Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 13

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Publication date: 1940
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For. Policy Assn .; Y.M.C.A. Sec., France Overseas Theatre League, 1 yr. Club: Kiwanis (Past Gov. and Internat. Tr., Kiwanis Internat., 1922-24. in- stituted Underprivileged Child Objective). Prot- estant. Republican. Office: 340 Main St., Worces- ter. Home: 98 Forest St., Worcester. Summer res .: Conway, N.II.


BABBITT, Edith Courtenay, poet; b. Beloit, Wis .; d. Hon. Clinton Babbitt and Sarah Statira (John- son) B .; ed. Carleton Coll., Northfield; Minn .; Univ. Me .; unmarried. Entered social settlement work, N.Y. City, after coll. course was finished; teacher, Puerto Rico and in mountains of Tenn .; writer of verse. Author: Chapel by the Sea (col- lection of poems); verses in mags., newspapers, etc. Ancestors include doctors, officers, and sur- geons among early settlers of Mass. and in Revo- lution; desc. William Brewster of Mayflower, Ed- ward Bobit of Wales and Taunton; g.d. Hon. Nathan Godfrey Babbitt, a judge, who at one time practiced law with Franklin Pierce, pres. of U.S. Home: East Northfield.


VBABCOCK, Frederic Latimer, editor, publisher; b. Old Lyme, Conn., June 7, 1866; s. William L. Bab- cock and Jane B .; ed. The Acad., pvt. seh .. Old Lyme, Conn .; m. Jessie B. Fraser, Mar. 1917; 1 son-Donald Fraser. In employ N.Y., N.II., & H. R.R. Co., 1882-88; with Gen. Elec. Co., 1888-98: editor of textile papers 1898 -; pres., dir. and ed., Wade Pub. Co., Cambridge; sec. Nat. Assn. Textile Dyers & Finishers, Dixon-Spencer Asso- ciates; mem. Am. Assn. Textile Colorists & Chem- ists, Nat. Assn. Woolen & Worsted Overseers, Masons, Elks. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 465 Main St., Cambridge. Home: 270 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown.


.BABCOCK, Harold Lester, physician; b. Holliston, May 30, 1886; s. William Alfred Babcock and Car- rie L. (Rockwood) B .; ed. Holliston high sch .; Worcester Polytechnic Inst .; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med. 1910; m. Mildred F. Babcock of Ded- ham, Mar. 7, 1911; children-Constance, Francis. Private practice, Boston, 1911 -; prof. otology,


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Boston Unlv. Sch. Med .; chlef surg., otolaryngol- ogy sect., Mass. Mem. Hosps., Boston; eons. Otolo- gist Choatc Hosp. Woburn; curator herpetology, Boston Soc. Nat. llist. 1st lt., M.C., U.S.A., Dec. 1917, Capt., Aug. 1918, major, Med. Res. Corps, 1919. F.A.C.S., eorr. mem. Zool. Soe. (London) ; S.A.R. Ciub: University (Boston). Author: Med. and Zool. papers. Travel: Europe, Africa, So. Am. Oflice: 99 Bay State Rd., Boston. Home: 16 Woodleigh Rd., Dedham. Summer res .: Phil- lips Rd., Sagamore Beach.


VBABCOCK, John Brazer, III, professor of railway engineering; b. Boston, Apr. 29, 1889; s. John Brazer Babcock, Jr. and Harrlett A. (Burditt) B .; ed. Mechanie Arts high sch., Boston, 1902-06; S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1910; m. Mildred Willard of Boston, Mar. 5, 1913; 1 son-Willard F. Asst. to res. engr., Grand Trunk Ry., 1910-11; instru- ment man, C.P. Ry., 1911-12; res. engr., So. N.E. Ry. (Can. Nat.), 1912; res. and designing engr., Ambursen Hydraulic Constr. Co. of Can., Ltd., 1913-15; instr., asst. prof., asso. prof., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1916-28, prof. ry. engring., since 1928; cons. ry. engr., sinec 1916; mem. Am. Soe. C.E., Am. Ry. Engring. Assn., Am. Road Builders Assn., Soe. for Promotion Engring. Edn., Boston Soc. C.E. (ex- pres.), Chi Epsilon (hon. mem.). Club: New Eng- land Rallroad. Author: section on Railway and Highway Engineering in Civil Engineering Hand- book; Boston Society of Civil Engineers and Its Founder Members. Protestant. Republican. Of- fice: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 21 Orient Ave., Newton Centre.


BABCOCK, Samuel Gavitt, clergyman; b. Newport, R.I., Oct. 8, 1851; s. Stanton Babeock and Sarah J. (White) B .; ed. Salem high seh .; spl. courscs in coll .; B.D., Epis. Theol, Sch., Cambridge, 1897; D.D., Brown Univ., 1915; m. Abbie G. Miller of Westerly, R.I., 1875; m. (2nd) Mary K. Davey of Boston, 1923. Deaeon, 1877; priest, Protestant Ch., 1891; asst. rector, Graee Ch., Providence, 1891-92; reetor, Christ Ch., Hyde Park, 1892- 1903; archdeacon, New Bedford, 1899-1903; arch- deacon of Mass., 1903-13; Suffragan Bishop, Prot- estant Episc. Ch., Apr. 10, 1913-Jan. 1, 1938; pres. Resthaven Home for Aged; dir. Lord's Day League, pres. Rest House, Ine. Clubs: Twenty, Clericus, Mass. Clerical. Travel: Europe (7 times), Callf.,, Can. Several generations of ancestors were elergymen of Bapt. Ch. in R.I., others officers in Revolutionary War. Episcopalian. Republi- ean. Oflice: 1 Joy St., Boston. Ilome: 100 Beacon St., Boston. Summer res .: 12 Washington Sq., Marblehead.


VBABSON, David Leveau, statistielan; b. Gloucester, Sept. 16, 1911; s. Elmer Warren Babson and Emma Gustava (Leveau) B .; ed. Gloucester high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1932; m. Katherine Lockhart Al- len of Manchester, Sept. 29, 1934. Employed as clerk at Babson's Reports, Ine., 1932-34, v.p. 1934 -; mgr. Publishers Financial Bureau; dir. Sierra Pacifie Power Co .; mem. Delta Upsilon. Club: Wellesley. Universalist. Ilome: Spruee Park, Wellesley Hills.


BABSON, Elmer Warren, veterinarian; b. Glouees- ter, Dec. 31, 1874; s. Osman Babson and Marcia Lee (Duley) B .; ed. Gloucester high sch. ; M. D. V., Harvard Seh. Vet. Med., 1897; m. Emma Gustafva Leveau of Viken, Sweden. Praetieed in Glouces- ter sinec July, 1897; demonstrator of anatomy, Harvard Sch. Vet. Med .; mem., sec. Mass. Bd. of Registration in Vet. Med. 1904-, veterinarian, Gloucester Bd. Health; mayor of Gloucester, 1937- 38; tr. Capc Ann Sav. Bk :; mem. Am. Vet. Med. Assn., Mass. Vet. Med. Assn., Masons (32°). Uni- versalist. Republican. Home: 343 Washington St., Gloucester.


LBABSON, Francis Morrill, insurance exccutive; b. Newburyport, Sept. 1, 1874; s. Edwin Babson and Annette French (Morrill) B .; ed. Newburyport high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1897; m. Eleanor Nel- son of Calais, Me., June 23, 1906. Clk., John C. Paige & Co., 1897-1908; U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Boston office, 1908-12; mgr. fldclity and surety dept , The Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 1912 -; capt. Mass. State Guard, through World War and Boston Poliee Strike, 1917-20; mem.


Surety Underwriters' Assn. of Mass. (mem. exec. com., past pres.), Sons of the Revolution, Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Clubs: City, Army and Navy (both of Boston). Travel: Europe, 1927. Ancestor served on Brig "Civil Usage" in Revolu- tion, father, as officer in Civil War. Episcopalian. Republlean. Oflice: 40 Broad St., Boston. Home: Summit Rd., Marblehead.


BABSON, Grace Knight, (Mrs. Roger W.), educator, treasurer; b. So. Hadley Falls, 1873; d. Richard Knight and Jane Milk (Cummings) K .; ed. grad., St. Paul (Minn.) high sch., 1894; Univ. Minn., Mt. Holyoke (non-grad.) 1898; Dr. Edn., Florida Southern Coll., Lakeland, Fla .; m. Roger Ward Babson of Gloucester, March 29, 1900; 1 dau .- Edith L. Co-founder with husband of Babson Inst., Webber Foundatlon and Webber Coll., non- profit Instns. for education of young men (Bab- son Inst.) and young women (Webber Founda- tion, Webber Coll.) in bus., financial and civic fundamentals; Chmn. bd. trs. treas. Webber Coll. and Webber Foundation; treas. Babson's Sta- tis. Orgn .; eolleetor of Newtoniania; mem. Audu- bon Soc., Fla., Illst. Soe. Clubs: Women's City (Boston), Wellesley Hills Women's, Garden (Bab- son Park). Travel: So. and Cent. Am., Europe (many times), Can, and U.S. Milk St., (Boston), named for Deacon Milk of whom mother was dese. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Webber Foundation, 535 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 67 Wellesley Av., Wellesley. Summer res .: Gloucester.


V BABSON, Paul T., president, United Business Ser- vice; b. Seward, Neb., Nov. 22, 1894; s. Gus- tavus Babson and Selma (Talbot) B .; cd. Seward high seh .; B.S. (in bus, adm.), Univ. of Nebr., 1917; m. Edith Yungblut of Lineoln, Ncb., Feb. 26, 1919; 1 son-Donald P. Asso. with John A. Colby & Sons, Chicago, 111., 1918-23, with United Business Service, 1923-, pres. and dir. 19 -; prcs. and dir. Boston, Woreester & N.Y. St. Ry .; v.p. and dir. Kiplinger & Babson; treas, and dir. Kip- linger Washington Agency; pres. and dir. Poor's Printing Co., Poor's Pub. Co .; dir. Wellesley Nat. Bk .; ehmn. High Sch. Bldg. Com., Wellesley; mem. Am. Stat. Assn .; in Army Air Service during World War. Clubs: Wellesley Country, Long- wood Cricket Club, University. Family originally Settled In Gloucester, about 1645. Weekly edi- torials written under name of "Paul Talbot." Congregationalist. Republiean. Office: 210 New- bury St., Boston. Home: 1 Kenilworth Rd., Wel- lesley.


\'BABSON, Robert TIIlughast, lawyer; b. Glouees- ter, Feb. 3, 1862; s. William Babson and Mary Isa- bel (Wyman) B .; ed. Gloucester high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1882; LL.B. (cum laude), Boston Univ. Seh. Law, 1885; m. Aliee Cary Jordan of Glouees- ter, Junc 14, 1900; ehildren-Harriet Woreester, William. Mem. Bunker Hill Monument Assn. Desc. Gov. Thomas Dudley, Mass. Bay Colony; Brig. Gen. James Reed, Col. of regt. at Bunker Hill; Rev. John Rogers, 5th pres. Harvard Coll .; g.s. Hon. John James Babson, author hist. Glouces- ter. Episcopalian. Independent. Office: 18 Tre- mont St., Boston. Ilome: 42 Kimball Rd., Arling- ton.


BABSON, Roger W., statistician; b. Glouecster, July 6, 1875; s. Nathaniel Babson and Ellen (Stearns) B .; cd. Gloucester schs .; M.I.T .; LL.D., Unlv. Florlda, ete .; m. Grace Knight, Mar. 29, 1900; 1 dau .- Edith Low. Pres. Babson's Statistical Orgn .. Inc .; dir. Gen., Information and Educa- tion, Labor Administration, Washington, 1917-19. Club: University ( Washington, D.C.). Congre- gatlonalist. Republican. Office: Babson Park. Home: 67 Wellesley Av., Wellesley. Summer res .; Gloucester.


BABSON, William Warren, surgeon; b. Gloucester, Apr. 18, 1905; s. Elmer Warren Babson and Emma Gustava (Leveau) B .; ed. Gloucester high sch .; llarvard, 3 yrs .; M.D. (cum laude), Harvard Med. Sch., 1930; m. Ann Odeneal Wilbon of Rich- mond, Va., Dec. 11, 1937. Interne, Boston City and Boston Lying-in Ilosps., 1930-33; gen, prac- tice, with increasing emphasis on surgery, 1933 -; visiting surg. Addison Gilbert Hlosp .;


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mem. A.M.A .; Mass. Med. Soc .; fellow, A.C.S. Universalist. Office and home: 79 Prospect St., Gloucester.


BACHE-WIIG, Sara, associate professor; b. Bön, Norway, Oet. 4, 1894; d. Carl Bache-Wlig and Bertha Malene (Myhre) B .- W .; ed. Berlin (N.H.) high sch .; Walnut Hill Sch., Natick; B.A., Smith Coll., 1918; M.S., Cornell, 1919; studied at Sor- bonne, 1923-25, Cornell, 1930-32; unmarried. Asst., dept. botany, Smith Coll., 1919-21, instr. 1921-27; asst. prof., 1927-34, asso. prof. 1934 -; chmn. 1935- 38; mem. Bot. Soc. Am. Mycol. Soc. Am., Société Mycologique de France, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Delta Epsilon. Office: Smith College, Northampton. Home: 36 Prospect Av., Northampton.


BACHRACH, Bradford Keyser, portrait photogra- pler; b. Worcester, Nov. 8, 1910; s. Louis Fa- bian Bachrach and Dorothy Deland (Keyes) B .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1933. AD- prentice in photography, Washington, London, New York, 1933-36; asso. with father in New York studios, 1936-37; v.p. Bachrach, Inc., 1937 -; mem. Soe. Mayflower Descendants in Mass. Clubs: Harvard (New York), Hasty Pudding, In- stitute of 1770. Travel: Europe (several trips). Unitarian. Offlee: Bachrach, Inc., Newton. Home: 22 St. Luke's Pl., Montclair, N.J.


BACHRACH, Louis Fabian, photographer; b. Bal- timore, Md., July 16, 1881; s. Davld Bachrach and Frances ( Keyser) B .; ed. Baltimore (Md.) Poly. Inst., 1897; Maryland Inst. Design, 1898-99; Art Students League, N.Y., 1900; m. Dorothy DeLand Keyes of Worcester, June 29, 1909; children- Bradford Keyser, Mrs. Frederick Paige Kimball, Louis Fabian, Jr. With Bachrach Studios, 1900- 15; pres., Bachrach, Inc., 1915 -; mem. Masons (Dalhousle Lodge). Clubs: Brae Burn Country, Rotary (Boston), Appalachian Mt., Executives (Chamber of Commerce), University (Boston). Unitarian. Office: 44 Ilunt St., Newton. Ilome: 128 llighland St., West Newton.


, BACKES, William James, elvil engineer; b. Hart- ford, Conn., Apr. 29, 1879; s. Frederick W. Backes and Maria A. (Schwartz) B .; ed. B.S., Sheffield Sci. Sch., 1899; C.E., Pa. Mil. Coll., 1919; m. Eliza- beth M. Goerz of N.Y., Sept. 25, 1901; children- Edward W., Frederick W., Helen M., Gertrude M. Rodman and leveler, Mexican Internat. R.R., 1899-1900; asst. foreman, Am. Dry Kiln Co., Mex- ico, 1900; asst. on engring. corps, Pa. Lines West of Pittsburgh, 1901-02; transitman, Pa. R.R., 1902- 03; transitman, N.Y., N.H., &H.R.R., 1903-05; asst. engr., N.Y., Pa. & N.J. R.R., 1905-06; chief engr., Cent. N.E. Ry., 1906-13; engr. maintenance of way, Central N.E. Ry. and N. Y., N.I. & H. R.R., 1913-23; asst. gen. mgr., N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., 1923-25; engr. maintenance of way, B. & M. R.R., 1926-27, chief engr., 1927-33; chief engr. B. & M. R R., Me. Cent. R.R. and Portland Term. Co., 1933-36: cons. engr. B. & M. R.R .; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Ry. Engring. Assn. Clubs: Yale (N.Y.). N.E. Ry. Episcopalian. Independent. Of- fice: Boston & Maine R.R., Boston. Home: Old Billerica Rd., Bedford. .


BACKMAN, Rosa S., lawyer; b. Russia, May 15, 1900; d. Max Saek Baekman and Katie (Wald- man) B .; ed. Lynn Eng. high sch .; LL.B., Portia Law Sch., 1926; m. Samuel P. Backman of Lynn, July 10, 1921; 1 son-Bradlee. Began practice of law, 1929; opened own law office in Lynn, for- merly connected with Avery, Dooley, Post and Carroll, attys., 177 State St., Boston; mem. A.B.A., Lynn Bar Assn., Council of Girl Scouts, Tubercu- losis League. Clubs: Business & Professional Women's of Lynn (past pres. ), Northeast Regional Presidents' (past pres.), Democratie Women's of Lynn, Literary. Jewish. Democrat. Otlice: 14 Central Av., Lynn. Home: 45 Orchard Cirele, Swampscott.


BACON, Alvin Converse, clergyman; b. Rutland, Vt., July 31, 1882; s. Iloward D. Bacon and Lucy A. (Converse) B .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1904; B.D., Hartford Theol. Sein., 1907; grad. study, United Free Coll., Glas- gow; New Coll., Edinburgh, Marburg Univ.,


Ger .; m. Elsie P. Bisbee of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., June 4, 1907; children-Mary Otis, Richard. Pas- tor, Stanley Mem. Ch., New Britain Conn., 1907-09; asst, pastor, Tabernacle Ch., Salem, 1910-13; pas- tor, Park Av. Cong. Ch., Minneapolis, 1914-21, First Cong. Cli., Little Falls, Minn., 1921-23, First Cong. Ch., Natick, 1923 -; chaplain, 85th Div., U.S.A., A.E.F., 15 mos .; mein. (once) Loyal Legion of Minnesota, Am. Legion (comdr., Post 107; chaplain, Dept. of Mass., 1929), Middlesex South Assn. (moderator, 1927), A.F.&A.M. (Merid- ian Lodge), Theta Delta Chi. Clubs: Rotary, Shakespeare ( Natick). Desc. Michael Bacon, signer of Dedham Covenant. Congregationalist. Home: 42 Florence St., Natick. Summer res .: Northwood, N.I.


BACON, Charles Edward, publisher; b. New York City, Dee. 12, 1873; s. George Andrew Bacon and Susan Lyman (Hillman) B .; ed. Medford high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1895; m. Pauline Conant of Boston, May 29, 1917; children-Edwin Conant, Francis Lyman. Shipper and agt., Chicago of- fiee, Allyn & Bacon, publishers, 1896-1906, agt. and ingr., Boston office, 1907-23, senior partner, 1923 -; capt. A.E.F., overseas, Dee. 1917-Jan. 1919. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N. Y.), Tennis & Racquet, City, Country, Essex County, Oakley Country. Travel: around world, 1906-07, 1909-11, 1927; winter sports, Switz., 1911 (won Curzon Cup on Cresta Run), 1913, 1914; Europe, 1924, 1929, 1935. Anglican. Independent. Office: 50 Beacon St., Boston. Ilome: 11 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Summer res .: Century Mills, Bol- lon.


BACON, Dorothy Carolin, professor of economics; b. Beloit, Wis., Feb. 25, 1902; d. George Preston Bacon and Hanna (Churchill) B .; ed. Fraulein Seiffert's Sch., Berlin; Robert G. Shaw Sch., Bos- ton; Girls' Latin sch .; Simmons Coll .; A.B., Rad- cliffe Coll., 1922, A.M., 1924, Ph.D., 1928. Statis. asst., Fed. Res. Bd., 1922-23; asst. in economies, Vassar Coll., 1924-25, instr., 1925-26; instr. eco- nomics, Smith Coll., 1927-28, asst. prof., 1928-31, asso. prof., 1931, prof., 1938; research asso., Nat. Bur. Econ. Research, New York, 1930-31; sr. research asst., Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp., 1935-36; prin, research officer, Works Progress Adm., 1936- 37; mem. Am. Statis. Assu., Am. Assn. Univ. Women. Author: Recent Economic History of Five Towns, 1937; articles on econ. and statis. subjs. in mags. and jours. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 51 Highland St., Cambridge.


\'BACON, Frederick Sayford, consulting chemist; b. Newton, Oct. 28, 1893; s. William Francis Bacon and Bessie Ewing (Sayford) B .; ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1915, A.M., 1917; m. Lenice Woods Ingram of Rockwood, Tenn., June 2, 1921; children-Bessie Rilla, William Elisha. Chemist, Fed. Dye & Chem. Corp., Kingsport, Tenn., 1917- 18; pres. Puritan Dye & Chem. Co., Northborough, 1920-25; chemist, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cam- bridge, 1925-29; supervisor, Monsanto Chein. Co., St. Louis, Mo., 1929; with B.B. Chem. Co., 1930- 37: Gustavus J. Esselen, Boston, 1937-39; V.p., dir. Newton Y.M.C.A .; tr. Newton Sav. Bk .; se- leetman, Northborough, 1923-25; treas. Rebecca Pomroy Home, Newton; 1st It., Mil. Intelligence Div., Gen. Staff, U.S.A., 4 mos., World War; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. (treas., N.E. Sect.), Am. Inst. Ch.E. Alpha Chl Sigma. Clubs: Harvard (Bos- ton), Eastern Pt. Yacht (Gloucester), Hunne- well (Newton). Author: sei. papers. First an- cestor, Dedham, 1640. Congregationalist. Repub- lican. Office: Care of Gustavus J. Esselen, Inc., 857 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 42 Hyde Av., Newton.


BACON, Gaspar Griswold, lawyer; b. Boston, Mar. 7, 1886; s. Robert Bacon and Martha (Cowdin) B .; ed. Groton Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1908; LL.B., llarvard Law Sch., 1912; m. Priscilla Toland of Phila., Pa., July 16, 1910; children-William Ben- jamin, Gaspar Griswold, Jr., Robert. Practiced law, Boston, 1912 -; sec. Bd. Trs., Boston Univ .; pres. Franco-American Review; mem. Mass. Sen- ate, 1925-32 (pres. 1929-32); Lt. Gov. of Mass., 1933-34; served in World War May 1917-Feb. 1919, dlsch. with rank of Major F.A., It. col. 26th Div.,


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Mass. Nat. Guard, till 1935; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns., Odd Fellows, K.P., Elks, Nat. Sojourn- ers, Res. Officers Assn., Nat. Guard Assn. Author: The Constitution of the United States In Some of its Fundamental Aspcets, 1928; Government and the Voter, 1931; Individual Rights and the Public Welfare, 1935; (with Wendell D. Howic) The Reign of James the First, 1936. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 20 Beacon St., Boston. llome: 222 Prinee St., Jamaica Plain.


BACON, George A., lawyer; b. Brimfield, Aug. 27, 1869; s. Albert S. Bacon and Cynthia (Leonard) B .; ed. Hinsdale (N.H.) high sch .; spl. courses, Boston Univ .; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1895; m. Mabel M. Sedgwick, 1902; 1 dau .- Elisa- betli. Practiced gen. law, Springfield, since 1895; admitted to practice before State and Fed. Cts., Inel. U.S. Supreme Ct .; sr. mem., Bacon, Wells & Weltman; mem. Springfield City Coun- eil, 1896-97; chmn. Springfield Rep. City Com., 1908-09; mem. Rep. State Com., 1910-18 (chmn. same, 1917-18) ; Dir. Mass. Bur. Statistics, 1919; del. Rep. Nat. Conv., 1916, 1920; elector at large, 1924; pres. Mass. Electoral Coll., 1924-25; on Mass. Com. to notify Pres. Harding of nomination, 1920; or- ganizer and dir., Springfield Draft Bd., 1917; mem. Am. and Hampden Co. Bar Assns., Am. Law Inst., Commercial Law League of Am. (pres., 1919-20), Phi Delta Phi, Masons (32°), Shrine, I.O.O.F. Clubs: Longmeadow Country, Whitfield (Sarasota, Fla.). Desc. Michael Bacon, Woburn, 1636. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 31 Elin St., Springfield. Home: Longincadow. Winter res .: Sarasota, Fla.


VIACON, Helen Hleder, editor, writer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y .; d. William J. A. Lieder and Agnes (Betz) L .; ed. Radcliffe Coll .; m. Robert Farle Bacon. Asst. ed., Smith's Magazine, 1919-20; asso. ed., later ed., Ainslee's Magazine, 1920-25; ed. Radcliffe Coll. Alumnae Quarterly, 1928-29; publishers consultant. Clubs: Women's University, Rad- cliffe, Pen and Brush. Author: fiction and spl. articles to various pubs. Home: Harwichport, Cape Cod


YBACON, James Frederick, lawyer; b. Pittsfield, Oct. 10, 1875; s. James Lawlor Bacon and Mary (Gaff- ney) B .; ed. A.B., Williams Coll., 1898; LL.B., Ilarvard Law Sel., 1901. Began practice in Bos- ton, 1901; mem. law firm Butler, Cox, Murchie & Bacon, later Cox & Bacon; dir. numerous pub. utility and textile corps .; tr. Mass. State Coll., 1916-37; life see. Class of 1898, Williams Coll .; mem. Am. Bar Assn., Mass. Bar Assn., Gargoyle Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: Boston City, University, Harvard ( Boston), Wil- liams, Phi Gamma Delta (New York). Oflice: 77 Franklin St., Boston. Home: 112 Pinckney St., Boston.


/BACON, Robert Cram, grain merchant; b. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 8, 1894; s. Edward Richardson Bacon and Clara (Cram) B .; ed. Chicago ( 111.) Nettle- horst pub. sel., 1900-08, Phillips Exeter Acad., 1908-12; A.B., Harvard, 1916; m. Helen Hcafield of Chicago, Jan. 1, 1917; children-Robert Cran, Jr., John Heafield, Helen Hcafield, Edward Jen- nings, Raymond Richardson (d.), William Rich- ardson. Mgr. Boston office, E. R. Bacon Grain Co. of Chicago, 1917, v.p. 1923 -; v.p. Aberdecn Elevator Co. Ltd., Can., 1924 -; sec. Erbco, Inc. (Ill.), 1934 -; propr. Robert C. Bacon Grain Futures Commn., Chicago and Boston, 1936 -; active in internat. movement of grains; handled movement of U.S. wheat for export through Bos- ton for Stabilization Corp .; served in U.S.N. dur- Ing World War; mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade, Boston Grain and Flour Exchange, (one of organ- izers and first clk. corp.), Harvard Lampoon and Signet Soc. Clubs: Union League (Chicago), Country (Wellesley). Desc. Michael Bacon, Ded- ham, 1628. Episcopalian. Office: 177 Milk St., Boston. Home: 93 Garden Rd., Wellesley.


BADGER, George Sherwin Clark, physician; b. Boston, May 31, 1870; s. Erastus B. Badger and Fanny B. (Campbell) B .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Yale, 1892, A.M., 1894; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1897; m. Grace Marie Spear of Cincinnati, O., June 5, 1900; children-Sherwin Campbell,


Mrs. Virginla Badger Bremer. House phys., med. service, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1897-99, phys. 1o Out-Patient Dept., 1905-17; gen. practice of med., Boston, 1898 --; asst. instr. medicine, Har- vard Med. Sch., 1910-15; phys .- in-chief, N.E. Bap- tist Hosp., 1910 -; major M.C., U.S.A., Oct. 1918- Mar. 1919; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Country (Brookline), Cohasset Golf, Harvard (Boston). Travel: Europe. Baptist. Republi- can. Office and home: 435 Marlboro St., Boston. Sumner res .: Cohasset.


BADGER, Theodore Learnard, physician; b. Boston Nov. 17, 1899; s. Arthur Campbell Badger and Grace Richardson (Learnard) B .; ed. Newton high sch .; Thacher Sch., Ojai, Calif .; A.B., Yale, 1922; M. D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1926; m. Alice Wether- bee of Boston, Aug. 27, 1936; 1 dau .- Ann. Med. interne, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1927-28; asst. res. phys., Presbyn. losp., N.Y. City, 1929; chicf res. phys., tuberculosis service, Bellevue Hosp., N.Y. City, 1930; tour of med. centres, Europe, 1930; practiced med. Boston, 1931 -; chief of thoracic clinic, jr. visiting phys., Boston City Ilosp .; phys. in charge, Channing Home for Tuberculo- sis; pres. N.E. Grenfell Assn .; dir. Internat. Gren- fell Assn .; able seaman, U.S.N., during World War, 3 mos .; asso. of A.C.P .; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., Nat. Tuberculosis Assu. Clubs: Longwood Cricket, Yale and Harvard (Boston). Author: med. papers. Episcopalian. Democrat. Office: 264 Beacon St., Boston. lome: 15 Cedar Rd., Chestnut Hill. Summer res .: Cohasset.


BADGER, Walter Irving, Jr., lawyer; b. Cambridge, Sept. 16, 1891; s. Walter Irving Badger and Elizabeth Hand (Wilcox) B .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., 1905-08; B.A., Yale, 1913, M.A., 1913; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1916; m. Jane Whitman Bullard of Brookline, June 2, 1917; children-Walter Irving, Ill, Jane Hallett. Gen. practice of law, Boston, 1916 -; mem. firm Badger, Pratt, Doyle & Badger, 1922 -; dir. Black Diamond Coal Co .; 1st lt. Mil. Intelligence Div., U.S.A., 1918-19; tr. Dexter Sch. for Boys, 1926-34; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns., Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Yale (Boston, v.p .; N.Y.), Grad- uate (New Haven, Conn.), Harvard, Exchange (mem. bd. govs.), Madison Square Garden, Union Boat (Boston, mem. bd. govs., 1917-30), The Country ( Brookline), Longwood Cricket (Chest- nut Ilill, mem. bd. govs. 1934-37), Essex Country. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 3 Marlborough St., Boston.


BAGG, Aaron Clark, president, Parsons Paper Co., 1 b. llolyoke, June 6, 1885; s. Edward Parsons Bagg and Eliza Crane (Parsons) B .; ed. Holyoke pub. schs. and high sch., 1899-1903; Ph. B., Ham- ilton Coll., Clinton, N.Y., 1907; m. Helen Moore of Holyoke, June 1, 1909; 1 son-Aaron Moorc. Asso. with Parsons Paper Co., mfrs. highest gradc rags content papers, bonds, ledgers, bristols, at Holyoke, continuously since 1907. clk. and minor positions, 1907-16, sec., 1916-22, v.p. 1922-31, pres, and dir. 1931 -; dir. Hampden Glazed Paper Co., Millers Falls Paper Co. (Holyoke and Mil- lers Falls), Hadley Falls Trust Co. (Holyoke); served as bus. sec. Y.M.C.A. in France, 1918; dir. Mass. Audubon Soc .; mem. Trustees Pub. Reserva- tions; Sigma Phi. Co-author: (with Prof. Sam- uel Ellot, Jr., of Smith Coll.) The Birds of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, 1937. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office: The Parsons Paper Co., Holyoke. Home: 72 Fairfield Av., Holyokc.




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