Cofrances, Harry William, 1902-1969.

Harry W. Cofrances: practiced law in New Haven, Connecticut, 1929-1941, and joined an investment banking firm in New Haven in 1941; from 1949 on he was connected with Barnes, Bodell, & Goodwin, Inc.,; active in the New Haven Community Chest.

Cofrances, who received his LL.B. at Yale in 1929, returned to the Law School in 1948 to take some courses in federal taxation. He was admitted to practice in Connecticut in July, 1929, and before the U. S. District Court in the District of Connecticut in 1949. He was in the law office of Alling, Webb & Morehouse in New Haven during 1929 and then became connected with the Security Insurance Company of New Haven in the administrative, claims, and financial end. He remained with them until 1941 and the following year was with Chas. W. Scranton & Company, an investment banking firm in New Haven.

In November, 1942, Cofrances was inducted into the Army as a private. After a brief stay at Fort Devens he was assigned to the San Francisco Port of Embarkation and subsequently was at Fort Mason, where his functions were in connection with the Transportation Corps and the Logistics and Statistics Section of the Control Division. He ended up as port historian, preparing an historical narrative of port activities. At the time of his separation from service in July, 1945, he ranked as staff sargeant.

During 1948-49 he was again with Chas. W. Scranton & Company and since March, 1949, he has been associated with Barnes, Bodell & Goodwin, Inc. He also does some independent work in law, taxation, etc. He belongs to the New Haven County and Connecticut Bar associations and the Amity Club of New Haven. He is currently serving as secretary of the latter and as chairman of its scholarship committee, which to date has awarded scholarships to three Yale Seniors living in the greater New Haven area. Cofrances has been active in the work of the New Haven Community Chest.

(from: After Twenty-Five Years, Classes of 1926-1926S, pp. 216-217)