I emailed Loyola University of Chicago, here is the response.
Mike,
Below my message is the response I got about this medal. Sounds like pretty reliable info. I forwarded your message to John Boatright; one of Loyola's brightest professors. He sent the email to someone in his family that studies genealogy, and who is writing this response. I hope this info is useful to you. Please let me hear from you either way, so that I can pass the info along to Dennis and John.
From Dennis Boatright:
After a quick search of various genealogical records, I found a limited number of references to 'George S. Boatright' and most seemed to be the same person:
1. 1910 census record, Cook Co., IL lists:
Alva E. Boatright Head age 25 Railroad clerk
Grace B " Wife " 22
George S. " Son ca. 2 mo.
2. Social Security Death Index:
George S. Boatright
b. 31 Mar 1910
d. 24 Sep 2005
Last known address....Sturgeon Bay, Door Co., WI
3. Illinois marriage records:
George S. Boatright m. Mary V. Clendinin
Cook Co., IL
26 Sep 1940
This George would have been 13 years old in 1923, so the medallion might have been some sort of school recognition. I have this person in my data and he is a descendant of a brother of our JAMES.
It might be possible to find an obituary in his local (Sturgeon Bay, WI) newspaper which might some survivor(s) name(s).
A few years ago I helped trace descendant of owner of a high school ring found via metal detector on a beach in Florida.
Let me know if your friend is able to go any further.
Have a good weekend...
Dennis
Dennis G Boatright
5310 Kingsmill Rd
Friendswood, TX 77546
Email:
Dennis@homemail.com
--- On Fri, 11/7/08, John Boatright <jboatri@luc.edu> wrote:
From: John Boatright <jboatri@luc.edu>
Subject: Fwd: logo
To:
dennis@homemail.com
Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 12:43 PM
Dennis, you might be interested in the forwarded email chain (with a photograph)concerning a medal awared to a George S. Boatright. According to you recentcompilation, there is no George S. who would have been active in 1923, but youmight have other information.In responding to this email enquiry, I found your geneology (dated January2008) online. It is very impressive, and I am in awe of the work thisrepresents and thankful for all your dedication to the family geneology.I have two recent additions. Rob (2076) now teaches political science at ClarkUniverisity in Worchester, MA, and he and Audrey have a second child (our onlygirl grandchild), Dara Sage, born February 25, 2007, in Worcester.All is well with us. I'm still teaching in the B-School at Loyola U.Chicago. Claudia just retired from teaching, and we're enjoying life, doinga lot of traveling and
visiting with grandchildren. I hope all is well withyou.All the best,JohnJohn R. BoatrightRaymond C. Baumhart, SJ, Professor of Business EthicsSchool of Business AdministrationLoyola University Chicago820 N. Michigan AvenueChicago, IL 60611-2147Tel. 312-915-6994Fax 312-915-6988E-mail:
jboatri@luc.eduhttp://homepages.luc.edu/~jboatri
