Eugene Spaulding Colvin 1892? - 1975

Born: Estimated to be around 1892.

Died: September 29, 1975 in Sun City, Arizona

Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, Block U, Lot 1.

Occupation: Worked in the paper industry, eventually becoming a Senior Vice President of Appleton International Papers.

Spouse: Ethel E. (Wittmore) Colvin, m. in 1919

Children: Dr. Ralph Wittmore Colvin

Leonard Colvin

Father’s name: Fredrick Colvin Birth place:

Mother’s name: Frances Spaulding (Dane) Colvin Birth place:

Siblings: Russell (Died as an infant)

Cornelia (Died as an infant)

George Stephen Colvin (b. August, 1891, d. October 22, 1945.)

Harry Willoughby Colvin **See below

Ethel was born in Kaukauna, Wisconsin on ? (Estimating to be around 1894.) and also died where they had retired in Sun City, Arizona on March 31, 1992. She taught English in public schools and together lived most of their lives in Appleton, Wisconsin. Their house was at 803 E. Alton Street.

Eugene and Ethel both graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Eugene’s Senior picture and information from Lawrence’s 1915 Ariel yearbook.

Ethel’s Senior picture and information from Lawrence’s 1916 Ariel yearbook.

Both pictures from Lawrence University Archives.

Eugene was a reporter for the Appleton Evening Post while he was attending Lawrence University. Later he became a manager for Meyer Press, whom I believe were the printers for the newspaper. Then he became involved in management in the paper industry as noted above.

Son, Ralph, died in 1981 and is buried with his wife Elizabeth (Wahl) Colvin. Dr. Ralph and Elizabeth had 2 sons. His obituary is available in the New York Times. He was a clinical psychologist specializing in child development. He presented an article in 1960 at a workshop on “Education Programs for Disturbed Children” entitled The Education of Emotionally Disturbed Children in a Residential Treatment Center, also published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Volume 31, Issue 3, July 1961. Dr. Colvin wrote 2 books: first, Salaries and Manpower in Child Welfare, 1966, published by Child Welfare League in 1967 and secondly, published by Springer Pub., NY, NY in 1974, entitled Preschool Education: A Handbook for The Training of Early Childhood Educators. Dr. Ralph Colvin also graduated from Lawrence University. The graves next to theirs are reserved for Leonard P and Janet C. Colvin.

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