Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 122

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HERRINGTON, William C., aquatic biologist; b. llarvard, Ill., Jan. 24, 1903; s. Dexter E. Herring- ton and Mabel E. (Libbey) IL .; ed. San Pedro (Calif.) high sch .; Calif. Inst. Tech .; B.A., Stan- ford Univ., 1927; m. Florice A. King of New Haven, Conn., 1933; children-William A. D., John (. Sci. asst., Calif. Fish & Game Commn., 1925; biologist in charge of tagging expts., Paelile Fisheries Cominn., 1927-30; biologist in charge of laddock Investigation, U.S. Bur. Fisheries, 1930- 39; in charge of No. Atlantic Fisheries Investi- gations, 1938-39; mem. Am. Fish. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, A.A.A.S., Lexington Garden Club. Author: various Ilshery publs. Office: U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, Harvard Blological Labora- tory, Cambridge. Home: 48 Linden St., Arlington. HERSEY, Frank Seymour, purchasing agent; b. Taunton, May 26, 1884; s. James Pierce llersey and Alice Esther (Pearsall) Il .; ed. Taunton high sch .; ummarried. Asso. with A. C. Bent of Taun- ton for several yrs. in connection with the prep- aration of the earlier volumes of his work on The Life Ilistories of North American Birds (pub. by Smithsonian Instn.); purchasing agt., S. W. Card Mfg. Co., Mansfield, 1925 -; mem. Am. Orni- thologists Unlon. Clubs: Nuttall Ornithological (Cambridge, life mem.), Cooper Ornithological (Calif., life mem.). Author: short papers, reports, etc. in publs. on ornithology; short articles on photography, Travel: ornithol. investigations in Newfoundland, Manitoba, Calif., La., and Arctic Alaska. Protestant. Republican. Office: S. W. Card Mfg. Co., Mansfield. Home: Easton.


HERSEY, Frank Wilson Cheney, author, teacher; b. Chelsea, Oct. 9, 1876; s. Harrison Dean Hersey and Permelia Eliza (Cheney) H .; ed. Lincoln high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1899, A.M., 1900. Instr. Eng., Brown Univ., 1900-01, Harvard, 1904 -; 1st lt. Harvard R.O.T.C., World War; mem. Colonial Soc. ( Boston), Bostonian Soc., Dickens Fellowship. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Boston Authors, Har- vard Faculty, English-Speaking Union, National (London). Author: lleroes of the Battle Road; Who Killed the Red Fox? (hist. sequel to Kid- napped); English Composition; Writing Well; serles of illustrated lectures, combining travel and lit., as A Walk in Dickens-Land, A Walk in Hardy's Wessex, Exploring the Highlands with Stevenson, A Walk in Scott-Land, A Walk in Ro- mantic Paris, Afoot and Afloat in Venice, etc. Travel: Europe (15 trips). Desc. William Hersey, pioneer settler of Hingham, 1635; John Cheney, pioneer settler of Newbury; Thomas Hersey, a capt. in Revolution. Universallst. Republican. llome: 14 Garden St., Cambridge.


HERSHEY, Samuel Franklin, artist, teacher; b. l'oru, Ind., Aug. 10, 1901; s. Chauncey Backman Hershey and Elizabeth Hershey ( Landis) Il .; ed. Fitchburg high sch .; Mereersberg Acad .; M.I.T., 1927; m. Eleanor Weber of Rockport, Aug. 29, 1934. Works exhibited at Corcoran Gallery, Nat. Acad., Pa. Acad., Hoosier Salon, North Shore Arts Assn., Rockport Art Assn., etc .; instr., Cam- bridge Sch. Architecture, Smith Coll. Grad. Sch. Art, Harvard Grad. Sch. Design; mem. Rockport Art Assn. (mem, exec. bd.), Theta Chi. Travel: Europe, Mex. Protestant. Office: Hunt llall, Harvard University, Cambridge. lome: 13 llale St., Rockport.


LHERTER, Christian Archibald, editor; b. Paris, Fr., Mar. 28, 1895, of Am. parents; s. Albert llerter and Adele (MeGinnis) H .; ed. Reole Alsatienne, Paris, 1901-04; Browning Sch. of N.Y. City, 1904-11; A.B. (cum laude), llarvard, 1915; m. Mary Caroline Pratt of Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 25, 1917; children- Christian A., Frederic Pratt, Adele, Eliot Miles. Attaché, Am. Embassy, Berlin, Ger., 1916-17; spl. asst., U.S. Dept. State, 1917-18; sec. Am. Commn. to Negotiate Peace, Paris, 1918-19; asst. to Sec. of Commerce Herbert Hoover, 1919-24, exec. sec. European Relief Council, 1920-21; ed., The Inde- pendent, 1921-28; asso. ed., The Sportsman, Bos- ton, 1927-36; lecturer on internat. relations, llar- vard, 1929-30; rep. in Mass. Legislature, 1931-,


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speaker, 1939; dir. Am. Child Health Assn., Cominn, for Relief of Belgium Ednl. Foundation; tr. Judge Baker Guidance Center, N.E. Deaconess Ilosp., Nat. Braille Press, Boston Library Soc .; decorated Order of Crown (Belg.), Order of Po- lonia Restituta (Poland), Clubs: Century, Har- vard (N.Y.), Somerset, Tavern, Tennis and Rate- quet (Boston), Essex County (Manchester). Re- publican. Office: 8 Newbury St. Home: 61 Beacon St., Boston.


HEWES, Amy, professor of economics and sociol- ogy; b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 8, 1887; d. Edwin Hewes and Martha Gardner (Gover) H .; ed. B.A., Coucher Coll., Baltimore, 1897; student, Univ. Ber- lin; Ph. D., Univ. Chicago, 1903. Prof. economics and sociology, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1907 -; exec. sec. Mass. Minimum Wage Commn .; 1913-15; exec. sec. com. on Women in Industry, Council of Nat. De- feuse, 1917-19; supervisor industrial service sect., Ordinance Dept., U.S.A., 1918-19; mem. adv. coun- cil, Mass. State-Fed. Employment Service; fellow Royal Econ. Soc .; mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Sociol. Soc., Am. Assn. for labor Legislation, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Col- lege, Woman's City. Author: Industrial Home Work in Massachusetts, 1915; Women as Munition Workers, 1917; The Contributions of Economics to Social Work, 1930. Home: South Hadley.


Y' HEWITT, Charles Colby, fire insurance company of- ficial; b. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 3. 1889; s. Joseph Rich- ardson Hewitt and Louise (Colby) H .; ed. Chicago (Ill.) pub. sch .; llyde Park high sch .; Univ. Chicago; in. Taliaferro Graves of Independence, Mo., Apr. 17, 1920; children-Charles Colby, Jr., Margaret Louise, Graves Desha. With Chicago Bd. of Underwriters, and various other bureaus in Middle West and Can., 1910-18; spl. agt. for W. Va., Nat. Fire Ins. Co., 1919, state agt, for N.ES., Boston, 1920-24, agency supt., 1924-25, asst. soc., 1925-26, sec., 1926-29, v.p., 1929-1934; mem. firm, Boit, Dalton & Church, ins. ageney, 1931 -; dir. and v.p., Boit, Dalton & Church, Inc., of R.L .; dir. and v.p., Financed Premium Agency, Inc., Randall, McCarthy, Inc .; mem. Mass. Assn. Ins. Agts. (v.p., mem. exee. com.), Ins. Fed. of Mass. Clubs: Drug and Chemical (N.Y.), Exchange, Brae Burn Country, Dedham Country and Polo (Boston), Duxbury Yacht. Office: 89 Broad St., Boston. Ilome: 314 Clark Rd., Brookline.


HEWITT, Robert A., professor of classics, college president; b. Watertown, June 10, 1897; s. Francis J. llewitt and Elizabeth (llickey) 11 .; ed. Boston College high sch .; A.B., Woodstock Coll., 1921; S.T.D., Gregorian Univ., Rome, It., 1932. Prof. classics, Holy Cross Coll., Worcester, 1923-25; prof. Moral Theology, Weston Coll., 1932-37, pres., 1937 -. Jesuit. Office and home: Weston College, Weston.


HEWITT, Wright Platt, physician; b. Vermont, Nov. 23, 1906; s. Ernest John Hewitt and Georgi- anna (Platt) IL .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad .; Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1924-26; A.B., Harvard, 1928; M. D., llarvard Med. Sch., 1932; m. Natalie Saville of Quincy, June 1928; 1 dau .- Caroline Saville. Practiced med., Cambridge, 1936 -; mem, Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., N.ES. Otol. Soc. Protestant. (f- fice: 52 Brattle St., Cambridge. Home: 31 Lin- nacean St., Cambridge.


V HEYWOOD, Philip B., insurance agent and broker; b. Worcester, Mar. 24, 1889; s. Frank Everett Ilcy- wood and Harriet Dodd (Jennings) Il .; ed. Worcester pub. schs., 1895-1905; Blair Acad., Blairstown, N.J., 1905-09; A.B., Williams Coll., 1913; m. Beatrice Schultz of Summit, N.J., July 22, 1916; children-Janet, Barbara. Employee, freight traffic dept., C.C.&O. Ry., 2 yrs. ; Industrial Finance Co. of New York and Morris Plan Banks, 1 yr .; Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, Worcester and Charlotte, N.C., 1916-27; Senior mem. firm Greene & lleywood, ins. agency, Worcester, 1927 -- , now owner; corpl., Mass. State Guard, 18Ist Regt., 1917-19; tr. Worcester Co. Music Assn., Worcester Mechanies Sav. Bk .; mem. Worcester Nat. Ilist. Soc. (v.p.), Worcester Din- ployment Soc. (adv. bd.), Zeta Psi; Masons. Clubs: Worcester, University, Tatnuck Country (Worces-


ter), Forbush Bird, Worcester City Republlean (treas.). Travel: Fla., Colo., W.Ind., Europe (sev- eral trips). Episcopalian (vestryman, All Saints Ch.). Republican. Office: 332 Main St., Worces- ter. Ilome: 8 Wheeler Av., Worcester.


HIBBARD, Aldro (Thompson), National Academ- cian artist; b. Falmouth, Aug. 25, 1886; s. James Thompson Hibbard and Katherine D. (Swift) Il .; ed. high sch., Dorchester, 1906; Mass. Normal Art Sch., 1909; Mus. Sch. Fine Arts, Boston, 1913; awarded Paige traveling scholarship, 1913-15; m. Winifred D. Jackman of El Paso, Tex., May 31, 1925; children-Elaine Winifred, Malcolm Jack- man. Instr., Boston Univ. Art Dept .; founder and prin. instr. Rockport Summer Sch. of Drawing and Painting; has exhibited throughout U.S .; first prize for "The City Beyond," Duxbury, 1920, hon. mention, Art. Inst. Chicago, 1921, first Hlallgarten prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1921, Jennie Sesnan gold medal, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, 1922, Willlam Stotes- bury prize, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, 1927; 2ud Alt- man prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1927, 1st Altman prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1931, Albert M. Davis landscape prize, Esther M. Groom prize and Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bean prize, North Shore Art Association, 1931, best landscape prize, Spring- field Art League, 1931, New Haven paint and clay prize, 1933; "llills of Jamaica" purchased by Metrop. Art Mus., N. Y. City, "The Moate Range" purchased by Nat. Acad. Design (Ranger fund) and donated to Portland Art Mus., "Belmont Hills" purchased by Boston Art Mus .; N.A .; mem. North Shore Art Assn. (v.p.), Guild of Boston Artists (bd. mgrs.), Gloucester Art Assn., Rockport Art


Assn. (pres.). Travel: Europe, Can., coast to coast in U.S. Congregationalist. Republican. Address: Legendsea Studio, Rockport.


VIHIBBARD, Charles Lovejoy, lawyer; b. Tama City, lat., July 18, 1871; s. Charles Edmund Hibbard and Henrietta A. (Ilayden) 11 .; ed. Lee high sch., 1884-88; A.B., Williams Coll., 1892; in. Alice l'ad- dock of Pittsfield, Apr. 21, 1897; children-Rob- ert Sargent, Charles Lovejoy, Ir., Stephen Brace. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1895; in practice, Pittsfield, 1895 -; presiding justice, Dist. (t. of Central Berkshire, 1913 -; presiding justice, Appellate Div. for the Western Dist., 1922 -; v.p. and gen. counsel. Berkshire Mnt. Fire Ins. Co., Ilamp- shire Mut. Fire Ins. Co .; tr. Berkshire County Sav. Bk .; mem. Mass. Jud. Council; See. Admin Com. of Dist. Cts .; chmn. Draft Bd., Pittsfield. World War; mem, Theta Delta Chi, Phi Beta Kap- pa. Clubs: Williams (N. Y.), St. Botolph ( Boston). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 28 North St. Home: 40 Colt Rd., Pittsfield.


V HICKEN, Edward E., newspaper publisher; b. New- buryport, Apr. 20, 1876; s. George B. Hicken and Eleanor J. (Marshall) 11 .; ed. Newburyport high sch .; Bliss Bus. Coll., 1895-96; m. Ina C. Walton of Newburyport, Oct. 8, 1900; 1 dau .- Mrs. Eleanor llicken Smith (Fitchburg). Bookkeeper, New- buryport Daily News, 1898-1912, v.p. after incor- poration as News Publishing Co., Inc., 1912-33; pres., 1933-, also treas, 1938 -; mmb., Newbury- port Daily News and Gloucester Daily Times; dir., also treas. Gloucester Times Co .; dir. News Pub- lishing Co., Inc., Newburyport; Merchants Nat. Bank; mem. Planning Bd .; tr. Newburyport Five Cents Sav. Bk .; del. from Mass., Rep. Nat. Conv., Cleveland, 1936; mem. A.F.&A.M. (Fourth Estate Lodge, Boston; St. John's Lodge. Newburyport), R.A.M. (King Cyrus Chap.), K.T. (Newburyport Com. #3), R.S.M. (Amesbury Council), O.S.S. (Laurel Hill Chap. #76). Clubs: Dalton (New- buryport), Essex Republican (councillor). Prot- estant. Republican. Office: 23 Inn St., Newbury- port. Home: 2 Toppan's Lane, Newburyport.


V MICKEY, David Harold, clergyman; b. Parrsboro, N.S., Can., Mar. 11, 1885; s. David Hickey and Annie (Lockhart) Il .; ed. Mt. Allison Acad., Sack- ville, N. B .; Pietou Acad., N.S .; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1910; S.B., Boston Unlv., 1929, A.M., 1930, Th.1)., 1935; m. Estelle H. Heartz of Cam- bridge, July 15, 1908; 1 son-Robert 11. Minister, M.E. Ch., Lynn, So. Boston, Springfield, Medford, 1911-32; Dorchester Memorial M.ES. Ch., 1932-39;


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Wesley Methodist Ch., Salem, 1939 -; lecturer on travel; chaplain, transport service, 1918-19; lt. col., Mass. Nat. Guard, 1922 -; mem. Boston Clerical A.F.&A.M., Am. Legion. Clubs: Kiwanis, Rotary. Author: Up Anchor (a sea story) ; articles in rel. and social periodicals. Travel: around world, Palestine, Egypt, ete. Methodist. Republican. Of- fice and home: 106 Federal St., Salem.


HICKMAN, Roger Wayne, teacher, administrator; b. Wooster, O., July 5, 1900; s. John Fremont Hickman and Bertha E. (Wildman) H .; ed. Whit- tier (Calif.) Unlon high sch .; A.B., Whittier Coll., 1922; A.M., Univ. Calif., 1925; A.M., Harvard, 1926, Ph.D., 1932; m. Priscilla Crosby of Brookline, 1932; children-Nancy Carol, William Crosby. Acting prof. physics, Earlham Coll., 1928-29; instr. and tutor, dept. physics, Harvard, 1932-38, lec- turer, tutor, and asst. dir. phys. labs., 1938 -; mem. Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha. Club: Harvard Faculty. Author: articles on results of research in sci, jours. Quaker. Office: Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 5 Wright St., Cambridge.


HICKS, Leslie R., consulting electrical engineer; b. Port Henry, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1880 ; s. John S. Hicks and Julia A. (Harris) Il .; ed. grad., Phillips Acad., Andover, 1899; A.B., Brown Univ., 1903; m. Cecile Baxter, Feb. 20, 1905; children-Leslie R., Jr., Elizabeth. Elec. engr. for large number of pub. utilities, 1904 -; designed and supervised constru. of many complete systems of transmission and distribution of elec. systems for elec. light and power; inem. Am. Inst. E.E., Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Author: articles in Elec- trical World on constrn. works handled. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office and home: 32 Byers St., Springfield.


HIDEN, Robert Battaile, physician (psychiatrist) ; b. Pungoteague, Va., Feb. 1, 1897; s. Joseph Hart Hiden and Elen ( Battaile) H .; ed. Pungoteagne high sch .; B.A., Univ. Va., 1922; M.D., Univ. Va. Med. Sch., 1923; m. Clotilda Rodes Waddell of Charlottesville, Va., June 23, 1930; 1 son-Rohert B., Jr. Instr., Univ. Va. Med. Sch., 1923-24; med. house officer, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1924-26; asso. with Dr. Sterling Ruflin, Wash., D.C., in practice of internal med., 1926-30; in pvt. practice, psychiatry, Stockbridge, with Dr. Austen Fox Riggs, 1930 ---; cons. psychiatrist, House of Mercy Hosp., Pitts- field; It. comdr. Med. Corps, U.S.N.R .; served as naval aviator, ensign, U.S.N.R.F., M.I.T., Cam- bridge, Miami and Pensaeola, Fla .; mem. A.M.A., Am. Psychiatric Assn., A.C.P. Clubs: Stockbridge Golf, Stockbridge Ski. Episcopalian. Republican. Address: Stockbridge.


YHIERS, Ralph G,, manufacturer of toy drums and toys; b. Granville, Sept. 14, 1872; s. Henry Augus- tus liers and Nellie Almira (Cooley) 11 .; ed. Brooklyn (N. Y.) pub, schs., 1878-86; Browns Bus. Coll., 1886-88; m. Leabelle B. Holcomb of Green- field, Jan. 17, 1899; children-flerbert A., Ralph H. Asso. with Noble & Cooley Co. (established by grandfather, Jas. P. Cooley, 1851), first .and now largest infrs. toy drums in U.S., mifrs. also of various musical toys, Granville, 1889-, v.p. and see., 1921-35, pres., 1935 -; mem. I.O.O.F., Grange. Club: Kiwanis ( Westfield). Episcopalian. Home: Granville.


VHIGGINS, Aldus Chapin, manufacturer; b. Worces- ter, Dee. 7, 1872; s. Milton Prince Higgins and Katharine Elizabeth (Chapin) 11 .; ed. Worcester high sch .; B.S., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1893; Dr. of Eng., 1931; LL.M., Nat. Univ. Law Sch., Wash., D.C., 1896; m. Edgenic G. Brosius, 1898 (d. 1911); children-Elizabeth B., Milton Prince; in. (2d) Mary Sprague Groen, Jan. 16, 1914. Asst. exam- iner in U.S. Pat. Office, Wash., D.C., 1893-96; adm. to Mass. bar, 1896; practiced law in Worcester, 1896-1900; gen. counsel, Norton Co., 1901, mgr. of abrasive plants, 1913, sec. and gen. counsel, 1913- 19, treas., 1919-33, pres., 1933 -; inventor of elee. furnace in which the abrasive Alundum is made, thereby winning John Scott medal from Franklin Inst. in 1913; mem. Council Nat. Defense, during World War; chmn. Spl. Gifts Com., Community Chest; chin. Worcester Rep. Fin. Com., 1938;


mem. Couneil Am. Antiq. Soc .; mem. Nat. Conf. of Investors; com. mem. Nat. Assoe. Mfrs .; dir., Nor- ton Co., B.&M.R.R., Riley Stoker Corp. (chinn. Bd.), Worcester County Trust Co., Merchants & Farmers Mut. Fire Ins. Co .; pres. Indian Hill Co., Norton Co. of Canada, Ltd .; tr., Peoples Savings Bk., Worcester Poly, Inst., Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Children's Frlend Soc., Worcester Mem. Hosp .; mem. Am. Soc. M.E., Worcester Co. Bar Assn., Mass. Soc. Mayflower Descs., Newcomen Soe., Bohemians, Worcester Ch. Commerce, For. Policy Assn. (Worcester Br.), Players Club ( Worcester), Worcester Assn. of Mutual Aid in Detecting Thieves, Worcester Fire Soe., W.P.I. Alumni Assn., Worcester Hist. Sac., Woreester Nat. Ilist. Soc. Clubs: Worcester, Worcester Eco- nomie, University (Worcester), Woreester Co. Republican, Tatnuck Country, American (Paris, IFr.), Union, Odd Volumes (both of Boston). Col- leetor of ancient stained glass, works of art prior to seventeenth cent., and contemporary paintings. Travel: annual trip to Norton Co.'s foreign plants in Eng., Fr., Ger., and It. Dese. Richard Iliggins, Plymouth, 1633; Elder Wm. Brewster of the Maylower; Deacon Samuel Chapin, carly settler of Springfield. Unitarian. Republican. Office:


Norton Co., 1 New Bond St., Worcester.


Home: 1 lohn Wing Rd., Worcester.


VIHIGGINS, George Albert, clergyman; b. Somerville, Dec. 5, 1893; s. Sidney M. Higgins and Rhoda S. (Cumminger) H .; ed. Everett high sch., 1909-13, 1915-16; S.B., Boston Univ., 1920; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theology, 1923; m. Myrtle V. Goodwin of Baie Verte, N.B., June 26, 1920; children-Paul Goodwin, George Albert, Jr. Employee, White Star Line, Boston; adm to N.E. Conf. Meth. Episc. Ch., 1920; pastor, Bay View, Gloucester, 1920-22, Newburyport, 1922, South Hadley Falls, 1923, Nor- wood, 1926, Parker St., Lawrence, 1930; pastor, Glendale Ch., Everett, 1931-38, Greenfield, 1938 -; sec. N.I. Conf. of Meth. Episc. Ch. 1934 -; mem. lambda (B.U.), Masons, Odd Fellows, Rebekahs, Eastern Star. Club: Clerles and Friars ( Boston ). Methodist. Republican. Office: Franklin and Church Sts., Greenfield. Ilome: 94 Franklin St., Greenfield.


VHIGGINS, Harold Leonard, physician, pediatrieian; b. Gloucester, Mar. 26, 1887; s. James William llig- gins and Addie (Leonard) IL .; ed. Waltham high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1907; M.D., Johns Hopkins Med. Sch., 1919; m. Marie Louise Crane of Bloom- field, N.J., June 1, 1922. Instr. chem., Swarth- more Coll., 1907-1908; physiologist, Nutrition Lab- oratory of Carnegie Instn. of Washington, Boston, 1908-15; asst. in pediatries, Johns Hopkins, 1915- 1920; asst. prof., later asso. prof. pediatries, Univ. Cincinnati, 1920-1927; asst. prof. pediatries, Har- vard, 1927 -; chiel of children's med. service, Mass. Gen. losp., 1931 -; cons. pediatrician, Mass. Eye and Bar Infirmary; pvt. in U.S. army, 1918; mem. Am. Pediatric Soc., A.M.A., Am. Physiol Soc., Am. Chem. Soc .; fellow A.A.A.S. Clubs: Ro- tary ( Boston), Hunnewell (Newton). Methodist. Republican. Office: Mass. Gen. llosp., Boston. Ilome: 322 Franklin St., Newton


HIGGINS, Howard Hubert, college dean; b. Frances- ville, Ind., Dec. 18, 1894; s. Oswell T. Higgins and Myrtle May (Rees) IL .; ed. prep. dept., Winona Call., Winona Lake, Ind .; A.B., De Pauw tIniv., 1922; A.M., Univ. Ia., 1927; student, Boston Univ., 1936-37; m. Editha Shoemaker of Whiting, la., Aug. 17, 1924; children-James Loren, James Rees, Marcia Jane. Instr. puh. speaking, Univ. Wyo., 1922-25; asst. instr. and asso, prof. pub. speaking, Miami Univ., 1925-34; prof. psychology, Emerson Coll., 1934-36, dean, 1936 -; lecturer, Redpath Bur., 1936 -; lecturer on psychol. and ednl. subjs .; yeo- man 1st class, U.S.N., 1917-19; mem. Delta Upsilon, Delta Sigma Rho, Tau Kappa Alpha, Masons. Au- thor: Influencing Behavior Through Speech; Glimpses of the Public Mind; many articles in prof. jours. Travel: Europe, Can., Mex. Congre- gationalist. Independent. Ollice: 130 Beacon St., Boston, Home: 69 Hammond Rd., Belmont.


HIGGINS, John P., Chief Justice, Superior Ct., b. Boston, Feb. 19, 1893; s. Patrick Higgins and Win-


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Ifred (Gilligan) HI .; ed. English high sch., Boston; S.B., Harvard, 1917; Boston Unlv. Law Sch .; North- eastern Coll. of Law; hon, LL.D., Mount St. Mary's Coll. of Md., June, 1938; m. Eleanor G. MeNamara, Nov. 19, 1927; 1 dan .- Eleanor. Chemist with large industrial firms after War; later studied and practiced law in Mass .; mem, Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1929-1931; Congressman from Mass., 1935- 37; Chief Justice, Sept. 1937 -; ensign Pay Corps, U.S.N., July 1917-Feb. 1919. Mem. Boylston Chem. Soc. of Harvard, Boston Bar Assn., Law Soc. of Mass. Catholic, Democrat. Office: Courthouse, Boston. Home: 263 Pond St., Jamaica Plain.


HIGGINS, John Woodman, steel mfr .; b. Worcester, Sept. 1, 1874; s. Milton Prince Higgins and Kath- arine Elizabeth (Chapin) H .; ed. pub. and pvt. schs., Worcester and Atlanta, Ga .; S.B. Worcester Poly. Inst., 1896; (elee. engring.); m. Clara Loulse Carter of St. Louis, 1906; children-Carter Chapin, Bradley Carter, Mary Louise. Supt. and sec. Plunger Elevator Co., Worcester, 1896-1905; pres. and treas. Worcester Pressed Steel Co., 1905 -; tr. Worcester Indep. Indust. schs., Worcester Boy's Club, Y.M.C.A., Community Chest, Ch, Commerce; pres. Bus. Ilist. Soc. of Boston; former v.p. Assoc. Indus. of Mass. and Nat. Metal. Trades Assn .; mem. Am. Soc. M.E., Am. Iron and Steel Inst., Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Epsilon Pi Tau (honorary), Am. Antiquarian Soc., Soc. Mayflower Dese., Soc. of Desc. Knights of the Garter. Clubs: Worcester, Tatnuck Country, Armor and Arms (N.Y.). Au- thor: Industrial Education and Industrial Mu- seums, Fine Arts in Mass Production; various articles and pamphl. on art in Industry, Indust. edn., indust. museums; donor of the John Wood- man Higgins Armory. Desc. In 9th generation from Richard Higgins, London, who came to Ply- mouth, 1632, and founded Eastham, 1633. Travel: Europe. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Worcester Pressed Steel Co., Worcester. lome: 80 William St. Summer res .: Lakeview Farm, North Brookfield.


HIGGINS, Joseph 'T., artist, etcher, water colorist; b. Milford, Sept. 22, 1878; s. J. Augustine Higgins and Annie M. (Perkins) H .; ed. Milford high sch .; studled etching and water color under Reynolds Beal. Etchings and water colors are in various pub. and pvt. collections; models of whale ships are all in pvt. collections, though often loaned to Mus. City N.Y. and similar institutions; mem. Rockport Art Assn. (treas.), Masons (Blue Lodge and Chapter). Clubs: Sandy Bay Yacht (Rock- port, sec .- treas.); various art clubs from Rock- port to New Orleans. Author: The Whale Shlp Book; caused to be reissued Murphy's "Nautical Routine," the only standard for rigging ships after 1820; also made diagramatie Illustrations for it. Unitarian. Republican. Address: 11 Dock Sq., Rockport.


V HIGGINS, Richard Robertson, general sales man- ager; b. Winchester, Nov. 10, 1899; s. Alfred S. Higgins and Myra I. (Wilson) H .; ed. Choate Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1922; m. Ilanna Bell of Sirelbyville, Ky., Jan. 20, 1934; children-Ann Stuart, Hanna. With Kendall Mills Co., mfrs. textiles, Walpole, 1922-, gen. sales mgr., 1932 -; dir. Walpole Trust Co., R.R. Higgins Co .; tr., Norwood Ilosp. pvt. Harvard S.A.T.C., World War. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston, N.Y.), Walpole Country, The Country. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Kendall Mills, Walpole. Home: 915 High St., Dedham.


VHIGGINSON, Francis Lee, banker; b. Boston, Nov. 29, 1877; s. Francis Lee Higginson and Julia (Borland) II .; ed., A.B., Harvard, 1900; m. Hetty A. Sargent, June 7, 1905 (d. June 27, 1921); in. (2d) Aileen M. Johnstone, Oct. 9, 1930. Banking and brokerage bus., 1901-, mem. Lee, Higginson & Co., Boston, and Higginson & Co., London; tr. Suffolk Sav. Bk. for Seamen and Others. Boston; dir. Gen. Elec. Co., Internat. Gen. Elec. Co., Pacl- fic Mills, Pelzer Mfg. Co .; pres. and tr. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, tr. Groton Sch., Thayer Acad. Clubs: Somerset, Tennis and Racquet, Myopia ( Boston). Olllee: 50 Federal St., Boston. Home: Wenham.


HIGGINSON, Mary Potter Thacher, author; b. Mach- ias, Me, Nov. 26, 1814; d. Peter Thacher and Mar- garet Louisa (Potter) T .; ed. pvt. schs., Port- land, Me., and Springfield; m. Thomas Wentworth Iligginson at West Newton, Feb. 6, 1879; chil- dren-Louisa Wentworth (d. 1880), Mrs. Margaret Higginson Barney (d. 1938). Author: Sea Shore and Prairle; Room for One More; ( with husband) Such as They are (poems); Playmate Hours (poems); Life of T. W. Higginson; Letters and Journals of T. W. Ilgginson. Home: 29 Bucking- ham St., Cambridge.




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