Windsor Arnold Hosmer (1894-1968)
- Married Elizabeth Torrence Tone (1898-1985)
- Harvard professor of business administration
Wedding day photo:
From an obituary found in the archives:
Harvard Prof. Hosmer, Belmont Rites Friday
Services will be Friday at 2 in the Payson Park Church, Belmont, for Professor Emeritus W. Arnold Hosmer, a member of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration faculty for more than 40 years.
Prof. Hosmer, 74, of 182 Washington St., Belmont, died Tusday at Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, after a long illness.
He was organizer in 1958 of the first major university course in the management of small manufacturing enterprises. Prof. Hosmer, who began his career as an accounting specialist, had made small manufacturing his primary field. He also put his expertise to work as president of the Hosmer Machine Company of Contoocook, N.H.
He was born in Riga, N.Y., son of the late Sidney Ashbel and Edith (Arnold) Hosmer, and was graduated from Harvard College with the class of 1918. After serving with an ambulance corps attached to the French Army at Verdun in World War I, he attended the Harvard Business School, graduating in 1921. From 1921 to 1923 he served as instructor in business policy at the School.
Subsequently, Prof. Hosmer served as Yates Professor of Applied Economics at Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y., returning to Harvard in 1931 as a lecturer in accounting. He became a professor of business administration in 1949 and retired in 1961.
At his retirement, it was noted that Prof. Hosmer had participated in the study and teaching of professional administration almost since the systematic study of that subject began. He was author of several textbooks and served as an advisor in accounting practices to the Atomic Energy Commission, the Small Business Administration and more recently to Gov. Volpe's comittee to study the administrative reorganization of the state.
He was founder and board chairman of the Richard D. Brew Co. of Concord, N.H., and founder and president of the Hosmer Machine Co. His textbook, "Small Business Management" was heen adopted at 31 universities in this country and abroad.
A member of many professional associations, Prof. Hosmer was active in the Harvard Clubs of Boston and New York, and served as deacon of the Payson Park Church, Belmont.
Prof. Hosmer leaves his wife, the former Elizabeth Tone; two sons, John A. of Keene, N.H., and LaRue T. of Belmont; a sister, MRs. Laura H. Brew of Rochester, N.Y., and four grandchildren.
- Parents:
- Spouse: Elizabeth Torrence Tone (1898-1985)
- Siblings:
- Children: John A. Hosmer (1924-2004), LaRue Tone Hosmer (1927-2004)