Charles Foster Weeden, Jr. (AC 1916) Papers

Charles Foster Weeden, Jr. (1894-1983), was the son of Charles Foster Weeden (AC 1884) and Mary Emma Bassett. An obituary in his biographical file states: "Colonel Weeden was born in Colchester, Connecticut, and was a graduate of Amherst College with the class of 1916. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and played on the baseball and basketball teams. He served as Class Agent for over two years. During World War I he became a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Service. After the war he went with Dr. [James] Barton to serve with the Near East Relief Corps in Turkey. Later, after a few years in banking, he taught at the Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and then at the Fessenden School in Newton. He served as a Colonel in the Intelligence Branch of the U.S. Army Air Force in the European Theater in World War II. Upon his return he was a professor of languages at the Nobel and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts, until his retirement." Weeden married Louise H. Fessenden and had three children (Mary, Emma, and Charles). Weeden died on May 19, 1983.