Chase, Frederick, 1883-1977

Dates

• Existence: 1883 - 1977

Biography

Frederick Chase was born on April 9, 1883, in Hanover, New Hampshire. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1905, but stayed on to earn an A.M. in economics before entering Harvard Law School from which he graduated in 1909. He then joined the the Boston firm of Hutchins & Wheeler, becoming a partner in 1918. He continued to practice corporate, probate and tax law until his retirement in 1938. A resident of Milton, MA since 1910, he served on the Board of Public Welfare and was elected clerk of the Milton Savings Bank, of which he was also a trustee, and later, its president. He became a trustee of Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH, in the thirties and from 1929, was president of the Dartmouth Secretaries' Association, as well as secretary and executive committee member of the Class of 1905. Frederick Chase died on March 16, 1977 at the age of 93.