Charles Codman Cabot
BornNovember 22, 1900
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]
Died1976
EducationHarvard College
Harvard Law School
Occupation(s)Judge, law partner
ChildrenCharles Codman Cabot Jr. (b. 1930)
Parent(s)Henry Bromfield Cabot
Anna McMasters Codman Cabot

Charles Codman Cabot (November 22, 1900[1] – 1976) was an American judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts.

Early life

Cabot was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.[1] His father was Henry Bromfield Cabot, a lawyer.[2] His mother was Anne Macmaster (Codman) Cabot, daughter of Charles R. Codman.[3] He had five siblings:[2][3] Henry Bromfield Cabot Jr. (b. 1894), Powell Mason Cabot (b. 1896), Paul Codman Cabot (b. 1898), cofounder of America's first mutual fund[4] and "Harvard's [Endowment] Midas,"[5] Anne M. Cabot (b. 1903), and Susan M. Cabot (b. 1907).

Cabot graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.[6]

Career

Cabot was a law partner of a prominent Boston law firm, and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts from 1943 to 1947.[7] He was also the World War II U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey secretariat.[8]

Cabot was president of the Boston Bar Association[9] from 1950 to 1952. He was on the board of directors of the eugenicist Pioneer Fund from 1950 until 1973,[6] and president of the Harvard Alumni Association.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 > 1922 > Roll 1953 - Certificates: 163726-164099, 08 May 1922-08 May 1922". National Archives. 2006. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Who's Who in New England: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. A.N. Marquis & Company. 1916. p. 199. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Passion for Reality: Paul Cabot and The Boston Mutual Fund. Xlibris Corporation. 2006. Retrieved August 13, 2011.Pg. 21-23
  4. ↑ "Paul C. Cabot, 95, Financial Strategist; Began Mutual Funds". The New York Times. September 4, 1994. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Universities: Harvard's Midas". Time. April 16, 1965. Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  6. 1 2 "The Pioneer Fund, Inc.: Founders and Former Directors, Complete Listings of the Past Directors of the Pioneer Fund and Years Served". The Pioneer Fund, Inc. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Judge Cabot to Head Special Crime Probe". Harvard Crimson. October 9, 1953. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  8. ↑ How Effective Is Strategic Bombing?: Lessons Learned from World War II to Kosovo. New York University Press. 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  9. ↑ American Bar Association Journal April, 1952 Vol. 38. American Bar Association. April 1952. Retrieved August 13, 2011.


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