Harold Newton Bassett

1925 - 1995  (70 years)

• Name	Harold Newton Bassett
  Birth	15 Mar 1925
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Sep 1995
  Notes	The Washington Post, DC, 30 Sep 1995 Harold N. Bassett - FBI Official Harold N. Bassett, 70, who retired in 1979 as assistant director of the FBI records management division, died of cancer Sept. 29 at his Falls Church home. He moved to Northern Virginia about 35 years ago. Mr. Bassett began his 29-year career with the FBI as a special agent on the West Coast. He later was a personnel officer, executive assistant to the associate director and assistant director of the inspection and administrative services divisions. Mr. Bassett was born in New Haven, Conn. He was a graduate of Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts. He served in the Army Air Forces in the Pacific during World War II. After he retired, Mr. Bassett was executive director for about six months of the Connecticut state division of special revenues. He was a member of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. Survivors include his wife, Diane Thomson Bassett of Falls Church; a daughter, Jill Clum of Broad Run, Va.; a sister, Dorothy Pearsall of Morrisville, N.Y.; and four grandchildren. Two sons predeceased him, Stephen Bassett in 1967 and William Bassett in 1993.
  Person ID	I2	85B Thomas Bassett of Redding, Connecticut
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Harold Beers Bassett,   b. 15 Feb 1892, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut d. Junn 1967 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Mabel Preudhomme
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Diane Thomson   d. 22 Jun 2004
  Children	1. William Lloyd Bassett,   b. 20 Mar 1952   d. 2 Jun 1993 (Age 41 years)   2. Stephen Bassett   d. Feb 1971   3. Jill T. Bassett
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2025