Josiah Augustus "Si" Spaulding (December 21, 1922 – March 27, 1983) was an American businessman, attorney, and politician.
Josiah Spaulding | |
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Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party | |
In office 1967–1969 | |
Preceded by | John F. Parker |
Succeeded by | Richard Treadway |
Personal details | |
Born | December 21, 1922 |
Died | March 27, 1983 San Juan, Puerto Rico | (aged 60)
Education and military service
editSpaulding graduated from the Hotchkiss School and Yale University in 1947, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. He served three years as a pilot for the US Marine Corps during World War II and was discharged as a first lieutenant. He attended Columbia Law School.[1]
Politics
editSpaulding served as the chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 1967 to 1969. He was the Republican nominee for United States Senator in 1970 and Massachusetts Attorney General in 1974.[2] Spaulding was elected to Common Cause's National Governing Board in 1973.
Law
editSpaudling was a partner in the Boston law firm of Bingham Dana & Gould.[3]
Business
editSpaulding was the longtime chairman of Beverly Hospital in Beverly, Massachusetts.[3]
Spaulding was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital. Following his death, the hospital would be renamed the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in his honor. [4]
Personal life
editSpaulding was married to Helen Bowdoin Spaulding, an activist and philanthropist who served as the president of the New England Aquarium and vice chairman of the board of trustees of Georgetown University.[3]
He died of a heart attack in 1983 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[2]
Spaulding's son, Josiah Spaulding Jr., is the president and CEO of the Citi Performing Arts Center.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Helen H. Bowdoin Becomes Engaged" (PDF). New York Times. 12 Mar 1949. p. 15. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- ^ a b "Josiah Spaulding dies; was active in politics". Associated Press. March 27, 1983. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
- ^ a b c "Frances Caroline Chick Wed". The New York Times. August 8, 1982. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
- ^ Hospital, Spaulding Rehabilitation. "Spaulding Celebrates 40 Years of Remarkable Recoveries". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ Geoff Edgers (February 27, 2010). "Mixed martial arts at the Wang Theatre?". Boston Globe. Retrieved November 21, 2010.