Ripley, Alfred Lawrence, 1858-1943.

Alfred Lawrence Ripley was born in Hartford, Connecticut on November 6, 1858. Following graduation from Yale College (B.A. 1878) he pursued further studies and taught at Yale (1885-1888) before returning to a career in the family banking business in Boston. From 1923-1927 he served as director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He was an alumni fellow on the Yale Corporation (1899-1933) and a trustee of Phillips-Andover Academy. He died on October 13, 1943 in Andover, Massachusetts.

Alfred Lawrence Ripley was born in Hartford, Connecticut on November 6, 1858. Following graduation from Yale College (B.A. 1878) he pursued further studies and taught at Yale (1885-1888) before returning to a career in the family banking business in Boston. From 1923-1927 he served as director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He was an alumni fellow on the Yale Corporation (1899-1933) and a trustee of Phillips-Andover Academy. He died on October 13, 1943 in Andover, Massachusetts.

Alfred Lawrence Ripley, B.A. 1878.

Born November 6, 1858, in Hartford, Conn.; Died October 13, 1943, in Andover, Mass.

Father, George Ripley, president National Hide & Leather Bank of Boston; son of Franklin and Charlotte (Barrett) Ripley of Greenfield, Mass. Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Aiken) Ripley; daughter of John and Mary Means (Appleton) Aiken of Andover. Yale relatives include: Frank R. Shipman '85 (brother-in-law); and G. Ripley Cutler, '16 and Thomas L. Shipman, '28 (nephews).

Phillips-Andover. Berkeley Premium for Latin Composition Freshman year; philosophical oration appointment Junior year; high oration appointment and Scott Prize in German Senior year; Class baseball team and University Baseball Team Senior year; Class glee club and treasurer Class boat club Sophomore year; Junior Promenade Committee; member Delta Kappa, Hé Boulé, Phi Theta Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Scroll and Key, and Phi Beta Kappa. Graduate member Elizabethan Club.

Attended Yale Graduate School 1878-79 (on University Baseball Team), Harvard Medical School 1879-80; and the universities of Bonn and Berlin 1882-83; tutor in Latin Yale University 1880-82 and in German 1883-85, assistant professor of German language and literature 1885-88; banker in Boston 1888-1943; vice-president National Hide & Leather Bank 1890-1901 and consolidated State National Bank 1901-08, president 1908-12; first vice-president Merchants National Bank of Boston (merged with State National Bank) 1912-17, president 1917-29, and chairman of the board 1929-43; a director Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 1923-27, lecturer Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance, Dartmouth College, 1905 and 1906; M.A. Hon. Yale 1888 and LL.D. 1935; LL.D. Dartmouth 1935; alumni fellow Yale Corporation 1899-1933 (member Prudential Committee 1901-33, Committee on Finance 1905-33, and Committee on Educational Policy 1919-23, 1928-30); trustee Peabody Museum of Natural History 1924-29; Class agent 1930-39 and Class treasurer 1930-43; president Yale Club of Boston 1923-25, Boston Clearing House Association 1924-33; trustee Phillips-Andover 1903-43 (president of the board 1908-29), Provident Institution for Savings 1917-43 (vice-president 1932-43), and Crocker, Burbank & Company Association 1934-42; moderator Andover town meetings; associate member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Unmarried.

Death due to bronchial pneumonia. Buried in Chapel Cemetery, Andover. Survived by a brother, Philip F. Ripley '97.

Mr. Ripley's gift of 500 books to Yale in 1898 formed the nucleus of the seminary library in the Department of German.

(Taken from Yale University Obituary Record, 1943-45, pp. 8-9).