Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1917, Part 140

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 782

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LOW, James E., dentist; b. Otsego Co., N.Y., 1837; s. Rinald and Susan ( Haywood) Low; ed. Cooperstown Sem., and later studied in dental schs. of New York; m. Rowena Knapp, Milford, N. Y., 1857; children: Maud, Mabel. Came to Chi- cago, 1865; inventor of advanced methods in den- tistry, including that of crown and bridge work, for which received patent Mar. 15, 1881. Became interested in the Columbian Dental Coll., 1893, and later was its pres. and treas. Home: 25 N. Lock- wood Av. Office: 209 S. State St.

LOW, John Melvin, retired merchant. (See vol. 1911.)

LOW, John W., produce commn .; h. on farm, Lake Co., Ill., Mar. 18, 1850; s. James and Isabella (Taylor) Low; ed. pub. schs., Lake Co .; m. Jennie E. Holmes, of Chicago, 1876 (died 1909). Engaged in farming until 1872; removed to Chicago and be- came connected with commn. business; entered business on own account, 1874; mem. firm Wayne & Low, 1875-1914; pres, and treas. Wayne & Low, Inc., since 1914; pres. Chicago Cold Storage Ware- house Co .; vice pres. Nat. Produce Bank. Mem. Chicago Butter and Egg Bd. (dir.), Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Baptist. Recreation: trav- el. Home: 1207 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: 159 W. South Water St., Chicago.

LOW, Joseph H., M.D .; b. Owenton, Ky., Jan. 28, 1867; s. George S. and Kate ( Rigg) Low; M.D., Chicago Home. Med. Coll., 1888; m. Maud Haw-

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kins, of Chicago, Dec. 1, 1909; 2 children. Prac- tlewood Terrace. Offices: 326 W. Madison St. and ticed at Chicago since 1888; prof. theory and prac- 2550 W. Madison St. tice of medicine, Hahnemann Med. Coll., since 1904; attending phys., Hahnemann and Streeter hosps. Mem. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, Ill. Home. Med. Assn., Chicago Home. Society. Republican. Evangelical Ch. Home: 4147 Drexel Av. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.

LOW, Willard Wainwright, electrical supplies; b. Flint, Mich., Oct. 24, 1858; s. Spencer F. and Julia (Seamen) Low; ed. pub. schs., Flint; m. Flint, July 5, 1886, Louise Wallingford; 2 children: Her- risa Marguerite ( Mrs. Ward Thomas) and Luferry Willard. Learned trade of carriage mfg. and was in that line until 1884; came to Chicago, 1888, and pres. Electric Appliance Co. since its organization, 1891. Republican. Mem. of all Masonic bodies up to 33°. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore, Flossmoor. Recreations: golf, bridge. Home: 7012 South Shore Drive. Office: 701 W. Jackson Boul.

LOWDEN, Frank Orren, governor; b. Sunrise City, Minn., Jan. 26, 1861; s. Lorenzo Orren and Nancy Elizabeth ( Bryborn) Lowden; A.B., la. State Univ. (valedictorian), 1885; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago (valedictorian), 1887; m. Florence, d. George M. Pullman, of Chicago, Apr. 29, 1896. Practiced law in Chicago, 1887-1906; prof. law, Northwestern Univ., 1899; declined office of 1st asst. postmaster-gen., 1900; del. Rep. Nat. convs., 1900, 04; mem. Rep. Nat. Com., 1904-12, and mem. exec. com., campaigns 1904 and 1908; elected 59th Congress, Nov. 6, 1906, for unexpired term (1906-7) of R. R. Hitt, deceased; reelected 60th and 61st Congresses (1907-11), 13th Ill. Dist .; governor of Ill. for term 1917-21. Lt .- col. 1st Inf., I.N.G., 1898. Home: Oregon, Ill. Address: Springfield, Ill.

LOWE F(rank) MacDonald, lawyer; b. at Rich- view, Washington Co., Ill., Ang. 22, 1879; s. Adol- phus G. and Harriet (Cameron) Lowe; grad. Hyde Park High Sch., 1899; student Univ. of Mich., lit. and law depts., 1899-1902; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1903; m. Helen Althea, d. John B. Whitney, of Chicago, Apr. 18, 1908; children: Whitney, MacDonald. Admitted to bar, 1903, and since in practice. Mem. Chicago and Cook Co. real estate bds., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Art Inst. Chicago, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi. Re- publican. Christian Scientist. Clubs: Hamilton, Highland Park, Chickaming Country, Bob o' Link Country, Winnetka Tennis. Author of "Bubbie," being Rhymes by a Proud Parent, 1914, Recrea- tion: tennis. Home: 442 S. Sheridan Rd., Highland Park, Ill. Office: 133 W. Washington St., Chicago.

LOWE, John Williamson, coal merchant; Oct. 4, 1861-Sept. 27, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

LOWE, Perley, lumberman; b. Levant, Me., Dec. 6, 1845; s. William G. and Susan Moor Lowe; en- listed, 1864, in 1st Me. Cav., and served under Gen. Phil. Sheridan; m. Chicago, 1873, Eliza Templeton; children: Agnes S., Emily E., Annie E., Grace G. After war taught school in Me .; came to Chicago, 1867; mem. lumber firm of Thompson Bros. & Lowe, 1885-9, Kelley, Lowe & Co., 1889-93, Perley Lowe & Co., since 1899. Several terms dir., vice pres., 1885, pres. 1886, Lumbermen's Exchange. Active layman M.E. Ch .; has been especially inter- ested in the Halsted St. Mission; lay del. from Rock River Conf. to Gen. Conf. M.E. Ch., Los An- geles, 1904. Pres. Wesley Hosp .; trustee North- western Univ. Club: Union League. Home: 1822 Washington Boul. Office: 332 S. Michigan Av.

LOWENTHAL, Solomon L., lawyer; Sept. 1, 1868-May 23, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

LOWER, Elton; b. Newcastle, Pa., Mar. 9, 1870; s. C. B. and Sarah (Edwards) Lower; ed. pub. schs., Newcastle, and by pvt. tuors at Mt. Hermon, Northfield, Mass .; m. Chicago, 1890, Mabel Camp- bell; children: Paul, Lillian. After leaving school engaged in government service, Washington, until coming to Chicago, 1889; entered service of Chi- cago Daily News, 1889-91; then with Chicago Eve- ning Post; entire newspaper career as political re- porter. Republican. Chmn. Cook Co. Civil Service Commn., 1901-7; mem. City Civil Service Commn., 1907-15 (ex-pres. bd.); now in automobile and ga- rage business. Mason (Shriner). Home: 921 Cas-

LOWETH, Charles Frederick, civil engr .; b. at Cleveland, O., Mar. 3, 1857; s. Daniel and Mary A. P. (Brown) Loweth; attended Oberlin Coll., 1876- 77; (hon. C.E., Univ. of Wis., 1915) ; m. Carrie T., d. Rev. J. D. Curtis, of Wilmington, Del., Feb. 15, 1881; children: Mary Grace, Margaret, Frederick C., Robert C. Began as rodman on survey for ry. in Ohio; since 1880 civil engr., principally in ry. service, being successively chief engr. of the Dav- enport, Rock Island & Northwestern Ry., and con- sulting engr. for the N.P.Ry., M., St.P.&S.Ste.M.Ry., M.&St.L.Ry., and others; engr. and supt. bridges and blogs., 1901-10, chief engr. since 1910, C.,M.& St.P.Ry. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E. (dir. 1910-12, vice pres. 1914-15), Western Soc. Engrs. (pres. 1908-9), Am. Ry. Engring. Assn. Republican. Presbyte- rian. Clubs: Union League, University, Engineers', City. Home: 5206 Harper Av. Office: 80 E. Jackson Boulevard.

LOWREY, Frederick Charles, miner, mfr., mcht .; b. Chicago, Aug. 25, 1871; s. Charles Griffin and Susan Ann (Shaffer) Lowrey; ed. Oak Park High Sch. and Chicago Athenaeum; m. Van Wert, O., Apr. 25, 1893, Lucy Eva Phillips; children: Forest Roderick, Florence Winifred. Pres. Central Com- mercial Co., miners and mfrs .; also pres. Keystone Oil and Mfg. Co. (Chicago), Wabash Refining Co. ( Robinson, Ill.), Staso Laminated Slate Co .; dir. Ft. Smith (Ark.) Asphalt Co. Republican. Home: 267 Franklin Av., River Forest, Ill. Office: 111 N. Market St., Chicago.

LOWRY, Charles Doak, assistant supt. public schs .; b. Ripley, Brown Co., O., July 6, 1864; s. William Ramsey and Rebekah (Goodrich) Lowry; grad, grammar and high schs., Ripley, 1881; grad. Northwestern Univ., 1908; m. at Chicago, June 28, 1895, Lydia Purdy Hess; children: Charles Doak, Oswin William, Louise Talman, Timothy G., Oli- ver Howe. Taught country schs. in Brown Co., O., 1881-6; sr. teacher, State Sch. for Blind, Columbus, O., 1886-9; taught physics in West Div. High Sch., Chicago, 1889-96; prin. Arnold Sch., Chicago, 1896- 1900; dist. supt. of pub. schs., Chicago, 1900-15, ex- cept 1 yr. prin. Wicker Park Sch .; asst. supt. Chi- cago pub. schs. since 1915. Republican. Presby- terian. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Literary, Apollo. Recreations: music and outdoor life. Home: 1643 Kenilworth Av. Office: Tribune Bldg.

LOWRY, Edith Belle (Edith Lowry Lambert), author; b. Austin, Minn., Nov. 11, 1878; d. Alfred and Henrietta (Hicks) Lowry; grad. Austin High Sch., 1896, Winona (Minn.) State Normal Sch., 1898; grad. Jefferson Park Hosp. Training Sch. for Nurses, Chicago, 1905; M.D., Bennett Coll. Medi- cine and Surgery, Chicago, 1907; m. Richard Jay Lambert, M.D., of St. Charles, Ill., July 24, 1911. Teacher pub. schs., Minn. and Utah, 6 yrs .; prac- ticed medicine and surgery, Chicago, 1907-13; on editorial staff Mother's Mag., To-Day's Mag., Wom- an's World, Home Folks; lecturer physical diag- nosis, Bennett Coll., Med. Dept. Loyola Univ. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., eugenics com. Ill. State Conf. Charities and Correction, In- ternat. Congress Hygiene and Demography, 1912; dir. Traveler's Aid Soc. of Chicago and Ill .; mem. Chicago Med. Woman's Club. Author: Confidences -Talks with a Young Girl, 1911; Truths-Talks with a Boy, 1911; Herself-Talks with Women, 1912; Himself-Talks with Men, 1912; False Mod- esty, 1912; The Home Nurse, 1913; Teaching Sex Hygiene, 1914; Your Baby, 1915. Residence: Hotel LaSalle. Office: 32 N. State St.

LOWRY, Francis Maher, mfr .; b. at Milliken's Bend, La., Nov. 3, 1843; s. Alfred John and Cleora Cornelia (Hynes) Lowry; ed. St. Joseph's Coll., Bardstown, Ky., and Center Coll., Danville, Ky .; m. Spring Lake, Mich., Aug. 31, 1898, Mary E. Clarke Rose; children: Ethan Ray Clarke, Mary Elizabeth Millard. During Civil War served 3 yrs. in Co. B, 3d La. Cav., C.S.A .; clerk in Merchants' Bank, Louisville, Ky., 1866-9; with Cornwall & Bro., mfrs. of soaps, Louisville, 1869-80; mgr. Southern Dairy Co., St. Louis, 1880-2; came to Chicago, 1882; entered employ of Braun & Fitts, butterine, 1887; was mgr. of their St. Louis house, 1887-1895; the business was incorporated in 1889, and in 1902 was

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chosen sec. of the company, name of which, in 1906, was changed to John F. Jelke Co. Home: 7314 Sheridan Rd. Office: 759 S. Washtenaw Av.

LOWY, Charles F., lawyer; b. in Bohemia, June 17, 1874; s. Salomon and Anna (Pollak) Lowy; came to America, 1891; ed. normal sch., Bohemia; high sch., Vienna, Austria; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ. Law Sch., 1900, Ill. Coll. of Law, 1901; course in philosophy, St. Ignatius Coll., 1902; m. Bella Friend, of Chicago, Jan. 15, 1905; 1 daughter, Lu- cille Anna. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1901; practiced alone, 1901-6, since as mem. firm of Winston & Lowy; splty. corpn., real estate and commercial law; has had a number of important cases in ap- pellate and supreme courts of Ill., and U.S. courts. Mem. Nat. Econ. League, Art Inst. Chicago. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Democrat (active worker). Mem. Keystone Lodge No. 639, A.F. and A.M. ( Past Master); Auburn Park Chap- ter R.A.M .; Chicago Council R. and S.M .; Oriental Consistory; Medinah Temple; officer U.S. Grand Lodge Independent Order Free Sons of Israel. Contbr. on Jewish subjects to many periodicals. Recreations: athletics, outdoor exercises. Home: 1133 North Shore Av. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.

LUCAS, Robert Suddards, Chicago mgr. John Lucas & Co. Removed to Downers Grove, Ill. (See vol. 1911.)

LUCCOCK, George Naphtali, bishop; Mar. 31, 1857-Apr. 1, 1916. (See Who's Who in America, 1916-17.)

LUCE, Franklin Augustus, silks; b. Haydenville, Mass., Oct. 31, 1854; s. of Augustus and Elvira (Clapp) Luce; ed. pub. schs., Haydenville, and at Williston Sem., Easthampton, Mass .; m. Northamp- ton, Mass., June 2, 1881, Helen Prindle: 1 daughter, Katherine Prindle. In mercantile business, Mass., 1872-8; with William Skinner, silk mfr., Holyoke, Mass., 1878-80; western mgr. for the William Skin- ner Silk Mfg. Co. since 1880. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Glen View. Recreation: golf. Home: 1445 N. State St. Office: 305 W. Adams St.

LUCE, W(illiam) Grant, contractor. Removed to Cleveland, O. (See vol. 1911.)

LUCEY, Patrick Joseph, lawyer; b. Ottawa, Ill., May 2, 1873; s. John and Joanna (Doud) Lucey; grad. high sch., Ottawa, 1890; admitted to Ill. bar, 1894; m. Frances Gertrude Casey, of Streator, Ill., Sept. 10, 1901. Began practice at Streator, Ill., 1895; mem. firm of Lucey & Larkin, 1908-12; city atty., 2 terms, 1897-1901; mayor Streator 3 terms, 1903-7, 1909-11; atty .- gen. of Ill., 1912-16; apptd. mem. Pub. Utility Commn. of Ill., June 30, 1917. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: Illini Country (Spring- field), Streator, Streator Country. Home: Chicago. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St.

LUCKENBILL, Daniel David, college prof .; b. nr. Hamburg, Pa., June 21, 1881; s. of Benjamin Franklin and Mary Jane .(Berger) Luckenbill; prep. edn. Lehigh Prep. Sch .; A.B., Univ. of Pa., 1903; studied Berlin Univ .; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1907; student Am. School of Archaeology at Jerusalem, 1908-9; m. Florence Parker, of Chicago, Feb. 24, 1914. Asso. in Semitic langs. and lits., 1907-9, in- str., 1909-15, asst. prof. since 1915, Univ. of Chi- cago. Advisory editor Am. Jour. of Theology; co- operating editor Am. Jour. Semitic Langs, and Lits .; curator Assyrian collections in Haskell Mus. Mem. Am. Oriental Soc., Chicago Soc. Bibl. Re- search. Republican. Mem. Ref. Ch. in U.S. Rec- reations: motoring and floriculture. Home: 10340 Longwood Drive.

LUCKHARDT, Arno Benedict, college prof .; b. Chicago, Aug. 26, 1885; s. Gustav Adolph and Au- relia (Weber) Luckhardt; classical edn, with Ben- edictine monks, at Conception (Mo.) Coll., 1897- 1903; S.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1906, Ph.D., 1911; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1912; m. Luella Catherine La Bolle, of Somonauk, Ill., Apr. 24, 1912; children: Hilmar Francis, Paul Gregory, Mary Aurelia. Asst. in bacteriology, 1908-9, in physiology, 1909-11, asso., same, 1911-12, instr. in physiology, 1912-14, asst. prof. since 1914, Univ. of Chicago, Mem. A.A. A.S., Am, Physiol. Soc., Chicago Soc. Internal Med- icine. Club: The Chaos. Home: 1423 E. 62d St.

LUDLOW, George McMurtry, mfr .; b. Elizabeth, N.J., Sept. 28, 1863; s. George Watson and Mary (Arrison) Ludlow; ed. pub. schs. of Utica, N.Y., and at Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; m. Chicago, June 19, 1895, Cornelia Hartwell; children: Edward Hart- well, George Hartwell, Elizabeth Hartwell and Isa- bel Hartwell. Began with his father in shoe mfg. business, continuing until 1892; in real estate busi- ness, 1892-5; pres. Moneyweight Scale Co. since its organization, 1899; also vice pres. The Comput- ing Scale Co., of Canada. Mem. Mayflower Soc., Soc. Colonial Wars, S.A.R. Republican. Presby- terian. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Evanston, Evanston Country, Glen View. Recrea- tion: golf. Home: 1203 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago.

LUDWIG, Roscoe Fuller, dentist; b. Waldoboro, Me., Sept. 29, 1846; s. George and Sarah (Rich- ards) Ludwig; ed. schs. of Waldoboro and Chelsea, Mass .; came to Chicago, 1863, and studied dentist- ry 4 yrs. under Dr. W. W. Allport; also attended course of lectures at Chicago Med. Coll., and full course at Rush Med. Coll .; D.D.S., Ohio Coll. of Dental Surgery, 1867; m. Emma Rich Scales, of Chicago, Mar., 1867; children: Roscoe Frost (died Oct. 25, 1883), Daisy Emma, Faustina, Leon Eu- gene. Engaged in continuous practice in Chicago since 1867. Has made several useful dental inven- tions, on which has patents. One of founders of Chicago Dental Coll., and of the Univ. Dental Coll .; mem. faculties of Univ. Dental Coll., and Am. Den- tal Coll. before they were absorbed by Northwest- ern Univ. Del, Internat. Med. Congresses at Wash- ington, D.C., and at Berlin, Germany. Mem. Am. and Chicago dental socs. Served in Civil War, en- listing, 1862, for 9 months' service, at end of which time was mustered out; later served a 100-day en- listment in the 134th Ill. Regt. Mem. George H. Thomas Post G.A.R. Charter mem. Suburban Club of LaGrange, and LaGrange Country Club. Recre- ation: farming. Home: "The Larches," LaGrange, Ill. Office: 57 E. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

LUDWIGS, Arthur C., hardware; b. Chicago, May 8, 1892; s. William A. and Anna G. Ludwigs; grad. Lewis Inst., Chicago, 1912; unmarried. Mgr. W. A. Ludwigs Co., hardware, since May, 1913, also vice pres. and treas. Club: Hardware. Home: 1850 Millard Av. Office: 1860 Blue Island Av.

LUEDERS, August, president Bd. of Election Commrs .; b. Armstedt, Holstein, Germany, Aug. 24, 1853; s. Hartwig and Margaretha (Seligmann) Lueders; ed. in old country: m. Lena Freese, of Chicago, Sept. 12, 1879; 2 children: Walter J., Au- gust H. (M.D .; It., Med. Reserve Corps). Came to U.S. with parents, Aug. 3, 1868, and 5 days later to Chicago; worked for Schober & Heinemann, about 7 months; then with W. Reason, painter, 1 yr. and 4 months, and later with Julius Schuldt, also in painting business; mem. Chicago police force, Sept. 12, 1874-June 1, 1882 (resigned); in employ of West Side Brewery Co., 1882-93; with Manhattan Brewing Co. since Sept. 1, 1893. Mem. Bd. of Elec- tion Commrs. of Chicago, for term Dec. 10, 1914- Dec. 1, 1917. Democrat. Mason (Lessing Lodge No. 551, York Chapter. Chicago Commandery, Me- dinah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.); mem. of Germanic Chapter O.E.S., Elk. Hon. mem. Schleswig-Hol- steiner Verein of Cincinnati, Veterans of 1848-50 of Schleswig-Holsteiner Soldiers, Veterans of 1848- 50 in Neumünster, Holstein, and mem. many other German socs. Home: 1107 Ashland Boul. Offices: 3901 Emerald Av. and 308 City Hall.

LUHNOW, Frederick August, pianos; b. Chi- cago, Apr. 17, 1870; s. Frederick and Henrietta (Pomrehn) Luhnow; ed. pub, and pvt. schs., fol- lowed by 3 yrs.' course in Chicago Atheneum to 1888; m. Chicago, June 21, 1898, Sadie Jung. Took up study of commercial law and was mgr. for O. S. Richardson & Co., coal, until 1898, when be- came treas. of the M. Schulz Co., mfrs, pianos and organs; also treas. Werner Piano Co .; dir. W. C. Luhnow Coal Co. Republican. Mason (32º). Club: Northwest. Home: 1350 N. Hoyne Av. Office: 711 Milwaukee Av.

LUKENS, Charles Anderson, editor; b. Indianap- olis, Ind., Mar. 14, 1863; s. Richard Lippincott and Mary Frances (Anderson) Lukens; ed. pub. schs., Indianapolis; m. Nellie Selden Miller, of Peoria,

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Ill., Jan. 26, 1887; children: Florence (Mrs. J. R. Cincinnati, 1882-7; mem. firm of Gibson, Parish & Baker, of Fargo, N.D.), Eugene Field. Began as Co., 1887-9; organized, 1889, Lussky, Payn & Co., bookkeeper, Indianapolis, 1880; reporter, Peoria, succeeded, 1903, by Lussky, White & Coolidge, jobbers of cabinet hardware and upholstering ma- terial, of which is treas. Republican. Protestant. Home: 1323 E. 50th St. Office: 69 W. Lake St. 1883-4; bookkeeper, credit man for Martin & Co., farm implements, Peoria, 1885-98, also corr. Farm Implement News, 1889-98; asst. to C. W. Marsh, editor Farm Implement News, 1898-1906, and ed- itor same since 1906; vice pres. Farm Implement News Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Recrea- tions: fishing, baseball, billiards. Home: 5436 In- diana Av. Office: 159 N. State St.

LUKENS, Frank Ellwood, secretary Ill. and Wis. Retail Coal Dealers' Assn .; July 19, 1859-July 15, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)

LUKENS, Herman Tyson, teacher; b. at Phila., Jan. 29, 1865; s. James T. and Elizabeth (Jones) Lukens; A.B., Univ. of Pa., 1885, A.M., 1888; stud- ied univs. of Berlin, Halle, Leipzig, Paris and Jena, Ph.D., Jena, 1891; m. Eleanor Lee Spencer, of Bal- timore, June, 1897. Teacher of biology, Northwest Div. High Sch., Chicago, 1891-4; fellow in psychol- ogy, 1894-5, docent in pedagogy, 1895-8, Clark Univ .; lecturer on edn., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1896-7; head training teacher, State Normal Sch., Califor- nia, Pa., 1898-1907; teacher in Francis W. Parker Sch., Chicago, since 1907. Author: Herbart's Psy- chological Basis of Teaching, 1890; The Connec- tion Between Thought and Memory, 1895; The Fifth School Year, 1905; also several ednl. mono- graphs. Home: 2468 N. Clark St. Address: 330 Webster Av.

LULL, Newton, stationer. (See vol. 1911.)

LUMBARD, Edward C., brushes, etc .; b. at Chi- cago, Mar., 1873; s. Henry and Mary ( Bridle ) Lum- bard; ed. pub, grammar and high schs., Chicago, and Northwestern Mil. Acad .: m. Lena Ottens, oť Belleview, la., Oct. 18, 1900. With Gerts, Lumbard & Co., dealers in brushes, etc., Chicago, since 1893, and has served as treas. since 1906. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Oak Park Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 922 North Boul., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 221 W. Randolph St., Chicago.

LUNDIN, Frederick, congressman; b. Parish of W. Tollstad, Ostergotland, Sweden, May 18, 1868; pub. sch. edn .; unmarried. Pres. Nat. Automatic Door Co., Chicago. Mem. Ill. Senate, 1894-8; mem. 61st Congress (1909-11), 7th Ill. Dist. Republican. Home: 558 N. Leamington Av. Office: 175 W. Jack- son Boul.

LUNDY, Ayres Derby, mechanical and electrical engr .; b. Ft. Dodge, la., May 25, 1861; s. Albert D. and Jennie (Ayres) Lundy; A.B., Princeton, 1884; A.M., Cornell Univ., 1887, after 2 yrs.' post-grad. course in elec. engring .: m. Aug. 8, 1888, Mary Thompson, of Topeka, Kan .; 1 daughter, Esther Ayres (Mrs. G. L. Newcomb, of Western Springs, Il1.). On leaving college began in elec. ry. work with the Sprague Electric Ry. & Motor Co. at Richmond, Va .; afterward chief engr. for Sprague Electric Equipment Co., of Chicago, building the first electric roads in the states of la., Ohio, Ind., Minn. and Wash .; dist. engr. for Edison Gen. Elec- tric Co., southern dist., 1890-1; mem. firm of Sar- gent & Lundy, mech, and elec. engrs., since June, 1901; pres. Electro-Magnetic Tool Co. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs. Clubs: University, LaGrange Country. Home: 338 S. Waiola Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 72 W. Adams St., Chicago.

LUNHAM, Robert Thomas, packer. (See vol. 1911.)

*LUNSFORD, Todd, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

LUNT, Ernest Miller, western mgr. for Towle Mfg. Co. Removed to New York. (See vol. 1911.)

LUSSKY, G. Hermann, cabinet hardware; b. at Frauenwalde, Germany, Apr. 26, 1850; s. Gotthard and Johanna Louisa (Haubeiss) Lussky; came to U.S. in boyhood; ed, pub. schs., Baltimore, Chicago and Cincinnati; m. Cincinnati, June 13, 1872, Anna Kramer (died); 1 son, Arthur; m. 2d, Caroline Wocher, of Cincinnati, Aug. 1, 1877; children: Charlotte Louise, Edgar. Errand boy, clerk and salesman with J. L. Wayne & Son, hardware, Cin- cinnati, 1864-9; traveling salesman, Phoenix Iron Foundry, 1869-70; again with J. L. Wayne & Son, 1870-82; partner of Glaescher & Co., hardware,

LUST, George Frederick, life insurance; b. Ber- lin, Germany, Sept. 7, 1878; s. Phillip G. and Lena ( Pflaumer) Lust; came to America with parents about Jan. 1, 1880; ed. grammar and high schs. of Jersey City, N.J .; LL.B., Chicago Law Sch., 1905, and admitted to Ill. bar; m. Edith Camenisch, of Chicago, Nov. 8. 1905. With H. E. Frankenberg Co., of New York, until 1901; removed to Chicago and became rep. for Des Moines Life Ins. Co., 1901, of which was mgr. for Ill. until 1912; Chicago mgr. Nat. Life Ins. Co. U.S.A. since 1912; pres. and gen. mgr. Provident Sick Benefit Fund Assn. Lutheran. Mason (K.T., Shriner); supreme vice pres. United League of America. Recreations: gardening, mo- toring. Home: 6048 S. Peoria St. Office: 115 S. Dearborn St.

LUST, Herbert C., lawyer; b. New York, July 28, 1885; s. Phillip G. and Adelina (Cohnfeldt) Lust; ed. Northwestern Acad., Univ. of Chicago; LL.B., Yale Law Sch, 1906; m. Dora Coomas, of Chicago, Jan. 23, 1909; 1 daughter, Eleanor. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1906, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. firm of Haynie & Lust, 1909, Felsenthal & Beck- with, 1912; since practiced alone; consulting com- merce counsel and adviser in certain branches of corpn. law to various large industrial organiza- tions; spl. asst. state's atty., 1913-14. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Clubs: Press, Traffic, Glen Oak Country. Editor: American and English Mining, Irrigation, Oil and Gas Reports, 1910. Author: The Workmen's Com- pensation Law of Illinois (annotated), 1912; Di- gest of Decisions under the Interstate Commerce Act, 1912. also Supplemental Digests, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, pub. 1913, 1915 and 1917 respectively; Quarterly Digest of Decisions under the Interstate Com- merce Act; The Law of Loss and Damage Claims; The Scientific Administration of the Criminal Law. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Home: 919 Ainslie St. Offices: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, and Wood- ward Bldg., Washington, D.C.

LUTES, Walter H., president W. H. Lutes Co. (See vol. 1911.)

LUTKIN, Harris Carman, lawyer; b. Chicago, Oct. 20, 1886; s. Peter Christian and Nancy Lelah (Carman) Lutkin: A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1908, LL.B., 1910; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1910; city atty., Evanston, Ill., 1909-15; gen. practice since 1910; lecturer on real property and Ill. law, Northwestern Univ. Law Sch. Mem. Am. and Chi- cago bar assns., Beta Theta Pi. Episcopalian. Clubs: City, University of Evanston, Westmore- land Country, Home: 1330 Church St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

LUTKIN, Peter Christian, musician; b. Thomp- sonville, Racine Co., Wis: Mar. 27, 1858; s. Peter Christian and Hannah Susanna Define (Olivarius) Lutkin; cd. Chicago pub. schs., pvt. sch .; mus. edn., Mrs. Regina Watson (piano), Clarence Eddy (or- gan), and Frederick Grant Gleason (theory), Chi- cago; also piano under Oscar Raif (Berlin) and Moritz Moszkowski ( Paris), organ, August Haupt, theory, Waldemar Bargiel, Berlin; student Hoch- schule für Musik, Berlin, 1881-3, Leschetizky Piano Sch., Vienna, 1883; (hon, Mus. Doc., Syracuse Univ., 1900); m. Nancy Lelah Carman, of Chicago, Oct. 27, 1885. Organist, Cathedral SS. Peter and Paul, Chicago, 1871-81, St. James' Ch., Chicago, 1891-6; dir. theoretical dept., Am. Conservatory of Music, Chicago, 1888-95; prof. music since 1891, dean since 1897, Sch. of Music, Northwestern Univ. Conductor Evanston Mus. Club since 1894, Ravens- wood Mus. Club, 1896-1904, Chicago North Shore Festival Assn., 1909; lecturer on ch. music, West- ern Theol. Sem., Chicago, and Garrett Bibl. Inst., Evanston, Ill. A founder Am. Guild of Organists; pres. Nat. Music Teachers' Assn., 1911-12. Episco- palian. Independent Republican. Composer of ch. music. Joint mus. editor of official hymnal of M.E. Ch. and M.E. Ch., S. Contbr. to the Church Music Review, and to Music. Home: 1330 Church St., Evanston, Ill.

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Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1917, Part 140

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 782

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 782