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Harry Augustus "Hal" Garfield (October 11, 1863 – December 12, 1942) was an American lawyer, academic, and public official. He was president of Williams College and supervised the United States Fuel Administration during World War I. He was a son of President James A. Garfield.
Quick Facts. Significance: Son of President James A. Garfield. Place of Birth: Hiram, Portage County, Ohio. Date of Birth: October 11, 1863. Place of Death: Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Date of Death: December 12, 1942. Place of Burial: Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Cemetery Name: Williams College Cemetery.
Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942), the son of President James A. Garfield (1831-1881), worked in a number of civic positions throughout his lifetime. After graduating from Williams College in 1885 and studying at Columbia Law School, he spent the next twenty years practicing and teaching law.
Harry Augustus Garfield, 1863–1942, American educator, b. Hiram, Ohio, grad. Williams 1885, studied law at Columbia; son of President James A. Garfield.
professor of politics at Princeton University. In 1908 Garfield was inducted as the eighth president of Williams. College. Garfield served as chairman of the Price Committee of the U.S. Food Administration in 1917 and took a leave of absence from 1917-1919. to serve as fuel administrator of the U.S. Fuel Administration,
The Harry Augustus Garfield Papers document the personal and professional activities of Harry Garfield. The collection comprises correspondence, notes, diaries, speeches, reports, clippings and ephemera.
Harry Augustus Garfield (1863-1942) During the First World War, Harry Garfield was responsible for the United States Fuel Administration, which aimed to increase fuel production, reduce hoarding and profiteering, encourage conservation, and regulate prices.
Harry Augustus "Hal" Garfield (October 11, 1863 – December 12, 1942) was an American lawyer, academic, and public official. He was president of Williams College and supervised the United States Fuel Administration during World War I. He was a son of President James A. Garfield.
"HARRY AUGUSTUS GARFIELD (1863-), American educator, son of James A. Garfield, 10th president of the U.S., was born at Hiram, 0., Oct. I r 1863. After graduating from Williams College in 1885, he taught for a year in St. Paul's school, Concord, N.H., and from 1888 to 1903 practised law in Cleveland.
Harry "Hal" Augustus Garfield was the 9th President of Williams College from 1908-1934 and an alumnus of the class of 1885. He is the oldest son of President James A. Garfield , for whom Garfield House is named and brother of James R. Garfield .
