Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 16

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BALDENSPERGER, Philippe Jules Fernand, profes- sor and writer; b. Saint-Dle (Vosges), France, May 4, 1871; s. Philippe Baldensperger and Julie (laas) B .; ed. Saint-Die secondary sch., Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, and Institn. Concordia, Zurich; B.L., Univ. of Naney, 1888; Lie-ès-Lettres, 1890; Univ. of Lyons, 1895; Agrégé de l'Université, 1892; Univs. of Edinburgh, Heldelberg, Berlin, Zurich, London, Copenhagen; Dr .- ès-Lettres, Univ. of Paris, 1899; Dr. hon. causa, Columbia, Budapest, Ann Arbor; m. Marie Marguerite Bonzon of Lyons, Fr., Apr. 19, 1903 (d.); children-Pauline Anne (d.), Albert Jean, Jules Pierre, Marie Claude. Asst. prof., Univ. of Naney, 1898; prof., Univ. of Lyons, 1900-10; asst. prof., Univ. of Paris (Sor- bonne), 1910-19; exch. prof., Harvard 1913-1; prof., Columbia, 1917-19; prof., Univ. of Stras- bourg, 1919-22; prof., Univ. of Paris, 1922-35; prof., comparative lit., Harvard, since 1935; corr. mcm., Acad. des Sciences Morales ct Politiques, Polish Acad .; intelligence off., rank of capt., in 1st French Army, 1914-16; Croix de Guerre with one citation; Légion d'Honneur (Fr.); also honors from Serbla, Hungary, etc. Clubs: Faculty (Cam- bridge), Renalssance Française (Paris), Autour du Monde. Travel: extensive-Asia, Eur., Braz., · U.S. Author: works on lit. hist .; under the nom- de-plume of Fernald Baldenne, books of verse and short stories; music, autographs, ete .; founder and partlal editor, 1921-35: Revue de Literature Com- parće. Office: Widener Lib., Cambridge. Home: 20 Quincy St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Les Alou- ettes, Saint-Dić (Vosges), France.


V BALDERSTON, Katharine C., professor of English literature; b. Boise, Idla., Jan, 2, 1895; d. William Balderston and Stella Burse (Sain) B .; ed., Boise (Ida.) high sch .; A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1916; A.M., Radcliffe Coll., 1920; Ph.D., Yale, 1925; unmarried. Instr. Eng .; Southern Meth. Univ., 1917-20; instr., asso, prof., asst. prof., Eng. lit., Wellesley Coll., 1920 -; visiting scholar, Iluntington Lib., Calif., 1934-35; ed., Diary of Mrs. Thrale (owned by Huntington Lib.), now in press; mem. Am, Assn. Univ. Women, Modern Lang. Soc. Am. Author: History and Sources of Perey's Memoir of Gold- smith, 1926; Census of Mss of Oliver Goldsmith, 1926; The Collected Letters of Oliver Goldsmith (ed.), 1928. Episcopalian. Independent. Office: Wellesley College, Wellesley. Home: llallowell House, Wellesley.


BALDES, Raymond Charles, professor of law; b. Newton, July 26, 1895; s. Frederick Louis Baldes and Nellie Agnes (Butler) B .; ed. Cambridge Lat. sch., 1914; Dartmouth, 1914-15; M.I.T., 1915-16; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1920, LL.M., 1921; B.S., Boston Univ., 1923; m. Elizabeth A. Fraser of Boston, Scpt. 5, 1935. Adm, to Mass. bar, 1920; instr., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1922-27, asso. prof., 1927-29, prof. law, 1929-, chnin, faculty com. in control of intercollegiate athletics, 1934 -; radlo- man, 2nd class, U.S. Naval Res., 13 mos., 1918-19; niem. Ain. Law Inst., Boston Bar Assn., Woolsack


Soc. (mem. bd. govs.), Boston Univ. Alumni Assn. (dlr.), Delta Theta Plil. Club: Boston Unlv. Var- sity. Author: Notes on the General Laws of Massachusetts, 1924; Perry on Trusts and Trus- tces, 7th ed. 1936; Massachusetts Annotations to the Restatement of the Law of Agency, 1936. Methodist. Independent Republican. Offiec: 11 Ashburton Pl., Boston. Home: 12 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Summer res .: Marshfield.


. BALDWIN, Charles Hurold, lawyer; b. Bralntrec, Vt., Nov. 26, 1882; s. Adin L. Baldwin and Jennie Marion (Ilolman) B .; ed. Greenfield high sch .; Harvard; LL.B., Boston Unlv. Sch. Law, 1904; m. Marlon A. Landery of Brooklyn, N.Y., June 14, 1910; 1 dau .- Elaine. Gen. practice, corp. and internat. law, 1904-, Boston, 1904-06, St. Louis, Mo., 1906-08; mem. Spaulding, Baldwin & Shaw, Boston, 1908 -; dir, United Securities, Ltd. (Ber- muda), Sturtevant Mill Co. (Boston), Alloy Steel Products Co. (N.J.). Mem., U.S. Legal Advisory Bd., World War; mem. Am., Mass. and Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: University (Boston), Charles River Country (Newton). Travel: Europe, Can., Brit. colonies, Dir, dese., mother's side, Col. Hol- man, organizer and commanding officer of Ilol- man's Regt. from Mass., Revolutionary War. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Suite 1105-13, 18 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 1 Exeter St., Boston. Summer res .: The Maples, Randolph, Vt. BALDWIN, Helen Thomas, lawyer; b. Medford, June 20, 1894; d. Fredd Hedge Thomas and Theresa N. (Coll) T .; ed. Medford high sch .; A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1915; m. Dudley Baldwin of Brookline, Apr. 17, 1926. Statistician, Mass. Dept. Pub. Health, 1915-19, Mass. Minimum Wage Commn., 1919-23; lawyer, Boston Legal Ald. Soc., 1923 -; chmn. Toy & Games Wage Bd., 1926, Pocketbook & Leather Goods Wage Bd. (under Mass. Minimum Wage Commn.), 1932; mem. Radcliffe Alumnae Assn. (dir., 1937-), Mass. Women Lawyers' Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Delta. Club; Radcliffe (Boston). Husband desc. Gov. Thomas Dudley. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Boston Legal Aid Society, 16 A Ashburton PL., Boston. Home: 11 Selwyn Rd. Summer res .: Hancock Pt., Me.


BALDWIN, Henry Brown, (retired); b. Worcester, Aug. 9, 1877; s. John S. Baldwin and Emily (Brown) B .; ed. Worcester class. and Eng. high schs .; Harvard, 1 yr .; unmarried. Retired, 1926; pvt., U.S.A., 1 yr., World War. Travel; U.S. Protestant. Republican. Home: 301 Main St., East Greenwich, R.I.


YBALDWIN, Henry Skinner, (retired); b. Belmont, Jan. 24, 1897; s. William Alphcus Baldwin and Jennie Marguerite (Skinner) B .; ed. Barnstable high sch .; Coppet Coll., Coppet, Switz .; S.B., Columbia, 1921; spl. student, Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus, Adm., 1919-21; m. Norma Irene Bird of Brookline, Feb. 23, 1926. Chmn. Bd., Huckins Yacht Corp .; Ensign, U.S.N .; grad., Officers Sch., U.S. Naval Aead .; Watch & Div. officer, Atlantic Fleet, about 1 yr .; mcm. Mil. Order World War (N.Y.), Phi Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Charles River


Country, Oyster Harbors, Timuquana Country, (Fla.), Ponte Vedra (Fla.), Florida Yacht. Travel: over world. Father, educator, author, founder of industrial and social edn. in Am. Episcopalian Republican. Home: Longwood Towers, Brook - line. Summer res .: Hyannisport.


BALDWIN, James Rumford, engineer; b. Lawrence, Dec. 19, 1880; s. Loammi F. Baldwin and Kate W. (Richardson) B .; ed. Winchester high sch .; M.I.T .; S.B., Harvard, 1905; m. Edith M. Kendall of Winchester, Sept. 1, 1909 (d. 1925); m. (2nd) Lila Woodhouse of No. Andover, Aug. 19, 1926; children-James K., Benjamin C., Richard W. Asst. engr., Loeks & Canals Co., Lowell, 1905-06; Chas. T. Main, Inc., Boston, 1907-08; Turners Falls Co., Turners Falls, 1909-11; Essex Co., Lawrence, 1911-28, chief engr., 1929 -. Clubs: North An- dover, Rotary (Lawrence). Travel: W.I., Cent. Am. Dese. Col. Loammi Baldwin of Revolution- ary War; builder of Middlesex canal, Boston to Lowell; propagator of Baldwin apple; his son was called "the father of civil engring. in Am.". Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Essex Co,


Lawrence. Home: 19 Willlam St., Andover,


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BALDWIN, Raymond Peacock, lawyer; b. Brookline, Nov. 3, 1894; s. Alvi Twing Baldwin and Margaret (Peacock) B .; ed. Volkmann Seh., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1916; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1921; m. Joan Waddy of Sussex, Eng., July 28, 1920; ehildren-Stephen P., Rosemary. Partner, law firm of Stewart, Chasc & Baldwin; chmn. Com. on Amendment of the Law, Bar Assn. of City of Boston; ambulance service in France, 1916 (Har- jes Unit, Ain. Red Cross) ; 1st lieut., U.S. Air Serv- ice, Apr. 1917-Dee. 1918; comdg. officer, 140th Aero Squadron; won Italian War Cross; mein. Am., Mass., and Boston Bar Assus., Am. Judlcature Soe. Clubs: Concord Country, Harvard (N.Y.). Episco- palian. Republican. Office: 1 Federal St., Boston. Home: 76 Monument St., Concord.


BALK, Robert, professor of geology; b. Reval, Es- tonia, May 31, 1899; s. Hugo Balk and Mary (Koch) B .; ed. Student, Univs. Greifswald and Göttingen; Ph.D., Univ. Breslau, Ger., 1924; m. Helen Hoppe of N. Y. City; 1 dau .- Mary. Instr., Hunter Coll, N.Y. City, 1925-29, asst. prof., 1929- 35; head of Dept. Geol. & Geog., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1935 -; visiting proť., Stanford Univ., 1934. Author: publs. in structural and igneous geology. Office and home: Mt. Holyoke College, So. Hadley. BALL, Arthur Nelson, physician; b. Peru (Mass.), Mar. 7, 1888; s. William Ball and Mary (Pierce) B .; ed. Kimball Union Aead .; M.D., Univ. Pa., 1911; in. Mae D. Turner of Cummington, 1918; children -Myron, Alan. Interne, Patterson Gen. Hosp., 1911-12; service at Mass. State losp., Northain- ton, 1912-, supt., May 1935 -; 1st It., Med. Corps, U.S.A .; Mar. 1918-June 1919; Base Hosp. Service, neuro-psychiatric div .; capt. when discharged; diplomate Am. Bd. Neurology & Psychiatry; mem. A.M.A., Masons. Travel: U.S., Can. Protestant. Democrat. Ofliee and home: State Hospital, Northampton.


BALL, Francis Kingsley, editor, author, translator; b. Mereer Co., Pa., Nov. 29, 1863; s. Franeis As- bury Ball and Fanny Ann (Johnston) B .; ed. A.B., Drury Coll., Springfield, Mo., 1887, LE.D., 1920; Oberlin Theol. Sem., 1887-88; A.B., Harvard, 1890, A.M., 1891, Ph.D., 1894; travel and study abroad. incl. winter at Univ. Berlin, 1897-99; m. Janet Nettleton of Oberlin, O., July 21, 1891. Teacher, Eng. Composition, Oberlin Acad., 1887-88; instr. Latin, Harvard, 1892-93; prof. Greck, Univ. N.C., 1891-97; instr. Greek and Ger., Phillips Exeter Acad., 1899-1910; Ger., Browne & Nichols sch., Cambridge, 1910-12; ed., Ginn & Co., pubs., Bos- ton, 1912 -; connected with Secret Service, re- cruited soldiers, during World War; life men. Am. Philol. Assn. Club: Boston City. Author: The Elements of Greek, 1902; llero Stories from American History (with A. F. Blaisdell), 1903; A German Drill Book, 1904; (with A. F. Blaisdell) Ilistory Story-Book, 1912, The Child's Book of Short Stories from American History, 1904, The American History Story-Book, 1911, The English History Story-Book, 1912, The Child's Book of American History, 1913, Heroie Deeds of American Sailors, 1915, American History for Little Folks, 1917, Pioneers of America, 1919, Log Cabin Days, 1921; Introductory Sketch to Hoincr's Iliad, the World's Greatest Poem, 1909; Construetive Eng- lish, A Handbook of Speaking and Writing, 1923; Building with Words-Elementary Grammar and Composition, 1926. Translator: Several Poems of Heinrich Heine, 1909; The Epochs of German Agrarian History and Agrarian Policy, Rela- tives in Revolution and War of 1812; George Wal- ton, signer of Declaration of Independence; Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington. Office: 15 Ashburton Pl., Boston. Home: 1217 Beacon St., Brookline.


BALL, Francis Lee, public utilities ofheial; b. Rieh- mond, P.Q., Oct. 31, 1883; s. William Lee Ball and Clara Jane ( Haskell) B .; eame to U.S., 1901, nat- uralized eitizen, 1912; ed., St. Francis Coll. Seh., Richmond, P.Q .; Bishop's Coll. Sch., Lennoxville, P.Q .; m. Charlotte Chesley of Haverhill, June 20, 1914; 1 dau .- Mary Lee. With Thompson, Tenney & Crawford, 1901-04; Malden Elec. Co., 1904-08; Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co., 1908-09; mgr., Haverhill Elec. Co., 1909-17; mgr., Fitchburg Gas


& Elee. Light Co., 1919-26; exee. official, Tenney & Co., Boston, 1926-27, v.p. Charles H. Tenney & Co., and v.p. all operating eos. under their man- agement, 1927-36; regional exec. of cos. of N.12. Power Assn. 1936 -; eapt. U.S.A., 1917-19, with A.E.F. in Franec, 1918-19; mem. N.E. Gas Assn. (dir.), Mass. Safety Council, (dir.), Mass. Hort. Soc., Am. Philatelle Soc., Am. Legion, Mil. Order World War, Am. Inst. El. E., Masons, K.T., Shrine, Elks. Clubs: Engineers, Boston-Madison Square Garden (Boston), Eastward Hlo Golf (Chatham), Bellevue Golf (Melrose). Universalist. Repub- lican. Office: 441 Stuart St., Boston. Home: 45 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge.


BALL, Ira S,, bank president; b. Lee, Mar. 30, 1857; s. Henry 12. Ball and Armenia (Tuttle) B .; ed. So. Berkshire Inst., New Marlboro; in. Lillian M. Ama- don of Adams, Sept. 15, 1886 (d. 1938); children- Marion H., Raymond IL., Edward C., Howard I. With Western Union, 1874-78; book-keeper to


treas., Renfrew Mfg. Co., 1878-1933; pres., So. Adams Sav. Bk., 1934 -; notary pub., 35 yrs. Universalist. Republican. Office: 2 Center St., Adams. Home: 52 Crandall St., Adams.


( BALL, John Rodney, banker; b. Lawrence, June 17, 1881; s. Frank James Ball and Mary Graves (Mann) B .; ed. Lawrence high sch .; m. Maude R. Peary of Chest Springs, Pa., Feb. 24, 1909; ehil- dren-John Rodney Jr., Gertrude Mary. News- paper reporter, ed. and mag. writer, Lawrence and Boston, 1900-06; asst. postmaster, Lawrence, 1906- 17; treas. exec. v.p, and dir. Lawrence Morris Plan Co., 1917-38; pres. and dir. 1938 -; v.p., tr. and chmn. audit com., Essex Sav. Bk .; dir. Law- rence Coop. Bk .; del. to Rep. Nat. Conv., Kansas City, 1928; elk. Lawrence Community Chest sinee its inecption, 1929; pres. Lawrence Y.M.C.A., 1925- 31; tr. and dir. Lawrence Masonic Assn .; chmn. Lawrence chapter, Am. Red Cross; mem. Morris Plan Bankers's Assn. (pres. 1930-33), N.E. Mor- ris Plan Bankers's Assn. (pres. 1924-25), Mass. Morris Plan Assn. (pres. 1933-34); Masons (32º), K.T., (Master Lawrence Lodge of Perfection. 1931-36). Clubs: Essex County Republican, Law- rence Rotary (pres. 1924-25). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Bay State Bldg., 15 Lawrence St., Lawrence. Home: 93 Saunders St., Lawrence. . BALL, Margaret, professor of English; b. New Haven, Conn., Apr. 9, 1878; s. Albert Horton Ball and Helen (Savage) B .; ed. A.B., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1900; Ph.D., Columbia, 1908; unmarried. Asst. in Eng., Barnard Coll., 1901-00; asso. prof .. Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1906-21, prof., 1921 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Nat. Council Teachers of Eng., Mod- ern Humanities Research Assn., Modern Lang. Assn. Am. Author: The Principles of Outlining, 1910; Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature, 1907; mag. articles; G.d. Mason Ball, first pastor Baptist Ch., Amherst, 1832. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: Mount Holyoke College, South fladley. llome: Diekinson House, South Hadley.


BALLANTINE, Edward, composer, teacher; b. Ober- lin, O., Aug. 6, 1886; s. William Gay Ballantine and Emma Frances (Atwood) B .; ed. grad., high sch., Springfield, 1903; Harvard, 1903-07 (highest honors in music) ; studied piano with Mary Re- gal (Springfield), Edward Noyes and Helen Hope- kirk (Boston); studied musie, Berlin, 1907-09. composition with Rüfer, piano with Selinabel and Ganz; m. Edith Perry of Boston, Apr. 15, 1916 (div., 1929), m. 2d, Florence Besse Brewster of Springfield, June 25, 1932. Instr. music, Harvard, 1912-26, asst. prof., 1926-32, asso. prof., 1932 -; musician, rank of sergt., 1st Provisional Regt. Band, Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Feb. 16, 1918- Jan. 21, 1919. Clubs: llarvard, St. Botolph. Com- poser: (orchestra) From The Garden of Hellas; (piano) Variations on Mary Had a Little Lamb in the styles of ten composers. Dese. of: William Ballantine (1616-1669) emigrated from Ayr, Scot- land, 1647; John Ballantine (1674-1735), Harvard class of 1694, who married Mary Winthrop, grand- daughter of Governor Winthrop. Home: 18 Traill St., Cambridge.


BALLARD, Harry P., business executive; b. Salem, May 13, 1856; s. Henry A. Ballard and Lydia S.


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(Brown) B .; ed. Malden high sch .; m. Mabel E. Thorpe of Newton, May 11, 1898; 1 son-Joseph Tirorpe. Pres., treas., and dir., Wellman Co., Medford; v.p. and dir. Boston Rubber Shoe Co .; tr., treas., and pres. Malden Pub. Lib., 14 yrs .; tr. Malden Sav. Bk., 20 yrs .; major 5th. Regt., M.V.M., brigade insp, and major 2nd Brig., M.V.M., col. 12th Regt., Mass. State Guard. Club: Rotary (Malden). Travel: China and Japan (6 yrs.), Europe (twice). Methodist. Republican. Oflice: 58 Swan St., Medford. Home: 12 Glen St., Malden. BALLARD, James Francis, librarlan; b. Saranac Lake, N.Y., Oct. 19, 1878; s. William Ballard and Bridget (Ford) B .; ed. Dwight Sch., Boston; self- educated; m. Agnes V. Carroll of Boston, 1903; children-Francis G., Ruth M., Muriel A., John F. Entered Boston med. lib. as messenger, Oct. 1892, rose to highest paid position by 1909, now dir .; tr. Milton Pub. Lib .; dir. Mattapan Coop. Bk .; chmn. trs., State Lib. Mass .; mem. Sch. Com., town ineeting mem., Milton; mem. Mass Food Admin- istr. and Pub. Safety Com. of Milton, 1918-20; mem. Med. Lib. Assn. (pres., 1937-39). Author: Boston Medical Library Classification, 2nd ed., 1925; Wiliam Norton Bullard Collection of Medical Incunabula, 1929; many articles. Travel: U.S., Europe. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 8 Fenway, Boston. Home: 17 Dyer Av., Milton.


BALLARD, William Henry, realtor; b. Lexington, Jan. 31, 1879; s. Francis Edward Ballard and Ellen Sherwin (Conant) B .; ed. Lexington high sch .; Burdett Bus. Coll., 1896; m. May Bigelow of Lexington, Nov. 16, 1904; children-Eleanor (Mrs. Wendell F. Stephenson), William Stevens. In employ several concerns, 1896-1902; real estate broker, 1902-14; organized own company, W. H. Ballard Company, real estate, pres. and treas. 1914; v.p. Lexington Coop. Bk .; tr. Home Sav. Bk .; selectman, Lexington, 1927-28; men. Planning Bd., 1923-24; mem. Am. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers (governing council, chmn. finance com., v.p. for N.E.), Boston Chamber of Commerce, Masons. Clubs: City, Rotary, Exchange, University (Bos- ton). Mem. Lexington Ch. of Christ, Scientist. Republican. Office: 45 Milk St., Boston. Home: 7 Hastings Road, Lexington.


BALLOU, Hosea Starr, investment banker (retired) ; b. No. Orange, Feb. 9, 1857; s. Rev. Levi Ballou and Elvira Biiss (Goodell) B .; ed. Williston Acad .; Harvard, 1877-79; Univ. Berlin, Ger., 1880-81; Sor- bonne and Coll. of France, Paris; m. Mary Farwell of Boston, June 1, 1885; children-(Rev.) Luther Farwell, flosea Starr, Jr. Mem. H. S. Ballou & Co., 1884-1934; mem. Starr Family Assn. (pres.), S.C.W. Mass. (dep. Gov.), Universalist Hist. Soc. (pres.), N.E. Hist .- Geneal. Soc., Bunker Hill Mon- ument Assn (dir.). Author: Life of Hosea Bal- lou, 2nd, 1896; The Harvard Yard Before Dunster, 1925; The Pequot War of 1637, 1937; William Błaxton, the First Bostonian, 1931. Travel: Europe, U.S. Universalist. Republican. Home: Winthrop Rd., Brookline.


BALLOU, Willis D., manufacturer; b. Becket, Oct. 3, 1865; s. Monroe 19. Ballou and Emma M. ( Pulsifer) B .; ed. grad., Wilbraham Acad., Wilbraham, 1884; m. Carmie V. Landon, May 22, 1889; children- Grace B., Earl C., L. Blanche, Louise B. Estab- lished basket business with father under name of M. E. Ballou & Son, at present sole owner; notary publie; town clk. of Becket, 1914-, town treas., 1919-, Baptist. Republican (chinn. Town Com.). Office: Becket. Home: Becket.


BALSBAUGH, Jayson Clair, teacher, engineer; b. Hershey, Pa., Jan. 8, 1902; s. S. S. Balsbaugh and Margaret (Duncan) B .; ed. Hershey (Pa.) high sch .; S.B., Pa. State Coll .. 1921; S.M., M.I.T., 1924; m. Elizabeth Rogers of Brookline, Sept. 27, 1930; children-Sydney, Allen. Engr., Gen. Elec. Co., 1921-22; Jackson & Moreland, Boston, 1925-28; mem. elec. engring. staff, Univ. Calif., 1928-29; M.I.T., 1922-28, 1929 -; now asso. prof. research, Nat. Elec. Light Assn. and Assn. Edison Illumina- ting Cos., 1930 -; mem, Am. Inst. E.E .; F.A.A.A.S. Author: tech. articles in Electrical Engring., Jour- nal of Industrial and Engring. Chemistry, Journal of Frankiin Inst., etc. Congregationalist. Re-


publican. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 29 Charlotte Rd., Newton Centre.


.BANCROFT, Albert Fitch, shoe manufacturer; b. New Bedford, May 9, 1886; s. Frank Carter Ban- croft and Irene (Fitch) B .; ed. Highland Mil. Acad .; Mass. Inst. Tech., 1907; m. Ruth M. Peter- son of New Bedford, 1910; 1 dau .- Marjorie (Mrs. Richard B. Dort). Engring., 1907-10; exec., shoe factories, 1910-14; Bancroft Walker Co., 1914-, pres. and dir .; v.p. and dir. Bancroft Belting Co .; pres. and dir. Northern Machine Co .; mem. Nat. Boot and Shoe Mfg. Assn. (past dir.), Masons (Consistory and Shrine). Clubs: Brae Burn Coun- try, University (Boston). Episcopalian. Repub- lican. Office: Waltham. Home: Newton.


BANCROFT, Edward Erastus, physician; b. Lan- caster, Sept. 10. 1858; s. Andrew J. Bancroft and Mary Ann (Clough) B .; ed., Lancaster high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1883, A.M., 1910; M.D., Har- vard Med. Sch., 1886; m. Josephine A. Given of Bowdoinham, Me., Aug. 6, 1890; m. (2nd) (Mrs.) Alice L. Patterson of N.Y. City, Oct. 27, 1925. Practiced med., Waltham, Juiy 1886-Apr. 1887, Wellesley, Apr. 1887 -; past mem. sch. com., Wel- lesley; mem. Pub. Safety Com., Vol. Med. Corps, Med. Advisory Bd. (Mass. 40), World War; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Dir. desc. Thomas Ban- croft, Mass., 1636. Episcopalian. Republlean. Office and home: 107 Dover Rd., Wellesley. Sum- mer res .: Eastham.


BANCROFT, Guy, newspaper publisher; b. Cam- bridge, Nov. 29, 1880; s. William Amos Bancroft and Mary (Shaw) B .; ed. Cambridge Latin seil .; A.B., Harvard, 1902; m. Charlotte Nickerson of Winchester, 1909; children-Malcolin, William Nickerson, Edith Child. With Boston News Bur. and affiliated interests practically 1902-, treas., sec. Boston News Bur .; treas. Financial Press Cos. Am .; mem. Soc. Cincinnati, Boston Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Harvard, Union, Commercial, (Boston), Harvard, Bankers (N.Y.); Country (Brookline); Cohasset Golf, Yacht. Republican. Office: 30 Kilby St., Boston. Home: The Tudor, Boston. Summer res .: Cohasset.


BANCROFT, II. Ernest, business executive; b. Barre Town, Vt., Oct. 4, 1880; s. Harrison Bancroft and Lydia (Shepard) B .; ed. Vt. pub. schs .; grad. Chicago Veterinary Coll., 1911; m. Ida M. Gordon of South Barre, Vt., July 15, 1911; chlidren-Ber- nice (Mrs. Thomas Jensen), Beatrice, Charles Gor- don, Barbara, Beverly, Ernest, James. Farmer, 1899-1908; veterinary, 1911-1930; gen. mgr. and treas. Granite City Coop. Creamery Assn. 1925 -; pres. N.E. Dairies, Inc .; chmn. Vt. Veterinary Registration and Examining Bd .; mem. Vt. Gen. Assembly, 1925-26; state senator from Washing- ton County, 1929-32; mem. Vt. Veterinary Med. Assn. Methodist. Republican. Office: New Eng. land Dairies, Inc., Boston. Home: R.F.D. 3, Barre, Vt.


WBANCROFT, James Robert, financial executive; b. East Boston, May 1, 1888; s. Jesse Kay Baneroft and Emma (Adams) B .; ed. Newton high sch .; Mass. Inst. Tech .; m. Irene Wiley of Vt., Nov. 18, 1911; 1 dau .- Barbara Ann. Pres, and treas., Am, Inst. Finance, 1920 -; dir. Newton Nat. Bk. Club: Charles River Country. Author: Investment Se- curities-Search for Security Bargains. Episco- palian. Ofilce: 137 Newbury St., Boston. Home: 248 Windsor Rd., Waban. Summer res. : Rocking- ham, Vt.


! BANFIELD, Frederic Eugene, Jr., executive; i. Newton Centre, June 21, 1885; s. Frederic Eugene Banfieid and Gertrude E. (Danforth) B .; ed. New- ton high sch .; Mass. Inst. Tech .; Ph. B., Brown Univ., 1906, B.Sc., 1908; m. Marguerite Birge of Bristol, Conn., 1910; 1 son-Richard W .; m. (2nd) . Alberta H. Powers of Worcester, 1926. With Saco & Pettee Machine Shops, 1908-16; supt. Saco- Lowell Shops, 1916-22, agt., 1922-33, v.p., 1933-35; works mgr., Whitin Machine Works, 1935 -; dir. N. L. Birge Sons Co., 1911-33, pres., 1931-33; dir. York Nat. Bk., 1932-35; dir. Webber llosp, Assn., 1923-35, v.p. and tr., 1933-35; dir. Asso. Industries of Maine, 1923-35, pres., 1933-35; mem. Newton


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Constabulary, 1916-19, Newton Bd. Aldermen, 1921-22; pres. Newton Centre Improvement Assn., 1920-22; mem. Am. Soc. M.E., Sigma Xl. Clubs: Worcester, Whitinsville Golf. Travel: Europe, 1925. Protestant. Republican. Office: WhitIn Machine Works, Whitinsvilie. Home: 150 Hill St., Whitinsville.


BANG, Eleonore E. M., teaeher; b. Copenhagen, Den .; d. P. Knudsen and Henriette (Kähler) K .; ed. grad., Teachers Internat. Inst .; "N.A.A.S.", Swe- den; Teachers Coll., Copenhagen, Den., 1900; m. Armand C. Bang, Mar. 26, 1904 (d.) ; ehlidren- Paul Eric, Franz William. Master craftsman, Arts & Crafts Soc., Boston; teacher arts & erafts; often ealled upon to write or lecture on native country; mem. bd. dirs., Internat. Inst., Boston; mem. Scand .- Am. Forum (Cambridge and N.Y. City), Arts & Crafts Soc. (Boston). Ciub: Boston Women's Civie (dir.). Author: Leather Craft for Amateurs, 1935; many ednl. articles in mags. Travel: U.S., many European countries. Episco- palian. Home: 121 Newtonville Avenue, Newton. YBANKS, Abraham A., certified public acountant, ex- ecutive; b. Lowell, Mass., May 19, 1901; s. Isaac Banks and Sarah (Berman) B .; ed. Lowell high seh .; B.B.A. Boston Univ., 1923; attended Boston Univ. Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1925-26; C.P.A. (Mass.); m. Belle Koplow of Boston, Nov. 15, 1931; children-Ruth Lols, Roberta Elaine. Head, Ac- counting Dept., Lowell Trust Co., 1923-26; partner, A. A. Banks & Co., C.P.A., 1926-33; treas., chmn., Bd. Dir., Phyllis Shoe Co., 1933 -; treas. Shirley Shoe Co., Newburyport; licensed to practice be- forc U.S. Treasury Dept., 1927. Hon. dlr., Iligh- land Credit Union, Lowell, sec., 1922-36; mem. R.O.T.C., 1920, 1921-22; mem. B'Nai B'rith, Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants, Mass. Hort. Soc. Author: Cost Accounting in the Upholstery Industry. Re- publican. Offlee: Burley Stevens Bldg., Monroe St., Newburyport. Ilome: 22 Hillside St., Loweli. VBANKS, Nathan, entomologist; b. Roslyn, N.Y., Apr. 13, 1868; s. Danlel Gerow Banks and Maria (Hawx- hurst) B .; ed. B.S., Cornell, 1889, M.S., 1890; m. , Mary A. Lu Gar of Sea Cliff, N.Y., June 2, 1897; children-Ruth Agnes, Bessie Gertrude, Ilarold Bryant, Nellle May, Gilbert Shelley, Waldo Haw- thorne, Dorothy Alice, Elsie Lucile, Douglas llart- ley (d.). Asst. entomologist, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1900-16; eurator insects, Mus. Comp. Zoöl., Har- vard, 1916-, also asso. prof. zool. 1928 -; has largest collection of Arachnida and Neuroptera in U.S .; mem. various entomol. socs., Sigma Xi; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Seiences, A.A.A.S. Author: Treatise on the Acarina, 1904; Catalogue of the Acarina, 1907; Catalogue Neartie Neurop- tera, 1909; How to Collect and Preserve Insects, 1909; Catalogue Nearctic Spiders, 1910; Catalogue Nearetie Ileteroptera, 1911; Index Economic Ento- mology, 1917. Contr. many sel. and tech. papers to leading sci. jours. ProhibitionIst. Ilome: Hol- liston.




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