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LEONARD, Walter Anderson, consul; b. Essex, Ia., Aug. 3, 1880; s. Levin Anderson and Ida (Hult- man) Leonard; B.A., Univ. of Neb., 1903; post- grad. work, Northwestern Univ., univs. of Chicago and Wis., Freiburg Univ .; unmarried. Taught sch., Kankakee and Kenilworth, Ill., 1904-7; vice consul, Freiburg, Germany, 1907-8, Kehl, Germany, Feb .- July, 1908; in charge commercial dept., New Trier Tp. High Sch., 1908-12; consul at Stavanger, Nor- way, 1912-14, at Colombo, Ceylon, since July 24, 1914. Odd Fellow. Mem. Am. Soc. Internat. Law, etc. Home: Evanston, Ill. Address: American Con- sulate, Colombo, Ceylon.
LEONARD, William Austin, western mgr. Win- sted Silk Co. (See vol. 1911.)
LEOPOLD, Henry F., merchant. (See vol. 1911.) LEOPOLD, Max, clothing mfr .; b. Marietta, O., Jan. 14, 1857; s. Louis and Carolina (Weiler) Leo- pold; ed. grammar and high schs .; m. Sadie Gat- zert, of Chicago, Sept. 15, 1887; 4 children: Gladys (Mrs. Walter M. Heyman), Lawrence G., Margery, Robert. Began with Leopold, Kuh & Co., mfrs. clothing, Chicago, 1876; then traveling salesman; one of founders Leopold, Solomon & Eisendrath, mfrs. clothing, 1898, inc. 1913, of which has since
LEOPOLD, Nathan Freudenthal, lake transpor- tation; b. Eagle River, Mich., July 2, 1860; s. Sam- uel F. and Babette F. Leopold; removed to Chicago from Mich., 1867; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Chi- cago, June, 1892, Florence G. Foreman; children: Foreman, Samuel, Nathan F., Jr. Engaged con- tinuously in lake transportation business since 1876, and in 1900 became pres. of the Manitou Steamship Co .; also pres. Morris Paper Mills since 1916. Clubs: Union League, Standard. Home: 4754 Greenwood Av. Office: 111 W. Washington St.
LEPMAN, Lewis William, mfr. ladies' hats; b. Chicago, May 15, 1884; s. David and Bertha (Mayer) Lepman; ed. Calumet Av. and Greenwood Av. schs., Chicago; grad. Princeton-Yale Sch., 1897; South Side Acad., 1900; Armour Inst. Tech .; m. Hazel B. Keim, of Chicago, Dec. 26, 1912; 1 daughter, Mary Louise. Began in employ of Hannah & Hogg, Chi- cago, 1902-6; asst. mgr. H. H. Shufeldt Co., Peoria, Ill., 1906-7; mem. Lepman Bros., Chicago, since 1907. Republican. Jewish religion. Club: Ravis- loe Country. Recreation: outdoor pastimes. Home: 5429 Greenwood Av. Office: 532 S. Throop St.
LERCH, William Linus, fire ins .; b. Canajoharie, N.Y., Apr. 18, 1868; s. Jesse and Anna Elizabeth (Lasher) Lerch; ed. common schs., Ohio; A.M., Northwestern Coll., Naperville, Ill., 1887; m. Blanche Helen Belmont, of Naperville, Dec. 25, 1889; 2 children: Helen Adele, Frances Anna. En- tered service of the German Am. Ins. Co. of New York, in western dept., Chicago, Feb. 27, 1888; served as clerk, chief clerk, 2d asst. mgr., and mgr. since Apr. 1, 1916; mem. Ingram & Lerch; pres. Uniform Printing & Supply Co .; dir. DuPage Coun- ty State Bank, DuPage County Safe Deposit Co. Republican. Protestant. Mason (K.T.). Club: Union League. Recreation: motoring. Home: Glen Ellyn, Ill. Office: 76 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
LERMIT, Gerald Henry, insurance; 1855-1915. (See vol. 1911.)
LESCH, Henry, real estate; b. Chicago, Aug. 18, 1857; s. Frederick and Sophia (Grote) Lesch; ed. pub. schs. and Bryant and Stratton Business Coll .; m. Mamie I. Niles, formerly of Utica, N.Y., July 5, 1883; children: Inez (Mrs. H. R. Chapman), Mae, Roy N., Lyndon. Engaged in real estate business since 1875. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Mem. 1st Inf. I.N.G. about 5 yrs. Dir. Woodlawn Im- provement ' Assn. Republican. Episcopalian. Ma- son (32°). Recreation: fishing. Home: 6522 Ingle- side Av. Office: 705 Marquette Bldg.
LESCHIN, Jacob A., millinery and women's ap- parel; b. in Russia, June 26, 1882; s. Abraham and Gertrude Leschin; brought to U.S., 1888; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Jeannette Hallowich, of Chicago, July 24, 1904; 2 children: Leah, Marcus. Buyer for John M. Smyth Co., Chicago, 1902-5; buyer for Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1906; mgr. Ogus, Rabino- vich & Ogus Co., millinery, 1907-11; in business on own account since 1912; propr. The Leschin Co., retail millinery; pres. Leschin, Inc., retail women's apparel. Hebrew. Club: Covenant. Home: 831 Ainslie St. Office: 318 S. Michigan Av.
LESEMANN, Louis F. W., clergyman; b. Hoyle- ton, Ill., Apr. 1, 1869; s. Fred and Matilda (Poeh- ler) Lesemann; A.B., Central Wesleyan Coll., War- renton, Mo., 1892 (D.D., 1904) ; S.T.B., Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1897; post-grad. work Northwestern Univ. and Univ. of Chicago; m. Martha E. Tiemann, of St. Charles, Mo., June 2, 1898; 2 sons: Maurice T., Wilbur F. Ordained M.E. ministry, 1897; student pastor, Dalton, Ill., 2 yrs. and Clyde, Ill., 1 yr .; pastor South Englewood Ch., Ill., 1898-1900, Mor- gan Park Ch .. 1900-04, Trinity Ch., Chicago, 1904-9, LaGrange, Ill., 1909-12; dist. supt. Chicago North- western Dist., 1912-17; pres. Chicago Training Sch. for Home and Foreign Missions since June 8, 1917. Mem. Gen. Conf. M.E. Ch., 1916. Home: 627 Library Pl., Evanston, Ill. Office: 4949 Indiana Av., Chi- cago.
LESH, Llewellyn Boyd, lumber; b. at Pierceton, Ind., June 20, 1867; s. Gabriel B. and Melissa C. (Matthews) Lesh; ed. DePauw Univ., Greencastle, Ind., class of 1889; m. Florence E. Forkner, of Chi-
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cago, June 14, 1903. Began with the G.B. Lesh Mfg. Co., Warsaw, Ind., continuing until 1890; became mgr. of the Chicago branch of the G. B. Lesh Mfg. Co., 1890, and in 1891 organized and incorporated the Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co., mfrs. of hard- wood lumber, of which is pres. and treas. Repub- lican. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi. Mason. Home: 5500 Everett Av. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.
LESLIE, John Hampton, merchandise broker; b. Montrose, Scotland, Nov. 4, 1851; s. George and Jean (Hampton) Leslie; came to Chicago with parents in childhood; ed. pub. schs. and an acad .; m. 1875, Sallie L., d. ex-Mayor James H. Wood- worth; m. 2d, Flora C. Dodson; children: Jean Agnes, John Woodworth, Almyra Virginia, Elianor Irene. Employed in a wholesale grocery house, 1872; then joined his father in merchandise broker- age, later becoming partner and finally head of the firm, now known as John H. Leslie & Co., importers of and commn. merchants in dried fruits and canned goods. Was candidate for city treas. on Citizens' ticket, 1891; Republican. Baptist; for many years supt. of Sunday School in Calvary First Baptist Church, and deacon of Calvary Baptist Church; dir. Baptist Hosp. and Beulah Home. Recreations: church matters, also reading and the society of his family. Home: 3344 Rhodes Av. Office: 130 N. 5th Av.
LESPINASSE, Victor Darwin, surgeon; b. Au- rora, Ill., Dec. 2, 1878; s. Raymond and Clara Belle (Bradley) Lespinasse; prep. edn. Englewood High Sch .; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1901; m. Anna L. King, of Cairo, Ill., June 30, 1909; chil- dren: Victoria D., Victor King. Engaged in prac- tice of surgery at Chicago since 1901; interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1901-3; asst. prof. genito-urinary surgery, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch .; surgeon B.&O.R.R .; asso. genito-urinary surgeon, Wesley Hosp .; genito-urinary surgeon, Englewood Hosp. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. Am. Urol. Assn., Chicago Urol. Soc., Am. Assn. Genito-Urinary Sur- geons, Am., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Al- pha Kappa Kappa. Awarded certificate of honor for method of blood vessel anastomosis, A.M.A., St. Louis, 1910. Contbr. numerous articles to A.M. A. Jour., Northwestern Univ. Bull., Surgery, Gyne- cology and Obstetrics, etc .; among them: Phimosis, Its Treatment by a New Technique, 1905; Surgical Importance of the Preputial Fraenum, 1908; Blood Vessel Surgery, Its Theoretical Possibilities, Its Practical Applications, 1910; Quinine and Urea Hydrochlorate as a Local Anæsthetic, 1910; Ex- perimental Transplantation of Legs, 1911; Some Experiments on the Renal Artery, 1911; Direct Transfusion of Blood, 1914; Experimental and Clin- ical Work on Sterility, 1915, etc. Home: 636 Sheri- dan Rd. Office: 7 W. Madison St.
LESTER, Albert G., stocks and bonds; b. Boston, Feb. 11, 1857; s. Albert G. and Maria A. (Storrs) Lester; father died 1857; mother married Renslow S. Parker, 1859; family moved to Chicago; ed. pub. and high schs .; m. Fannie I. Boggs, of Chicago, Apr. 5, 1881; children: Helen (Mrs. E. S. Rockwell), Ruth. Entered bd. of trade business, 1874; went with Lobdell, Farwell & Co., stocks and bonds, 1893; became a mem. firm of Granger Farwell & Co., established, Jan. 1, 1899, incorporated as Far- well Trust Co., Apr., 1907, of which was vice pres. and sec. until Sept., 1911; now mem. firm Lester, Carter & Co., brokers in stocks and bonds. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Republican. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country, City. Recreation: golf. Home: 5819 Blackstone Av. Office: The Rook- ery.
LESTER, Dudley Woodbridge, business man; b. · Chicago, Nov. 19, 1879; s. Franklin and Julia Eliz- abeth (Paddock) Lester; ed. pub. schs. and Armour Inst., Chicago, and Univ. of Mich .; m. Mabelle Grace, d. Charles W. Page, of Chicago, Oct. 25, 1905; 2 children: Julia Page, Dudley Woodbridge, Jr. Began business career with Maxwell Bros., cooperage and boxes, continuing until 1903; gen. mgr. Apollo (Pa.) Cooperage Co., 1903-6; vice pres. Higbie-Lester Co., ry. supplies; sec. Am. Meat Packers' Supply Co .; treas. Page-Lester Co., mfrs. rubber goods, until May, 1913; under firm name of Dudley W. Lester, packing house & ry. supplies, since 1913; pres. Textile Products Co .; dir. Ryan Mineral & Soap Co. Republican. Congregationalist.
Mem. Delta Chi. Clubs: North Shore Golf, Ouil- mette Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 1328 Elmwood Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 8 S. Dear- born St., Chicago.
LETOURNEAU, Robert Antoine, M.D .; b. Kan- kakee, Ill., Feb. 9, 1862; s. George R. and Eladie (Langlois) Letourneau; ed. St. Viateur's Coll .; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1895; m. Cor- nelia A. Ferguson, of N.Y. City, 1900; children: Raymond, Florence, Robert A., Jr. Surgeon and vice pres. staff of Chicago Bapt. Hosp .; gynecolo- gist to Provident Hosp. and Dispensary; surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp., 1902-3; surgeon to Washington Park Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Mason (Past Master Home Lodge No. 508; Past Comdr. Chevalier Bayard Commandery No. 52, K.T.). Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, South Shore Country. Contbr. various arti- cles reporting operations, in med. jours., and has read many articles before meetings of med. socs. and hospital staffs. Recreations: fishing, hunting. Home: 4953 Lake Park Av. Office: 122 S. Michigan Avenue.
LETTERMAN, Edmund R., insurance; b. Pekin, Ill., Sept. 24, 1863; s. Fred and Mary A. (Dunkel- berg) Letterman; ed. pub. schs. of Pekin, Ill .; m. Apr. 1, 1893, Milwaukee, Wis., Minnie L. Parker; 1 daughter, Helen Minda. Connected with ins. bus- iness in Chicago since 1882. Now mem. ins. firm of Letterman & Chamberlin. Republican. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Chicago Fly Casting. Recreations: golf, scientific angling. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Of- fice: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
LETTON, Harold Willis, underwriter; b. Kan- sas City, Mo., Jan. 13, 1875; s. Theodore W. and Mary C. Letton; prep. edn. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; A.B., Yale, 1897; LL.B., Harvard, 1900; un- married. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1900, and practiced in Chicago until 1903; apptd. U.S. asst. gen. mgr. Prussian Nat. Ins. Co. of Stettin, Germany, 1903, and gen. mgr. since Oct., 1908; also U.S. gen. mgr. for Zurich Gen. Accident and Liability Ins. Co., and Netherland Fire and Life Ins. Co. Republican. Clubs: University, Union League, Saddle and Cy- cle, Old Elm, Onwentsia; Yale (New York). Resi- dence: University .Club. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boulevard.
LETTS, Frank Crawford, president of Western Grocer Co .; b. Magnolia, Ill., Apr. 28, 1861; s. Noah H. and Herma (Cowan) Letts; ed. pub. schs .; m. Washington, D.C., 1897, Cora, d. late U.S. Senator Perkins; children: Fred Clayton, Herma Leona (Mrs. W. Weeks), Courtney Louise, Hollis. Began business life as clerk in store at Afton, Ia., 1876-8; in employ of A. T. Stewart & Co., dry goods, Chi- cago, 1878-81; in retail dry goods business in Mar- shalltown, Ia., 4 yrs., wholesale groceries, Mar- shalltown, 1885, as the Letts-Fletcher Co .; pres .. since 1898, of Western Grocer Co., owning and operating 10 wholesale grocery houses in Ia., Mo., and Minn .; also pres. Nat. Grocer Co., owning and operating 15 wholesale grocery houses in Mich., Ill., and Ind .; dir. Pacific-Am. Fisheries, Puget Sound. Republican; served as col. on staffs of Govs. Jackson, Drake and Shaw, of Iowa. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Glen View, Chicago Golf, Industrial, Casino, Old Elm. Recreations: golf, horseback riding, motoring, fish- ing. Home: 1100 Lake Shore Drive; (summer) Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 1813 Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago.
LEVERE, William C., author; b. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 10, 1872; s. Charles F. and Mary (Col- lin) Levere; ed. Northwestern Univ .; not married. Editor Evanston Index, 1901-5; treas. Evanston. Ill., 1901-3; mem. Ill. Gen. Assembly, 1907-9. Emi- nent supreme archon of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fra- ternity, 1902-6, hon. eminent supreme archon, 1909- 10, eminent supreme recorder since 1912. Pres. Soc. for Erection of Evanston Hist. Tablets; sec. Evanston Hist. Soc. Clubs: Evanston, Westmore- land Country, Commercial. Mason (32°, Shriner), Elk. Editor in chief of the Greek Quarterly. Au- thor of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: 600 Davis St., Evans- ton. Ill.
LEVERING, William Alfred, investment securi- ties; b. Shenandoah, Pa., Oct. 15, 1873; s. Eugene
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and Elizabeth (McFarland) Levering; ed. public schs., Northumberland Co., Pa .; Armour Inst., Chi- cago; m. Edith E. Bosworth, of Elgin, Ill., June 10, 1902. Came to Chicago, 1887, and has ever since been actively identified with business affairs; en- gaged as mech. and civ. engr. until 1907; became connected first as treas., then as vice pres. and from 1914-16 as pres. Standard Asphalt & Rubber Co .; was also pres. Petroleum Products Co., 1914- 16; now mem. Child & Levering, investment securi- ties. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Engineers', Skokie Country. Recreations: golf, fishing, hunt- ing. Home: 553 Washington Av., Glencoe, Ill. Of- fice: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
LEVIE, Jerome Marcus, shoe mfr .; b. Chicago, June 12, 1868; s. Marcus and Theresa (Hoffman) Levie; ed. Moseley pub. sch. and South Div. High Sch., Chicago; unmarried. Organized Jan. 1, 1900, corpn. of Levie Shoe Co., of which has since been pres. and treas. Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 4500 Forrestville Av. Office : 500-532 S. Throop St.
LEVINSON, Harry Charles, lawyer; b. Maryam- pol, Russia, Mar. 12, 1879; s. Isaac and Sophia (Reichseligman) Levinson; grad. Medill High Sch., Chicago, 1894; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1900; m. Chicago, Dec. 17, 1902, Fannie Cohn. Admitted to bar, 1900, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Smith, Fake, Levinson & Hoffman; dir. Independ- ent Drug Co .; sec. Ill. Packing Co., Brandeis Auto Sales Co., Shorham Hotel Co. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Trustee Temple Israel. Mason, K.P. Home: 918 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 29 S. La Salle St.
LEVINSON, Salmon Oliver, lawyer; b. Nobles- ville, Ind., Dec. 29, 1865; s. Newman D. and Minnie (Newman) Levinson; ed. old Univ. of Chicago, 1883-5; A.B., Yale Univ., 1888; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1891; m. Chicago, Aug. 9, 1894, Helen Bart- lett Haire (now deceased) ; children: Horace C., Ronald B., Helen W. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1891; now mem. law firm of Levinson, Becker & Schwartz. Republican. Sec. and treas. Rubinkam Lecture Assn. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Yale. Home: 4049 Lake Park Av. Office: 76 W. Monroe St.
LEVIS, John Mitchell, treasurer Ill. Glass Co .; b. Alton, Ill., Apr. 30, 1858; s. Edward and Mary (Moffitt) Levis; ed. pub. schs. of Alton; father of Albert C., Mary K. (Mrs. H. L. Easthope). Began with Ill. Glass Co., 1872, of which is treas. and mgr .; also pres. Western Bottle Mfg. Co .; treas. Kimble Glass Co. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, South Shore Country, Westmore- land Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 817 Kene- saw Terrace. Office: 402 W. Randolph St.
LEVY, Abraham W., Chicago mgr. Star Watch Case Co .; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 25, 1873; s. David and Rose (Marks) Levy; ed. pub. schs. and Coll. City of New York; m. Myrtle Ware Hammond, of Den- ver, Colo., Feb. 22, 1904; 2 children: David, Frances Rose. Began in employ of Adolph Schwab, New York, 1890-1900; then with Byron L. Strassburger, of New York, 1900-11, taking up residence in Chi- cago, 1904; mgr. Chicago office of the Star Watch Case Co. since 1911. Mem. Nat. Jewelers' Bd. of. Trade, Chicago Jewelers' Assn. Republican. Ma- son. Recreations: golf, fishing. Home: 914 Sheri- dan Rd., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 1112 Heyworth Bldg., Chicago.
Club: Covenant. Recreations: fishing and other outdoor diversions. Home: 806 Linden Av., Wil- mette, Ill. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
LEVY, David, commission merchant. (See vol. 1911.)
LEVY, David Rose, lawyer; b. Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 27, 1867; s. Zadig and Rose (Benjamin) Levy; ed. pub. and high schs., Springfield, Ill .; m. Sadie Salzenstein, of Chicago, Aug. 5, 1908; 2 sons: Stan- ley David, David R., Jr. Teacher in Springfield, Ill., 1885-6; in employ of Wabash R.R. and was successively in claim, engring. and transportation depts., 1887-93; admitted to bar of Ind., 1893, of Ill., 1896; asst. sec. Ill. R.R. and Warehouse Commn., 1893-5; sec. to Hon. John P. Altgeld, gov. of Ill., 1895-6; in practice of law in Chicago since 1896, making a specialty of corpn. law; partner firm of Prentiss, Gregg & Levy, 1896-8; asst. corpn. coun- sel of Chicago, 1902-6; Appellate and Supreme Court atty., City of Chicago, 1911-15. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Lawyers' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Democrat. Jew- ish religion. Mason; mem. K. of P., Maccabees. Clubs: Iroquois, Idlewild Country, Ill. Athletic, Covenant. Recreations: literature, golf. Home: 4414 Grand Boul. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St.
LEVY, Edward E., pres. Calumet Shirt Co. (See vol. 1911.)
LEVY, Emile, banker; b. New Orleans, La., Jan. 1, 1873; s. Simon and Rosalie (Keiffer) Levy; ed. pvt. sch., Canton, Miss .; State Univ., Oxford, Miss., 1887-9; m. Helen Solomon, of Chicago, Sept. 21, 1911; 1 daughter, Frances Hannah. Bookkeeper about 10 yrs., asst. cashier about 10 yrs., cashier between 2 and 3 yrs. for Miss. State Bank, Canton, Miss., until Mar., 1914; vice pres. Ill. State Bank of Chicago since Apr. 1, 1915. Jewish religion. Mason (32°). Recreation: fishing. Home: 4406 Michigan Av. Office: 360 N. Clark St.
LEVY, Heniot, pianist, composer; b. at Warsaw, Russia, July 19, 1879; s. Gustave and Marie (Lan- dy) Levy; ed. Royal High Sch. and Royal Meister- schule, Berlin, Germany; m. Eda Taterka, of Ber- lin, Nov. 11, 1897; children: Hans, Mildred. Came to America at age of 16 and returned to Germany a year later to study in Berlin; début as pianist, in Berlin, 1898; has appeared in leading cities of U.S. Club: Cliff Dwellers. Composer various pieces for piano. Home: 5100 Cornell Av. Studio: Kimball Hall.
LEVY, James, automobiles; b. Chicago, Mar. 14, 1872; s. Solomon A. and Dalia (Horner) Levy; ed. pub. schs. of Chicago; m. Clare Henderson, of Mus- kegon, Mich., Mar. 5, 1899. Engaged in bicycle bus- iness 10 yrs .; then in automobile business, with which has been connected since 1896; now pres. James Levy Motors Co., automobile distributors; pres. Saxon Auto Co. of Ill. since 1914; dir. Tiroid Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Demo- crat. Mason (Shriner), Elk. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Chicago Automobile. Recreation: touring. Home: 4530 Drexel Boul. Office: 2257 Michigan Boul.
LEVY, Leo Abels, president Am. Briar Pipe Co .; b. at Chicago, June 15, 1881; s. Simon and Rosalie (Abels) Levy; ed. pub. schs., Chicago, and North- western Business Coll .; m. Ida Hernreich, of Chi- cago, Dec. 26, 1912; 2 children: Loraine Sylvia, Seymour. Began as office boy in employ of James H. Walker, wholesale dry goods, 1890, later be- coming clerk, and served as city buyer for 1 yr .; became partner 1895, in business established by father, 1887, and since 1911 has been pres. of Am. Briar Pipe Co. Hebrew religion. Mason, Aryan Grotto, Royal League. Recreation: outdoor life. Home: 5306 Kenmore Av. Office: 170 W. Randolph Street.
LEVY, Arthur Garfield, real estate investments; b. Marion, Ind., June 10, 1881; s. Charles and Rosa (Katz) Levy; ed. grammar and high schs., Marion; studied art at The Rochester (N.Y.) Athenaeum and Mechanics' Inst .; m. Raye Sloman, of Chicago, Oct. 31, 1910; children: Arthur Garfield, Jr., Carol Lorraine. In wholesale and retail meat business, Marion, 1899-1909, also buying, grazing and ship- LEVY, Mark, real estate investments; b. Marion, Ind., May 20, 1879; s. Charles and Rosa (Katz) Levy; ed. grammar and high schs. of Marion; Y.M. C.A. Law Class, Chicago; m. Minnie Levy, of Chi- cago, Jan. 12, 1904; 1 daughter, Rose Jane. In wholesale and retail meat business, and buying and selling of live stock, at Marion, 1897-1907; re- moved to Chicago, 1907, and associated with Willis & Frankenstein, real estate, 1907-9; organized firm of Mark Levy & Brother, real estate investments, ping live stock; with H. O. Stone & Co., real estate, Chicago, July-Oct., 1909; co-partner with brother as Mark Levy & Brother, real estate investments, since Nov. 1, 1909. Mem. Nat. Assn. Real Estate Exchanges, Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Bd. of Underwriters, Apartment Building Assn., Chi- cago Assn. Commerce. Mem. Y.M.Associated Jew- ish Charities, Associated Jewish Charities of Chi- cago, Chicago Hebrew Inst .; mem. Grant Lodge No. 103, K. of P .; Oriental Hillel Lodge No. 72, I.O.B.B. specializing in business property, Nov. 1, 1909, and
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continues as partner; dir. Canton Glass Co., Ma- rion, Ind. Mem. (chmn. 3 yrs.) valuation com. Cook Co. Real Estate Bd., 1912-17; elected vice pres. of the bd., Dec. 12, 1916; mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce (vice chmn. real estate and loan sub- division 1916). Mem. Sinai Temple, Chicago He- brew Inst., Associated Jewish Charities. Mason, K.P .; mem. Oriental Hillel Lodge No. 72, I.O.B.B .; Traveling Men's Protective Assn. Clubs: Ill. Ath- letic, Covenant. Recreations: outdoor sports. Home: 626 Gregory Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 140 S. Dear- born St., Chicago.
LEVY, Maxwell, jobber and broker in cullet; b. Berlin, Germany, Oct. 30, 1872; s. Jacob and Jo- hanna (Solomon) Levy; brought to America by parents in 1874; grad. pub. grammar schs., Chi- cago; unmarried. Became identified with firm of Max Levy & Co., jobbers and brokers in cullet, 1895, becoming sole owner upon the death of other partners in 1900; pres. of company since incorpo- ration, 1917. Mein. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Art Inst. of Chicago. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Traffic. Recreations : golf, swimming. Republican. Mason (32°, Shriner). Home: 4437 Malden St. Office: 845 Rees St.
LEVY, Sylvanus George, lawyer; b. at Chicago, Feb. 16, 1880; s. Joseph E. and Matilda (Witkow- sky) Levy; ed. Lincoln and Douglas schs., South Div. High Sch., Chicago; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1902; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1903; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1904, and since practiced at Chicago; mem. firm of Lipson & Levy. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Assn. Commerce, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho (Univ. of Chicago). Mason. Clubs: Book and Play (sec.), Standard (dir.), Ravisloe Country. Home: 5444 East View Park. Office: 105 W. Monroe Street.
LEWIS, Albert Buell, anthropologist; b. Clifton, O., June 21, 1867; s. Charles Boughton and Anna (McKeehan) Lewis; Univ. of Wooster, O., 1890-3; Univ. of Chicago, 1894-7, A.B., 1894; Columbia, 1902-6, Ph.D., 1906; unmarried. Asst. in biology, summer, 1894, histology, 1895, bacteriology, 1896, Univ. of Chicago; fellow, 1897-9, instr., 1899-1902, Univ. of Neb .; asst., 1907-8, asst. curator Melane- sian and African ethnology since 1908, Field Mus. of Natural History. Head of Joseph N. Field S. Pacific expdn., 1909-13, which visited in interest of anthrop. dept. of Field Mus., Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archi- pelago, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea and Dutch Indies. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Ethnol. Soc., Am. Anthropol. Assn., Chicago Geog. Soc., Sigma Xi. Presbyterian. Club: Adventurers'. Home: 1407 E. 57th St.
LEWIS, Benjamin F., president Lewis Publish- ing Co. Club: Hamilton. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Of- fice: 542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
LEWIS, Benjamin Tucker, manager Ry. Appli- ances Co .; June 8, 1853-Oct., 1913. (See vol. 1911.)
LEWIS, Dean DeWitt, M.D .; b. Kewanee. Ill., Aug. 11, 1874; s. L. W. Lewis and Winnie (Cally) Lewis; A.B., Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ., 1895; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1899; m. Pearl Miller, of St. An- thony, Ida., Nov. 25, 1903. Engaged in practice at Chicago since 1899; asst. in anatomy, 1900-1, asso., 1901-3, instr. since 1903, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Am. Assn. Anatomists, Am. Surg. Assn., Am. Soc. Clin. Surgery, Internat. Surg. Soc., Western Surg. Assn., Southern Surg. Soc., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Clubs: University, City, Industrial. Frequent contbr. to A.M.A. Journal. Home: 5757 Kenwood Av. Office: 1433 Peoples Gas Bldg.
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