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MacCLINTOCK, William Darnall, college prof .; b. Elizaville, Ky., July 28, 1858; s. Alexander and Cornelia ( Darnall) MacClintock; A.B., Ky. Wesley- an, 1878, A.M., 1882; Johns Hopkins, 1880-2; Union Theol. Sem., 1883-5; British Mus., London, 1889, 92, 94; m. Lucia Porter Lauder, of Ky., July 7, 1886. Prof. English, 1881-98, sec., 1888-9, Chautauqua Coll., Plainfield, N.J .; prof. English, Wells Coll., 1889-91; asst. prof. English lit., 1892, asso, prof. and dean Jr. Coll., 1892-1909, prof. English lit. since 1900, dean Univ. Coll., 1900-5, Univ. of Chi- cago. Address: 5629 University Av.
MacCORMAC, see also McCormack.
MacCORMAC, Morton, proprietor of MacCormac Sch., b. Springville, la., Oct. 27, 1868; s. Rev. Wil- llam E. and Mary Jane (Neill) MacCormac; ed. Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, la., class of 1887; special course la. Commercial Coll., Davenport, and Cor- nell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y .; m. Mary Eglentine Cooper, of Sheridan, Wyo., Mar. 30, 1890. Taught in pub. and pvt. schs. 20 yrs., then taught accounting, commercial law and business ethics; organized, 1903, and since proprietor of the MacCormac Sch., Chicago; statistician and dir. Bureau of Economy, Bd. of Edn., Chicago. Mem. Chicago Assn. Com- merce; founder and twice pres. Woodlawn Busi- ness Men's Assn .; ex-pres. Nat. Commercial Teach- ers' Federation. Republican. Mason (32º, K.T., Shriner). Home: 6426 Kenwood Av. School: 1208 E. 63d St.
MacCRACKEN, William Patterson, M.D .; b. at Allegheny, Pa., May 20, 1863; s. Isaac and Isabel (Caldwell) MacCracken; ed. Western Univ. of Pa .; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1887; m. Mary Avery, of Aurora, N. Y., 1887; 1 son, William P., Jr. Came to Chicago, 1885; formerly prof. med. jurisprudence, and of theory and practice of medi- cine, Hahnemann Med. Coll. Mem. Am. Inst. Ho- mæopathy, Ill. Home. Med. Assn., Chicago Home. Med. Soc., A.M.A., 111. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Clin. Soc. (ex-pres.). First It. Med. Re- serve Corps, U.S.A. Republican. Mason (K.T., Shriner), Clubs: Kenwood, Mystic Athletic. Home: 1142 E. 46th St. Office: 32 N. State St.
MacDONALD, see also McDonald.
MacDONALD, Edward Valentine, M.D .; Feb. 14, 1859-Apr. 28, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)
MACDONALD, James, engineer, contractor; b. at Collingwood, Ont., Jan. 15, 1857; s. Donald and Elizabeth (Leach) Macdonald; ed. pub. schs., Col- lingwood; m. Laura Alma, d. William Wear, of Pe- terboro, Ont., May 17, 1881; children: Alma Etta, Mary Edna, Florence Marguerite, James Wear. Came to U.S., 1879; dir. Webster Mfg. Co., 1890- 1913; pres. Macdonald Engring. Co. since 1894. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs. Clubs: City, Union League. Home: 1225 Michigan Av., Evanston, Il1. Office: 949 Monadnock Blk., Chicago.
MacDONALD, William J., broker. (See vol. 1911.)
MacDOWELL, see also McDowell.
MacDOWELL, Charles Henry, president Armour Fertilizer Works; b. Lewistown, Ill., Oct. 21, 1867; s. John Ross (M.D.) and Ella (Burgett) MacDow- ell; ed. grammar and high schs., Lewistown, Ill .; business course, Il1. Wesleyan Univ., Blooming- ton; m. Janet Borland, of Chicago, Oct. 25, 1892. Identified with Armour & Co. since Jan., 1887; per- sonal stenographer and sec. to late Philip D. Ar- mour, 1888-94; started fertilizer works as dept. mgr., developing by-products, 1894, inc., 1910, as Armour Fertilizer Works, of which is pres .; with colleague developed alunite deposit at Marysvale, Utah, producing first commercial potash from ore made in America; pres. Tenn. Chem. Co. (Nashville), Planters' Fertilizer & Chem. Co. (New Orleans), Marietta Fertilizer Co. (Atlanta), etc .;
MACFARLAND, see also McFarland.
MACFARLAND, Henry Janes, vice president and treas. Law Bulletin Publishing Co .; b. Worcester Co., Mass., Aug. 9, 1837; s. Joseph T. and Eliza Ann (Colburn) Macfarland; ed. pub. schs. of Mass .; m. Boston, 1865, Carrie E. Gunnison; m. 2d, Lina Wheeler Cook, 1894; children: Henry J., Jr., Lanning. Began business career at Boston in the employ of the jobbing house of Potter, White & Bailey, 1855-67; came to Chicago, 1867, and was a partner in the house of M. D. Wells & Co., whole- sale boots and shoes, and on incorporation as M. D. Wells Co., 1903, was elected pres. of the company; became connected with the Law Bulletin Pub. Co., of which is now vice pres. and treas, Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Uni- tarian. Clubs: Chicago, Commercial, Calumet, South Shore Country, Glen View. Recreation: reading. Home: Park Ridge, Ill. Office: 179 W. Washington St., Chicago.
MACFARLANE, Charles Milne, director corpns .; b. Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 31, 1866; s. Alexander and Annabella (McMillan) Macfarlane; ed. pub. schs. and Normal Training Coll. for Teachers, Glasgow; m. Annie Wright Young, of Edinburgh, 1888; 2 children: Mrs. Jean Macfarlane Jones and Isabelle. Came to U.S., 1884; connected with Mor- ris & Co. since 1891; now vice pres., treas. and dir. Morris & Co. of Maine; dir. of Peoples Stock Yards State Bank, Stock Yards Savings Bank, Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank, Liberty Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago Cattle Loan Co. (Chicago), Drovers Cattle Loan Co. (Kansas City, Mo.), Nat. Cattle Loan Co., Nat. Stock Yards, Live Stock Cattle Loan Co. (Omaha), Union Rendering & Re- fining Co. (Omaha), Okla. Stock Yards Nat. Bank, Okla. Cattle Loan Co., Okla. City Junction Ry. (Okla. City), Am. Trust & Savings Bank, El Paso Cattle Loan Co. (El Paso, Tex.), St. Louis Nat. Stock Yards, St. Joseph ( Mo.) Stock Yards Co., Chamberlain & Co., John N. Ladensack Co., Wil- liam F. Mosser Co. ( Boston), South San Francisco Land & Improvement Co. Republican. Presbyte- rian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Bankers', South Shore Country, Kenwood. Home: 5132 Wood- lawn Av. Office: Union Stock Yards.
MacGEAGH, John Williams, banker; Sept. 2, 1841-Nov. 12, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)
MacGILL, see also Magill.
MacGILL, Alexander Dunlop, vice president and treas. Crane Co .; b. Greenock, Scotland, Oct. 20, 1842; s. Hugh and Agnes ( Thomson) MacGill: ed. Troon Acad., Scotland; m. Kalamazoo, Mich., Sept. 29, 1869, Emily Augusta Ayres; children: Alexan- der Dunlop, Jr. (died age of 20), Robert Ayres. Came to U.S., 1865; ticket agt. M.C.R.R., at Kala- mazoo, Mich .; with Crane Co., Chicago, since 1869, becoming dir., 1875, asst. treas., 1893, treas., 1905, and 2d vice pres. and treas., 1914. Republican. Mem. P.E. Ch. Mem. St. Andrew's Soc. Recreation: travel. Home: 5718 Sheridan Rd. Office: 836 S. Michigan Av.
MacHARG, William Briggs, author; b. at Dover Plains, N.Y., Sept. 18, 1872; s. William Storrs and Frances Eunice (Briggs) MacHarg; student Univ. of Mich., 1892-5; unmarried. Reporter, asst. Sun- day editor and Sunday editor, Chicago Tribune, 1899. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi. Club: Cliff Dwellers. Co-author (with Edwin Balmer): The Achieve- ments of Luther Trant, 1910; Surakarta, 1913; The
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Blind Man's Eyes, 1916. Contbr. to mags. Home: Evanston, 111.
MACK, Edwin Frederick, banker; b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 6, 1860; s. Christian and Marie (Schmid) Mack; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1883. Was cashier Bar- num Wire & Iron Works, 1884-5; teller, asst. cash- ier and cashier, Citizens' Savings Bank, Detroit, 1885-98; came to Chicago, 1899, as cashier Royal Trust Co., and vice pres. and cashier, 1903-9; vice pres. Central Trust Co. of Ill. since 1909; also vice pres. North Side State Savings Bank and Capital State Savings Bank. Clubs: Union League, Beverly Country. Home: 9309 Pleasant Av. Office: 125 W. Monroe St.
MACK, Gottlieb Henry, leaf tobacco; b. Bremen, Germany, Nov. 3, 1851; s. Gottlieb H. and Johanna (Kotzenberg) Mack; ed. schools of Bremen; twice married, Ist wife deceased; children: Gottlieb Henry, Jr., Marguerite; m. 2d, 1911. Came to U.S., 1867; was at N.Y. City, 1867-72; at Cleveland, O., 1872-90, establishing business there, 1876, and re- moving to Chicago 1890; since then head of firm Mack & Co. leaf tobacco. Mason (32°, K.T., Shrin- er). Mem. Swiss Benevolent Assn., German Be- nevolent Soc. Club: Germania. Recreations: read- ing and travel. Home: 435 Wrightwood Av. Office: 302 WV. Lake St.
MACK, Julian William, judge; b. San Francisco, July 19, 1866; s. William J. and Rebecca (Tandler) Mack; ed. pub. sch., Cincinnati, 1872-84; LL. B., Har- vard, 1887; Parker fellow, Harvard, 1887-90, at univs. of Berlin and Leipzig; m. Jessie Fox, of Cin- cinnati, Mar. 9, 1896; 1 daughter, Ruth. Admitted to bar, 1890; prof. law, Northwestern Univ., 1895- 1902, Univ. of Chicago since 1902. Civ. service com- mr., Chicago, Jan .- May, 1903; judge Circuit Ct. of Cook Co., Ill., 1903-11; assigned as judge of Juve- nile Ct., Chicago, 1904-7, as judge Appellate Ct., 1st Ill. Dist., 1909-11; judge U.S. Circuit Ct., since 1911; assigned to U.S. Commerce Ct., Feb. 4, 1911. Democrat. Former pres. Nat. Conf. Charities and Correction, Friends of Russian Freedom, Nat. Conf. Jewish Charities, Immigrants' Protective League, Infants' Welfare Soc .; ex-vice pres. Children's Hosp. Soc., Soc. for Social Hygiene; mem. exec. com. Chicago Sch. of Civics and Philanthropy, Chi- cago Tuberculosis Inst., Juvenile Protective League; dir. Civ. Service Assn., Playground Assn., Associated Jewish Charities, all of Chicago. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Clubs: Iro- quois, Harvard (ex-pres.), Chicago Literary, Law, City, Quadrangle, Union League (Chicago) ; Har- vard, Reform (New York) ; Cosmos ( Washington) ; Harvard (Boston). Address: Federal Bldg.
MACK, Louis William, lawyer; b. Chicago, July 15, 1888; s. Louis Henry and Catherine ( Belmont) Mack; A.B., Univ. of 111., 1906 ; student Univ. of Chi- cago Law Dept., 2 quarters, 1909; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1910; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1910, and since practiced in Chicago. Mem, III. State and Chicago bar assns., Legal Club, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Delta Sigma. Pres. Federa- tion of Young Men's Clubs; province pres. of Delta Province Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: City, Har- vard, Illini. Home: 2817 Pine Grove Av. Office: 1620, 134 S. LaSalle St.
MACKAY, see also Mckay.
MACKAY, James, vice president Kellogg-Mackay Co. (See vol. 1911. )
MacKECHNIE, Hugh Neil, surgeon; b. Paisley, Ont., Dec. 1, 1874; s. Neil and Hester (MacMillan) MacKechnie; grad. Walkerton (Ont.) High Sch., 1893; B.A., McMaster Univ., 1897; M.D., C.M., Trin- ity Univ., Toronto, 1901; F.T.M.C. (Fellow Trinity Med. Coll.), 1901; m. Nellie Dorcas Cohoon, of Avi- mer, Ont., Oct. 15, 1904; 2 children: Catherine Co- hoon, Hester Cohoon. Prof. surgery since 1910, now head of dept. of surgery, Loyola Univ. Coll. of Medi- cine: consulting surgeon, Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium; surgeon, Lakeside Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Phi Delta, Omega Upsilon Phi. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Olympia Fields Country, Sportsman's of America. Contbr. to med. jours. Recreations: outdoor sports, golf, motoring. Home: 7217 Merrill Av. Office: 7 W. Madison St.
MacKELLAR, see also Mckellar.
MacKELLAR, John Douglas, surgeon; b. Illyria, Ia., Oct. 13, 1883; s. Peter and Samantha MacKel- lar: M.D., Jenner Med. Coll., 1905, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.), 1906; studied Chicago Post- Grad. Sch., 1907. Practiced in Chicago since 1907; prof. clin. surgery, Jenner Med. Coll., since 1908, also sec. and treas. same coll .; attending surgeon, Am. Hosp .; examiner for Am. Nat. Red Cross, etc. Mem, A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Home: 6347 Kenwood Av. Office: 1377 E. 63d St.
MACKENZIE, see also Mckenzie.
MACKENZIE, Wentworth Parke, broker; b. at Hamilton, Can .; s. Alexander Innes and Matilda (Parke) Mackenzie; ed. Collegiate Inst., Hamilton, Can .; m. Mary Courtney Allen, of New Haven, Conn .; children: Mary Courtney, Alexander Innes. Engaged as broker in stocks and bonds since 1902; now partner firm of Shearson, Hammill & Co. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade, New York Cotton Exchange. Mem. British Empire Assn. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor Country, Evanston Coun- try; also Mount Royal, Beaconsfield Golf (Mon- treal, Can.); Minneapolis (Minn.). Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 407 Davis St., Evanston, Il1. Office: 200 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MACKIE, George William, secretary Falker & Stern Co. (See vol. 1911.)
MACKLIN, Charles George, picture frames; b. Buntingford, Hertfordshire, Eng., Sept. 21, 1859; s. Henry G. and Anne (Hyde) Macklin; ed. pub. schs. in Eng .; articled to pub, accountant in City of Lon- don, 1875-80 ; came to Chicago, 1880; m. Milwaukee, Wis., July 19, 1888, Margurette E. Birmingham; 3 children: Frances, Charles P., Mary. Bookkeeper for S. H. McElwain, picture frame maker, Chicago, 1880-3; for J. C. Newcomb, 1883-93; sec., treas. Newcomb-Macklin Co. until July 10, 1905, when be- came pres. Republican. Club: Kenilworth. Recrea- tion: horseback riding. Home: Kenilworth, 111. Of- fice: 4 W. Kinzie St., Chicago.
MACLAY, Otis Hardy, nose, throat and ear spe- cialist; b. Oakland, Cal., July 9, 1873; s. Rev. Wil- liam J. and Alvira (Hardy) Maclay; student Univ. of Mich., 1894-6; B.S., Northwestern Univ., 1897; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1901; m. Urma Connell, of Nashville, Tenn., June, 1902. Practiced in Chicago since 1901; mem, staff Wesley Hosp., and dept. of nose and throat, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Laryngol. and Otol. Soc. (secretary 1911-16, pres. 1916), Chi- cago Institute of Medicine. Has written various monographs on nose and throat subjects. Resi- dence: Hyde Park Hotel. Office: Suite 1905, 25 E. Washington St.
MacLEAN, see also McClean, also McLean.
MacLEAN, Annie Marion (Miss), sociologist: b. P.E.I., Can .: d. Rev. John A. and Christina (Mac- Donald) MacLean; A.B., Acadia Coll., N.S., 1893, A.M., 1894; Ph.M., Univ. of Chicago, 1897, Ph.D., 1900. Prof. sociology, Adelphi Coll., since 1906; prof. sociology, Nat. Training Sch. of Y.W.C.A., New York, since 1903; extension asst. prof. of soci- ology, Univ. of Chicago, since 1903. Conducted nat. investigation of labor of women for Nat. Bd. of Y.W.C.A., 1907-9; lecturer on sociol. subjects. Bap- tist. Mem, Am, Sociol. Soc., Assn. Collegiate Alum- næ, Woman's Trade Union League, Intercollegiate Suffrage League, Kappa Alpha Theta. Club: Wom- an's University (New York). Author: Wage Earn- ing Women, 1910; Mary Ann's Malady, 1913; Wom- en Workers and Society, 1916. Address: 1435 E. 60th St.
MacLEAN, M. Haddon, banker; b. P.E.I., Can., Dec. 27, 1873; s. Rev. John A. and Christina (Mac- Donald) MacLean; B.A., Acadia Coll., N.S., 1892; came to U.S., 1892; post-grad. work, Univ. of Chi- cago, 1892-5; student John Marshall Law Sch., Chi- cago, 1894-6; m. Pearl Emma, d. Norman Wait Har- ris, of Chicago, June 22, 1910; 3 children: Haddon Harris, John Bartlett, Gordon Gale. Identified with banking business since 1911; sec. Harris Trust & Savings Bank; vice pres. Harris Safe Deposit Co .; trustee Masonic Temple Trust; dir. Terre Haute (Ind.) Water Works Co. Trustee Methodist Dea- coness Orphanage. Republican. Clubs: University,
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Quadrangle, Union League, Engineers', Home: 5822 Blackstone Av. Office: Harris Trust & Savings Bank.
MacLEAN, Malcolm Appleton, sporting writer; b. Aurora, Ind., Apr. I. 1880; s, Rev. Thomas Wil- liam (LL.D.) and Frances Elizabeth (Appleton) MacLean: ed. Racine ( Wis.) Coll. Grammar Sch., 1896-9; Trinity Coll., Conn., 1899-1900; A.B., Univ. of Minn., 1903; m. Louise Agrell, of Chicago, Nov. 3, 1909: 1 son, Donald Rowe. Reporter, Chicago Tribune, 1903, Chicago Inter Ocean, 1904; ranching in Cal., and Ore., 1904-5; successively with Chica- go Inter Ocean, 1906, Chicago Chronicle, 1906-7, Chicago Record Herald, 1907-9, Chicago Examiner, 1909-10, Chicago Record Herald, 1910, Chicago Evening Post since 1911. Republican. Episcopal- ian. Clubs: Western Springs, Chicago Athletic, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Home: Western Springs, 111. Office: Evening Post, Chicago.
MacLEAN, Malcolm Bell, M.D., surgeon; b. Kin- cardine, Ont., Can., Feb. 4, 1879; s. Alexander and Jessie ( Bell) MacLean; ed. pub. schs., Kincardine, Superior, Wis., Detroit, Mich .; St. Louis Mo., Y.M. C.A .; pvt. tutors, Chicago; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll. and Hosp., Chicago, 1908; unmarried. In re- tail and wholesale optical business, Chicago and St. Louis, 1899-1904; asst. to supt., Hahnemann Hosp., Chicago, 1904-12; clin. instr. opthalmology and otology, Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1908-12; prof. ophthalmology, Ill. Post-Grad. Sch. of Medicine, since Feb., 1914; specializes in med. and surg. dis- eases of eye, ear, nose and throat; pres. Caulkins Voting Machine Co .; 1st vice pres, and treas. Nat. Loose Leaf Device Co. Fellow A.M.A .; mem. Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Acad. Sur- gery, A.A.A.S., Chicago Hist. Soc., Navy League of U.S., Nat. Security League, Art Inst. Chicago, Pi Upsilon Rho, Royal Arcanum. Progressive Re- publican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Playgoers, Arion (pres. 1914), Chesterfield Country, Chicago Motor. Author: The Tree of Life; also various published poems; editor Pi Upsilon Rho "Torch" for 3 yrs. Recreations : golf, fishing, theater, motoring. Home: 812 Waveland Av. Office: 1305 Heyworth Bldg.
MacLEISH, see also McLeish.
MacLEISH, Archibald, office manager Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co .; b. at Glasgow, Scotland; s. of Samuel Lindsay and Agnes (Frew) MacLeish; came to U.S., 1880; ed. in pub. schs. and Chicago Athenæum; m. Laura Wilson Noble, of Chicago, June 4, 1902. Has been identified with Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. since 1891; began as office boy, now office mgr. Formerly officer Ist Inf. I.N.G. Mem. Western Efficiency Soc., Ill. St. Andrew's Soc. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Hamilton, Oak Park, River Forest Tennis. Home: 511 N. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 29 S. State St., Chicago.
MacLEISH, John E., lawyer; b. Glasgow, Scot- land, May 13, 1879; s. Samuel and Agnes (Frew) MacLeish; grad. Lewis Inst., 1901; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, 1904; m. Gladys Thrift, of Village, Va., Aug. 9, 1906; 1 daughter, Virginia. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1904, and since practiced in Chicago; now meni. Scott, Bancroft, Martin & Stephens. Mem. Am., Ill, State and Chicago bar assns., Law Club. Clubs: Hamilton, Union League, City, Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 1620 Corn Exchange Bank Bldg., Chicago.
MacLEOD, Eben Erskine, chairman of Western Passenger Assn .; b. Newport, Hants Co., N.S., Aug. 30, 1866; s. Rev. John M. and Mary Amelia (Parker) Macleod; grad. Prince of Wales Coll., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Can., 1885; m. St. Albans, Vt., June 10, 1891, Katherine Sears Bailey. Began railway service as clk. in N.E. agt.'s office of the G.T.Ry., at Boston, 1885-8; ticket clk. B.&A.R.R., Boston, 1888-9; traveling pass. agt. at Boston, 1889-92, Canadian pass. agt. at Mon- treal, 1892-5, Southeastern pass. agt. at Pitts- burgh, Pa., 1895-8, asst. gen. pass. agt, at Topeka, Kan., Jan. 1-Dec. 1, 1898, and at Chicago, Dec. I, 1898-July 1, 1899, C.,R.I.&P.Ry .; chmn. Western Passenger Assn., Chicago, since July I, 1899. Epis- copalian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Evanston Country, Traffic, Glen View Golf. Home: Evanston, Il1. Office: 2150 Transportation Bidg,
MacMARTIN, Duncan R., M.D., surgeon; b. Mar- tintown, Ont., Can., Mar. 23, 1862; s. Duncan and Harry ( MacArthur) MacMartin; M.D., McGill Coll., Montreal, 1888. Practiced medicine and surgery at Toronto, 1888-9, Chicago since 1889; asso, prof. of surgery, Chicago Policlinic, since 1898; asso. surgeon, St. Luke's Hosp., since 1909, Henrotin Hosp. since it opened. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A. M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Physicians' Club, Chicago Pathol. Soc., Am. Urol. Soc., Chicago Urol. Soc. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Residence: Great North- ern Hotel. Office: 20 W. Jackson Boul.
MacMILLAN, see also McMillan.
MACMILLAN, John, commercial agent M.C.R.R. Co., Chicago; June 27, 1857-1916. (See vol. 1911.)
MacMILLAN, Thomas C., clerk U.S. District Ct. for Northern Dist. of Ill .; b. Stranraer, Wigtown- shire, Scotland, Oct. 4, 1850; s. James Hanna and Susan (Cumming) MacMillan; came with parents from Scotland to Chicago, 1857; ed. pub. schs., Cen- tral High Sch., and for a time, at old Chicago Univ .; (A.M., Ill, Coll., Jacksonville, 1885; LL.D., Knox, 1911); m. Mary C. Goudie, of Na-au-say, Kendall Co., Ill., 1883; children: Jeanie H. M. (Mrs. Fred Herbert Pocock, of Fort Wayne, Ind.), James H. (Detroit), William Hugh (LaGrange, Ill.). In various positions on staff Chicago Inter Ocean, Jan., 1873-96: apptd. clerk U.S. Dist Ct., Jan. 1, 1896. Mem. Cook Co. Bd. of Edn., 3 yrs., during which time, with John F. Eberhart and Albert G. Lane, introduced free kindergartens in Cook Co .; mem., by appmt. of Mayor Carter H. Harrison, Sr., of Chicago Public Library Bd., 5 yrs .; mem. Il1. legislature (lower house), 1884-8, senate, 1888-92; mem. of commn. which drafted Chicago Sanitary Dist. Act, and chmn. senate com. on waterways, which secured passage of this act; chmn. senate com. on World's Fair, which secured $800,000 ap- propriation from the state for the expn. Repub- lican. Pres. Ill. Congl. Home Missionary Soc. 10 yrs .; moderator Ill. Gen. Congl, Assn., 1899; pres. Chicago Congl. Club, 1900-1; moderator Nat. Coun- cil, 1907-10; 1st vice pres. Internat. Congl. Council, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1908; 1st pres. Am. Congl. Deaconess Assn .; corporate mem. A.B.C.F. M .; vice pres. Am. Missionary Assn .; pres. Cook Co. Child-Saving Conf .; trustee Chicago Theol. Sem. several yrs .: mem. bd. mgrs. Ill. State Reforma- tory at Pontiac, 1897; mem. Chicago Civic Federa- tion 7 yrs .; had charge of bills for civil service, tax reform, primary elections, etc., which became laws by act of legislature; mem. Chicago Charter Conv .; author and had charge and secured passage of first woman's sch, suffrage act in Ill., 1891. Trustee Ill. Coll., Jacksonville, 15 yrs .; trustee Tougaloo Univ., Miss .; pres. LaGrange Sch. Bd. 4 terms. Pres. Ill. St. Andrew Soc. 2 terms. Clubs: Chicago City, Congregational. Home: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 601 Federal Bldg., Chicago.
MacMILLAN, William Duncan, astronomer, mathematician; b. LaCrosse, Wis., July 24, 1871; s. Duncan D. and Mary Jane ( MacCrea) MacMillan; prep. edn. LaCrosse High Sch .; Lake Forest Coll., 1888-90; Univ. of Va., 1895; Ft. Worth Univ., 1896- 98; A.M., Univ. of Chicago, 1906, Ph.D., 1908; un- married. Research asst. in geology, 1907-8, asso. in mathematics and astronomy, 1908-9, instr. as- tronomy, 1909-12, asst. prof. since Oct. 1, 1912, Univ. of Chicago. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Math. Soc., Astron. and Astrophys. Soc. America. Clubs: Quadrangle, University. Address: 5142 Kim- bark Av.
MacMURRAY, James E., president Acme Steel Goods Co .; b. in Knox Co., Mo., Aug. 7, 1862; s. Fletcher and Miranda (Green) MacMurray; ed. country dist. schs .; grad. law and lit. courses, Chaddock Coll., Quincy, III., 1884; practiced law until 1890; m. Jennie A. Bubel, of Chicago, July 4, 1908; 3 children by former marriage: Miriam, Don- ald, Isabel. Entered mfg. business at Quincy, 1890; removed to Chicago, 1899; pres. Acme Steel Goods Co. since 1890; sec. Am. Tag Co. since 1898. Repub- lican. Methodist. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Hamilton. Recreations: golf, mo- toring; collector of paintings and etchings. Home: 4932 Lake Park Av. Office: 2834 Archer Av.
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MACOMBER, Frank Bartlett, mfr. (See vol. minister St. Chrysostom's Ch .. Chicago, since June, 1911.)
MACOMBER, Frank Lincoln, vice pres. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co .; b. Milo, Me., Jan. 23, 1864; s. Henry Ward and Katharine (Coombs) Macom- ber; moved to Ia. with parents at 2 yrs. of age; ed. Ia. (now Grinnell) Coll., Grinnell; LL.B., State Univ. of la., 1886; m. Harriet Maze, of Carroll, Ia., Dec. 15, 1886; 3 children: Donald M., Katharine P. (Mrs. G. M. McConnell), Dorothy. Admitted to Ia. bar, 1886, and practiced in partnership with father, at Carroll, 1886-9; moved to Chicago, 1889; became atty. for Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., 1889, and in 1891, entered credit dept., of which has been mgr. since 1900, also dir. of the company and vice pres. since 1916; also treas., dir. Merchants' Light- erage Co .; dir. Protection Mut. Ins. Co. Republic- an. Clubs: Union League, Edgewater Country, Edgewater Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: 6321 Kenmore Av. Office: 303 N. State St.
MACOY, ses also McCoy.
MACOY, Earl H., lithographer and printer; b. at Ottumwa, Ia., Feb. 18, 1881; s. Eugene Hartwell and Theresa L. (Chambers) Macoy; ed. pub. schs., and Armour Inst., Chicago; m. Carrie Kling, of Des Moines, Ia., Apr. 15, 1904; children: Eugene, Wilson, Became identified with printing and litho- graphing business under father 1902, and succeed- ed as pres. Nat. Printing & Engraving Co., 1906. Mem. Nat. Assn. Employing Lithographers. Re- publican. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Home: 5756 Blackstone Av. Office: 1512 Tribune Bldg.
MACQUARRIE, David Oliver, manager Corbin Cabinet Lock Co .; b. Ontario, Can., Dec. 30, 1863; s. John and Eleanor (McLelland) Macquarrie; ed. schs. of Ont .; came to Chicago, 1890; m. Josephine A. Cummings, of Chicago, Oct. 9, 1895 (died May 10, 1910). Mgr. in Chicago and sec. Corbin Cabinet Lock Co., mfrs. of locks, since 1890. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hardware, Edge- water Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 921 Wilson Av. Office: 66 E. Lake St.
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