War time control of distribution of foods : a short history of the Distribution Division of the United States Food Administration, its personnel and achievements . to Assistant Manager. In 1891 he founded the concern of the Wisconsin RefrigeratorCompany, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which he operated for fouryears. He then returned to the coffee business and was a partnerin the firm of Winchester, Lawrence & Company of Chicago andNew York, and later of Lawrence, Brown & Company of NewYork City. Some time later he entered the coffee commissionbusiness under the trade name of George W. Lawrence & C
War time control of distribution of foods : a short history of the Distribution Division of the United States Food Administration, its personnel and achievements . to Assistant Manager. In 1891 he founded the concern of the Wisconsin RefrigeratorCompany, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which he operated for fouryears. He then returned to the coffee business and was a partnerin the firm of Winchester, Lawrence & Company of Chicago andNew York, and later of Lawrence, Brown & Company of NewYork City. Some time later he entered the coffee commissionbusiness under the trade name of George W. Lawrence & Com-pany of New York City, representing a number of foreign export-ing companies. He became president of the New York Coffee and Sugar Ex-change in 1917 and was acting in that capacity when he wascalled to Washington to take charge of the Coffee Division. remained in this capacity until the close of the FoodAdministration activity. He is a member of the Down Town Association of New YorkCity, the New York Athletic Club, the Hamilton Club of Brooklyn,New York and the Chicago Yacht Clubs. His home address is Pelham Manor, New York 203 HENRY THEODORE LEGGETT Henry Theodore Leggett is the only son of the, late TheodoreLeggett of New York City, who with his brother Francis in 1870 founded the well known wholesale grocery firm ofFrancis H. Leggett & Company, New York City. Mr. Leggett did not enter actively into business, but studiedpainting at the Art Students League, New York City, Juliens inParis, and with E. Cook, pupil of Ruskin, in London. His paint-ings were exhibited in New York at the National Academy ofDesign and Society of American Artists. He is a charter member of the New York Stage Society, andof the Work Shop Theatre of New York. He is a director in theBuilding of Arts, Bar Harbor, Maine, and is a member of theUnion League Club of New York, the Travellers Club in Paris,and the Society of Arts and Sciences of New York City. He came to Washingt
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