Albert S. Flint (1853-1923) graduated with the Class of 1873 at Harvard. He became an assistant astronomer at the University of Wisconsin in 1889. He was married in 1884 to Helen Thomas and had three children, Helen, Alfred T., and Rebecca.
Alfred T. Flint, son of Albert S., attended lectures at the University of Wisconsin from 1908 to 1911. In July 1911, he began work with the Wisconsin Railroad Commission. He resigned in October 1914 to attend Harvard Law School where he received his law degree in June 1917. He was assigned to Plattsburg Barracks in New York, in April 1917 in the First Officer Training Corps, was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on August 15, 1917, and assigned to Camp Devers on December 31, 1917. He attended Small Arms School from August 20 to September 1918 and was assigned to the 380th Infantry, 95th Division, Camp Sherman, Ohio. He was discharged on December 13, 1918, after which he took a prominent part in American Legion affairs, including a time as post commander in Madison, Wisconsin.
On February 1, 1919, Alfred T. Flint began work with Jones and Schubring of Madison. In July 1919, he took the bar examinations in Madison, passed, and was admitted in August 1919. In September 1920, he was appointed secretary to Supreme Court Justice Burr W. Jones. After this service he returned to Schubring's firm. On December 1, 1926, he assumed duties as examiner for the Wisconsin Industrial Commission.
Alfred T. Flint took many trips in Wisconsin, Canada, and Europe, some of them in canoes. He was active in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and in the Wisconsin Archeological Society.
