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==Background==

==Background==

Irving Ives was born in Bainbridge in Chenango County in south central New York, halfway between Binghamton and Oneonta. He was the son of George Albert Ives (1857-1942), who worked in the coal and feed businesses, and the former Lucie Hough Keeler (1860-1941).<ref name=biography>{{cite book|title=''Encyclopedia of American Biography''|volume=34|year=1965|publisher=American Historical Company}}</ref> His ancestors came from [[England]] and settled in 1635 in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. They were involved in the establishment of the Quinnipiac Colony in 1638.<ref name=yearbook>{{cite book|title=''[[Current Biography]] Yearbook|volume=10|year=1949|publisher=H.W. Wilson Company|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref><ref name=biography/>  

Irving Ives was born in Bainbridge in Chenango County in south central New York, halfway between Binghamton and Oneonta. He was the son of George Albert Ives (1857-1942), who worked in the coal and feed businesses, and the former Lucie Hough Keeler (1860-1941).<ref name=biography>{{cite book|title=''Encyclopedia of American Biography''|volume=34|year=1965|publisher=American Historical Company}}</ref> His ancestors came from [[England]] and settled in 1635 in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. They were involved in the establishment of the Quinnipiac Colony in 1638.<ref name=yearbook>"Irving Ives," ''[[Current Biography]]'' Yearbook, H. W. Wilson Company, Vol. 10, 1949 2021}}</ref><ref name=biography/>  

After graduation from Oneonta High School in 1914,<ref name=nytimes/>he enrolled at the private liberal arts institution, Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, named for [[Founding fathers|Founding father]] and the first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Alexander Hamilton]]. After two years he left Hamilton to enlist in the [[United States Army]] Infantry following the [[United States|American]] entry into[[World War I]] under the leadership of [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/I000050|title=IVES, Irving McNeil, (1896-1962)|accessdate=August 5, 2021}}</ref> During the war, he served with the American Expeditionary Forces in [[France]] and [[Germany]]. He fought in the battles of the Meuse-Argonne and Saint-Mihiel.<ref name=yearbook/> He was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant, when the war ended in 1919.<ref name=congress/> He then resumed his studies at Hamilton, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1920 with membership in Phi Beta Kappa Society.<ref name=nytimes/>

After graduation from Oneonta High School in 1914,<ref name=nytimes/>he enrolled at the private liberal arts institution, Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, named for [[Founding fathers|Founding father]] and the first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Alexander Hamilton]]. After two years he left Hamilton to enlist in the [[United States Army]] Infantry following the [[United States|American]] entry into[[World War I]] under the leadership of [[U.S. President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/I000050|title=IVES, Irving McNeil, (1896-1962)|accessdate=August 5, 2021}}</ref> During the war, he served with the American Expeditionary Forces in [[France]] and [[Germany]]. He fought in the battles of the Meuse-Argonne and Saint-Mihiel.<ref name=yearbook/> He was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant, when the war ended in 1919.<ref name=congress/> He then resumed his studies at Hamilton, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1920 with membership in Phi Beta Kappa Society.<ref name=nytimes/>