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, Massachusetts (USA)
Died23 December 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
AffiliationsThe Country Club, Brookline (USA)
NOC United States

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
Curling, Men (Olympic (non-medal)) Massachusetts =6