The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 184

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 784

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Country. Recreations: golf, billiards. Home: 7 Harper Av. Office: 159 N. State St.

REGAN, James L., printer; b. London, Eng., . 10, 1850; s. James L. and Frances (Robinson) gan; ed. pub. schs., London and New York. Lea: 1 printing trade in New York; removed to Chic 1870, and worked for various printing offices 1 í 1879, when established in printing business as . Regan & Co., now Regan Printing House. Ma Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Press. Office: 525 Pl outh Ct.

REGELIN, William Charles, real estate; b. cago, Apr. 20, 1872; s. Frederick and Wilhelr. le (Heyden) Regelin; grad. St. Peter's (paroch Sch., 1886, and other special courses of study; r ried; 1 son, Wilfred Howard. In real estate b ness since 1894, and now sr. mem. Regelin, Jer & Co. Mem. Cook Co. Real Estate Bd., Chic Assn. Commerce. Served in I.N.G., 1890-6. Rep lican. Protestant. Past Archon Arion Council I al League; mem. Royal Arcanum. Mason. Cli Ill. Athletic, Northwest, Chicago Equestrian A Recreation: horseback riding. Home: 2731 Gidd: 3 St. Office: 2565 Milwaukee Av.

REGENSTEINER, Theodore, pres. Regenste Colortype Co .; b. Munich, Germany, May 17, 1 s. Albert and Fannie (Heymann) Regensteiner; Tech. High Sch., Munich; m. Anna Decker, M 1892; 1 daughter, Florence. Came to U.S., 1 was an organizer, 1890, and pres. Columbian graving Co., which branched into colortype b ness, 1894, under name of the Photo Colortype later Am. Three Color Co .; served also as pres. named companies; was 1st vice pres. of the Colortype Co., a N.J. corpn., which absorbed Am. Three Color Co. and other concerns of sim nature; resigned, 1906, and started the Regenst er Colortype Co., of which has since been pres .; Transo Envelope Co. Dir. Chicago Hebrew I .

· Office: 310 S. Racine Av.

REHM, Frank Albert, vice president and tr Grommes & Ullrich; b. Chicago, July 11, 1873; s Jacob and Phoebe (Reichenbacher) Rehm; g . North Div. High Sch .; m. Clara L., d. of Johr . Grommes, of Chicago, Oct. 6, 1896; 1 daugh Louise Grommes. Began as employe of Gromme Ullrich, wholesale liquor and cigar mchts., 1: became a stockholder, 1898, and was elected pres. and treas. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Germa Maennerchor, Glen View Golf, Mid-Day; Lake neva (Wis.) Country; St. Andrews Golf (Yonk N.Y.); Automobile of America (New York). F reations: reading, music. Home: 1505 Dearb Parkway. Office: 132 S. Dearborn St.

REHM, William Henry, brewer; b. Chicago, J 29, 1866; s. Jacob and Philippina (Reichenbach Rehm; ed. pub. schs., Chicago, and in the gym siums of Arnstadt and Sondershausen, Germa m. Chicago, June 14, 1899, Clara Jessie Hotz daughter, Catherine. Started as shipping clk. the U.S. Brewing Co., 1888, and later was bc keeper; in 1891 became sec. of Chicago Brewer Co., Ltd., and in 1896 bought and became pres the Nat. Brewing Co., and so continues; pres. £ Motor Truck Co., Nat. Trades Ins. Co .; treas. No] ern Malt Co .; dir. Continental & Commercial Bank, German Bank, Schuttler & Hotz Co., wa mfrs. Democrat. Clubs: Union League, Chic Athletic, Germania, Glen View Golf, Skokie Co try. Recreations: music, golf. Home: 1425 N. Ste St. Office: 1900 W. 18th St.

REICHERT, Roy Lamb, real estate broker; b/2 Lancaster Co., O., Feb. 14, 1879; s. John K. l Minerva S. (Lamb) Reichert; ed. dist. sch., Grun Co., Ia .; Roseland (La.) High Sch .; Chicago At naeum; Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law (Lake Fort Univ.), 1904; m. Effie Valentine McKiernan, of ( cago, Apr. 21, 1906. Began in employ of real est firm of H. W. Christian & Co., Chicago, 1900; 13 in same year became connected with S. B. Mill Co., industrial real estate operators; was admit as jr. partner of the firm, 1906, and has been partner since death of Mr. Mills in 1914, being sociated in business with Morrison E. Dunn. M

REEVES, William Titsworth, dentist; b. Aurora, Ill., Oct. 29, 1855; s. Charles Henry and Lydia B. (Tomlinson) Reeves; ed. pub. schs. in Aurora; D.D.S., Chicago Coll. of Dental Surgery, 1891; m. Aurora, 1879, Theodosia Ruggles; children: Helen (Mrs. Allen Miller), Allan Gould, Marjorie (Mrs. Lawrence Ekvall). Practiced in Chicago since 1891. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Assn. Comme:

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Home: 622 S. Maple Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 179 W. Washington St., Chicago.

REICHMANN, Albert (Ferdinand), civil engr .; b. Dubuque, Ia., Jan. 16, 1868; s. Joseph and Doro- thea (Kriete) Reichmann; engring. edn. at Gross- herzoglich Badische Technische Hochschule, Karls- ruhe, Germany, 1890. Draftsman, Lassig Bridge & Iron Works, Oct., 1890-Apr., 1891; draftsman and computer, Am. Bridge Works, Apr., 1891-Nov., 1894; became asst. engr. in charge bridge and bldg. dept., C.,M.&St.P.Ry.Co., Nov., 1894; now div. engr. Am. Bridge Co. Built docks at Duluth, Minn .; Willa- mette River bridge, Portland, Ore .; Thebes bridge over Mississippi River; designed all steel work for building city of Gary, Ind., etc. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Western Soc. Engrs. (treas. 1906-13, pres. 1913-14). Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 1310, 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

REICHMANN, Alexander Frederick, lawyer; b. Dubuque, Ia., July 23, 1868. Admitted to la. bar and practiced at Lemars, Ia., 5 yrs .; came to Chi- cago and was gen. trial atty. for Armour & Co .; mem. law firm Judah, Willard, Wolf & Reichmann since Apr. 1, 1905. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 1501, 134 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

REICHMANN, Frank Joseph, transportation of- ficial; b. Chicago, Oct. 1, 1860; s. Joseph and Doro- thea (Kriete) Reichmann; ed. pub. schs., Dubuque, Ia., and Dubuque Commercial Coll .; m. Chicago, Jan. 5, 1885, Josephine Lemos; children: Julia, Frank J., Josephine D., Ernest R. Bookkeeper and office man in general merchandise store at LeMars, Ia., 1877-9; in general offices, C.&N.W.Ry., Chicago, Jan., 1880; resigned, June, 1884, to go with Nat. Despatch Fast Freight Line (Grand Trunk Ry.), as gen. contracting freight agent, etc. In Sept., 1897, when the various refrigerator car lines operating over Grand Trunk System were consolidated under control of Chicago, New York & Boston Refrigera- tor Co., was made gen. mgr., serving until Nov. 1, 1902, when became gen. mgr. Street's Western Sta- ble Car Line, and became vice pres., dir. and gen. mgr., Feb., 1903, and pres., Apr. 24, 1910; company later changed to The Streets Co., of which he is now pres. Residence: Hyde Park Hotel. Office: W. 48th St., cor. Morgan St.

REICHMANN, Max, M.D .; b. Prague, Austria, Nov. 19, 1865; s. Bernhard and Fanny (Reiner) Reichmann; M.D., Univ. of Prague, 1892; came to U.S., 1894; m. Hanna I. Stein, of Chicago, Apr. 22, 1912; 2 children: Olga, Margaret. Practiced in Chi- cago since 1894; mem. staff German Hosp .; ex- röntgenologist to Augustana Hosp .; consulting röntgenologist to C.&N.W.Ry., C.&E.I.R.R. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Deutsche Medizinische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Röntgen Ge- sellschaft (Berlin). Republican. Contbr. to med. jours. Home: 5104 Kenmore Av. Office: 5 S. Wa- bash Av.

REICK, Theodore A., leather; b. Independence, Mo., Feb. 26, 1860; s. Theodore and Dorothy (Schu- lenburg) Reick; ed. pub. schs., Independence; m. Ellen Frazier, of Independence, Oct. 5, 1883; chil- dren: Herbert S., Elizabeth, Theo and Bertha (both deceased). Began in employ of Askew Bros. (now Askew Saddlery Hardware Co.), Kansas City, Mo., 1875; removed to Chicago, 1885, and was identified with Henry Klein & Co. in same line of business for 21 yrs .; pres. Reick, Langendorf & Co., leather and shoe store supplies, since 1912. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Ch. Club: Chicago Motor. Recreation: motoring. Home: 5230 Winthrop Av. Office: 37 S. 5th Av.

REILLY, see also Riley.

*REILLY, Frank C., railway service. Removed to St. Louis, Mo. (See vol. 1911.)

REILLY, Frank Kennicott, publisher; b. at The Grove, Cook Co., Ill., Mar. 19, 1863; s. Dr. Frank W. (many yrs. editor Chicago Morning News) and Alice Mary (Kennicott) Reilly; ed. pub. schs., Chi- cago, New York and Washington, D.C .; m. Cora Stone Powers, of Chicago, Apr. 11, 1883 (died Aug. 6, 1910); m. 2d, Feb. 28, 1912, Carlin Muriel Walk- er, of Orange, N.J. Began in employ of C.&N.W. Ry., 1878, with which remained until 1885; in em- ploy of several mercantile houses, 1885-94; dept.

mgr. Werner Co., publishers, Chicago and Akron, O., 1894-7; mgr. Geo. M. Hill Co., pubs., 1898-1902; mem. The Madison Book Co., 1902-4; sec. and treas. The Reilly & Britton Co., 1904-13, since pres .; vice pres. Kennicott Bros. Co., wholesale florists. Mem. Chicago Hort. Soc., Art Inst. Cnicago. Club: Chi- cago Athletic. Recreation: fishing. Home: 4733 Michigan Av. Office: 1006 S. Michigan Av.

REILLY, Henry Joseph, army officer; b. at Ft. Barrancas, Fla., Apr. 29, 1881; s. Henry Joseph and Frances Mary (Kimball) Reilly; grad. U.S. Mil. Acad., 1904; unmarried. Commd. 2d lt. cav., June 15, 1904; assigned to 2d Cav., Aug. 9, 1904; trans- ferred to 13th Cav., July 8, 1907; 1st lt., Apr. 13, 1911; transferred to 3d Cav., Dec. 19, 1911, later to 15th Cav .; resigned Jan., 1914. Capt. 1st Ill. N.G .; service on Mexican border, 1916; commd. col. 1st Ill. Field Arty., May, 1917. Corr. Chicago Tribune, with armies of France, Belgium, England, Ger- many, Austria and Poland, 1914-15; contbr. to same on war topics, 1916, 17. Republican. Episcopalian. Author: Why Preparedness, 1916. Home: Win- netka, Ill. Address: The Chicago Tribune.

REILLY, Leigh, editor; b. The Grove, Ill., July 8, 1866; s. Dr. Frank W. and Alice Mary (Kenni- cott) Reilly; ed. Chicago and Washington pub. schs .; m. Esther Rich, of Chicago, Sept. 1, 1898. Chief of Chicago Herald World's Fair Staff, 1893; city editor and night editor Chicago Record-Her- ald, 1900-5; editor-in-chief Chicago Evening Post, Jan. 1, 1906-Sept. 4, 1913; mng. editor Chicago Her- ald, since June 15, 1914. Home: River Forest, Ill. Office: 163 W. Washington St., Chicago.

REIN, Theodore E., lawyer; b. Chicago, Aug. 30, 1886; s. Theodore and Frances Jane (Edwards) Rein; ed. Univ. of Chicago; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1910; m. Magdaline Troike, of Chicago, 1917. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1910, and since practiced in Chicago; formerly connected with Charles F. Morse, of Zane, Morse & Mckinney; then with Henry S. Robbins, counsel for Bd. of Trade; now practicing alone. Lecturer on law of sales, North- western Univ .; dir. and counsel, Malloydium Co .; dir. Cleveland Telegraph Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Delta Theta Phi. Republican. Clubs: City, Glen Oak Country. Contbr. to Ill. Law Rev. Recre- ations: golf, literature, music. Home: 1472 E. 69th St. Office: 11 S. LaSalle St.

REINBERG, Peter, wholesale florist; b. Chicago, Mar. 5, 1858; s. Henry and Catherine (Beck) Rein- berg; ed. pub. schs., Rosehill, Chicago; m. Mary Kronenberger, of Chicago, May 27, 1883. Began as truck gardener, with father, who entered that busi- ness at what is now 5444 N. Robey St., in 1848. After death of father, 1881, assumed full charge of garden truck business; became identified with the wholesale florist business in 1891 and now conducts same in own name; greenhouses cover 25 acres, growing roses, carnations and cut flowers; dir. Ravenswood Nat. Bank, Lincoln Trust Co. Was mem. Bd. of Aldermen, 26th Ward, Chicago, 1904- 12; pres. Bd. of Edn., 1912-14; pres. Bd. of Commrs. of Cook Co., 1914-18. Democrat. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Catholic Order of Foresters. Clubs: Chi- cago Press, Automobile. Recreation: hunting. Home: 5643 Sheridan Rd. Office: 30 E. Randolph Street.

REINER, Edward Lawrence, clergyman; b. Cin- cinnati, June 8, 1874; s. Joseph and Adelaide Ot- tilia (Jacobsburg) Reiner; ed. pub. schs., Cincin- nati; Moody Bible Inst., Chicago; Columbia Coll. of Expression; m. Elizabeth Margaret Folkerts, of Chicago, June 24, 1896; children: Edward Willis, Lorraine Edith, Thomas Arthur. Educated as an artist but entered mercantile business; abandoned it and engaged as engraver in Chicago, for 14 yrs .: was made supt. Moody Sunday Sch. and entered Christian service as S.S. expert, the Moody Sun- day Sch. becoming the largest in Ill .; ordained Congl. ministry, 1908; pastor Puritan Congl. Ch., Chicago, 1907-12, Waveland Av. Ch. since 1912. Ac- tive worker in Chicago Christian Endeavor circles since 1897; an officer of Ill. Christian Endeavor Union since 1909, now pres, and trustee United Soc. of Christian Endeavor. Republican. Club: Congre- gational. Home: 3700 Greenview Av.

REINHARDT, Henry G. W., M.D .; b. Chicago. Oct. 1, 1868; s. of Charles and Rosina Reinhardt;

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M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1897; m. Esther Kopp, of Progressive Republican. Lutheran. Club: Swedis Chicago, 1890; 2 children. Practiced at Chicago Contbr. to med. jours. on subjects pertaining to th eye. Home: 2954 Logan Boul. Office: 31 N. State S since 1897; coroner's physician, Cook Co., since 1904. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Emergency Surg. REMY, Curtis H., lawyer; Apr. 29, 1852-Oct. 1911. (See vol. 1905.) Soc., etc. Congregationalist. Club: Logan Square Athletic. Home: 2656 Logan Boul. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

REININGER, Edward E., M.D .; b. Pottsville, Pa., May 1, 1854; s. Jacob and Elizabeth (Weisman- del) Reininger (both natives of Maintz, Germany) ; attended Northwestern Univ., 1874-8; M.D., Chicago Homo. Med. Coll., 1888; m. Nettie Traver, of Chi- cago, June 12, 1888. In gen. med. practice; tutor, asso. prof. and prof. of institutes of homœ. thera- peutics and materia medica in several med. colls., 9 yrs .; mem. med. staff of Cook Co. Hosp. 11 yrs. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Ma- son (K.T.); mem. Royal League, Maccabees. Home: 704 S. Oakley Boul. Office: 1107, 31 N. State St.

REISENHUS, George Petersen, glove mfr .; b. at Fovling, Jutland, Denmark, Feb. 4, 1869; s. Hans Christian Petersen and Ellen Chatrine (Petersen) Reisenhus; ed. pub. schs. of native town until 14; came to America, Sept. 4, 1892; m. Jutta De Molade, of Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 21, 1894; 2 sons: Fer- dinand and Dewey. Identified with glove mfg. since coming to this country; became connected with The Am. Glove Co., 1892, and has been sec. and dir. since Sept. 26, 1900; also proprietor Reisenhus Glove Co. Republican. Lutheran. Mason. Recrea- tions: walking and outdoor sports. Home: 2022 Cortland St. Office: 2025 Churchill St.

REISMAN, Harley E., editor; b. Washington Co., Ia., Mar. 22, 1880; s. John F. and Ellen V. (Hunt) Reisman; ed. pub. schs .; m. Helen Hoffman Quin- ton, of Topeka, Kan., Jan. 4, 1908. Newspaper re- porter, 1897-1900; railroad editor Topeka State Journal, 1900-5; established Daily Record (legal), Des Moines, Ia., July, 1905, and published same un- til disposed of it, 1906; established, 1907, and since mng. editor Rock Island Employes' Magazine; pres. H. E. Reisman Advertising Co., Am. Resort and Travel Bureau. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Ill. Athletic, Exmoor Country. Home: 3202 Sheridan Rd. Offices: 927 LaSalle Station and 339 Peoples Gas Bldg.

REISS, Julius, mfr. smokers' articles; Mar. 15, 1854-1916. (See vol. 1911.)

REISS, Nathan, leaf tobacco; b. Baden, Germany, Jan. 17, 1862; s. of Jacob and Rosa (Breisacher) Reiss; ed. grammar and high schs., Baden. Came from Germany, 1880, and in same year entered the service of Rothschild, Schroeder & Co., leaf tobac- co merchants, becoming later a partner in the house, which, in 1895, changed to its present style of Schroeder, Reiss & Co., of which is now sole propr. Mem. Oshkosh Lodge No. 292 B.P.O.E. Res- idence: Virginia Hotel. Office: 158 N. Franklin St.

REISS, William, proprietor Palais Royal; im- porter and mfr. gloves; b. Chicago, July 11, 1868; s. Louis and Nannie (Silverman) Reiss; ed. pub. schs. and Allen's Acad., Chicago; unmarried. Be- gan in glove business with Davis & Morse Co., 1884, later buyer for glove dept. until 1890; in jobbing glove business , 1890-7; established, 1897, the Palais Royal, of which is still propr .; gen. mgr. western div. of Niagara Silk Mills. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Clubs: Ravisloe Country, Illinois, Chicago Motor. Recreations: golf and out- door diversions. Home: 4825 Grand Boul. Offices: 33 S. State St. and 204 S. Michigan Av.

REMICK, Andrew Edward, manufacturing phar- macist. (See vol. 1911.)

REMIEN, Frank Henry, wall paper; Jan. 30, 1850-1914. (See vol. 1911.)

REMMEN, Nils E., oculist; b. Warsaw, Goodhue Co., Minn., May 6, 1863; s. of Endre T. and Thora (Haugen) Remmen; attended Luther Coll., Deco- rah, Ia .; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1887; post-grad. work univs. of Copenhagen and Vienna 21/2 yrs .; m. Inga Kiland, of Manitowoc, Wis., Jan. 1, 1891. In gen. practice until 1896; now oculist to Norwegian, Tabitha, and Norwegian Deaconess hosps .; asst. surgeon 17 yrs., now surgeon eye dept., Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Ophthal. Soc., Acad. Ophthalmology, Scandinavian Med. Assn.

REMY, Victor A., lawyer; b. Evanston, Ill., Ma 3, 1881; s. of Curtis H. and Frances L. (Wheelei Remy; A.B., Harvard, 1903; m. Catherine Ross, ( Evanston, Ill., Oct. 18, 1916. Admitted to Ill. ba 1905, and since practiced at Chicago; associate with father in practice 2 yrs .; in law dept. Inte nat. Harvester Co. since 1907. Mem. Ill. State ar Chicago bar assns. Republican. Episcopalia Clubs: University, Legal, Harvard, City, Counti of Evanston. Recreations: tennis, horseback ri ing. Home: 1123 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office 606 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.

REND, James E., coal operator; b. Chicago, Ma 12, 1876; s. late Col. William Patrick and Elizabet C. (Barry) Rend; ed. Jesuit Coll., Chicago; Noti Dame Univ., Ind .; m. Mabel Keigher, of Chicag May 19, 1898; 1 son, James E., Jr. Identified wit coal business established by father ever since b ginning of active career; sec. and dir. W. P. Rer. Co .; dir. W. P. Rend Coal & Coke Co., W. P. Rer Collieries, Standard Hocking Coal Co., W. P. Rer. Transportation Co., miners and shippers of Ill. ar Ohio coal; organizer and pres. James E. Rend Cc coal marketers, 1917. Served as 1t. Co. I, 1st Il Cav., Spanish-Am. War, 1898. Mem. Officers' Ass: of I.N.G., United Spanish War Veterans. Recrea tions: golf, billiards, music, painting. Home: 2( E. Chestnut St. Office: 536 Peoples Gas Bldg.

REND, William Patrick, coal operator; Feb. 1 1840-Nov. 30, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

RENDELL, Louis, rep. of Pratt Food Co. (Se vol. 1911.)

RENINGER, John Elmer, real estate and build ing; b. Burlingame, Kan., Mar. 29, 1874; s. of Henr Harrison and Mary Elizabeth (Boas) Reninge: prep. edn. Burlingame High Sch .; Kan. State No: mal Sch., Emporia; Univ. of Kan .; Spaulding Bus ness Coll., Kansas City, Mo .; m. Mary Henriett Quin, of Chicago, Nov. 15, 1911; 1 son, John Elme Jr. Began on farm, then engaged as stenographe: entered real estate business at Oklahoma Cit Okla., 1900; removed to Chicago, 1903; was mer Rosenberg & Reninger, real estate and building alone since June, 1917. Mem. Cook County Rea Estate Bd. Republican. Catholic. Recreation: farn ing. Home: 1417 Jonquil Terrace. Office: 111 V Washington St.

RENSHAW, Frederick William, vice pres. Kirb Equipment Co .; b. Chicago, Feb. 26, 1880; s. Wi liam and Idella (Reeme) Renshaw; Ph.B., Sheffie Scientific School of Yale Univ., 1900; m. Bay Cit: Mich., Feb. 25, 1902, Edith McCormick; 2 chi dren: William Beresford and Edith Jane. Entil business life has been with lumber and ry. su] plies; with Lappin Brake Shoe Co. until Jan., 190, when, upon the organization of the Kirby Lumb & Equipment Co., assumed position as sec. ar. treas. In 1905 firm name changed to Kirby Equi] ment Co., of which is 1st vice pres .; also pre Globe Seamless Steel Tubes Co. since Apr., 191 Republican. Clubs: University, Chicago Athleti South Shore Country; also Yale, Railway, Machil ery, Lawyers' (New York) ; Milwaukee (Milwar kee, Wis.). Recreation: motoring. Home: Evan ton, Ill. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.

RENWICK, Edward Anderson, architect; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Mar. 24, 1860; s. William and Mary (Whilmore) Renwick; ed. Grand Rapid High Sch .; m. Grand Rapids, Oct., 1885, Hatt Bonney; children: Ralph B., Margaret G. In en ploy of Holabird & Roche, architects, 1882-96; sin 1896 partner in the firm. Mem. A.I.A. and Ill. Cha ter same; mem. Western Soc. Engrs. Clubs: Uni( League, Engineers'. Home: 1125 Judson Av., E anston, Ill. Office: 104 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.

RENWICK, Frank Whipple, sand and gravel; Elgin, Ill., Feb. 5, 1867; s. George L. and Susan (Whipple) Renwick; ed. pub. and high schs. of E gin and St. Charles, Ill .; m. Chicago, Sept. 30, 189 Margaret A. Concannon; 2 children: George W. ar Ruth M. After leaving school began business wit Bowman Dairy Co. of Chicago, later becoming co

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nected with the Chicago Gravel Co. (est. 1888), of which is now vice pres. and gen. mgr. Democrat. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Home: 5412 East View Park. Office: 1400-1402 Fisher Bldg.

ReQUA, Charles Howard, grain mcht .; b. Albany, N.Y., Oct. 3, 1860; s. Charles Wesley and Catharine Jane (Bruyn) ReQua; ed. pub. and private schs .; m. Alice Haven, of Chicago, Dec. 3, 1888; children: Haven A. (m. Gladys Anderson, Sept., 1916), Cath- arine H. and Charles Howard. In grain business at Chicago since 1880; now mem. firm ReQua Bros. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons Am. Revolution. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago, Chicago Golf, Church. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing and shooting. Home: 3629 Grand Boul. Office: 85-86 Board of Trade.

ReQUA, William Bruyn, grain merchant; b. Al- bany, N.Y., Feb. 12, 1859; s. Charles Wesley and Catharine Jane (Bruyn) ReQua; ed. pub. and pvt. 'schs .; m. Susan Eloise Gallup, of Chicago, June 1, 1898; 1 daughter, Eloise Gallup. In grain business at Chicago since 1881; mem. firm of ReQua Bros. since 1886. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade since 1881, Chicago Stock Exchange since July 21, 1897. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Club: Union League. Rec- reation: horseback riding. Home: 4616 Ellis Av. Office: 85-86 Board of Trade.

RESLER, Herman, wholesale dry goods; b. in Austria, July 17, 1866; s. Abraham and Dinah Res- ler; came to U.S., 1879; ed. in Austria and in pub. schools of Ohio; m. Bertha Goldberger, of Austria, 1887; 3 children: Bernard, Abraham J., Genevieve. In the dry goods business at Minneapolis, until 1899; Chicago rep. Rinehart Mitten Co., wholesale mittens, Milwaukee, until 1905; with S. Fine Bros. & Co., 1905-11; in business on own account as Her- man Resler & Co. since 1911. Mason, Elk. Home: 1444 Millard Av. Office: 120 S. Market St.

RETTERER, Jacob, stoves, and furnaces; b. Al- sace, France, 1847; s. Christian and Mary (Mus- ser) Retterer; came to U.S., 1854; ed pub. schs., Long Grove, Ill .; m. Amelia Gross, of Chicago, 1878; 2 children: William O., Charles J. Early learned trade of tinsmith; mem. firm of McLane & Retterer, wholesale stoves, furnaces, 1872-92; in business in own name since 1892. Mason. Home: 4625 Malden St. Office: 159 W. Lake St.

REUTER, Rudolph Ernest, pianist; b. N.Y. City, Sept. 21, 1888; s. Gustave and Marguerite (Grill) Reuter; studied music under masters in New York, and organist and concert pianist there until 1905; Royal Acad. Music, Berlin, 1905-8; unmarried. Be- came prof., Imperial Acad. of Music, Tokyo, Japan, 1908; came to Chicago, 1912; entered faculty of Chicago Musical Coll .; toured the country as con- cert pianist; several appearances as soloist with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, etc .; has concertized abroad extensively; mus. dir. Chicago Musical Coll. Mem. Soc. Am. Musicians, Chicago Artists' Assn. (dir.). Independent Republican. Club: Cliff Dwell- ers. Recreations: tennis, golf. Home: 4250 Drexel Boul. Studio: 624 S. Michigan Av.

REVELL, Alexander Hamilton, merchant; b. at Chicago, Jan. 6, 1858; s. David and Margaret (Dor- gan) Revell; ed. pub. schs .; m. Maude Richardson, Chicago; children: Margaret, Alexander H., Jr., Richardson. Pres. Alexander H. Revell & Co., furniture mfrs. and merchants, since 1879. Dir. Central Trust Co. of Ill., North Side State Savings Bank. Dir. Nat. Business League, Lafayette Me- morial Commn .; trustee Northwestern Univ., Mc- Kinley National Monument Assn .; mem. Nat. Civic Federation (exec. com.). Mem. Legion of Honor, France, 1908. Was mem. exec. com. World's Colum- bian Expn .; formerly mem. Chicago Bd. of Edn. Active in reform movements. Republican. Clubs: Union League (ex-pres.), Chicago Athletic (ex- pres.), Commercial, Onwentsia, Old Elm Golf, Chi- cago Golf, Hamilton, South Shore Country (Chi- cago); Sleepy Hollow, Nat. Golf (New York). Rec- reations: travel, books, golf, tennis. Home: 842 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 141 S. Wabash Av.

REW, George Campbell, vice president Calumet Baking Powder Co .; b. Chicago, July 31, 1869; s. Francis Edward and Harriet Brady (Campbell) Rew; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; Ph.G., Univ. of 111., 1889; B.S. in Chemistry, Univ. of Mich., 1892; un-

married. Connected with the Calumet Baking Pow- der Co. since 1892, vice pres. since 1896. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Alpha Delta Phi. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Home: 2652 Lake View Av., Chicago, and Coronado, Cal. Office: 4100 Fillmore St., Chicago.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 184

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1917 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 784

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 784