Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 116

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VHARLEY, Harrison LeRoy, professor of psychol- ogy; b. Kenilworth, Pa., Jan. 25, 1887; s. Edwin Harley and Emma (LeVan) HI .; ed. Aead. of Juniata Coll., 1905-07; B.S., Univ. Pa., 1911, Grad. Seh., 1912-11; Ph.D., Harvard, 1921; m. Olive Shellen- berger of Altoona, P'a., June 11, 1913: children- Harrison LeRoy, Jr., Edwin Robert, Jane Harley. Instr., Pa. State Coll., 1911-12, instr. psychology, 1914-15; asst. in psychology, Univ. Pa., 1912-14; state psychologist, State of 111., 1915-17, dept. of Pub. Welfare, State of Ill., 1917-21; asso. prof., Simmons Coll., 1921-36, prof. philosophy and psy- chology, 1936-, dir. Sch ot Proprofessional Studies, 1938; fellow A.A.A.S., Amt. Psychol. Assn. Quaker. Address: Simmons College, Boston. Home: 64 Sewall Av., Brookline.


YHARLOW, Ralph E., banker; b. Northampton, May 21, 1884; s. George Wesley Harlow and Mary Louise (Kneeland) H .; ed. Northampton pub sehs. and high seh .; m. Dorothy Duplisses of Northamp- ton, June 30, 1908; children-Ralph Mason, Mal- colm Strong, Norma Clair. In employ First Nat. Bk., Northampton, 1900-18; with Hadley Falls Trust Co., Holyoke, 1918-19; with Northampton Inst. of Sav., 1919-, treas., 1923-, corporator,


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1924-, tr. 1932 -. Congregationalist. Office: 109 Maln St. Ilome: 47 Harlow Av., Northampton.


V HARLOW, S. Ralph, educator; b. Boston, July 20, 1885; s. Rev. Samuel A. Harlow and Caroline (Usher) H .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1908; grad., Union Theol. Sein., N.Y., 1912; A.M., Columbia, 1919; Ph.D., Hartford (Conn.) Theol. Sem., 1928; m. Marion Stafford, Feb. 1, 1912; children-John Staf- ford, Ruth Carol, Elizabeth. Asst. minister, Spring St. Presbyn. Ch., N.Y. City, 1909-11; chaplain and head of dept. sociology, Internat. Coll., Smyrna, 1912-22; prof. religion and social ethics, Smith Coll., 1923 -; visiting lecturer to eolls. in China, Japan, India, 1922, to Asia and Near East, under Car- negie Endowment for Internat. Peace, 1938-39; gen. sec., Student Vol. Movement, Near East, 1916-22; regional dir., Y.M.C.A., A.E.F., France, 1918; field sec., Am. Bd. Missions, 1919; dir. Students' Inter- nat. Union, Geneva, June-Aug., 1931; prof., Y.M.C.A. summer sch., Blue Ridge, N.C .; mem., Nat. Com. of Peaceways, Inc .; bd. founders, Ginling Coll .; tr. Am. Coll. for Girls, Athens, Greece; Alice Freeman Palmer Sch., Sedalia, N.C .; mem. Nat. Com. of Fed. Counell Chs., Commn. on Goodwill, Fellow- ship of Reconciliation, League Industrial Dem- ocracy, Nat. Assn. Bibl. Istrs. (pres., 1937).


Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Fed. Teachers, Pi Gamma Mu. Club: Ilarvard (Conn. Valley). Au- thor: Life of H. Roswell Bates, 1913; Student Wit- nesses for Christ, 1918; The Church on a War Basis, 1918; Through Foreign Window Panes, 1922; The Life and Teachings of Jesus (with Mary Jen- ness), 1930; Social and Religious Problems of Young People (with S. A. Weston), 1935; articles in rel. publications. Home: 307 Prospect Heights, Northampton.


V HARMER, Torr Wagner, surgeon; b. Somerville, June 8, 1881; s. James Torr Ilarmer and Sarah (Stephens) H .; od. Somerville Latin high sch .; A.B., llarvard, 1903; M.D., llarvard Medical Sch., 1907; m. Thirza Barberie Hallett of Weymouth, N.S., Oct. 27, 1923; children-Barberie, Torr. Surg. house officer, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1907-08; house phys., Boston Lying-In Hosp., 1908-09; asst. surg., Infants' Hosp., 1911-13, Children's Ilosp., 1914-20; asst. in anatomy, Harvard Med. Sch., 1914-26, Instr., 1926 -; surg. staff, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1909-, now asst. surgeon; consult. surg., Somerville Hosp., Mass. Eye and bar Inf., Winchester, Symines Ar- lington, and Waltham Hosps .; capt., later maj., U.S.A. Med. Corps, A.E.F., 1917-19, cited for serv- iees to French wounded; fellow Am. Bd. Surgery, A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., N.E. and Boston Surg. Socs., Mass. Med. Soe., Base Hosp. 116 Assn., Mil. Order World War, Am. Legion. Clubs: Harvard, Aescula- pian, Lancet (all of Boston). Author: many surg. artieles in books and journals, Editor: Warren- Green, llandbook of Anatomy, 1930. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 416 Marlborough St., Boston. Home: 14 Everett Av., Winchester.


HARMON, Dudley, editor, executive; b. Merlden, Conn., Nov. 18, 1886; s. John Milton Harmon and Rosa Whiting (Dudley) H .; ed. Meriden (Conn.) high sch .; Worcester Poly. Inst., 1905-07; S.B., Wesleyan Univ., 1909; in. Selene Ayer Armstrong of Washington, Ga., Sept. 20, 1911; m. (2d) Eliz- abeth Battles of Natick, Mar. 20, 1936; children- Dudley, Carolyn Ayer, Rose Terry, Selene Arm- strong. Newspaper work, Washington (D.C.) Her- ald, July, 1909, Times, 1909-11, United Press Assn., Washington, 1911-12, Washington Bur., N.Y. Sun, 1912-16, Washington edit., Ladies Home Journal, 1916-18; asst. to pres.,, Mfrs. Assn. of Conn., 1918- 22; ed., Carpenter's World Travels, Washington, 1922-26; exec. v.p. N.E. Council, Boston, 1926; mem. N.E. Assn. Commereial Execs., Boston Trade Assn. Exees., Boston Ch. Commerce, Govtl. Research Assn. (Chicago, Ill.), Newcomen Soc., Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: Boston Eco- nomie, Wellesley Country, Mass. Republican, Nat. Press (Wash., D.C.). Author: (with late Frank G. Carpenter) The British Isles. Travel: Can., Newfoundland, U.S., Cent. Am., Caribbean, Brit. Isles. Congregationallst. Republican, Ofllce: 1032 Statler Bldg., Boston. Home: 126 Abbott Rd., Wellesley Hills.


KAIARMON, John MIllard, professor of education, director of athletics; b. Louisville, Ill., May 20, 1895; s. William Albert Harmon and Sarah Cath- erine (MeKnight) H .; ed. McKendree Coll. Acad .; A.B., Mo. Wesleyan Coll., 1921; student, Univ. Ill., Univ. Notre Dame; S.M., Ind. Univ., 1931, Ed.D., 1932; m. Hazel Marie Sweet of Manhattan, Kan., Dec. 31, 1928; children-John Millard, Jr., Mary Adel, Thomas Cameron. Dir. phys. edn., Cent. Wesleyan, 1921-23, Evansville Coll., 1923-30; Grad. fellow Ind. Univ., 1930-32; prof. edn., dir. of athletles, Boston Univ., 1932 -; pres. N.E. Assn. of Colleges for Conf. on Athletics, 1938-39; pvt. 310th Field Signal Battalion, U.S.A., 1917-19, with A.E.F. 10 mos .; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Coll. Phys. Edn. Assn., Am. Phys. Edn. Assn., Phi Delta Kap- pa, Masons. Clubs: Kiwanis, University (Boston, dir.). Author: articles in prof. mags. Travel: Europe, U.S. (extensive). Methodist: Office: Bos- ton University, Boston. Home: 15 Hawthorne Av., Auburndale.


VHARMSTONE, John HI,, designer and manufactur- ing silversmith; b. Sheffield, Eng., Sept. 17, 1873; s. John George Harmstone and Elizabeth (Harri- son) 1f .; came to U.S., 1899, naturalized, 1906; ed., Sheflleld (Eng.) high sch .; Shetlield Sch. of Art; Royal Coll. of Art, London. Designer of silver- ware, Gorham & Co., Providence, R.I., Tiffany & Co., Forest Hills, N.J., Watson Co., Attleboro, R. Blackinton & Co., No. Attleboro, Internat. Silver Co., Meriden, Conn., Chas. Thomae & Son, Inc., 1899-22; asso. with Charles Thomae & Son, Inc., Attleboro, continuously, 1922-, v.p. and sec., 1922 -; head of jewelry and silversmithing elasses, R.I. Sch. Design, 1907-09; mem. Soc. Arts & Crafts (Boston), Masons, K.T. Clubs: City (Boston), Utopian (Providence, R.I.), Episcopalian (Attle- boro). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Charles Thomae & Son, Inc., 104 County St., Attleboro. Home: 28 Second St., Attleboro.


HARPER, George Mclean, Jr., professor of Latin and Greek; b. Princeton, N.J., Sept. 19, 1899; s. George Melean Harper and Belle Dunton (West- eott) 11 .; ed. Phillips Exeter Aead .; A.B., Prinee- ton, 1920, A.M., 1921; Harvard, 1921-22; Cambridge, Ing., 1922-23; Princeton, 1923-24, Ph.D., 1926; m. Sylvia Yandell Henderson of New Ilaven, Conn., Jan. 21, 1931; children-Mary McLean, Allson Henderson, Sylvia Colby and Isabel Westeott. Instr. Greek and Latin, Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., 1924-25; instr. Greek and Latin, Yale, 1925- 27, asst. prof., 1927-35; prof. Greek and Latin, Wil- liams Coll., 1935 -; orderly, Am. Ambulanee Corps, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Ir., May-Oet., 1917, pvt., then 2d lt., U.S. Inf., Camp Lee, Va., Oct. 1918-Jan. 1919, Res., Jan. 15, 1919; mem. Am. Philol. Assn., Class. Assn. N.E. Author: articles in Aegyptus ( Milan), Am. Jour. Philol., Yale Classical Studies. Protestant. Democrat. Office: Willlams Coll., Williamstown. Home: Stetson Court, Willamstown. HARRIMAN, David Eugene, dermatologist; b. St. Johnsbury Center, Vt., Apr. 7, 1874; s. Turrell El- kins Harriman and Mary Ann (Gaston) I .; ed. grad. . St. Johnsbury Acad., 1892; M.D., Univ. Vt. Coll. Med., 1898; post-grad. work, Harvard, 1908, Univ. Pa., 1911, Univ. Vienna, Aus., 1912; m. Ethel Frances Abbott of St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 28, 1904; 1 son-David Elkins. Practiced in Peacham, Vt., 1898-99; South Hadley Falls, 1899-1912; spe- cialized in dermatology, Springfield, 1912-39; re- tired; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Springfield Acad. Med., Springfield Med. Assns., Holyoke Med. Assn., Masons. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: York Village, Me.


V HARRIMAN, Henry Ingraham, public utilitles ex- ecutive: b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 26, 1872; s. Daniel Gould Harriman and Sally (Ingraham) H .; ed. Ph.B., Wesleyan Univ., 1895, Ph.D., 1930; LL.B., N.Y. Law Sch., 1897; Ph. D., Northeastern Univ., 1939; m. Edith Graves of Clear Lake, la., July 7, 1898; children-Eunice A., Barbara (d.), Gordon. Began with Am. Loom Co., 1899; later with The Stafford Co., mfrs. cotton weaving machinery, Hyde Park; organizer, pres., N.ES. Power Co. and assos., 1926 -; dir., mem. exec. com., NE. Power Assu .; dir. of about 30 utility cos. in N.E .; dir.


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N.E. Trust Co., Fed. Reserve Bk. of Boston, and Emerald Bay Co., Los Angeles, Calif .; chin. pub. trs., Boston Elevated Ry .; pres. Boston Ch. Com- merce; pres., dir. U.S. Ch. Commerce, Wash,, D.C .; chin. Div. Metrop. Planning; v. chin. Mass. State Planning Bd .; mem. Am. Youth Commin .; employer's rep., U.S. to Internat. Labor Conf., Geneva; meni. bus. adv. council, U.S. Dept. C'om- merce; tr. Wesleyan, Boston, and Northeastern Univs., Newton Theol, Insin. Clubs: Twentieth Century, University, Brae Burn Country, Boston City. Office: 441 Stuart St., Boston. Ilome: 825 Center St., Newton.


HARRIMAN, Louis II., patent lawyer; b. Groveland, Aug. 23, 1868; s. Moses H. Harriman and Huldah P. (Goodale) H .; ed. Gov. Dummer Academy, So. Byfield; S.B., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1889; LL.B., LL.M., National Law Sch., Wash., D.C .; m. Ilen- rietta H. Jones of Georgetown, Sept. 6, 1892; chil- dren-Paul J., Katharine S., Eleanor ·N. Admitted to bar, D.C., 1896, Federal (Mass.) 1892; examiner in U.S. Pat. Off., 1891-98; pvt. practice, Boston, 1898 -. Clubs: P'entucket, Haverhill Monday Eve- ning. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 40 Court St., Boston. Home: 25 Windsor St., Haver- hill. Summer res. : Haskells Isl., So. Harpswell, Me.


HARRINGTON, Charles A., insurance executive; b. Worcester, Jan. 26, 1874; s. Francis A. Harrington and Roxanna M. (Grout) H .; ed. Worcester Class. high sch .; B.S., Worcester Poly. Inst .; m. Luella B. Crook of Columbus, O., June 27, 1900; children- Ruth Anna (Mrs. Warren A. Ellsworth), Mildred Elizabeth ( Mrs. George A. McEvoy), Francis A. Pres. The Mass. Protective Assn., Inc., Worcester; mem. Worcester Common Council, 5 yrs., pres., 2 yrs .; later mem. Lib. Bd .; now commr. Ilope Cemetery ; mem. Masons (hon. 33°, Scottish Rite), Odd Fellows, Patrons of Husbandry, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Worcester, Worcester Country (past pres.), Committee of One Hundred ( Miami Beach), Miami Beach Rod & Reel. Protestant. Republican. Office: 18 Chestnut St., Worcester. Home: 123 Harrington Way, Worcester. Winter res .: Miami Beach, Fla.


HARRINGTON, Charles F. J., Commissioner of In - surance; b. Roxbury, Feb. 9, 1893; s. Charles Fran- ces Harrington and Margaret J. ( Morrissey) H .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; Suffolk Univ. Law Sch., class of 1939; m. Katharine G. Sharkey, Feb. 22, 1927; children-William Joseph, John . Charles. Theater usher during school years; office boy, Mass. Bonding and Insurance Co., 1914-17; asst. mgr., city dept., O'Brion, Russell & Co., General Agency organization, 1917, mgr., casualty dept., 1918; in- surance broker, 1915-38; past pres. Ins. Soe. of Mass .; chmn. Watertown Sch. Com., 1935; apptd. Mass. Insurance Commr., 1938; mem. Dem, State Com., K.C., Elks. Clubs: Boston City. Nephew of the late Mrs. Julia Duff, first woman member Bos- ton School Committee. Catholic. Democrat. Of- fice: 100 Nashua St., Boston. Home: 9 Fairview Av., Watertown. Summer res .: Priscilla Beach, Plymouth.


HARRINGTON, George Jeffries, engineer; b. Bos- ton, Feb. 13, 1901; s. George W. Harrington and Marian (Andrews) H .; ed. Pomfret Sch., Pomfret, Conn .; M.I.T., 1924; m. Constance Ward of Hart- ford, Conn., Oct. 20, 1924; 1 son-George Jeffries, Jr. Agency organizer, N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 1924- 25; engr., Ford Motor Co., 1925-30, Oakland Mo- tor Car Co. of N.E., 1930-31; Hunt-Rankin Leather Co., Peabody, 1931-35, v.p. & dir., 1935-39, pres. & dlr., 1939 -; dir., Am. Halr & Felt Co., lloward Realty Co., Somerset Realty Co., Providence, R.I .; treas, Mass. Leather Mfrs. Assn .; mem. Industrial Relations Com., Nat. Assn. Mfrs .; tr. The Tower Sch .; Inc .; mem. Citizens Com., Peabody; licensed pliot, Aeronautical Engring. Soc. at tr. camp dur- ing World War. Club: Homestead Country. Travel: So. Am. Gt. gt. g.s. Dr. John Jeffries of Boston, 1st person to fly Eng. Channel in balloon; hls summer home was on site of Boston Alrport, E. Boston (Jeffries Pt.). Episcopalian. Republi- can. Office: Hunt-Rankin Leather Co., Peabody. Home: 45 Lincoln Circle, Swampscott.


HARRINGTON, Joseph, Jr., research executive; b. Riverside, Ill., Sept. 21, 1908; s. Joseph Harrington and Cora A. (Dunlap) IL .; ed. Riverside-Brookfield (Ill.) high sch .; Univ. Ill .; S.B., M.I.T., 1930, S .... 1932; m. Alene L. Smith of Stamford, Un., Sept 17, 1932; children-Joan White, Joseph VL. search, United Shoe Machinery Corp, 1 ... ltc- , 110W in charge of shoe machinery Pracuch, Beverly plant; mem. bd. trs., Wenham Pub. Lib .; mem. Bd. Health, Wenham; Ist 1 319th Kugr. Rgt., U.S.A. Res .; mem. Forty-Niers (dramatie), M.I.T. Alumni Assn., Tau Beta P'i, Scabbard and Blade, Phi Eta Sigma. Author: Stresses in a Stretched Plate Containing Two Adjacent Holes, 1932. Trav- el: l'r. and Ger., 1929. Protestant. Republican. Office: United Shoe Machinery Corp., Beverly. llome: Wenham.


HARRINGTON, Michael William, physician; b Glen - gariff, Co. Cork, Ire., Aug. 15, 1873; s. Daniel Har- rington and Catherine (Collins) H .; brought to U.S., 1880, naturalized, 1901; ed. A.B., lloly Cross Coll., 1895; M.D., Baltimore Med. Coll., 1901; m. Katherine Pero of Indian Orchard, Sept. 27, 1905; 1 dau .- Mary. Interne, Md. Gen. Hosp., Baltimore, Md., 1900-01; in general practice at Indian Orchard, 1901-38; mem. staff Mercy Hosp., Springfield, pres. staff, 1928-30; pres. Ludlow Savings Bank, Ludlow, 1928-31; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Springfield Acad. of Medicine (pres. 1927-38), K.C. Clubs: Ludlow Country. Catholic. Republican. Office: 68 Oak St., Indian Orchard. Home: 70 Oak St., Indian Orchard.


HARRINGTON, Valentine Fabian, chemist; b. Dor- chester, Oct. 13, 1901; s. Frank Everett Harring- ton and Jennie Elizabeth (Fabian) H .; ed. Milton high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1926, Ph.D., 1930; m. Lois B. King of Avon, Aug. 15, 1937; 1 dau .- Gwendo- lyn Lorraine. Instr. chem., Drexel Inst., Phila., Pa,, M.I.T .; plant chem., Tasty Baking Co., Phila., Pa .; research chem., Comstock & Wescott, Inc., Boston; exec. chem., B.B. Chem. Co., 1934 -; menl. S.A.R., Am. Inst. Chemists, N.E. Hist. Geneal. Soc. Desc. Robert llarrington of Watertown through son Peter, who participated in Boston Tea Party, and who, in Capt. Barnard's Co., answered the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775; William C. S. Harring- ton, who served in Civil War In Ancient and Hon- orable Arty Co. Protestant. Republican. Office: B. B. Chemical Co., Memorial Dr., Cambridge. Ilome: 80 Warwick Rd., West Newton.


HARRINGTON, Walter Alan, insurance executive; b. Boston, May 11, 1882; s. James Henry Harring- ton and Ella Jane (Kirby) H .; ed. Grafton high sch .; m. Blanche R. Ripley of Grafton, July 20, 1912; 1 son-Walter Alan, Jr. In insurance bus., Boston and Worcester, 1903 -; sec. and asst. treas. Worcester Mirs. Mut. Fire Ins. Co .; asst. treas. Boston Mfrs. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Fall River Mfrs. Mut Ins. Co., Paper Mill Mut. Ins. Co .; mem. Masons. Clubs: Neighborhood ( West Newton), Commonwealth ( Worcester). Protestant. Repub- lican. Office: 60 Batterymarch St., Boston. Home: 29 Gray Birch Terrace, Newtonville.


VIAARRIS, Arthur Ringland, lieutenant colonel, U.S.A., professor of military science; b. Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 1, 1890; s. Edmund Coleman Harris and Anna Rosa ( Mullholland) H .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.H., 1906-08; Univ. Nev., 1908-10; B.S., U.S. Mil. Acad., West Point, N.Y., 1914; m. Helen Curtice Abbott of Omaha, Neb., Jan. 27. 1931. Comind. 2d lt. F.A., U.S.A., 1914, serving on Mex- lean border, 1914-17; a.d.c., Gen. S.D. Sturgis, 1917- 18; asst. chief of staff, 87th and 80th Divs., serv- ing In France, 1918-19; sec. to Gen. Staff, 3rd Army, Coblentz, Ger., 1919-20; Instr. and asst. prof. math., U.S. Mil. Acad., West Point, 1920-24; mil. attaché, Cent. Am. Republics, 1931-35; lt. col., U.S.A., and prof. mil. sci, and tactics, Harvard Unlv., 1935 -; mem. Olymple Polo Team (1920), Masons. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Faculty (Cambridge), Army and Navy (Wash., D.C.), Author: articles in army serv- Ice jours. Episcopallan. Office: Wadsworth House, Ilarvard Unlv., Cambridge. Home: 54 Elizabeth Rd., Belmont.


V.HARRIS, George Balmer, stock and bond broker: b. Boston, Jan. 8, 1864; s. George R. Harris and


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Margaret E. (Balmer) H .; ed. Salem high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1886; m. Mariana T. Margati of Salen, 1891. With Blake Bros. & Co., brokerage, New York, Boston, Chicago, 1886 -; mem. firm from 1901 until termination, Apr. 30, 1938; served in Mass. State Ambulance Corps, World War; dir. Holyoke Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Salem, Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Co., Boston. Club: Country ( Brookline). Office: Spencer Trask & Co., 50 Congress St., Boston. Home: 161 Lee St., Brookline. Died March 3, 1939.


V HARRIS, Gorham Waller, asso. professor of chen- istry; b. Providence, R.I., Jan. 7, 1885; s. Joseph Harris and Mary Waller (Patterson) IL; ed. Sont- erville high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1907, A.M., 1909, Ph. D., 1915; m. Mary Louise Dyer of Somerville, June 8, 1910; children-Leighton Gorham, Nor- man Dyer, Roger Williams. Teacher, Medford high sch., 1907-08; asst, and teaching fellow, Har- vard, 1908-10; instr. of chem, Simmons Coll., V 1910-13; asst. proť., 1914-25, asso. prof, 1925 --; instr., Harvard Sumner Sch., 1919, 1925-26, 1930- 32; instr. elem. chem., Radcliffe 1924-26, 1931-33; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. (formerly mem. exec. com., Northeastern Sect. and first ed. of its bulletin, Nucleus, 1921-26); A.A.A.S., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., N.E. Assn. Chem. Teachers, Harvard Chem- ists, Phi Beta Kappa. Dese. Roger Williams, also William Harris who accompanied him in the early 1630's. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: Simmons College, Boston. Home: 185 Highland Av., Newtonville. Summer res .: Meredith, N. Il.


1 HARRIS, Henry Hale, educator (retired) ; b. Low- ell, March 10, 1868; s. IIenry Hale Harris and Parthenia Beech ( Martin) H .; ed. Lowell high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1891, A.M., 1892; m. Edith Ethelyn Potter of Brookline, Apr. 7, 1903; 1 dau .- Shirley (Mrs. Edward II. Damon). Teacher, Lowell high sch., 1893-1895; master, Varnum grammar sch., 1895-1919; headmaster, Lowell high. sch., 1919-1938; tr. Central Savings Bank, Lowell; Lowell City Li- brary, 1909-33; pres. Mass. Teachers' Fed., 1914-19; Mass. Teachers' Annuity Guild, 1914 -; Middlesex County Teachers' Assn .; sec. Ministry-at-Large, Lowell. Club: (pres.) Lowell Peoples' Club. Travel: Europe (six tines). Universalist. Republican. Home: 93 Eleventh St., Lowell.


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HARRIS, Morgan Hovey, insurance broker; b. Fal- mouth, Aug. 8, 1902; s. Henry Wilson Harris and Mabel (Hovey) H .; ed. Country Day seh., Newton; Harvard; m. Gladys Nordstrom of Cambridge, Jan. 15, 1931; children-Morgan Hovey, Jr., Mabel Ilo- vey. In insurance bus., 1923 -; tr. Country Day Sch. Clubs: Eastern Yacht (sec., mem. Council), Exchange, University, Country (Brookline), Bad- minton & Tennis. Travel: Europe, 1923; U.S. (bus.). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 99 Milk St., Boston. Home: 34 Old England Rd., Chestnut Hill. Summer res .: Marblehead.


HARRIS, William E., teacher and writer; b. Cam- bridge, Feb. 7, 1899; s. Prof. William Fenwick Harris and Alice Mary (Fogg) II .; ed. Browne and Nichols Sch .; A.B., Ilarvard, 1920, 2 yrs. grad. work. Mem. drama and literary staffs, Boston Transcript many yrs .; mem. ed. staff, The Writer Magazine; asst. to dir., Middlebury College Writ- ers' Conference, 1934-35; mem. staff, Univ. N.H. Writers' Conf., 1938 -; freelance writer, both fic- tion and non-fiction, in many mags. and news- papers; organized, 1936, and is dir. Writers' Coun- sel Service; apptd. to staff of Staley Coll .; mem. Bd., Boston Manuscript Club; asso, ed., Staley Col- lege Orator; in Harvard S.A.T.C., 1917-18; mem. Mass. Forest and Park Assn., Mass. Civle League, Friends of Boston Symphony, Friends of Mt. Wash- ington Observatory, Soc. for Protection of N.II. Forests, Mass. Trs. of Pub. Reservations, N.I .. Wild Flowers Pres. Soc., Nat. Wild Life Fed., Chatham Trails Assn. (exec. bd.). Clubs: Boston Manuscript, Staley College Assos., Appalachian Mt. (sec. of gen. outings and mem. membership com. and Bd. of "Appalachia"), Brookline Bird. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Staley Coll. of the Spoken Word, 162 Babcock St., Brookline. Home: 44 Langdon St., Cambridge.


HARRISON, George Russell, professor of physics; b. Bonita, Calif., Jul. 14, 1898; s. Ernest Harrison and Magda (Lincke-Tiesel) II .; ed. Arroyo Grande, Calif .; A.B., Stanford Univ., 1919, A.M., 1920, Ph.D., 1922; m. Florence Kent of Halcyon, Calit., Dec. 25, 1922; children-Mary Lou, Nancy Kent, David Kent. Instr. and asst. prof. physics, Stanford Univ., 1919-23; nat. research fellow, Harvard, 1923- 25; asso. physicist, Bur. Standards, summer 1920; asst. prof. physics, Stanford Univ., 1925-27, asso. prof., 1927-30; prof. physics and dir. rescarch lab. of exptl. physics, M. I.T., 1930 -; pvt., S.A.T.C., 1918; mem. Optical Soc. Am. (dir.), Am. Physics Soc., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Sigma Xi. Au- thor: Atoms in Action, Rumford Medal, 1939; sci, articles in tech. jours., essays in Atlantic Monthly, Harper's mag. Asso, editor: Jour. Optical Soc. of Amer., Rev. Sci. Instrs. Travel: Europe, 1938; H.1., 1922. Office: Mass. Institute of Tech- nology, Cambridge. Home: 21 Oakley Rd., Belmont. HARRISON, Harry, insurance executive; b. Shef- field, Ing., Nov. 27, 1877; s. Harry Harrison and Elizabeth (Wright) H .; brought to U.S., 1879, naturalized, 1898; ed. Worcester pub. schs. and high sch., 1882-91; m. Agnes Wheeler of Hudson, June 12, 1901; 1 son-H. Lincoln. Ins. clk., 1894- 1904; spl. agt., Merchants & Farmers Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 1904-11; gen. agt., Ilolyoke Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 1911-13; sec. Worcester Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 1913-, treas., 1917 -; dir. 1916 -; dir. Worcester County Mechanics Assn., Worcester County Hort. Assn .; treas. and dir. Worcester Protective Dept .; sec. and dir. Hahnemann Hosp .; tr. Worcester Five Cents Sav. Bk .; chimn, trs. Oak Grove Sem., Vassal- boro, Me .; mem. Religious Soc. of Friends. Clubs: Kiwanis, Advertising ( Worcester) ; Hillcrest Coun- try (Leicester). Quaker. Republican. Office: 29 Elin St., Worcester. Home: South Rd., Holden.


HARRISON, Jamison Richard, professor of physics; b. Boston, Sept. 26, 1903; s. Herbert Spencer Harri- son and Annie Clifton (Gorham) IL .; ed. Mechanic Arts high sch., Boston; B.S. (magna cum laude), Tufts Coll., 1925; A.M., Wesleyan Univ., 1927; m. Katherine Shucker of Pittsburgh, Pa., June 19, 1930; children -- David Edward, Katherine Pris- cilla, Charles Richard. Asst. in physics, Wesleyan Univ., 1925-27; Charles A. Coffin fellow, 1927-29; instr. physics, Pittsburgh, 1929-30; physicist, Wired Radio, Inc., Newark, N.J., 1930-21; asst. prof. physics, Tufts Coll., 1931-36, asst. dean of engring., 1933-36; prof. and head of dept. physics, 1936 -; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Phys. Soc., Am. Optical Soc., Inst. Radio Engrs., Soc. for Promotion En- gring. Edn., Am. Phys. Teachers Assu., Phi Beta Kappa (see .- treas., Delta Chap. in Mass.), Am. Iris Soc. Club: Republican of Mass. (Boston). Au- thor: articles on Piezo Electricity in Phys. Rev. and Proc. of Inst. Rad. Engrs. Protestant. Ro- publican. Office: Tufts College. lome: Concord Rd., Bedford.


JHARRISON, Joseph LeRoy, librarian; b. No. Adams, Oct. 12, 1862; s. John LeRoy Harrison and Ellen Maria (Hawks) H .; ed. Drury Acad., No .. Adams; Cascadilla Sch., Ithaca, N.Y .; Cornell, 1886: Univ. Heidelberg, Ger., 1890; B.L.S., N.Y. State Lib. Sch., Albany, N. Y., 1903; M.L.S., Regents Univ. State of N.Y., 1912; unmarried. Sub-lib., legislation, N. Y. State Lib., 1893-94; lib., Providence Athenaeum, 1894-1911, Forbes Lib., Northampton, 1912 -; mem. A.L.A., N.Y. State Lib. Assn., N.Y. State Lib. Sch. Assn., S.A.R., S.C.W., Northampton Hlst. Soc., Inst. Am. Genealogy, Pocumtuck Valley Mem. Assn. Clubs: Mass. Lib., Western Mass. Lib., Northamp- ton, Lake Placid (Adirondacks). Author: Great Bore, Souvenir of Hoosac Tunnel, 1891; Guide to the Study of James Abbott MeBeill Whistler, 1895. Editor: Cap and Gown (coll. verse), 1893; With Pipe and Book (coll. verse), 1898; In College Days (recent coll. verse), 1901; (with William Haynes) Camp-fire Verse, 1917; Fisherman's Verse, 1918; Winter-Sports Verse, 1919. Desc. John Hawks, a founder of Hadley; g.s. Dr. Elihu S. Hawks, No. Adams; Hawks famlly was prominent in civil and mil. life of colonial western Mass. and Conn. Val- ley. Congregationalist. Office: Forbes Library, Northampton. Home: 57 Iligh St., Northampton.




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