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Mr. Edward Farrington Abbott Jr. of Auburn, Maine, United States, was born on January 4, 1909 and died on October 17, 1979. He graduated from Bowdoin cum laude in 1931, which is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, Maine, United States. He also studied at Harvard from 1931 to 1932. In Bowdoin affairs he was a member of Theta Delta Chi, was chairman of the Lewiston-Auburn area Capital Campaign from 1962 to 1964, was a director of the Alumni Fund from 1958 to 1960, and served as 1931 Class Agent in the Fund from 1956 to 1960.
He was the son of Edward Farrington Abbott and Mary Dana Abbott. He had two brothers, who were also Bowdoin graduates, Luther Dana Abbott (Bowdoin 1939) and John Cushman Abbott (Bowdoin 1943). On June 30, 1951 he married Maude McCurry. One of their children, Philip J. Abbott, graduated from Bowdoin in 1980.
Edward Farrington Abbott, Jr. was a businessman in the Lewiston-Auburn area from 1933 until his death in 1979, except for three years during World War II. During the war, he served as a weather forecaster in the USA Air Force, reaching the rank of staff sergeant. He was a director of the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA (Young Mens Christian Association) and a former President of the Auburn YMCA and the Maine Contract Bridge League, winning several New England Bridge Championships In Bowdoin affairs he was a member of Theta Delta Chi, was chairman of the Lewiston-Auburn area Capital Campaign from 1962 to 1964, was a director of the Alumni Fund from 1958 to 1960, and served as 1931 Class Agent in the Fund from 1956 to 1960.
He won the following bridge events:
1947 Winner of Master Pairs 1951 Winner of Masters Individual 1951 Winner of New England Open Teams 1953 Winner of Master Pairs
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