Sedgwick, Hubert M. (Hubert Merrill), 1867-1950

Hubert M. Sedgwick: sports writer for New Haven Palladium, 1894-1895; for New Haven Register, 1895, and sports editor, 1908-1917; executive secretary to the mayor of New Haven, 1907-1908, 1910-1918; correspondent for the New York Times, New York Tribune, Boston Transcript, Boston Post, Chicago Tribune, 1920-1944; active in many civic and sports activities.

From the description of Hubert Merrill Sedgwick papers, 1884-1950 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168912

Hubert M. Sedgwick: sports writer for New Haven Palladium, 1894-1895; for New Haven Register, 1895, and sports editor, 1908-1917; executive secretary to the mayor of New Haven, 1907-1908, 1910-1918; correspondent for the New York Times, New York Tribune, Boston Transcript, Boston Post, Chicago Tribune, 1920-1944; active in many civic and sports activities.

Hubert Merrill Sedgwick, B.A. 1893. Born April 29, 1857, Belchertown, Mass.; died November 11, 1950, New Haven, Conn.

Father, Butler Sedgwick, associated with Clark & Hastings, wholesale and retail meats, Palmer, Mass.; son of Otis and Almira (Converse) Sedgwick. Mother, Minerva Marsha (Hastings) Sedgwick; daughter of Rozel and Phoebe (White) Hastings. Yale relatives include a brother-in-law, Francis H. Todd '95 S.

Worcester Academy; Westfield (Mass.) State Normal School. First colloquy appointment Junior and Senior years.

On staff New Haven Palladium 1894-98; organized sports department New Haven Register 1895, and sports editor 1908-17; executive secretary to Mayor Studley, New Haven, 1907-8, Mayor Rice 1910-17, and Mayor Campner 1917-18; correspondent New York Times, New York Tribune, Boston Transcript, Boston Post, and Chicago Tribune, 1920 until retirement in 1944; contributed to magazines; awarded Gold Key for distinguished service by Connecticut Sports Writers Alliance 1940 and Worcester Academy Shield 1942; secretary athletic committee U.S. Navy Commission on Training Camp Activities 1917-18; field secretary Connecticut Tuberculosis Association 1912-26 (in charge Christmas seal campaigns); president Collectors Club of New Haven 1938-39; secretary Young Men's Institute 1935-41; member New Haven Civic Federation, Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene, Second Company Governor's Foot Guard, and Masonic order; vestryman St. Thomas' Church (Episcopal), New Haven.

Married August 4, 1897, New Haven, Edith Webster, daughter of Theron Alfred and Hattie Emeline (Webster Todd. Children: Ruth (B.A. Vassar 1920; M.A. Yale 1925, Ph.D. 1936); Butler Todd (died in infancy).

Death due to coronary occlusion. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by wife and daughter.

From the Yale Obituary Record, 1949-51.

From the guide to the Hubert Merrill Sedgwick papers, 1884-1950, (Manuscripts and Archives)