About Elihu B. Frost
Lived 1860 – 1925 (aged 65). Elihu B. Frost was a submariner and lawyer.
Elihu Brintnal Frost (May 12, 1860 – August 22, 1925) was an American lawyer with an early involvement in the submarine industry.
Early life and education Born in the town of Peekskill, New York, Frost was the son of lawyer Calvin Frost and Mary Antoinette Oppie (Hait) Frost. He attended Peekskill Military Academy, and went on to graduate from Yale University in 1883. While at Yale, Frost was a member of the student secret society Skull and Bones. When Isaac Rice formed the Electric Boat Company (the predecessor of General Dynamics) to build Holland's submarine designs, Frost became the company's vice-president, secretary, and chief financial officer.
Prominently reported in the newspapers of the time, Frost married and divorced twice. When he died of paresis in Beach Bluff, Massachusetts,
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Who was Elihu B. Frost?
American lawyer (1860-1925)
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Elihu B. Frost was born on 12 May 1860.
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Elihu B. Frost died on 22 August 1925.
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Elihu B. Frost was a submariner and lawyer.
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