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Sheffield Scientific School 253
Schenectady, NY., and Montreal, Quebec, 1906-08; engineer in charge
construction of garage for Quaker City Cab Company, Philadelphia, 1909-
10); superintendent Quaker City Cab Company 1910-15, maintenance
engineer E. I. duPont de Nemours Powder Company on construction of
munitions plant at Hopewell, Va, 1915-18, with Oakland Motor Car
Company, PontiaC, Mich, and Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1918-20, president Philadelphia Spring Company 1920-23, vice-
president and general manager Yellow Cab Company of Philadelphia
1923-28; vice-president Motor Mileage Corporation 1929, vice-president
and general manager Parmelee Transportation Company, operating cab
companies in New York, Pittsburgh, and Chicago, 1929-34, in 1934 returned to Philadelphia and with a group of associates gained control of
Yellow Cab Company of Philadelphia (president 1936-43), president Yellow Rental, Inc., and Cab Research Bureau, Inc., 1938-43, Yellow Cab
Company of Camden 1939-43, and Royal Blue Line Company, Philadelphia, 1940-43; frequently represented the cab industry before Office
of Defense Transportation in recent years; designer of the cabulance,
member Yale Engineering Association, New England Society of Pennsylvania, The Franklin Institute, and Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
Married (1) September 30,1914, in Philadelphia, Margaret Lucy, daughter of Wilham and Margaret (Bichan) Kelley Children* Margaret Safford (B.A. Smith Coll. 1937) and Edmund Fessenden, '40 S Mrs. Higgins died December 31, 1937. Married (2) August 17, 1940, in Philadelphia, Edna, daughter of Samuel Henry and Celey (Bohtho) Veale.
Death due to Hodgkin's disease. Buried in Valley Forge Cemetery. Survived by wife, children, and two sisters, Mrs. H Elhs Straw and Ruth
Whitney Higgins (B.A. Smith Coll. 1913), both of Manchester.
Fred Hodgdon Thompson, Ph.B. 1906.
Born June 7, 1885, in Bath, Maine.
Died November 24,1943, in Portland, Maine.
Father, Frank Nelson Thompson, partner Thompson Brothers, clothing and men's furnishings, Bath. Mother, Efne (Hodgdon) Thompson.
Phillips-Andover. Mechanical engineering course, Freshman Baseball
Team; member Book and Bond.
With Thompson Brothers 1906-10; clerk for Sagadahoc County, Maine
Supreme Judicial Court, 1911-43; owner Fred H Thompson, general insurance business, Bath; member Masonic order
Married April 27, 1908, in Bath, Ethel May, daughter of William J
and Addie Downing. Children: Dorothy Amelia (Mrs Olsen), Fred
Hodgdon, Jr, and Frank Downing.
| 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 253 |
| Transcript | Sheffield Scientific School 253 Schenectady, NY., and Montreal, Quebec, 1906-08; engineer in charge construction of garage for Quaker City Cab Company, Philadelphia, 1909- 10); superintendent Quaker City Cab Company 1910-15, maintenance engineer E. I. duPont de Nemours Powder Company on construction of munitions plant at Hopewell, Va, 1915-18, with Oakland Motor Car Company, PontiaC, Mich, and Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918-20, president Philadelphia Spring Company 1920-23, vice- president and general manager Yellow Cab Company of Philadelphia 1923-28; vice-president Motor Mileage Corporation 1929, vice-president and general manager Parmelee Transportation Company, operating cab companies in New York, Pittsburgh, and Chicago, 1929-34, in 1934 returned to Philadelphia and with a group of associates gained control of Yellow Cab Company of Philadelphia (president 1936-43), president Yellow Rental, Inc., and Cab Research Bureau, Inc., 1938-43, Yellow Cab Company of Camden 1939-43, and Royal Blue Line Company, Philadelphia, 1940-43; frequently represented the cab industry before Office of Defense Transportation in recent years; designer of the cabulance, member Yale Engineering Association, New England Society of Pennsylvania, The Franklin Institute, and Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Married (1) September 30,1914, in Philadelphia, Margaret Lucy, daughter of Wilham and Margaret (Bichan) Kelley Children* Margaret Safford (B.A. Smith Coll. 1937) and Edmund Fessenden, '40 S Mrs. Higgins died December 31, 1937. Married (2) August 17, 1940, in Philadelphia, Edna, daughter of Samuel Henry and Celey (Bohtho) Veale. Death due to Hodgkin's disease. Buried in Valley Forge Cemetery. Survived by wife, children, and two sisters, Mrs. H Elhs Straw and Ruth Whitney Higgins (B.A. Smith Coll. 1913), both of Manchester. Fred Hodgdon Thompson, Ph.B. 1906. Born June 7, 1885, in Bath, Maine. Died November 24,1943, in Portland, Maine. Father, Frank Nelson Thompson, partner Thompson Brothers, clothing and men's furnishings, Bath. Mother, Efne (Hodgdon) Thompson. Phillips-Andover. Mechanical engineering course, Freshman Baseball Team; member Book and Bond. With Thompson Brothers 1906-10; clerk for Sagadahoc County, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1911-43; owner Fred H Thompson, general insurance business, Bath; member Masonic order Married April 27, 1908, in Bath, Ethel May, daughter of William J and Addie Downing. Children: Dorothy Amelia (Mrs Olsen), Fred Hodgdon, Jr, and Frank Downing. |
