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Y BARNES, Viola Florence, professor of history; b. Albion, Neb., Aug. 28, 1885; d. Dr. Cass Grove Barnes and Isabella (Smith) B .; ed. Albion (Neb.)
high sch .; A.B., Univ. Neb., 1909, A.M., 1910 B.M., Univ. Sch. Music, 1913; Ph. D., Yale, 1919 Harvard Summer Sch., 1914; Univ. Wls. Summer Sch., 1915; unmarried. Teaching fellow Am. hist., Univ. Neb., 1911-13; instr. Am. hist., 1913-16 Summer Sch., 1921; instr. hist., Mt. Holyoke Coll. 1919-20, asst. prof., 1920-21, asso. prof., 1924-33 prof., 1933 -; Smith Coll., 1933; mem. Willlams town Inst. Internat. Relations, 1924; research, Ar- chives Nationales, Paris, 1925, Pub. Record Office and Brit. Mus., London, 1923, 1926-27, 1929, 1930. 31, 1933; mem. Am. Ilist. Assn., Miss. Valley Ilist. Assn., Berkshire Hist. Conf. Women's Colls. N.E. N.Y., & N.J. (pres. 1933-38), N.E. Ilist. Teachers Assn., Royal Ilist. Soc., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs. Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Author: The Dominion of Now England, 1923; chaps. 1 & HI, Commonwealth llis- tory of Mass .; Land Tenure in English Colonial Charters in Essays in Colonial History, 1931; joint ed. of same; articles in N.E. Quarterly, Colonial Sve. Publs., Dict. Am. Biog., Dict. Am, Hist., etc .; book revs. in prof. jours. Travel: Europe, 1923, 1925, 1929; Eng., 1926-27. 1930-31, 1933. Awards: scholarship, Univ. Neb., 1910-11, teaching fellow ship, 1911-13; Currier fellowship, Yale, 1916-17; Susan Rhoda Cutler fellowship, 1917-19; Alice Freeman Palmer fellowship, Am. Assn. Univ Women, 1926-27; Guggenheim fellowship, 1930- 31; Am. Council Learned Socs., grant, 1929; Social Sci. Research Council, grant, 1933. Desc. Thomas Barnes, a founder of Hartford, Conn .; Phineas Barnes, Stockbridge, soldier in Am. Revolution. Democrat. Office: Mount Holyoke College, South 'Hadley. Home: 26 Silver St., South Hadley.
.BARNES, Willard Carleton, engineering executive; b. South Weymouth, Mar. 6, 1882; s. Thomas Barnes and Mary E. (Shaw) B .; ed. Thayer Acad Mass. Inst. Tech., 1899-1901; LI .. B., Boston Univ Sch. Law, 1907; m. Josephine Hastings Grant of Oswego, N.Y., June 30, 1910. Employed as mech. draughtsman, 1902-06; treas, and gen. mgr. Jarvis Engring. Co., Boston, 1906-37; pres. and tr. Wey- mouth Hosp .; mem. Phi Delta Phi, Masons. Epis- copalian. Republican. Office: 51 Ellery St., Bos- ton. Home: 208 Columbian St., South Weymouth. BARNET, Philip, lawyer; b. New Bedford, Dec. 2, 1892; s. David Barnet and Rebecca Leah (Kugel) B .; ed. A.B. Harvard, 1915; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1918; m. Roberta Selig of Brookline, Aug. 18, 1936; 1 son -- David S. Admitted to Mass. bar 1918; engaged in gen, practice of law at New Bedford, 1918 -: atty. for Federal Trade Commin., 1918-19; mem. firm Barnet & Barnet; Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1928-40; Masons. Clubs: City (Boston), llarvard (New Bedford). Jewish. Republican. Ollice: Olympia Bldg., New Bedford. llome: 95 Rotch St., New Bedford.
BARNETT, Mavis Clare, poet, teacher, prose-writer; b. Columbus, O .. April 16, 1898; d. Rev. John Wil- bert Barnett, Ph. D., and Carey Gertrude (Greer) B .; ed. Spaulding high sch., Barre, Vt .; A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1920; B.A., M.A. Oxford, Eng., 1935. Teacher, Md. Coll. for Women, Lutherville, Md., 1920-21, Private Girls' Sch., Richmond, Va., 1921-22, Knox Sch. for Girls, Cooperstown, N. Y., 1922-26, Dana Hall, Wellesley, 1920-32, Colby Jr. Coll., New London, N.H., 1936 -; mem. Poetry Soc. Am., Poetry Soc. (Eng.). Club: New Eng. Poetry. Author: numerous poems in anthologies, in The Bookman (N.Y.C.), The Bookman (Lon- don), The North American Review, The Christian Century, The Churchman, The Christian Science Monitor, Poet-Lore, The Poetry Review (London), Voices, Mademoiselle, McClure's Syndicate, Smart Set, Braithwaite Anthologies, Edwin Markham's Book of Poetry, N. Y. Herald-Tribune, The Liter- ary Digest, etc. Travel: Europe. Office: Colby Junior College, New London, N.Il. Home: 2 Pleasant Ct., Marblehead. Summer res .: 1, Avenne Foch, St. Avold ( Moselle), France.
BARNEY, Caroline Clark, teacher, lecturer; b. Ilart- ford, Conn., Jan. 12, 1870; d. Samuel Bushnell Clark and Rhoda (Wadsworth) C .; ed. Wethers- field Acad .; Hartford (Conn.) high sch .; Ph.B, Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., 1895; m. Ed- ward Mitchell Barney, July 19, 1904. llead, Dept.
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Eng. high schs., Willimantic, Conn., and Beverly, Mass .; teacher summer schs., and instr. various states; lecturer for garden, bird, coll., church, woman's clubs; supervisor Rel. Edn., Mass., 7 yrs .; Home Service dir. Commonwealth Sav. Bank; mem. Rep. City Com., D.A.R., Women's Ednl. & Indust- rial Unlon, Mass. Soc. Univ. Edn. Women, Assn. Univ. Women ( Boston br.), Mass. Hort. Soc., Mass. Audubon Soc., Bird Banding Soc. N.E., Soe. Preser - vation Wild Flowers, Lynn Hist. Soc. Clubs: Woman's Rep. (Mass.), Garden (Greater Boston), Greater Lynn Garden (hon, pres.), Writers (hon. pres.), Lynn Bird (hon. pres.). Travel: exten- sively in U.S. and Can., Bemuda, Author: Pro- grams for Mothers' Clubs, Program for Parent- Teacher Assns., artleles, poems in mags. Desc. first Conn. settlers from Duxbury and Cambridge. Unitarian-Universalist. Republican. Office and home, 21 Baltimore St., Lynn. Summer res .: 255 Fay Av., Lynn.
BARNEY, Edward Mitchell, banker; b. Lynn, Feb. 28, 1871; s. William Mitehell Barney and Mary Louise (Neal) B .; ed. Lynn Class, high sch .; stu- dent, Harvard; S.T.B., Tufts Div. Sch., 1898; m. Caroline C. Clark of Wethersfield, Conn., July 19, 1904. Minister, Universalist Ch., with parishes in Beverly, Pawtucket (R.I.), Medford, 1898-1921; treas., Lincoln Coop. Bk., Lynn, 1909 -. Ancestors, first settlers in Salem. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 18 Central Sq., Lynn. Ilome: 21 Baltimore St., Lynn.
YBARNEY, J. Dellinger, surgeon; b. Boston, Jan. 10, 1878; s. Charles Champlin Barney and Mary (Del- linger) B .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1900; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1901; m. Margaret Higginson of Cambridge, Sept. 2, 1905; children- Margaret, Faith. Surg. interne Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1901-05; practice devoted to urology, 1907 -; chief, urol. dept., Mass. Gen. llosp .; 1920-38; asst. prof. genito-urinary surgery, Harvard Med. Sch .; con- sulting urologist, several hosps., Mass. & N.Il .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., N.C., Internat. Urol. Soc .; Am. Urol. Assn., Boston and N.E. Surg. Socs., Am. Assu. (pres., 1936), Clinical Soc. Genito- Urinary Surgeons; fellow A.C.S. Author: many sei. articles on spl. line; chapters in several text books. Protestant. Independent. Oflice and home: 87 Marlboro St., Boston. Summer res .: Dublin, NII.
VBARNEY, James Leonard, lumber merchant; b. Ilyde Park, Feb. 8, 1877; s. James Edwards Bar- ney and Amanda Maria (Robinson) B .; ed. llyde Park high sch .; BS., Dartmouth Coll., 1899; m. Helen Balkam of Hyde Park, May 1, 1905; chil- dren-Wendell Robinson, Roger Warren. In lum- ber bus., 1919 -; treas. and dir. Barney & Carey Co. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 2 Granite Av., Milton. Home: 1 Lyndhurst St., Dor- chester.
BARNS, Thomas Ellwood, cashier; b Milford, Nov. 27, 1875; s. John Barns and Phebe (Battey) B .; ed. Milford high sch .; m. Florence M. Whitney of Marlboro, N.H., Apr. 24, 1907. Cashier, dir. Mil- ford Nat. Bk. & Trust Co .; mem. 1 Masonic bodies. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 232 Main St., Milford. Home: 129 Congress St., Milford.
BARNUM, Dana Dwight; b. Bethel, Conn., Aug. 15, 1872; s. William HI. Barnum and Lydia (Alvord) B .; ed. M.E., Stevens Inst. Tech., Iloboken, N.J., 1895; m. Mary Caroline Munroe of Worcester, Oct. 16, 1900. Draftsmin, E. W. Bliss & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1895; chemist, Worcester Gas Light Co., 1895-96, supt. of distribution, 1896- 1902, supt. 1902-09, gen. mgr., 1909-12, pros. 1915; began with Boston Consolidated Gas Co., 1917, pres. 1921-37, now gas utility consultant; mem. N.E. Assn. Gas Engrs., Am. Gas Assn., Am. Stand- ards Assn. (pres. 1936-38), Soe. of Gas Lighting (N.Y.), Beta Theta Pi, Theta Nu Epsilon. Clubs: Dedham Country, Polo ( Dedham). Episcopalian. Republican. Oflice: 100 Arlington St., Boston. Home: 158 Bay State Rd., Boston.
YBARNUM, Francis Goodell, physician; b. Harpoot, Turkey, 1878; s. llerman Norton Barnum and Mary E. (Goodell) B .; parents citizens of U.S .; ed. A.B. (cum laude), Amherst Coll., 1901; M.D.,
Harvard Med. Sch., 1907; m. Ida Kenniston Teague, Apr. 16, 1913; I son-Francis Goodell, Jr. In busi- ness between coll. and med. sch., 2 yrs .; interne, Boston Lying-In llosp., 1906; surg. interne, Bos- ton City Hosp., 1907; surg., Boston 'Dispensary, 1913; in pvt. practice, Brookline, 1909 -; mem. Bd. Health, Hyde Park, 1913; supervisor Boston School Physicians, 1915 -; med. referee on local Draft Bd., later capt. Med. Corps, U.S.A., World War; mem. A.M.A., Soc. Examining Physicians, Mass. Med. Soc., Boston School Physicians Assn. (pres.), Boylston Med. Soc. Clubs: Harvard, University Algonquin (Boston). Travel: Eng. and F'r., 1928. Desc. Thomas Barnum, Fairfield, Conn., 1624; Rev. Dr. Ilerman Norton Barnum, N.Y. and Harpoot, Tur .; Mary Goodell, Phila., Pa. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: 1776 Beacon St., Brookline.
Y BARR, Joseph Seaton, surgeon; b. Wellsville, O., Oct. 16, 1901; s. William Banks Barr and Anna E. (Seaton) B .; ed. McKinley high sch., Canton, O .; S.B., Wooster (O.) Coll., 1922; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1926; m. Dorrice Bieknell Nash of Abing- ton, Apr. 16, 1932; children-Joseph Seaton, Jr., Mary Bicknell, Trained in surgery, inel. ortho- Dedie. Peter Bent Brigham, Children's, and Mass. Gen. Hosps .; pvt. practice as orthopedic surgeon, 1929 -; asst. in orthopedic surgery, Harvard Med. Sch .; visiting orthopedie surg., Mass. Gen. Hosp., N.I. Peabody Home for Crippled Children; mem. Am. Orthopedic Assn., Am. Acad. Orthopedic Sur- geons, A.M.A. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: sci. papers on surg. problems. Protestant. Of- lice: 231 Marlborough St., Boston. llome: 187 Woodcliff Rd., Newton Highlands.
BARRETT, Frank Arthur, publisher; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Ang. 1, 1874; s. William Harrison Barrett and Sophia Maxwell (Rathbun) B .; ed. Central high sch., Buffalo, N.Y .; m. Florence A. Crouse of Bos- ton, June 21, 1909; children-Frank Arthur, Jr., Florence Virginia. Solicitor and writer of ad- vertisements; publisher various professional and bus. directories; now publ., Director of Corpora- tions in the Boston Distriet; mem, Boston Bapt. Social Union, Am, Lib. Assn. (Boston Chap.), Bos- ton Chamber Commerce, Odd Fellows (Nonantum Lodge), Trs. of Pub. Reservations. Club: Middle- sex Republican. Travel: Europe, South, West. Baptist. Republican. Office: 144 Hligh St., Bos- ton. lome: 63 Dunboy St., Brighton.
" BARRETT, James Timothy, contractor; b. Pluek- anes, Donoughmore Co., Cork, Ireland, Feb. 10, 1870: 8. Timothy Barrett and Julia (Sheehan) B .; od. Nat. Sch. in Ire .; arrived in Am., 1891; m. Mary J. Brady of Jamaica Plain, Apr. 21, 1905; children-Mary Margaret, James Timothy, John Patrick, Julia Eileen, Timothy Gerald, Elizabeth Clare, Robert Vincent, Edmund Kevin. Engaged in contracting bns., Cambridge, 1900 -; mem. Cambridge Common Council, 1898-1900, Bd. Alder- men, 1901-03, 1909-13 (pres. bd. 1911-13); mem. Mass. llo. of Rep., 1905-06; Mass, Constnl. Conv., 1917-18-19; entered the lecture field, 1911, and delivered lectures entitled "A trip through the Emerald Isle accompanied by song and story," and "Poetry of S. D. Sullivan." Mem. K.C., B. P.O. E., Cambridge Bd. Trade; Publishing "Let- ters from Abroad." Travel: Europe, 1900. Catho- lle. Demoerat. Office: 611-629 Cambridge St., Cambridge. llome: 2 Trowbridge Ter., Cam- bridge.
: BARRETT, Robert Edward, public utility official; b. Framingham, June 28, 1881; s. Frederick Barrett and Laura Maria (Nutting) B .; ed. Framingham high sch .; Harvard, spl. courses in civil engring., 1902-05; m. Grace Le Baron Esty of Framingham, June 13, 1908; children-Robert Edward Jr., Doro- thy (Mrs. Howard Allen Bloombergh), Frederick Park. Employed on various engring. projects, 1900-13; designing engr., later acting chief engr. for Dir. of Port of Boston, 1913-17; constrn. engr. Turners Falls Power and Electric Co., 1917-20; pres. and treas. llolyoke Water Power Co. since 1920; pres. and treas, Holyoke Power & Electric Co. since 1925; dir. Third Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Springfield; tr. Mechanics Savings Bank of Holyoke; mem. exec. com. Holyoke Pub. Lib.,
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Holyoke City Hosp .; mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engrs. (since 1905), Western Engring. Soc., Harvard En- gring Soe. Masons. Club: Rotary (Holyoke). Re- publican. Office: 1 Canal St., Holyoke. Home: 71 Fairfield Ave., Ilolyoke.
BARRETT, William Felton, corporation official; ed. Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1904; D). Sc. (hon.), Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1925; in. Margery Barker, Oct. 18, 1911; children-Julian Shumway, William Felton, Jr., David Barker. Civ. engr., Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Ry, 19044; with Ogden Gas Co., later Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., Chicago, 1905-13; works mgr., The Linde Air Products Co., 1913-18, vice pres., 1918-25, pres., 1925-29, chmn. bd. same and subsidiaries 1929 --; vice pres. and dir., Union Carbide and Carbon Corpn. 1926 -; chmn. bd., Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corpn., Carbide and Carbon Chemicals, Ltd., Oxweld Acetylene Co., Do- minion Oxygen Co., Ltd., Prest-O-Lite Co., Prest- O-Lite Co. of Canada, dir. Dominion Mines & Quarries, Ltd., Electric Furnace Products Co., Electro Metall. Co., Nat. Carbon Co., The Oxweld R.R. Service Co., Union Carbide Co., Union Car- bide & Carbon Research Labs., Inc., United Chromium, Inc., Mich. Northern Power Co., Car- bide & Carbon Realty Co., Inc., Acheson Graph- ite Corpn., mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Soc. M.E., Am. Gas Assn., Chi Phi. Clubs: University, Yale, Uptown, The River, The Cloud (New York); Wyantenuck Country (Gr. Barrington) ; Apa wam- is, American Yacht, Manursing Island Rye (N.Y.); Chicago (Chicago). Office: E. 42d St., New York, N.Y. Home: 435 10. 52nd St., N.Y. Summer res .: Sky Farm, Great Barrington.
BARRETT, William Grout, physician; b. San Fran- cisco, Calif., July 9, 1902; s. Charles Leland Bar- rett and Olga (Block) B .; ed. Montezuma Mt. Sch., Los Gatos, Calif .; S.B., Univ. Calif., 1924; M.1)., Harvard Med. Sch., 1929; m. Anne Dorothea Nagel of St. Louis, Mo., June 9, 1928; children-Charles, Sarah Sherman. Practiced med., Boston, 1932 -; Assoc. psychiatrist, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1935 -; cons. psychiatrist, Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1936 -; mem. A.M.A., Am. Psychiatric Assn., Am. Psycho- analytic Assn., Boston Soc. Psychiatry & Neurol- ogy. Club: Beverly Yacht. Author: prof. pub- Ilcations. Office: 82 Marlboro St., Boston. Home: 16 Channing Pl., Cambridge. Summer res .: Marion. BARRIER, Edward Andre, fire insurance executive; b. Cambridge, May 29, 1884; s. George Barrier and Louise B .; ed. Cambridge high sch .; B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1905; m. Isa M. Duvey of Cambridge, Nov. 24, 1908; 1 dau .- Barbara (Mrs. Richard Bas- sett). Asst. instr. chem. engring., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1905-06; instr., Univ. Cincinnati, 1906-07; chem. engr., engr. in charge labs., asst. chief engr., insp. dept., Assn. Factory Mutual Fire Ins. Cos., 1907-24; V.p. Arkwright Mutual Fire Ins. Co. 1924 -; mem. Nat. Fire Protection Assn., Am. Chem. Soc. Masons, K.T., Shrine. Clubs: Rotary (Boston), Woodland Golf (Auburndale), Unita- rian. Republican. Office: 60 Batterymarch St., Boston. Ilome: 502 Glen Rd., Wellesley Farms. BARRON, Elmer Waiter, physician; b. Charlestown, Jan. 6, 1877; s. Frank Trask Barron and Sarah Ella Carlton (George) B .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Tufts Coll., 1900; M.D., llarvard Med. Sch., 1903; m. Ruth Stanwood Patch of Malden, Dec. 26, 1917; children-Sarah Elizabeth, Warren' Patch, Elmer Walter, Jr. Phys .- in-chief, Boston Floating Hosp., Children's Dept., Boston Dispensary, Mal- den Hosp., Evangeline Booth Hosp .; consultant In pediatrics, Lawrence Mem. Hosp., Medford; prof. pediatrics, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch .; dir. Malden Trust Co .; mem. A.M.A., Am. Acad. Pediatrics, N.E. Pediatrie Soc., Mass. Med. Soe. Universalist. Re- publican. Office: 20 Ash St., Boston. Home: 64 Hawthorne St., Malden. Summer res .: Ilanover. BARRON, Jennie Loitman, judge; b. Boston, Oct. 12, 1891; d. Morris Loitman and Fannie (Castleman) L .; ed. A.B., Boston Unlv., 1911; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1913, LL.M., 1914; m. Samuel Bar- ron, Jr., June 23, 1918; children-Erma Loltman, Deborah Loltman, Joan Loitman. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1914, engaged in gen. practice of law, Boston, 1914 -; admitted to bar U.S. Dist. Ct.,
1915, Supreme Ct. of U.S., 1921; asst. atty. gen., Commonwealth of Mass., 1934-35, l'irst woman in Mass. to present evidence to a grand jury and prosecute major criminal cases; spl. justice of Dist. Ct. of West Norfolk, 1935-37, asso. justice, Boston Municipal Ct. 1937 -; mem. and treas. Sch. Com. of Boston, 1926-29; elected 71,000 votes in city wlde election hon. pres. Beth Israel llosp. Woman's Auxiliary, Women's Div. Am. Jewish Congress of N.E. and mem. nat. bd .; tr. Asso. Jewish Philanthropies; mein. bd., Jewish Child Welfare Assn .; mem. Boston Univ. Women Grads. Assu., (dir.), Mass. Assn. Women Lawyers (past pres. ) mem. Mass. Child Conneil, adm. bd., Home & School Assn., Boston, Women's City Club (past dir.) Mass. League Women Voters (past bd. mein.), fed. Women's Club (past Leg. Com. etc. ) Hon. mem. Boston Bar Assn .; del. from Mass. to Nat. Crime Conf .; First and only woman in Mass. to be apptd. to full time judgeship; life appointment. Contbr, articles on women's status in govt .: Lec- turer on Crime, etc., throughout U.S. Jewish. Office: Boston Municipal Court, Boston. Ilome: 24 Selkirk Rd., Brighton.
BARRON, William Andros, Jr., investment banker; b. Newburyport, Dec. 16, 1892; s. William Andros Barron and Mary Lawrence (Todd) B .; ed. Middle- sex Sch., Concord; A.B., Harvard, 1914; m. Emily Wesselhoeft of Boston, July 10, 1920; children- William A., 3rd, Richards Bradley. With White, Weld & Co., Boston, 1914-, now gen. partner; on Visiting Con., Bd. Overseers, Harvard; dir. Gil- lette Safety Razor Co., Greenville Elec. Light Co., Weston Water Co .; tr, Mass. Mem. losps., Dexter Sch., Middlesex Sch. (Concord); overseer, Boys' Clubs of Boston; at Plattsburg Tr. Camps, 1915- 16; in U.S. Army, 1917-19; discharged as comdg. officer, Battery B, 303rd F.A. Clubs: Boston Madi- son Są. Garden, Bond (gov.), Investment (Advi- sory Council), Somerset, Tennis & Racquet, Ex- change (Boston), Harvard (Boston, N. Y.), Coun- try (Brookline), Essex Co. Dese. Sir Edmund An- dros, early gov. Mass. Bay Colony; Major William Amherst Barron, prof. math, at West Point and one of ist comdts .; Thomas Dudley, a founder of Mass. Bay colony and of Harvard Coll .; Rev. John Cotton, a founder of Harvard Coll .; Hon. Caleb Cushing; etc. Protestant. Republican. Office: 111 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: Oxbow Rd., Wellesley Farms. Summer res .: Manchester.
BARROW, Ralph Sheldon, social work; b. Green- ville, Ala., Nov. 6, 1886; s. Willlam Beasor Bar- row and Julia Dale ( Wilkinson) B .; ed. Birming- ham (Ala.) high sch .; B.S., Univ. Ala., 1910; Harvard Univ. Grad. Sch. Social Ethics and Har- vard Law Sch., 1913-14; in. Lillian Williams Spar- row, Dec. 29, 1915. Exec. sec., Ala. Children's Aid Soc., 1916-23; Conn. Children's Aid Soc., 1923-30; exec. dir. Church, Home, Society, Boston, 1930 -; mem. exec. com., Mass. Conf. Social Work; vestry- man, Emmanuel Ch., . Boston; served as ensign, U.S.N.R.F., 1917-18; mem. Am. Assn. Social Work- ers, Friends of Boston Symphony; contributing mem. Boston Mus. Fine Arts. Travel: Eng. Fr., Belg. Desc. Charles Chauncy (1592-1672) 2nd President (1654) Harvard Univ., Peter Bulkley (1583-1659). Founder & First Minister of Concord. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 41 Mt. Vernon St., Boston. Home: 46 Mt. Vernon St., Boston. Summer res. : Barnstable.
BARROW, Wilmer Lanier, teacher, research worker in elec. communications; b. Baton Rouge, La., Oet. 25, 1903; s. Wylie Micajah Barrow and Kate (Lanier) B .; ed. Baton Rouge (La.) high sch .; B.S., La. State Univ., 1926; M.S., M.I.T., 1929; D.Sc., Tech. Hochschule, Munich, Ger., 1931; m. Kather- ine Weatherby Burke of Clinton, La., July 25, 1928; Nancy, Patricia, Instr. to prof. elec. engring. M.I.T., 1928 -; speciallzed in radlo engring, and research; did research work for Govt. agencies as well as pvt. concerns; splty. ultra-high fro- quency radio and industrial applications; men. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Masons, Am. Inst. E. E., Inst. Radlo Engrs. Author: sci. and engring. articles on elec. communications. Travel: Ger., It., Aus., Fr. Episcopalian. Democrat. Ollice:
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Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 64 Cabot St., Newton.
VHARROWS, Harold Kilbrith, consulting engineer; b. Melrose, Nov. 9, 1973; s. Cyrus Moulton Barrows and Augusta (Kilbrith) B .; ed. Reading high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1895; in. Mabel Robbins Jordan of Old Town, Me., 1907; 1 son-Kilbrith Jordan. Worked for City of Newton Metrop. Water Bd. (Boston); asso. prof. civ. engring., Univ. Vt., 1901-01; dist. engr., U.S. Geol. Survey, N.IC., 1904- 08, N. Y., 1906-08; cons. engr., Boston, 1907 -; asso. prof. hydraulic engring., M.I.T., 1909-21, prof. 1921 -; specialized in hydraulic engring., water power, water supply; mem. Am. Inst. Cons. Engrs., Am. Soc. C.E., Boston Soc. C.E. (past pres. ), N.E. Water Works Assn. (dir.), Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences. Clubs: Boston City, Sakonnet Golf (R.I.). Author: Water Power Engineering; many state and federal reports on water power and water resources. Unitarian. Republican. Oflice: 6 Beacon St., Boston. Ilome: 332 Highland Av., Winchester. Summer res .: Little Compton, R.I. BARROWS, Mary Livermore, lecturer, parliamenta- rian; b. Melrose, June 30, 1877; d. John Oscar Norris and Henrietta White (Livermore) N .; ed. Melrose hlgh sch .; lloward Sem., West Bridge- water; B.A., Wellesley Coll., 1898; student in par- liamentary law and polit. sci., Boston Univ .; m. Malcolm Dana Barrows of Melrose, July 1, 1901; children-Malcolm Dana, Jr., John Oscar. Joined Coll. Equal Suffrage League, 1898; worked for equal suffrage; began speaking soon after mar- riage, 1901; organizer in Mass. Women's Suffrage Assn., did intensive work for suffrage; gave courses in citizenship for women, 1921-24; Pres. P.T.A. Mel. East Side; became active in politics, 1926; mem. bd. alderman, Melrose (only woman ever so elected), 1927-28; mem. Ho. of Rep., Mass., 1928-38, chmn. Com. on Pensions (only woman ever made ehmin.), 6 yrs .; apptd. Commr. of Civil Service by Gov., May 24, 1939; dir. gen. Alliance Unitarlan Women, 4 yrs. ; chnin. War Sav. Stamps, Melrose speaker for Liberty, dir. surg. dressings, World War; mem. D.A.R., Am. Leglon Auxiliary (state parliamentarian), Soc. Mayflower Deses., League Women Voters. Clubs: Zonta (pres. Bos- ton Club; chmn. pub. affairs, legislative chmn., Internat.), Business & Professional Women's, Mass. Women's Republican, Women's Professional, Mass. Business & Professional Women's Republi- can, Melrose Woman's, Melrose Women's Republi- can. Anthor: legislative skits, written for wom- en's clubs. G.d. Mary A. Livermore, famous pion- eer In woman's suffrage, Civil War nurse and organizer, lecturer. Unitarian. Republican. Of- flee and home: 21 West Emerson St., Melrose. Summer res .: Wall Point, Boothbay Harbor, Me. BARRY, Herbert, Jr., assistant professor; b. New York City, Nov, 14, 1898; s. Herbert Barry and 1 Ethel Morgan (Dawson) B .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.Il .; A.B., Harvard, 1920, Ph.D., 1929; m. Lucy Manning of New York City, Aug. 31, 1929; children -- Herbert, Patricia, Lucy. In bus., 1921 - 26; asst. instr. Harvard, 1928-29; Instr., asst, prof. psychology, Tufts Coll., 1929 -; spl. student, Tufts Med. Sch. now; enlisted May 1917, with A.E.F. 6 mos .; discharged, sergt., Jan. 1919; F.A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Psychol. Assn. Club: Har- vard (Boston). Read paper, Tenth Internat. Con- gress Psychology, Copenhagen. Author: articles in prof. journals. Episcopalian (mem. vestry, Christ Ch., Cambridge). Office: Tufts College, Medford. Ilome: 14 Kirkland Pl., Cambridge. Summer res .: Llewellyn Park, Orange, N.J.
BARRY, John Joseph, artist; b. Hamilton, Ont., Can., June 21, 1885; s. Joseph D. Barry and Mariette (Aiken) B .; ed. St. Jerome's Coll., Kitchener, Ont., Can .; m. Caroline E. Froclich of Waterloo, Ont., Nov. 1906. Studied art at Los Angeles (Calif. ) Sch. of Art & Design, Art Students League (N.Y. Clty), Royal Coll. of Art. (London, Eng.); Art Inst., Chicago, Ill. Copper Plate Etching and other graphic arts; represented by prints in Ilbrary in State Capitol, Sacramento, Calif .; Regu- lar contributor to all major print exhbns. in U.S. and Can .; mem, Rockport Art Assn., Gloucester Soc. of Artists, North Shore Arts Assn. Can. Soc.
Painters & Etchers, Can. Soc. Graphic Arts; served officially in various Gloucester Summer Art Assns. Author: How to Make Etchings; travel articles. Travel: world-wide (sketching, writing). Catho- lic. Ilome: 1677 Bathurst St., Forest Ilill Village, Ont., Canada. Summer res .: Rockport.
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