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Yak College 131
Survived by wife, children, one grandson, two sisters, Margaret K.
Livenght (Wilson Coll e^-94), the wife of Alfred M Livenght (B A.
Umv of Pennsylvania 1891) of Clearfield, and Kathenne K Horton
(Wilson Coll e^-99), the wife of James Kelley Horton of Phdadelphia,
and a brother, Wdham A W Krebs (B S Pennsylvania State Coll. 1900,
PetE. 1931) of Tulsa, Okla
Hamilton Alexander Higbie, B.A. 1912.
Bom July 1,1889, in Jamaica, N Y
Died January 15, 1941, in Kew Gardens, NY
Father, Robert Winfield Higbie, LL D (BA New York Umv 1882,
MA 1887), president Robert W Higbie Company, lumber dealers,
member New York State Board of Regents, son of Alexander and Sarah
Frances (Davison) Higbie of Springfield, N Y Mother, Anna Augusta
(Pearsall) Higbie, daughter of Hamdton Wnght and Amanda Pearsall of
Lynbrook, N Y
Jamaica High School; attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1906-08 Dissertation appomtment Semor year
Attended Yale Graduate School 1912-13; clerk Clark Howe Insurance
Company, New York City, 1913-14, successively inspector, appraiser,
salesman, and assistant treasurer First Mortgage Guarantee Company,
Long Island City, N Y , 1914-17, overseas August 10, 1917-Apnl, 1918,
assigned to Department of Military Affairs, Amencan Red Cross, Pans
and Bordeaux; with Astona Veneer Mills and Dock Company, New
York City, 1918-19, vice-president and treasurer Long Island Finance
Corporation 1919-27 and president 1922-26, president Provident Mortgage Corporation 1926-29 and vice-president of its successor State Tide
& Mortgage Company 1929-31; president Luminous Arrow Corporation, New York City, 1931-32, Higbie Management Corporation 1934-
41, and Forest Hills Estates, Inc , 1936-41; vice-president Higbie Corner,
Inc., 1923-41, treasurer and director Robert W. Higbie Company;
trustee Queensboro Public Library 1916-18 and Hofstra College 1935-38;
member Queensboro Chamber of Commerce and Congregational
church
Married (1) June 19, 1918, in Cleveland, Ohio, Emma Sums Bnttin
Son: Hamdton Alexander, Jr (Colorado School of Mmes 1938-39) Mr
and Mrs Higbie were divorced about 1934 Marned (2) October 19,
1939, in Jamaica, Louise U Hall
Death due to decompensation Ashes mterred m Cypress Hills Abbey,
Brooklyn, N.Y. Survived by wife, son, a stepdaughter, Ehzabeth Higbie,
mother, and a brother, Robert Winfield Higbie, Jr. (B A Hamdton Coll
1915), of Jamaica.
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 131 |
| Transcript | Yak College 131 Survived by wife, children, one grandson, two sisters, Margaret K. Livenght (Wilson Coll e^-94), the wife of Alfred M Livenght (B A. Umv of Pennsylvania 1891) of Clearfield, and Kathenne K Horton (Wilson Coll e^-99), the wife of James Kelley Horton of Phdadelphia, and a brother, Wdham A W Krebs (B S Pennsylvania State Coll. 1900, PetE. 1931) of Tulsa, Okla Hamilton Alexander Higbie, B.A. 1912. Bom July 1,1889, in Jamaica, N Y Died January 15, 1941, in Kew Gardens, NY Father, Robert Winfield Higbie, LL D (BA New York Umv 1882, MA 1887), president Robert W Higbie Company, lumber dealers, member New York State Board of Regents, son of Alexander and Sarah Frances (Davison) Higbie of Springfield, N Y Mother, Anna Augusta (Pearsall) Higbie, daughter of Hamdton Wnght and Amanda Pearsall of Lynbrook, N Y Jamaica High School; attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1906-08 Dissertation appomtment Semor year Attended Yale Graduate School 1912-13; clerk Clark Howe Insurance Company, New York City, 1913-14, successively inspector, appraiser, salesman, and assistant treasurer First Mortgage Guarantee Company, Long Island City, N Y , 1914-17, overseas August 10, 1917-Apnl, 1918, assigned to Department of Military Affairs, Amencan Red Cross, Pans and Bordeaux; with Astona Veneer Mills and Dock Company, New York City, 1918-19, vice-president and treasurer Long Island Finance Corporation 1919-27 and president 1922-26, president Provident Mortgage Corporation 1926-29 and vice-president of its successor State Tide & Mortgage Company 1929-31; president Luminous Arrow Corporation, New York City, 1931-32, Higbie Management Corporation 1934- 41, and Forest Hills Estates, Inc , 1936-41; vice-president Higbie Corner, Inc., 1923-41, treasurer and director Robert W. Higbie Company; trustee Queensboro Public Library 1916-18 and Hofstra College 1935-38; member Queensboro Chamber of Commerce and Congregational church Married (1) June 19, 1918, in Cleveland, Ohio, Emma Sums Bnttin Son: Hamdton Alexander, Jr (Colorado School of Mmes 1938-39) Mr and Mrs Higbie were divorced about 1934 Marned (2) October 19, 1939, in Jamaica, Louise U Hall Death due to decompensation Ashes mterred m Cypress Hills Abbey, Brooklyn, N.Y. Survived by wife, son, a stepdaughter, Ehzabeth Higbie, mother, and a brother, Robert Winfield Higbie, Jr. (B A Hamdton Coll 1915), of Jamaica. |
