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GEOGAN, Franels J., lawyer; b. Taunton, Dec. 23, 1884; s. John T. Geogan and Elizabeth (Reilly) G .; ed. Taunton pub. schs .; Whitman high sch .; 1900; m. Hortense IS. Berler of Rockland, Sept. 17, 1918; 1 son-Robert J. Studied law in office of John J. Geogan; admitted to Mass. bar, 1906; gen. law practice, Boston and Rockland, 1906 -; pres. and counsel, Rockland Coop. Bk .; counsel and mem. bd.
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Investment, Rockland Sav. Bk .; counsel and dir., Rockland Trust Co .; spl. justice, 2d Dist. Ct., Plymouth; pres. bd. trs., Rockland Mem. LIb. Catholic, Office: 342 Union St., Roekland. Home: 127 Exchange St., Rockland.
Y GEORGE, Dorothy Hills, art director; b. Manchester, N.H., Aug. 7, 1898; d. Vesper Lincoln George and Mary Emma (Hills) G .; ed. Gloucester high sch .; grad., Teachers Coll., Framingham, 1917; student, Simmons Coll .; Univ. Calif. Teacher domestic sci- ence and art, N.Il. high schs. and at Kame- hameka Sch. for girls, Honolulu, 1920-3; mgr. cafeteria (Y.W.C.A.), asst. mgr. Fernhurst Y.W.C.A., Honolulu; lecturer, N.I. Dairy Council, 1921; nutrition work at Mass. Gen. Hosp. and in pub. schs .; lectures on art and travel for women's clubs etc .; in person and on radio; estab. the Ves- per George Seh. of Art with father, 1924, dir., 1934 -; treas. Vesper George Sch. of Art, Inc .; represented in exhbns. of water colors in Boston, N. Y., Honolulu, Clubs: Boston Art (first woman mem.), Womens City, Boston Advertising. Au- thor: articles and verses on art. Travel: Europe, Hawaii, Can., Mex., Cuba, Bermuda, U.S. Desc. Williams Hills, who came over in 1632 with Thomas Hooker and settled Malden; John How- land, the "Beloved Pilgrim"; father noted art teacher and mural painter. Protestant. Office: 14 St. Botolph St., Boston. Home: 116 Charles St., Boston.
V GERMAIN, Harry Homer, surgeon; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 25, 1874; s. Homer Germain and Dora (Carpenter) G .; ed. Los Angeles (Calif.) high sch., 1893; Mass, Coll. Pharm., 1893-94; M.D., Har- vard Med. Sch., 1898; m. Alice Maude Heaton of Montreal, P.Q., Dec. 24, 1901; 1 dau .- Elizabeth. Interne, Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1897-98, Bos- ton City Hosp., 1898-1900; res. surg., Boston City llosp. Relief Sta., 1900-01; asst. surg., Carney Hosp., prof, anatomy, Tufts Med. Sch., 1903-15; surg .- in-chief, Cambridge City Hosp., 1914-37; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass, Med. Soc., Bos- ton Med. Lib., Mason (32°). Clubs: Harvard, Commonwealth, Golf. Desc. Huguenot ancestors. Baptist. Ollice: 479 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. llome: 416 Marlboro St., Boston.
V GEROULD, Russell, newspaper and publicity man; b. Cambridge, Aug. 6, 1900; s. Charles W. Gerouhd and Florence (Russell) G .; ed. Cambridge high and Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1920; in. Virginia Vaughan of Watertown, June 28, 1922; children- Joanne, Daniel Charles. Newspaper work 1920 -; copy ed., city ed. N.Y. corr., Washington corr., ed. Boston Herald; publicity work for individuals, orgns .; dir. Rep. State Com, secretary to Cov- ernor Leverett Saltonstan; v.chin, Emergency Relief Campaign, Boston, 1935; exec. bd., Can- bridge Council, Boy Scouts of Am .; chmn. Boston Book Fair, 1937; 2d lt. Inf., 6 months, World War. Clubs: St. Botolph (Boston), Union Boat (Boston). Unitarian. Republican. Ollice: State House, Boston. lome: 97 Huron Ave., Cambridge.
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GERRISH, Willard Peabody, engineer, astronomer; b. Roxbury, Aug. 31, 1866; s. William Hamilton Gerrish and Eliza Ann ( Willoby) G .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; M.I.T .; m. Mary M. Wylie of Eliot, Mo., Oct. 24, 1896. Opened Blue Ilill Meterol. Obs., Milton, as obs .- In-charge, 1885; asst. in obs., Har- vard, 1886-1913, asst, prof, mech, engring., Har- vard, 1913-, emeritus, 1938; cons. engr., 1902 -; mem. Amherst Eclipse Expd. to Japan, 1896; de- signer of large telescopes at Harvard, Amherst Coll. and elsewhere, Author: Telegraphic Cipher Code, in internat, use for dissemination of astron. information. Home: Frankland Rd., Ashland.
GERRY, Bertram Irving, entomologist; b. Salen, Mar. 6, 1896; s. Martin R. Gerry and Bessie (Irv- ing) G .; ed. Peabody high sch .; B S., Mass. State Coll., 1923; M.S., Harvard, 1929, Ph.D., 1931; m. Hildur I. Gibson, M.D., of Belmont, 1932; 1 son- Bertram Gibson. Mem. State Reclamation Bd., State Dept. Pub. Health, State Dept. Agr., 1923 -; instr., biol. dept, Tufts Coll., 1923-28; instr. genet- ies, Harvard, 1930; gunner corpl. 319th F.A., Sept. 5. 1917-June 6, 1919; wounded in action, Argonne Forest, Oct. 30, 1918; presented with accolade by
Pres. Wilson; mem. Entomol. Soc. Am., Am. Le- gion, Am. Mus. Nat. list. Club: Cambridge En- tomological. Author: Morphological Studies of Cuban Mosquitoes (Am. Entomol. Soc. Am., vol. XXXV), 1932; New Species of Chironomidae, Psyche (vol. XXXIX), 1932, (vol. XL), 1933. Desc. John Gerry (Garey), granted land in Kittery, 1644, after Bay Colony bought claims of Ferdinando Gorges. Methodist. Independent. Office: 136 State House, Boston. Home: 80 Audubon Rd., Wellesley Hills.
GESMER, Katherine Frances, lawyer; b. Russia, Oct. 28, 1898; d. Abraham M. Gesmer and Esther F. (Zide) G .; ed. Quincy high sch .; Burdett Coll .; LL. B., Portia Law Sch., 1931. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1933; assoc. with Mr. Florian G. Arey, Boston, 1933-, specializing mainly In probate, estates, trusts; In conjunction, asso. with brother, Henry Gesmer, practicing law in Quincy; mem, Women Lawyers Assn., B'Nai Brith. Clubs: Business & Professional Women's, Jewish Scholarship ( Quin- cy), Jewish College. Travel: U.S., So. Am., W.I. Jewish. Republican. Offiees: 276 Tremont St , Boston; 1445 Haneoek St., Quincy. Home: 11 Beacon St., Quincy.
GETCHELL, Everett Lamont, professor of English; b. Shawinut, Me., May 31, 1871; s. John Hartwell Getchell and Harriet Ella (Crooker) G .; ed. Fair- field high sch .; Coburn Class. Inst., Waterville, Me .; A.B., Colby Coll., 1896, A.M., 1899, Litt.D., 1931; student, Harvard, 1901, -02, -03; m. Maud Johnston of Limerick, Me., Dec. 26, 1903; began as teacher in country schs .; prin. Lubec, Me. and Eastport, Me. high sch .; master, Kelley gram, sch., Cambridge; submaster Geo. Putnam Sch., Boston; sec. Boston Univ. Coll. Bus Admi .; asst., assoc. prof. Eng. and prof. of Eng., Boston Univ. Sch. Edn .; lecturer from Am., summer sessions, Kings Coll., London Unlv .; dir. Boston Univ. Eng. summer sessions, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939; lec- turer, Harvard-Boston Univ Extension courses in Mass,, N.Il., and Conn .; Hut Soc., Y.M.C.A., with 5th Div., U.S.A., World War, with A. E.F. in Fr., Apr. 1918-March 1919; tr. Colby Coll. 5 years; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Natick, Mass. Shakespeare (past pres.), Author: Field Trips in the Boston Basin; Civil Service Manual; Stories of the Day's Work. Asso. editor: "World Horizons," "Words." Travel: Europe. Desc. (8th generation) Samuel Getchell of Taun- ton, Eng., who settled in Salem, 1636. Republican. Ollice: Boston University School of Education, 81 Exeter St., Boston. Home: 51 Everett St., Natick. Y GETTEMY, Charles Ferris, statistician; b. Chicago, Mar. 12, 1868: s. Robert IL. and Mary E. (Ferris) G .; ed. A.B., Knox CoMl., 1890; A.M. 1893; A.B., Har- vard 1891; m. Hattie Brockway of Cedar Rapi.ls, Ia., Dec. 28, 1897; children-Catharine Ellen Rich- ardson; m. (2d) Bertha R. Cheney, Jan. 1, 1932. Reporter and Washington corr., Boston Daily Ad- vertiser, 1891-99, Boston Herald, 1899-1905; sec. to Gov. Curtis Guild, Jr., of Mass., 1905-07; Dir, Mass. Bur. Statistics, 1907-19; Asst. Federal Reserve Agt., Federal Reserve Bk. of Boston, 1919-37, Supervisor, 13th U.S. Census for Mass .; dir. mil. enrollment for Mass. under Selective Draft Act, 1917; chmnn. Mass, Homestead Commn., 1911-19; mem. Am. Statis, Assn. (fellow), Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi. Author: The True Story of Paul Revere, 1905; The Cost of Municipal Government In Massachusetts; Plan for a Uniform Classifica- tion of Receipts and Payments for the Cities and Towns of Massachusetts; Memoir and Genealogy of Silvanus Ferris, 1935; also official reports on municipal finances of Mass., industrial statis., etc .; articles in leading mags. Home: 212 Savin lill Av., Dorchester.
GETTES, Charles N., physician; b. Russia, Mar. 23, 1902; s. Nathan Gettes and Rose (Goldenberg) G .: ed. Boy's Central high sch., Phila., Pa .; B.A., Temple Univ. Coll., 1922; M.D., Temple Univ. Med. Sch., 1926; m. Edith Sylvia Ilurwitz of Brookline, Mar. 21, 1928; children-Norton Isaac, Leonard Sheffer, Eleanor Charlotte. Phys. to Bethlehem Steel Co. till Dec., 1926; res., Jewish Hosp., Phila , Pa., Jan, 1927-June 1928; post grad, study
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in field of oto-laryngology, Univ. Vlenna, 1928- 29; began practise in specialty Sept. 1929; ad- mitted to Mass. Med. Soc. and N.E. Otolaryngol- ogyic Soc., 1931; instr. oto-laryngology, Tufts Med. Sch., 1932; admitted to The Am. Bd. of Oto- laryngology; lecturer to nurses on ear, nose and throat diseases, Boston City, Waltham, and Beth Israel Hosps .; visiting oto-laryngologist, Waltham Hosp .; asst. surg., aural service, Boston City Hosp. and Boston Dispensary; jr. visiting surg., nose and throat dept., Cambridge Hosp .; visiting laryngol- ogist, O.P.D., Beth Israel Hosp .; mem. Jewish Community Centre of Watertown and Belmont, N.E. Oto-laryngologic Soc., Mass, Med. Soc., Am. Bd, of Oto-laryngology, Phi Delta Epsilon. Clubs: Kiwanis International, Lions International, Busi- ness Men's, Watertown Physicians, Waltham Phy- sicians. Author: numerous articles in field of oto- laryngology. Jewish. Republican. Beacon St., Boston. Home: 89 Mt. Auburn St., Office: 481 Watertown.
GETTING, Ivan Alexamler, physicist; b. N.Y.C., Jan. 18, 1912; s. Milan Alexander Getting and Hermina (Almasy) G .; ed. Schenley high sch., Pittsburgh, Pa .; B.S., M.I.T., 1933; D.Phil., Oxford Univ., Eng., 1935; m. Dorothea Louise Gracy of Pittsburgh, Pa., Oet. 2, 1937; 1 dau .- Nancy Louise. Edison Scholar, M.I.T., 1929-33; Rhodes Scholar, Oxford Univ., 1933-35; Soc. fellows, llarvard Univ., 1935 -; mem. Am. Phys. Soc., Assn. Am. Rhodes Scholars, Sigma XI. Club: Varsity (M.I.T.). Au- thor: several scientific articles mostly in pubs. of American Physical Society. Travel: Czechoslo- vakla, Europe. Democrat. Office: Harvard Univ., Cambridge. Home: 33 Goden St., Belmont.
GHOREYEH, Albert Wood, physician and surgeon, b. Abein, Mt. Lebanon, Syria, Aug. 15, 1885; came to U.S. 1905, naturalized, 1911; ed. A.B., Am. Univ., Beirut, Syria, 1904; M.D,. Harvard Med. Sch., 1909; m. Hazel Tltus of Spencer, Ia., Jan. 1, 1919; children-Albert T., John W. Engaged in prac- tice of med. and surgery, Boston; instr., Harvard Med. Sch., 1911-17; in Palestine, 1919-23; in prac- tice at Springfield, 1923 -; 1st lt., capt. Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917-18, with A.E.F. in Fr., interpreter at Peace Conf., Paris, 1918-19; mem. A.M.A., Spring- field Acad. of Med. Club: Squash (Springfield). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 121 Chest- nut St., Springfield. Home: 95 Dover Rd., Long- meadow.
GINI, Thomas R. P., lawyer; b. Scotland, Nov. 25, 1880; s. James Gibb and Elizabeth (Laing) G .; ed. Dedham schs .; LL. B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1906; m. Edna C. Cullis of Belmont, June 30, 1913; 1 son-Thomas R. P., Jr. Admitted to Mass, bar, 1906; in gen. practice at Boston, 1906 -; nat. exec., ed., official publication, Order Scottish Clans; lecturer, Suffolk and Portla Law Sehs., 1918-28; v.p. Ins. Fcd, Mass .; past pres. N.E. Fraternal Congress. Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: 150 Causeway St., Boston. Ilome: Rockport. GINNS, Arthur Hamilton, author; b. London, Eng., Mar. 9, 1888; s. Henry James Gibbs and Ilelen ( Hamilton) G .; ed. Coll. de St. Malo, Bretagne, Fr .; St. John's Coll., Oxford; m. Jeannette Phil- lips of Lynn, Apr. 12, 1919. Rep. Oxford against Cambridge and won the lightweight boxing event in 1908; rowed on College crew; pvt., Cavalry, 1914, 2d lt. Arty., 1915, maj. Hdqrs. Staff (Llaison), 1918, Military Cross. Clubs: St. Bo- tolph, Kittansett (Marion). Author: The Com- plete Oxford Man, 1910; Cheadle and Son, 1911; Rowlandson's Oxford, 1912: The Hour of Con- flict, 1913; The Persistent Lovers, 1914; Gunfod- der, 1919; Soundings, 1925; Labels, 1926; Har- ness, 1928; Chances, 1930; Undertow, 1932; Rivers Glide On, 1934; Bluebottles (verse); The Need We Have, 1936; The Young Prince, 1937. Travel: Europe, Egypt, Near East, W.1., Mex. Home: Lakeville, Middleboro.
NGIBUS, Jeannette Phillips, author; b. Lynn, Dec. 23, 1891; d. Benjamin Phillips and Clara (Clark) P .; ed. Lynn Class, high sch .; A.B., Smith Coll .; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law; m. Arthur Ham- ilton Gibbs, Apr. 12, 1919. Became member of Mass, and N.Y. bars; practiced law in both states.
Author: Portia Marries; Humdrum House; French Leave; Copy for Mother. Travel: Europe, Mex., W.I. Family in Lynn prior to Revolution. Home: Lakeville.
GIBBY, Harold James, physician and surgeon; b. Princeton, N.J., July 18, 1882; s. William James Gibby and Helen (Budd) G .; ed. pvt. prep sch., Princeton, N.J., 1897-1900; A.B., Princeton, 1904; M.D., Unlv. Pa. Med. Sch., 1908; m. Bessie Overton Kennon of Richmond, Va., Apr. 15, 1914; 1 dau .- Nancy Randolph. Engaged in gen. practice of med., Pittston, Pa., 1908-16; Interne, E.E.N.T .; service, St. Luke's Hosp., N.Y. Clty, 1916-7; in practice, specializing In ear, nose and throat, Worcester, 1917 -; surg. for ear, nose and throat, Memoriai Hosp., Worecster; mem. Med. Adv. Bd. World War; mem. N.E. Otolaryngol. Soc., A.M.A., Worcester Dist. Med. Soc., Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Tatnuck Country, University ( Worcester). Au- thor: several monographs. Protestant. Repub- llcan. Office: 27 Elm St., Worcester. Home: 7 Wheeler Av., Worcester.
Y GIMSON, Anna Lemira, hospital superintendent; b. Richford, Vt., Sept. 25, 1875; d. George Wash- ington Gibson and Jane (Shepard) G .; ed. Rich- ford high sch .; N.E. Conservatory of Musle (spl. student); Boston Nniv .; also under profs. of Harvard Med. Seh .; grad., Boston City Hosp. Sch. of Nursing; R.N. teacher in Richford high sch .; head nurse and matron, Boston City Hosp., 1907-12; Instr. and asst. supt., Collls P. llunting- ton Hosp. (Harvard Med. Sch.), 1912-17, supt., 1917 -; pioneer teacher of clinical laboratory tech- nic to nurses; lecturer to nursing orgns .; trained clinical lab. tech. for war service; mem. Suffolk Co. State Nurses Assn. (pres. 1916-18), Suffolk Co. Dir. of Nurses (v.p. 1915), Mass. State Nurses Assn., Am. Nurses Assn., Am. Hosp. Assn., Anı. Red Cross, Mass. Soc. Mayflower Desc., Vermont Hist. Soc., O.E.S., A.O.R.C. Author: Clinical Laboratory Technic for Nurses, 1916, 1925; Rou- tine Laboratory Examinations; Cancer and Its Care-Handbook for Nurses (colab. ); various mag. articles. Travel: Europe, Alaska, Bermuda, Cuba, No. Am. Dir. desc. of Gov. William Brad- ford. Episcopalian. Republican : Home: Collig P. Huntington Memorial llosp., Boston. Summer res .: So. Wellfleet, Cape Cod.
VGIBSON, Charles Hammond, author; b. Boston, Nov. 21, 1871; s. Charles Hammond Gibson and Rosamond (Warren) G .; ed. Hopkinson's Sch., Boston; St. Paul's Seh ... Concord, N.H .; M.I.T., 1892-93; British Mus., 1894; architecture and land- scape architecture, Eng. and Fr., 1894; unmar- ried. Care of real estate and investments, Bos- ton, 1893-1920; sec. to Alfred Harmsworth (Lord Northeliffe), Eng., 1891, and asst. in organizing Jackson-Harmsworth Polar expdn., 1894-95; re- search In French hist., Fr .; organizer of lectures in U.S., to revive Interest in hist. and architec- ture of Touralne, 1896-97; lecturer on politics, lit., and travel, 1904-14; park commr., City of Boston, 1914-16; scc. Mass. Prison Reform League, 1913-16; mem. 1st R.O.T.C., Plattsburg, N.Y., 1915, vol. Defenses of Boston, World War, 1916, pub. speaker on training camps, preparedness, Liberty Loans, asst. in land-takings for Army Basc, So. Boston, 1915-18, mem., Nat. Allied Re- lief Com., 1915; mem. Bunker Hill Monument Assn., Japan Soc. of Boston, Mass. llort. Soc., Mass. Audubon Soc., U.S. For. Policy Assn., Italy-Am. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Navy League, Am. Poetry Assn. (founder and 1st pres., 1925-26), Poetry Soc. of Gr. Brit. (v.p.), Acad. Polit. Science. Clubs: Authors', Manuscript (v.p., 1923-24), Epis- copallan, Trinity (all of Boston). Author: (under nom-de-plume of Richard Sudbury) Two Gen- tlemen in Touraine, 1900; Among French Inns, 1905; The Spirit of Love and Other Poems, 1906; The Wounded Eros (sonnets), 1908; The Pris- oner's Hymn, 1914; At Lincoln's Memorial, 1924; England, A Plndaric Ode, 1930; many poems and Editor: Reminis- articles in press and mags. cences of Annie Crowninshield Warren, 1910; Year Book of Poems of Boston Chap., Am. Lit. Assn., 1925, and Am. Poctry Assn., 1926. Travel: Eng., Fr., 1894-96; Eng., Fr., It., Switz., 1900-02.
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Desc. John Gibson, Cambridge, 1634. Episco- pallan. Republican. Office and home: 137 Beacon St., Boston. Summer res .: "Forty Steps", Nahant. GIBSON, James Jerome, asso, professor of psychol- ogy; b. MeConnelsville, O., Jan. 27, 1904; s. Thomas Benton Gibson and Mary Gertrude (Stanbery) G .; ed. A.B., Princeton, 1925, A.M., 1926, Ph.D., 1928; m. Eleanor Grier Jack of Peoria, Ill., Sept. 17, 1932. Instr. psychology, Smith Coll., 1928-29, asst, prof. 1929-35, asso. prof. 1935 -; mem. Am. Psychol. Assn., Soc. Exptl. Psychologists, Soc. Exptl. Study of Social Issues, Conn. Valley Psy- chol. Assn., Sigma Xi, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Fed. Teachers. Author: articles and reviews in psychological mags. Office: Dept. of Psychology, Smith College, Northampton. Home: 210 Elm St., Northampton.
GIBSON, Russell, asst. professor of economic geol- ogy; b. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 21, 1887; s. James B. Gibson and Bessie (Flensey) G .; ed. cent. high seh., St. Louis, Mo .; A.B., Washington Univ., 1920; A.M., Unlv. Colo., 1922; Ph.D., Harvard, 1929; m. Katharine Brookes of St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 11, 1922; children-Jean, Mark, Seth. Asst. in geol., Washington Univ., 1918-20; instr. geol., Univ. Colo., 1920-25, asst. prof., 1925-26; instr. geol., llarvard, 1927-31, asst. prof. econ, geol., 1931 -; summer work, Mo. Bur. Geol. & Mines, 1918, Colo. Geol. Survey, 1921-23, Okla. Produe- ing & Refining Corp., 1920, Homestake Mining Co., 1927, U.S. Geol. Survey, 1928-36; mem. Am. Inst. M.E., Geol. Soc. Am., Soc. Econ. Geologists, A.A.A.S., Am. Geophys. Union, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Gamma Alpha, etc. Author: tech. publs. of U.S. Geol. Survey, Colo. Geol. Survey, articles in sci. jours., etc. Travel: Argentine, Chile, Bo- Ilvla, Peru (for geol, work). Presbyterian. Re- publican. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge. llome: 330 Payson Rd., Belmont.
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GIDDINGS, Harold Girard, surgeon; b. Gardiner, Me., Mar. 23, 1880; s. Wooster P. Giddings and Sarah (Peckham) G .; ed. Gardiner high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1901; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1907; m. Mildred Potter of Cleveland, July 12, 1911; children-W. Philip, Robert P. Practicedy surgery, Boston; sr. viting surg., Whldden Mem. Ilosp., Everett; lieut. col. Mass. State Guard in charge of Relief Expdn. to Hallfax, 1917; mem. draft bd., World War; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., A.C.S. Clubs: Newton Medical (past pres. ), Boston Lions (past pres.), Aesculaplan. Author: Original Study on Blood Pressure During Major Operations, 1912; varlous articles on surgical subjects. Travel: Orient, U.S. Dir. desc. George and Jane Giddens, Ipswich, 1635. Congregation- alist. Republlean. Office: 270 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Ilome: 29 Berwick Rd., Newton Centre. Summer res .: Falmouth.
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1. GIDEON, Henry, musician; b. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 7. 1877; s. Louis Gideon and Henrietta (Brueck) G .; ed. Louisville (Ky.) male high sch .; A.M., llarvard, 1906; European traveling fellowship ( Harvard), Paris and Munich, 1906-07; unmar- rled. Teacher classics and Eng., Louisville (Ky.) male high sch., 1897-1904; organist, dir. of mu- sic, Temple Israel, Boston, 1908-38; dir. L'Afri- caine Singers, Belmont Choristers, Fllene Choral Club, Women's Scholarship Chorus; organizer and conductor (1938), Gideon Ensemble; inde- pendent radio broadcaster; lecturer, Univ. Exten- sion, Dept. Edn., Mass .; entertainer, Overthere Theatre League, with A.E.F., in France, 1918-19; mem. Nat. Fed. Temple Brotherhoods; asso. Am. Guild of Organists. Author: many mag. arti- cles, several compositions, compilations. Travel : 9 transatlantic tours, with visits to Gr., Pales- the, Russia; U.S., extensive. Jewish. Office and home: Hotel Kenmore, Boston.
GIERASCH, Waller, teacher; b. Chicago, Ill., July 15. 1905; s. Walter S. Gierasch and Georgia M. (Boit) (1 .; ed. Middlesex Sel., Concord; A.B., Har- vard, 1928; m. Mary T. Hellen of Wash., D.C., Feb. 22, 1930; 1 dau .- Emily. Teacher Eng., Middle- sex Sch., 1929-37; Instr. Eng., Harvard, 1937 --. Club: English Lunch. Author: Robinson Jef- fers; other minor critical articles. Travel: France
(twice). Christian. Office: H-12, Kirkland House, Cambridge. Home: Lowell Rd., Concord. V*GIESE, Henry William, department store exec .; b. Carthage, Ill., April 25, 1881; s. Ewald F. Glese and Emilie A. ( Wetzel) G .; ed. Boys high sch., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1894-8; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1902; m. Emily W. Stearns of Newton, Nov. 15, 1913; children-Robert 19., Frank S., Mary E., Janet E. Instr., Blake Sch., N.Y. City, 1902-4, owner, 1904-6; credit mgr., R. Il. Stearns Co., dept. store, 1906- 15, treas. 1915 -; mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Maugus, Wellesley Country. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 140 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 34 Livermore Rd., Wellesley Hills. Died Aug. 4, 1939.
GIFFORD, Albert James, machine tools mfg .; b. Worcester, June 4, 1876; s. Silas B. Gifford and Harriet A. (Snell) G .; ed. Worcester high sch. 1892; B S., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1896, honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering, 1939; m. Marian Porter of Worcester, Sept. 27, 1905; children- Barbara, Lydla. Chief draftsman, Prentice Bros .; research eng., Chas. Illll Morgan; supt., Morgan Spring Co .; dir., sec .- treas., Leland-Gifford Co., 1900 -; pres. and dir. Jig Bushing Co., Pontiac, Mielr., Putnam Co., Putnam, Conn .; dir., sec. and treas. Canadian Leland-Gifford Co., Montreal, P.Q .; Leland-Gifford Co., dir. Worcester; County Trust Co .. Worcester; Worcester County Elec. Co., Worcester; Nat. Mach. Tool Builders' Assn .; civillan service in war, consultant in procure- ment and development work on important parts for aernonautie motors, In coop. with Govt. Depts .; mem. Nat. Assn. Manufacturers, Nat .. Safety Coun- cil, life mem. Am. Soc. M.ES., Soc. Automotive Engrs., Am. Soc. for Metals, Nat. Acad. Pol. Sci., Nat. Geographle Assn., Worcester Eng. Soc. Clubs: Worcester, Worcester Country, Worcester Econ., Rotary of Worcester (past pres. ), Worces- ter Co. Mech. Assn. (past pres., tr.)., treas. and life mem. Worcester Polytechnic Inst. Trustees. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Leland- Gifford Co., Worcester. Home: 28 Prospect St., Shrewsbury, Summer home: Nantucket.
GIFFORD, Charles L., congressman; b. Cotuit, Mar. 15, 1871; s. William C. Gifford and Mary A. ( Baker) G .; ed. pub. schs .; m. Fannie Il. Handy of Cotult, Sept. 6, 1892; 1 dau .- Mrs. Florence S. Claussen. Formerly teacher in high schs. in Conn. and Co- tuit; in real estate bus. 1900 -; mem. Gen. Court Mass., 1912-3, Senate 1914-19; elected mem. 67th Congress, to fill vacancy, 1921-23; mem. 68th to 72nd Congresses, 16th Mass. Dist., 1923-33, 75th- 76th Congresses, 15th Mass. Dist., 1933-37; mem. Masons, Odd Fellows Congregationalist. Re-
publican. Office: Cotuit; Wash., D.C. Home: Cotuit.
GIFFORD, Faunle Stearns Davis, author; b. Cleve- land, Ohio, March 6, 1884; d. William V. W. Davis and Rebecca Frances (Stearns) D .; ed. Pittsfield high sch .; A.B., Smith Coll., 1904; n. Augustus MeK. Gifford of Pittsfield, 1914; 1 dau .- Rebecca. Author: mise, verse, 3 bks. of verse, mag. arti- cles. Desc. John and Priscilla Alden; g.d. Wil- liam A. Stearns, pres. of Amherst Coll. Congre- gationalist. Republican. Home: 65 William St., Pittsfield.
GIFFORD, Flavel Mayhew, superintendent of schools; b. West Tisbury, May 10, 1895; s. George G. Gifford and Georgene O (Mayhew) G .; ed. Tisbury high sch .; Mt. Hermon Sch .; B.S., Mass. State Coll, class of 1920, as of 1918; Ed.M., Har- vard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1930; m. Doris Allen Cottle of Chilmark, Aug. 28, 1920; children-Dorothy, William, Ellen. Teacher, Holderness Sch., 1920- 21; prin., high sch., Dennis, 1921-23, Harwich, 1923-25, Hatfield, 1925-28, Maynard, 1928-30; supt. schs., New Salem, Prescott, Dana, and Greenwich, 1930-34, Holliston, Medway and Sherborn, 1934-39, Fairhaven and Mattapoisett, 1939 -; sergt. Q.M.C., U.S.A., France, 1917-19; mem. N.E. Assn. Scli. Supts., Mass. Sch. Supts. Assn., N.E.A., Am. Le- glon, Masons, Grange. Congregationalist. Of- / fice and home: Falrhaven.
GIFFORD, Frank Herbert, business man; b. New Bedford, Aug. 8, 1859; s. Charles Henry Gifford
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and Elizabeth Peckham (Cummings) G .; ed. Friends' Acad., New Bedford; Ph. B., Brown Unlv., 1881; m. Eliza llowland Cook of New Bedford, June 3, 1890. Engr. cotton mill, 1881-84; cotton broker, 1884-1926; mill treas., 1897-1900; treas. New Bedford Bd. Commerce, 1917 -; v.p. New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co., 1906-29; tr. Five Cents Sav. Bk .; dir. Pierce Mfg. Co .; worked in campaigns of Red Cross, Liberty Loans, East Relief, as mem, of Legal Advisory Bd. during World War; mem. Red Cross (chmn, New Bed- ford Chap., 1918-30), Old Dartmouth Hist. Soc., New Bedford Port Soc. (v.p.). Clubs: Wamsutta, Brown, Republican, A.A.A. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office: 628 Pleasant St., New Bedford. Ilome: 380 County St., New Bedford.
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