Maurice Cole Tanquary slides and journals to The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, in 2006. Maurice Cole Tanquary Maurice Cole Tanquary (November 26, 1881 - October 25, 1944) was a professor of entomology, a member of the Crocker Land Expedition and is considered to be a pioneer in modern beekeeping. Tanquary was the son of Thomas J. and Florence A. Tanquaary and was raised on a farm near Lawrenceville, Illinois, where he attended public schools. He then attended Vincennes University where he was a member of Tau Phi Delta society and was one of the authors of the society's first constitution and by-laws.
Charles H. Cole commission, Cole applied for the position of Boston Postmaster. Cole had the highest score certified by the Civil Service Commission, but was passed over in favor of Curley's candidate, William F. Tague. On November 18, 1936, Governor-elect Charles F. Hurley announced that his first appointment would be Charles H. Cole as Adjutant General. While serving as Adjutant General from 1937-1939, Cole was also the state's Chief of Staff. In 1938, Hurley appointed Cole to the State Commission on Labor and Industries. He was reappointed by Governors Leverett Saltonstall and Maurice J. Tobin. In 1947, Cole announced that he would not