Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 23

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VHENNER, Burnham Roswell, physician (retired) ; b. Pittston, Me .; 1847; s. Burnham Clark Benner and Frances Maria (Talpey) B .; ed. Roxbury and Brockton pub, schs .; Harvard Med. Sch .; M.D., Coll. Phys. & Surgs., Columbia, 1875; m. Corrie Bancroft of Concord, N.Il., Feb. 6, 1879 (d.); chil- dren-Bancroft, Talpey. Engaged in gen. prac- tice of med., Lowell, 1875-76; mem. med. staff, N.H. State llosp. for Insane, 1876, asst. supt., 1877-84; propr. pvt. sanitarium, Tyngsboro, for treatment of mild mental cases, with ofllee in Lowell, as a specialist in neuro psychiatry, 1884- 1930; retired from active practice, 1930; visited hosps, for insane in Europe, 1905, esp. the insane colony at Gheel, Belg .; specialist, Med. Advisory Bd. Dist. 20 of Mass., 1917-19; mem. bd. trs., (the primary bd. that built the hosp.) Monson State losp. for Epileptles, 1895-1901; fellow Mass. Med. Soc. 1875 -; mem. Middlesex North Dist. Med. Soc. (pres. 1901-05); presented by local med. soc. with medal commemorating his many years of "Service to Humanity", 1936; has been called many times as expert witness in court In both capital and civil cases. Republican. llome: 14 Tenth St., Lowell.


HENNETT, Charles Ernest, professor of Latin; b. Ludlow, Dec. 31, 1882; s. Charles Buell Bennett and Emma Jane (Green) B .; ed. Ludlow fligh Sch., 1896-99; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1905; student Harvard, 1907-08; Ph. D., Cornell, 1911; m. Mabel Marguerite Morris of Piermont-on-Hudson, N. Y., June 25, 1914; 1 dau .- Marjorie Adeline. Asst. prin., high sch., Nanticoke, Pa., 1905-06; sub- master Washington (D.C.) Sch. for Boys, 1906-07; Instr. Volkmann Sch., Boston, 1907-08; teaching fellow, Cornell, 1908-11; instr. Latin, Amherst Coll., 1911-13, asst. prof., 1913-14, asso. prof., 1914- 19, prof. 1919 -; instr., Cornell, summer session, 1926; mem. Town Finance Com., Amherst, 1934-37, chmn., 1936-37; mem. advisory council, Am. Sch. Classical Studies In Rome, Italy; mem. Am. Philol. Assn., Archaeol. Inst. Am., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta. Author: Across the Years; The Pot of Gold; Lucretius on the Nature of Things. Travel: Europe (study), 1922; (asst. dir. and traveling leeturer, Bur. Univ. Travel) summers 1927-31; It., 1923-24. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Home: 36 Snell St., Amherst.


Y BENNETT, Frank P., Jr., financial journalist; b. Palermo, Me., Dec. 30, 1878; s. Frank P. Bennett and Nancy L. (Clark) B .; A.B., Harvard, 1900; in. Irene W. Willard of Saugus, Nov. 20, 1901; children-Olive C., Franklin P. Asso. with United States Investor and American Wool and Cotton Reporter (Boston and N. Y.), 1900 -; pres. Frank P. Bennett & Co., Inc., publishers of both jour-


nals, since 1901; mem. Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1904- 06, mem. Mass. Senate, 1910-12; Town Moderator of Saugus, 17 years to 1936; tr. Boston Five Cents Sav. Bk. Author: Story of Mutual Savings Banks, 1924; The Director and His Bank, 1933; Savings Bank Trustees-Their Duties and Responsibilities, 1933. Episcopalian. Office: 530 Atlantic Av., Bos- ton. Home: Sangus.


/HENNETT, Fred Fox, lawyer; b. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 24, 1870; s. Joseph Langford Bennett and Carrie (Ross) B .; ed. Hartford (Conn. ) high sch., 1885-89; A.B., Yale, 1896; m. Alice le. Whit- ing of Holyoke, Nov. 10, 1903; children-Frederick Whiting (d.), Alice Ross, Joseph Langford (d.). Admitted to Mass, bar, 1897; gen. practice of law, Holyoke, 1897 -; mem, firm Green, Bennett & Lyon; dir. William B. Whiting Coal Co., Holy- oke; mem. Mass. Con. Court, Ilo. of Rep, 1902 and 1903; U.S. Commr., 1924 -; mem. Phl Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Episcopalian (sr. warden, St. Paul's Parish, Holyoke). Republi- can. Office: 56 Suffolk St., Holyoke. Home: 248 Linden St., Holyoke.


V BIENNETT, Granville A., physician (pathologist); b. fliawatha, Kan., Sept. 23, 1901; s. Frank Ben- nett and Abbie C. (Allison) B .; ed. B.S., State Univ. la., 1923; M.D)., State Univ. Ia. Coll. Med., 1925; m. Leonore Weber of Keokuk, Int., May 15, 1926; 1 dau .- Mary A. Interne and clln. asst. in surg. and path., State Univ. la. 1925-27; res. pathologist, Peter Bent Brigham Hosp., 1927-29; instr. pathology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1927-34, asso. prof., 1934-37. asst. prof. 1937 -; mem. Am. Assn. Pathology and Bacteriology, Am. Soc. Exptl. Pathology, Am. Soc. Clin. Investigation, A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Pathol. Soc., Sigma Xi. Club: Harvard (Boston), Author: papers dealing with pathology and physiology of dis- eases of bones and joints and other med, sub- jeets. Office: Harvard Medical School. 25 Shat- tuck St., Boston. Home: 220 Dorset Rd., Waban.


BENNETT, John Cunningham, engineer, business man; b. Boston, Apr. 2, 1872; ed. pub. schs., eve- ning high sch .; m. Mary Gertrude Houlihan of Springfield, June 17, 1908; children-Bernice, Blanche, Brendan, Brian, Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary. Learned machinist's trade, Ft. Gratiot, Mich .; master mechanic Fisk Rubber Co., 1903- 07; foreman Stevens-Duryen Co., automobiles, Chicopee Falls, 1909-13; works mgr, and pur- chasing agt. Hampden Grinding Wheel Co., Brightwood, Springfield, 1913-23; New England sales ingr. Mart Machine & Die Casting Co., 1923- 25; engr. Springfield Gas Light Co. 1925 -; Re- cruiting Service World War, 1917-18; pres. Spring- field Co-operative Laundry Co., 1905; Wmn. L. Douglas Club, 1905; pres., Highland Civic League, 1904-07; mem. Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1907, 1908; chairman Democratic City Committee, 1905-06. Sec. Purchasing Agents Assn. of Western Mass., 1921, pres. 1922, hon, life miem. 1922; mem. Am. Peace Soc., B.P.O.1. (life mem.). Recreations: baseball, walking. flome: 118 Massachusetts Av., Springfield.


BENNETT, March Gilman, manufacturer; b. Errol, N. H., Jan. 31, 1869; s. Gilman Bennett and Mary (Wilson) B .; ed. West Newton pub, schis., 1875- 78. Asso. with Samuel Cabot, Ine, continuously 1889-, dir., 1907-, treas., 1917 -; treas, and dir. New England Felt Roofing Works, Polygon Products Co .; mem. Boston Comnion Council, 1901 - 03; mem. Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1904-07; dir. Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1911-13. Club: City ( Bos- ton). Republican. Office: 11 Milk St., Boston. Home: 124 Myrtle St., Boston.


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BENNETT, Ralph Decker, professor of electrical engineering; b. Williamson, N. Y., June 30, 1900; s. Edward Augustus Bennett and Sarah Jane (Decker) B .; ed. Williamson (N.Y.) high sch .; B.S., Union Coll., 1921, M.S., 1923; Ph.1)., Univ. Chicago, 1925; Nat. Research fellow, Princeton, 1926-27; Calif. Inst. Tech., 1927-28; m. Mary John- son of Boston, Sept. 1, 1934; 1 dau .- Sarah Louise. Instr. math., Union Coll., 1921-23, asst. prof. phy- sles, 1925-26; research asso., Univ. Chicago, 1928 - 31; asso. prof. elec. measurements, Mass. Inst.


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Tech., 1931-37, prof. 1937 -; It. commdr., U.S.N.R.F., 1936 -; fellow Am. Phys. Soc., Am. Inst. E. E. Author: sci. papers on X-rays and cosmic rays in tech. jours. Protestant. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. llome: 1 Woodside Rd., Winchester.


BENNETT, William A., public official; b. Worcester, Mar. 7, 1887; s. Charles L. Bennett and Lizzie U. (Woodward) B .; ed. Worcester high sch .; m. Nellie M. Bacon of Worcester, June 28, 1910; children-Phyllis M., Gordon F. Machinist, Coes Wrench Co., 1902-16; with Spencer Wire Co., later inc. as Wickwire Spencer Steel Co., 1916-, asst. supt. of wire mill; mem. Common Council, Worcester, 1920-24, pres .; mem. Bd. Aldermen, 1936-37, acting mayor, City of Woreester, part of 1936, mayor, 1938 -; mem. Mass. llo. of Rep., 1924-28; formerly tr. Worcester City Hosp., now tr. Goddard Memorial Home for Aged Men; mem. Masons, I.O.O.K. Congregationalist (moderator Bethany Ch. 1914-). Republican, Office: 80 Webster St., Worcester. Ilome: 122 Brookline St., Worcester.


BENSON, Arthur Edward, mechanical engineer; b. Butte, Mont., Mar. 13, 1903; s. Edward Benson and Marie Johanna (Stalberg) B .; ed. Butte (Mont.) high sch .; B.S., M.I.T., 1926; m. Esther C. Carlson of Indian Orchard, Sept. 16, 1933; 1 son-Richard E. Student engr., Western Elec. Co., Kearney, N.J., 1926-27; research and devel- opment, tire construction dept., Fisk Rubber Corp., Chicopee Falls, 1927-1933, mgr. in charge, 1933- 1938, ingr. Product Development Dept., 1938 -; 1st lt. Ordnance Res. Corps, U.S.A .; mem. Am. Soe. M.IC., Soc. Automotive Engrs., Tire & Rim Assn., A.F.&A.M. (Belcher Lodge), R.A.M. (Unity Chap.). Clubs: Ludlow Country, Acacia, Fisk Craftsman's, Author: tech. papers on tire constrn. and design. Travel: Finland, Swed., Nor., Den., Eng., Can. Lutheran. Republican. Office: Fisk Rubber Corp., Chicopee Falls. Home: 201 Oak St., Indian Orchard.


BENSON, Frank Weston, painter and etcher; b. Salem, Mar. 24, 1862; s. George W. Benson and Elizabeth (Poole) B .; ed. Salem high sch .; tech. edn. in sch. drawing and painting, Boston Mus. Fine Arts, 1880-83; JJulian Acad., Paris, 1883-85; A.M., Tufts Coll .; m. Ellen P. Peirson of Salem, Oct. 27, 1888 ; children-Eleanor, George, Elisabeth, Sylvia. Instr. drawing and painting, Boston Mus. Fine Arts, 1889 -; N.A., 1905; mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters, Ten Am. Painters, etc .; repre- sented in Metrop. Mus. Art, Corcoran Gallery, Art Inst. Chicago, etc. Awards: medal at Chi- cago Expn., 1893; Carnegie Inst., Pittsburgh, 1889; 2 prizes, Boston Art Club; 2 prizes, Jordan Gallery, Boston; prize, Cleveland Art Assn .; Shaw Fund prize, Soe. Am. Artists; Clark prize, Hall- garten prize, Nat. Acad. Design; Ellsworth prize, Chicago, and silver medal, Paris Expn., 1900; gold medal, Carnegie Inst., 1903; Lippincott prize, Phila., 1904; 2 gold medals, St. Louis Expn., 1901; gold medal, Phila. Art Club, 1906; silver medal, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1907; Potter Palmer medal and prize, Chicago, 1910; Logan prize, Chicago Soc. Etchers, 1918; William A. Clark prize and Coreoran gold medal, Corcoran Gallery, 1919; T. W. Logan gold medal, Chicago, 1922; gold medal, Sesquicentennial, Phila., 1926. Home: 14 Chestnut St., Salem. Summer res. : North llaven, Me.


BENSON, Henry Perkins, cotton and cotton waste merchant; b. Salem, Dec, 30, 1866; s. George W. Benson and Elizabeth (Poole) B .; ed. Salem high sch .; Mass. Inst. Tech., 1886; m. Rebecca A. Brod- head, Jan. 11, 1893; children-Rosamond (Mrs. John T. Whitmore), Ruth (Mrs. John Pickering), Rebecca (Mrs. Paul T. Haskell). With A. Emer- son Co., 1886 -- , pres. and dlr., 1917 -; dir. Sweet- land Waste Co .; pres. and dir. Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co .; dir. and mem. exec. com. Naumkeag Trust Co .; tr. and pres. Salem Hosp .; mem. Salem City Council, 1902-04; alderman, 1906, 1907, 1912; overseer of poor, 1905; mayor, 1916-17; warden, Grace Church. Clubs: Union (Boston), Mass. Automobile, City (Boston), Eastern Yacht (Mar- blehead), Salem Billiard. Episcopalian. Repub-


lican. Office: 80 Federal St., Boston. Home: 7 Hamilton St., Salem. Summer res .: Marblehead Neck.


ÅBENT, Arthur Cleveland, business man (retired) ; b. Taunton, Nov. 25, 1866; s. William 11. Bent and Harriet F. (Hendes) B .; ed. Bristol Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1889; m. Madeleine V. Godfrey of Taunton, Jan. 20, 1911; children-Harriet F., Margaret. Bus., cotton mill machinery, 1910- 1914; treas. and pres. Plymouth Electric Light Co., 1893-1927; ornithol. exploration; writing; Asso. in Ornithol., Harvard Univ. Mus .; collabo- rator, U.S. Nat. Mus .; chair of biol., Smithsonian Inst .; mem. State Guard; Food Administration; 4 minute speaker, mem. Exscription Bd., World War; mem. Am, Ornithologists Union. Clubs: Cooper Ornithological, Explorers (N.Y.). Author: Life llistory of North American Birds. Travel: No. Am. (extensive). Episcopaljan. Republican. llome: 140 lligh St., Taunton.


BENTON, Austin Corning, business man, treasurer; b. Newton Centre, Aug. 24, 1883; s. Edward Ray- mond Benton and Annie Cline (Corning) B .; ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., Harvard, Jov5; m. Mary Elizabeth Wilkins of Cambridge, Sept. 11, 1915. Clk., N.I. Mut. Life Ins. Co., 1905-06; with Wi. Filene's Sons Co., 1906-, controller, asst. treas., dir., 1915 -; treas,, dir., Continental Cloth- ing Co .; pres., dir., Merchants Credit Bur .; mem. 1st Corps Cadets, M. V.M., 1907-16; Ist It., 1st Mo- tor Corps, Mass. State Guard, 1917-20; mem. Bos-, ton Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Charles River Country. Baptist. Re- publican. Office: 426 Washington St., Boston. lome: 93 Monadnock Rd., Chestnut Hill.


BENTON, Jay Rogers, Insurance executive; b. Som- orville, Mass., Oct. 18. 1885; s. Everett Cham- berlin Benton and Willena (Rogers) D .; ed. Ilop- kinson's Sch, Boston; Phillips Exeler Acad .; A.B., llarvard, 1908; LL.B., Boston Univ. Law Sch., 1911; m. Frances Hill of Boston, June 16, 1913; chil- dren-John Hill, Mary, David, Peter, Nicholas. Pres. Boston Mut. Life Ins. Co .; dir. Waverley Co-op. Bank; repr. Mass. Legislature, 1917-18; Asst. Atty, Gen., 1918-23; Atty. Gen., 1923-27; partner Sherburne, Powers and Needham, 1927-36; . Serg. Co. F, 11th Regt. Inf., Mass. State Guard; chmn. Five Liberty Loan Coms., Belmont, during World War; v.p. Beacon Soe .; pres. Belmont Hist. Soe .; mem. Nat. Assn. Attys. Gen., Council of Boston Bar Assn., Am. Law Inst., Am. Bar Assn .; v.p. Law Soc. of Mass .; pres. N.E. Exeter Alumni Assn., 1934-35. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Oakley Country, Middlesex (pres., 1930-36). Author: Syn- opsis Federal Income Tax, Founders of the Plan- tation. Congregationalist. Republican. Olliee: 160 Congress St., Boston, llome: "Middlesex House," Belmont. Summer res .: "Sunny Mead- OWS" Guild llall, Vt.


BENTON, Stanley P., manufacturer of Paper Mill Machinery; b. West Brookfield, Oct. 20, 1887; s. John C. Benton and Fannie (Prindle) B .; ed. Searles high sch., Gt. Barrington; Williams Coll., 1910; m. Margaret A. Jones of Pittsfield, April 9, 1912; children-Anne Benton (lagyard), John S. Benton. With Vermont Marble Co., 1911-1913, Folsom and Adams, 1913-1917; It. Ordnance Dept., World War, 1917-1919; with ES. D. Jones & Sons Co., Pittsfield, 1919-, now dir. and pres .; dir. and chmin. Trust Com., Pittsfield, 3rd Nat. Bk. & Trust Co .; dir., Keith Paper Co. (Turners Falls), Community fund Assn. of Pittsfield, Boys Club and Y.M.C.A. of Pittsfield; pres. Williams Coll. Athletic Council, Young Women's llome Assn, of Pittsfield; mem. Masons. Clubs: Williams and University (New York), Country (Pittsfield). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 7 North St., Pittsfield. Home: 93 Crofut St., Pittsfield.


BERENSON, Arthur, lawyer; b. Boston, Oct. 1, 1879; 8. Louis Berenson and Sara Berenson; ed. Boston English high sch .; Dean Acad., Franklin; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law; m. Jessie Morse of Bos- ton, Oct. 24, 1907; children-James Morse, Ruth Cyrilla. Admitted to Mass. Bar 1901, l'ed. Bar 1903; trial counsel in prominent cases in Mass., N.Y., Del., Md., N.J .; served on Draft Bd. during


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World War; mem. Fed. Jewish Charitles. Clubs: Kernwood Country, Ellslum (past mem.). Travel: Europe. Related to Bernard Berenson, Italian art critic; father one of ploneer Jewish settlers In Mass .; wife niece of Leopold and Godfrey Morse. Jewish. Liberal. Ollice: 1 State St., Boston. Home: Hotel Commander, Cam- bridge.


BERG, Bernard, dentist; b. London, Eng., Mar. 24, 1894; s. Isaac Berg and Alice B .; ed. Mechanles Art high sch., Boston; D.M.D., Tufts Dental Sch., 1917; unmarried. Teacher, Tufts Dental Sch., 1921 -. Jewish. Office: 68 Bay State Rd., Bos- ton. Home: 28 Babcock St., Brookline.


BERGENGREN, Ralph Wilhelm Alexis, author; b. Gloucester, Mar. 2, 1871; s. Frederick Wilhelm Alexis Bergengren and Caroline Frances (Boyn- ton) B .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1893; m. Anna Farqu- har, Jan. 26, 1900. Contr. cartoons to Boston Sunday Globe, 1897-99, dramatic criticism and editorials, Boston Budget several yrs .; on writing and ed. staff of Publicity Bur., Boston, 1902-05; art critic, Boston Advertiser, 1904-07. Author: In Case of Need, 1900; The Comforts of Home, 1918; Jane, Joseph and John-Their Book of Verses, 1918; The Perfect Gentleman, 1919; The Seven Ages of Man, 1921; David the Dreamer, 1922; Gentlemen All and Merry Companions, 1922; edi- torials, reviews, juvenile fiction, essays, etc., to mags, and newspapers. Home: Scituate.


VBERGMAN, Herbert Floyd, pathologist; b. Medi- eine Lodge, Kan., Sept. 15, 1883; s. Francis F. Bergman and Luella A. (Meigs) B .; ed. Lincoln (Kan.) high sch .; B.Sc., Kan. State Coll., 1905; Univ. Neb .; M.S., Univ. Minn., 1915, Ph. D)., 1918; in. Margaret McCarty of South Haven, Mich., Aug. 14, 1912; children-Constance Eileen, Eliza- beth Ann. Asst. in botany, Kan. State Coll., 1906-08; asst. prof., N.D. Agrl. Coll., 1908-12, Univ. Minn, 1912-17; asst. pathologist, Fruit Dis- case Investigation, Bur. Plant Industry, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1917-19; prof. botany, Univ. Hawaii, 1919-29; sr. pathologist, Bur .- Plant Industry, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1929 -; exchange prof. botany, Univ. Mich., 1922-23; Seesel Fellow in physiol. chem., Yale, 1925-26; mem. A.A.A.S., Bot. Soc. Am., Am. Genetic Assn., Am. Eugenics Soc., Am. Soc. Plant Physiologists, Taxonomists, Am. Phyto- path. Soc., Am. Mycol. Soc., Mass. Hort. Soc., Sigma Xi. Author: articles in sci. jours. Ma- ternal ancestors early settlers in N.E .; one was ollicer, Am. Revolution. Congregationalist. In- dependent. Office: Mass. State College, Amherst. Ilome: 244 Amity St., Amherst. Summer res .: Kast Wareham.


Y BERGSON, Harry, lawyer; b. London, Eng., July 9, 1883; s. Simon Bergson and Leah (Cohen) B .; brought to U.S., 1889; ed. grad. Boston Latin sch., 1900; A.B., Harvard, 1904; LL.B., Harvard Law Seh., 1906; in. Augusta Cook of Boston, June 26, 1906; children-Herbert Augustus, Harry, Philip, Elinor Augusta, David Emmanuel, Isabel. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1905; in gen. practice of law, Boston, 1905 -; agency counsel, Boston Loan Agency of Reconstruction Finance Corp. (covering 6 states) 1934 -; v.p. and sec. Dehydrat- ing Process Co .; sec. Mass. Fish, Ice & Cold Storage Co. Club: Boston City. Democrat. Of- fice: 31 State St., Boston. Home: 33 Bradlee St., Dorchester.


BERGSTROM, Carl Oscar, electrical engineer; b. Sweden, Jan. 31, 1883; s. Carl August Bergstrom and Fredrika (Peterson) B .; ed. Swedish pub. schs .; came to U.S., 1902; naturalized, 1908; Lowell Inst. under auspices of Mass. Inst. Tech .; grad. mech. eng. 1908; elec. eng. 1909; m. Ruth F. Mag- nusson of Boston, Oct. 29, 1912; children-Mildred Elvira (Mrs. Howard L. House), Carl Henry. Mech. draftsman and designer for several firnis, 1903-11; mgr. elec. dept., B. F. Sturtevant Co., mfrs. elec. machinery, fans and blowing equip- ment, Hyde Park, 1911 -; has patented a num- ber of machines and devices pertaining to elec. machinery, railway ventilation, refrigerating machinery, vacuum cleaners, etc .; exec. mem Nat. Mfrs. Assn .; mem. Am. Inst. E.E., A.F.&A.M.


(Royal Arch Chap., Royal and Select Masters). Travel: U.S., Eng., Swed., Den., Neth., Ger., Fr. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: B. F. Sturtevant Co., Hyde Park. Home: 19 Summit St., Hyde Park.


\BERK, Arthur, physician; b. Boston, Apr. 4, 1900; s. Samuel Berk and Ida (Berman) Berkowitz; student Washington Grammar Sch., Boston, 1905- 12, English high sch., 1912-16; Tufts Coll. Pre- Med. Sch., 1916-17; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1921; m. Sybil Smith of Ruston, La., June 2, 1925; children-Robert Lloyd, Elaine Carol. Engaged in practice of medicine, Boston, 1921 -; instr. neurology, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1927, asst. prof, psychlatry, 1936 -; psychiatric examiner of prisoners for Mass. State Dept. of Mental Dis- eases, 1930 -; physician to dept. of nervous and mental diseases, N.E. Medical Center; diplomate of American Bd. of Psychiatry and Neurology. Author: articles on nervous and mental diseases in med. jours. Jewish. Office: 270 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 60 Parkman St., Brookline.


BERKELEY, Ernest Theodore, actnary (casualty insurance); b. No. Prescott, July 12, 1906; s. Rev. William G. Berkeley and Harriet ( Banyard) B .; ed. Appleton Acad., New Ipswich, N.II .; A.B., Harvard, 1927 (1928); in. Grace Thayer of New Ipswich, N.H., Aug. 2, 1927; children-Patricia Anne, Ernest Theodore, Jr. Teacher math., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1927-29; in casualty ins. bus., Employers' Group, 1929 -; lecturer at Ins. Lib. Assn. of Boston (local br., Ins. Inst. Am.), 1938-39; fellow Casualty Actuarial Soc .; asso. Ins. Inst. Ain .; men. Phi Beta Kappa, Club: Actuaries (Boston). Travel: Europe, 1937. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office: 110 Milk St., Boston. Home: 125 Prospect St., Wellesley Hills. Summer res .: New Ipswich, N.H.


V BERKELEY, James Percival, clergyman; b. Salt Lake City, U., Jan. 21, 1879; s. James Eli Berke- ley and Annie Louise (Means) B .; ed. B.A., Mari- etta (O.) Coll., 1905; B.D., Newton Theol, Insin., 1908, post grad. work at same instn .; Free Ch. Coll., Glasgow, Scot .; Manchester Univ., Eng .; Manchester Coll., Oxford, Eng .; Harvard; D.D., Colby Coll., 1922, Marletta Coll., 1935; m. Grace Isabel Lane of Everett, Oct. 28, 1908; children -- James Lane, Anstin West, Elinor Grace. Or- dained to Bapt. ministry, 1908; instr. N.T. dept., Newton Theol. Instn., 1909-14, Turner fellow in Eng. and Scotland, 1914-15, asst. prof. O.T. and N.T. depts., 1915-19, prof. religious edn., 1919 -; inem. Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Jesus Our Leader; The Torch Bearer; The Two Ways. Baptist. Republican. Ilome: 82 Oxford Rd., Newton Centre.


BERKOWITZ, Abram, lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 15, 1892; s. Morris Berkowitz and Bessie ( Douglas) B .; ed. LL.B., Boston Univ. 1916; m Minna Kroll, Dec. 7, 1917; children-Leonard, Dorothy. Admitted to Mass, bar, 1916; engaged in gen, practice of law, Boston, 1916 -; mem. firm Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins. Office: 50 Fed- oral St., Boston. Home: 38 Hobart Rd., Newton Centre.


BERMAN, Harry Bernard, manager; b. North Adams, May 17, 1895; s. Joseph Berman; ed. grad. Holyoke evening high sch., 1913; Holyoke high sch., 1916; B.S. (chem.), Mass. State Coll .; In. Emma N. Miller of New Britain, Conn., July 16, 1935. Mfr. retail shoes; pres. Menorah Soc., Mass. State Coll., 1918; past pres. Holyoke Y.M.IL.A .; volunteer Community Worker; War service, 14 days 1918, stationed at Brown Univ., Providence, IL.I. Jewish. Store: 349 Bridge St., Springfield. Home: 116 Nonotuck St., IIolyoke.


BERMAN, Philip Grossman, physician; b. Lawrence, Feb. 12, 1900; s. Ilarris Berman and Mary (Gross- man) B .; ed. Lawrence high sch .; Tufts Coll. 1919- 21, M.D. (cum laude), Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1925; in. Anne Fidler of Lowell, July 14, 1921; 1 Son- Charles S. Interne, Roxbury and Boston City llosps., 1925-27, St. John's Hosp., Lowell, 1925; practiced medicine, Lowell, 1927 -; splty. eye, car, nose and throat; clin. instr. otolaryngology, Tufts Coll., Med. Sch., 1929-33; now asso. ophthal-


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mie and otolaryngol. surg., St. Joseph's Hosp., Lowell; surg. out-patient dept., Beth Israel llosp., Boston; dir. Lowell Community Center, Concord Hardware & Plumbing Supply Co .; capt. Med. Res. Officers, U.S.A., World War; fellow A.C.S., Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology; mem. N.E. Otolaryngol. Soc., Mass. Med. Soc., Assu. Mil. Surgeons, Res. Officers Assn., Elks, Masons, Shrine. Clubs: Vesper, Country, Rotary, Yorlek. Travel: No. Am. Caribbean. Jewish. Republican. Office: 174 Central St., Lowell. llome: 54 Adam Ter., Lowell.


yBERNKOPF, Max E., lawyer; b. Providence, R.I., Nov. 15, 1895; s. David Bernkopf and Sarah W. (Eisman) B .; ed. class. high seh., Providence, R.I .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1916; LL.B., Har- vard Law Seh., 1919; m. Selma Cohen of Boston, Jan. 27, 1920; 1 dau .- Sally Anne. Practiced law in asso. with llon. Abraham K. Cohen, Boston, 1919 -; mem. A. K. Cohen-Max E. Bernkopf, 1935 -; dir., mem. exec. com., and sec. Economy Grocery Stores Corp., Boston; dir. Am. Invest- ment Co. of Ill., of St. Louis, Mo .; sec. Alles and Fisher, Inc., Trimount Clothing Co., Inc .; dir. and sec. various other business orgns .; dir., mem. exee. com., mem. Bd. Trust Mgrs., and sec. Asso. Jewish Philanthropies, Inc., Boston; dir. and mem. exec. com. Beth Israel Hosp. Assn., Boston, Jewish Child Welfare Assn., Ine .; dir. Ilecht Nelghborhood House, Boston; dir. and tr. various other communal orgns .; mem. Boston, Mass. and Am. Bar Assns., Delta Sigma Rho. Clubs: Harvard, New Century (Boston), Kernwood Country (Salem). Office: 735 Tre- mont Bldg., Boston. llome: 27 Newell Rd., Brookline.


BERNS, James, Inancial executive; b. Chelsea, May 1, 1893; s. Israel Berns and Charlotte (Sei- berg) B .; ed. Chelsea high sch .; Bryant & Strat- ton Commercial Sch,; m. Jeannette Berkman of Boston, June 20, 1916; children-Stanley, Char- lotte, Robert J. Engaged in mfg. and packing of grocery specialties, 1920-21; in handling real estate, 1921-26; asso. with Globe Discount & Finance Corp. 1928-34; with Am. Finance Corp., 1931-, now pres, and treas .; mem. Masons (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Pine Brook Valley, Country (Brookline), Tennis and Squash (Newton). Jew- ish. Office: 227 Park Sq. Bldg., Boston. llome: 345 Clinton St., Brookline.




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