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Hewitt B. Garvey
Hewitt Blocksom Garvey (November 15, 1897 - September 5, 1954) was a veteran of World War I and World War II and an Executive in the Bell Telephone System. He was a Bell System Vail Medal recipient in 1923.

Garvey was the son of Benjamin St. John Garvey, also worked for the Bell Telephone System, and Mary (Blocksom) Garvey and a brother of Benjamin S. Garvey. He was born in Ironton, Ohio in 1897 and attended public schools in Indiana and Illinois. He studied electical engineering at Racine College in Racine, Wisconsin. At age 16 he worked as an office boy at the Western Union offices in Chicago.

Military Service
Garvey served in the U.S. Army during World War I from May 9, 1917 to June 14, 1919 as a Sergeant 1st Class in the 410th Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps. After a period of training in Kansas and Texas with the 6th and 410th regiments of the regular army as Sergeant, 1st Class, he was transferred to the Signal Corps and sent to France. He was in overseas service in France from July 15, 1918 to June 6, 1919 where he built telephone lines and front line telephone systems.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from October 1, 1942 to January 22, 1946 as a Lt. Col. in the 3358th Signal Service Battalion, Army Communications Service, Signal Corps. He was in overseas service from December 30, 1943 to October 18, 1945 in Australia, New Guinea, Italy, Greece and France, among other locations. He was in the American, European (EAME) and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters.

Work with Bell Telephone System
Garvey worked for the Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Chicago prior to his service in World War I and rejoined the company after his return. In 1925 he was promoted to Plant Supervisor. In 1926 joined the American Telephone and Telegraph Company at New York and in 1928 he accepted an executive position with the New York Telephone Company where he remained until August, 1937. He was superintendent of the Bronx and Westchester divisions of the Greater New York telephone system.

In September, 1937 he joined the Mutual Telephone Company in Honolulu, Hawaii where he succeeded Fred G. Hummel as Vice President and General Manager. He resigned as Vice President and Chief Engineer in 1939 due to ill health.

He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, an Bell honorary organization for employees with over 21 years of service.

Vail Medal Award
Hewitt B. Garvey was a recipient of the Theodore N. Vail medal in 1923 for rescuing two women from a burning building in New York City in November, 1923. The Vail Award was established in 1920 as a lasting memorial to Theodore N. Vail, the first president of AT&T. Vail was known for his deep respect for humanity and his strong sense of community. The Vail Award recognizes heroic acts or special service carried out by employees and retirees of AT&T and its wholly owned subsidiaries. These actions benefit the company or the community. They also show the highest degree of judgment, initiative, resourcefulness and courage.

The acknowledgement of the Award by the Bell Telephone Company was as follows:

'''Hewitt B. Garvey, Transmission Testing Foremen, Plant Department, Illinois Division, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Chicago. '''    For initiative, prompt action and courage in rescuing two women from a burning building.

On November 16, 1923, while taking a course of instruction in New York, N. Y., he was returning from luncheon with a group of fellow students when they were attracted by a fire in a three-story building in the vicinity of McDougal and Eighth Streets. Two women were trapped on the third floor and were calling for help from a window. He promptly climbed a fire escape on an adjoing building, and stood outside the railing with one foot on the platform, with one hand held by a man on the fire escape, leaned over to the window of the burning building and swung the women over the fire escape and safety.

On August 4, Mr. Garvey also rescued two women bathers from drowning in Lake Michigan at Farwell Avenue Beach, Chicago, Ill., who had swept beyond their depth during the storm by the overtow.

Death
Garvey died on September 5, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

Family
Hewitt B. Garvey married Gladys Julia Bledsvold on September 23, 1919 and they had 3 children.


 * Mary Norine Garvey (July 7, 1920 - December 8, 2008)
 * William Bredsvold Garvey (February 6, 1925 - July 3, 2018)
 * Michael Lawrence Garvey (February 10, 1934 - October 30, 2017)

He married, secondly, Mina Blanche Oestreich (1909-1953). Mina Garvey is interred with Hewitt Garvey at Arlington National Cemetery.

Your draft article, User:GMjade/sandbox/Robert Austin (Early Rhode Island Settler)


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