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small boy was brought by his parents to
America, where they located in Chicago.
There he attended the public schools and
grew to manhood. Soon after his marriage
he removed to New York City, and
there he continued to reside until his
death. He was at different times in busi-
ness in New York and Chicago, but con-
tinued to maintain his New York resi-
dence. He was the secretary of the Crane
Company of Chicago, Illinois, and subsequently
was associated with the Worth-
ington Pump Company, of that city. Sev-
eral years prior to his death he retired
from active business cares because of ill
health. He married Gertrude A. Young,
born in New York City. Mrs. Forman
survives her husband and now resides in
New York. Mr. and Mrs. Forman were
the parents of two sons : George Lisle,
receives extended mention below ; and
Charles Edgar, a resident of New York.
The youth of Mr. Forman was spent in
New York City, where he attended the
public schools, and his education was
completed at the Cheshire Academy in
Cheshire, Connecticut. Immediately after
completing his schooling he secured a
position with the N. S. Mortgage & Trust
Company, of New York City, remaining
with them for over a year. On account of
his father's association with the Crane
Company in their Hartford office, the
younger Mr. Forman entered the employ
of the same company in their Bridgeport
office. During these years he was secur-
ing experience which would be needed
when he decided to enter the business
field himself. He remained with the
Crane Company until 1914. In the latter
year he went abroad as a member of the
American Ambulance Section, attached
to the British Expeditionary Forces, Sixth
Division. He served for seven months,
then returned to America, and also to his
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former business association with the
Crane Company. He remained three
years, and in 1917 formed a partnership
with Joseph Watson Beach under the firm
name of Beach, Forman & Company.
This firm does a general insurance busi-
ness. Mr. Forman is active in the social
affairs of his city, and is a member of sev-
eral clubs, namely: Hartford, Hartford
Golf of Hartford, the Brooklawn Country
Club of Bridgeport, and Squadron A.
Club of New York City.
Mr. Forman married Elizabeth Stillman
Kendall, daughter of William Kendall, of
Brooklyn, New York, and they are the
parents of a son, George Lisle, Jr. Mr.
and Mrs. Forman are attendants of Trin-
ity Episcopal Church, of Hartford, to
which they lend their support.
STERNBERG, Adolph Carl,
Contractor.
A man and his work are closely related,
indeed the work is a part of the man, that
part which lives after him, and expresses
his personality to the world in which he
has lived. There is art and beauty, of
however simple a sort, in every well ex-
ecuted piece of work, of whatever nature
it may be. When the element of usefulness
is added, the work becomes a worthy
monument to endeavor. The man of
vacillating will goes from one thing to
another, and makes for himself no permanent
place in the world of affairs. The
man of delicate sensibilities chooses the
work which appeals wholly to the eye or
the ear. But the man of boundless activ-
ity and native force chooses work of a
constructive nature. He is not content
merely to be, and watch other men do, he
makes a place for himself, then does some
big, substantial work, which will be seen
and used, and will thus become a part of