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nected with the Chicago Gravel Co. (est. 1888), of married. Connected with the Calumet Baking Pow- which is now vice pres, and gen. mgr. Democrat. der Co. since 1892, vice pres, since 1896. Mem. Am. 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- R. Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, Glen View, bany, N.Y., Feb. 12, 1859; s. Charles Wesley and Evanston Country, University Club of Evanston; Catharine Jane (Bruyn) ReQua; ed. pub. and pvt. also Yale (New York). Home: Evanston, Ill.
'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) Renter; 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- Boul. Office: 25 E. Jackson Boul.
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.
Chem. Soc., Alpha Delta Phi. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Home: 2652 Lake View Av., Chicago, and Coronado, Cal. Office: 4100 Fillmore St., Chicago.
REW, Irwin, president Nat. Gas & Water Co .; b. Buffalo, N.Y., Mar. 11, 1868; s. Henry C. and The- resa M. (Irwin) Rew; prep. edn. Albany (N.Y.) Acad .; Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1889; m. Katharine, d. William E. Jones, of St. Louis, June 4, 1902; chil- dren: Theresa, Ada K., Elinor. Began as clk. for A. O. Slaughter & Co., Chicago, 1890. Identified with the Nat. Gas & Water Co. as treas., 1892-6. and pres. since 1896. Also dir. Chicago Auditorium Assn. Elected trustee of Northwestern Univ., 1908. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange, Am. Gas Inst., S.A.
Office: 108 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
REX, Frederick, municipal reference librarian; b. Chicago, Nov. 8, 1880; s. Theodore and Mathilde (Voss) Rex; ed. pvt. and pub, schs .; Univ. of Chi- cago; unmarried. Reference librarian Chicago Pub, Library, 1903-6; asst. city statistician, 1906-13; municipal reference librarian since Mar., 1913. Sec. Chicago Municipal Markets Commn., 1913-15; sec. Chicago Commn. on the Liquor Problem, 1915-16; sec. Chicago Municipal Flag Commn., 1915-17. Mem. A.L.A., Special Libraries Assn., Nat. Municipal League. K.P. Evang. Lutheran. Clubs: City, Social Service Country, Chicago Library. Author: Mu- nicipal Dance Halls, 1914; Municipal Flags, 1916. Wrote Report on Municipal Markets in Relation to Cost of Living; Report on Practical Plan for Re- lieving Destitution and Unemployment in City of Chicago (both compiled for the Chicago Municipal Markets Commn.). Recreation: motoring. Home: 4837 North St. Louis Av. Office: 1005 City Hall.
REXFORD, Henry Lee, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.) REYNOLDS, Arthur, banker; b. Panora, Ia., Mar. 10, 1868; s. Elijah Jackson and Mary (Anderson) Reynolds; Ia. (now Grinnell) Coll., 2 yrs .; m. Ber- tha Goodrich, of State Center, Ia., Oct. 7, 1902. Partner in drug business 10 yrs .; asst. cashier, and cashier, Guthrie Co. Nat. Bank, Panora, Ia., 1888- 95; cashier, 1895-7, pres., 1897-1915, Des Moines Nat. Bank; now 1st vice pres., dir. Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Chicago, also vice pres., dir. Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank. Republican. Mem. Am. Bankers' Assn. (exec. council, 1902, chmn. federal legislative com., 1905- 11, treas., 1910, chmn. exec. council, 1911, 1st vice pres., 1912, pres., 1913-14). Author of monographs: The Aldrich Plan: Our Banking Future; Some Needs for Banking Reform; How May We Avoid a Money Trust? Currency Reform and Segregation of Savings Deposits. Home: Glencoe, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
REYNOLDS, Arthur Rowley, M.D .; b. Meaford, Ont., July 21, 1854; s. James and Sarah (Wilkin- son) Reynolds; ed. pub. schs .; matriculated To- ronto Univ .; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1876; m. Mrs. A. G. Cone, of Chicago, 1908. Engaged in practice in Chicago, 1882; health commr. Chicago, 1893-5 and 1897-1905. Apptd. 1st It. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A., 1911; commd. capt. Med. Officers' Reserve Corps U.S.A., July, 1917. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Club: South Shore Country. Contbr. to mags. and med. jours .; wrote memoirs of 3 Chicago and Ill. pub. health officers (bull. Soc. of Med. History, Chicago, 1912); also 5 articles published in The American: What You Should Know About Pneu- monia; Why Men Are Bald; Those Rheumatic Twinges; Toe In (why so many feet hurt); Do You Eat Enough Roughage. Home: 4148 Drexel
REYNOLDS, Earle Hay, banker: b. Hastings, Neb., May 13, 1887; s. George McClelland and Eliz- abeth (Hay) Reynolds; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), 1909; m. Mary Scudder, of St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 20, 1915. Became connected with the South Side State Bank after leaving college, 1909.
REW, George Campbell, vice president Calumet Baking Powder Co .; b. Chicago, July 31, 1869; s. Francis Edward and Harriet Brady (Campbell) continuing 116 yrs .; with the Peoples Trust & Sav- Rew; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; Ph.G., Univ. of Ill., ings Bank of Chicago since 1910, pres. since 1913. 1889; B.S. in Chemistry, Univ. of Mich., 1892; un- Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Uni-
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versity, Industrial, Old Elm, Onwentsia. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring, etc. Home: 1235 Astor St. Office: 138 8. Michigan Boul.
REYNOLDS, Elsbery Washington, Jr., publisher; b. Harper, Kan., Sept. 8, 1889; s. Elsbery Washing- ton and May ( Miller) Reynolds; ed. pub. schs., Chi- cago; grad. Morgan Park Acad., 1910; m. Myrtle Edith Tyrrell, of Oakes, N.D., Jan., 1913; 2 chil- dren: Elsbery W., 4th, Barbara Elizabeth. Has been identified with the Book Supply Co., publishers and booksellers, of which father is pres., since 1910; vice pres. same since 1913. Mem, bd. dirs. Morgan Park Mil. Acad. since Jan., 1915. Republican. Bap- tist. Mason. Recreation: athletics. Home: 11241 Lothair Av. Office: 231 W. Monroe St.
REYNOLDS, Frank P., lawyer. (See vol. 1911.) REYNOLDS, George McClelland, banker; b. at Panora, Ia., Jan. 15, 1865; s. Elijah Jackson and Eliza ( Anderson) Reynolds; grad. Guthrie Co. High Sch., 1879; m. Elizabeth Hay, of Panora, Oct. 15, 1884; 1 son, Earle Hay. Clerk Guthrie Co. Nat. Bank, 1879-86; in farm loan and real estate mort- gage business, Neb., 1886-8; cashier and mgr. Guth- rie Co. Nat. Bank, 1888-93; cashier, 1893-5, pres. 1895-7, Des Moines (la.) Nat. Bank; cashier, 1897- 1902, vice pres., 1902-6, pres. Jan. 1, 1906-Aug. 1, 1910, Continental Nat. Bank, Chicago, which was consolidated with Commercial Nat. Bank, Aug. 1, 1910, as Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, of which has since been pres .; also pres. Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank, Hibernian Banking Assn .; dir. Federal Reserve Bank of Chi- cago, Peoples Trust & Savings Bank, Guthrie Co. Nat. Bank of Panora, Des Moines (Ia.) Nat. Bank. Vice pres. Chicago Clearing House Assn., 1906, 07, mem. Clearing House Com. since 1907. Pres. Am. Bankers' Assn., 1908. Accompanied Nat. Monetary Commission to Europe, as adviser, 1908. Declined portfolio of Sec. of Treasury in President Taft's cabinet, 1909. Pres. Citizens War Bd. of Chicago, 1917. Republican. Clubs: Industrial (pres. 1907), Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Bankers'. Hamilton, Exmoor Country, South Shore Country, etc. Home: 1444 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St.
REYNOLDS, Henry James, M.D .; b. at Meaford, Ont., Apr. 26, 1852; s. James and Sarah ( Wilkin- son ) Reynolds; ed. Toronto Univ .; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1875 (Mott Prize): m. Mrs. W. H. Reed, of Chicago, Oct. 4, 1911. Practiced in Mich., 1875-83, since in Chicago; specialist in skin diseases and diseases of the genito-urinary organs. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: travel, hunting, fishing. Home: 2013 Prairie Av. Office: 25 E. Jackson Boul.
REYNOLDS, John Parker, retired; Mar. 1, 1820- Mar. 27, 1912. (See Who's Who in America, 1912- 13.)
REYNOLDS, Montgomery A., insurance; b. at Woodstock, Ulster Co., N. Y., Oct. 29, 1850; s. Wil- liam H. and Harriet R. (Sagendorf) Reynolds; ed. pub. schs. of N.Y .; m. Emma S. Turner, of Stan- ton, Mich., Oct. 5, 1875 (died May 12, 1880); chil- dren: Hattie R. and Florence E .; m. 2d, Carrie E. Barnett, of Stafford, Genesee Co., N.Y., Oct. 11, 1883. In mercantile business, Stanton, Montcalm Co., Mich., 1874-6, and milling business, same place, 1877-90; sec. Mich. State Millers' Assn. and in ins. business, Lansing, Mich., 1891-5; adjuster of fire losses, Chicago, 1895-1905; sec. and dir. Millers' Nat. Ins. Co. since 1906. Was mayor of Stanton, Mich. Presbyterian. Club: Ill. Athletic. Home: 5543 Lakewood Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
REYNOLDS, Myra, educator; b. at Troupsburg, N.Y .; A.B., Vassar, 1880, A.M., 1892; fellow Univ. of Chicago, 1892-4. Ph.D., 1895. Instr. English, Wells Coll., Aurora, N.Y., 1880-2; instr. English lit., Vassar, 1885-92; asst. in English, 1894-5, instr., 1895-7, asst. prof., 1897-1902, asso, prof., 1903-11, prof. since 1911, Univ. of Chicago. Author: The Treatment of Nature in English Poetry from Pope to Wordsworth. Compiler: Selections from the Poetry of Alfred Tennyson; Selections from the Poetry of Robert Browning; The Poetry of Lady Winchelsea Address: Foster Hall, University of Chicago.
REYNOLDS, Wellington Jarard, artist; b. Chi- cago, Apr. 9, 1866; s. of Joseph Smith and Susan (Owen) Reynolds; student Art Institute Chicago; Royal Acad., Munich, Bavaria; Univ. of Munich; Julien Acad., Paris; unmarried. Represented in Univ. of Chicago; Piedmont Gallery, and Golden Gate Park Mus., San Francisco; North End Wom- an's Club, etc. Instr. Art Inst. Chicago. Mem. Chi- cago Soc. Artists. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers', Palette and Chisel. Address: 5 E. Ontario St.
RHETT, William Means, railway service. (See vol. 1911.)
RHODE, Paul Peter, bishop. Removed to Green Bay, Wis. (See Who's Who in America.)
RHODES, John Edwin, M.D .; b. Bath, Summit Co., O., Feb. 12, 1851; s. John and Rebecca Clark (Smith) Rhodes; A. B., Univ. of Chicago, 1876, A.M .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1886; m. at Sacramento, Cal., Anna Louise White, of Chicago, July 12, 1877; children: John Edwin, Jr., Margaret. After gradu- ation, 1876, engaged in wholesale iron, steel and hardware business in Sacramento, then took med. course, and after study and travel in Europe for several mos. began gen. practice in Chicago, but soon confined practice to diseases of the throat, nose and chest; prof. laryngology and otology, Rush Med. Coll .; formerly prof. physical diagnosis and clin. medicine, Woman's Med. Coll .; laryngologist to St. Mary's of Nazareth Hosp., and Home for Destitute Crippled Children; apptd. 1st It. Med. Re- serve Corps, U.S.A., Feb., 191]. Mem. Am. Laryn- gol. Assn., Chicago Laryngol, and Otol. Soc., A.M. A., Inst. of Medicine Chicago, Ill. State and Chi- cago med. socs., Soc. Med. History Chicago, Alumni Assn. Rush Med. Coll. (pres.), Delta Kappa Ep- silon, Physicians' Club. Republican. Baptist, Clubs: Chicago Athletic, University. Contbr. many articles to med. jours. and socs. in his specialty; compiled History of Rush Medical College (with Dr. Norman Bridge) ; compiled a pocket dose book that has had a circulation of over 10,000 copies. Recreations : all athletic sports. Home: 1358 E. 58th St. Office: 1417 Peoples Gas Bldg.
RICARDO, Daniel E., surgeon; b. London, Eng., June 15, 1873; s. Emanuel D. and Sarah (de Mer- cado) Ricardo; ed. Univ. of Amsterdam, Holland; M. D., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of 111.), Chicago, 1905; m. Justine Friend, of Cincinnati, Aug. 1, 1910; 1 daughter, Jeanne Mary Louise. Came to U.S., 1889; practiced at Chicago since 1905, now special- izing in orthopedic surgery; health officer, Chicago Health Dept., 1906-10; prof. practice of medicine, Chicago Hosp. Coll. of Medicine, also trustee; sur- geon to Ft. Dearborn Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Democrat. Jewish religion. Mason. Home: 7238 Yates Av. Office: 25 E. Wash- ington St.
RICE, Arthur Louis, publisher, mechanical engi- neer; b. Barre, Mass., May 14, 1870; s. Henry Ed- ward and Elizabeth Fitch (Rawson) Rice; B.S., Worcester (Mass.) Poly. Inst., 1891, E.E., 1893; M.M.E., Cornell Univ., 1896; m. Anne E. Cook, of Barre, Mass., June 29, 1893; children: Kingsley C., Elizabeth B., Arthur L., Jr. In charge of steam engring. lab., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1892-5; in charge dept. applied electricity, Pratt Inst., Brook- lyn, 1896-1901; consulting engr., and asst. sec. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., New York, 1901-3; editor The Engineer, Cleveland and Chicago, 1903-8; mng. edi- tor Practical Engineer, Chicago, 1908-11; consult- ing engr. on power plant constrn. and operation, and consulting engr. and mem. advisory bd. La Salle Extension Univ., 1909-10; treas. Technical Publishing Co. since 1910. Trustee Wilmette Pub. Library. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech, Engrs., Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Nat. Soc. Stationary Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs. Mason. Clubs: City, Advertising. Recreations: golf, motor- ing. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 537 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
RICE, Charles Lewis, retired mfr. (See vol. 1911.)
RICE, E(ri) Perry, M.D .; b. Adams, N.Y., Aug. 1, 1859; s. Jason Clark and Agnes Delilah (Harring- ton) Rice; ed. pub. schs .; Hungerford Collegiate Inst., Adams; Colorado State Sch. of Mines; Univ. of Denver Med. Dept .; admitted to practice by
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Colo. State Bd. of Med. Examiners, 1886; M.D., Acad .; m. Annie L. Lawrenson, of Wigen, Eng., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1889; m. Mamie Wood- worth, of Elgin, Ill., Jan. 8, 1891; I daughter, Ma- rion Elaine. Began practice at Denver, Colo., 1886; settled at Chicago, 1889; specializes in treatment of ear, throat and nose. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Physicians' Club. Mason (K.T., Shriner), K.P. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Town and Country. Recreations: boating, fishing. Home: 2315 Jackson Boul. Office: 343 S. Dearborn Street.
RICE, Ervin Alvin, pres. Ervin A. Rice Co .; b. Medina, Mich., Aug. 12, 1857; s. Alvin D. and Jane (Drown) Rice; ed. Adrian (Mich.) Coll .: m. Olive .J. Parsons, of Clayton, Mich., Dec. 23, 1879; 3 chil- dren: Victor S., H. Vivian (Mrs. J. M. Gilchrist), O. Vera (Mrs. H. R. Mills). Settled at Chicago, 1877, and soon became connected with the South Water St. market as mdse. broker; Chicago mgr. for T. E. Dougherty Co., 1891-6; established busi- ness on own account as Ervin A. Rice Co., 1896, retiring in 1908, and succeeded in active manage- ment by son; pres. Ervin A. Rice Co .; vice pres. and dir. Englewood State Bank. Independent Dem- ocrat. Liberal in religious views. Mem. Engle- wood Lodge A.F. and A.M .; Englewood Chapter R.A.M .; Englewood Commandery No. 59, K.T. (Past Comdr.); Oriental Consistory S.P.R.S .; Medinah Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. Author: Why Are We Here? and miscellaneous articles and verses of religious and philosophic nature. Club: Beverly Country. Recreation: study of the problem of life as pre- sented in the best religious and philosophic thought of the world. Home: 6615 Yale Av.
RICE, Ethel, M.D .; b. at Seymour, Wis., Nov. 8, 1877; d. of Thomas Charles and Viretta Cordelia (Fuller) Rice; ed. pub. schs., Ellendale, N.D., and Escanaba, Mich .; M.D., Harvey Med. Coll., Chicago, 1902; post-grad. work Rush Med. Coll. and St. Luke's Hosp. Lab., also Chicago Athenaeum, Bar- rett Inst., Gordon Detwiler Inst. (Spanish) ; m. Herman Ufer, of Louisville, Ky., May 16, 1908. Asst. to Dr. Frances Dickinson, Harvey Med. Coll., 1902; with Palmyra Springs (Wis.) Sanitarium, 1903; asst. to Dr. L. L. McArthur, Chicago, 1904-8; with Murine Eye Remedy Co., 1909-10; asst. to Dr. John Ridlon, 1910-11, Dr. E. L. Lobdell, 1911-16. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Woman's Med. Club, Woman's Div. Nat. Bur. for Advancement of Patriotism. Mem. A.O.U.W. Clubs: After Dinner, Young Woman's of Fourth Presby- terian Ch. Home: 158 W. Chicago Av. Office: Mar- shall Field Bldg.
RICE, F. Willis, editor and publisher; b. Dexter, Penobscot Co., Me., Oct. 9, 1848; s. John H. and Grace Elizabeth (Burleigh) Rice; ed. Monson (Me.) Acad .; Foxcroft (Me.) Acad .; Little Blue Sch., Farmington, Me .; Alexander Inst., While Plains, N.Y .; m. Annie Rebecca Dyer, of Boston, Jan. 4, 1876 (died Nov. 26, 1912). Removed to Chicago, 1873, and for 2 yrs. was interested in ry. constrn .; established, May 12, 1875, the National Hotel Re- porter, the first publication in the interest of ho- tels and resorts in the U.S., and has continued it on the same lines ever since. Republican. Episco- palian. Club: Chicago (exec. com. 6 yrs. and sec. and treas, 2 yrs.). Residence: Virginia Hotel. Of- fice: 1600 Auditorium Tower.
RICE, Fletcher C., railway official; Jan. 10, 1844- 1916. (See vol. 1911.)
RICE, Frank Burdette, flour milling; b. Milwau- kee, Wis., Feb. 6, 1860; s. Romanzo B. and Dorcas S. (Davidson) Rice; ed. pub. schs. and business coll., Milwaukee; m. Mildred N. Vary, of Milwau- kee, July 20, 1881; children: Lawrence E., Mrs. Hazel Rice Swift. Entered employ R. B. McElroy, grain dealer, Milwaukee, 1877; then with the E. Sanderson Milling Co., 1892; became mgr. Star & Crescent Milling Co., Chicago, 1898, now vice pres. and sec. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade (dir. 1907-10, 2d vice pres. 1912, 1st vice pres. 1913). Republic- an. Presbyterian. Club: Birchwood. Recreation: traveling. Home: 7204 Sheridan Rd. Office: 900 Royal Ins. Bldg.
RICE, Frank M., insurance: b. Lee Co., Ja., Jan. 9, 1866; s. William Otis and Martha Ann (Morgan) Rice; ed. pub. schs., Lee Co., Ia .; Denmark (Ia.)
Oct. 3, 1899; 3 children: Fred W., Lawrence A., Florence A. Began in ins. business at Des Moines, Ia., 1885; vice pres., mgr. Des Moines Fire Ins. Co., 1901-7; removed to Chicago, 1907, and became mem. firm of Douglas Bros. & Rice; vice pres. and mgr. Chicago Underwriting Agency since 1916; also vice pres. Wabash Fire Ins. Co. of Wabash, Ind .; sec., treas. Iowa Colony Preserving Co., Arcola, Tex. Republican. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Ch. Ma- son. Clubs: Colonial (Oak Park, III.), Hawkeye. Recreation: bowling. Home: 304 N. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, III. Office: 1523 Insurance Exchange, Chicago.
RICE, George Caradog, newspaper writer; b. at Waukesha, Wis., Nov. 23, 1870; s. Rev. Thomas J. and Anna (Owen) Rice; ed. Carroll Coll., Wau- kesha, Wis .; Lake Forest Acad .; Lake Forest Coll .; m. Sarah Edith Williams, of Argyle, N.Y., Mar. 3, 1904. Baseball editor Chicago Daily News, 1900-10, Chicago Journal since 1910. Republican. Presby- terian. Home: 4866 Kenmore Av. Office: Chicago Journal.
RICE, Joseph, secretary J. W. Reedy Elevator Mfg. Co. (See vol. 1911. )
RICE, Wallace (de Groot Cecil), literary adviser, book reviewer; b. Hamilton, Can., Nov. 10, 1859 (of Am. parents temporarily resident there); s. John A. (noted collector of Americana) and Margaret Van Slycke (Cuiver) Rice; home in Chicago since July, 1861; ed. at grammar sch. of Racine Coll. and Harvard Coll., class of 1883; admitted to bar at Chicago, Nov., 1884. On various newspapers and jours., 1890-1910; labor reporter of Herald, dra- matic critic of Tribune, chief book reviewer of Chap-Book, etc .; editor International Trade. Instr. English, Bush Conservatory of Music. Contbr. to mags. Author, editor and compiler of numerous books and plays, for titles see Who's Who in Amer- ica. Home: 2701 Best Av. Office: 220 S. Michigan Avenue.
RICH, Henry Stuart, publisher; b. White Creek, Washington Co., N.Y., Sept. 18, 1841; s. David L. and Eliza (Skelley) Rich; ed. district schs. and commercial coll .; m. Boston, Oct. 9, 1867, Mary Elizabeth Givens; children: Herbert Givens. Frank E., Harry F. Entered publishing business as part- ner in the firm of J. M. Wing & Co., 1876; bought partner's interest, 1887, and established firm of H. S. Rich & Co., inc. 1902, and became pres .; publish- er of The Western Brewer. Democrat. Club: Union League. Recreation: reading. Home: Evanston, 111. Office: 431 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
RICH, Herbert Givens, publisher; b. at Chicago, Dec. 31, 1872; s. Henry Stuart and Mary Elizabeth (Givens) Rich; B.S., Cornell Univ., 1894; m. Ella M. Dahl, of Chicago, Apr. 4, 1899; I daughter, Katherine. Sec. and treas. H. S. Rich & Co. since 1902. Mason. Mem. Delta Upsilon, Nat. Union. Home: 1027 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 431 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
RICH, Katharine Brainerd, M.D., surgeon; b. at Saint Albans, Vt .; d. Lawrence and Louise (Smith) Brainerd; ed. pvt. and pub. schs .; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of III.), 1901; m. John Parker Rich, of St. Albans, Vt., May 17, 1893; 1 daughter, Jean Katharine. Practiced at Chicago since 1901; now head attending dispensary phys., Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Northwest Clinic; at- tending phys., Cook Co. Hosp. tuberculosis dept .; asst. in nose and throat, Ill. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State, Chicago and Chicago Wom- an's med. socs., Woman's Assn. Commerce. Clubs: Chicago Woman's, After Dinner Club. Home: 504 Diversey Parkway. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.
RICH, Louis, clergyman; b. Chicago, 1863; s. Ar- thur Draper and Esther (Dyckman) Rich; ed. Northwestern Univ .; New Ch. Theol. Sch., Cam- bridge, Mass .; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1903; m. An- gelina Ragatz, of Benton Harbor, Mich., July 15, 1891; children: John Ragatz, Esther Lucy, Mar- garet, Morley Dyckman. Ordained ministry Ch. of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), 1890; pastor Detroit, Mich., 1897-9, Frankford, Pa., 1899-1900; missionary work and business until 1912; pastor Humboldt Park Parish, Chicago, since Jan. 1, 1912. Mem. Beta Theta Pi. Independent Democrat or
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Socialist. Clubs; Single Tax, Good Fellowship. Home: 3252 Le Moyne St.
RICHARDS, Charles Daniel, real estate; b. Wa- tertown, Wis., Aug. 10, 1860; s. John and Eliza (Forbes) Richards; ed. pub. schs. of Watertown; Bryant and Stratton Business Coll., Chicago; Northwestern Univ .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1891; m. M. Estelle Bennett, of Watertown, 1887; 2 children: Harvey Bennett, Eliza Forbes. In real estate business in Chicago since 1887. Mem. Bd. of Edn., Oak Park, Ill., 1903-5; pres. Chicago Real Estate Bd., 1905 (valuation com., 1909, 10); mem. investigating com. of county fee offices, 1906. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Chicago Bar Assn., Wis- consin Soc. of Chicago, Oak Park Chapter New England Soc., S.A.R. Republican. Congregational- ist. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Union League, Hamil- ton, City, Oak Park, Westward Ho Golf. Recrea- tion: golf. Home: 439 Washington Boul., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 192 N. Clark St., Chicago.
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