Frederick Moore Whitney
Born: July 14, 1869
Died : October 10, 1942
A descendant of a pioneer New England family, Frederick Moore Whitney was the son of Abraham Johnson Whitney and Marietta (Parmelee) Whitney and was born in Bethel, Connecticut, located in the western end of the state. After graduating from the LeRoy Academic Institute (LeRoy, New York), he entered Cornell's College of Law in 1889. Whitney graduated from Cornell in 1891 with an LL.B. degree.
For two years Whitney worked in Colfax, Washington, constructing a water works for that city. He returned to Cornell in 1893 to study civil engineering and hydrology for one year (1893-94). For the rest of his life he was associated with successful law partnerships in and around Rochester, New York. Whitney preferred to represent corporations and handled few criminal cases. He also enjoyed success in real estate and financial investment.
In 1901, he married Hilda Jessie Fisher of Rochester. They had two children: a daughter, Helen Hamby (Whitney) Doud; and a son, Frederick Moore Whitney, Jr.
Whitney was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed camping, hunting, and fishing. Other fraternal organizations which he joined include the Masons and the Elks. Shortly after World War I, Whitney helped reorganize the Rochester Alumni Chapter and was elected its president in 1919. He was an Episcopal and in politics, a Republican.
Founder Whitney died 10 October 1942. He was buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Rochester, on 13 October 1942, the fifty-second anniversary of the founding of Delta Chi.