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'''Warren Albert Cole''' (15 November 1889 &ndash; 29 December 1968),<ref>Registration card of Warren Albert Cole, draft board 41, North Easton City, Mass., at Ancestry.com, ''World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918'' [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.</ref><ref>Ancestry.com, ''Social Security Death Index'' [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.</ref> born in [[Swansea, Massachusetts]], was a businessman and lawyer and is known as the founder of [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] [[Fraternities and sororities|Fraternity]].
'''Warren Albert Cole''' (November 15, 1889 &ndash; December 29, 1968) was an American businessman and lawyer and is known as the founder of [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] [[Fraternities and sororities|Fraternity]].<ref name="crossandcrescent" /><ref name="crossjan09" />


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Cole was the son of Albert Warren Cole and Mary Horton Nichols.<ref name="tombstone">[https://www.flickr.com/photos/57943627@N00/327541388 Warren A. Cole tombstone] Flickr.com, December 19, 2006. Accessed April 22, 2010.</ref> He attended high school at [[B.M.C. Durfee High School]] in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], where he graduated in 1908.<ref name="crosspart1">[http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2006/12/warren-a-cole-a-brief-biography-part-one/ Warren A. Cole: A Brief Biography (Part One)] Mike Raymond, Cross and Crescent, December 2006. Accessed April 20, 2010.</ref> While there, he was a member of Alpha Mu Chi, a fraternity that may have shaped his future views for a collegiate organization. After graduation, a year of work, and a few weeks as a student at [[Brown University]], Cole entered the [[Boston University School of Law]] in [[Boston]] in 1909, where he became a member of the [[Gamma Eta Gamma]] law school fraternity.<ref>
Cole was born in 1889 in [[Swansea, Massachusetts]], the son of Albert Warren Cole and Mary Horton Nichols.<ref name="tombstone">[https://www.flickr.com/photos/57943627@N00/327541388 Warren A. Cole tombstone] Flickr.com, December 19, 2006. Accessed April 22, 2010.</ref> He attended high school at [[B.M.C. Durfee High School]] in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], where he graduated in 1908.<ref name="crosspart1">[http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2006/12/warren-a-cole-a-brief-biography-part-one/ Warren A. Cole: A Brief Biography (Part One)] Mike Raymond, Cross and Crescent, December 2006. Accessed April 20, 2010.</ref> While there, he was a member of Alpha Mu Chi, a fraternity that may have shaped his future views for a collegiate organization.
After graduation, a year of work, and a few weeks as a student at [[Brown University]], Cole entered the [[Boston University School of Law]] in [[Boston]] in 1909, where he became a member of the [[Gamma Eta Gamma]] law school fraternity.<ref>
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|pages=62, 64}}</ref> He started several fraternities that never caught on, including The Lodge, Tombs, and Lambda Pi. After Lambda Pi, he founded Lambda Chi Alpha, meaning "Loyal Collegiate Associates" before its name was changed in 1912.<ref>
|pages=62, 64}}</ref>
{{cite book |title=The Paedagogus |publisher=[[Lambda Chi Alpha]] |year=2000 |editor-last=Bly |editor-first=Betsy K. |edition=48th |location=Indianapolis |pages=62}}</ref>

Cole was one of the three founders of Lambda Chi Alpha when it started on November 2, 1909. He graduated from [[Boston University]] with a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree in 1912.<ref name="crosspart1" /> He then set about the work of continuing to build an international fraternity.


==Career==
==Career==
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Cole held many different jobs during his lifetime such as store owner, jewelry salesman, an assistant at the [[Brown University|Brown University Student Union]], member of the [[Massachusetts Highway Department|Massachusetts Highway Commission]], insurance salesman, and as a [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency|Pinkerton]] detective.<ref name="crosspart1" />
===Lambda Chi Alpha founding===
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==Personal life==
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Cole was viewed as a congenial man, whose dogged persistence was, no doubt, the reason Lambda Chi Alpha succeeded. Cole started several fraternities that never caught on, including: The Lodge, Tombs, and Lambda Pi. After Lambda Pi he founded Lambda Chi Alpha, meaning "Loyal Collegiate Associates" before its name was changed in 1912.<ref>
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Cole was married twice during his lifetime. He married his first wife on September 13, 1910, and they lived in [[Boston]]. They had three children, Irma Cole Pollard, Albert Warren Cole, and Nathan Waren Cole.<ref name="crosspart1" /> He married Ethalyn Brayton Chace on August 28, 1919, in [[Barrington, Rhode Island]]. Cole had three more children during his second marriage. His two sons, Albert and Nathan, never became [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] members.<ref name="crosspart1" />
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In addition to holding Lambda Chi Alpha’s highest office, he was the administrative and traveling secretary and the editor and treasurer of ''Purple, Green, and Gold'' magazine throughout [[World War I]]. During his tenure in office, the fraternity grew to 53 functioning [[List of Lambda Chi Alpha chapters|chapters]].<ref name="crosspart1" /> Cole resigned his membership in Lambda Chi Alpha in 1920 under allegations of financial irregularities and the alteration of official fraternity documents by other members of the fraternity's governing body. However, in 1957, he was reinstated as a member in good standing.<ref>
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{{cite book |title=The Paedagogus |publisher=[[Lambda Chi Alpha]] |year=2000 |editor-last=Bly |editor-first=Betsy K. |edition=48th |location=Indianapolis |pages=56, 57}}
|title=The Paedagogus
|edition=48th
|year=2000
|publisher=[[Lambda Chi Alpha]]
|location=Indianapolis
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|pages=62}}</ref> Cole graduated from Boston University with a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree in 1912.<ref name="crosspart1"/> He then set about the work of continuing to build an international fraternity. Cole was one of the three founders of Lambda Chi Alpha when it started on November 2, 1909. In addition to holding Lambda Chi Alpha’s highest office, he was the administrative and traveling secretary, and the editor and treasurer of the Purple, Green, and Gold Magazine throughout [[World War I]]. During his tenure in office, the Fraternity grew to 53 functioning [[List of Lambda Chi Alpha chapters|chapters]].<ref name="crosspart1" /> Cole resigned his membership in Lambda Chi Alpha during 1920 under allegations of financial irregularities and the alteration of official fraternity documents by other members of the fraternity's governing body. However, in 1957, he was reinstated as a member in good standing.<ref>
{{cite book
|editor-last=Bly
|editor-first=Betsy K.
|title=The Paedagogus
|edition=48th
|year=2000
|publisher=[[Lambda Chi Alpha]]
|location=Indianapolis
|pages=56, 57}}
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He was also a member of the [[Loyal Order of Moose]], grand chancellor of the [[Rhode Island]] [[Knights of Pythias]], a better than 50-year member of the Pioneer [[Masonic Lodge]] in [[Somerset, Massachusetts]],<ref name="crossandcrescent">[http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2007/01/warren-a-cole-a-brief-biography-part-2/ Warren A. Cole: A Brief Biography (Part 2)] Cross and Crescent, January 2007.</ref><ref>
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==Personal life==
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Cole held many different jobs during his lifetime such as store owner, jewelry salesman, an assistant at the [[Brown University|Brown University Student Union]], member of the [[Massachusetts Highway Department|Massachusetts Highway Commission]], insurance salesman, and as a [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency|Pinkerton]] detective.<ref name="crosspart1" /> He was a member of the [[Loyal Order of Moose]], a Grand Chancellor of the [[Rhode Island]] [[Knights of Pythias]], a better than 50-year member of the Pioneer [[Masonic Lodge]] in [[Somerset, Massachusetts]],<ref name="crossandcrescent">[http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2007/01/warren-a-cole-a-brief-biography-part-2/ Warren A. Cole: A Brief Biography (Part 2)] Cross and Crescent, January 2007.</ref><ref>
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|year=1915}}</ref> and a member of the [[The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry|National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry]].<ref name="crosspart1" />
|year=1915}}</ref> and a member of the [[The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry|National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry]].<ref name="crosspart1" />


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Cole died on December 29, 1968, in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]]. He was buried in a family plot at a cemetery in [[Rehoboth, Massachusetts]] in January 1969. His first wife Lottie is buried with him.<ref name="crossandcrescent" /><ref name="crossjan09">[http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2009/12/the-boston-centennial-commemoration/ Boston Centennial Commemoration] Cross and Crescent, December 2009. Accessed April 20, 2010.</ref>
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He married twice during his lifetime. He married his first wife on September 13, 1910, and they lived in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. They had three children.<ref name="crosspart1" /> He married Ethalyn Brayton Chace, on August 28, 1919, in [[Barrington, Rhode Island]]. Cole had three more children during his second marriage. His two sons Albert Warren Cole and Nathan Warren Cole, never became members of [[Lambda Chi Alpha]].<ref name="crosspart1" />

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Cole died on December 29, 1968, in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], and was buried in a family plot at a cemetery in [[Rehoboth, Massachusetts]], in January 1969. His first wife Lottie is buried with him.<ref name="crossandcrescent" /><ref name="crossjan09">[http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2009/12/the-boston-centennial-commemoration/ Boston Centennial Commemoration] Cross and Crescent, December 2009. Accessed April 20, 2010.</ref>


A future historic marker is planned for [[Swansea, Massachusetts]], to commemorate Cole.<ref name="crossjan09" />
A future historic marker is planned for [[Swansea, Massachusetts]], to commemorate Cole.<ref name="crossjan09" />
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* [http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2006/12/warren-a-cole-a-brief-biography-part-one/ Warren A. Cole: A Brief Biography (Part One)]
* [http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2007/01/warren-a-cole-a-brief-biography-part-2/ Warren A. Cole: A Brief Biography (Part Two)]
* [http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2007/01/warren-a-cole-a-brief-biography-part-2/ Warren A. Cole: A Brief Biography (Part Two)]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/sets/72157594428851552/ Warren A. Cole grave site collection] (photos)
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lambdachialpha/sets/72157594428851552/ Warren A. Cole gravesite collection] (photos)


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Warren Albert Cole
Born(1889-11-15)November 15, 1889
Swansea, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedDecember 29, 1968(1968-12-29) (aged 79)
Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placeRehoboth, Massachusetts, U.S.
BildungLL.B, 1912 Boston University School of Law
Occupation(s)Businessman, Lawyer
Known forFounder of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
Spouse(s)Lottie Mae Hathaway Cole (1910–1919)
Ethalyn Brayton Chace (1919–1968)

Warren Albert Cole (November 15, 1889 – December 29, 1968) was an American businessman and lawyer and is known as the founder of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Cole was born in 1889 in Swansea, Massachusetts, the son of Albert Warren Cole and Mary Horton Nichols.[3] He attended high school at B.M.C. Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1908.[4] While there, he was a member of Alpha Mu Chi, a fraternity that may have shaped his future views for a collegiate organization.

After graduation, a year of work, and a few weeks as a student at Brown University, Cole entered the Boston University School of Law in Boston in 1909, where he became a member of the Gamma Eta Gamma law school fraternity.[5] He started several fraternities that never caught on, including The Lodge, Tombs, and Lambda Pi. After Lambda Pi, he founded Lambda Chi Alpha, meaning "Loyal Collegiate Associates" before its name was changed in 1912.[6]

Cole was one of the three founders of Lambda Chi Alpha when it started on November 2, 1909. He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1912.[4] He then set about the work of continuing to build an international fraternity.

Career

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Cole held many different jobs during his lifetime such as store owner, jewelry salesman, an assistant at the Brown University Student Union, member of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, insurance salesman, and as a Pinkerton detective.[4]

Personal life

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Cole was married twice during his lifetime. He married his first wife on September 13, 1910, and they lived in Boston. They had three children, Irma Cole Pollard, Albert Warren Cole, and Nathan Waren Cole.[4] He married Ethalyn Brayton Chace on August 28, 1919, in Barrington, Rhode Island. Cole had three more children during his second marriage. His two sons, Albert and Nathan, never became Lambda Chi Alpha members.[4]

In addition to holding Lambda Chi Alpha’s highest office, he was the administrative and traveling secretary and the editor and treasurer of Purple, Green, and Gold magazine throughout World War I. During his tenure in office, the fraternity grew to 53 functioning chapters.[4] Cole resigned his membership in Lambda Chi Alpha in 1920 under allegations of financial irregularities and the alteration of official fraternity documents by other members of the fraternity's governing body. However, in 1957, he was reinstated as a member in good standing.[7]

He was also a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, grand chancellor of the Rhode Island Knights of Pythias, a better than 50-year member of the Pioneer Masonic Lodge in Somerset, Massachusetts,[1][8] and a member of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.[4]

Cole died on December 29, 1968, in Fall River, Massachusetts. He was buried in a family plot at a cemetery in Rehoboth, Massachusetts in January 1969. His first wife Lottie is buried with him.[1][2]

A future historic marker is planned for Swansea, Massachusetts, to commemorate Cole.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Warren A. Cole: A Brief Biography (Part 2) Cross and Crescent, January 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Boston Centennial Commemoration Cross and Crescent, December 2009. Accessed April 20, 2010.
  3. ^ Warren A. Cole tombstone Flickr.com, December 19, 2006. Accessed April 22, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Warren A. Cole: A Brief Biography (Part One) Mike Raymond, Cross and Crescent, December 2006. Accessed April 20, 2010.
  5. ^ Bly, Betsy K., ed. (2000). The Paedagogus (48th ed.). Indianapolis: Lambda Chi Alpha. pp. 62, 64.
  6. ^ Bly, Betsy K., ed. (2000). The Paedagogus (48th ed.). Indianapolis: Lambda Chi Alpha. p. 62.
  7. ^ Bly, Betsy K., ed. (2000). The Paedagogus (48th ed.). Indianapolis: Lambda Chi Alpha. pp. 56, 57.
  8. ^ Levere, William Collin (1915). Leading Greeks.
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