Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 14

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BAGG, Edward Parsons, physician (pediatrics); b. llolyoke, Dec. 4, 1883; s. Iedward P. Bagg and Eliza C. (Parsons) B .; ed. llolyoke high sch .; Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B., Yale, 1907; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1911; m. Marion Scars of Holyoke, Aug. 5, 1913 (d.); children-Edward Parsons, III, Ilenry Sears, Laurence Gorham, Marjorie, Interne, East med. service, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1912-13; practiced medicine, Ilolyokc, 1913 -; licentiate Am. Bd. Pediatrics, 1936; pres. Holyoke Soc. for Care of Crippled Children: dir. Parsons Paper Co., Millers Falls Paper Co., Henry G. Scars Co., Holyoke Silk Hosicry Co .; sec. Child Welfare Commn., Ilolyoke; rejceted twice


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for aetive serviee In World War; examiner, Draft Bd .; ehmn. Holyoke Chap., Am. Red Cross; mem. B.P.O.E., Physicians Art Soe. (Boston), Holyoke League Arts & Crafts. Clubs: Rotary (past pres.), Graduates (New Haven), Aesculapian (Boston). Author: Another Canterbury Tale, 1938. Congre- gationalist. Ind. Republiean. Offiee: 207 Elm St., Holyoke. Home: Hampton Knolls, Holyoke. Summer res .: Groton Long Pt., Conn.


BAGNALL, Elmer Stanley, physician; b. Cape Tra- vers, P. E.I., July 31, 1888; s. Richard Edwin Bag- nall and Clara (Crawford) B .; ed. West Roxbury high sch .; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1913; m. Aida Salmon of Boonton, N.J., June 3, 1916; ehil- dren-Richard Salmon, Robert Elmer. Interne, Hartford (Conn.) Hosp., 1913-15; gen. practiee of med., Groveland, 1916 -; mem. staff, Hale Hosp., Haverhill; med. examiner for 6th. Essex Dist .; sch. phys., agt. Bd. Health, Groveiand; asst. med. chief in charge heart and pneumonia, Base Hosp., Fort Devens; chief of med. service, Base Hosp. 122, 1917-19; after Armistice at Gen. Hosp. No. 2, Fort MeHenry, Md .; major Med. Oflieers Res. Corps, 1925 -; fellow A.M.A. (mem. house of dels.), mem. Mass. Med. Soe. (see. pub. relations eom.), Essex North Dist. Med. Soe. (sec., treas., ehmn., pub. relations eom.), Pen- tueket Assn. of Physicians, Am. Legion. Club: Haverhill Medical. Author: Alkaptonuria; Mush- room Poisoning. Congregationalist. Republican. Offlee and home: 281 Main St., Groveland.


BAHN, Benjamin E., dentist; b. Boston, July 22, 1893; s. Moses Bahn and Celia (Ebb) B .; ed. Boston Eng. high seh .; D.M.D., Ilarvard Dental Seh., 1913; post-grad. work, 1914; grad., Dewey Seh. of Orthodontia, N.Y. City, 1925; m. Mollie S. Abram- son of N.Y. City, June 17, 1923; ehildren- Arthur N., Cyril, Celia, Leo. Practice of dentistry, specializing in eorreetion of irregularity of teeth, 1915 -; asst. instr. dental orthopedies, Forsyth Dental Infirmary, Boston, 1922 -; clinician, annual eonvs., Mass. Dental Soe .; dir. Adath Jeshurum Synagogue; ehmn. Maimonides Seh. for Jewish Children; 1st lt. Dental Res., World War; mem. Mass., North Eastern, and Roxbury (v.p., 1936-38) Dental Soes., Bus. & Prof. Jewish War Vets., Nat. Couneil of Young Israel (organizer, present ehmn. Children's Hour Group), Young Israel of Greater Boston (organizer, pres. N.E. Council, 1936-37); Mizraehl Orgn. of N.E. Author: artieles in dental mags. Travel: Palestine, 1935. Jewish. Repub- liean. Offiee: 429 Blue Hill Av., Roxbury. Home: 427 Blue Hill Av., Roxbury.


BAILEY, Alice Cooper, author, leeturer; b. San Diego, Calif., Dee. 9, 1890; d. Henry Ernest Cooper and Mary Ellen (Porter) C .; ed. Punahon Acad .; Univ. Hawaii; mı. George William Bailey of Bos- ton, June 16, 1913; ehildren-Mary Alice, George William, Jr., Richard Briggs. Ilas written five books, all juveniles; leeturer on From Scotland to Samoa, A literary Pilgrimage to the Homes and Haunts of Robert Louis Stevenson, Growing up with Hawaii, In a Hawaiian Garden; ehmn. sch. bd., Weston; mem. N.E. Women's Press Assi. (v.p.), Nat. League Am. Penn Women, Women's Community League (Weston), Boston Students' Union. Clubs: Authors, Professional Women's (Boston). Author: Katrina and Jan; The Skat- ing Gander; Kimo, the Whistling Boy of Hawaii; Sun Gold; Footprints in the Dust (awarded 2nd nat. prize by League Am. Penwomen, Apr., 1938). Episeopalian. Republiean. Home: 74 Webster Rd., Weston.


BAILEY, Ambrose M., elergyman; b. Michigan, Aug. 25, 1875; s. O. J. Bailey and Louisa B. (Robbins) B .; ed. Quiney (Mieh.) high seh .; Kalamazoo Coll., Mleh .; A.B., Univ. Chieago, 1902, B.D., 1906; D.D., William Jewell Coll., 1909; m. Una Maroa Lull of So. Haven, Mieh., July 9, 1902; ehlldren-Mrs. Ruth Latourette, Lawrence, Raymond. Asst. pas- tor, Seeond Bapt. Ch., Chleago; pastor, Akron, O., 1906-11, Peru, Ind., 1911-16, St. Paul, Minn., 1916- 20, Seattle, Wash., 1920-28, Lowell, 1928 -; Camp Pastor, Camp Dodge, lowa, 1917-18; pres. N.E. Bapt. Conf; mem. Masons (K.T.), Elks, I.O.O.F., S.A.R. Club: Rotary. Author: Evangelism in Changing World, 1936; Stand up and Preach,


1937. Travel: Nat. Preaching Mission, 1936. Dese. George Abbott, Sr., John Baneroft, Samuel Fuller Porter. Baptist. Republlean. Ofliee: First Unit- ed Baptist Church, Lowell. Home: 3 Parkview Av., Lowell. Summer res .: Ocean Park, Me.


YBAILEY, Edward Sumner, business executive; b. Maplewood, June 17, 1884; s. Edward Seaverns Balley and Edith Estelle (Stoddard) B .; ed. Read- ing high seh., 1899-1901; Colby Acad., New London, N.H., 1901-03; Brown Univ., 1903-07; m. Eleanor E. Jamieson of Clarksburg, W.Va., Nov. 18, 1908; children-Edward Baugher, Edith Eleanor (Mrs. Charles C. Harding, Jr.), Barbara Ann. Salesman, Wholesale Candy, W.V. and employee, Flash Chemical Co., Boston, 1908-09; salesman, J. W. Bailey & Sons & Co., wood house mouldings, Bos- ton, 1909; pres, and treas., since 1927; mem. Rep. City Com., Melrose; ex-pres. Parent-Teachers Assn., Lineoln Sch., Melrose; tr. Blackstone Sav- Ings Bk., Boston; mem. Phi Delta Theta; senior warden, Wyoming Lodge, A.F. and A.M. Interest- ed In old clocks. Desc. Peregrine White. Bap- tist. Republican. Office: 14 Washington St., N., Boston. Home: 49 Florence St., Melrose. Sum- mer res .: Varney's Point, Gilford, N.H .; North Seituate.


BAILEY, Fay Warren, wholesale leather merehant (retired); b. Hanson, Feb. 9, 1884; s. Albert War- ren Balley and Alice Josephine (Thayer) B .; ed. Roekland high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1905; m. Una Augusta Fitts, Oct. 27, 1909; ehildren- Fay War- ren, Jr. Work In chemistry, 1 yr .; changed to wholesale leather, 1906; formed own company, 1915; retired, 1930; pres. F. W. Bailey & Co .; won D.S.M. In Webster Grove, Mo., in sale of Vietory Bonds during World War; mem. Masons, Shrine, ete. Club: Algonquin Golf. Travel: U.S. (exten- sive). Protestant. Republiean. Ilome: State St., South Hanover.


BAILEY, Frederick James, physician; b. Boston Sept. 2. 1877; s. John Smythers Bailey and Mary Anne (Iloban) B .; ed. Boston high sehs .; M.1) .. Harvard Med. Sch., 1903; married. Sehool Phys- ielan, Boston Health Dept., 1904-, Med. Insp., April 1912, Chief Med. Insp., June 19, 1919, Dept. Health Commr., 1923 -; City Phys., 1914; It. U.S.N., 1918-19; med. officer 1st Bn., U.S.N.R.F., 1919 -; mem. Mass. Med. Soe., Mass. Asso. Bds. Health, Assn. Mil. Surgeons U.S. (pres., Col. Williams Chap.), 40 & 8 Mass. (Grand Medeein), Kearsarge Assn. Naval Vets. (surg.). Author: current news- papers artieles on pub. health. Travel: Europe (considerable). Ofliee: Health Department, City Hall Annex, Boston. Ilome: 40 Haneock St., Dor- ehester. Summer res .: Scituate.


¿ BAILEY, George W, manufacturer; b. Quiney, May 14, 1887; s. Herbert Briggs Bailey and Aliee (Brown) B .; ed. Adams Aead., Quiney, 1899-1903; A.B., Harvard, 1907; m. Alice Cooper of Honolulu, June 16, 1913; children-Mary Alice, George W., Jr., Richard Briggs, Employee, United Shoe Ma- ehinery Co., 1907-09; W. Il. McElwain Co., 1909-21; treas. Stedman Rubber Flooring Co., 1921-35; pres. Bailey Rubber Tile Co., sinee 1935; treas. Erikson Elee. Co .; treas. Harvard Class of 1907; mem. Town . of Weston Planning Bd., sinee 1917; v.p. Am. Am- ateur Radio League, Internat. Amateur Radio Union ; mem. Inst. Radio Engrs., Harvard Engring. Soe .; hon. and life membership in eight radio elubs; owner and operator of amateur radio sta- thon W1KH; holder of many reeords; dir. N.E. Grenfell Assn. Clubs: Harvard (Boston and New York). Travel: across Atlantie twiee, Paeifie six times. Dir. dese. John Alden. Baptist. Repub- lican. Office: Erikson Electric Co., 6 Power flouse St., Boston. Ilome: 74 Webster Rd., Weston. Summer res .: Marblehead.


BAILEY, Harry Eugene, manufacturer; b. Wood- stoek, Vt., Nov. 3, 1866; s. Eben H. Bailey and Amy C. (Bailey) B .; ed. pub. sehs., Boston; m. Graee Norwood of Ilamilton, Sept. 5, 1894 (d. Dee. 28, 1908; 1 dau .- Helen Norwood. Began aetive career in Boston in employ of Cushman Bros. & Co., mfrs. shade rollers, 1885; organized firm of Balley and Weston, mfrs. window shades, shade rollers and shade eloths, of which was sr. part- ner, 1890, now pres. Balley and Weston, Ine.


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Clubs: Algonquin (Boston); Abenaqui Golf (Rye Beach, N.II.), Oldtown Country (Newburyport), Portsmouth (N.I.) Country. Office: 81-83 North Washington St., Boston. Home: Rye Beach, N.H. \BAILEY, Harry Louls, business executive; b. Man- chester, N.II., Nov. 13, 1877; s. Charles Wesley Balley and Lucretia (Converse) B .; ed. pub. schs., Manchester, N.H .; m. Ilelena Ravi of Rome, It., June 28, 1911; children-Charles Wesley, Henry Ravi, Horace Converse, Vincent Ravi. Operative, Stark Mills, Manchester, N.II., 1898-1901; with Wellington, Sears & Co., Boston, 1901-, partner (except during World War), 1917-31, pres. Well- ington Sears Co., 1931 -; v.p. Chattahoochee Val- ley Ry. Co., N.E. Bunting Co .; chmn. exee. com., West Point Mfg. Co .; dir. Amoskeag Fabrics, Ine., Anchor Duek Mills, Brookside Mills, Dixie Cotton Mills, Lanett Bleachery & Dye Works, N. E. Bunt - Ing Co., Samoset Cotton Mills, Sherman Mfg. Co., Wellington Mills, Inc., West Point Mfg. Co., Columbus Mfg. Co., Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Nat. Shawmut Bk. of Boston, Mfrs. Textile Export Co., Inc., Boston Mfrs. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Mut. Boller Ins. Co., Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., Paper Mill Mut. Ins. Co .; expert on Council Nat. De- fence, Apr. 16, 1917-Jan. 21, 1918; In charge of eot- ton goods, Q.M.C., U.S.A., later Div. Purchase, Storage and Traffic, Jan .- Dee., 1918; mem. Am. Textile Mission to Japan, Jan. 1937; mem. adv. eom., Dept. Bus. & Engring., M.I.T .; exec. com., Cotton Textile Inst., Inc. Clubs: Union (Boston), Union League, Merchants (N.Y.), Millwood Hunt, Weston Golf, Weston Saddle & Bridle, Country (Brookline). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 220 Devonshire St., Boston; 65 Worth St., N.Y. City. Home: Boston Post Rd., Weston.


\BAILEY, Henry Lincoln, clergyman; b. Brattleboro, Vt., May 8, 1865; s. George liamilton Balley and Thankful Caira (Bundy) B .; ed. Fairport (N.Y.) high sch .; Moravla (N. Y.) high seh .; A.B., Middle- bury Coll., Vt., 1886, A.M., 1889; D.D., 1924; B.1)., Hartford Theol. Sem., 1889; m. Nelle Clute of Schroon Lake, N.Y., Aug. 8, 1889. Missionary teacher, Madura, India, 1889-90; pastor, Cong. Ch., Middletown Springs, Vt., 1891-01, Longmeadow, 1901-16; supply pastor at large, Western Mass., 1916 -; compiling ed., Springfield Weekly Repub- lican, 1918-26; sec., later registrar, Mass. Cong. Cont., 1908-35; moderator, Longmeadow, 1918 -; mem. Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Conn. Valley Cong. (pres., 1908-09, sec .- treas., 1932-). Author: Alumni Catalog, Hartford Theol. Sem., 1927; 3500 book rev., Springfield Re- publican, 1906 -. Travel: India, 1889-90; Europe, 1907, 1912, 1927, 1930. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office and home: 169 Crescent Rd., Longmeadow (P.O. Springfield).


BAILEY, Howard Elliott, consulting sanitary en- gineer; b. No. Scituate, Oet. 2, 1895; s. Frederic Tilden Bailey and Clara (Elliott) B .; ed. Seituate high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1917; m. Ruth Evelyn Stone of So. Braintree, Nov. 6, 1917; 1 son-Robert How- ard. San, engr., Morris Knowles, Ine., 1917-24, Metealf & Eddy, 1924-37; cons. san. engr., 1937 -; 2nd It. F.A., U.S.A., July-Dec., 1918; mem. Boston Soc. C.E., N.E. Water Works Assn., Me. Water Utilities Assn. Mayflower dese. by 2 lines. Bap- tist. Republican. Offler: 177 State St., Boston. Home: 256 Fayette St., Wollaston.


BAILEY, Irving Widmer, professor of botany, re- search worker; b. Tilton, N.H., Aug. 15, 1884; s. Solon Irving Bailey and Ruth (Poulter) B .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1907, M.F., 1909; D.Se., Univ. Wis., 1931; m. Helen Diman Harwood of Littleton, June 15, 1911; children- Ilarwood, Solon Irving, II. Asst. In botany, Har- vard, 1909-10, instr., 1910-12, asst. prof., 1912-20, asso. prof., 1920-27, prof. plant anatomy, 1927 -; also research asso., Carnegie Instn., Washington; mem. advisory bd., U.S. Forest Products Lab., 1914-16; mem. Nat. Research Council, 1917-22 (exec. com., div. biol. and agr., 1919-22, forestry com., 1917-20; biol. fellowship bd., 1928-32); men. ed. bd., Am. Journal Botany, 1915-18, Proc. Soc. Am. Foresters, 1914-16; F.A.A.A.S .; mem. Nat. Acad. Sei., Am. Phil. Soc., Am. Acad. Arts & Sei- enees, Bot. Soc. Am., Am. Chem. Soc., Soe. Am.


Foresters, Am. Soc. Plant Physiologists, Am. Soe. Naturalists, Am. Phlla. Soc., Unlon Am. Biol. Socs., Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Faculty (Cam- bridge). Author: Over 50 publieations on plant cytology, histology, anatomy, forestry. Travel: Cent. and So. Am. Office: Biologieal Laboratories, llarvard University, Cambridge. Home: 17 Buek- Ingham St., Cambridge. Sunnner res .: Norwell.


: BAILEY, James Alderson, lawyer; b. Arlington, Mareh 25, 1867; s. James Alderson Bailey and Marletta (Peirce) B .; ed. Arlington high school; A.B., Harvard, 1888, A.M., 1891; LL.B.,, Harvard Law Sch., 1891; m. Helen Gage Dolliver of Arling- ton, Feb. 26, 1903; children-Edward H., Gage, Ruberta H. Practiced law, Boston, 1891 -; mem. Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1894-1895, Senate, 1897; Clunn. Metrop. Sewerage Commn., 1900-1901; seleetman of Arlington, 1904-1907; mem. Metrop. Water and Sewerage Bd., 1901-1913, 1918-1919; Metrop. Dist. Commr., 1919-1924; mem. Suffolk Co. Court House Commn., 1936 -; pres. Menotomy Trust Co .; dir. varlous business corps .; served on numerous Re- publican clubs and coms. Author: Browne on the Statute of Franck. Travel: Europe, Can., U.S. Unitarian. Republican. Clubs: Union, Harvard, etc. Oflice: 112 Barristers' Hall, Boston. Home: 14 Wellington Street, Arlington. Sunimer res .: Peterboro, N.H.


BAILEY, John Searly, pomologist; b. East Aurora, N.Y., Mar. 25, 1899; s. Earl B. Bailey and Julla A. (Searls) B .; ed. Lakewood (O.) high sch .; B.S., Mich. State Coll., 1992; M.S., Iowa State Coll., 1923; Cornell Univ .; m. Lucy A. Toms of Detroit, Mich., Oct. 11, 1924; children-Joan Elizabeth, Marilyn Ruth. Investigator in pomology, Mass. Agrl. Expt. Sta., 1923-26; asst, research prof. pomology, Mass. State Coll., Amherst, 1926 -; pvt. S.A.T.C. at Mich State Coll., Oct .- Dec. 1918; mem. Masons, Am. Soc. Hort. Sei., Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta. Au- thor: bulletins and papers on pomology. Congre- gationalist. Republican. Office: French Hall, Mass. State College, Amherst. Home: 21 Harris St., No. Amherst.


BAILEY, La Force, asso, professor of art; b. Joliet. Ill., Apr. 17, 1893; s. Richard Lincoln Bailey and Katherine (La Force) B .; ed. Joliet Township high sch .; B.S., Univ. Ill., 1915, M.S., 1916; B.P., Unlv. Kan., 1920; Columbia, 1918; m. Willetta Good- speed; 1 dau .- Lou Ann. Architect; instr., Univ. Kan., 1918-23; architect, Univ. Kan. stadium, 1920-21, and many other structures; asso. prof. architecture and art, Univ. Ill., 1921-30; working with water colors, 1928 -; winner Am. Water Color Prize, 1934; work exhibited over entire UJ.S .; studied with Charles Hawthorne; owner and dir. several farms in No. Ill .; served as instr., S.A.T.C. students, Univ. Kan., World War; mem. Am. Water Color Soc. (life mem.) Wash, Water Color Soc. Clubs: Beach Combers (Province- town), Phila. Water Color, N.Y. Water Color. Presbyterian. Oflice: University of Illinois, Ur- bana, Ill. Home: 205 W. University Av., Urbana, 111. Summer res. : Provincetown.


BAILEY, Mervyn J., professor of German; b. Goulds- borough, Me., Mar. 21, 1894; s. George M. Bailey and Jessie M. (Sprague) B .; ed. Newton, and Malden high sehs .; A.B., Boston Univ., 1915, A.M., 1917; Brown Univ .; Leipsig; A.M. (Fine Arts), Harvard; m. Elsa M. Canell of Malden, 1916; children-Marshall Perrin, Judith. Teacher, sec- ondary and pvt. schs .; Brown Univ., 1916-17; instr. German, Boston Univ., 1919-25, asst. prof., 1925-29, prof., 1929-33, prof., German and fine arts, 1933 -; at O.T.S., Great Lakes, July-Dec. 1919. Club: Friday Evening. Travel: Ger., 1924-25 (15 mos.); Europe (9 countries) 1933, 1937. Protes- tant. Office: Boston University, Boston. Home: 27 Central Ter., Auburndale. Summer res., Swans Island, Me.


. BAILEY, Ralph Edwin, banker; b. Taunton, Feb. 3, 1894; s. Albert F. Bailey and Olive F. (Brow) B .; ed. Amherst Coll., 1916-17; Univ. Berne, Switz., 1918-19; m. Mabel Ray Case of Lynn, Jan. 1, 1921; children -- Andrew Case, Ralph E. Jr. Sec. Groton Sch., 1914-16; with foreign dept., Guarantee Trust Co., N.Y. Ctiy, 1919-20; with Nat. Shawmut Bk. of Boston, 1920-, comptroller 1930 -; (v.p.)


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Needham Nat. Bk .; treas. Devonshire Flnanclal Service Corp .; dir. Bur. of Prisoner Information and Communication, Berne, Switz., 1918-19; ollicial U.S. rep. to Ger. on repatriation of U.S. prisoners of war, 1919; as major Am. Red Cross, Berlin, was comdr. for Russian prisoners of war, 1920; treas. Am. Civillan Relief Fund of Switz., 1918-19; mem. Beta Theta Pi. Author: articles on budgetary control for banks in bus. jours. Congregational- ist. Oflice: National Shawmut Bank, Boston. Home: 27 Warren St., Needham.


BAILEY, William Melvin, building construction ex- ecutive; b. Winthrop, Me., Oet. 20, 1869; s. William Penn Bailey and Charlotte (Gove) B .; ed. Skow- hegan (Me.) high sch., 1884-88; B.C.E., Univ. Me., 1891; m. Janette A. Woodward of Shelburne Falls, Oct. 30, 1895; children-Ruth (Mrs. George E. Graves), William Leonard, Miriam. Employed in various engring. positions, 1891-99; chlef engr., Eastern Expanded Metal Co. and Concrete En- gring. Co., 1899-1912; pres. and treas. Win. M. Bailey Co., bldg. constrn., 1912 -; v.p. and dir. Mass. Ilousing Assn .; dir. Morgan Memorial Coop. Stores & Industries, Inc .; mem. sch. com. Malden, 1927-32; mem. Am. Soc., C.E., Masons, K.T., Shrine. Club: Engineers (Boston). Methodist. Republi- can. Ollice: 88 Broad St., Boston. Home: 81 Rockland Av., Malden.


BAIN, George William, associate professor; b. La- chute, Quebec, Canada, May 8, 1901; s. James Bain and Margaret (McFaul) B .; ed. Lachute Aead .; B.Sc., McGill Univ., 1921, M.Sc., 1923; A.M., Colum- bia, 1923, Ph. D., 1927; m. Anna Elizabeth Kahrs of New York, Sept. 18, 1926; children-Elizabeth Anne, Iris Louise, Bruce Kahrs. Cons. geologist, Vt. Marble Co .; mem. Geol. Soc. Am., Mining Soc. Am .; Am. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engrs .; Can. Inst. Mining & Metall. N.Y. Acad. Sci .; Soc. Eeon. Geol- ogists. Author: Marble Deposits of Northern Newfoundland, many short scientific articles. Travel: Alaska, Can., Ger., Rus., Manehukuo, Jap. Ollice: Amherst College, Amherst. Home: 77 Dana St., Amherst. Sumner res. : Fairfield, Conn.


BAIN, John Baxter, physician; b. Andover, Aug. 7, 1879; s. John Bain and Margaret (Harvey) B .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; M. D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1902; unmarried. Interne, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1902-03, asst. supt., 1904; practiced med., Law- rence, 1905 -; visiting pathologist, Lawrence Gen. Hosp., 1906 -; dir. Arlington Trust Co., Lawrence; mem. A.M.A., Mass. and Lawrence Med. Socs. Travel: Europe, 1908, 1937; So. Am., 1923. Au- thor: A Pseudo-Tetanus Bacillus, 1901; Blank- Cartridge infected with Tetanus Bacilli; Prompt Excision, No Tetanus (Annals of Surgery, Mar., 1903). Calholie. Demoerat. Ollice and home: 318 Haverhill St., Lawrence.


BAINBRIDGE, Kenneth Tompkins, asociate profes- sor of physics, research worker; b. Cooperstown, N. Y., July 27, 1901; s. William Warin Bainbridge and Mae (Tompkins) B .; ed. Horace. Mann Sch., N. Y. City; S.B. and S.M., M. I.T., 1926; M.A., Prince- ton, 1927, Ph.D., 1929; m. Margaret Pitkin of Swarthmore, Pa., Sept. 8, 1931; children-Martin Keeler, Joan. Nat. research fellow, 1929-31; Bar- tol research fellow of Franklin Inst., 1931-33, rec'd Louis Edward Levy medal, 1933; John Simon Guggenheim Mom. Foundation fellow, 1933-34; asst. prof. physics, Harvard, 1934-38, asso. prof., 1938 -; asso. ed., The Physical Review, 1936-39; holds patents on photo-elec. cells, electron multi- pliers, electro-magnetic pumps; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Phys. Soc .; mem. Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Alpha Tau Omega. Author: sci. pa- pers in Jour, of Franklin Inst., Phys. Rev., etc. Travel: Eng., Fr., Ger., Ans. Protestant. In- dependent in politics. Office: Physical Labora- tories, Harvard University, Cambridge. Ilome: 120 Avon Ilill St., Cambridge.


BAINBRIDGE, Mabel Foster, textile consultant, author, lecturer; b. Boston, Nov. 22, 1880; d. Al- bert Jones Foster and Mary Cornelia (Hull) F .; ed. Roxbury high sch .; Rye Acad. ; Harvard sum- mer sch .; Bonn Univ., Ger .; m. John Pratt Bain- bridge of Boston, Nov. 2, 1908 ; children-Florence, lohn P., Jr., Robert P. Studied lace making, in


schs. in various European centres, living with lace-makers in tiny villages; has practical and hist. knowledge of every kind of lace made, also of embroideries; lectures, writes articles, cata- logues, appraises, identiles laces and embroider- ies; mus. consultant, appraiser of laces, esp. for estates; mem. Boston Soc. Arts & Crafts (Master Craftsman), Thread & Needle Workers (Boston ), Rye Sem, Assn., ete .; eligible to D.A.R., Mayflower Desc., and other hist. socs. Chibs: Women's City, Needle & Bobbin (N.Y.), etc. Author: Catalogue of Laces and Embroideries, Gardner Mus., Boston; articles in House and Garden, Ladies' Home Journal, Monitor, etc. Travel: all over U.S .. Europe; Eg, Holy Land, Turk., Africa, etc. Epis- copalian. Republican. Ofliee and home: 25 Fear- ing Rd., Hingham. Summer res .: West Chatham. BAKER, Arthur Freeman; b. Franklin, July 23. 1880; s. Charles F. Baker and Mary ( Freeman) B .; ed. Roxbury high sch., 3 yrs .; Ilarvard, 1898-1900; m. Sarah W. Baruch of Charlotte, N.C., 1919. With Chas. F. Baker & Co., Inc., wire nalls, Fram- ingham, 1912-, pres., 1934 -; pres. A. F. Baker & Co., investments. Clubs: University (Boston), Woodland Country. Republican. Oilice: Fram- ingham. Home: 515 Beacon St., Newton.


BAKER, Asa George, publisher; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 27, 1866; s. Orlando Morriam Baker and Abbie Maria (Walton) B .; ed. Springfield high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1888, Litt. D., 1935; I Lucy Cynthia Chamberlain of Kanona, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1892; children-Walton Chamberlain, Ingham Chamberlain, Orlando Merriam (d.), Frederic Al- len. With G. & C. Merriam Co., pubs. Webster's dicts., Springfield, 1888, in charge ed. work, one of mgrs., v.p., pres., 1922-24, chmn. bd., 1934 -; mem. N.IS.A., A.L.A., Modern Lang. Assn. Am., Theta Delta Chi. Clubs: Rotary, Saturday Night; Portland (Me.) Yacht; Yacht, City (Springflehl) ; Reality. Congregationalist. Republican. Ollice and home: 1090 Worthington St., Springfield.


BAKER, Chester Packard, professor of chemi- ical engineering; b. Brockton, Apr. 19, 1898; s. Chester Il. Baker and Eda R. (Packard) B .; ed. Brockton high sch .; B. Ch. E., Northeastern I'niv., 1920, B.S., 1931; A.M., Boston Univ., 1930; m. Dorothy G. Farrar of Brockton, July 19, 1925. Chemist, Werby Labs., 1917-18; asst. instr. chem. engring., Northeastern Univ., 1920-21, instr., 1921 - 26; asst. prof., 1926-30, asso. prof., in charge chem. engring. instru., 1930-39; consultant, 1936 -; prof. chemical engineering; head dept. chemical (1- gineering; mem. S.A.T.C. for short period, World War; mem. Am. Chem. Soc .; Am. Inst. Chem. Ungers., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., N.M. Engrs. Soc., Masons. Author: articles on chem. engring. and chem. engring. edu. Protestant. Republican. Oflice: Northeastern University, Boston. Home: 31 Bow Rd., Newton Centre.


BAKER, Crosby Fred, professor of chemistry; b. Hampden, Me., Feb. 15, 1887; s. Fred C. Baker and Cora I. (Cole) B .; ed. Somerville Latin sch .; B.S .. Tufts Coll., 1910, M.S., 1911; m. Ruth Ellingwood of Somerville, June 15, 1914; children-Crosby F., Jr., Barbara, Betsy. Instr. chem., Tufts Coll., 1911-1918, asst. prof., 1918-24, prof., 1921 -; mgr. Appalachian Mt. Club Camp, 1920 -: chin. Lead- ership Training, Felsland Council, B.S.A., 1935 -; mem. Masons, Delta Phi Sigma, Phl Beta Kappa, Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Inst. Mining & Metal. Engrs. ('lub: Appalachian Mt. Methodist. Republican. Office: Tufts College, Medford. Home: 53 John- son Av., West Medford. Summer res .: Three Mile Island, Lakeport, N.H.


BAKER, Edwin Osborne, investment banker; b. Cambridge, Feb. 21, 1896; s. George P. Baker and Christina (lopkinson) B .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B. (enm laude), Harvard, 1917; m. Ewing Adams of St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 25, 1917; children- Patricia, Christina, Edwine. With United Shoe Machinery Corp., 1919; cotton bus., New Bedford, 1919-28; financial bus., N.Y. City, 1928-30; N.E. mgr., Eldredge & Co., municipal bonds, Boston, 1911-32; N.E. rep., J. & W. Seligman & Co., N. Y .. 1932-34; with Preston, Moss & Co., Boston, 1931-, partner, 1935 -; mem. Warrant Com., Town of




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