- Playwright and Author.
- Attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Columbia University and Harvard University.
- His play "Poor Richard" was performed in French at the Odeon Theatre in Paris on the 151st anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's posting as America's first ambassador to France. The play ("Bonhomme Richard" in France) covers Franklin's life while in the French capital.
- Was a friend of former US President Theodore Roosevelt.
- Passed away on his 64th birthday.
- Father: Hamilton W. Shipman; Mother: Caroline Hoops.
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