Welch, Lewis Sheldon, 1867-1940.

Lewis Sheldon Welch was born on July 9, 1867 in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale College in 1889. In 1895 he founded the Yale Alumni Weekly and edited the magazine until 1906. He began working for Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. in 1909 and in 1928 became president of Lewis S. Welch, Inc. He was active in New Haven civic and Yale affairs and was the co-author of Yale, Her Campus, Classrooms, and Athletics. Welch died in New Haven, Connecticut on March 29, 1940.

From the description of Lewis Sheldon Welch papers, 1870-1934 (inclusive), 1901-1929 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169438

Lewis Sheldon Welch was born on July 9, 1867 in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale College in 1889. In 1895 he founded the Yale Alumni Weekly and edited the magazine until 1906. He began working for Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. in 1909 and in 1928 became president of Lewis S. Welch, Inc. He was active in New Haven civic and Yale affairs and was the co-author of Yale, Her Campus, Classrooms, and Athletics. Welch died in New Haven, Connecticut on March 29, 1940.

Born July 9, 1867, in Hartford, Conn.

Died March 29, 1940, in New Haven, Conn.

Father, Henry Kirke White Welch (B.A. 1842). Mother, Susan Leavitt (Goodwin) Welch. Yale relatives include: Rev. Daniel Welch (B.A. 1749) (great-great-grandfather); Rev. Moses C. Welch (B.A. 1772) (great-grandfather); Sheldon C. Leavitt (B.A. 1802), George Goodwin (BA. 1806), Richard E. Goodwin (B.A. 1807), and Jonathan A. Welch (B.A.1813) (great-uncles); Edward Goodwin (B.A.1823) and Archibald Welch (M.D. Hon. 1836) (grandfathers); Rev. Moses C. Welch (B.A. 1850) and Sheldon Goodwin (B.A. 1858) (uncles); Arthur S. Goodwin, ex-'oo (cousin); and Franklin D. W. Glazier, '04, W. Stuart Glazier, '06, and Philip A. Glazier, ex-'07 S. (nephews).

Hartford Public High School. Oration appointment Junior year; dissertation appointment and Commencement speaker Senior year; second declamation prize Sophomore year; first Junior exhibition prize; editor Yale Literary Magazine Senior' year; assistant superintendent United Church Mission School three years; member Junior Promenade Committee, Committee to Preserve the Fence, Yale Assembly, Porter Literary Society, Hé Boulé, Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Key, and Chi Delta Theta.

On staff New Haven Register 1889-1890 and associate editor 1893-1895; City editor Hartford Courant 1890-1893; founder and first graduate editor Yale Alumni Weekly 1895-1896; established the magazine as permanent graduate publication and published and edited it until September, 1906, under supervision of an advisory board of graduates; New Haven representative Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company since 1909; president and treasurer Lewis S. Welch, Inc., general insurance, New Haven, since 1928; vice-president Life Underwriters' Association of New Haven 1927-1928 and president 1928-1929; director Brick Row Print and Book Shop 1922-1925 and Grace Hospital 1927-1929; member Committee on Revision of the City Charter, New Haven Chamber of Commerce (chairman town and city improvement committee 1909-1915,a vice-president 1921-1925, director 1923-1926), and Municipal Building Commission; chairman executive committee New Haven Thrift Week Committee 1924; chairman New Haven Branch, Military Training Camps Association; member Troop A, Connecticut State Guard, and civilian aide to Adjutant General of the United States during World War; treasurer New Haven branch Veterans Association of the Second Military District, 1921; vice-president Yale Alumni Association of New Haven 1921-1922, representative on Alumni Board 1923-1926 (member executive committee); member executive committee Yale-in-China 1903-1908, and on the council 1908-1914; secretary Kingsley Trust Association 1898-1908; chairman Class committee and member reunion committees since 1899; co-author: Yale, Her Campus, Class-Rooms, and Athletics (1899); author of a number of poems and pamphlets and contributed to Atlantic Monthly ; honorary member Elihu Club; member national executive committee Sentinels of the Republic, New Haven chapter National Aeronautic Association, Elizabethan Club, and United Church (Congregational), New Haven (deacon 1918-1921).

Married December 8, 1897, in South Glastonbury, Conn., Mary Stuart, daughter of William Stuart and Mary Edwards (Goodwin) Williams, granddaughter of Solomon Williams ( ex-1803 ) and George Goodwin (B.A. 1806), great-granddaughter of Thomas Williams (B.A. 1748), and sister of George G. Williams, '80 S. Children: Emily Williams (B.A. Vassar 1921; Yale Graduate School and Yale School of Music 1922-1923), the wife of James Greil (Cornell ex-'29 ); Frances Goodwin (Columbia Univ. 1935-1939); and Elizabeth Edwards (B.A. Smith Coll 1927; M.A. Columbia 1932).

Death due to cerebral hemorrhage. Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford Survived by wife (died August 17, 1940), daughters, a grand-daughter, Mary Stuart Greil, a' sister, Mrs. Bernard T. Williams, and a brother, Henry Kirke White Welch, both of Hartford. Another Archibald A. Welch, '82, died in 1935.

Yale University Obituary Record, 1939-1940, pp. 43-44.

From the guide to the Lewis Sheldon Welch Papers, 1870-1934, (Manuscripts and Archives)