth Hadley High School in 1913. Whittemore attendedHarvard University and in 1917, graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry.[2][3]
For two years after his graduation from Harvard, Whittemore served in theArmy of the United States as a lieutenant in Company B,168th Regiment,42nd Infantry Division, where he spent most of his time in France and Germany. Whittemore noted that if not for the war, it was likely he would have become a chemist.[3]
Upon returning from war, Whittemore decided to enroll inHarvard Law School in 1919. He graduated in 1922 and joined the law firmNutter McClennen & Fish, a firm founded byLouis D. Brandeis andSamuel D. Warren II. He was made a partner in 1930.[3]
Whittemore was married in 1924 to Suvia Lanice Paton. He had three children: Suvia, Elizabeth and Arthur Whittemore. Whittemore and his family lived inHingham, Massachusetts.[3]
In 1942, Whittemore served as a Special Assistant Attorney General to deal with the reorganization of theNew York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and theOld Colony Railroad. Additionally he was a member of several presidentially appointed boards dealing with fact-finding in railroad labor disputes.[3][2]
In October 1955, Whittemore was appointed to theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court by GovernorChristian A. Herter, serving thereafter until his death.[2]
Whittemore died on October 1, 1969, at his home in Hingham.[2]
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