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Natick, Apr. 23, 1864; d. Willlam Perkins Bige- low and Martha Ann (Mansfield) B .; ed. Natick high sch .; A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1885; A.M., 1891; unmarried. Teacher, Walnut Lane sch., German- town, Pa., 1885-86; Chelsea high sch., 1889; Wel- lesley C'oll., 1889-93; co-founder and co-prin. with Charlotte Howard Conant, Walnut Hill Sch. for Girls, Natick, 1893-1925; prin., 1925-33; retired 1933; pres. bd. tr .. Walnut Hill Sch., Natick; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Wellesley Alumnae Assn. Club: Middlesex Wellesley. Travel: ISu- rope, Near East, Egypt (1888, 1890, 1904, 1920, 1924, 1926, 1934). Desc., John Blglow and Mary Warren, Ist marriage recorded Watertown, 1640. Congregationalist. Republican, llonie: 19 Shat- tuck St., Natick. Summer res .: Old Straitsmouth Lane, Rockport.
BIGELOW, Henry Bryant, zoologist; b. Boston, Oct. 3, 1879; s. Joseph S. Bigelow and Mary C. (Bryant) B .; ed. A.B, Harvard, 1901, A.M., 1904, Ph.D., 1906; m. Elizabeth P. Shattuck of Boston, Ang. 14. 1906; children-Elizabeth P. (d.), Mary C., Henry B. (d.), Frederick S. Connected with Harvard, 1905-, curator of Coelenterates, Mus. Comp. Zool., 1914-26, research curator in zool., 1925-27, curator of oceanography, 1927-, also prof. zool .; dir. Woods Hole Oceanographic Instn., 1930 -; spl. expert, U.S. Shipping Bd., July 18, 1917-Jan. 1, 1919; res. officer, U.S. Army Trans- port Amphion, Aug. 14, 1918-Oct. 23, 1918: fel- low Am. Acad. Art and Sciences, A.A.A.S., Royal Geog. Soc. (London); mem. Am. Philos. Soc., Am. Geophys. Union, Nat. Acad. Sei., Boston Soc. Nat. Ilist., Norwegian Acad. (Oslo); corr. mem Zool. Soc., London, Acad. Nat. Sei., State Rus- sian Geog. Soc. Clubs: Faculty (Cambridge), Harvard (Boston), Cosmos ( Washington, D.C.). Century (N.Y.). Author: numerous treatises on zoology and oceanography. Address: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge. . Home: Concord. Summer res .: Woods Hole Oceano- graphic Instn., Woods Hole.
Y BIGELOW, Robert Payne, zoologist; b. Baldwins- ville, N.Y., July 10, 1863; s. Otis Bigelow and Margaret (Payne) B .; ed. Columbian Coll. (How George Washington Univ.) prop. sch .; S.B., Har- vard. 1887; l'h.D., Johns Hopkins, 1892; m. Caro- line Evans Chase of Milton, Nov. 9, 1911; 1 son- Robert Otis. Instr. in biology, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1893-1912; asst. and asso. prof., zool, and para- sitology, 1912-22, prof., 1922-33, prof. emeritus, 1933-, lib., 1895-1925; lib., Marine Biol. Lab., Woods Hole, 1919-23; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences (corr. Soc., 1926-30), A.A.A.S .; mom. Am. Soc. Naturalists, Am. Assn. Anatomists. Author: Directions for the Dissection of the Cat, 1925, 1935; articles in zool. jours .; series of biol. arti- cles in Reference Handbook of the Medical Svi- ences, 1900-04, 1913-17. Editor: American Nat- 1895- uralist, 1897-98; Technology Quarterly, 1908; revised ed., Sedgwick & Tyler's Short His- tory of Science, 1939. Travel: W.1., Eur. Desc. John Bigelow of Watertown; Asahel Bigelow of Westborough, soldier of the Revolution, 1775- 1781; on maternal side, from Noah Payne of Fort Miller, N. Y. prior to Revolution. Episcopalian. Republican, Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. llome: 72 Blake Rd., Brookline.
VBIGELOW, William De Ford, realtor; b. Boston, Jan. 29, 1878; s. Albert Smith Bigelow and Mary (De l'ord) B .; ed. Milton Acad., 1890-96; A.B., llarvard, 1900; m. Helen Harding of Boston, Inne 4. 1902; 1 son-Richard Harding. Bank cik., 1901-03; building contractor, 1903-16; treas. N.I. Oil Co., 1919-20; treas. Swift, MeNutt Co., wrecking contractors, 1921-23; sr. mem., real estate firm of Bigelow & Co., Boston, 1924 -; 1st Corps Cadet, - Mass. N.G., 1900-03; vol., French Army, 1916-17, capt. and maj., U.S.A. Res., 1920-, croix de guerre (twice) ; v.p. and tr., Am. Field Service Fellowships, branch of Inst. of Internat. Educ., N.Y .; Boston mem. com., Alliance Fran- çaise; mem. Masons (Lodge of Eleusis). Clubs: Somerset ( Boston), Yacht (Cohasset). Travel: Fr., Eng., Gr .. It., Sp., Afr., W.I. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 31 Mill St., Boston. llome:
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VBIGELOW, William Pingry, muslclan; b. Amherst, Mar. 29, 1867; s. Orvis Furman Bigelow and Mary Helen (Pingry) B .; ed. in music, Worees- ter Co. Music Sch .; studied abroad with A. B. Boise and Fraulein Ress, Berlin; Sbriglla, Paris; City Dir. Buths, Franz Litsinger, Dusseldorf; B.A., Amherst Coll., 1889, M.A., 1898; m. Jane Ball of Caldwell, Kan., Sept. 7, 1909; children- Mary Pingry (Mrs. Arthur C. Austin), Ruth Ball (d.), Margaret Semele (d.). Identified with music and German depts., Amherst Coll., 1894-, prof. music 1906-36, now emeritus; conductor of choral soes. in Holyoke, Greenfield, Smith Coll., Northampton, Mass. State Coll .; pres. Columbia Music Concerts Corp. for Amherst; in charge of Oratorio Chorus, Amherst, since its organization, 1900-36; men. Chi Phi, Masons. Club: Faculty. Author: Die Meistersinger, 1900; articles in vari- ous music mags. Baptist. Home: 36 Dana St., Amherst.
BIGELOW, William Reed, lawyer; b. Natick, Feb. 10, 1867; s. William Perkins Bigelow and Mar- tha Aun (Mansfield) B .; ed. Natick high sch., 1880-83; Newton high sch., 1884-85; Boston Univ., 1885-86; A.B., Harvard, 1889; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1892; m. Mary Louise Bigelow of Nat- ick, Oct. 19, 1898; children-William Francis, Louis Kimball, Robert Mansfield. Adm. to Mass. bar, 1892; practicing lawyer, Boston and Natick, 1892 -; adm. to practice in U.S. Supreme Ct., Dee. 20, 1899; spec. justice, Dist. Ct., Natick, Nov. 28, 1930; tr. and 1st v.p. Natick Five Cents Sav. Bk .; pres., Dell Park Cemetery Assn .; mem. sch. bd., 1908-13, bd. selectmen, 1909, bd. of appeals on zoning, 1931-37; tr. Walnut Hill Sch. (Natick), Morse Inst. (pub. lib.); mem, Theta Delta Chi. Travel: Europe, 1896. Congregationalist. Repub- lican. Office: 46 Ames Bldg., Boston. Home: 50 Walnut St., Natick. Summer res. : Rockport.
BILL, Carroll M., artist, interior decorator; b. Phila .. Pa., Dec. 28, 1877; s. Alexander Henry Bill and Caroline Amelia (Cutler) B .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; Harvard Sch. Architecture, 1900; m. Sally M. Cross of Lawrence, May 24, 1921. Practice of architecture; interior decoration and design of spl. furniture and interior architecture; then mu- ral painting and gen. painting, oils and water colors, splty. Spanish subjs. and N.E. antiquities; painter of important murals, Boston; illustrator of several books; exhibited in all better known picture shows; mem. Boston Soe. Architects. Bos- ton Soc. Water Color Painters, Guild Boston Ar- tists, etc. Clubs: St. Botolph, Harvard (mem. art com.), Boston Architectural (dir.), Boston Art. Author: many articles on decoration and design, some on Spanish travel, etc. Travel: many trips to Sp., Morocco, Mex., W.I., Eng., etc. Bill family lived at Pullen Pt. Weymouth, 1639-40. Episco- palian. Republican. Office and home: 596 C'om- inercial St., Weymouth.
VBILL, Nathan D., b. Springfield, Oct. 12, 1855; s. Gurdon Bill and Emily A. (Denison) B .; ed. pub. and high sehs., Springfield; Eastman Bus. Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; m. Ruth E. Wright of Spring- field, Apr. 22, 1885. Entered mfr. of paper and envelopes, Springfield, 1875; dir. Union Trust Co .; pres. City Lib. Assn .; dir. City Hosp., Union Re- lief; mem. Finance Com., Old Ladies' Home; ex- alderman, park commr., bridge commr., Spring- field; mem. Civie Relief. Clubs: Union (Boston), Metropolitan, Union, League, Lotos (N. Y.) Nayas- set, Colony, Economie (Springfield). Ilome: 284 Maple St., Springfield.
Y BILL, Sally Muzzy Cross, artist; b. Lawrence; d. Elijah Vose Cross and Fanny (Plaisted) C .; ed. Lawrence schs .; Am. art schs .; in. Carroll M. Bill of Boston, May 24, 1924. Painter of miniature and oil portraits, mural decorations, oils and water- color paintings; exhibited at Corcoran Gallery (Washington), Chicago Art Inst., Boston Mus. Fine Arts, Brooklyn (N.Y.) Mus., Phila. Mus. (2 miniatures), San Francisco, and Los Angeles (Calif., medals) ; mem. Guild Boston Artists, N. Y. Soc. Water Color Painters, Am. Water Color Soc.,
Nat. Assn. Women Painters & Sculptors, Pa. Soc. Miniature Painters, Boston Soc. Water Color Painters. Club: Boston Art. Travel: Europe, Mex., Pacific Coast. Gt.g.d. Muzzy and Baldwin families active in Revolution. Episcopallan. Republican. Office and home: 596 Commercial St., East Wey- mouth.
V BILIASTT, Roy Oren, professor of education; b. Mar- tel, (., June 17, 1891; s. Edward Ehnore Billett and Ida Lenore (Earley) B .; ed. Marengo Vill. high sch .; diploma, Bliss Bus. Coll., 1917; Bowling Green State Normal Sch., 1918; B.S., O. State Univ., 1923, A.M., 1927, Ph.D., 1929; m. Edna Mae Cun- ningham of Delaware, O., Sept. 14, 1912; 1 dau .- Evelyn Margaret. Teacher, rural sch., Morrow County, O., 1911; teacher, supt. of village schs., Morrow County, 1912-18; supt., New Bloomington Centralized Schs., Marion County, O., 1918-22; prin., Thomas W. Harvey Mem. high sch., Paines- ville, (., 1923-28; instr .. O. State Univ., 1929; specialist In sch. adm., U.S. Office of Edn., 1930-32; professorial lecturer in edn., Grad Sch., The American Univ., 1930-32, George Washington Univ., 1931-32; asso. prof. secondary edn. and supervisor of practice teaching, Ill. State Normal Univ., 1932-33; lecturer in edn., Harvard Grad Sch. Edu., 1933-34; asso. prof. edn., Boston Univ .. 1934-35, prof., 1935 -; staff mem., Survey of Higher Instns. of Learning in Ark., 1930; special- ist in charge of Provisions for Individual Differ- ences, Marking and Promotion, Supervision, with Nat. Survey of Secondary Edn., 1930-32; staff mem., Survey of Pub. Schs., Cincinnati, O., 1935; cooperating specialist, Coop. Study of Secondary Sch. Standards, 1936; mem. Nat. Soc. for Study of Edu. (mem. Yearbook Com., 1936), Am. Assn. Sch. Administrators, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Edn. Research Assn., N.E.A. (Dept. Secondary Sch. Prins.), Nat. Edn. Assn., Nat. Council for Social Studies, Phi Delta Kappa. Author: numerous ar- ticles and monographs on ednl. subjects. Metho- dist. Office: Boston University. Home: 5 Craigie Cirele, Cambridge.
BILLINGS, Asa White Kenney, Jr., architect; b. N.Y. City, Sept. 20, 1901; s. A. W. K. Billings and Edna (Peabody) B .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; B.S., M.I.T., 1928; m. Doris Colburn of Boston, June 5, 1926; children-Doris Allen, Kenney. Practiced architecture, Boston, 1928 -; mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Boston Soc. Architects, Sigma Chi. Clubs: Salinagundi (N.Y.), University (Boston). Author: mag. articles. Travel: Spain, 4 yrs .; Cuba, 8 yrs .; France, 1 yr. Protestant. Republi- can. Ollice: 126 Newbury St., Boston. Home: 63 Longfellow Rd., Wellesley Hills. Summer res .: West Tisbury.
BILLINGS, Edmund, business executive; b. Boston, Sept. 9, 1898; s. Edmund Billings and Elizabeth (Child) B .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A. B., Harvard, 1919; m. Elise Garceau, Oct. 16, 1920; children -- Elizabeth, Edmund, Jr., Curtis, Robert. Chemist, Zinsser & Co., Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., 1919-23; sales mgr., Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc., 1923-34; v.p., 1934 -; dir. Godfrey I. Cabot, Inc., and various subsidiaries; pvt., C.W.S., U.S.A .; mom. Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Aeronautical Assn. Clubs: Harvard (N.Y.), Weston Golf. Travel: Europe and U.S. ( frequent and extensive). Protestant. Inde- pendent. Office: 77 Franklin St., Boston. Home: Cedar Rd., Weston.
BILLINGS, Ethel Keleer, editor, correspondent; b. North Groton, N.Il .; d. John William Billings and Alice (Overton) B .; ed. Lowell high sch. ; spl. pvt. courses in lit., hist., architecture, Egyptology; voice and violin training; unmarried. flas been identified with newspapers wholly; with Fall River Herald, Lawrence American, Lowell Sun- day Telegram, Lowell Courier-Citizen and Eve- ning Leader; corr., Boston Post, for some time; began as spl. writer, advanced to police and court reporting, dealing largely with important police and political doings, including murders, robberies. etc., then did feature writing, now theatre page and radio ed. Author: feature articles; "Spotlight on Hollywood" column in Evening Leader; "Mi- crophone and Sereen Whimsies" (on theatre, screen, and radio). Travel: throughout N.E. and
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N. Y. State. Of notable Eng. family. Owner of two valuable old vlolins brought from England by mother; born on one of the largest hop-growing farms In U.S., one of most noted in N.I. Epis- copalian. Republican. Office: Lowell Courier- Citizen Newspaper Co., 15-17 Kearney Sq., Lowell. Home: 17 Myrtle St., Lowell.
- BILLINGS, Frank Ernest, pres. and treas. Worcester Stamped Metal Company; b. Bellows Falls, Vt., Oct. 31, 1881; s. Charles Sumner Billings and llelent Luella (Dennis) B .; ed., Worcester pub. schs .; m. Jennle Sophie Lobben of Worcester, Oct. 26, 1904; children-Mildred A. (Mrs. Theodore W. Day), Wayne Ernest. Employed at boy's work, Ilarrington Richardson Arms Co., 1895-96; fore- man clasp dept., Logan, Swift & Brigham En- velope Co., 1896-97; apprentiee and tool making, Reed & Curtis, 1898-1906; tool making and exptl. tool work for stamping, Matthews Mfg. Co., 1906- 12; asso. with Worcester Stamped Metal Co. 1912-, supt., then treas., 1916, when business was inc., and treas. 1916-, pres. and treas. 1934 -; tr. Lowell Wrench Co., Odd Fellows' Home; pres. Odd Fel- lows' Charitable Assn .; dir. Nat. History Soc., Worcester; mem. Masons (32°, Shriner). I.O.O.F. (grand lodge, grand encampment). Clubs: Ki- wanis, Worcester Country ( Worcester); Shrews- bury (Shrewsbury). Mem. Ch. of Disciples. Re- pullcan. Office: 9 Hunt St., Worcester. Ilome: 10 Spring St., Shrewsbury.
BILLINGS, Harold Dexter, business man; b. New- ton, Nov. 2, 1887; s. Samuel Kendall Billings and Evelyn Gertrude (Pratt) B .; ed. Newton high sch .; M.I.T., 4 yrs .; m. L. Allee Ware of Newton, Oct. 25, 1911; 1 dau .- Mrs. Boyce W. Godsoe. Jr. field and office engr., Bartlett & Ranney, San An- tonio, Tex., 1910-11; J. R. Worcester Co., 1912-14; G. W. & F. Smith Iron Works, 1914-16; structural dept., B.&M.R.R., 1916-18, cons. engr., 1912-20; With Tredennick-Billings Co., 1918-, now pres. and treas. Office: Building Construction, 10 High St., Boston. llome: 25 Page Rd., Newtonville. Summer res .: Norway, Me.
BILLINGS, Marland Pratt, asso. professor of geol- ogy; b. Jamaica Plain, Mar. 11, 1902; s. George Bartlett Billing's and Helen Agnes (McDonough) B .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1923, A.M., 1925, Ph.D., 1927; m. Katharine Stevens Fowler of Wellesley, Apr. 23, 1938. Asst. in geol., Harvard, 1922-24, instr., 1924-28, asst. prof., 1930- 39, asso. prof., 1939 -; asst. and asso, prof. geol., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1928-30; with U.S. Geol. Survey, summers 1929 and 1930; field work in N.IL., Mont., Ut., Swiss Alps; mem. Geol. Soe. Am., Am. Goog. Soc., Mineral Soc. Am., Société Geologique de France. Author: papers on geology of Boston, N.H., Mont., Ut., Swiss Alps, Ark. Travel: all over U.S. (on geol. field work). Episcopalian. Republi- can. Office: Dept. Geology, Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 115 Dover Rd., Wellesley.
BILLINGS, Mary Hathaway, Commissioner, North- ampton Council of Girl Scouts; b. Brooklyn, N.Y .; (I. James Archer Billings and Emma Caroline (Hathaway) B .; ed. Miss Rounds Sch., Brooklyn, N.Y. Past Pres. Gen., Colonial Daughters of 17th Cent .; Past Regent, "Women of '76" Chapter, D.A.R. Brooklyn, N.Y .; mem. Soe. Mayflower Descs. (N.Y. City), N.E. Hist. Geneal. Soc. Clubs: Nat. Arts (N.Y. City, painter mem.), Women's Nať. Republican. Desc. of William White, Francis Cooke, and Thomas Rogers, Mayflower, 1620. Epis- copalian. Republican. Home: 102 Bancroft Rd., Northampton.
V BILLINGS, Osmond Jesse, clergyman; b. Sharon, July 9, 1878; s. Sanford Waters Billings and Elza- beth (Morse) B .; ed. Sharon high sch .; Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1900; B.D., Yale Div. Seh., 1905; m. Rena Lyman Nutting of Am- herst, June 25, 1926; children-Edward Adams, Carolyn Nutting. Prin. East Lyme (Conn. ) high sch., 1900-01; ordained 1905; pastor, Mem. Ch., Worcester, 1905-08, 1st Cong. Ch., Upton, 1908-15, Union Evang. Ch., Three Rivers, 1915-24, Cent. Cong. Ch., Orange, 1925-36, Ist and 2nd Cong. Ch., West Newbury, 1936 -; past moderator, Hampden Co. Assu. Cong. Chs. Mass .; town treas., pro tem.,
Sharon, 1902; tr. Pub. Llb., W. Newbury, 1938; mem. Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Biblical (Springfield, past mem.), Kiwanis (Orange, past mem.). Desc. Gov. William Brad- ford, Plymouth Colony; formerly a custodian of Bradford Mayflower Bible. Congregationalist. Home: West Newbury.
YBINDER, Jacob, artist; b. Russia, Der. 18. 1889; s. Aaron Binder and Ella B .; ed. Art Sch. at Vilna, Art Acad. at Petrograd, Russia; m. Rose Bessin of Boston, 1911; children-Aaron, Eugene, Edmund. Studied with John Singer Sargent, Joseph DeCamp in U.S .; painting "The Tahnudist" in Boston Mus. Fine Arts; "The Scribe" awarded prize at N.E. Art Exhbn .; portraits of Pres. Daniel L. Marsh of Boston Univ., ex-Gov. Bartlett of N.H., Dr. Rosenau of Harvard, A. C. Rat- chesky, former ambassador to Czechoslovakia, Col. Benton; mem. North Shore and East Glouces- ter Art Assns., Nat. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Boston Art, Boston City. Travel: Europe. Jewish. Office: Fenway Studios, 30 Ipswich St., Boston. Home: 127 Lucerne St., Dorchester.
Y BINGHAM, Clarence Arminger, governmental con- sultant; b. Elizabeth, N.J., Sept. 20, 1886; s. Char- les N. Bingham and Clara Josephine (Martin) B .; ed. Battin sch., Elizabeth, N.J .; Rutgers Univ .; spl. work, Columbia, Harvard; m. Christina Cam- eron MacQueen; children-Charles Rankin, Mrs. Louis R. MeBay, Mrs. Charles W. Rowe. Cons. mun. engr., 10 yrs .; governmental consultant on Federal, State and Municipal reorganization, 5 yrs; city mgr., 18 yrs .; city mgr., Norwood, Wal- tham, Watertown (N.Y.), Lima (O.), West Palm Beach (Fla.); mem. Am. Soe. C.E., Govt. Research Assn., Am. Pub. Welfare Assn .; Internat. City Mgrs. Assn. (past pres. ) ; Internat. Assn. Chiefs of Police (hon. mem.), S.A.R., Chl Phi. Author: many treatises on pub, management and engring. Desc. mother's side, Putnam family. Episco- palian. Republican. Home: 55 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Summer res .: East Dennis.
YBINGHAM, George II., Jr., manufacturer; b. Little- ton, N.Il., Jan. 6, 1895; s. George H. Bingham and Cordelia Pearmain (Ilinekley) B .; ed. Manchester (N.H.) high sch .; Exeter Acad .; Dartmouth Coll., 1919; m. Elizabeth B. Anderson of lhonolulu, 1936; children-George W. Chandler, Elizabeth Pearmain Bradford. v.p. Cambridge Rubber Co. and subsidiaries, 1918 -; ensign, U.S.N., World War (war course grad., Annapolis); mem. Chi Phi. Clubs: Dartmonth, Tennis & Badminton (Boston). Father is Fed. U.S. Cireuit Judge, 1st bist .; wife, desc. Gov. Bradford. Episcopalian. Democrat. Office: 748 Main St., Cambridge. Home: 34 Avon St., Cambridge. Summer res .: a 750, Nor- folk, Conn.
BINGHAM, Howard Henry Charles, teacher, school principal (retired) ; b. Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 5, 1862; s. Rev. Joel Foote Bingham, D.D., and Susan Elizabeth (Grew) B .; ed. at home; A.B., Harvard, 1887; m. Ora Hill of Stoneham, Dee. 23, 1893. Tutor, Hartford, Conn., 1887-93; teacher Latin and hist., Hartford (Conn.) high sch., 1893-97; asso. prin., Fitchburg high sch., 1897-99; prin., Law- rence Acad., Groton, 1899-1906; master, St. Panl's Sch., Concord, N.H., 1906-08; prin., Amsterdam (N.Y.) high sch., 1908-16; teacher hist., North- eastern Univ. (Y.M.C.A.), Boston, 1918-24; sec. Y.M.C. A., 1917-18; mem. Free Masons, K.T. Epis- copalian. Home: 31 Chestnut St., Stoneham. Sum- mer res .: Monhegan Island, Me.
BINGHAM, William John, director physical educa- tion; b. Norristown, Pa., Aug. 8, 1889; s. Robert Bingham and Martha (Clyde) B .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad .; A B., Harvard, 1916; m. Florence Patee of Eldorado, Ark., May 29, 1917; children- William John, Jr., Richard Innes. In bus., 1916-17; bus. in Houston, Tex., 1919-20; importing, Boston, 1920-26; dir. phys. edn. and athletics, Harvard, 1926 -; dir. Cambridge Trust Co., Boston Garden & Arena Corp .; Ernest Monnier, Inc., eapt., Ambu- lance Corps, U.S.A., June 1917-May 1919; croix de guerre (divisional citation silver star), 1918. Clubs: Faculty ( Harvard), Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), Wellesley Country. Travel: Eng., Europe,
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1917-19, 1920, 1922, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1936. Repub- llean. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 131 Glen Rd., Wellesley Farms.
{ BINNEY, Horace, physician; b. Middletown, Conn., Dec. 5, 1874; s. Rev. John Binney and Charlotte (Bush) B .; A.B., Harvard, 1897; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1901; m. Harriet Cunningham of Brook- line, 1915. Practiced Med., Boston, 1901 -; forni- erly surg .- in-chief, First Surg. Service, Boston City losp .; formerly prof. surgery, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch .; served in U.S. army Med. Corps, with A.E.F., 1917-19, disch. 1919 as lleut. col .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Norfolk Dist. Med. Soc., Am. Surg. Assn., N.E. and Boston Surg. Socs. Clubs: Harvard, St. Botolph. Desc. Hon. Horace Binney of Phila., Pa. (g.g.s.). Episcopalian. Ro- publican. Office: 370 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 65 Green St., Milton.
BINNIAN, Walter Babcock, investment broker; b. Peoria, Ill., Oct. 28, 1884; s. William Henry Bin- nian and Elizabeth Ann (Babcock) B .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; Ph.B., Yale, 1907; m. Katharine Gansevoort Thomas of So. Orange, N.J., Apr. 10, 1915; children-Samuel Shaw, Katharine Ganse- voort, William, John Walford. Associated with White, Weld & Co., members N. Y. Stock Exchange, Boston, 1915 -; tr. Cohasset Sav. Bk .; pres. Co- hasset Cent. Cemetery Assn .; formerly dir. N.C. Joint Stock Land Bk. and Atlas Plywood Corp .; former mem. finance com., Town of Cohasset; life mem. Bostonian Soc., Mass. Ilist. Soc .; mem. Co- hasset list. Soc., Cohasset Improvement Assn. Clubs: Yale, Bond ( Boston), Cohasset Golf, Cohas- set Yacht. Episcopalian, (nem. vestry, St. Ste- phen's Ch., Cohasset). Republican. Otlice: 111 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: Margin St., Co- hasset.
YBIRCHARD, Clarence C., music publisher; b. Cam- bridge Springs, Pa., 1867; s. Alonzo Dewey Birch- ard and Hannah Fidella (McFadden) B .; ed. com- mon schs. Began as publ. of music in 1900, establishing an American standard with "The Laurel Song Book" for schs .; has since issued an extensive list, including sch. and community mu- sie for all grades, and orchestral and other music; pres. C. C. Birchard & Co .; active in promotion of Americanization and internationalism. Club: Bos- ton University. Office: 221 Columbus Ave., Boston. Home: 60 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.
HIRD, Anun Child, (Mrs. Charles Summer Bird) ; b. Worcester, Jan. 12, 1855; d. Elisha Morwin Child and Elizabeth Humphrey (Martin) C .; ed, pub. schs .; Miss Williams Pvt. Sch .; Miss Putnam's "Fashionable Boarding Sch."; m. Charles Sumner Bird of E. Walpole, Oct. 19, 1880; children-Fran- eis W., Charles Summer, Jr., Edith HI. (Mrs. R. P. Bass), Joanne Bird Shaw-Johnson. Chum, of suf- frage assn. in Mass .; founder and 1st pres. Wom- en's Rep. Club Mass,; organized women of Mass. in Republican party; Com., Rep, Nat. Com., ad- visory com. on disarmament, Daughters of Rev. Clubs: Somerset, Chilton, Women's Rep. (Mass.). Travel: Europe, Asia. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: East Walpole. Summer res .: Wianno.
VBIRD, Charles Sumuer, Jr., b. East Walpole, Sept. 21, 1884; s. Charles Summer Bird and Anna (Child) B .; ed. Milton Acad .; A. B., Harvard, 1906; m. Julia Appleton of Ipswich, dau. of R. M. Appleton, Nov. 10, 1917; children-Charles, III, David, Christo- pher, Diana. Mfg. mrg., Bird & Son, Inc., Wal- pole, 1906-16, v.p., 1920-, chin. exec. com., 1930 -; capt. F.A., U.S.A., 1917-20; dir. Home Bldg. Co., Bird Machine Co., N.E. Fund, Bird & Son, Ine .; chmm. Town Planning Com., Walpole; mem. Mass. Constl. Conv .; chmn. Standing Com., Tr. Pub. Reservations; pres. Old Colony Council, Boy Scouts Am .; mem. A.A.A.S., etc. Clubs: Somerset, Tennis & Racquet, Norfolk and Myopia Hunt, Harvard. Author: Town Planning for Small Communities. Travel: World. Desc., Francis William Bird; father, Charles Summer Bird, was candidate for gov. Mass., 1912. Episcopalian. Con- servative, Christlan Republican. Ollice: East Wal- pole. Home: Endean, E. Walpole. Summer res. : Waldingfield, Ipswich.
YBIRD, John Reginald, manufacturer of experimental machinery; b. Hingham, June 21, 1906; s. Reginald William Bird and Violet Dean (Gooderham) B .; od. Noble and Greenough Sch. ; B.S., Harvard Coll., 1929; student Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1929- 30; engaged In mifr. textile machinery, 1932-33; firearms editor, "The Sportsman", 1931-35; mfg. exptl. machinery, 1934 -; treas. Power Research Corp., dir. Flintkote Co .; 2nd It. 26th F.A., U,S.A. Res. 1932 -; awarded Congressional Medal for service with Byrd Antarctic Expan., 1929-30. Clubs: Hasty Pudding, Spee, Phoenix S.K., Har- vard, Badminton and Tennis (Boston). Ollice: 7 Water St., Boston. Home: 21 Commonwealth Av.,. .Boston.
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