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ABBOTT, Robinson, assistant professor; b. Water- bury, Conn., July 3, 1891; s. George Smith Abbott and Elizabeth Osborne (Robinson) A .; ed. Water-
town (Conn.) high sch .; Frankiln Union Tech. Inst., Boston; B.S., eiv. engring. (summa cum laude), Tufts Coll., 1918; m. Elsie M. bustin of Manchester, N.H., 1920; 1 son-David. Super- visor constrn., 7 yrs .; eollege, 4 yrs .; instr. and asst. prof., civ. engring., Tufts Coli., 1919-38; cons. engr. U.S.N.R.F .; grad. Navy Ensign Sch., Cambridge, 1918; service, Mar. 17, 1917-Mar. 17, 1921; mem. Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Boston Soe. Clv. Engrs., Tau Beta Pi. Of Puritan and Mayflower ancestry. Episcopalian. Republi- can. Oflice: Tufts College, Medford. Home: 21 Everell Rd., Winchester.
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FABBOTT, Sylvlna Apphla, physician; b. Kennebunk, Me., Mar. 8, 1864; d. Benjamin Franklin Emery and Susan Apphia (Gooch) E .; ed. pub. schs. Kennebunk and under pvt. teachers, 1869-86; li- censee (in medicine) of Mass., 1894; Sc. D., Poto- mac Univ., Washington, D.C., 1906; M.D., Ch.M., EScicctic Med. Univ., Kansas City, Mo., 1913; F.S.Sc. (London), 1909; F.S.P. (Eng.) 1914; m. Frederick Wallace Abbott, M.D., of Taunton, Sept. 2, 1886. Practiced in Taunton 1886 -; pres. N.I .. Eclectic Med. Assn., 1908, Am. Eclectic Materia Medica Assn., 1911-12, Me. Eclectic Med. Soc., 1911, Mass. Eclectic Med. Soc., 1911, Boston Dist. Eeleetic Med. Soc., 1912; mem. Nat. Eclectic Med. Assn .; hon. mem. Vt. Ecleetic Med. Soc .; life mem. and medalist 1st. elass (gold) Italian Acad. Physics and Chemistry, 1913; mem. Daughters of Rebekah (I.O.O.1.), Pythian Sisters (K. of P.), Degree of Ilonor (A.O.U.W.), W.C.T.U. Second Adventist. Ilome: Taunton.
ABBOTT, Wenonah Stevens, clergyman, author, lecturer; b. Tioncsta, Pa., Aug. 20, 1865; d. Ed- ward A. Stevens and Mary Ellen (Hoffman) S .; ed. tutors; B.D. and S.M., Naziracan Coll., Beth Baal Meon Syria; World Unity fellowship, Coil. of Melchizadek; L.H.D., Beth Gamul, Syria, 1896; in. Charles A. Brazier, Apr. 1884 (d.); m. (2nd.) Jacques Abbott, Nov. 1892; children-Carl E. Brazier, Irving M. Brazier, Alwyn Abbott (d. Fr., 1918), Harold Abbott (d. Fr., 1918), Wilmarth Abbott ((I. in service). Welfare worker in Cuba, 1897, with soldiers' families and wounded vets .. 1917-18; ed. work, 1919-20; lectured, 1921-22: syndicated much work; pastor, Universalist Ch., Berlin, N.II., 1923-25, Federated Ch., Mattawam- keag, Me., 1926-27, Universalist Ch., Beverly, 1928-29; triple gold star mother; one of 3 women who gave over 2500 hours service as home service visitor and rehabilitations worker, 1917-18; mem. Order of Melchizadek (33°, 2nd. Am. and 3rd. woman to be lligh Priest), Rebekahs, Pythian Sisters, Gold Star Mothers, V.F.W. Auxiliary, Am. Legion Auxiliary, Ladies of Grand Army, Daugh- ters of Union Vets. Author: Love's Legacy (awarded prize of 3000£), 1892; A Jealous Father (awarded prize of $25,000), 1894; A Cunning Cul- prit (jointiy), 1896; Beginnings of Life, 1917; Mental Notovision, 1934; From Pilgrimage to 1904, Pilgrimage, 1934; articles In newspapers. Editor: Farmer's Wife, 1914; asso. ed., Poultry, Country Life Syndieatc, 1906, Farmer, 1915. Considered authority on Palestine, Syria, and the lit. of middle and near East of 1st. eentury B.C. G.d. Sir John Haucks Stevens, chemist, inventor; niece Rev. David Stevens, missionary to Indians, translator of Bible into Sioux. Home: 176 Cabot St., Beverly.
ABBOTT, Wilbur Cortez, professor of history; b. Kokomo, Ind., Dee. 28, 1869; s. Thomas W. Ab- bott and Eleanor L. (Holliday) A .; ed. A.B., Wabash Coll., 1892, A.M., 1904, D.Litt., 1922; Cornell, 1892-95; B.Litt., Oxford, 1897; A.M. (hon.), Yale, 1908; m. Margaret E. Smith of Indlanapolis, Ind., Sept. 6, 1899; children-Mary Eleanor, Char- les Cortez. Fellow, Cornell, 1892-93, instr., 1893- 95, Pres. White traveling fellow, 1895-96; Instr. hist., Unlv. Mich., 1897-99; asst. prof. European hist., Dartmouth Coll., 1899-1902; prof. hist., Univ. Kan., 1902-08; prof. hist., Yale, 1908-20; Franeis Lee Iligginson prof. hlst., Harvard, 1920-37, cm- eritus, 1937 -; Research Associate in History, Yale, 1938 -. Author: Colonel Blood, Crown Stealer, 1911; The Expansion of Europe, 1917; Colo- nel John Scott of Long Island, 1918; Conflicts with
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Oblivion, 1924; The New Barbarians, 1925; A Bib- liography of Oliver Cromwell, 1929; New York In the American Revolution, 1929; Introduction to Documents relating to the International Status of Gibralter, 1934; Adventures in Reputation, 1935; Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Vol. I, 1937, Vol. II, 1939; articles in periodicals. Travel: Eng. and Continent, (study and research), 1923, 1925, 1930. Dese. George Abbott, Rowley, 1637-9. Oflice: 275 Widener Library, Harvard Univ, Cambridge, and 601 Stratheona Hall, Yale Univ, New Haven, Conn. Legal residence, Spring Farm, Pomfret Center, Conn. Home: 74 Sparks St., Cambridge.
ABEL, DeForest W., insurance official; b. Franklin, Tenn., July 19, 1890; s. Frank Asbury Abel and Julia (Mott) A .; ed. LL.B., Cornell, 1915; in. Isabel Marshall of Brookline, July 2, 1926; children- DeForest W., Jr., Judith Marshall. Clk. in law office, Ithaca, N.Y., 1915-16; admitted to N.Y. bar, 1918; in home office, General Accident, Fire & Life Insurance Corpn., Phila., Pa., and spl. agt. in N.E., 1919-20; solicitor and br. production mgr., Am. Mut. Liability Ins. Co., Boston, 1920-25; with Automobile Mut. Ins. Co. of Ain. and Factory Mutual Liability Ins. Co. of Am. (both operate as one unit), 1925-, sec. and asst. treas. of both cos., 1933-, dir., 1934-, v.p. and see., 1939 -; sec., asst. treas., and dir. Amica Credit Corp .; served in Q.M. Corps, U.S.A., 1917-18; mem. Masons. Congre- gationalist. Republican. Office: 10 Weybosset St., Providence, R.I. Home: 279 President Av., Provi- dence, R.I.
ABELE, Clarence Arthur, naval officer (retired) ; b. Roxbury, Oct. 30, 1876; s. Francis Ignatlus Abele and Anne Mathilde (Gerber) A .; ed. Rox- bury high sch .; U.S. Naval Acad., 1894-98; U.S. Naval War Coll., Newport, R.I., 1920-21; m. Ruth Sanford of Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 1, 1910; chil- dren-Sanford Taylor, Clarence Arthur, Jr. Otli- cer U.S. Navy since 1898; advanced regularly through grades to capt .; retired, 1932; served on U.S.S. Brooklyn, flagship of Adm. Schley during Sp .- Am. War, in Atlantic and Pacific fleets, and usual shore assignments; exec. officer U.S.S. Mich- igan, 1917; in command U.S.S. Maui troop trans- port, convoy comdr. one convoy of 25,000 troops; dist. supervisor, N.O.T.S., Baltimore; naval at- tache, Warsaw, chief of mission A.R.A., Danzig, 1919-20; in command U.S.S. New York, 1926-28; pres. Naval Examining Bd., Washington, 1).C., chief of staff 1st. Naval Dist., Boston, supt. Mass Nautical Sch., comdg. U.S.S. Nantucket, since re- tiring in 1932; decorated with medals West Indies Campaign, Santiago Battle, World War, Navy Cross (U.S.), Chevalier Polonia Restituta (Po- land); mem. Naval Inst., Ancient and Hon. Arty. Co. of Mass. Clubs: New York Yacht (N. Y. City), Navy, Army and Navy, Navy Country (Washing- ton), Propellor (Boston). Congregationalist. Home: 103 Greenleaf St., Quincy.
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ABERCROMBIE, Daniel Putnam, banker; b. Mil- ler's Falls, Dec. 19, 1875; s. Daniel Putnam Aber- crombie and Julia (Clapp) A .; ed. pub. schis., Exeter, N.H .; S.B., M.1.T., 1897; m. Ella Crocker, Oct. 29, 1898; children-Gertrude, Martha, Eliza- beth, Esther, Helen, Daniel P., Jr., Peg. Pub. utility operation, 1897-1921; receiver under Mass. Supreme Ct., 1921-25; exce. position with F. 1 .. Putnam & Co., Bankers, Boston; dir. Wolver- ine Power Co., Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co., Boston Revere Beach & Lynn R.R. Co. Clubs: Alta (Salt Lake City, Ut.), Old Colony (Ply- mouth). Travel: U.S. (extensive). Unitarian. Re- publican. Office: 77 Franklin St., Boston. Home: Manomet.
JABOUNADER, Dorothy Gorton, lawyer; b. Brockton, Sept. 12, 1910; d. Franklin H. Gorton and Elvira A. (Perkins) G .; ed. Brockton high sch .; A.B., Boston Univ., 1931; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1935; in. Abraham J. Abounader of Lawrence, May 2, 1936. Teacher hist., Brockton high sch., Portia Law Sch., 1930-32; took course at Meln- toslı Sch. (secretarial), 1937; in charge of adm. detail, Lawrence Community Chest and its drive, 1937; started practice of law with husband, A. J. & D. G. Abounader, Oct. 1937; teacher of courses
on legal secretarial duties, 2 secretarial schs .; specializes in domestic relations; mem. Theta Upsilon (pres., 1930-31); pres. Coll. Panhellenic and All Univ. Panhellenic when in coll. Clubs: Lawrence College, Young Married Women's ( Law- rence Y.W.C.A.), Business & Professional Girls', Willing Workers Class. Travel: U.S. Baptist. Republican. Office: 312 Central Bldg., Lawrence. Home: 470 Hampshire St., Lawrence.
ABRAHAMS, Edgar E., president and treasurer l'aper Goods Co .; b. New York, N.Y., 1895; s. Albert Abrahams and Dorothy (Felble) A .; ed. Boston high sch. and trade sch .; m. May C. Simp- son; 1 son-Edgar Albert. Salesinan, Whitney & Co., mfrs. paper products, 1910-16, Sealright Co., infrs. paper products, 1916-30; pres. and treas. Box Craft Co., mfrs. paper boxes, Cambridge, since 1919; pres. and treas. Paper Goods Co., paper products, Cambridge, since 1916; tr. Albany Bldg. Trust; served in Mass. Naval Res .; mem. Masons (32°), Shrine, K.T. Clubs: Men's (West Newton), Charles River Yacht. Travel: Europe, So. Am., U.S. Office: 272 Albany St., Cambridge. Home: 72 Randlett Pk., West Newton. Summer res .: Monu- ment Beach.
ABRAHAMS, Samuel Lionel, electrical engineer; b. Fall River, July 20, 887; s. Isaac Abrahams and Hannah Grace (Sterne) A .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1907; M.E.E., Harvard Sch. Applied Sci., 1910; m. Sylvia Freedman of Balti- more, Md., 1917; children-Irwin Carleton, Kalla Louise. Test course, Gen. Elec. Co .; designing engr., Industrial engr. 2 yrs .; then production engr .; now executive in Motor Engring. Dept., Gen. Elec. Co., Lynn. Travel: Eastern U.S. Au- thor: articles on engring. Jewish. Republican. Oflice: 920 Western Av., Lynn. Home: 127 Fay Av., E. Lynn.
ABRAMOVITZ, Samuel David, educator; b. Chelsea, Nov. 5, 1911; s. Louis Joseph Abramovitz and Deborah (Davidoff) A .; ed. Revere high sch .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1934; Harvard Univ., 1934- 35; Boston Univ. Law, 1935-36; m. Barbara Ann Robinson of Dedham, Apr. 14, 1937; 1 son-David Michael. Teacher of for. langs., Rockwood Park Sch., 1936-37; asst headmaster, Rockwood Park Sch., 1937-39; Teacher, Temple Israel Religious School 1937-39; established educational guidance service, 1938; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Eugene I'leld Soe .; Longfellow Scholar at Ilarvard Univ., 1934- 35; creator of techniques in teaching for. langs .; interested in progressive practices in teaching- viz. visual education, free discussion, free play, ctc. Desc. Liebe Davidoff. Jewish. Democrat. Office: 23 Rockwood St., Jamaica Plain. Home: 23 Rockwood St., Jamaica Pl. Summer res. : Fryeburg, Me.
JABRAMS, Joseph Bertram, lawyer; b. Boston, Aug. 15, 1897; s. Harry Abrams and Rebecca (Cadish) A .; ed. Ilingham high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1918; in. Anna Thurman of Boston, 1926; children- Robert T., Ruth Joan. Active trial counsel, Mass. and Fed. Cts .; dir. Temple Beth-El, Beth-El He- brew Sch .; research chemist on high explosives and poison gas indicator, Ordnance Dept., U.S.A., World War; mem. Shawmut Lodge of A.F. and A.M., Aleppo Temple of Shrine, Big Brother Assn., Zionist Organization Am. Author: The Massachu- setts Blue Sky Law, 1938. Jewish. Independent Republican. Office: 18 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 47 Columbia Rd., Dorchester.
ABRAMS, Samuel J., clergyman; b. Russia, June 3, 1891; s. David Abrams and Sarah (Serira) A .; ed. Townsend Ilarris Ilall, N.Y. City; Coll. City of N.Y .; A.B., Univ. Cincinnati, 1915, A.M., 1916; Rabbi, Hebrew Union Coll., 1916; m. Sarah Fried- man of New York City, Aug. 1917; children- David, Hilda, Emanuel, Robert. Rabbi, Kalama- zoo, Mich., 1916-18; Bridgeport, Conn., 1918-20; Boston, 1920 -; dir. Cent. Conf. Am. Rabbis; chaplain, Shawmut Lodge, A.Fr&A.M .; mem. Union Am. Ilebrew Congs. (exec. bd.), Am. Red Cross, Nat. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Nat. Travel, Rotary (Bos- ton). Author: articles. Jewish. Office: 1187 Bea- con St., Brooklinc. llome: 70 Marshall St., Brook- line.
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VABRAMSON, Daniel, physician; b. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 24, 1902; s. Morris Abramson and Sophia ( Rickman) A .; ed. Hartford high sch .; B.S., Har- vard, 1924; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1928; m. Bernice Shafmaster of llaverhill, Nov. 28, 1937. Surg. interne, Beth Israel Hosp., Ang., 1928-June, 1930; house officer, .Boston Lying-in llosp., July 1930-Jan. 1931; res. in surgery, Beth Israel Hosp., Jan. 1931-Jan. 1932; res. in obstetrics, Boston Lying-in Hosp., Jan. 1932-Jan. 1933; practice in obstetrics and gynecology, Jan. 1933 -; gynecolo- gist, out-patient dept., Beth Israel Hosp .; asst. in obstetrics, Harvard Med. Sch .; asst. obstetrician to out-patients, Boston Lying-in Ilosp .; cons. ob- stetrician, Florenee Crittenden Home; asst. ob- stetrieian, Mass. Gen. Hosp .; mem. A.C.S., Boston Obstet. Soe., Greater Boston and Mass. Med. Socs., A.M.A., N.E. Obstet. and Gynecol. Soc. (diplomate of Nat. Bd.), Masons. Clubs: New Century. Au- thor: Relaxation of Pelvic Joints in Pregnancy, Relaxin in Human Serum as a Test of Pregnancy. Jewish. Democrat. Office: 587 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 48 Montrose St., Newton.
ABRAMSON, Fisher, lawyer; b. New Bedford, Mar. 12, 1899; s. Isaae Abramson and Mamie (Zeitz) A .; ed. New Bedford high seh .; LL.B., Boston Univ. Law Sch., 1920; m. Evelyn Abramson of Kingston, Ont., Can., Nov. 13, 1921. Gen. practice of law, New Bedford, 1920 -; city solicitor, 1933-37; mem. Am., Mass., Bristol Co., and New Bedford Bar Assns., A.F.&A.M., B'nai B'rith. Club: New Cen- tury. Jewish. Republican. Offlee: 608 First Na- tional Bldg., New Bedford. Home: 392 Ilawthorn St., New Bedford. Summer res .: Westport.
ACHENBACH, Solomon Thomas, clergyman; b. Plainfield Tp., Pa., Dec. 17, 1877; s. Thomas Achen- bach and Ellen (Flory) A .; A.B., Lafayette Coll., 1902; B.D., Oberlin Theol. Sem., 1905; m. Mary Catharine Frantz of Nazareth, Pa., July 5, 1901. Ordained to Cong. ministry, 1905; pastorates In E. Barre, East Charleston, Greensboro ( Vt ). 1905- 15, Fryeburg, Me., 1915-20, Bethel, Me., 1920-27; prof., Talladega Coll., Ala., 1927-28; pastor, Farmington (Me.) First Cong. Ch., 1928-37; supply and ad interim work, 1937-38; accepted call to pastorate, Greendale Peoples Church, Worcester, Dec. 1, 1938; dir. Me. Cong. Conf .; mem. Franklin Assn. of Cong. Chs. and Ministers, Masons, Grange. Club: Rotary (Farmington, Me., past mem.) Cont. br. sermons and addresses to newspapers. Offiee: Greendale People's Church, Worcester. Home: 16 Greendale Av., Worcester.
YACHORN, Harry Carver, manufacturing confeetlon- er; b. Waldoboro, Me., Dec. 4, 1882; s. Eben Ty- ler Achorn and Sylvina (Miller) A .; ed. Ellsworth (Me.) hlgh sch .; Haverhill high sch .; m. Bernice Giles of Ellsworth, Me., Mar. 26, 1913; children- Harry Carver, Jr., Robert G. Asso. with New Eng- land Confectionery Co. continuously since 1902, now ist v.p. In charge of mfg. and dir .; mem. Mass. Safety Council (dir. ); mem. Masons (32º). Club: Brae Burn Country (West Newton). Office: 254 Mass. Av., Cambridge. Home: 133 Fuller St., West Newton.
ADADOURIAN, Haig, clergyman, missionary; b. Adana, Turk., July 2, 1870; s. Rev. Adadour Ada- dourian and Elizabeth Pilgrim (Semerjlan) A .; ed. high sch., Adana, Turk .; A.B., Central Turkey Coll., Aintab, Turk., 1889; B.D., Hartford Theol. Sem., 1893; m. Honora Agnes Sullivan of Malden, April 11, 1894; 1 dau -Margaret Lyle Crouter (wife of It. Comdr. Mark Hanna Crouter, U.S.N. ). Minister of Armenians, Malden, 1893-97; ord. Cong. minister In Plymouth, Nov. 3, 1897; has preached to Am. congregations in Plymouth, Orleans, West Tisbury ( Martha's Vineyard), and New Saelm; has preached In Armenian, Turkish, and English in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Philadelphia, also In Armenlan and Turkish In Buenos Aires (Argen- tina), Sao Paulo (Brazil), and Montevideo (Urn- guay); organized 1st Cong. ehs. In Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, 1931, the Masis Cong. Ch., Los Angeles, 1924; twice pastor in Plymouth, West Tisbury, Pasadena and Buenos Aires; at present temporary pastor of the Cillcia Cong. Ch., Pasa- dena, Calif .; served as sec .- treas. Old Colony Conf. of Cong. Chs. and Ministers of Plymouth and vl-
cinity; del. to Christian Endeavor World Conv., London, Eng., and to Nat. Counell of Cong. Chis. In Los Angeles; past pres. Sunday school Assn , Plymouth; naturalized as Am. citizen, 1895; or- ganized Malden Armenian Republican Club; mem. Grange, Masons (Blue Lodge and Chapter), K.T., Ain. Soe. of Church History. Club: Republican of Mass (formerly). Author: Hundreds of articles In Eng., Armenlan and Armeno-Turkish for vari- ous publications. Travel: Argentina, Braz., Urn., Europe, W 1., Turk., Eg., No. Africa. Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Permanent address: 34 Au- burn St., Malden.
PADAIR, John A. M., banker, manufacturer; b. Jay Co., Ind .; s. James G. Adalr and Sarah A. (Hutson) A .; ed Portland (Ind.) high sch .; m. Grace R. Johnson; 1 son-llerbert J. Entered mercantile bus., Portland, Ind., 1888; city clk., Portland, 1888- 90; elk. Circuit Ct., 1891-95; mem. Ind. Legisla- ture, 1902-01; mem. Congress, 8th. Ind. Dist., 1907-17; became pres. 1st Nat. Bk. of Portland, 1904; pres. Internat. Finance Co., 1918-20; v.D. Southern Dairies, 1924-31; chmn. of bd., Finance Service Co., Baltimore, 1933-35; v.p. Atlas Tack Corpn., Fairhaven, 1935 -; dir. Artloom Corp., Phila., Pa. Methodist. Democrat. Office: Fairha- ven. Home: New Bedford.
\ADAMO, Martin E., pharmacist; b. Nusco, Italy, Apr. 4, 1882; s. Raphael Imparato Adamo and Antol- nette (Prudenti) A .; ed. Eliot seh., Boston; Wash- ington sch., Auburndale; Newton high sch .; Mass. Coll. Pharmacy, 1902-01; Harvard Med. Sch., 1907- 08; m. Ida Estelle Malaney of Boston Oct. 18, 1910; 1 dau .- Louise Antoinette. Came to U.S. 1888; naturalized 1906; apprentice pharmacist, 1898- 1907; registered pharmacist, 1907 -; with Riker- Hegerman Co., 1908-14; estab. own bus., 1911; pres, treas. Chester E. Sawyer Co., Adamo Drug Co., Trimount Drug Co .; mem. Advisory Bd. Edn. (Americanization and immigration), Mass .; chmn. Fair Trade Commn., Drug Industry Mass .; recd. Am. Druggist award for distinguished service to pharmacy for 1937; mem. Am. Pharm. Assn., Nat. Assn Retail Druggists, N.E. Drug Council (pres.), Boston Druggists Assn. (past pres. ), Mass. State Pharm. Assn. (past pres.), Boston Chamber of Commerce, Italian Hist. Soc. Clubs: University, Rotary, Republican, Woodland Golf. Catholie. Re- publican. Office: Hotel Statler, 80-82 Arlington St., Boston. Home: 299 Pond St., Jamaica Plain.
ADAMS, Alton Dermont, publle service engineer; b. Biddleford, Me., June 28. 1861; s. Orison Dermont Adams and Nancy Phoebe (Getchel) A .; ed. Bid- deford (Me.) high sch .; Wesleyan Univ. (Conn.); Lehigh Univ .; Univ. Me .; S.B., Harvard, 1897, A.M., 1901; LL. B. Harvard Law Sch .. 1904; m. Carrie Es- telle Gates of Manehester, Conn., Oct. 3, 1890; m. (2nd.) Harriet Burgess of Norwalk, O., Jan. 1, 1921; children-Orison (d.), Alan (d ). Elec. ex- pert and engr., Brush Elec. Co., Thomson-Houston Elee. Co., Mather Elec. Co, Jenney Elec. Co., etc., 1885-94; cons. elec. engr., 1894-1904; pub. service engr. and accountant, 1904-38; appeared for eities In over 40 cases Involving rates and values of pub. service cos., Incl. Boston gas, Saratoga (N.Y.) gas, Cedar Rapids gas, Colo Springs elec., Racine (Wis.) water, Montreal (Can.) elec., Lin- coln (Neb.) gas, Des Moines (Ia.) gas, Mobilo (Ala.) gas, Lynn (Mass.) gas, etc .; mem. Am. Inst. EE., Am. and N.E. Water Works Assns., Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Assn. Internat. Law, Va. Hist. Soe Author: Electric Transmission of Water Power; many articles in engring, and econ. perl- odicals, Travel: U.S. (extensive). Protestant. In- dependent. Home: 15 Abbott St., Wellesley. Win- ter res .: Charlottesville, Va.
ADAMS, A(my) Elizabeth, teacher; b. Delaware, N J., Mar. 28, 1892; d. George Crockett Adams and Elizabeth (Brown) A .; ed. East Stroudsburg (Pa.) Ilgh sch .; Blalr Acad., Blairstown, N.J .; A.B., Mt. Holyoke Coll, 1914; A.M., Columbia, 1918; Ph.D., Yale, 1923; unmarried. Asst. in zoology, Mt. Hol- yoke Coll., 1911-15, instr., 1915-17, 1918-19: ASSO. prof, 1919-28, prof., 1928-, acting head, Zoology Dept., 1920-21, 1929, 1937, acting dean, 1926-27 ( first semester); study at Marine Blol. Lab., Woods Hole, UnIv. Chicago, Univ. Edinburgh;
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F.A.A.A.A .; mem. Am. Assn. Anat., Am. Soc. Zoöl., Phl Beta Kappa, Sigma Xl. Author: many articles on results of studies in experimental zoology in scientific periodicals. Travel: Europe (Gt. Brit., Scandinavla, Continent), So. Am., U.S., Can. Presbyterian. Republican. Office: Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley. Home: Wood- bridge Terrace, South Hadley.
ADAMS, Andrew Joseph Bucklin, investment bank- er; b. Westboro, Apr. 10, 1890; s. Joseph Bucklin Adams and Susan Ellen A .; ed. Westboro high sch., 1907; grad. Bryant Stratton Commercial Sch., Boston, 1909; m. Rolla Woodward, Sept. 17, 1910; children-Andrew Joseph, Richard Dodge. Began as messenger for Lee, Higginson & Co., bankers, 1909-14; salesman, George A. Fernald & Co., 1914-15, mgr. Worcester office, 1915-21; oper- ated business under own name, 1921-23; organized firm of Adams, Mudge & Co., sr. partner. 1928 -; dir. NE. Envelope Co., Economic Machinery Co .; pres. Heywood Motor Co .; tr. Westboro Sav. Bk .; served as 4-minute man during World War; for- mer chmn. Westboro Finance Com .. Republican Town Com., Westboro Sch. Com .; tr. William Cur- tis Library Fund; mem. Worcester Chamber of Commerce, Masons, Shrine. Clubs: Bankers (New York); Worcester; Worcester Economic; Vesper Country; Westboro Country. Oflice: 340 Main St., Worcester. Home: 30 Church St., Westboro.
VADAMS, Burton Alden, school principal; b. Essex, May 9, 1875; s. Phillp T. Adams and Emma (Wright) A .; cd. Essex high sch .; M.I.T., 1898; m. Mary Humphrey of Amherst, Dec. 31, 1906; 1 dau. -Dorothy W. Began to teach, Feb. 1898; teacher, supervisor, prin., pub. schs., Springfield, 1900-, now prin. of tech. high sch .; dir. Springfield Coop. Bk .; chin. trs., G.A.R. Mem. Bldg .; with 2nd. Mass Inf, Mex. border, 1916; 1st lt., capt., major Inf., U.S.A., Mar. 25, 1917-Ang. 4, 1919; army cita- tion by Comdr .- in-Chief, A.E.F .; mem. Am. Legion, Vets. For. Wars, S.A.R. Clubs: Klwanis, Reality, Automobile, Educational, Falth Church Men's. Travel: extensive in U.S., Can., Europe. Protes- tant. Republican. Office: 53 Elliott St., Spring- field. Home: 41 Irvington St., Springfield.
ADAMS, Charles Franels, banker, trustee; b. Quincy, Aug. 2, 1866; s. John Quincy Adams and Fanny (CrownInshleld) A .; ed. Adams Acad .; Hopkinson Sch .; A.B. (cum laude), Harvard, 1888; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1892; LL.D., N.Y. Univ., Am- herst Coll., Harvard, Bowdoin Coll., Boston Univ .; m. Frances Lovering of Taunton, Apr. 3, 1899; children-Catherine, Charles Francis, Jr. In of- fice of Sigourney Butler, 1892-93; of Judge Ever- ett C. Bumpus, 1893-94; treas. Harvard Coll., 1898- 1929; Sec. of Navy, apptd. by Pres. Hoover, 1929- 33; chmn. bd., State St. Trust Co., Boston, 1933 -; held many directorships; mem. city council, Quincy, 1893-95, mayor. 1896-97; mem. Harvard Alumni Assn. (pres., 1933). Unitarian. Republl- can. Office: State Street Trust Co., Boston. Home: Concord.
VADAMS, Charles Francis, Jr., Investment banker; b. Boston, May 2, 1910; s. Charles Francis Adams and Frances (Lovering) A .; ed. St. Mark's Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1932; Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm .; m. Margaret Stockton of Boston, 1934. With Jackson & Curtis, Boston, 1934-, partner, Jan. 1937 -; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce; It. (j.g.), U.S.N.R. Clubs: Eastern Yacht, Somer- set, Tennis & Racquet, Dedham Country & Polo. Travel: Europe. Episcopalian. Republican, Of- fice: 10 Post Office Sq., Boston. Home: Wellesley. Summer res. : Manchester.
ADAMS, Charles Henry, journalist; h. Rochester, N.H., Apr. 22, 1859; s. Samuel Adams and Hannah W. (Lord) A .; ed. pub. schs. Went to Boston, 1886; with Boston Dally Advertiser and Record, 28 yrs., business mgr., many yrs .; sold out interest, 1914; v.p. and tr. Melrose Sav. Bk .; pres. Melrose Coop. Bk., Commonwealth Coop. Bk .; dir. Meirosc Trust Co., Malden Morris Bk .; v. chmit. Mass. State Bd. Charlty, 10 yrs .; chmn. bd., Melrose ITosp .; mem. Mass. State Legislature, 1900-03; mem. Rep. State Com., 1911-12; chmn. State Commn. on Neces- saries of Life, 3 yrs .; mayor of Melrose 6 terms; pres. Melrose Pub. Health Assn .; mem. Melrose
Sch. Com., Melrose Real Estate Bd., mem. Mass. Emergency Fuel Commn. (1925-26), spl. leglsla- tive com. to revise minimum wage laws; mem. Masons, K.T., Melrose ITist. Soc., Melrose Cham- ber of Commerce. Clubs: Boston City, Mass. Re- publican, Middlesex. Ilome: Melrose.
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