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...Harvard Class of 1915 50th anniversary report, Claflin wrote. "I soon found that doing business in Cuba was different than the investment business. Instead of panics and depression, we had to meet the problem of revolutions and bandits...
...When Claflin left Harvard to return to private business in 1948. Conant said, "You made a contribution to the welfare of Harvard that certainly exceeds that of any other member of the Corporation as far as I am aware of Harvard history...
...Claflin, a Belmont resident at the time of his death was the last treasurer to have been both the University's chief financial officer and chief investment officer...
Friends yesterday described Claflin as "a great guy" and "simple, straight forward." Current treasurer George Putnam `49 recalled him as a "marvelous old gent...
Born in 1893 in Swampscott, Mass.. Claflin was captain of the varsity hockey team as a Harvard senior. The next year, 1916 he served in the Mexican Border campaign and then fought in France during World...