Rochester, Alfred R., 1895-1989

found: NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for His Papers, 1934-1977(Alfred R. Rochester; Wash. state dir., U.S. Nat'l Emergency Council; Office of Govt. Reports; Seattle City councilman; exec. dir., Washington World's Fair Commission)

found: WW West, 1927(under Rochester, George Alfred Caldwell [father]; Alfred R., son of G.A.C. Rochester & Julia G. Smith)

found: Seattle dir., 1966(Rochester, Alfred R. (Marguerite); dir. publ. affairs, Wash. World's Fair Comm.)

found: NUCMC data from Seattle Municipal Archives for His Scrapbooks, 1940-1987(Al Rochester, a lifelong Seattle resident, was a New Deal Democrat who served twelve years on the Seattle City Council and became an influential booster of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair; b. in Seattle, on 28 Mar. 1895; grad. from Broadway High School and served in World War I (1917-1918); m. Marguerite Reynolds; during World War II, he served as state director of the Office of War Information; ran for elective office in the mid-1940s; elected to Seattle City Council; served from 1944 to 1956; also involved in non-profit and charitable endeavors; d. 4 Feb. 1989)