Edward E. Dissell (1889-1964)

Edward E. Dissell (March 1, 1889 - September 29, 1963) was a teacher.

Dissell was born on March 1, 1889 in Canton, Ohio to Henry C. Dissell and Anna M. Simpson. He started his education at the high school in West Hartford in the fall of 1903, graduating in a class of four people in 1907. He entered Williams College that fall and transferred to Trinity College in 1909. He was a member of the football squad and played on the basketball team for two years. His fraternity was the Tau Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. After attending Yale Law School for a year, he joined Aetna Life Insurance Company until 1914. He then was named assistant principal of the high school in town until 1917, when he formed the law publishing firm of E. E. Dissell & Company, which he operated until his retirement in 1957.

Family
Dissell married Dorothy Geer in June 1913.
 * Edward E. Dissell, Jr.
 * Roger G. Dissell
 * Dorothy G. Dissell

Organizations

 * Resigned from the Boy Scouts as Scoutmaster (November 2, 1915)
 * Helped organize a science club in the high school in March 1916, with trips planned for geological study
 * Resigned as a high school teacher on May 20, 1917, moving to Bloomfield.

Real Estate

 * Moved into 998 Farmington Avenue in the summer of 1915; moved to Bloomfield in 1917.

Personal

 * Vacationed in Stony Creek in July 1914