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V ATKINS, Mrs. Lonise Allen, sculptor; b. Lowell; d. Charles Herbert Allen and Harriet C. (Dean) A .; father Ist gov. of Porto Rico; studied art R.I. Sch. Design, Boston Mus. F'ne Arts; m. (2nd) Albert Henry Atkins, 1927; 1 son-Allen Hobbs, by Ist marriage. Exhibited, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Nat. Acad. New York, Art Inst. Chicago, Albright Galleries (Buffalo); Mus. Fine Arts (Providence, R.I.), National Sculpture Soc .; represented in Cleveland Mus, and the Hillyer Collection, Smith Coll .; prin, works: World War Memorial at East Greenwich, R.I., World War tablet at Gloucester, memorial tablet in Bancroft Hall, Annapolis, Md .; also ideal bronzes, portraits, ete .; awarded hon. mention, Boston Tercentenary Exhon., 1930, Es- ther Groome memorial prize, N. Shore Arts Assu., 1930; mem. faculty, R.I. Sch. Design, 1925-32; mem. Copley Soc. (Boston), North Shore Arts Assn. (Gloucester); active mem. Nat. Sculpture Soc. Club: Providence Art. Studio: 11 Lincoln St., West Gloucester.
ATKINSON, Edward Willlams, importing merchant; D. Brookline, Oct. 13. 1859; s. Edward Atkinson and Mary Caroline (Heath) A .; ed. W. N. Eayrs' pvt. sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1881; m. Ellen Forbes Russell of Milton, Nov. 15, 1894; children-Ed- ward, Henry Russell, Mrs. Mary Atkinson Colt. In bus. 1884 -; with predecessors of present Vol- untary Assn., viz: Stoddard Lovering & Co., Stod-
dard, Hlaseriek, Richards & Co., Richards, Atkin- son & Haserlck; now sr. partner, Atkinson, Has- erick & Co., importing . merchants, Boston; tr. Voluntary Assu., Atkinson, Haseriek & Co .; pres. Vacuum Co., Alsatian Machine Works, Ltd .; Town Meeting mem., Brookline; chinn. Com. Textile Al- lianee for Allocation of Egyptian Cotton, World War. Clubs: Union, Somerset, Harvard, India Wharf Rats (Boston); Varsity (Cambridge). Travel: Europe (bus. trips). Desc, John Atkin- son from Bury St. Edmunds, Eng., settler in Old Newbury, early 17th. century. Protestant. Dem- oerat. Office: 152 Congress St., Boston. Home: 35 Heath Ilill, Brookline. Summer res. : Wing's Neck, Pocasset.
VATKINSON, Geoffroy, teacher; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 21, 1892; s. Hoffman Atkinson and Sophie Du- rand (Hepburn) A .; ed. Horace Mann high sch., N.Y.C .; B.S., Amherst Coll., 1913; A.M., Colum- bia, 1914, Ph. D., 1920; m. Lenette May Rogers of So. Carver, 1928; children-Beryl, Joan. Instr. modern langs., Union Coll., 1914-16; Teachers Coll. (Columbia), 1919; Columbia, 1919-20; asso. proť., Amherst Coll., 1920-26, prof., 1926 -; enlisted pvt., Med. Dept., U.S.A., May 5, 1917; overseas, May 14, 1917-Jan. 22, 1919; discharged as 1st It., San. Corps, Jan. 25, 1919; held fellowship romance langs., Columbia, 1916-17; see. & interpreter, Rock- efeller Tuberculosis Commn. to France, 1917; fel- lowship, C.R.B. Foundation, Belg., 1927-27; Gug- genheim Foundation, Fr., Belg., Switz., 1931-35; mem. Commn. Relief in Belgium Ednl. Founda- tion, 1932-, mem. exee. com., 1936-38; mem. Mod- ern Lang. Assn .; America; Am. Assn. Univ. Profs. Author: The Extraordinary Voyage in French Lit- erature, 2 vols., 1920 and 1922; Les Relations de Voyages du XVII Siècle et l'évolution des idées, 1924; La litterature géographique française do la Renaissance, 1927 (Supplement, 1936); The Works of François Villon, 1930; Les nouveaux horizons de la Renaissance française, 1935. Travel: 13 periods of residence in Europe; trips in So. Am., Africa, Near East. Office: Amherst College, Am- herst. Home: 405 South Pleasant St., Amherst.
ATKINSON, J. Erle, sales manager; b. England, Aug. 11, 1899; s. Montague Atkinson and Emily (Par- ker) A .; cd. King Alfred sch., Hampstead, Eng .; Forest Sch., Essex, Eng .; Sch. Mil. Aeronautics ( Royal Air Force) ; m. Elizabeth Couch of Bos- ton, 1925; children-Emily Elizabeth, Jane, Celia Couch. Pres. Samson Elec., Inc., 1933 --; v.p. S. 11. Couch Co., Inc., 1931 -; It. Royal Air Force, 1 cita- tion, World War. Clubs: Royal Air Force (Lon- don, Eng.), British Officers' (N.C.). Travel: Europe, Asia, Africa. Protestant. Ofliec: 3 Ar- lington St., North Quincy. Ilome: Beacon Cirele, Milton.
ATKINSON, Lenette Rogers, private research work- er; b. So. Carver, Mar. 30, 1899; d. Lawrence Mon - roe Rogers and Mary Briggs (Crowell) R .; ed. Lasoll Seminary, grad. 1917; B.A., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1921; M.A., Univ. Wis., 1922, Ph.D. 1925; student. Univ. Louvain, Belg., 1925-27; m. Geof- froy Atkinson, June 1928; children-Beryl, Joan. Asst. in botany, Univ. Wis., 1921-25; fellow Commn. for Relief in Belgium Ednl. Foundation, 1925-27; acting asst. prof. botany, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1928; research in botany at home, since 1928; mem. Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Epsilon. Author: botanical articles. Home: 405 South Pleasant St., Amherst.
ATKINSON, William, business man; b. Brookline, July 7, 1866; s. Edward Atkinson and Mary Caro- line (Heath) A .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; spl. student, Harvard, 4 yrs., M.I.T., 2 yrs., 1 yr. as student of architecture; studied architecture, Paris, 1 yr .; m. Mittie Harmon Jackson of Law- rence, May 29, 1900 (d. 1935). Architect, 1891 - 1915; treas. Vacuum Co., fumigators of foreign cotton, Somerville, 1915-, also dir., elk. Club: Ilomestead Country. Author: Orientation of Buildings, 1912; Ethical Interest, 1929; Enigma of Profit, 1932; Mathematics of the Commodity Dollar, 1935.
Unitarian. Independent. Office: 57 Mystic Av., Somerville. Home: Boxford.
ATKINSON, Willis Freeman, retail eoal merchant; D. Georgetown, Mass., Oct. 21, 1897; s. Walter
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Eugene Atkinson and Bertha (Boultenhouse) A .; ed. Georgetown pub. sehr., Haverhill (Mass.) high sch .; Worcester Inst. Tech., 1916-18; m. Doris M. Kimball of Amesbury, Mass., Jan. 1, 1921; children-Elcanor May, Leslie Eugene, Theodore. Employed in meter dept. Bay State Street Ry. Co., 1919-20; with dept. transformer testing Gen- eral Electric Co., 1920-21; asso. with W. E. At- kinson Co., retail coal, oll, grain and lumber, New- buryport, Mass., since 1921, pres. since 1930; pres. Merrimack Valley Lumbermen's Group, Inc .; mein. Newburyport Chamber of Commerce (dir. and past pres.), Rotary Club (past pres.), Theta Chi, Club: Dalton of Newburyport (past pres.). Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office: 27 Water St., Newburyport. Home: 16 Summit Place, New- buryport.
VATWATER, David Hay, corporation official; b. Fall River, Nov. 9, 1898; s. William Cutler At- water and Ida Wilson (Hay) A .; ed. pvt. schs .; Phillips Andover Acad .; m. Eleanor Bartlett of Andover, Aug. 10, 1918; children-Davld Hay, Damaris Sayre, Sally Anne, Eleanor Bartlett, Nathaniel Bartlett. Clk. with Elkhorn Coal Co., 1918-22; v.p., gen. mgr., Wm. C. Atwater & Co., Inc., Fall River, 1922-30, pres. and gen. mgr. 1930 -; pres. Atwater Steamship Co., Atwacoal Transportation Co., Old Colony Machine Works Co., Fall River Nav. Co .; dir. Durfee Trust Co .; tr. Union Hosp .; served In A.E.F., U.S.A., World War; inem. Masons (32º). Clubs: Lions, Que- quechan (Fall River), Fall River Yacht (Tiver- ton, R.I.), Cruising of America. Protestant. Office: 150 So. Main St., Fall River. Ilome: Tiv- erton, R.I.
TWATER, Helen Woodard, home economist, mag- azine editor; b. Somerville, May 29, 1876; d. Wilbur Olin Atwater and Marcia (Woodard) A .; ed, various schs. in U.S. and Europe; L. B., Smith Coll., 1897; unmarried. Editorial asst. to father, internat. known investigator and writer on hu- man nutrition; asst., later in charge, editorial work, office of Home Economics (now Bur. of Ilome Economics), U.S. Dept. Agri., 1909-23; ed. Journal of llome Economics, 1923 -; past chmn., dept. food production & home economics, Wom- an's Com., Council Nat. Defense, 1917-19; chmn. Women's Joint Congressional Com., 1926-28; v.p. Women's Nat. Press Club, 1937-38; chmn. adv. com., Journal of Am. Assn. Univ. Women; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Home Economics Assn .; hon. mem. Omicron Nu, Phi Upsilon Omicron. Club: College (Boston). Travel: Europe. Author: bul- letins, articles on home economics. Congrega- tionalist. Office: 620 Mills Bldg., Washington, D.C. Home: The Kennedy-Warren, Washington, D.C.
ATWELL, Charles Robertson, psychologist; b. Belle- vue, Pa., June 13, 1907; s. Jason R. Atwell and Bertha (Nivin) A .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., llarvard, 1928, A.M., 1931; m. Helen Nichols Ster- ling of Wellesley, Dec. 24, 1934; 1 son-Eliot Ster- ling. Vocational testing and research work, Gen, Elec. Co., 1929-30; psychometrist, Boston Psycho- pathic Ilosp., 1931-33, psychologist, 1933-38, head psychologist, 1938 -; mem. Am. Psychol. Assu. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: 74 Fen- wood Rd., Boston. Rome: 15 Davis Av., Brook-
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ATWELL, WIllard Barber, superintendent of schools; b. Attleboro, Nov. 11, 1879; s. Charles L. Atwell and Marion Isabel (Barber) A .; ed. Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1903; student, Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 19 -; m. Harriet L. Bethel of Attle- boro, Sept. 6, 1904; children-Isabel Louise, Rich- ard Bethel, Lawrence Austin, Willard Barber, Jr., Howch Ware, Betty Harriett. Teacher in Mass. rural schs., 1898-1901; prin., Penacook (N.II.) gram. sch., later high sch., 1903-06; supt. schs., N.Il. dist., 1906-11, Wakefield, 1911 -; mem. Pub. Safety Com., chm. Jr. Red Cross, Wakefield, during World War; life mem. N. E.A .; mem. Am. Assn. Sch. Administrators, Mass, Sch. Supts. Assn. (pres.), Phi Kappa Psi, Masons, K.T., O.E.S. (past patron). Club: Rotary. Desc. Benjamin Atwell, . ATWOOD, Frederick Edwin, publisher; b. Chelsea, Conn .; Nathaniel Potter, an early settler in Dart- mouth. Congregationalist. Republican. Ollice:
Wakefield High Sch. Bldg., Wakefield. Home: 94 W. Chestnut St., Wakefield.
ATWOOD, Alfred Ray, clergyman; b. Union, Ill, Mar. 4, 1874; s. Rev. Louis P. Atwood and Helen Maria (Chapman) A .; ed. Dennis So, high sch .; Oberlin ((.) Acad .; A.B. (with honors), Univ. Vt., 1899, M.A., 1911; student, Harvard, Andover Theol. Sch .; O.B.D. and S.T.M., Oberlin Coll., 1918; D.D., Piedmont Coll., Demorest, Ga., 1927; in. Matilda A. Brandt of Cleveland, O., Sept. 19, 1901; chil- dren-Louise B., Alfred Ray, Ir., Frieda M.E. Pastor, Cong. Chs. in Mass. and N.Y. states; then ednl. snpt., Synod. of Mich .; supt. Mo. Cong. Conf .; asst. to pres. of Intermountain Inst., Weiser, Ida .; known as "The Sweet Potato King" because, with help of State Agrl. Coll., he introduced the grow- ing of sweet potatoes as a pvt. and a bus indus- try into Eastern Mass .; mem. A.F.&A.M/ K.T., Barnstable County Farm Bur., Masons (Pilgrim Lodge), Alpha Tau Omega. Clubs: Congrega- tional of Boston, Clerical, Kiwanis. Author: sev- eral small books. incl. Transportation on Cape Cod, Old Home Week in Massachusetts, Toilers of the Sea, The Cranberry Industry. Travel: U.S. (36 states). Desc. Gov. Carver of Mass. and At- woods of Plymouth, 1636. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: Harwich, Cape Cod.
VATWOOD, Blanche Loulse, physician; b. Whitman, June 3, 1892; d. Bertrand Atwood and Annie (Poolo) A .; ed. Whitman high sch .; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1914; m. F. Oscar Chase of Brook- line, June 28, 1938. Interne, Worcester Mem. Ilosp .; visiting surg. and obstetrician, N.E. Hosp. for Women & Children, 1920 -; instr. surgery and obstetrics, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1930 -; F.A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Women's Med. Soc. Unitarian. Republican. Office and home: 29 Powell St., Brookline.
VATWOOD, Byron Trafton, manufacturer of power plant equipment; b. Lawrence, June 15, 1885; s. Charles Perkins Atwood and Mary ( Mitchell) A .; ed. Tufts Coll., 1906-10; m. Helen llayden Knight of Manchester, Sept. 18, 1926; children-Nancy, Byron Trafton, Jr., Mary Ann (d.), Jane Knight, Betsy Ames. Employed as engr. on R.R. work and road constr., 1910-16; gen. mgr., Atwood & Morrill Co., mfrs. equipment for turbines and power plants, Salem, 1916-, sec. 1918 -; mem. exec. bd., North Shore Council, Boy Scouts Am .; mem. Alpha Tau Omega. Clubs: Salem Country, Tedesco Tennis (Swampscott), Corinthian Yacht Club. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Atwood & Morrill Co., Salem, Home: 116 Lafayette St., Salem.
ATWOOD, Charles Augustus, surgeon; b. Taunton, June 12, 1861; s. Henry Dean Atwood and Alice Brown (Williams) A .; ed. M.D., llarvard Med. Sch., 1883; m. Elizabeth Woodward of Taunton, June 20, 1888. Engaged in practice of medicine at Taunton, since 1883. Address: 35 West Britan - nia St., Taunton.
ATWOOD, Francis Clarke, research engineer, in- ventor; b. Salem, May 7, 1893; s. J. Allen Atwood and Abbie Louise (Nichols) A .; ed. llolten high sch., Danvers; S.B., M.I.T., 1914; in. Eleanor Brooks Bonnar of North Adams, Aug. 19, 1918; children- Betsy Francis, Eleanor Bonnar. Instr., M.I.T., 1914-16; research engr., Exolon Co., 1916-17; jr. men. Kalmus, Comstock & Westcott, Inc., 1917-25; v.p. Bonnar Atwood, Inc., 1925-33; chief chemist, Craftex Co., 1927-30; dir. research, v.p. Atlantic Research Assos., Inc., 1930-36; pres., dir., 1936 -; mem. Atwood Realty Trust; has many patents on various inventions; fellow Am. Inst. Chem- ists; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Chem. Soc., Acoustical Soc. Am., Soc. Rheology, Am. Soc. for Testing Materials, Fed. Paint & Varnish Production Clubs (pres., 1933). Clubs: Chemists (N.Y.), University (Chicago). Author: short tech. papers. Desc. South wicks. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 763 Washington St., Newtonville. Ilome: 104 Atwood Av., Newtonville. Summer res .: Ed- gartown.
Vt., Aug. 11, 1875; s. John Atwood and Jennie (Mills) A .; ed. B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1900; m.
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Marion Bradley of Hyde Park, Apr. 28, 1910. En- tire business career has been with shoe and leather publications; now treas. Shoe Trades Pub. Co .; pres. Rapid Service Press; pub. of magazines "Leisure", founder in 1922 of "Antiques." Club: Higiiland (West Roxbury). Independent in poli- tics. Office: 683 Atlantic Av., Boston. Home: West Roxbury.
ATWOOD, Harrlet Towle Bradley (Mrs. Wallace W.); b. Chicago, Ill., Apr. 2, 1875; d. Alexander Stuart Bradley and Harriet Ayer Towle; ed. student, Chicago Normal Sch .; B.S., Univ. Chi- cago, 1905; m. Wallace Walter Atwood of Chi- cago, Ill., Sept. 1900; children-Roliin Salisbury, Wallace W., Jr., Harriet Towle Atwood Olm- sted, Mary Fessenden. Teacher, Hillside, Wis., 1893-96, Chicago, III., 1896-99; instr. in Chicago Inst. and School of Edn., Univ. Chicago, 1900-02; co-founder and tr. Shady Ilili Sch., Cambridge, 1914-19; tr. Bancroft Sch., Worcester, up to 1934, now on advisory bd .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Dick- ens Fellowship (Worcester br.), Alliance Fran- çaise, Assn. Univ. Women, Sentinels of the Re- public, Nat. Econ. League, For. Policy Assn. Clubs: Players, Worcester Music Assn,, Worcester Art Museum, Clark Univ. Faculty Women's, Tat- nuck Country. Travel: North, Middle and South America; Engiand, Scandinavia, Central Europe, Mediterranean, Hawaii, Bermuda, Azores, and Philippine Isiands, Far East, South and East Af- rica. De;c. John Bradiey, Concord, N.H., John Barrows, Plymouth, Mary Palmer and William Fessenden of Cambridge, Dr. Ira Towle and Sarai Clement of Fryeburg, Me .; severai ancestors were in the Am. Revolution (one grandfather, father and son marched together at the call of Lexing- ton). Unitarian. Independent liberal. Home: 160 Woodland St., Worcester.
VATWOOD, Harrison Henry, architect; b. London - derry, Vt., Aug. 26, 1863; s. Peter Clark Atwood and Helen Marion (Aidrich) A .; ed. Boston pub. schs .; Boston Archtl. Sch .; m. Clara Stein of Bos- ton, Sept. 11, 1889; children-Harrison H., Jr., August S. City architect, Boston, 1889-91; prac- ticed architecture, Boston, 40 yrs .; mem. Mass. Ho, of Rep., 1887-89, 1915, 1917-18, 1923-24, 1927- 28, Rep. City Com., 1884-98 (sec. 6 yrs.), Rep. State Com., 1888-89, Congress, 1895-97; alternate del. to Nat. Rep. Conv., Chicago, 1888, and del. or alter- nate del. to all Rep. Nat. Convs., except that of 1896, from then tiii 1908; mem. Masons (K.T.), Shrine, Oddfellows. Ilome: 32 Laurel Av., Wel- lesley Hiils. Summer res .: Deering, N.H.
ATWOOD, Harry Heywood, lawyer, judge; b. Ster- ling, Aug. 2, 1881; s. Walter Alexander Atwood and Josephine Ardelle (Heywood) A .; ed. Fitch- burg high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1903; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1905; m. Louise H. Gale of Har- vard, June 17, 1908; children-Ruth (Mrs. Wal- ter S. B. Tate), Philip Gaie. Admitted to Mass. Bar, 1904; asst. register of probate, Worcester Co., 1907-14, register of probate, 1914-25, judge of probate, 1925 -; mem. Masons, For. Policy Assn. Clubs: Harvard (Worcester), University (Worces- ter), Worcester Country, Economics. Travel: Can., Europe (three times). Universalist. Re- publican. Office: Court House, Worcester. Home: 24 Fiske St., Worcester.
ATWOOD, Ichabod Francls, box manufacturer; b. Middleboro, Feb. 28, 1882; s. Charles N. Atwood and Sarah Ann (Gibbs) A .; ed. grad. Middleboro High School, 1899; B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1903; m. Clara Greenleaf of Gloucester, June 28, 1911; 1 dau .- Marjorie Hope. Box mfr., also banker, vice pres. and dir. N.E. Box Co., Chelsea; vice pres. Cheisea Sav. Bk .; dir. Chelsea Trust Co., Chelsea Morris Plan; mem. Chelsea Masonic Bodies, also Fidelity Lodge of Melrose. Ciub: Rotary (Chei- sea). Travei: U.S., Can., Europe. G. s. Ichabod Francis Atwood, a capt. in Mass. State Militia and a rep. s. Chas. N. Atwood in Mass. Gen. Court. Protestant. Republican, Office: Vale St., Chel- sea. Honie: 60 last Emerson St., Melrose. Sum- mer res .: "Newtowne Farm", Topsfield.
ATWOOD, Irving Morrill, insurance agent; b, Bos- ton Oct. 2, 1882; s. W. Irving Atwood and Georgia Augusta (Morriii) A .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B.,
Harvard, 1904; m. Martha Ames Whitcombe of Watertown, 1908; 1 dau .- Dorothy (d.); m. (2nd) Mildred Dutton Moore of Newton, 1932; children- Ann Dutton, Elizabeth Morrill. Connected with fishing industry, 1905-23; asst. treas. and dir. Commonwealth Ice & Cold Storage Co .; pres. and dir. Freeman, Cobb Co., Boston Fish Pier Co., At- wood & Payne Co., Consolidated Weir Co., Henry A. Pierce Co .; dir. N.E. Fish Exchange; independ- ent ins. agt., broker, Boston, 1923-32, Newton Centre, 1932 --; worked with Food Administration, World War; mem. Masons. Ciub: Rotary. Desc. Atwood, Morriii (Rev. Isaac Morrili), Merrill, DeCosta families of Mayflower. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 46 Langley Rd., Newton Cen- tre. Ilome: 39 Chester St., Newton Highlands.
ATWOOD, Joseph, insurance engineer; b. Lynn, Nov. 11, 1895; s. Luther Atwood and Nellie (Tayior) A .; ed. Lynn Class. high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1917; m. Marion Rowen of Swampscott, 1923; children- Joseph R., Eiaine. Insp. Boston Bd. Fire Under- writers, 1919-23; engr., sec., William A. Muller & Co. corp. ins., Boston, 1923 -; town meeting mem., Swampscott; at 1st Plattsburg O.T.C., 1917; 2nd Lt. Q.M.C., A.E.F., Fr. and Ger., 1918-19, now 1st lt. Res .; mem. S.A.R., S.C.W., Mil. Order World War, Order Blue Goose, Masons, Am. Legion. Travel: Eng., F'r., Ger. (World War), Bermuda, Calif. Gt.g.s. Thomas Jefferson Marsh, treas. Mass. Universalist. Republican. Offlee: 99 Water St., Boston. Home: 72 Banks Rd., Swampscott. Summer res .: Kingston, N.H.
ATWOOD, Leland Leavitt, professor; b. Plymouth, N.II., Sept. 7, 1895; s. Joseph Leland Atwood and Vena (Leavitt) A .; ed. Plymouth (N.H.) high sch .; A.B., Clark Univ., 1916; A.M., Cornell, 1922, PhD., 1927; m. Annie Alvira Adams of No. Attle- boro, Sept. 7, 1923; children-Richard Adams, Robert Leland. Instr. modern langs., Cornell, 1917, 1919-24; asst, prof., N. C. Coll. for Women, 1924-26, Clark Univ., 1926-30; prof. head Dept. Modern Langs., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1930-34, also head Dept. Hist., 1934 -; 1st class sergt. Air Service, 21 mos., World War; mem. Modern Lang. Assn. Am., Alliance Française (pres. Worcester br., 1936-38), Alpha Sigma Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta. Club: Worcester Economic. Author: Le Livre des quatre Saisons (Atwood-Perochon) ; A First Book in French (Churchman, Atwood, Ra- cine). Travel: Fr., Switz., Ger., Brit. Isles. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester. Home: June St., Worcester. 319
ATWOOD, Wallace Walter, college president, pro- fessor; b. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 1, 1872; s. Thomas Greene Atwood and Adelaide Adelia (Richards) A .; ed. high sch., Chicago; B.S., Univ. Chicago, 1897, Ph.D., 1903; m. Harriet Towle Bradley of Chicago, Sept. 22, 1900; children-Rollin S., Wal- lace W., Jr., Harriet Atwood Olmsted, Mary F. Mem. facuity, Univ. Chicago, 1900-13; Harvard, 1913-20; pres., Clark Univ., 1920 -; field studies as geologist, geographer; mem. U.S. Geoi. Survey 1900 --; asso. with Nat. Park Service, Am. Forestry Assn., Save-tlie-Redwoods League, Sierra Club, mem. numerous internat. confs .; del. for U.S. at congresses in Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Cambridge (Eng.), Paris (Fr.) .; capt., R.O.T.C., 3 yrs., dur- ing World War; mem., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Antiq. Soc., Geol. Soc. Am., A.A.A.S., Assn. Am. Geog., Chicago Acad. Sciences, Pan-Am, Inst. Geog. and Hist., St. Wulsten Soc .; etc. Clubs: Cosmos, Worcester, Worcester Economic, Tat- nuck Country, University (Boston). Author: se- ries of geog. text books; numerous scientific arti- cles; tech. reports, pub. U.S. Geol. Survey (100 titles in ali). Travel: in most countries of world. Ancestors arrived Plymouth, 1636; several served in Revolutionary War. Unitarian. Usually Re- publican. Office: Clark University, Worcester. Home: 160 Woodiand St., Worcester.
ATWOOD, Wallace Walter, Jr., professor of phys- iography; b. Chicago, INl., June 7, 1906; s. Wal- lace Walter Atwood and Harriet Towie (Bradley) A .; ed. Cambridge high & Latin sch., 1918-19; Lexington high sch., 1919-20; South high sch., Worcester, 1920-22; B.S., Univ. Chicago, 1926;
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M.A., Clark Univ., 1927, Ph. D., 1930; student, Univ. Zürich (Switz.), Univ. Paris (Fr.); m. Celia Col- lins Kingman of Providence, R.I., June 10, 1932; children-Celia, Wallace Walter, III. Asst. chief, Br. Rescarch and Edn., Nat. Park Service, 1930-32; Assistant Chief, Branch of Rescarch and Educa- tion, National Park Service, 1930-32; prof. physi- ography and regional geography, Clark Univ., 1932 -; engaged with father (unlv. pres.) In joint field studies in Rocky Mts. of Western U.S .; wishes to combine sci. investigation with univ. teaching; major interests lic in fields of physi- ography and regional geography; mnem. Nat. Map Com. and geographer In charge of constructing Giant Relief Map of U.S. at Babson Inst., to be finished 1940; asso. ed., Econ. Geography; dir. Clark Geog. Excursions; corporator, Worcester Boys Club; mem. Assn. Am. Geographers, A.A.A.S., Geol. Soc. Washington, Clark Sci. Soc. (pres., 1937-38), Am. Geog. Soc., Sigma Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Epsilon Pi, Kappa Phi, Y.M.C.A. (Internat. Friendship Com.). Clubs: Ro- tary International, Pick & Hammer, Geologues. Author: Research and Education in the National Parks (with H. C. Bryant), 1932; Crater Lake and Yosemite Through the Ages, Nat. Geog. Soc., 1937; Working Hypothesis for the Physiographic History of the Rocky Mountains (with W. W. At- wood), 1938; Regional Interpretation of Topo- graphic Maps, 1939; many articles in sci. jours. Travel: extensive in No. Am., Europe, Africa (for geog. studies). . Unitarian. Republican. Ofliec: Clark University, Worcester. Ilome: 88 Morn- ingside Rd., Worcester. Summer res .: Aunis- quan.
AUB, Joseph C., physician; b. Cincinnati, O., May 13, 1890; s. Samuel Aub and Clara (Shoul) A .; ed. Franklin Sch., Cincinnati, O .; A.B., Harvard, 1911; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1914; m. Elizabeth Fran- cis Cope of Phila., Pa., June 27, 1925; children -Elizabeth Francis, Frances, Nancy Cope. In- terne, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1914-15; asst. phys., Rus- sel Sage Inst. Pathology, N.Y. City, 1915-16; med. res., Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1916-17; instr., physiology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1919, asst. prof., 1920-24, asst. prof, medicine, 1924-28, asso. prof., 1928-, investi- gation in med. subjs., 1919 -; chief phys., C. P. Huntington Mem. Hosp., 1928 -; sr. asso. phys., Peter Bent Brigham Hosp., 1928 -; consultant, Mass. Gen. and Palmer Mem. Hosps .; chief inter- ests arc glands of internal seeretion and cancer; 1st It. M.C., U.S.A., 2 yrs .; with Mass. Gen. Hosp. unit in France, World War; mem. Assn, Am. Physicians, Soc. Clin. Investigation, Am. Physiol. Soc., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, A.M.A., Assn. for Study of Internal Secretions (pres., 1932), etc. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N. Y.), Oakley Coun- try. Author: med. sci. articles; book on Lead Poisoning, 1926. Office: C. P. Huntington Memo- rial Hospital, Boston. Home: 233 Prospect St., Belmont. Summer res .: "Crowfield", Saunders- town, R.I.
YAUDET, Armel Louis, city assessor, real estate and insurance agent; b. Baic St. Paul, P.Q., Can., June 1, 1875; s. Gedeon Audet and Celanire (Cotc) A .; came to U.S. 1883, naturalized, 1896; ed. Fall River pub. schs .; St. Mathieu parochial sch .; St. Aime Commercial Coll., Can., 1889-91; Valley Field Commercial Coll., Can., 1891-93; m. Clothilde Cote of Fall River, Jan, 8, 1898 ; children-Fernand J. (d.), Marle E. (d.), Lionel A .; m. (2nd) Cather- ine B. Marchessault of New Bedford, June 2, 1918; children-Armel Louis, Jr., Gloria Vivian. Employed as clerk in local ins. office 1893-1900; fire ins. writer independently since 1900; pres. and treas., A. L. Audet, Inc., since 1931; also auc- tioneer, notary public, and independent real estate agt .; assessor, Fall River, since 1926; tr., Clti- zens' Sav. Bk., Fall River; mem. exec. bd., Fire Underwriters, exec. com., Real Estate Bd .; mem. B.P.O.E. (Fall River Lodge), St. John Baptiste Soc., L'Alliance Franco-American, Franco-Amer- ican Civic Ligue. Clubs: Laurier, Calumet (Fall River). Travel: Can., U.S. Catholic. Republi- can (Liberal). Office: 57 Rock St., Fall River. Home: 259 Bank St., Fall River. Summer res .: Ocean Grove Av., Ocean Grove, Swansea.
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