Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 21

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BEAL, George Brinton, editor, dramatic critie, lec- turer; b. Lawrence, Apr. 16, 1888; s. George Brin- ton MeClellan Beal and Nina May (lazen) B .; ed. Sweet & Sheldon Sch. (private); high sch., Lawrence; Grad. Sch., Harvard. Newspaper work, 1908 -; dramatie critic, llaverhill Herald, 1911-12, Worcester Gazette, 1914-18; asso. dramatic critic, Boston Post, 1920-31; motion picture critic, Bos- ton Sunday Post, 1925 -; lecturer on dramatic criticism and hist. Am. theatre, Radio Dramatic Techniques, Appreciation of Motion Pictures; and The Ballet as an Art Form, Emerson Coll., 1934-, mem. faculty, 1936 -- , lecturer on circus life, theatre, 1935 -. Author: Through the Back Door of the Circus, 1938; Dramatic Criticism, a Book of the Theatre, 1938-39; The Elephants Are Com- ing, 1939-40. Travel: U.S. & Can. with leading circuses to gather circus material. Office: 755 Boylston St., Boston.


BRAL, Bames Holland, clergyman; b. Nahant, June 2, 1904; s. William Field Beal and Lillian Sprague (Darrow) B .; ed. Fay, Groton and Mohonk schs .; A.B., Harvard, 1927; Virginia Theol. Seh., 1931; in. Georgette Appleton Binney, Oct. 30, 1931; chil- dren-Boylston Adams, Nina Appleton. Banker, 1927-31; asst. minister, Grace C'h., New Bedford, 1934, minister in charge, 1935; rector, Emmanuel Ch., Braintree, 1937 -; tr. Camp William Low- rence; sec .- treas. Mass. Clerical Assn. Clubs: llarvard (Boston), Union Boat, University, Wesa- gusset and New Bedford Yacht. Travel: Europe (twice), W.I. (3 times). Desc., collaterally, Pres. John Adams. Episcopalian. Independent. Office: Emmanuel Church, Braintree. Ilome: 2 Spruce St., Braintree. Summer res .: Salter Pt., So. Dart- mouth.


,BEAL, John Woodbridge, architect; b. Hanover, luly 12, 1887; s. John Williams Beat and Mary Woodbridge (llowes) B .; ed. Hanover high sch .; De Merrit Prep. Sch., Boston; Mass. Inst. Tech .; Thayer Acad .; m. Grace Evans Donovan of Rock- land, Oct. 30, 1915; children-John Woodbridge Jr., David Dean, Thomas lowes, Philip Cushing. Asso. with father's architectural oflice 1905-, supt. of construction, office ingr., then sr. mem. of firm, J. Williams Beal Sons, Architects, 1910 -; tr. Barristers llall Trust, Brockton; served in First Corps Cadets, Boston, 1908-13; Food Admin- istrator, Town of Ilanover, during World War; chmn. Water Commrs., Town of Hanover, 1930 -- , responsible for conceiving and installing town


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water system; del. to Rep. Nat. Conv., Cleveland, O., 1936; dir. Children's Sunlight Hosp .; mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Masons, K.T., Elks. Club: City (Boston). . Republican. Unitarlan. Office: 185 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: Broadway, Han- over.


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HEAL, Reynolds, artist; b. New York City, Oct. 11, 1866; s. William Reynolds Beal and Eleanor (Bell) B .; ed. Channcy Hall sch., Boston; mech. engring., Cornell; studied painting under William M. Chase, N.Y., also in galleries of Europe, esp. Paris and Madrid; m. Helen Higgins of Rock- port, Feb. 16, 1924. Exhibited at Paris Salon and in prin, exhibits in U.S .; made A.N.A., 1909; mem. Water Color Soe., Phi Kappa Psi, Soc. Am. Etchers. Clubs: N.Y. Yacht, Century, Lotus (N.Y.), Nat. Art, Salamagundi, N.Y. Water Color. Travel: ex- tensive. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: 29 Atlantic Av., Rockport.


BEAL, Thomas Prince, banker; b. Boston, Apr. 12, 1883; s. Thomas Prince Beal and Ida (DeFord) B .; ed. Noble & Greenough sch., Boston; A.B., Har- vard, 1904; m. May Lefferts Morgan of Shelburne, Vt., Aug. 11, 1921; children-Judith Drew, Thomas Prince, Jr. With Kidder, Peabody & Co., 1904-07; Northwestern Nat. Bank, Minneapolis, Minn., 1908; asst. cashier, Second Nat. Bank, Boston, Aug. 1908, dir., Feb. 1909, v.p., Jan. 1910, pres. 1923- (after death of father, who was pres.); exec., Emergency Fleet Corpn., Phila., World War; tr. Suffolk Sav. Bk., Mt. Auburn Cemetery Corp., Northeastern Univ .; pres. and mem. Clearing House Com., Boston Clearing House. Clubs: Coun- try, Essex County, Somerset, Union, Algonquin (Boston). Episcopalian. Republican. Office : Sec- ond National Bank, Boston. Home: 47 Lawrence Rd., Chestnut Hill. Summer res. : Beverly.


HEAL, WIIIs Paine, broker; b. Nahant, June 15, 1902; s. William F. Beal and Lillian S. (Darrow) B .; ed. St. Mark's sch., Southborough; A.B., Har- vard, 1925; m. Cecily D. Livermore of Topsfield, July 20, 1933; children-Cecily A., Robert L. Trust officer, Second Nat. Bank, Boston, 1932-34; partner, Rhoades & Co., 1934-38; Hunneweil & Co., formed Feb. 1, 1938, with membership in various security and commodity exchanges, 1938 -. Office: Care of Hunnewell & Co., 49 Federal St., Boston. Flome: 48 West Cedar St., Boston. Summer res .: Nahant.


BEALE, Joseph Henry, lawyer; b. Dorchester, Oct. 12, 1861; s. Joseph 11. Beale and Frances E. (Mes- singer) B .; ed. A.B., Ilarvard, 1882, A.M., 1887; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1887; LL.D., Univ. Wis. and Univ. Chicago, 1904. Cambridge Univ., 1921, Harvard Univ., 1927, Boston Coll., 1932, Univ. Mich., 1933; m. Elizabeth C. Day of Barnstable, Dec. 23, 1891 ; children-Elizabeth Chadwick (Mrs. B. D. Edwards), Joseph Henry, Alice. In practice, Boston, 1887-92; lecturer Harvard Law Sch., 1890- 92, asst. prof. law, 1892-97, prof., 1897-1908, Carter prof. gen. jurisprudence, 1908-12, Royall prof. law, 1912-38 ; prof. law and dean of law sch., Univ. Chicago, 1902-04; mem. Mass. State Commn. for Simplifying Criminal Pleadings, 1900; reporter for conflict of laws, Am. Law Inst .; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences. Author: Cases on Criminal Law, 4th edit., 1927; Cases on Damages, 2d edit., 1909; Cases on Carrlers, 2d edit., 1909; Criminal Pleading and Practice, 1899; Cases on the Conflict of Laws, 2d edlt., 1927; Foreign Corporations, 1904; Innkeepers, 1906; Rallroad Rate Regulation, (with Bruce Wyman), 1906; Cases on Municipal Corporations, 1911; Cases on Liability; Cases on Taxation; A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws. Home: 29 Chauncy St., Cambridge.


BEALS, Helen Raymond Abbott, writer, lecturer; b. Boston, 1888; d. Thomas Alfred Abbott and Heien (Mitchell) A .; ed. Reading'high sch .; Mount Holyoke Coll .; short story courses, Boston Unlv., under Dallas Lore Sharp; in. Joseph Beals of Worcester, 1925; s son -- Joseph, Jr. Teacher, lec- turer, housewife; lecturer, Eng. and lit., Dan- forth-Dunbar Seh., Worcester; book reviewer, Worcester Sunday Telegram, 1929 -. Clubs: Bos- ton Authors', Worcester Woman's, College, Mt. iloiyoke, Republican. Author: The Merry Heart,


1918; These Elder Rebels, 1936; short stories, pageants, etc. Travel: Cal., Md., Can. Mother, dese. Hannah Dustin; father, inventor, first mfr. air beds, sleeping-pockets (pneumatle). Protes- tant. Republican. Office: Armington Lane, 1lol- den. Home: Armington Lane, Holden. Summer res .: Orleans.


BEAMAN, David W., business man; b. Cincinnati, O., Nov. 2, 1872; s. Edmund Addison Beaman and Sarah V. (Parsons) B .; ed. tech. sch., Cincinnati, O., S.B., M.I.T., 1896; m. Jane W. Stetson of New Bedford, June 25, 1902; 1 son-David W., Jr. Pres. and dir. New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co .; dir. N.E. Gas & Elee. Co., Boys Club; treas. Y.M.C.A .; tr. Inst. for Sav., Vocational Sch. (New Bedford). Clubs: Rotary, Wamsutta. Unitarlan. Republican. Office: 693 Purchase St., New Bed- ford. Ilome: 8 Anthony St., New Bedford. Sum- iner res .: Mattapoisett.


IIEAMAN, Harry Clayton, business executive (re- tired) ; b. Princeton, Mar. 9, 1863; s. Phineas Alden Beaman and Harriet (Thompson) B .; ed. Williston Sem., Easthampton; A.B., Harvard, 1885; m. Jen- nie Hoover Bartlett of Chillicothe, O., Nov. 10, 1887; m. (2nd) Salome Harding Rogers of Brook- line, June 11, 1925; children-Harry Clayton, Jr., Bartlett, John Alden, Anne Safford. Propr. and owner of summer hotels, Princeton, until 1917; men. corp., Eliot Sav. Bk., Boston; held all ofilces but elk. and treas., Princeton; inem. Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1913; enforcement dir., U.S. Food Adm., Washington, D.C., 1918 -; treas. Victory Loan, Princeton; mem. Grange. Clubs: Ilarvard Var- sity, Hasty Pudding. Author: a few town reports, newspaper articles. Travel: U.S., Can., Mex., Cuba. Desc. Gamaliel Beaman, Dorchester. 1635, one of incorporators of Lancaster, 1659. Unita- rian. Republican. Home: Princeton. Winter res .: 71 Monmouth St., Brookline.


BEAN, Harold Cotton, orthopedist; b. Portland, Me., Jan. 8, 1892; s. Charles Addison Bean and Lillian (McNelly) B .; ed. Deering high sch., Woodfords, Me ; B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1914; M.D .. Harvard Med. Sch., 1918; m. Ruth Follett of Adains, Dee. 25, 1917; children-Barbara Leonard, Ruth Follett. Practiced orthopedie surgery, Boston, 1919-24, Salem, 1924 -; orthopedist, Salem, North Shore Babies, Thomas (Peabody), and U.S. Naval (Chel- sea, 1922-29) Ilosps., Danvers State Hosp. & Essex Sanitorium; It. (j.g.), M.C., U.S.N.R.F., 1918-19; diplomate Am. Coll. Orthopedic Surgery; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., K.K.K. (Dartmouth ), A.K.K. (Dartmouth Med. Sch.). Club: Boston Orthopedic. Author: many med. papers. Episco- palian. Republican. Office and home: 387 Essex St., Salem.


BESAN, Ralph Carleton, teacher; b. Clinton, Me., Apr .. 23, 1881; s. Hamilton M. Bean and Clara E. (Graves) B .; ed. Coburn Class. Inst., Waterville, Me .; A.B., Colby Coll., 1902; A.B., Harvard, 1904; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1929; m. Fiorence W. Lowell of Auburn, Me., July 6, 1911. Teacher, Clinton, Me., N. Brighton, Me., Wakefield, 1904- 11; teacher and head sei. dept., Girls' high sch., Boston, 1911 -; mem. N.E. Science Teachers Assu., Nat. Assn. Biology Teachers, N.E. Botanleal Soc. Travel: Europe, Can. Protestant. Republican.


Office: Girls' High School, Boston. Home: 48 Emerson St., Wakefield.


BEARSE, Carl, surgeon; b. Boston, Nov. 10, 1892; s. Abraham S. Bearse and Eva (Flashman) B .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; M.D. (cum laude), Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1915; grad., U.S.A. Med. Sch., Washington, D.C., 1918; unmarried. Interne, Prov- idence (R.I.) City Hosp., 1915; surg. house officer, Boston City Hosp., 1915-17; res. South Dept., Boston City IFosp., 1917-18; mem. surg. visiting staff, Boston Dispensary, 1919-22, Children's Hosp., 1919-24, Beth Israel Hosp., 1919-36; cons. surg., Whidden Mem. Hosp., 1924-30; sr. surg., Jewish Mem. Ilosp., 1928 -; instr. surgery, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1928-36; cons. orthopaedic surg., with rank of 1st lieut., U.S.A. Med. Corps, during World War; F.A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Norfolk Dist. Med. Soe., Boston Orthopaedic Soc., Masons. Club: University (Boston ). Author:


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numerous artieles on surgical subjeets. Office: 483 Beaeon St., Boston. llome: 61 Prentice Rd., Newton.


BEARSE, Frederick Alfred, assistant county treas- urer; b. Springfield, Feb. 15, 1871; s. Leon Henry Bearse and Harriet E. (llollister) B .; ed. gram. seh .; m. Etta S. Bartholomew of Springfield, Mar. 17, 1891 (d. Aug. 7, 1926), Learned engraving trade, 1890; delivery agt., Springfield Republican, 1896; mem. City Council 2 yrs., bd. aldermen, 2 yrs., Mass. Legislature, 1900-06; county treas., Haminden Co., 1906-30, asst., 1930 -; dir. Ilampden Co. Improvement League; mem. K.T., Masons, Melba Temple, Shrine. Clubs: Springfield Kennel, . Eastern States Leash, Boston Terrier. Repub- lican. Office: 37 Elm St., Springfield. llome: 1075 Boston Rd., Springfield.


BEASLEY, Clarence Cardwell, secretary, association executive; b. Pulaski, Tenn., Oct. 1, 1883; s. Neal Spencer Beasley and Mildred (Lambeth) B .; ed. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn., elass 1908; spl. course, Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adın., 1922; m. Betty Battersby of St. John, N.B., Can. Aug. 2, 1922 (d. 1937); 1 son (adopted)-Stanley S. lleadmas- ter, Prep. Seh., 1908-14; see. Y.M.C.A., 1914-, sec. Nashville (Tenn.) Y.M.C.A., 1914-17; divisional and personnel dir., A.E.F., (war work service) 1917-19; Staff of Internat Com., N.Y. City, 1919- 20, Boston sec., 1920-, exee. see. dept. publicity and pub. relations, exec. sec. Endowment Com., exec. sec. World Service Com .; moderator, Suffolk West Assn. of Cong. Chs., 1939-40; mem. O. E.S. (Grand Patron of Mass .; pres. bd. dirs., Mass. Charitable Foundation), Evangelistic Assn. N.E. (v.n.), Friends of China, Inc. (Boston, pres.). Club: Old South (Old South Ch., Boston, past pres.). Travel: U.S., Can., Europe. Congrega- tionalist (Old South Ch., Boston). Republican. Office: Boston Y.M.C.A., 316 Huntington Av., Boston: Home: 35 Garrison Rd., Brookline. Sum- mer res .: St, Androw's, N. B., Can.


BENTLEY, Bancroft, educational administrator; b. Boston, Dec. 13, 1891; s. James Augustus Beatley and Clara (Bancroft) B .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., llarvard, 1915, A.M., 1916; ISd.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1922, Ed.D., 1923; m. Grace Cobb of Boston Sept. 15, 1923; children-Baneroft, Jr., Barbara. Teacher and prin., pub. high schs .; on faculty, Ilarvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1920-33; pres. Simmons Coll., 1933 -; tr. Simmons Coll .; dir. No. Bennet St. Industrial Sch. (Boston), Mass. Soc. for Social Hygiene; mem, corp., Beaver Country Day Sch., Brookline; Adv. bd., Progressive Edn. Assn .; mem. Sch. Com., Belmont, 1932-35; pvt. to sergt., Med. Dept .; then pvt., Coast Arty., O.T.C .; later 2nd It. and 1st It., C.A., in World War, May 1917- Jan. 1919; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard Faculty, St. Botolph. Author: Achievement in the Junior Iligh School, 1932; articles in prof. jours. Unitarian. Office: Simmons College, Bos- ton. Home: 211 Marsh St., Bolmont.


BEATLEY, Ralph, teacher; h. Boston, Dec. 30, 1892; s. James Augustus Beatley and Clara (Bancroft) B .; ed. Roxbury Latin School, 1903-09; A.B., llar- vard, 1913; A.M., Columbia, 1921; m. Florence Bar- rett of Boston, Sept. 17, 1921. Teacher, Milton Aead., 1914-16; teacher math., Horace Mann Sch. for Boys, N.Y. City, 1916-17, head of dept. math., 1920-22; asst. prof. edn., Harvard and Radcliffe, 1922-28; exchange prof. at Knox, Beloit, and Colorado Colls., 1928; asso. prof. edn., tutor in Div. of Math., Harvard and Radcliffe, 1928 -; mem. various committees and commissions of the Coll. Entrance Exam. Bd., 1921-38; pvt. Inf., to cant. 7Ist Arty., U.S.A .; Coast Arty. Corps, with A.E.F. in France, Oct. 1917-July 1919; pres. Assn. Teachers of Math, in N.E., 1933-34; v.p. Nat. Council Teachers of Math., 1934-35; mem., Math. Assn. Am., Am. Math. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa. Author: articles in prof. jours. Travel: Eur., 1913-14. Unitarian. Republlean. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge. llome: 9 Gray Gardens East, Cambridge.


*BEATTIE, Frederick Steere, professor; b. Centrai Falls, R.I., Mar. 7, 1884; s. Sllas Steere Beattie and Mary Ann (Coffin) B .; ed. Central Falls (R.I.) high


sch .; M.I.T., 1902-03; l'h B., (final honors chem.), Brown Univ., 1906; m. Florence I. Blount of Cen- tral Falls, R.L., Aug. 28. 1907; children -- Harriet S., Frederick S., John S., Ralph W., Robert A. Her- barium asst., Brown Univ., 1903-05; instr., chem., 1906-07; Lehigh Univ., 1907-09; sei. master, Tllton Acad., 1909-11; see., Rt. Rev. E. M. Parker (N.H.), 1911-13; ordained deacon 1912, priest 1913; rector, St. Luke's Ch., Charlestown, N. H., 1913-16; St. Mat- thew's Ch., Goffstown, 1916-18; instr. organic chem., howell Textile Instit., 1918-19; asst. prof., 1919 -; in charge, abstract seet. (for.), Am. Dye- Stuff Reporter (nat. bimonthly), 1925 -; mem. Sigma Xi, Omicron Pi. Author: many tech. chem. papers and ahstracts. Episcopalian. Office: Lowell Textile Institute, Lowell. Home: 285 Fos- ter St., Lowell. Summer res .: North Woodstoek, N.H.


, BEATTIE, Jiones Alexander, professor of physical chemistry; b. Louisville, Ky., July 24, 1895; s. James William Beattie and Alice (Mount) B .; ed. Louisville (Ky.) male high sch .; B.S., M.I.T., 1917, M.S., 1918, P'h.1)., 1920; Univ. Leiden, Holland, 1921-24; m. Doris A. Bunker of Winter Harbor, Me., July, 1920; children --- Pamela, Barbara Mount, James William. Research Asso., Nat. Research Fellow, prof. phys. chem., M.I.T .; private Chom. Warfare Service, June-Dec. 1918 ; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Phys. Soc., Sigma Chl, Alpha Chi Sigma. Author: papers on sci. subjects. Office: Mass. Institute of Tech- nology, Cambridge. Ilome: 59 Stults Rd., Bel- mont. Summer res .: Winter Harbor, Me.


¡BEAUCHAMP, Eugene Wilfred, physician; b. Chlco- pee Falls, Apr. 27, 1899; s. Joseph O. Beauchamp and Anna ( Deslongchamps) B .; ed. Assumption high sch., 1911-15; A.B., Assumption Coll., 1919; M.D., Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., Pa., 1923; m. Marguerite C. Lapierre of Minneapolls, Minn., Jan. 15, 1927; children-Eugene W., Jr., Charles Jo- Seph, David Thomas, Joseph Octave, Il. Interne, Jefferson Med. Coll. Hosp., 1923-25, Paris and Vienna, 1925-26; gen. practice of med. and sur- gery, Springfield, 1926 -; surg., Mercy Hosp., 1930-, Westfield State Hosp., 1938 -; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. State and Hampden County med. soes. Roman Catholic. Republican. Office: 1570 Main St., Springfield. Ilome: 228 Springfield St., Chicopee.


(BEAUDREAU, Raoul HI., judge; h. Marlboro, July 2, 1882; s. Evangeliste Beaudreau and Marie (Greg- oire) B .; A.B., lloly Cross Coll., 1903; L1 .. B., Bos- ton Univ. Sch. Law, 1906. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1906, and in gen. practice, Boston; now judge Superior Court of Mass. Office: State House, Bos- ton. Home: 161 Rutledge Rd., Belmont.


BEAUMONT, Arthur Bishop, research worker; b. Waco, Tex., Jan. 21, 1887; s. Edgar S. Beaumont and May V. (Wortham) B .; ed. West Kontueky Coll .; B.S., Univ. Ky., 1908; Ph.D., Cornell, 1918; in. Grace M. Davis of Glenn, Calif., Sept. 17, 1914; children-Edgar S., Davis W., Helen E. Teacher, Sei., North Bend (Ore.) high sch., 1909-11; sci. and agr., Oregon Normal Sch., 1911-13; grad. asst., Dept. Soil Tech., Cornell, 1913-17; prof., agronomy, Mass. State Coll., 1917-35; Resettlement Adminls- tration, U.S.D.A., 1935 -; fellow Am. Soc. Agron- omy; A.A.A.S .; mem. Soil Sel. Soc. Am., Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Club: Acacia. Author: many sei, papers and bulletins. Travel: U.S., Europe. Protestant. Independent Demo- erat. Home: 285 Amity St., Amherst.


BECKINGTON, Alice, painter; b. St. Louis, July 30, 1868; d. Charles Beckington and Adeline (Cheney ) B .; ed. Student, Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Académie Julian, Paris; also with Charles Lazar, Paris. Has exhibited at Paris Salons and Paris Expn., 1900, Soc. of American Artists, N.A.D .; hon. mention, Buffalo Expn., 1901; bronze medal, St. Louis Expn., 1904; miniature portralt of Mrs. Beckington bought by Metrop. Mus., represented also in Phila. Mus. Art; awarded Medal of Honor by Brooklyn Sne. of Minlature Painters, 1935; a founder and past pres. Am. Soe. Miniature Paint- ers. Home: Scltuate.


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BECKWITH, Charles Harris, lawyer; b. Springfield, Aug. 21, 1870; s. Francis E. Beckwith and Henri- etta S. (Miller) B .; ed. Springfield high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1894; Harvard Law Sch .; m. Nellie M. Sullivan of Springfield, Feb. 27, 1922; 1 dau .--- Margaret H. Practiced law, Springfield, 1896 -; city solicitor, 9 yrs .; mem. Bd. Bar Examiners, Commonwealth of Mass .; chmn. Bd. Pub. Safety; mem. Legal Adv. Bd. Club: Rotary (Springfield). Protestant. Republiean. Office: 31 Elm St., Springfield. Home: 11 Dartmough St., Springfield. BEEBE, John B., physician; b. Egremont, Sept. 24, 1869; s. Richard Beebe and Ellen Jane (Hatch) B .; ed. Gt. Barrington high sch .; M.D., Albany Med. Coll .; m. C. Louise Taylor of Gt. Barrington, Feb. 10, 1898; children-Richard T., John T., Miner- va O. Practiced medicine, Gt. Barrington, 1894 -; dir. Nat. Mahaiwe Bk., So. Berkshire Power & Elec. Co. Congregationalist. Republican, Office and home: Great Barrington.


BEEBE, Lucius Morris, journallst; b. Wakefield, Dec. 9, 1902; s. Junius Beebe and Eleanor (Mer- rick) B .; ed. spl. student, Harvard, 1924-25, Yale, 1926; A.B., Harvard, 1927; unmarried. Formerly correspondent, New York Evening Post; feature writer on staff Boston Telegram, 1924; contbr. to lit. sect., Boston Evening Transcript; on staff N.Y. Herald Tribune, 1929 -; writer of syndicate column, "This New York," 1933 -; mem. Chi Delta Theta. Clubs: Players, Coffee House (N.Y.), Tri- angle (Princeton, hon. mem.). Author: Corydon and Other Poems, 1924; Francois Villon, Certain Aspects, 1925; Edwin Arlington Robinson and The Arthurian Legend, 1927; Aspects of the Poetry of Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1928; A Bibliog- raphy of the Works of Edwin Arlington Robinson (with R. J. Bulkley), 1931; People On Parade (with Jerome Zerbe, Jr.), 1934; Boston and the Boston Legend, 1935; High Iron, A Book of Trains, 1938; also articles in reviews and periodicals; col- laborated with Prof. Charles Townsend Copeland on the Copeland Reader, 1925. Republican. Home: Wakefield.


BERBE, Philip Sidney, banker; b. Springfield, Jan. 24, 1878; s. Theodore Chapin Beebe and Amanda (Ellis) B .; ed. Springfield high sch .; m. Julia Callender of Springfield, Nov. 18, 1914. In bank- ing bus., 1895 -; v.p. Springfield Nat. Bk., Sterling Textile Co .; treas. Springfield Br. of Mass. S.P.C.C., Conn. Valley Hist. Soc. (Springfield). Episcopa-


linn. Office: Care of Springfield National Bank, 1531 Main St., Springfield. Home: 788 Long- nieadow St., Longmeadow.


BEEBE, Ralph Alonzo, teacher; b. Monson, Mar. 8, 1898; s. Alonzo M. Beebe and Minnie A. (Smith) B .; cd. Monson Aead .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1920; Ph.D., Princeton, 1923; m. Elizabeth Wagner of Martinsburg, W.Va .; children-John H., David S., Christopher. Instr., Dept. Chem., Amherst Coll., 1923-25, asso. prof., 1925-37, prof., 1937 -; 2nd lt. Inf., July-Dec., 1918; no for. service. Author: pa- pers on Adsorption, Heats of Adsorption, mostly in Journal of Am. Chem. Soc. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: Amherst College, Amherst. Home: 67 Dana St., Amherst.


BERBER, Samuel, principal of school; b. Worcester, Mar. 31, 1885; s. Max Beeber and Rose (Freimnour) B .; ed. Classical high sch., Worcester; A.B., Brown Univ., 1908, A.M., 1909; unmarried. Asst. in chem- istry, Brown Univ., 1908-09; head of Science Dept., Westbrook (Me.) high sch., 1909-12; teacher of physies, asst. prin., prin. South high sch., Wor- cester; dir. United Jewish Charities, B'nai B'rith Cemetery Corp .; mem. Masons, B'nai B'rith (past pres.), Worcester Civ. Music Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Economic (Worcester), Principals'. Jewish. Republican. Office: Rich- ards St., Woreester. Home: 6 Richmond Av., Wor- cester.


BEEKMAN, Johu VanDerveer, Jr., architect (re- tired); b. Brooklyn, N.Y., June 9, 1875; s. John V. Beekman and Elizabeth Ann (Bennett) B .; ed. Plainfield (N.J.) high sch .; B.S. (architecture), M.I.T., 1900; m. Susan Warren Hill of Cambridge, 1900. Structural draftsman, Edison Portland Cement Co., 1900-01; Boston mgr., Purdy & IIen-


derson, civil engrs., 1901-08; mgr., Whldden Co., builders, Boston, 1908-15; pres. Whldden-Beek- man Co., builders, Boston, 1915-25; retired, 1925; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Boston Soc. Architects. Club: Brae Burn Country. Baptist. Republican. Home: 21 Monadnock Rd., Chestnut Hill.


BEGG, Alexander Swanson, physician; educator; b. Council Bluffs, Ia., May 23, 1881; s. Alexander Swanson Begg and Lauretta (Slotterbeck) B .; ed. grad. Collegiate Inst., Sarnia, Ont., Can., 1899; B.S., Drake Univ., 1906; M.D., 1907; m. Grace Waers of Des Moines, Ia., 1908; children-John, Charles, Barbara. Instr. in pathology, Drake Univ., 1907-09, asst. prof. pathology, histology and embryology, 1909-10, prof. histology and embryol- ogy, 1910-13; teaching fellow, Harvard Med. Sch., 1911-12; instr. in comparative anatomy, 1913-18, dean Grad. Seh. Med., 1917-18, demonstrator in anatomy and instr. of histology, 1919-21; re- search asso., Carnegie Inst., 1915-16; prof. anat- oiny, Boston Univ. Sch. of Med., Carnegie Inst., 1915-16; prof. anatomy, Boston Unlv. Sch. of Med., 1921-, dean, 1923 -; served as 1st lt. and capt. Med. Res. Corps, 1917, major, 1918, lt. col. 1918, col. 1919 -; active duty, office of surgeon gen., A.E.F., 1917-19; mem. Am. Assn. of Med. Colls. (exec. council, 1929-32), A.M.A., Norfolk Dist. Med. Soc. (pres. 1933), A.A.A.S., Am. Anatomists Assn., Am Assn. Univ. Profs., Assn. Mil. Surgeons, Nat. Bd Med. Examiners (mem, exec. com. since 1936, Mass. Med. Soc. (sec. 1935-), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Club: Harvard (Bos- ton). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 80 E. Con- cord St., Boston. Ilome: 45 Hastings St., West Roxbury.


BEGG, Howard Bolton, business man; b. Malden, Dec. 28, 1896; s. George A. Begg and Bertha E. (McArdle) B .; ed. Chelsea high sch .; m. Katherine 1. Clasby of New York City, June 4, 1927; 1 dan .-- Joanne Clasby. Entered employ Everlastik, Inc., Nov. 1916, pres., Feb. 1934 -; dir. Everlastik, Inc., Sales Agency Corp., Woven Elastic Inst .; pvt., first class, 151st Brigade, during World War; mem. Masons. Protestant. Republican. Office: Chel- sea. Home: 5022 Sunset Dr., Kans. City, Mo.


\' BEHAN, Joseph C., insurance executive; b. Albany, N.Y., March 21, 1873; s. Thomas Behan and Wini- fred (McManus) B .; ed. Albany public schs .; m. Katharin A. Wasserbach of Albany, June 24, 1896: children-Louis B., Herbert G. Messenger and office boy, 1888-89; employee, law firm of Rosen- dale & Hessberg, Albany, 1890-93; stenog., Com- merce Fire Ins. Co., and D. & HI. R.R., 1893-96; stenog., Mass. Mut. Life Ins. Co., 1896-1909, asst. supt. of Agencies, supt. of Agencies, 2nd v.p., 1909- 36, v.p. and dir., 1936 -. Clubs: Colony, City (Springfield). Travel: U.S., So. Am., Cuba, Mox. Catholic. Independent. Office: 1295 State St., Springfield. Home: 336 Long Hill St., Springfield. BELASH, Constantine Alexis, business executive; b. Pernow, Russia, Mar. 16, 1898; ed. in Russia; spl. student, Wentworth Inst., 1923-25; m. Janet Bartol of Boston, Oct. 2, 1926; ehildren-John Washburn, Alexis Lancaster, David Cabot. Came to U.S. 1923, naturalized 1929; war work with Russian civic orgns., 1914-15; war corr., 1915-16; with Russian Army, later with White Russian Army, 1916-20; organizing edn. and relief for Russian refugees, Turkey, 1920-23; with Ginn and Co., ednl. publs. Boston, 1925-32; pres. Fellowcrafters, Inc., 1932- -; granted patents on adv. and ednl. devices; served with Russian Imperial Army, 1916-20, wounded in action four times, awarded Mil. Order of St. George, 1917; mem. Corp. Perkins Instn. for the Blind, Watertown; dir. Mass. Exptl. Sta. for the Blind, Olivia James House, Community Serv- ice of Boston; overseer, Brown and Nichols Sch., 1934-37; dir. Fellowerafters, Guild; mem. Mediae- val Acad. Am. Independent Republican. Office: 383 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 3 West Cedar St., Boston.




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