Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 134

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Publication date: 1940
Publisher: Boston, Larkin
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ISEMINGER, Boyd Austin, lawyer; b. Grimes, Ia., May 22, 1900; s. Garrie Adelbert Iseminger and Cora May (Austin) I .; ed. Flathead Co. high sch., Kalispell, Mont .; Univ. Ore .; A.B., Univ. Mont., 1924; LL.B., Univ. Mont. Law Sch., 1924; Harvard Univ. Law Sch., 1928-29; m. Harriet H. Hudson of Eugene, Ore., Jan. 10, 1926; children-Boyd Ans- tin, Ir., Gary Hudson. Admitted to bar, State of Wash., June 1925; in gen. practice law, State Wash., June 1925-Aug. 1928; in gen. practice law, Middleborongh, Sept., 1929 -; partner firm Stot- son & Clark, Sept., 1933 -; public administrator. Plymouth Co .; mem. Rep. Town Com .; dir. Middle- borough Y.M.C.A .; incorporator Middieborough Sav. Bk., St. Luke's Hosp. ; served as pvt., S.A.T.C., Missoula, Mont., World War; now 1st It. 302d Inf., Res. U.S.A., mem. Phi Delta Phi, Tau Kappa Alpha. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Bank Bldg., Middleborough. Home: 5 Nemasket St., Middleborough.


ISENBERG, Alfred G., publisher, insurance agent; b. Worcester, July 19, 1891; s. Bernard Isenberg and Sarah (Rainwater) I .; ed. Worcester Class. high seh .; m. Blema Alpert of Worcester, Sept. 17, 1933; children-Slater K., Conrad. Dir. Wor- cester Leader Pub. Co., Alfred G. Isenberg Ins. Agency, Inc., Pioneer Fire Ins. Co .; in U.S. Navy, Il mos., World War; organizer and v.p. B'nai B'rith Cemetery Corp .; mem. Jewish War Vets. (organizer and 1st comdr., Worcester Post #32), V I.O.B.B. (past pres., Worcester Lodge), Mass. Fed. Ins., Worcester Bd. Underwriters. Cinbs: Probus (bd. govs.), Mt. Pleasant Country (bd. govs.). Father one of first Jewish settlers in Worcester, 1883. Jewish. Independent. Office: 22 Mechanic St., Worcester. Home: 21 Chamber- lain Parkway, Worcester. Summer res .: Leicester. 1


ISRAEL, Harold Edward, professor of psychology; b. Harrison, O., Nov. 16, 1899; s. Edward Israel and Hannah (Hart) I .; ed. A.B., Miami Univ., 1921; A.M., O. State Univ., 1922; Ph.D., Harvard, 1927. Asst. in psychology, Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1922; instr. psychology, Dartmouth Coll., 1922-24, asst. prof., 1924-25; asso. prof. psychology, Smith Coll., 1927-37, prof., 1937 -; visiting asso. prof. psychology, Wesleyan Univ., 1932; mem. Phi Bet Kappa, Sigma Xi, Sigma Chi. Home: 39 West St., Northampton.


VISRAELITE, Joseph, lawyer; b. Chelsea, Feb. 15, 1899; s. Philip I. Israelite and Jennie R. (Sidell) I .; ed. Chelsea high sch .; A.B. (cum laude), Har- vard, 1920; LL.B. (cum laude), Boston Univ. Seh. Law, 1924; unmarried. Gen. practice of law, Chel- sea, 1924 -; mem, Israelite & Mae Leod, 1932 -; mem. Chelsea bd. aldermen, 1927-34 (pres., 1933); chmn. Red Cross Roll Cail, 1930; pres. Rep. City Com., 1930; advisory bd., Salvation Army; pvt., U.S.A., 1918; mem. Ch. Commerce (dir., 1933-36), A.F. & A.M. (Everett C. Benton Lodge); Aicppo Tempie, B.P.O.E. (Cheisea #938), Am. Legion. Club: Woolsack. Author: The Guest of the Care- less Driver (Boston Univ. Law Rev. ), 1926; mem. ed. staff, Boston Univ. Law Rev., 1923-24. Travel: U.S. Jewish. Republican. Oflice: 220 Broadway, Chelsea. Ilome: 235 Chestnut St., Chelsea.


llome: 319 Warren St., VIVES, Frederick Manley, lawyer; b. Salem, Jan. 5, . 1880; s. George B. Ives and May Manley (Creamer ) I .; A.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard, 1901; LL.B., Ilarvard Law Sch., 1903; in. Charlotte Dwincil of Winchester, June 23, 1906; children-Frederick Manley, Alice Creamer (Mrs. Robert M. Whitte- more), Eleanor Dwineil (Mrs. Reginald B. El- well), Charlotte (Mrs. John 11. Bishop). Admitted to Mass. bar, 1903, bar of U.S. Supreme Ct., 1910; partner law firm Burdett, Wardwell & Ives, 1912- 19, Johnson, Clapp, Ives & Knight, 1919 -; prin- elpally active in pub. utility matters before Mass Dept. of Pub. Utilities, Interstate Commerce Commn .; Securities and Exchange Comm .; be- came moderator Winchester, 1910, resigned 1925; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assus., Assn. of Prac- titioners, Interstate Commerce Commn. Ciubs: St. Botolph, Algonquin, Exchange, Harvard, Bea- con Soc. (Boston); Harvard (N.Y.). Travel: Gt. Brit., Fr. Earliest ancestor of paternal side set- tled in Salem latter part of 17th century. Office: 50 State St., Boston. llome: 305 Highland Av., Winchester.


VIVES, Oscar Jackson, business man; b. Salem, May 24, 1881; s. George B. Ives and May M. (Creamer) I .; ed. Salem high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1903; n. Elinor Goodhue of Salem, Oct. 10, 1908; children -Margaret Goodhue, Mary, Sarah, David Otis. With N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 1903 -; now treas., dir. Waumkeag Steam Cotton Co., Salem. Clubs: Union (Boston), Eastern Yacht, Salem Country. Travel: limited. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 50 Oliver St., Boston. Ilome: 365 Essex St., Salem. Summer res .: 3 Ilarbor View, Marblehead.


IVEY, Clarence Gresham, bank official; b. Florence, S.C., Dec. 12, 1905; s. James Winston Ivey and Franees (Gresham) I .; ed Fiorence (S.C.) higi sch .; A.B., Wofford Coll., 1926; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adın., 1930; m. Kathleen Merrick of St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 12, 1933; children-Clarence G., Jr., Sally Ann. With Nat. Shawmut Bk. of Boston, 1930-, in a spl. training group, 1930-31, in eredit dept., 1931-37, asst. v.p., 1937 -; mem. Kap- pa Sigma, Chi Beta Phi, Biue Key. Protestant. Republican. Office: 40 Water St., Boston. Home: 31 Walker Rd., Swampscott.


IVEY, John Luther, clergyman; b. Ludville, Ga., Dec. 5, 1873; s. Benjamin Franklin Ivey and Em- maline (Collins) I .; ed. DePauw Acad .; A.B., De- Pauw Univ., 1901, D. D., 1937; A.M., Boston Univ., 1913; m. Margaret Angusta Burnside of Russell- ville, Ind., Oct. 19, 1910; children-Jolin Burn- side, Emily May. Ordained to M.E. ministry, 1902; pastor of Meth. Chs., N. Dakota, 1902-07,


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Gloucester, 1908, Amherst, 1909-12, Salem, 1912- 20, Winthrop, 1920-25; supt. Meth. Chs., Woreester Dist., 1925-31; pastor, Melrose, 1931 -; dir. Min- isters Mut. Life Ins. Co .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa,


Delta Upsilon, Masons. Methodist. Independent, liberal. Offiee: First Methodist Church, Melrose. llome: 647 Main St., Melrose. Summer res .: Ae- ton, Me.


JACK, Edwin Everett, physician (retired); b. Bos- ton, Jan. 25, 1863; s. Lafayette Jack and Sarah J. (Shaw) J .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1884; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1887; m. Mary Groom Denny of Brookline, Dee. 11, 1916. Prac- ticed med., Boston, 1887-1936; retired, 1936; eon- nected in earlier 'years as ophthalmologist with various hosps., with Boston City Hosp. for a long time; instr. ophthalmology, Harvard Med. Seh., many yrs. connected with Children's Ilosp. and with Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary; now on ophthal- mle consultant staff of latter, 1926 -; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., Am. Ophthalmol. Soc. Clubs: Harvard, Country (Brookline). Author: med. ar- ticles. Travel: Europe (6 or 7 trips). Unitarian. Republican. Ilome: 99 Sargent Rd., Brookline.


VJACK, John George, dendrologist; b. Chateaugay, Que .; Apr. 15, 1861; s. Robert Jack and Annie Linda (Hayr) J .; ed. various schs .; pvt. instruc- tion; m. Cerise Emily Agnes Carman of Yonkers, N.Y., June 14, 1907 (d. Aug. 29, 1935). Entered service of Arnold Arboretum, Apr. 1886, lecturer, Arnold Arboretum, 1891-1908; lecturer landscape horticulture, M.I.T., 1899-1908; instr. Forest Bot- any, Harvard, 1903-08, asst. prof. dendrology, 1908-35, retired as asst. prof. emeritus (Harvard University) 1935 -; spl. agt. U.S. Gcol. Survey in Colo., 1898, U.S. Forest Service in Wyo., 1900; examiner and advisor, Mass. Metrop. Water Bd., 1897-98; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Forestry Assn., Soc. Am. For- esters, Mass. Hort. Soc., Boston Soc. Natural Hist., N.E. Botanieal Club, Botanical Soc. of Am., etc. Author of many papers on dendrology, hortleul- ture, entomology, etc .; Report on Pike's Peak, Plum Creek and South Platte Forest Reserves, Colo., U.S. Geol. Survey. Travel: Europe, 1891; Japan, Korea and China, 1905; Western No. Amn. and Cuba, many trips exploring and collecting. Address: East Walpole.


V JACKSON, Annie Hurlburt, artist, minlature paint- er; b. Minneapolis, MInn., Aug. 19, 1877; d. Wil- liam Blake Jackson and Harriett Fuller (Hurl- burt) J .; ed. Mary C. Wheeler Sch., Providence, R.I .; Eric Pape Sch. of Art, Boston; summers, Ilarvard Univ., Provincetown, Ogunquit (Me.). Specialized in miniature painting, 1902 -; exhib- ited at Los Angeles, Calif., Brooklyn, N.Y., Chl- cago, Ill., Phila. Pa., Manchester, N.H., New York City, Wash., D.C., Concord, Boston; represented in permanent collections Brooklyn Mus., Mus. of Art (Phila. Pa.); awarded medals Phila. Sesquleen- tennial Expn., 1925-26, and Boston Tercentenary, 1930; also prize award Baltimore Water Color Club, 1926; mem. Am. Soe. Miniature Painters, Pa. Soc. Miniature Painters, Guild of Boston Ar- tists, Copley Soe. of Boston. Honie: 329 Tappan St., Brookline.


VJACKSON, Dugald Caleb, edueator, electrical en- gineer (retired); b. Kennett Square, Pa., Feb. 13, 1865; s. Prof. Josiah Jackson and Mary Detweiler (Price) J .; ed. Illl Sch. Pottstown, Pa .; B.S., C.E., Pa. State Coll., 1885; grad. study in elec. engring, Cornell, 1885-87; hon. D.Sc., Columbia, 1932; hon. D. Eng., Northeastern Univ., 1938; m. at Orono, Me., Mabel A. Foss of New Gloucester, Me., Sept. 24, 1889; ehildren-Catharine Emma (Mrs. Philip L. Alger), Dugald C., Jr. V.p. and engr., Western Engring. Co., Lincoln, Neb., until 1889; then asst.


chief engr., Sprague Elec. Ry. and Motor Co .; later chief engr., central dist., Edison Gen. Elee. Co .; cons. engr. as sr. mem. firm Jackson & More- land until 1930; prof. elec. engring., Univ. Wis., 1891-1907; prof. elec. engring. and in charge dept., M.I.T., 1907-35, now prof. emeritus; lecturer, Inst. E.E., Japan, Iwadare Foundation, 1935; lectured on engring. edn. to univs. in China, 1936; maj., lt. col., Corps of Engrs., France, May 1918-Aprll 1919 (Colonel In Reserves); mem. internat. jury, Chieago Expn., 1893, Buffalo Expn., 1901; Chmn. Research Com. on Industrial Illumination, 1926- 36; U.S. Govt. del. to World Engring. Congress, Tokyo, 1929; chmin. div. engring. and Industrial research, Nat. Research Council, 1930-33; tr. M.I.T. Pension Assn., 1926-35; fellow Am. Inst. E.E. (pres., (pres., 1910-11), Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences 1937-39); pres. Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., 1905-06, pres. Am. Inst. E.E., 1910-11, pres. Boston Soc. C.E., 1922-23; pres. Am. Inst. of Consulting Engrs., 1938-40; v.p. A.A.A.S., 1932; chmm. Research Com. on Industrial Illumination, 1926-36; mem. Engrs. Council for Prof. Development, Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Soc. M.E., Am. Philos. Soe., Am. Phys. Soc., Sigma Xi, Inst. E.E. (London, Eng.), So- ciété Française des Electriciens (Paris, Fr.). Dee- orated Chevalier Legion of Honor (Fr.); Lamme Medal of Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., 1931; Edison Medal of Am. Inst. E.I .. , 1938. Author: Textbook on Electricity and Magnetism and Con- struction of Dynamos, 1893; Electricity and Mag- netism, a series of lessons, 1895; Alternating Cur- rents and Alternating Current Machinery (joint author), 1896, rewritten and enlarged, 1913; An Elementary Book on Electricity and Magnetlsın and Their Applications (joint author), 1902, re- written, 1919; Street Railway Fares, Their Rela- tion to Length of Haul and Cost of Service (joint .author), 1917; Engineering's Part In the Develop- ment of Civilization, 1939; also about 150 papers on engring. and engring. edu. Travel: U.S., Eu- rope, Orient. Congregationalist. Republican. In- dependent. Home: 5 Mercer Circle, Cambridge.


JACKSON, Elizabeth Meserole Rhodes, writer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 6, 1875; d. Foster Meserole Rhodes and Anna Jeannette (Hatfield) R .; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N.Y .; Ph.B., Cornell, 1897; m. Ralph Temple Jackson of Boston, 1907; children -- Winifred Williams, Foster Rhodes, Ralph Digh- ton (dau.), Kingsbury Temple. Writer of mag. articles, etc .; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Clubs: College (Boston), Cornell Women's of New Eng- land. Author: It's Your Fairy Tale (book for chil- dren) ; fiction and articles in Ladles' Home Jour- nal, Woman's Home Companion, Good House- keeping, Child Life. Travel: U.S. Dese. John Al- den and John Howland of Mayflower. Christian Scientist. Republican.


Boston. Summer res. : Home: 85 River St.,


"Pine Islands", West Mansfield.


JACKSON, James, trustee; b. Boston, Apr. 21, 1881; S. James Jackson and Rebeeea Nelson (Borland) J .; ed. Groton Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1904; hon. A.M., Trinity Coll., 1937; m. Rachel Brooks of West Med- ford, June 27, 1904; ehlldren-James, Jr., Helen, Mrs. Winslow B. Felton, Mrs. Gurdon Buek, Francis Gardner, Mrs. Manning Emery, III, Clara. Treas. and Reeeiver Gen. of Mass., 1920, and twice later; chmn. Bd. Finance, Fall River, 1931-35; mgr., N.E.


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