Frank Waterman Stearns (November 8, 1856,
Boston
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– 1939) was an American businessman whose father,
Richard H. Stearns had founded the
R. H. Stearns department store and company in Boston. His mother was Louise M. Waterman.
[Cf. Who's Who in New England 1915, p.1015]
After graduating from
Amherst College
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in 1878, he joined his father's retail dry goods firm in Boston. He became a partner in that company in 1881 and was appointed chairman of its board of directors in 1919.
Stearns was an early supporter and close friend of his fellow Amherst College alumnus,
Calvin Coolidge
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,
["Dedicate Arlington World War Cross." ''Washington Post.'' November 14, 1923.] whose political career, culminating in the presidency following the death of president
Warren G. Harding
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in 1923, he championed.
In 1880 Stearns married Emily Williston Clark, daughter of Amherst College alumnus and later professor
William S. Clark. Frank Stearns died in Boston in 1939.
References
External links
Claude Moore Fuess (AC 1905) Material for a Biography of Frank Waterman Stearns (AC 1878)at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections. , Amherst College archives
* Marquis, Albert Nelson
''Who's Who in New England, Volume 2, 1915'' Chicago: A.N. Marquis. Cf
"Biographies of Richard Hall Stearns (Jr.) and William Foster Stearns" p.1015
1856 births
1939 deaths
Massachusetts Republicans
19th-century American businesspeople
American businesspeople in retailing
Businesspeople from Boston
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Amherst College alumni