Roger L. Putnam is most known for his service as Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts from 1937 to 1943. After graduating from Harvard in 1915, and completing graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he went to work for Package Machinery of Springfield. In 1927 he was appointed President of that company. Between 1944 and 1946 he served as Deputy Director of the Office of Contract Settlement in Washington, and in 1951 President Truman appointed him as Administrator of the Economic Stabilization Agency. Through his career Putnam also served as Chairman of Springfield Television Broadcasting Corporation (1956-1957); Director of the Third National Bank, Springfield; Chairman of the Northeast Interstate Water Pollution CFontrol Commission, 1954; Trustee Emeritus of the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona; member of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education; and Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Regional Community Colleges.
From the description of Papers, c.1920-1972. (Springfield City Library). WorldCat record id: 16575817
