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Facts and Events
| Name |
Nils A. Lennartson |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
9 Aug 1915 |
Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Education[3] |
1936 |
Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United StatesGraduated from Bates College |
| Occupation[3] |
1937 |
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United StatesReporter for the Portland Press Herald. |
| Military[9] |
8 Apr 1942 |
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United StatesEnlisted in U.S. Army |
| Military[8] |
Aug 1942 |
Keesler Field, Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, United StatesAssistant Editor-in-Chief of the Keesler Army Air Corps Field newspaper. |
| Marriage |
27 Jan 1943 |
Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United Statesto Emily E. Weston |
| Occupation[7] |
1947 |
Assistant Director of Public Relations for the New England district of the United States Steel Corp. |
| Occupation[4] |
1948 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesDeputy Director of Information for the Commerce Department. |
| Occupation[6] |
1951 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesSpecial Assistant to Thomas W. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force |
| Occupation[5] |
1953 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesDirector of Information for the Department of Commerce |
| Occupation[5] |
1958 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesChief of Public Information for the Treasury Department. |
| Occupation[5] |
1961 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesDeputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs |
| Occupation[4] |
1965 |
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United StatesPresident of the Railroad Progress Institute. |
| Death[2][3] |
30 May 1977 |
Alexandria, Virginia, United States |
| Obituary[3] |
1 Jun 1977 |
Nils A. Lennartson, 61, of Alexandria, Va., Bates College graduate and former Maine newsman, and public affairs official in government and industry, died unexpectedlly Tuesday morning at his home.
He was president of the Railway Progress Institute, an association of more than 200 suppliers of railroad equipment.
He made frequent visits to a home he and his wife, the former Emily E. Weston of Skowhegan, maintained at Falmouth Foreside.
Mr. Lennartson was born at Webster, Mass. on Aug, 1915. He was a graduage of Pembroke (N.H.) Academy and of Bates College, where he received his degree in 1936. He joined the Portland Press Herald as a reporter in 1937 and pursued that career until he was drafted into the Army in 1942. Commissioned a second lieutenant in 1943, he was assigned to duty in Brazil in the Air Transport Command. He finished the war as a first lieutenant.
Mr. Lennartson served as assistant publicity manager for the Maine Central Railroad from 1945-1947, then worked a year in public relations for the U.S. Steel Corporation. He went into government service in 1948, starting as deputy director for public relations in the newly-created Department of the Air Force. He held public affairs posts in the commerce and treasury departments.
From 1961 to 1965, when he retired from the government, he was deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs. He then began his work with the Railway Progress Institute.
He was commended by the Air Force and by the treasury department for the quality of his work.
One of his primary recreations, pursued with his wife, was raising and showing Dalmatians.
He belonged to the American Society of Association Executives, the Public Relations Society of America, the National Press Club, the Union League of Chicago and other organizations.
He is survived by his widow, whom he married in Jan. 27, 1943. |
References
- ↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915. Database. (Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch. Citing Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Archives, Boston.)
Reference ID: 524, GS Film number: 2409902, Digital Folder Number: 4401726, Image Number: 541.
BIRTHS REGISTERED in the Town of Webster for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen
Date of Birth: Aug 9
Name of Child: Nils A. H. Lennartson
Sex: m
Place of Birth: Lake St.
First Name of Father: Andrew
Maiden Name of Mother: Anna Skolund
Residence of Parents: Webster
Occupation of Father: Shoemaker
Place of Birth of Father: Sweden
Place of Birth of Mother: Sweden
Date of Record: Sept. 9
- ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service)
[1].
Given Name: Nils
Surname: Lennartson
Birth Date: 9 August 1915
Social Security Number: 007-03-1612
State: Maine
Event Date: May 1977
Age: 62
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Thursday, 1 Jun 1977, in The Lewiston Daily Sun. (Lewiston, Maine)
p. 22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Apr 9, 1965, in The Lewiston Daily Sun. (Lewiston, Maine)
p. 1.
Nils Lennartson Resigns Defense Department Post
Nils A. Lennartson, a graduate of Bates College and a former Portland newspaperman, is resigning as deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs to become president of the railroad progress institute at Chicago.
Lennartson was a reporter for the Portland Press Herald for a period of six years prior to World War II.
An announcement Wednesday night said Lennartson's resignation is effective Saturday and that he is going to Chicago about the middle of this month.
Lennartson, a native of Webster, Mass., but longtime resident of Maine, entered government service in 1948 as deputy director of information for the Commerce Department, then as assistant to the treasury secretary until 1961 when he returned to the Pentagon.
Lennartson entered the Air Force as a private in 1942, leaving active duty at the end of World War II as a captain.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 18 Jan 1961, in The Lewiston Daily Sun. (Lewiston, Maine)
p. 1.
LENNARTSON NAMED TO PENTAGON POST
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Kennedy Administration's secretary of defense-to-be, Robert S. McNamara, Tuesday named two long-time career government employees to Pentagon jobs.
McNamara chose Nils A. Lennartson, 45, now assistant secretary of the treasury, to be deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs...
Lennartson will serve as an assistant to Arthur Sylvester, who recently was designated by President-elect John F. Kennedy to be assistant secretary of defense of public affairs.
Lennartson for six years was a reporter with the Gay Gannett Newspapers at Portland Maine, and spent several years in public relations work.
He entered government service in 1948 as a public relation specialist for the Air Force. With the beginning of the Eisenhower Administration, Lennartson was director of information for the Department of Commerce. For the past three years he has been chief of public information for the Treasury Department.
Lennartson's wife is the former Emily Weston of Skowhegan, Maine.
- ↑ 3 May 1951, in The Lewiston Daily Sun. (Lewiston, Maine)
p. 20.
A Bates College graduate in 1936 and former Lewiston newspaperman, Nils A. Lennartson, has been named special assistant to Thomas W. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force. He also is deputy director of Air Force public relations which post he has held since August 1948.
- ↑ 18 Nov 1947, in The Lewiston Daily Sun. (Lewiston, Maine)
p. 14.
Nils A. Lennartson, a graduate of Bates College in 1936, has been named assistant director of public relations for the New England district of the United States Steel Corp. He recently resigned as assistant publicity manager for the Maine Central Railroad.
- ↑ 17 Aug 1942, in The Lewiston Daily Sun. (Lewiston, Maine)
p. 10.
Nils A. Lennartson, popular Bates College newspaper correspondent of a few years ago, is now a member of the Army Air Corps stationed at Keesler Field, Miss. He holds the rank of corporal. He recently was named assistant editor-in-chief to the Keesler Field newspaper. While at Bates he was an editor on the campus newspaper and since graduation had worked as a reporter.
- ↑ Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) , in United States. National Archives and Records Administration (ARC # 1263923). World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. (2002)
[2].
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 31101263
NAME LENNARTSON NILS A
RESIDENCE: STATE MAINE
RESIDENCE: COUNTY CUMBERLAND
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PORTLAND MAINE
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 08
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 04
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
TERM OF ENLISTMENT Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL Civil Life
NATIVITY MASSACHUSETTS
YEAR OF BIRTH 15
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP White, citizen
EDUCATION 4 years of college
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION Authors, editors, and reporters
MARITAL STATUS Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY Selectees (Enlisted Men)
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