Charles Curtis

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games (non-medal events)
SexMale
Full nameCharles Pelham•Curtis, Jr.
Used nameCharles•Curtis
Born8 May 1891 in Boston, MassachusettsUSA
Died23 December 1959 (aged 68 years 7 months 15 days) in Boston, MassachusettsUSA
AffiliationsThe CC — Brookline, MassachusettsUSA
NOCUnited StatesUSA

Biography

Charles Curtis competed in the 1932 curling demonstration events. He was with the Massachusetts team and was a native Bostonian. Curtis was a member of The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts that did have curling facilities.

Curtis attended the Groton School and then graduated from Harvard in 1914, after which he obtained a law degree from Harvard in 1917. He became a partner in Choate, Hall & Stewart, after serving in the Navy during World War I. In 1923 he joined with brother Richard Curtis to form their own independent firm, but they later merged with Choate, Hall & Stewart and he re-joined that firm.

Curtis was a noted author, publishing The Practical Cogitator, A Commonplace Book, and The Oppenheimer Case, an analysis of the nation’s security system in relation to J. Robert Oppenheimer. He died tragically in a house fire.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Winter Olympics Curling USA Charles Curtis
Team, Men (Olympic (non-medal)) Massachusetts =6

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