TENTH GENERATION

842. Edgar Atherton COMEE ⁽¹⁾ was born on 2 Apr 1917 in Brunswick, Maine. A 1938 graduate of Tufts College. His career highlights include Editorial Page Director, Portland, Maine at the Press Herald, Evening Express, and Sunday Telegram. He wa the 1959 recipient of the Reid Foundation Newspaper Fellowship for on-the-ground observation of Charles de Gaulle's France. Edgar served in the military during WWII as Commanding Officer of a series of minesweepers with the Naval service. He also served during the Korean War as Commanding Officer, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center, Buffalo, New York, and divers peacetime reserve flings. Edgar held several positions with the U.S. Government amoung them were - Deputy Assistant for Public Affairs to Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler; Chief, Public Affairs Division, Agency for International Development, Department of State.

He was married to Margaret.

Edgar Atherton COMEE and Unk had the following children:

1007 i. Deborah COMEE⁽¹⁾.
1008 ii. Elizabeth COMEE⁽¹⁾.