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GARREY, Walter Eaton, surgeon; b. San Francisco, Cal., May 2, 1907; s. Walter Eugene Garrey and Charlotte ( Eaton) G .; ed. Newman Sch., New Or- leans, La .; A.B., Princeton, 1927; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1931; m. Elizabeth Patten of Ann Ar- bor, Mich., Ang. 21, 1938. On surg. service, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1931-35; asst. surg. adviser, Harvard, 1935 -; fellow A.C.S. (1938). Clubs: Longwood Crickett, Aesculapian, Cambridge Boat, Harvard ( Boston). Office: 330 Dartmouth St., Boston. Home: 9 Camden P'1., Cambridge.
VGARRICK, Nathan H., neurologist, psychiatrist; b. Dorchester, May 21, 1885; s. Nathan II. Garrick and Henrietta (Burgess) G .; ed. Tilton Sem. (now Tilton Sch.), 1903-06; B.S., Colby Coll., 1910; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1915; m. Rose I. DeVaney of Reading, May 12, 1915; 1 son -- Nathan H. Teacher se., Higgins Class. Inst., 1910-11; began practice med., 1915; instr. neurology, Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1917-23, lecturer and asst. prof., 1923- 31; prof. neurology, 1931-1937; chief of neurol. service, Mass. Memorial Hosp .; contract surg.,
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Boston Univ., S.A.T.C., 1918; Certificate Am. Bd. VGASKILL, Ralph Hleks, manager and treasurer; b. Psychiatry and Neurology; mem. A.M.A .; Mass. Med. Soc. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Masons. Clubs: Boston Rotary, University (Boston), Marshfield Country. Episcopalian. Ofllce and Home: 116 Marlborough St., Boston.
V GARRISON, Mabel ( Mrs. George Siemonn), soprano; b. Baltimore, Md .; d. Warren Garrison and Hclen (Ringrose) G .; ed. A.B., Western Md. Coll .; vocal diploma, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltl- more, 1911; m. George Siemonn of Baltimore. First attracted attention as a choir singer, Baltimore, Md .; debut as Filina In "Mignon", Boston Opera House, Apr. 19, 1912; jolned Metrop. Opera Co., 1914; has appeared extensively in concerts, also as soloist with orchestras, and In opera in Ger. and Aus .; concert tour in the Orient, 1925; apptd. prof. vocal music, Smith Coll., 1933. Office: Smith Coll., Northampton.
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GARRITY, George F., lawyer; b. AbIngton, Mar. 17, Y 1895; s. George F. Garrity and Mary A. (Crowley) G .; ed. Abington high sch .; LL.B., Boston Unlv. Sch. Law, 1916, LL.M., 1921; m. Helene K. Spell- man of Whitman, Jan. 7, 1919. Practiced law 1916-18, 1919 -; gen. counsel, Maryland Casualty Co., 1923-35; trial atty., Securities and Exchange Com., 1935-37; asst. U.S. Atty., 1937 -; dir. No. Abington Coop. Bk .; tr. Abington Sav. Bk .; mem. sch. com., Town of Abington, Town Counsel (7 yrs.); mem. Plymouth Bar Assn., Law Soc. of Mass., Broekton Lodge of Elks, Abington Grange, Abington Civ. Assn., Plymouth Co. Dem. League. Club: Emniet (Brockton). Travel: Can., So. Am. Catholic. Democrat. Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 618 Washington St., Abington.
GARRITY, Helen Beatrice, supervisor University Extension Classes; b. Somerville, Oct. 7, 1891; d. Thomas Edmund Garrity and Catherine A. (Grimes) G .; ed. Cambridge high and Latin sch .; A.B., Rad- cliffe Coll., 1918. With Fed. Reserve Bk., Boston, 1918-21; instr. Spanish and Eng., Div. Univ. Ex- tension, State Dept. Edn., 1921-22, organizing instr., 1922-24, asst. supervisor Univ. Extension Classes, 1924-35, in charge visual instruction, 1924-, su- pervisor Univ. Extension Classes, 1935 -; mem. N.E.A. (Dept. of Visual Instruction), Radcliffe Alumnae Assn., Adult Edn. Couneil of Greater Boston. Clubs: State House Women's, Profes- sional Women's (Boston). Travel: Calif., Colo., Fla. G.d. Jolin Garrity, who served in Co. C, 41st Regt., Mass. Volunteers, Civil War; uncle John H. Garrity marched with Gen. Sherman from "At- lanta to the Sea". Catholle. Office: Rm. 217, State House, Boston. Home: 20 Townsend Rd., Belmont. Usually summers at Cape Cod.
V GARVEY, Patrick James, lawyer; b. Northampton, April 20, 1873; s. John Garvey and Hannah (Ashe) G .; ed. St. Joseph's Christian Brothers Sch., Chico- pee, 1886-88; Williston Acad., 1888-91; LL.B., Bos- ton Univ. Sch. Law, 1904; m. Annie E. Kilbride of Holyoke, June 25, 1902; children-Anna Patricia, James Francis, Edward James. Admitted Mass. bar, 1896; gen. practiee law at Holyoke; solicitor, City of Holyoke, 1935 -; interested in adult educ., elected prin., 1st pub. evening gram. sch. In Hol- yoke, 1897; organizer and prin., 1st pub. evening high seh., 1904-34; organized citizenship and in- dustrial classes; asso. mem. Legal Advisory Bd., World War; dir. Boys' Club, Holyoke Boy Scouts, Family Welfare Soc .; mem. Mass,, Hampden Co. (exec. com.), and Holyoke Bar Assns., Elks, C.O.F. Clubs: Kiwanis, Turnverein. Catholic. Democrat. Office: 56 Suffolk St., Holyoke. Home: 198 Becch St., Holyoke.
GASKILL, Charles Franels, investment counsel; b. Worcester, Nov. 15, 1906; s. George Anthony Gas- klll and Caroline Dewey (Nichols) G .; ed. Hotcli- kiss Sch .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1928; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1932; m. Elizabeth Edwards Weber of Phila., Pa., July 6, 1932; 1 dau :- Joan Edwards. Practiced law, Thayer, Smith & Gaskill, Worcester, 1932-34; grad. study, Harvard, 1934-36; with Scud- der, Stevens & Clark, investment counsel, Boston, 1936 -; mem. Kappa Alpha. Club: St. Botolph. Office: 10 Post Offlee Sq., Boston. Home: South Great Rd., Lincoln.
Mendon, June 11, 1892; s. Alblon Andrew Gaskill and Abbie Frances (Ilicks) G .; ed. Mendon high sch., 1909; B.Sc., Mass. State Coll., 1913; m. Nina Marlon Taft of Mendon, Aug. 17, 1915; children- Ruth, Roger Tatt; instr., Bristol County Agr. Seh., 1913-15; Bristol Co. Agr. Agt., 1916-17; collector, A. H. Phillips Groc. Chaln, 1917; Essex Co. Agr. Agt., 1918-19; mgr. and treas. Essex Co. Coop. Farming Assn., 1919 -; sec. Essex Agr. Soc., 1920 -; member Massachusetts Milk Control Board, 1939; tr. Danvers Sav. Bk .; town meeting incm., Dan- vers; mem. Mass. State Com. on Soil Conserva- tion; tr. Maple St. Cong. Ch., Danvers; past pres. Mass. Agrl. Fairs Assn. Served In Food Admin. during World War. Mcm. Lambda Chl Alpha, Masons. Club: Rotary. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Offiee: Topsfield, Mass. Home: 61 Lin- dall St., Danvers.
GASKINS, Frederick Alfred, lawyer; b. Dorehester, July 8, 1873; s. James Gaskins and Margaret (Tot- ten) G .; ed. Dorchester high sch .; LL.B., North- eastern Unlv. Law Seh., 1902; m. Alice B. Forbes of Boston, Sept. 12, 1900; children-Arthur Law- rence. Seleetman, Town of Milton; treas. Milton Sav. Bk .; asst. treas, and atty., Am. Bd. of Commis. for For. Misslons; tr. Anatolia Coll., International Coll .; dir. A.N.Y. & B.N.Y. Realizing Corp .; mem. Masons (32°). Clubs: Town (Milton), Boston City, Middlesex. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 14 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 125 Central Av., Milton. Summer res: Freedom, N.Il.
GAST, P(aul) R (upert), asst. professor forestry; b. Fitchburg, Jan. 27, 1897; s. Paul A. Gast and Fran- cesca (Gressenich) G .; ed. New Bedford hlgh sch .; Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1920; M.Sc., N.Y. State Coll. For., 1922; S.D., Harvard Unlv., 1927; in. Charlotte A. Mikalson of Methuen, June 30, 1924. Instr. N.Y. State Coll. For., 1920-22; Harvard Unlv., 1924- 29; asst. prof., 1930 -; served as pvt., Chem. War- fare Service, Gas Defense Div., World War. Au- thor: several scientific studies on forestry and plant physiology. Offiee: Harvard Forest, Peter- sham. Home: West Rd., Petersham.
V GATES, Burton Noble, aplcultural specialist; b. Woreester, Dce. 19, 1881; s. Charles Burton Gates and Ida Evelina (Noble) G .; ed. Worcester English high seh .; Cornell Univ .; A.B., Clark Univ., 1905; A.M., 1906, . Ph.D., 1909; m. Winifred Maud Car- penter of Amherst, June 15, 1918. Spl. apieulturc, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1906; asst. in biology, Clark Coll., 1906-07; collaborator, U.S. Bur. Entomology, 1907; expert In apiculture, 1907-10; lecturer, Mass. Agrl. Coll., 1906-10, asst, and assoc. prof., 1910-18; state Inspector apiaries, Mass. Dept. Agr., 1910-18, 1919 -; provincial aplarist, Ont. Agrl. Coli., 1918- 1919; men. A.A.A.S., Assu. Econ. Entomologists; charter mem. Kappa Phi. Author: tech. articles on aplculture. Desc. Stephen Gates, Hingham, 1638; Samuel Gates, Worcester, in Revolution. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: 24 Charlotte St., Worcester.
UGATES, Carl Martel, elergyman; b. Warner, N.H., July 15, 1875; s. Matthew Alonzo Gates and Dency Louisa (Ward) G .; cd. St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Acad .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1897, A.M., 1905; B.D., Union Theol. Sem., 1900; student, Univ. Berlin, Ger., 1900- 02; m. Catherine R. Bisbce of Hanover, N.H., 1903; children-Charles Marvin, Louise Ward, Allce Au- gusta, Pauline Catherine, Marion Frances. Asst. pastor, Presbyn. Ch., Dover, N.J., 1903-04; minister, Cong. Ch., Saco, Me., 1904-09, West Cong. Ch., Port- land, Me., 1909-13, 1st Cong. Ch., Wellesley Hills, 1913 -; dir. Am. Cong. Assn .; mem. Prudential Com., Am. Bd. Commrs. For. Missions, 1925-37; director, City Missionary Society of Boston, chmn., 1936-37; dlr. Boston Seaman's Frlend Soc., 1926-30, Florcnee Crittenton League of Compas- sion for several yrs .; on nom. com., Nat. Council Cong. Chs., 6 yrs .; Boy Seout work, 1913 -; mem. Phl Beta Kappa. Clubs: Maugus (Wellesley), KI- wanis (past pres.), Fortnightly, Winthrop, Pll- grim (Boston, past pres.). Travel: Europe, 1900- 02, 1906. Dese. Stephen Gates, who came from Hingham, Eng., to Hingham, Mass., 1638; Willlam Ward, Sudbury, 1630. Protestant. Republican.
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Home: 215 Washington St., Wellesley Hills. Sum- mer res .: Center Conway, N.H.
GATES, Charles Archer, social worker; b. Calif., Aug. 7, 1897; s. Franklyn Q. Gates and Grace (Sut- ton) G .; ed. Lowell high sch., San Francisco, Calif .; A.B., Univ. Calif., 1922; A.M., Harvard, 1924; m. Caryll M. Burhenn of Jeannette, l'a., July, 1938. Organized Prospect Unlon Ednl. Exchange, Cam- bridge, 1923; exec. scc. Adv. Council on Crime Pre- vention, Mass. Dept. of Correction, 1926 -; asso. y GAY, Robert Malcolm, professor of English; b. dir. Nat. Probation Assn., N.Y. City, 1929; dlr. Div. Social Relations, Mass. Assn. Personal Finance Cos., 1933 -; first social worker employed by a bus. group in Mass .; pvt. 25th C.A.C., U.S.A., World War; mem. Am. Assn. Social Workers, Am. Assn. Personal Finance Cos., Mass. Civic League. Club: Boston City. Author: surveys, pamphlets, and articles on sociol. subjs. Travel: Eng., Hol., Belg., 1923; Fr., Ger., 1928. Dir. desc. Stephen Gates, Hingham, 1628. . Unitarian. Independent. Office:
41 Mt. Vernon St., Boston. Home: 1 Poplar Pl., Boston.
V GATES, Edward Perry, travel adviser; b. Fulton, Kan., June 21, 1886; s. Charles Joseph Gates and Ella (Wickersham) G .; ed. Central high sch., Wash., D.C .; B.A., George Washington Unlv., 1908; LL.B., George Washington Law Sch., 1910; m. Estclla Jorgensen of Chicago, Jan. 10, 1915; 1 son-Charles. Gen. see. Internat. Soc. Christian Endeavor, 1920- 30; see. World's Christian Endeavor Union, 1920- 30; travel adviser, 1930 -; chimn. sch. com. Town of Belmont; mem. Warrant Com., Rep. Town Com., Masons, Sigma Phi Epsilon. Cinb: Rotary. Travel: Extensive. Protestant. Republican. Home: 12 Alma Av., Belmont.
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GATES, Herbert Wright, clergyman (retired) ; b. Geneva, Ill., Oct. 30, 1868; s. Caleb Foote Gates and Mary Eliza ( Hutchins) G .; ed. Univ. Sch., Chicago, III .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1890, A.M., 1904; B.D., Chicago Theol. Sem., 1904, D.D., 1919; post- grad. work, Univs. Leipzig and Halle, Ger., on fel- lowship from Chicago Theol. Scin .; m. Harriet J. Kirk of Wilmette, Ill., June 14, 1898; children- Edward Stuart (d.), Catharine Everald, Margaret Wright, Esther Kirk. Librarian, Instr. rel. edn., Chicago Theol. Sem., 1896-1904; dir. rel. work, gen. sec., Y.M.C.A., Chicago, 1904-08; sec. Y.M.C.A., Northwestern Univ., 1908-10; dir. ednl. inst. work, Brick Ch., Rochester, N.Y., 1910-20; sec. Cong. Ednl. Soc., Boston, 1920-38; retired Sept. 30, 1938; dir. Missionary Edn. Movement, Rel. Edn. Assn., Internat. Council Rel. Edn., Mass. Council Chs., Alpha Delta Phi, etc. Author: Lite of Jesus (for juntor pupils), 1907; Heroes of the Faith, 1910; Recreation and the Church, 1915; Missionary Edu- cation in the Church, 1928. Travel: most of U.S. Congregationalist. Independent Republican. Ilome: 38 Kenwood Av., Newton Centre.
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V GATES, Virgil Clyde, investment banker; b. Arends- ville, Pa., Apr. 15, 1871; s. Martin Luther Gates and Margaret Amclla (Heagy) G .; ed., B.S., N.Y. Univ., 1893; unmarried. Started in banking office of G. W. Walker & Co., N. Y. City, 1900; mgr. Bos- ton office of firm, 1906 -; mem. Zota Psi. Club: University (Boston). Office: 10 Post Office Sq., Boston. Home: 1470 Beacon St., Brookline.
GAVIN, Basi, trustce, real estate manager & owner; D. Boston, Apr. 4, 1885; s. Dr. M. F. Gavin and Ellen T. ( Doherty) G .; ed. Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge; S.B., Harvard, 1908; in. Signe I. Brun- strum of Stockholm, Swed., 1926; children -- Basil Freebern, Signe Ingeborg. In real estate bus., 1908 -; industrial & finance bus., Merchants Dis- count Co., Jackson & Storer and other corporations and affiliations; treas., dir. Boston Management Corp., 1932 -; mem. Town Finance Com., Millis; served in U.S.A., World War. Clubs: Harvard, En- gineers, Dedham Country & Polo, ctc. Travel: world wide. Republican. Office: 8 Newbury St., Boston. Home: Millis.
V GAW, Cooper, newspaper editor; b. Easton, Pa., July 7, 1877; s. Alexander Moore Gaw and Mary Brandon (Wright) G .; ed. Easton Acad .; St. Aus- tin's Sch., Staten Isl., N.Y .; A. B., Harvard, 1898; 1. Eva. Ellsworth Schwall of New Bedford, Oct. 3, 1905. Reporter for Worcester Evc. Gazette, 1898;
with New Bedford Eve. Standard, 1899-, Sunday ed., 1907-14, ed., 1911 -; mem. New Bedford Bd. Health, 1906, 1915-24; dir. and v.p., New Bedford Family Welfare Soc .; tr. New Bedford Free Pub. Lib., 1931-37; mem. New Bedford Non-Partisan Citizens Charter Com., New Bedford Port Socicty; mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Club: Ilarvard. Re- publican: Office: The Standard-Tlmcs, New Bed- ford. Home: 13 North St., New Bedford.
Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 15, 1879; s. Charles Abram Gay and Anna Mitchell (Campbell) G .; ed. A.B., Brooklyn Poly. Inst., 1900; A.M., Columbia, 1901; Litt.1)., Dickinson Coll., 1913, Middlebury Coll., 1931; m. Lula B. Joslin, June 9, 1911; 1 dau .- Dor- othy Joslin. Teacher, private schs., 1901-09; asso. prof. Eng., Goucher Coll., Baltimore, 1909-12, prof., 1912-18; prof. Eng., Simmons Coll., 1918-, dir. Sch. of Eng., 1933-, chmn. Div. Lang., Lit. and Arts, 1935 -; extension lecturer, Johns Hopkins, 1911-18, Boston Univ., 1920-25, Bread Loaf Sch. of Eng., 1925-30, dean, 1930-34, dir., 1935-36; visiting lec- turer, Harvard, 1925-27, 1931; dir. Brcad Loaf Wri- ters Conf., 1929, 1930, 1931. Author: Writing Through Reading, 1920; Emerson-A Study of the Poet as Seer, 1928; Reading and Writing, 1935; articles in Atlantic Monthly. Compiler: College Book of Verse, 1927; College Book of Prose, 1929. Editor: Fact, Fancy and Opinion, 1923; Trollope's The Warden, 1935. Home: 130 Oakdale Rd., New. ton Highlands.
GAYLORD, Richard N., manufacturer; b. Westfield, Mar. 7, 1902; s. George Lewis Gaylord and Sarah (Dean) G .; ed. Westfield high sch .; Northeastern Univ. Coll. Engring .; m. Doris E. Pomeroy of West- field, Feb. 14, 1926; 1 son-Richard N., Jr. With Westfield Grinding Wheel Co., 1923-, now v.p. and dir .; mem. corp. Westfield Sav. Bk .; mem. Engring. Soc. Western Mass., Y.M.C.A. (program com.), Beta Gamma Epsilon, Campers Protection Assn. Clubs: Men's, Westfield Camping. Dir. desc. Major Justus Gaylord, who, with father and 3 bros. served throughout Revolutionary War, part of time as scout In Gen. Sullivan's Expdn. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Westfield Grinding Wheel Co., Westfield. Home: 132 West Siver St., Westfield. Summer res .: Winnicutt Lake, Otis.
Y GEARY, Allce Hildegarde, asst. art supervisor; b. Springfield, Nov. 5, 1897; d. William H. Geary and Mary (Smith) G .; ed. Springfield Class, high sch .; Pratt Inst., 1916-18; summer sch., Paris Br. New York Sch. of Fine and Applied Arts, 1925; Berk- shire Summer Sch., 1919-20; George Pierce Ennls Sch. of Painting; Guy Wiggins Summer Sch. Art instr., So. Dist., Hartford, Conn., 1918-20, Spring- field, 1920-1; asst. art supervisor, Springfield, 1921 -; mem. Nat. Women l'ainters and Sculptors, Conn. Acad., Washington Water Color Soc., Am. Water Color Soc., Boston Art Club, Springfield Art League; hon. mention water color, Springfield Art League. Travel: Fr., Hol., Belg., Ger., It., Gaspe Peninsula, Newfoundland, Labrador, Brittany,
1re. Catholic. Office: Administration Bldg., Springfield. Home: 21 Tratton Rd., Springlleld. Summer home: White Sand Beach, Old Lyme, Conn. VGEBELEIN, George Christian, silversmith (designer and craftsman); b. nr. Bayreuth, Bavaria, Nov. 6, 1878; S. Nicolaus Gebelein and Margaretha (Sol- ger) G .; ed. Cambridge pub. schs .; m. Eva Mary Pelren of Concord, N.H., Mar. 30, 1901; children- Mrs. Margaretha Gebelein Lelghton, Ernest George, John Herbert, Mrs. Esther Gebelein Swain, Arthur Davld, Mrs. Eleanor Gebelein Greene, George Christlan, Jr. Silversmith apprentice, pu- pil of Adolph Krass, under George Hamilton, with Goodnow & Jenks, silversmiths, Boston, 1893-97; journeyman silversmith with Tiffany & Co. and William B. Durgln Co., 1898-1902; entered in in- dividual enterprisc, 1903; asso. with Handicraft Shop, Boston, thl 1909; conducted own studio, 1909 -; Instr. to scholarship students from schs. fine arts; consultant, authority on antique metal- craft; represented in spl. exhbns., Portland (Ore.) Mus. Fine Arts (1908), Boston Soe. Arts & Crafts, traveling exhibits, Addison Gallery Fine Arts (An- dover), 1932, Metrop. Mus. (N.Y.), 1937, Currier
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Gallery of Art (Manchester, N.H.), 1937, Brook- lyn (N.Y.) Mus., 1937-38; permanent exhibit, Ella Parsons Collection, Phila. Mem. Mus. Works in- clude communion services for U.S. Mil. Acad. Chapel, William & Mary Chapel, Phillips Andover Chapel, Wash. (D.C.) Cath .; eccles. pieces for churches, as St. Paul's (Dedham), Grace and North (Salem), St. Mary's (Newton), St. James (Ames- bury), Epiphany ( Winchester), King's Chapel ( Boston), Grace Ch. (Providence, R.I.); presenta- tion service of Town of Lexington to U.S.S. Lex- ington; trophies, as Perey Haughton Mem. Cup (Tennis & Racquet Club, Boston), Alexander Agas- siz Cup (Harvard Coll. inter-house rowing), Fran- cls P. Garvan Cup (Zeta Psi, Yale), Haleyon & Shattuck Trophy (St. Paul's Sch,, Concord, N. H.); presentations to distinguished persons; domestic silver; mem. Ltd. Town Meeting, Wellesley, 1936 -; mem. Boston Soc. Arts & Crafts; former mem., Detroit Soc. Arts & Crafts. Former clubs: Cam- bridgeport Cycle, Silversmith Soc. of N.Y., Fal- con (Harvard, hon.). Collaborator, miscellaneous articles on antique and modern silver, as Examples of 17th and 18th Century Domestic Silver by Irene Sargent. Awards: for group exhibit, Art Inst., Chicago, 1905; medal, Panama Pacific Expo., 1915; Master Craftsman medal, Boston Soc. Arts & Crafts, 1919; medal, Mass. Tercentenary Exhbn., 1930. Office: 79 Chestnut St., Boston. Home: 1 Cliff Rd., Wellesley Hills.
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GEBHARD, Heinrich, pianist, teacher, composer; b Sobernheim, Ger., July 25, 1878; s. Philip Gebhard and Katharine (Moog) G .; m. Doris E. Sleeper of Lancaster, N.IL., June 30, 1920; settled in Boston, 1889; studied pianoforte, theory and composition under Clayton Johns, Boston, and at Vienna under Leschetizky, 1895-1900; returned to Boston, 1901; prof. debut with Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1902; has appeared In principal cities of U.S. with Knoisel Quartet, Longy Club, and in reeltals of his own, also with leading orchestras of U.S., including N. Y. Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Symphony, cte. Composer: Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra, 1925; Divertissment, 1927; songs, piano numbers, etc. Protestant. Home: 33 Manchester Rd., Brookline. Summer home: New Ipswich, N.H.
Y GIEDDIES, James, Jr., professor (emeritus); b. Bos- ton, July 29, 1858; s. James Geddes of Old Mel- drum, Seot., and Laure (Sazy) G. of Pan, Fr .; ed. Brookline high seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1880, A.M., 1887. Ph. D., 1894; m. Mathilde Hugel of Brumath, Alsace, June 27, 1894. Clk., U.S. consulate, Trieste, 1880-82; tutor to Iedward W. Scripps, ed. Scripps Newspaper Syndicate, traveling in Aus.,, Gor., Belg., Fr., Sp., 1882-83; pvt. sec. to Theodore Lyman, M.C., 1883-85; master, Groton Sch., Gro- ton, 1886; clk., pres. office, U.P.R.R. Co., 1887; instr. Romance langs., Boston Univ., 1887-90; asst. prof., 1890-92; prof., 1892-1937; emeritus, 1937 -; in charge, It. and Sp., depts,, summer sch. langs.,) Oswego, N.Y., 1888-89; Fr. dept., summer sch., Martha's Vineyard, 1894; mem. Com. Research in Humanities, Harvard, 1927-37; treas., Italian Ben- evolent Aid Soc., Boston, 1906-12; mem. council. Simplified Spelling Bd., pres. Am. Assn. Teachers Italian, 1926-27; mem. Am. Assn. Teachers French (founder, Boston Chap., 1928); mem. Am. Assn. Teachers German (founder Boston Chap., 1929), N.E. League Teachers Spanish (hon. V.P.); fellow, Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; Modern Lang. Assn. Am. (mem. council 8 yrs.); mem. N.E. Modern Lang. Assn. (rev. ed., Bulletin, 1903-25), Am. Dia- lect Soc., Assn. Phonétique Internationale, Soci- été Historique Franco-Américaine (Past v.p.); Sòcidou Felibrige, 1938. Clubs: Univ. (Boston), Circolo Italiano di Boston (pres., 1906-37); Al- liance Française (v.p., 1912-37). Author: Cana- dian French, the Language and Literature, 1902; (with A. Rivard) Bibliographie du Parler Fran- cais au Canada, 1906; Study of an Acadian French Dialect, 1908; Fr. prose transl., Le Chanson de Roland; mag. articles on Romane langs,, esp. on
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Republican. Home: 39 Falrmount St., Brookline. Summer res .: Quidnet, Nantucket.
Y GEIRKENS, Edward Frederick, electrical engineer; b. Kelley Island, O., Nov. 25, 1869; s. Henry Fred- erick Gehrkens and Elizabeth (Ricker) G .; ed. Kelley Island high seh .; Oberlin Coll. Prep. Sch., 1887-88; E.E. (mech, engring.), Ohlo State Univ., 1894; m. Lucy Ann Stalter of Columbus, O., May 26, 1898; 1 dau .- Harriet Elizabeth (Shepardson ). Born and raised on farm; after graduation entered expert course at Gen. Elec. Co., Schenectady, N. Y., 1894, also Lynn Works in 1895; transferred for developmental design work to Transformer Eng- ring. Dept., Schenectady, N. Y., 1896; later apptd. Asst. Engr. of Dopt .; ing. engr., Feeder Voltage Regulator Dept., Gen. Elee. Co., Pittsfield, 1922 -; designed and developed the original starting com- pensators for induction motors and the induction voltage regulator and its automatic auxiliaries; holder of a number of patents on mech, and elec. designs. Mem. Am. Inst. E.E. (chin. Pittsfield Sect., 1927), Sigma Xi, Masons, Shrine. Clubs:
Stanley, Automobile. Author: The Induction Volt- age Regulator and articles in technical press. Republican. Ollice: General Electric Co., Pitts- field. Home: 58 Northumberland Rd., Pittsfield. VGELINAS, Antonio Andre, lawyer; b. St. Paul, P.Q., Can., Sept. 19, 1894; s. Albert Gelinas and Emelina (Bouvette) G .; brought to U.S., 1896, naturalized, 1919; ed. St. Joseph's Som., Three Rivers, P.Q., 1914-16; A.B., Assumption Coll., Worcester, 1920; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1923; m. Lina Louise Grammont of Gardner, Sept. 19, 1936; 1 son-Andre Antoine. Admitted Mass. bar, 1923; practice of Law at Fitchburg; city solicitor, Fitchburg, 1929- 33; special justice, Fitchburg bist. (t., 1929-34; asst. dist. atty., Worcester Co., 1935 -; clerk and dir. Air America, Inc .; dir F.1.6. Credit l'n- ion; clerk and dir. Fl.C. Parochial Scb .: Sorgt., 1st class, Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917-19. Clubs: Fay, Oak Hill Country (Fitchburg). Travel: Can., Cuba, Eng., Fr. & Belg. Catholic. Republican. Office: 470 Main St., Fitchburg. Ilome: 88 Central St., Fitchburg.
GENUNG, Elizabeth F., asso, professor of bacteriol- ogy; b. Ithaca, N. Y., Mar. 12, 1883; d. Richard B. Genung and Jessie A. (Lewis) G .; ed. Ithaca (N.Y.) high sch .; Cortland (N.Y.) State Normal Sch .; B.S., Cornell, 1911, M.S., 1914; unmarried. Teacher bacteriology, Ia. State Teachers Coll., Cedar Falls, Ia., 1914-15, Simmons Coll., 1915-18; traveling sec., Y. W.C.A., 1918-19; instr., asso. prof. bacteriology, Smith Coll., 1919 -; mem. Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Epsilon. Clubs: Hampshire Country, Business
Professional Women's. Author: articles on bacteriology in sci, periodicals. Trav- el: Europe, near East. Congregationalist. t'su- ally Republican. Office: Smith College, North- ampton, Home: 42 West St., Northampton.
Y GEOFFREY, Theodate ( Mrs. Dorothy G. Wayman), writer; b. San Bernardino Co., Cal., Jan. 7, 1893; d. Charles Washington Geoffrey and Sarah Laur- etta Ida Vincent (Park) G .; ed. Mt. St. Mary's (convent), Manchester, N.H .; Bryn Mawr Coll. 1910-11; Sch. for Social Workers, Boston (grad. ) 1914; m. Charles Stafford Wayman of N.Y. City, July 10, 1915; children-John Godfrey, Charles Stafford, Richard Park. Began career as contr. to newspapers and periodicals; spent .4 years in Japan (1918-22) and learned to speak and write Japanese; mging. editor, Falmouth Enterprise, 1929-33; mem. editorial staff, Boston Globe, 1933 -; mem. Japan Soc. (Boston), Falmouth Hist. Soc. Club: Bryn Mawr. Author: An Immigrant in Japan, 1926; Powdered Ashes, 1926; Suckanesset, A Ilistory of Falmouth, 1929. Co-author: John Ilolmes at Annapolis (with V. H. Godfrey ), 1927. llome: 14 Chestnut Place, Jamaica Plain.
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