| 词条 | Carl Harstrom |
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|name=Carl Axel Harstrom |image= |caption= |birth_date={{birth date|1863|12|20}}[1] |birth_place=Västerås, Sweden[1] |death_date={{death date and age|1926|01|24|1863|12|20}}[2] |death_place=Norwalk, Connecticut[2] |residence=Norwalk, Connecticut |office=Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut |order=16th |term_start=October 13, 1915[3] |term_end=1917 |predecessor=Francis Irwin Burnell |successor=Jeremiah Donovan |party=Republican |alma_mater=Peekskill Military Academy (1880) Hobart College (A.B., 1886; M.A., 1889)[4] Yale College (1899, PhD.)[1] |occupation=educator |religion=Episcopalian[1][5] |spouse=Lee Selden Partridge[1](d . August 27, 1926)[2] |children=Frances (b. 1890), Carl Eric (b. 1892)[1] }} Carl Axel Harstrom (December 20, 1863 – January 24, 1926) was an American educator, and one term Republican mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1915 to 1917. Early life and familyHarstrom was born in Västerås, Sweden.[1] He was the son of Carl Gustaf and Amelia Adolphina Fosberg Harstrom.[1][5] His father was a manufacturer in Sweden who brought his family to America in 1872, when Carl Axel was nine years of age.[1] He attended the Peekskill Military Academy, and graduated in 1880.[1] He taught school for two years before entering Hobart College.[1] He graduated as valedictory orator[4] and with magna cum laude honors.[1] He earned an A.B in 1886, and an M.A. in 1889.[1][5] He served as headmaster at the Peekskill Academy for three years, and principle of Vienland Preparatory School for four years.[1] On June 20, 1888, Professor Harstrom married Lee Selden Partridge of Phelps, New York.[1][5] Life in NorwalkHe moved to Norwalk in 1891 to take a position as headmaster of the Norwalk Military Academy.[1] He started his own private preparatory school for boys in Norwalk in 1893.[1] While teaching and serving as headmaster, he also pursued his own education at Yale University in classical Philology from 1896 to 1899. He earned his PhD. in 1899.[1][5] He was a member of Theta Delta Chi, and served as its national president for five consecutive terms.[1] Political careerIn Norwalk, he served as a member of the Board of Estimate.[5] In 1915, Harstrom was elected mayor of Norwalk and served a two-year term. During his term of office he reconstructed the financial system, with the result of making it more transparent to the public.[5] He is credited with introducing voting machines to Norwalk.[5] He is also credited for the many miles of hard pavement laid during his term.[5] During the World War he was chairman of the local draft board.[5] He was a founding board member of the Norwalk Savings Bank and of the Fairfield County Savings Bank.[5] Associations
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 [https://books.google.com/books?id=Wcq4MPTDrEIC&pg=PA292 Men of Mark] {{PD-notice}} {{s-start}}{{succession box|title=Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut|before=Francis Irwin Burnell|after=Jeremiah Donovan|years=1915–1917}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Harstrom, Carl Axel}}2. ^1 2 Obituary - Mrs. Lee Selden Harstrom 3. ^The Highland Democrat 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [https://books.google.com/books?id=w94SAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA16&lpg=PA11&ots=cb244O4WfV&dq=Carl+Axel+Harstrom&output=text#c_top The Shield] 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens; (Volume 11). 6. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1898&dat=19220209&id=9OggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=k20FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1906,4603265 The Norwalk Hour] 9 : 1863 births|1926 deaths|American educators|American philologists|Connecticut Republicans|Hobart and William Smith Colleges alumni|Mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut|People from Västerås|Yale University alumni |
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