Harrington, Samuel Milby, 1882-1948.

Samuel M. Harrington: served with the U.S. Marine Corps, 1906-; eventually attained the rank of brigadier general.

Samuel M. Harrington: served with the U.S. Marine Corps, 1906-; eventually attained the rank of brigadier general.

Samuel Milby Harrington

B.A. 1906

Born November 13, 1882, in Annapolis, Md.

Died March 31, 1948, in Annapolis, Md.

Father, Rear Admiral Purnell Frederick Harrington, U.S.N., retired (grad. U.S. Naval Academy 1863); son of Samuel Maxwell and Mary (Lofland) Harrington of Dover, Del. Mother, Mia Nelthropp (Ruan) Harrington; daughter of Dr. John Ruan and Henrietta (von Krause) Ruan of St. Croix, Danish West Indies.

Phillips-Exeter. An editor Yale Literary Magazine and Yale Record Senior year; chairman Yale Courant Senior year; member Chi Delta Theta.

Cub reporter New York Evening Sun 1906-7; with W. R. Grace & Company, New York City, 1907-8; in Washington, D.C., winter 1908 and Atlantic City, N.J., 1908-9; commissioned Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, January 6, 1909, and attended Marine Officers School, Port Royal, S.C., 1909-10; junior officer Marine Detachment U.S.S. Idaho at Philadelphia and on cruise with Atlantic fleet to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Europe 1910-11; promoted First Lieutenant May 23, 1911; post quartermaster Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1911-13; stationed with American Legation Guard, Peking, China, 1913-16 (with 38th Company 1913-14 and post adjutant 1914-16); on duty with4th Regiment at Exposition Grounds, San Diego, Calif., 1916; commander 32d Company,4th Regiment, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1916-18; promoted Captain August 29, 1916; adjutant Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., 1918-19; liaison officer Fort Benning, 1919-20; promoted Major in November, 1920; instructor Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, 1920-22 and 1926-27; with Gendarmerie D'Haiti, Republic of Haiti, 1922-25; completed field officers' course at Army Infantry School 1925-26; on duty with Constabulary Detachment, Guardia Nacional, Nicaragua, 1927-29; at Marine Corps headquarters, Washington, 1929-34; completed senior course at Naval War College, Newport, R.I., 1934-35; promoted Lieutenant Colonel May 29, 1934, and Colonel June 30, 1935; assigned to U.S.S. California on duty in Pacific 1935-36; commandant Marine Barracks, Boston, 1936-37 and Fifth Regiment, Quantico, 1937-39; chief of staff Marine Barracks, Quantico, 1939-40; promoted Brigadier General January 1, 1940; president Marine Corps Equipment Board, Quantico, April-July, 1940; president Naval Examining Board, Washington, 1940-41; commandant Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, 1941-43; president Permanent General Court Martial Board, Camp Lejeune, N.C., 1943-45; retired for physical disability January 1, 1943, but not released from active duty until February, 1945; member Episcopal church.

Married July 27, 1921, in Atlanta, Ga., Marion Nutting Meehan, daughter of Willard Holmes and Margaret Jessie (Wallace) Nutting. Children: Samuel Milby, Jr. (St. John's Coll. 1942-44; George Washington Univ. 1949-), and Margaret Willard.

Death due to arteriosclerosis. Buried in Naval Cemetery, Annapolis. Survived by wife, children, and a sister, Miss Helen Nelthropp Harrington of Yonkers, N.Y.

(Taken from Yale Obituary Record, 1948, p. 81).