Maj Gen Lawrence C. Ames USAF

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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

Lawrence Coffin Ames
b. Feb. 9,1897, W. Newton, MA, d. May 6,1981, Oakland, CA.
Dad was an aviator (1917-1975) and a stockbroker (1926-1981); X?; Q.B.; Life Member since 1948 in the St.Moritz Tobogganing Club and active Cresta rider from 1948 thru 1977. WW I: American Field Ambulance Service, S.S.U.68 for 6 mo. (AFS/AEF with Engage Voluntaire medal); American Red Cross for another six months of ambulance driving; French Air Service for flight training, brevet d'aviateur militaire with commendation; Air Services of U S Army Signal Corps (Champagne, Oise, Aisne, Somme); 1918-1948: U S Army Air Corps Reserve (30 years); WWII: U S Air Force Major General: Army Industrial College, Western Procurement Dist., War Department General Staff (France, England, Germany), Observer with 5th Marine Division (Iwo Jima, Philippines, South Pacific); 1946-1952: California Air National Guard, Chief of Staff for Air; Founder and Commander, 61st Fighter Wing; 1952-1957: Dept. of Defense Reserve Forces Policy Board.
With regard to the above "1926-1981" note, those fifty-five years did have an amusing evolution: at Weeden & Co. Dad was a 'Bond Salesman'; at Irving Lundborg & Co. Dad was a 'Stock Broker'; after the merger with Clark Dodge & Co. he became an 'Account Executive', and after the final merger into Kidder Peabody & Co. he was known as an 'Investment Manager'.