208:. He rose to the rank of lieutenant and returned to the B&M after his discharge in 1919. However, after a couple of months he left the railroad to become a municipal accountant for the New Hampshire Tax Commission. In 1922, he became the general manager of Fellows & Sons Lumber Co. In this role, Whittemore supervised the company's mills, log drives, and industrial plants. From 1925 to 1929, he was a member of the New Hampshire Tax Commission.
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Whittemore stepped down as president of Brown
Company in 1955, but remained chairman until ill health forced his resignation in 1960. A short time later, the University of New Hampshire announced the establishment of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics. Whittemore died later on August 10,
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as president of the bank. On August 31, 1948, Whittemore was elected president of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad. He resigned from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on October 4, 1948. He resigned a president of the New Haven on December 21, 1949, in order join the Brown Company. He
145:, to Frederick Brewster Whittemore and Candice (Norton) Whittemore. Whittemore's parents died when he was seven years old and he grew up on an uncle's farm. Whittemore was Pembroke's town moderator for 25 years and represented the town in the
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took over as Brown's president on
January 1, 1950, and on October 20, 1952, took on the additional role as chairman of the board of directors. Under Whittemore's leadership, the papermaker began producing a number of new products, including
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Bartlett, K. S. (February 24, 1946). "Laurence F. Whittemore, Federal
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580:"See Brown Co. Control Passing; Chairman Whittemore Resigns".
535:"Brookline Man Slated to Become President of Brown Company".
565:"Whittemore Named Advisor on Tariffs for Geneva Parley".
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University of New Hampshire,
460:"Whittemore Quits as President of New Haven Road".
204:car shop. He left the railroad in 1917 to join the
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635:Frederic C. Dumaine Sr.
143:Pembroke, New Hampshire
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646:1948–1949
615:1946–1948
322:References
309:Later life
238:chloroform
137:Early life
95:Democratic
64:Occupation
314:1960, at
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381:21 March
371:"Deaths"
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