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LUTTER, Henry J., brick mfr .; b. Hanover, Ger- many, Mar. 13, 1855; s. J. H. and Jnline ( Rorcas- tle) Lutter: brought to America, 1856; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Pauline Tille, of Chicago, 1877 (died 1895); m. 2d, Mary Motien, of Chicago, 1897; children: Henry W., Walter B., Olga, Adolph C., Fred M., Alfred W., Elmer W., Florence. Began at 16, in office of H. Von Langen, architectural engr .; entered brick mfg. business, 1878, as successor to father-in-law; incorporated the Lake View Brick Co., 1902, and now vice pres, same; in 1903 organ- ized the Lutter Brick Co., of which he is pres. and treas. Elected mem. City Council of Lake View, 1886-7; after annexation of Lake View to Chicago represented the 26th Ward, 1892-3. Address: 1503 Wellington Av.
LUTZ, Samuel G., railway official; b. Mt. Morris, Ill., Dec. 8. 1868; s. J. M. and Sarah (Garber) Lutz; A.B., Western Coll., Toledo, O., 1887; m. Cora B. Foreman, of Marshalltown, la., Feb. 22, 1892; children: Vera F., Jeannette. Began as stenogra- pher Ia. Central Ry., Nov. 6, 1890; in various cler- ical positions, same rd., until 1894, chief clk. frt. traffic dept., 1894-8, and asst. gen. frt. agt., 1898- 1904; asst. gen. frt. agt., Minneapolis & St. Louis R.R., 1904-8; traffic mgr. same rd. and Ia. Central Ry., 1908-9; gen. frt. agt., C.&A.R.R. and other rds., at Chicago. 1909-10; traffic mgr. Minneapolis & St. Louis and Ia. Central rys., at Minneapolis, 1910-14: general traffic manager, Aug. 1, 1914-July 24. 1917, vice pres. in charge of traffic since July 24, 1917, C.&A.R.R. Republican. Congregation- alist. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Traffic. Home: 850 Margate Terrace. Office: 1005, 608 S. Dear- born St.
LYDING, Mary Highsmith (Mrs. Joseph B. Ly- ding), soprano; b. DeWitt, Mo .; d. George R. and Emma Florence (McKinny) Highsmith; ed. Har- din Coll., Mexico, Mo .; Chicago Musical Coll .; stud- ied voice lessons with Herman Devries and Wil- helm Boeppler; m. Joseph B. Lyding, of Chicago, Dec. 31, 1913. Teacher Chicago Musical Coll., 1908- 13; soloist, Milwaukee Männerchor, 1911-13; Indi- anapolis Symphony Orchestra, Mar., 1914; chau- tauqua engagements, summer of 1916; soprano so- loist, St. Paul's Universalist Ch. and Zion Temple, Chicago. Mem. Hardin Coll. Advisory Bd. Mem. Chicago Artists' Assn. Democrat. Baptist. Club: Woman's Musical. Recreation: golf. Home: 5422 Ellis Av.
LYDON, William Anthony, president of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co .; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1863; s. Michael B. and Anna (Hopkins) Lydon; B.M., Lehigh Univ., S. Bethlehem, Pa., 1886, E.M., 1887; m. Clara Gertrude Keeley, of Chicago, Nov. 28, 1897: 3 children: Marion, Leila and Eugene. Civil engr. for City of Chicago, 1887-90; mem. firm Lydon & Drews Co., river and harhor contractors, 1891-1904; pres. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (successor to Lydon & Drews Co., and other cos.), since 1904. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Western Soc. En- grs., Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Quadrangle, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Engrs.', Chicago Yacht, Exmoor Country, Beverly Country, Olympia Fields Country. Recreation: yachting. Home: 4731 Grand Boul. Office: 104 S. Michigan Avenue.
LYDSTON, G(eorge) Frank, surgeon; b. Tuol- umne, Cal., 1858; s. George N. and Lucy A. Lyd- ston; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1879; m. Josie M. Cottier, of Chicago, 1884; children: Frances M., Josephine E. Honse staff, Charity Hosp., New York, 1879-81; resident sur- geon, N.Y. State Emigrant Hosp., 1881; lecturer genito-urinary diseases, 1882, now prof. genito- urinary surgery and venereal diseases, Coll. Phys, and Surg., Chicago; prof. criminal anthropology, Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law; surgeon-in-chief (gen- ito-urinary and venereal dept.), West Side Free Dispensary; surgeon to St. Mary's and Samaritan hosps. Fellow Chicago Acad. Medicine, A.M.A .: mem. Am. Urol. Assn., etc. Author: Stricture of Urethra; Text Book on Genito-Urinary and Ve- nereal Diseases; Varicocele and Treatment: The Surgical Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Tract; The Diseases of Society; Panama and the Sierras; Over the Hookah; Poker Jim, Gentleman, 1907; also other books of a gen. lit, character, Home: 4717 Greenwood Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St.
LYFORD, Harry Brooks, Wholesale hardware; b. Great Valley, N.Y., Jan. 14, 1861; s. late Oliver Smith and Lavinia A. (Norris) Lyford; ed. com- mon schs .; m. Josephine L. Goyette, of Cleveland, O., Feb. 15, 1883; 3 children: Edith L. Cobb, Charles Conover. Josephine L. Began in employ of Rich- ards & Conover Hardware Co., Kansas City, Mo., continuing 3 yrs .; connected with Hibbard, Spen- cer, Bartlett & Co., wholesale hardware, Chicago, since 1881, vice pres. since 1915. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Union League, Bob o' Link Golf. Recreations: bil- liards, golf, fishing. Home: 524 Briar Pl. Office: 303 N. State St.
LYFORD, Oliver Smith, railway vice pres .; June 19, 1823-Oct. 12, 1914. (See Who's Who in Amer- ica, 1914-15.)
LYFORD, Will Hartwell, lawyer; b. Waterville, Me., Sept. 15, 1858; s. Oliver Smith and Lavinia A. (Norris) Lyford; descendant of Colonial ances- tors, one of whom signed charter for Harvard Coll .; ed. Colby Coll., Waterville; m. Mary L. Mac- Comas, Nebraska City, Neb., Apr. 28, 1886; chil- dren: Gertrude and Calhoun. Asst. engr., 1879-80, stenographer for gen. supt., 1881-2, chief clerk to gen. mgr., 1882-3. claim agt., 1883-4, C.&E.I.R.R .; admitted to bar, 1884; asst. gen. solicitor, 1884-7, atty. in charge law dept., 1887-9, gen. solicitor, 1889-92, gen. counsel since Mar. 15, 1892, C.&E.1. R.R. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, University, South Shore Country, Chicago Golf (Chicago) ; Metropol- itan, Manhattan (New York). Home: Wheaton, 111. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
LYMAN, David Brainerd, lawyer; h. Chicago, July 11, 1871; s. David Brainerd and Mary Eliza (Cossitt) Lyman; A.B., Yale, 1895; student North- western Univ. Law Sch .; m. Edith Oliver Rowe, of N. Y. City, May 10, 1894; 1 son, David Brainerd, 3d. Admitted to Ill, bar, Aug., 1897; mem. firm Jack- son, Bushy & Lyman, 1899-1901, Lyman, Bushy & Lyman, 1901-7, Lyman, Lyman & O'Connor, 1907- 14, Lyman, Adams & Bishop since May 1, 1914; dir. Charles H. Besly & Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Clubs: Union League, Yale (Chicago) ; Yale (New York). Recreation: assisting dependent boys. Office: Title & Trust Bldg., Chicago.
LYMAN, David Brainerd, lawyer; Mar. 27, 1840- Apr. 8, 1914. (See Who's Who in America, 1914- 15.)
LYMAN, Edson W., insurance; died 1914. (See vol. 1911.)
LYMAN, James, engineer: b. Middlefield, Conn., Sept. 1, 1862; s. David and Catherine ( Hart) Ly- man; Ph.B., Yale, 1883; M. E. and M.M.E., Cornell, 1895; m. Anna J. Bridgman, of Boston, June 6, 1891; 1 son, Oliver B. (b. Aug. 23, 1892). Engr., The Edison Co., 1883-6, Metropolitan Mfg. Co., 1886-93; at Cornell Univ., 1894-5: General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y., 1895-9; engr., western dist. Gen. Electric Co., Chicago, 1902-11; mem. firm of Sargent & Lundy, mech. and elec. engrs., Chicago, since 1911. Life mem. and fellow Am. Inst. Elec, Engrs .; mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs. Clubs: University, Union League. Home: 1221 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 72 W. Adams St .. Chicago.
LYMAN, William, insurance; b. on farm in Jef- ferson Co., near Palmyra, Wis., Nov. 14, 1862; s. Luther H. and Amanda M. (Pratt) Lyman; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chicago, Apr. 23, 1891, Louise H., d. George H. Heafford; children: William H., George S. Connected with insurance offices since 1882; mem. firm of Lyman, Otis & Co., insurance, 1902- 06; since pres. Lyman, Ritchle & Co. Republican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: outdoor di- versions. Home: 5220 Blackstone Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
LYNAS, Thomas Richard, life underwriter; h. Balibay, Co. Monoghan, Ireland, Jan. 1, 1850; s. of Richard and Mary Jane (Courtney) Lynas; ed. in nat. schools of Ireland until 16; family came to America 1866, settling at Baltimore, where pur- sued studies through academic course; m. Eunice
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L. Newton, of Guthrie, la., Apr. 21, 1875; 2 chil- dren: Anne and Evelyn. Came to Chicago in 1873; began life underwriting, 1875, with the Washing- ton Life Ins. Co., later becoming asst. gen. agent for that company until 1885; mgr. since 1885, Aetna Life Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn., for Cook Co., 111., and Wis. and Northern Mich .; head of firm of Thomas R. Lynas & Co., consisting of himself, Al- bert E. Mielenz and Percy D. Smith. Mem. Chi- cago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor Country. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: II S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
LYNCH, Anna (Miss), miniature painter; b. El- gin, Ill., d. Timothy and Anna (Ryan) Lynch; ed. pub. schs., Elgin; Art Inst. of Chicago; also with Bouguerean, Simon and Mme. de Billemont-Char- don, Paris. Has exhibited in Paris Salon, at New York, Boston, Phila., Chicago, Washington, Pitts- burgh, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, etc .; has painted miniatures in Paris, Chicago and various other cities of the U.S. and Can .; bronze medal, San Francisco Expn., 1915; Arts Club Miniature Prize, 1917. Mem. Am. Soc. Miniature Painters, Chicago Soc. Miniature Painters, Chicago Soc. Ar- tists, Artists' Guild. Clubs: Arts, The Cordon. Home: 54 S. Crystal St., Elgin, Ill. Studio: 4 E. Ohio St., Chicago.
LYNCH, Frank Worthington, M.D. Removed to San Francisco, Cal. (See vol. 1911.)
LYNCH, James Damian, investments, Removed to Peterboro, N.H. (See vol. 1911.)
LYNCH, John A., banker; b. Chicago, June 11, 1853; s. Thomas and Ann ( Flanagan) Lynch; early edn. in pub. sch .; grad. Dyrenforth Coll., Chicago; m. Clara M. Schmahl, of Chicago, Jan. 21, 1896. On graduation entered distilling firm of H. H. Shufeldt & Co., but subsequently sold his interest and turned attention to banking; one of the organizers of the Nat. Bank of the Republic, of which has been pres. since Jan., 1892. Elected pres. Chicago Clearing House Assn., June, 1917. Governing mem. Art Inst., Chicago; pres. trustees St. Mary's Training Sch. since 1904; treas. Catholic Ch. Extension Soc .; Catholic Home Finding Assn, Clubs: Chicago, Bank- ers', Chicago Athletic, Edgewater Golf; also Bank- ers of America (New York), Recreation: traveling. Home: 3 Burton Pl. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.
LYNCH, Warren J., railway official. Removed to Quebec, Can. (See vol. 1911.)
LYNDE, Samuel Adams, lawyer. Removed to New York. (See Who's Who in America. )
LYON, George William, Jr., lawyer; b. Chicago. Mar. 22, 1878; s. George W. and Catherine ( Mur- phy) Lyon; ed, in parochial schs .; A.M., St. Igna- tius Coll., Chicago, 1899; LL. B., Lake Forest Univ., 1900; m. June 12, 1906, Eleanor R. Callahan; 6 chil- dren: Catherine M., Eleanor M., Agatha L., Alice B., Mary V., George W., 3d. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1900; mem. Lantry & Lyon, 1902-7; Flynn & Lyon since 1907. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Past state sec. Knights of Columbus. Home: 3216 Douglas Boul. Office: 539-541 The Rookery.
LYON, John Kellogg, lumberman; b. Ludington, Mich., July 17, 1880; s. Thomas R. and Harriet R. (Rice) Lyon; ed. in pub. sch., Ludington, to 1893; University Sch., Chicago, 1893-7, Chicago Latin Sch., 1898, Lawrence Scientific Sch. (Harvard), 1899-1901; m. Adelene Richardson, of Chicago, June 3, 1902. Home: Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
LYON, Richard Starkweather, grain commn .; b. Cleveland, O., Oct. 18, 1843; s. Richard T. and El- len M. (Starkweather) Lyon; A.B., Union Coll., Schenectady, N.Y., 1865. In business at Cleveland, 1866-75; at Chicago since 1875; with J. C. F. Mer- rill in firm of Merrill & Lyon, 1878-1912. Mem. Bd. of Trade (dir. 1892-6, vice pres. 1896-9, pres. 1899). Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Illinois (pres. 1905), University. Home: Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: 327 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
LYONS, Elias Ben, fire insurance; b. at Holly, Mich., Jan. 30, 1880; s. Nelson Gass and Rachel Mary ( Hedger) Lyons; ed. Armour Inst. Tech., Chicago; m. Bertha Stickel, of Springfield, Ill., Oct. 235 S. State St.
31, 1904; 2 daughters: Florence Stickel (deceased), Ella Rachel. Began in ins. business at Peoria, Ill., 1896; removed to Chicago; mng. underwriter Mer- chants Nat. Fire Ins. Co., 1915-17; since then with Conkling, Price & Webb; served as asst. actuary Ill. Ins. Dept., 1905-11; elected field sec. of The Insurance Federation of Ill., May 28, 1917. Repub- lican. Methodist. Mem. Lodge No. 540, A.F. and A.M .; Pawnee Tribe Redmen. Recreation: reading. Home: 438 Maple Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
LYONS, John Alexander, M.D., surgeon; b. Bel- fast, Ireland, 1853; s. John and Elizabeth ( Marks) Lyons; ed. day and night common schs .; M.D., L. I. Coll. Hosp., Brooklyn, 1889; m. Christina Elencr Eberwein, of Beardstown, Ill., Apr. 6, 1880. Prac- ticed in Chicago since 1889; gynecologist, Lakeside Hosp. since 1905. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons, Am. Assn. Obstetricans and Gynecologists; mem. A.M. A., Ill. State, Tri-State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Gynecol. Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Physicians' Club. Progressive Republican. Protes- tant. Club: Press. Recreation: travel. Home: 6932 Calumet Av. Office: 1220 Republic Bldg.
LYONS, John Frederick, librarian; b. Chandlers- ville, O., Sept. 13, 1878; s. Andrew and Isabel ( Stew- art) Lyons; A.B., Univ. of Wooster, O., 1901; B.D., McCormick Theol. Sem., 1904; post-grad. work Ed- inburgh Univ., Univ. of Marburg, Hartford Theol. Sem .; m. Julia Bechtel, of Wooster, O., Sept. 14, 1904. T. B. Blackstone fellow, McCormick Theol. Sem., 1904-6; Jacobus fellow, Hartford Theol. Sem., 1906-7; ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1904; pastor Brownsville, Ore., 1907-9, Newberg, Ore., 1909-12; librarian, McCormick Theol. Sem., since 1912. Dir. Olivet Camp, Olivet Inst., since 1914. Sec. Am. Theol. Librarians' Conf., 1916-17; mem. A.L.A., Chi- cago Soc. Bibl. Research, Chicago Theol. Faculties Union, Chicago Library Club (pres., 1917-18). Re- publican. Contbr. on religious and library topics. Recreations: tennis, walking. Home: 2351 Cleve- land Av. Office: 826 Belden A.v.
LYTTON, George, vice president and treas. The Hub; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 12, 1874; s. of Henry Charles and Rose (Wolfe) Lytton; ed. in Mich. Mil. Acad., Orchard Lake, and Harvard Sch., Chicago; m. Marian Schwarz, of Highland Park, Ill., Apr. 15, 1906; 2 daughters: Katherine, Rose- mary. Began as shipping clk. in The Hub (estab- lished by his father, 1887); has served in every dept. of the business, becoming vice pres. and treas., 1900. Served in Troop C, Ist Ill. Cav. 4 yrs. Pres. of The Forward Movement (summer outing and social settlement). Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Ill. Athletic, Hamilton, Chi- cago Yacht, Exmoor Country, South Shore Coun- try, Lake Geneva Country. Home: Highland Park, Jll. Office: 235 S. State St., Chicago.
LYTTON, Henry Charles, merchant; b. at N.Y. City, July 13, 1846; ed. pub. schs. and Coll. City of New York; m. Winnsboro, N.C., Sept. 13, 1871, Rose Wolfe (died 1916); children: Charles (died 1879), George, Walter, Beaumont (died 1914), Ger- trude (wife of A. Benziger, noted Swiss artist now living in New York). Entered business life as entry clk. in wholesale dry goods house at 17; bookkeeper in a St. Louis retail store from 18 to 21; returned to New York, and entered business in Ionia, Mich., with about $1,800 he had saved; thence to Grand Rapids, Mich., remaining 15 yrs .; failed in business, 1876, but paid up indebtedness in full many years later. Started in business at Indianapolis, 1884, but in 1887 came to Chicago and founded "The Hub" clothing store, and now incorporated as The Hub, of which is pres. Di- vides part of profits with clks. each year. Repub- lican. Life mem. Chicago Hist. Soc., Art Inst. Chi- cago. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton; Lotos (New York). Home: 2700 Prairie Av. Office: 235 S. State Street.
LYTTON, Walter, merchant; b. Indianapolis, 1884; s. Henry Charles and Rose (Wolfe) Lytton; m. Louise S., d. John H. Ware, of Chicago. Began as clk. in The Hub (established by father, 1887) and served in various depts. of which is now sec. and gen. mgr. Home: 2618 Lake View Av. Office:
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MAASS, Charles Fred, teaming. (See vol. 1911.) MAASS, J. Edward, banker; b. Chicago, Oct. 3, 1869; s. Frederick A. E. and Mary (Tesch) Maass; ed. common schs, and business coll .; m. Helen Mey- er, of Chicago, Aug. I, 1893; 1 son, Herbert J. Be- gan in employ of Am. Exchange Nat. Bank, Chi- cago, 1888, elected asst. cashier, 1895; bank con- solidated, 1898, with Nat. Bank of America, form- ing Am. Nat. Bank, of which was asst. cashier; Am. Nat. Bank was absorbed, 1900, by Corn Ex- change Nat. Bank, with which went as asst. cash- ier; was made cashier, 1914, and elected vice-pres., Jan., 1917. Mason (32º, Shriner). Clubs: Union League, Bankers', Ill. Athletic, Westmoreland Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 822 Forest Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MABBS, John Williams, packing, and steam spe- cialties; b. Chicago, Apr. 11, 1859; s. John and Jane P. (Williams) Mabbs; ed. Houghton (Mich.) High Sch. and Chicago Athenaeum; m. Frances S. Mc- Donell, of Detroit, Nov. 16, 1887; I son, John Ken- neth. Asst. engr. and electrician, Chicago Bd. of Trade, 1884-97; chief engr. same, 1897-1912; chief engr., Congress Hotel, Chicago, 1912-14; now pres. and treas, Mabbs Hydraulic Packing Co. Invented, and erected the Mabbs Electric high speed passen- ger elevators at the Chicago Bd. of Trade, 1890-2. Mem. Nat. Assn. Stationary Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs., Electric Club, Jovian League. Club: City. Home: 5300 Kenmore Av. Office: 431 S. Dearborn Street.
MacADAM, George Hartley, clergyman; b. Ke- wanee, Ill., March 10, 1864; s. William Henry and Adelaide Sarah ( Ellinwood) MacAdam; ed. common schs. and acad., Kewanee; De Pauw Univ., 1884-5; (A.M., Ft. Worth Univ., 1901, D.D., 1903) ; m. Flor- ence Elizabeth Ormsby, of North Platte, Neb., Sept. 7, 1887; 1 daughter, Ada Ormsby. Entered M.E. ministry, 1887, ordained, 1889; pastor Shelton, Neb., 1888-91, Grand Island, 1891-5, Deadwood, S.D., 1895-8, St. Paul's Ch., Ft. Worth, Tex., 1898-1901, Rogers Park, Chicago, 1901-2; pres. Ft. Worth Univ., 1902-5 (resigned) ; pastor First Ch., Madi- son, Wis., 1905-10, Trinity Ch., Louisville, Ky., 1910-11, Joliet, Ill., 1911-14, Epworth Ch., Chicago, since 1914. Republican. Mason (32º), Author: The Harps of God, 1914. Recreations: golf, shooting. Home: 5252 Kenmore Av.
MacARTHUR, see also McArthur.
MacARTHUR, Alfred, life insurance; b. at Sas- katchewan, Can., June 20, 1885; s. William Telter and Georgiana ( Welstead) MacArthur; married; 2 children: Georgiana, Robert Bruce. Entire business career with Nat. Life Ins. Co. of U.S.A., beginning in Chicago, 1907; now mgr. for northern Ill. for same company; pres. of Donaldson Pub. Co., Oak Leaves Co. (weekly newspaper); dir. Edgewater State Bank. Republican. Presbyterian. York and Scottish Rite Mason. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MacARTHUR, Archibald, contractor; June 15, 1834-1908. (See vol. 1911.)
MacARTHUR, Robert D., M.D .; b. at Glengarry, Ont., Can., Aug. 1, 1843; s. John and Margaret (MacMartin) MacArthur; grad. of Williamstown Grammar Sch., 1863; M.D., McGill Univ., Montreal, Can., 1867; m. Minna Beattie, of Montreal, Sept. 27, 1871; 1 daughter, Ida Belle. Engaged in prac- tice of medicine since 1867, at Chicago since 1871; apptd. prof. skin and venereal diseases, Chicago Policlinic, 1889; attending phys. in dermatology, Presbyn. and St. Joseph hosps., 1890. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Dermatol. Soc. Demo- crat. Clubs: Union, Mid-Day. Home: 1164 N. Dear- born St. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.
MACAULEY, John B., lawyer; b. Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 23, 1867; s. James A. and Jane R. (Mills) Macauley : A.B., Johns Hopkins, 1888; LL.B., Co- lumbian (now George Washington) Univ., 1892; m. Mary Y. Happer, of Washington, D.C., June 4, 1895; 2 children: John B., Jr., Mary J. Examiner in chief U.S. Patent Office, 1907-10; mem, patent law firm, Rector, Hibben, Davis & Macauley. Mem. Pat-
ent Law Assn. Progressive Republican. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Country, Evanston Golf, Bob o'Link Golf. Home: 933 Michigan Av., Evans- ton, Ill. Office: 332 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.
MacBRIDE, See also McBride.
MacBRIDE, Arthur Joseph, president MacBride Coal & Coke Co. Removed to New York. (See vol. 1911.)
MacBURNEY, Thomas Noble, vocal teacher; b. Decatur, Ill., Nov. 6, 1879; s. William and Cornelia Elizabeth (Laughlin) MacBurney; ed. Univ. of Chicago; m. Elsa Fern Smith, of Corning, Ia., June 5, 1912. Taught voice, at Paris, France, under King Clark, 1906-9; established studios in Fine Arts Bldg., Chicago, 1909. Baritone singer. Mem. Soc. Am. Musicians, Chicago Artists' Assn. Republican. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Ch. Club: City. Rec- reations: golf, tennis, fishing, swimming. Home: 6641 Minerva Av. Studio: 608-609 Fine Arts Bldg.
MacCHESNEY, Nathan William, lawyer; b. at Chicago, June 2, 1878; s. Lt. Col. Alfred Brunson (A.M., M.D., U.S.A.) and Henrietta (Milson) Mac- Chesney (M.D.); student Stanford, 1896-7; A.B., Univ. of the Pacific, 1898; student Univ. of Ariz .; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1902; m. Lona Frost, of Riv- erside, Ill., Dec. 1, 1904; 1 son, Alfred Brunson, 3d. Became sr. mem. law firm MacChesney & Becker, Chicago, 1902 (succeeding firm of Carter & Becker, estab., 1858) ; spl. asst. atty,-gen. since 1914. Gen. counsel Nat. Assn. of Real Estate Exchanges; vice pres. and counsel Edgewater State Bank; vice pres. William B. Walrath Co. Lecturer Coll. of Law of Univ. of Ill .; mng. editor Ill. Law Review; asso. editor Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Sec. Nat. Conf. on Criminal Law and Criminology, Chicago, 1909; pres. Ill. Commn. on Uniform State Laws since 1912; state del. Internat. Prison Con- gress, and Nat. Civic Federation, to Conf. on Uni- form Legislation, Washington, 1910; mem. Ill. Commn. to Nat. Conf. of Commrs. on Uniform State Laws (vice pres. since 1915); mem. Com. on Uniform Industrial and Ins. Legislation, Chicago Plan Commn., City Council Crime Commn .; law mem. State Bd. Examiners in Accountancy ; trustee Northwestern Univ., Northwestern Univ. Press (pres, and treas.); dir. United Charities, Olivet Inst. Lt. col.a.d.c. on staff of Gov. Deneen, 1907-11; later col. I.N.G., judge advocate gen. of Ill .; on staff judge advocate gen. U.S.A. with rank of major, 1917. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Am. Judicature Soc. (dir.), Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Am. Prison Assn., Nat. Econ. League (nat. council), Am. Polit. Science Assn., Am. Inst. Criminal Law and Criminology (pres. 1910-11), Am. Soc. Mil. Law (pres. since 1913), Internat. Vereinigung Für Rechts und Wirt- schaftsphilosophie, Conf. of Legal and Social Phi- losophy (exec. com.), Nat. Com. on Prison Labor (exec. com.), Nat. Civic Federation, Ill. State Bar Assn. (pres. 1915-16), Chicago Bar Assn., Soc. War of 1812 (pres. 1912-14), S.A.R., Sons of Vets. (past comdr.), Phi Delta Phi, Order of the Coif (nat. pres. 1910-13), Am. Legion (advisory council) ; hon. life mem. Chicago Hist. Soc., Ill. State Hist. Soc .; sec. Lincoln Centennial Memorial Com., 1909. Hon. life mem. Bldg. Mgrs.' Assn .; mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Assn. of Commerce; mem. Joint Commn. on High Pressure Water System. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Univer- sity, Union League, City, Chicago Law, Chicago Literary, South Shore Country, Lincoln Park Yacht, Men's of Hyde Park (pres, 1908-10) ; Army and Navy (New York). Author or Editor: Abraham Lincoln, The Tribute of a Century, 1910; The Sig- nificance of the War of 1812; The Prototype of American Citizenship; Uniform State Laws; French Contribution to American Life; Race Develop- ment; Principles of Military Law; National De- fense. Home: 568 Hawthorne Pl. Office: 30 N. La Salle St., Chicago, and 107 W. 42d St., New York, N. Y.
MacCLINTOCK, Samuel, editor, educator; b. at Bourbon Co., Ky., June 22, 1872; s. Alexander and Cornelia (Darnall) MacClintock; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1896, Ph.D., 1908; m. Helen, d. Charles Allen Marsh, of Chicago, June 2, 1910. Instr. Ar- mour Inst. of Tech., 1897-8; div. supt. of schs., P.I., 1902-5; Am. consul, Honduras, 1909-10; ednl. dir. and sec., LaSalle Extension Univ., since 1910.
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Editor "Personal Efficiency" (mag.); mng. editor vice pres. Mineral Products Corpn. (potash-alu- Business Administration Library and Interstate mina). Mem. Nat. Fertilizer Assn. (pres. 1904, 05), Commerce and Railway Traffic Library. Pres. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs. (chmn. Chicago sect. 1916. 17), A.A.A.S: mem. com. on chemicals Ad- visory Commn. of Council of Nat. Defense. Re- publican. Clubs: Union League, Saddle and Sir- Assn. of Doctors of Philosophy of Univ. of Chi- cago, 1915-16. Clubs: Quadrangle, City, Chickaming Country. Author: Aliens Under the Federal Laws of the United States, 1909. Home: 1229 E. 56th St. loin, Glen View (Chicago); Bankers', Whitehall Office: 4046 Michigan Av. (New York). Author of German and Other Sources of Potash Supply (Trans. Am. Inst. Mining En- grs.), 1915; also many articles on economic and agrl. subjects. Was one of com. of 3 aiding the Dept. of State in the so-called potash war with Germany, visiting Germany a number of times in this connection. Residence: Glen View Club, Golf, 111 .; Virginia Hotel (Nov .- Apr.), Chicago. Office: Armour Fertilizer Works, U.S. Yards, Chicago.
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