Herbert Elijah Wadsworth (October 25, 1868 - August 25, 1937) was a businessman, politician, and philanthropist in Winslow, Maine. He was president of the oilcloth company Wadsworth and Woodman.
Personal Wadsworth was born on October 25, 1868, in Livermore Falls, Maine, to Elijah Wadsworth and Ruth Ann Record. He was educated first at Hebron Academy, then at the Coburn Classical Institute. He graduated from Colby College in 1892, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon."Death Halts Activities of Revered Colby Alumnus" The Colby Echo, Wednesday, September 29, 1937, p1.
Career
He was president of Wadsworth and Woodman Company in Winslow, Maine from 1905 to 1935. He was a director of the Charles M. Bailey Public Library. He served as a Maine State Representative and Senator, and was the chair of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee."Mayflower Hill, A History of Colby College." Appendix C. Earl H. Smith. University Press of New England, 2006, p60
He was the Chair of the Colby College Board of Trustees from 1926 to 1934. Upon his death, he sponsored an endowed professorship at Colby,"Death Halts Activities of Revered Colby Alumnus" The Colby Echo, Wednesday, September 29, 1937, p1. where a gymnasium is named in his honor.
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