Walter H. Seward

Walter H. Seward

Infobox_Person
name = Walter H. Seward


image_size = 225px
caption = Walter H. Seward on September 16, 2007, less than one month before his 111th birthday and almost exactly a year before his death
birth_date = birth date|1896|10|13
birth_place = Toledo, Ohio,
United States
death_date = death date|2008|9|14 (aged age in years and days|1896|10|13|2008|9|14)
death_place = West Orange, New Jersey,
United States
residence = flagicon|New Jersey
West Orange, New Jersey,
United States
title = Esq.
occupation = Former lawyer

Walter H. Seward (October 13, 1896 – September 14, 2008) was an American supercentenarian who was, at the time of his death, the third-oldest verified man living in the United States, the sixth-oldest man in the world, one of the 30 oldest living people and was the verified oldest recognized living person in New Jersey.

Early life

Seward was raised in Toledo, Ohio, and moved to Vineland, New Jersey, while he was in high school.

He was a 1917 graduate of Rutgers University and a 1924 graduate of Harvard Law School.

Later life

He practiced law through his 90s.

Death

Seward died on September 14, 2008 at age 111 years 337 days from a blood infection that weakened his heart. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/rutgers_oldest_alumnus_walter.html]

ee also

* Supercentenarian

Reference

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/rutgers_oldest_alumnus_walter.html

External links

* http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/08/24/hes_still_crimson_after_all_these_years/
* http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu/Interviews/seward_walter.html
* http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bigeast/2006-11-07-rutgers-seward_x.htm
* http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2006/10/20/PageOne/Rutgers.Oldest.Alumnus.Turns.110-2378646.shtml
* [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/rutgers_oldest_alumnus_walter.html Walter H. Seward's obituary]


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