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Rowland Hazard III (October 29, 1881 – December 20, 1945) was an American businessman and member of a prominent Rhode Island family involved in the foundation and executive leadership of a number of well-known companies.
Rowland Hazard III (29 de octubre de 1881 - 20 de diciembre de 1945) fue un hombre de negocios estadounidense y miembro de una prominente familia de Rhode Island involucrada en la fundación y el liderazgo ejecutivo de varias empresas conocidas.
An unbroken line of Hazard men named Rowland dates back to 1763. His grandfather and great-great-grandfather had the same name. So: he sometimes used the name Rowland Hazard III. He named one of his companies, Rowland Third, Inc. The Hazard family's colonial roots dated back to 1635 and its members were large-scale landowners,
Rowland Hazard III was an American businessman and member of a prominent Rhode Island family involved in the foundation and executive leadership of a number of well-known companies. He is also known as the "Rowland H." who figured in the events leading to the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Rowland Hazard III was a scion of a prominent Rhode Island family that included a founder of Brown University, founders of textile fortunes, a philosopher, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Matthew and Oliver Hazard Perry. His Aunt Caroline Hazard was president of Wellesley University.
When Rowland Hazard III was born on 29 October 1881, in Peace Dale, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Rowland Gibson Hazard, was 26 and his mother, Mary Pierrepont Bushnell, was 22. He married Helen Hamilton Campbell on 5 October 1910, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.
Rowland Hazard III Papers. Investor, of Peace Dale, R.I., New York and New Mexico. Papers, 1913-1939. Bulk, 1920-1925. Size: 2.5 linear feet. Catalog number: MSS 483 sg 8. Processed by: Steve Dalpe and Rick Stattler, February 1999. ©Rhode Island Historical Society. Manuscripts Division. Historical note:
