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VBIRD, Paul Perey, business exceutive; b. Kalama- zoo, Mich., Mar. 24, 1877; s. Charles H. Bird and Mary A. (Warrant) B .; ed. M.E., Cornell, 1900; m. Elizabeth Hyatt of Toledo, O., June 20, 1908; children-Paul P. Jr., Mary E. (Mrs. Christopher Young), Alma (Mrs. Samuel Bartow). With New- port News Shipbuilding Co., 1900-03; instr. In marine engring., Cornell, 1904; steam engr., Ill. Steel Co., S. Chicago, 1904-07; smoke insp., City of Chicago, 1907-11; mech. engr. with Common- wealth Edison Co., Chicago, 1911-13; now pres., treas, and dir. Boston Sand & Gravel Co. Uni- tarian. Republican. Office: 118 First St., Cam- bridge. Home: 11 West Cedar St., Boston.
VBIRD, Reginald Willlam, director; b. Brookline, June 22, 1872: s. William B. Bird and Caroline (Crossman) B .; ed. llopkinson Sch .; m. Violet Dean Gooderham (d.); Elizabeth Bowditch, June 9, 1932; children-John R., Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Clark, Mrs. Patricia M. Smith. Mem. J.A. & W. Bird & Co., 1890-1915; pres. Flintkote Co., 1902- 26; chmn. bd., 1930; pres. Mass Fed. Taxpayers Assn., 1933 -: dir. Flintkote Co., N.Y., Exolon Co., Blaisdell, N. Y .; tr. Free Hosp. for Women, Middle- Sex Co. Extension Service. Clubs: Algonquin, Ex- change, Badminton & Tennis, Eastern Yacht. Beverly Yacht, New Bedford Yacht. Ollice: 7 Water St., Boston. Home: 21 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Summer res .: "Waveney Farm," Fram- . ingham.
HURDSEYE, Clarence, executive, inventor; b. Brook- lyn, N.Y., Dee. 9, 1886; s. Clarence Frank Birdseye and Ada Jane ( Underwood) B .; ed. Montclair (N.J.) high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1910; m. Eleanor Gannett of Washington, D.C., Aug. 21, 1916; children-Kellogg G., Ruth, Eleanor, Henry S. Field naturalist, U.S. Biol. Survey; fur trading, Labrador; purchasing agt., U.S. Housing Corp. ; in- vestigator, U.S. Fisheries Assn .; pres. Birdseye Seafoods, Inc., N. Y. City; v.p. Gen. Seafoods Corp., Gloucester; v.p. in charge Research and Develop- ment, Birdseye Packing Co., Boston & Gloucester; dir. research, Birdseye Labs., Gloucester; now pres. Birdseye Elec. Co., Gloucester; refrigeration cons., Frosted Foods Co., Inc., N.Y .; dir. Cape Ann Nat. Bk., Gloucester Chamber of Commerce; mem. Am. Fisheries, Am. Soc. Refrigerating Engrs. (pres. Boston Chap., 1930), Am. Soc. M.E .; charter mem. Am. Soc. Mammalogists, Am. Inst. Refrig- oration, Illuminating Engring., Am. Chem. Soc. Republican. Ollice: 51 Commercial St., Gloucester. Home: Eastern P't., Gloucester.
BIRKHOFF, Garrett, mathematician; b. Princeton, N.J., Jan. 10, 1911; s. George David Birkhoff and Margaret (Grafius) B .; ed. Brownc and Nichols Sch., Cambridge; A.B., Harvard, 1932; Cambridge Univ .; m. Ruth Wills Collins of Moorestown, N.J., June 21, 1938. Junior Prize Fellow, Harvard, 1933-36, instr. math., 1936-38, asst, prof., 1938 --. Travel: Europe (Eng., Fr., Ger., Rus., Ire., It., Scan.). Quaker. Democrat. Ollice: Harvard Uni- versity, Cambridge. Home: 10 Dana St., Cam- bridge.
Y HIRKHOFF, George Davld, mathematician, profes- sor; b. Overisel, Mich., Mar. 21, 1884; s. David Birkhoff and Jane Gertrude ( Droppers) B .; ed. Lewis Inst., Chicago, IL .; A.B., Harvard, 1905, A.M., 1906; Ph. D., Univ. Chicago, 1907; hon. Sc.l., Brown Unly., 1923, Univ. Wis., 1927, Harvard, 1933, Univ. Pa., 1938; Doctor (honoris causa), Poitiers, 1933, Paris 1936, Athens, 1937; L.L.D., St. Andrews,
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1938; in. Margaret Elizabeth Grafius of Chicago, Ill., Sept. 2, 1908; children-Barbara, Garrett, Rodney. Inst. math., Univ. Wis., 1907-09; asst. prof., Princeton, 1909-11, prof., 1911-12; asst. prof., Harvard, 1912-19, prof., 1919-33, Perkins prof. math., 1933-, dean of Faculty of Arts & Sciences, 1935-39; lecturer, Collège de France, 1931; mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Am. Phllos. Soc., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Math. Soc. (pres., 1924-26), A.A.A.S. (pres., 1936), Circolo Matematico di Pa- lermo, Royal Danish Acad. Selences & Letters, Göttingen Acad. Sciences, Inst. of France, Royal Acad. of the Lincel, Royal Inst. Bologna, Edin- burgh Math. Soc., Franeh Legion of Honor (ofli- cer), Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Club: Faulty (Cambridge). Travel: Europe (many times); around world (twice). Author: Origin, Nature and Influence of Relativ- ity; Relativity and Modern Physics; Dynamical Systems, 1928; Aesthetie Measure, 1933. Ed., An- nals of Mathematics, 1911 and 1913. Trans., Am. Math. Soc., 1920-25. Awards: Querini-Stampalia prize, Royal Inst. Sei., Letters & Art of Venice, 1918; Bôcher prize of Am. Math. Soc. (for research in dynamies), 1923; prize given by A.A.A.S., 1926; blennial prize of Pontifical Acad. Sciences, Vatican City (for research on systems of differential equations), 1933. Protestant. Republican. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 987 Me- morial Dr., Cambridge. Summer res .: Harvard.
BIRNIE, John Mathews, surgeon; b. Rockville, Conn, Sept. 5, 1878; s. William Perkins Birnie and Mary Whiteway (Mathews) B .; ed. Spring- field high sch .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1901; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1906; m. Hazel Ricker of Holyoke, 1920; children-Johnathan, Benjamin, Joan. Practiced surgery, Springfield, 1906 -; vis- iting surgeon, Springfield Ilosp., Springfield; Monson State Hosp., Monson; consulting surgeon, Shriners Hosp. for Crippled Children, Wesson Memorial and Isolation Hosp., Springfield; John- son Memorlal Ilosp., Stafford Springs, Conn .; Noble Hosp., Westfield; surgeon, Mary Lane Hosp., Ware; mem., Bd. Registration Medicine, 1924 -; Lt. Col. Med. Corps, U.S.A., 23 mos., 11 mos. over seas, World War; mem. A.M.A., A.C.S., Mass. Med. Soc. (past pres.), N.E. Surg. Soe. (pres.). Clubs: Rotary, Harvard (Boston). Protestant. Republi- can. Office: 146 Chestnut St., Springfield. Home: 166 Atwater Ter., Springfield.
V BIRON, Louis A., editor and publisher; b. Lotiniere, P.Q., Can .; married; children-Louis A. Jr., Jeanne M., Martha A. Pres., treas., and pub. L'Etoile, French daily newspaper, Lowell. Office: 24-26 Prince St., Lowell. Home: 99 Harvard St., Lowell. YBISCHOFF, Rudolph Paul, brewery official; b. Fort Wayne, Ind., F'eb. 17, 1875; s. Rudolph A. Bischoff and Pauline (Thieme) B .; ed. Concordia Coll., Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Ph.G., Purdue Univ. Sch. Pharm., 1895; m. Louise Pauline Burkhart of Boston, Apr. 21, 1901; children-Ralph Frederic, Donald Burk- hart. Began career as pharmacist, Fort Wayne, Ind .; salesman, Burkhart Brewing Co., Boston, sales mgr., then pres., 1927-34; pres. and treas. The Croft Brewing Co., Boston, 1933 -; dir. Martin Luther Orphan's Home, Boston. Club: City (Bos- ton). Lutheran. Republican. Office: Terrace St., Roxbury. Home: 52 Nonantum St., Newton. Sum- mer res .: North Scituate.
BISCOE, Howard M., business man; b. Westboro, July 3, 1869; ed. A.B., Yale, 1892; married. Cik., ticket auditor's office, B.&A.R.R., 1892; gen. Freight office, C. Vt. Ry., 1893-95; gen. traffic mgr's office, 1895-98; for. freight agt., also for N.Y.C. & II.R.R.R., Boston, 1898-1905, gen. freight agt., 1905-10, asst. freight traflie ingr., 1910-11, traffic mgr., 1911-13, v.p. N.Y.C.R.R., in charge B.& A.R.R., 1913-18, fed. mgr., 1918-20; v.p., 1920 -; dir. Newton Trust Co., Ware River R.R. Clubs: Exchange, Yale (Boston), Brae Burn Country. Office: South Station, Boston. Home: 77 Dorset Rd., Waban,
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BISSELL, Flint Mandrin, clergyman; b. Wilmington, Vt., Sept. 8, 1866; s. Danlel Milton Bissell and Martha Viola (Ames) B .; ed. Boston English high sch .; B.D., Tufts Coll. Div. Sch., 1897, S.T.D., 1927;
m. Mary Lambert Todd of Cambridge, 1895; chil- dren-Emily Upton, Lambert Winchester ((.), Eleanor Ames, Helen Hinds. Insurance bus. Bos- ton, 1883-93; ordained Universalist minister, 1897; pastor, Spencer, 1897-98, Springfield, 1898-1908, Wilmington (Vt.), 1910-1924, Grove Hall, Dorches- ter, 1924 -; v.p., Mass. Universalist Conv .; dir. Universalist Pub. House; mem. Masons, O. E.S. Club: Universallst. Independent. Office: Grove Hall Universalist Church, Dorchester. Home: 66 Thetford Ave., Dorchester. Summer res .: Wil- mington, Vt.
BITNER, Laurence Schaeffer, store manager; b. Mil- lersville, Pa., Feb. 25, 1887; s. Henry Franklin Bitner and Cora Catherine (Murray) B .; ed. grad., First Penna. State Normal Sch., 1903; A.B., Frank- lin and Marshall Coll., 1906; m. Ethel Thompson of Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 14, 1911; 1 dau .- Naney MacNab. Business agt., China, 1905-09; ry. construction, Alaska, 1910; mining, Alaska, 1911- 15; with E. I. duPont Co., Va., 1916-18; Procter & Gamble Co., O., 1919; dir. Win. Filene's Sons Co., 1920 -; dir. Continental Clothing Co .; pres. Charga-Plate Associates; mem. Kappa Sigma, A.F.&A.M., Aleppo Shrine. Clubs: Boston City, Engineers', Charles River Country. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Wm. Filene's Sons Co., Boston. Ilome: 106 Spooner Rd., Chestnut Hill. Suminer res .: Ayer Lane, Harwichport,
BITTER, Francis, associate professor physics of metals; b. Weehawken, N.J., July 22, 1902; s. Karl Bitter and Marie (Schevill) B .; ed. Taft Sch .; A.B., Columbia, 1923, Ph.D., 1928; Univ. Chicago; Univ. Berlin; m. Alice E. Coomara of England, 1928. Nat. Research Fellow in physics, 1928-30; Westinghouse research labs., 1930-34; Guggen- heim fellow, 1934; assoc. prof. physics of metals, M.I.H., 1934 --. Author: Introduction to Ferro- magnetism. Office: Mass. Inst. Tech., Cambridge. Home: 4 Bond St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Mari- boro, N.H.
Y BIXBY, Chesley Tasker, manufacturer; b. Haver- hill, Apr. 11, 1901; s. George H. Bixby and Evelyn (Chesley) B .; ed. A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1923; m. Barbara Brooks of Haverhill, June 14, 1928; chil- dren-Benjamin, Elizabeth. Pres. and dir., W. E. Bixby & Co. mfrs. shoe findings, Haverhill, 1925 -; pres. Donnell-Bixby Co., Inc., Everett E. Riley Co .; dir. Citizens Coop. Bk., Merrimac Nat. Bk .; mem. Lambda Chi Alpha, Masons, Shrine. Clubs: Pentueket, Fortnightly (Haverhill), Congrega- tionalist. Republiean. Office: 170 Washington St., Haverhill. Home: 6 Lakeview Av., Haverhill.
BIXBY, Emlly May, chemist; b. No. Andover, Jan. 7, 1903; d. Robert Bixby and Emilie Selma (Paselt) B .; ed. Johnson high sch., No. Andover: B.S. in Chem., Tufts Coll., 1924; M.S., M.I.T., 1927; Ph. D., Western Reserve Univ., 1931; unmarried. Analyst, Gillette Safety Razor Co., So. Boston, 1924-26, Dry Milk Co., Bainbridge, N.Y., 1927-28; biochem. technician, Harvard Med. Sch., 1931-32; technician, Reformatory for Women, Framingham, 1933-34, Faulkner Hosp., Jam. Pl., 1934-36; chemist, Re- search Dept., State Sch., Wrentham, 1936 -; mem. Am. Assn. on Mental Deficiency, Phi Beta Kappa (Delta in Mass.), lota Sigma Pi (fluorine chap.). Clubs: The Holly (Wrentham), North Andover Woman's, Appalachian Mt. Author: papers on chem. ete. Desc. Gov. Dudley, Gov. Bradstreet, Anne Bradstreet, poetess. Protestant. Office: State School, Wrentham. Home: 2 Abbott St., No. Andover.
VBIXBY, Henry Irving, surgeon; b. Boston, Mar. 27, 1898; s. John James Bixby and Carrie Marsh (llanson) B .; ed. Thayer Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1918; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1922; in. Ilelen Porter Richards of Quincy, 1925. Surg., West Surg. Service, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1922-24, asst. in surgery, 1932 -; asso. surg., Sturdy Mem. Hosp., Attleboro, 1927 -; health ofllcer, North Attleboro, 1929 -; instr. surgery, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch .; F.A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Attleboro Doctors', Harvard (Boston). Repub- lican. Home: 230 Elm St., North Attleboro.
VBIXBY, Walter, lawyer, mechanical engineer; b. Boston, Nov. 9, 1885; s. Alvan Hovey Bixby and
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Agnes (Lavalle) B .; ed. mech. arts high sch. (Franklin medal), Boston; Lowell Inst .; Alex- ander Hamilton Inst .; LL.D., J.D., Blackstone Coll., 1925; in. Eleanora McCarthy of Boston, Nov. 1910; children-Lavalle (Mrs. Willlam Hoss), Leonora, Grace, Willis. Praetleed law, Dorches- ter, 1926 -; specialized in patent law; patent atty. and chief engr., Shawmut Engring. Co., 1917 -; has 65 U.S. and for. patents of carpet machinery; mem. Dist. Court of U.S. & Mass. Bar; mem. Bar Assn. of City of Boston, Am. Soe. M.E., Nat. Soc. Puritan Deses. Author; articles in Am. Machinist, Machinery. Catholic. Office: 195 Freeport St., Dor- chester. Home: 1 Mt. Pleasant Ter., Roxbury. Summer res .: Egypt.
VBLACK, David, business consultant; b. Glasgow, Scot., Sept. 6, 1884; s. Davld Black and Jane (Campbell) B .; came to U.S., 1905, naturalized clti- zen, 1910; ed. Student Albany Acad. and high seh., Glasgow, Scot., 1897-1903; spl. studies, Boston Univ., 1919; m. Grace McDowall of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1910; children-Kate Mc- Dowall ( Mrs. William Sloane Tallon), Jane Camp- bell. Engaged as junior pub. accountant, later sr. accountant, N.Y. City, 1905-17; treas. Page & Shaw, Inc., 1917-28; v.p. Cynthia Sweets Co., 1928- 33; bus. engr. and consultant 1928 -; pres, and dir. Beacon Sales Co .; exec. v.p. and dir. Alden Speare's Sons Co .; dir. Bushnell & Chase, Ine .; asst. Treas. Mass. State Y.M.C.A .; mem. Masons. Club: City (Boston). Congregationalist. Republican. Oflice: 518 Kendall Square Bldg., Cambridge. Home: 62 Crasmerd St., Newton.
VBLACK, Frank Adolphus, publicity work (retired) ; b. Romford, Eng., Jan. 1, 1877; s. James Black and Eliza (Brooks) B .; ed. Romford gram, sch. (private); Plainville (Kan.) high sch .; m. Mar- garet Russell of Chicago, Ill., May 16, 1899; chil- dren-Frank Russell, George Demyer, Harry Waldo. Publicity work, 45 yrs .; with Marshall . Field & Co., John Wanamaker; publicity mgr., dir. William Filene's Sons Co., Boston, 22 yrs .; retired, 1934; dir. Fruit of the Loom, Inc. (R.T.), Nat. Better Bus. Bur. (N.Y.), Manawul Mfg. Co. (Boston) ; clunn. N.E. publicity, all Liberty Loans; pvt., Sergt. 12th Regt., Mass. State Guard; during 25 yrs. in organized advertising was v.p., treas. Advertising Fed. Am .; pres., treas., dir. Adver- tising Club, Boston; Ist pres., Asso. Retail Adver- tisers; 1st chmn., Adv. Group, Nat., Retail Dry Goods Assn .; v.p. Shopping News, Boston. Clubs: Boston City, Advertising, Appalachian Mt. Au- thor: many articles in trade papers. Travel: Eur- one (several times), around world. Episcopalian. Generally Democrat. Home: 129 Chestnut St., West Newton. Summer res .: Center Tuftonboro, N.H.
VBLACK, John Donald, economist; b. Jefferson Co., Wis., June 6, 1883; s. Robert Black and Margaret (Scott) B .; ed. Ft. Atkinson (Wis.) high sch .; Normal Sch., Oshkosh, Wis., 1905; B.A., Univ. Wis., 1909, M.A., 1910, Ph.D., 1918; m. Nina Van Steen- berg of Lansing, Ill., June 23, 1917; children-John Donald (d.), Guy, Margaret, Alan. Teacher high scl., Rice Lake, Wis., 1905-07; instr. rhetorlc, Western Reserve Univ., 1910-11; instr, and asst. prof. rhetoric, Mich. Coll. of Mines, 1911-15; instr. economics, Univ. Wis., 1917-18; prof. agrl. eco- nomics, Univ. Minn., 1918-21, chief of div., 1921-27; prof. economics, Harvard, 1927 -; chief economist, Fed. Farm Bd., 1931-32; eons. splst., Bur. Agrl. Economies, U.S. Dept. Agr. 1922; ehmn. adv. com. on agr., Social Sci. Research Council, 1930-33; Exec. Economist, U.S. Dept. Agr. 1938-39; mem. Am. Farm Keon. Assn. (pres., 1932), Am. Eeon. Assn., Am. Stattis. Assu., Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Gamma Rho. Author: Introduction to Production Economics, 1926; Agricultural Be- form in the United States, 1929; The Dairy Indus- try and the A.A.A., 1935; co-author: Three Years of the A.A.A .; Productlon Organization, 1929; Agricultural Index Numbers, 1938. Editor: Social Science Research Council series on scope and method of research in agrl. economies and rural sociology. 1930-38. Congregationalist. Home: 12 Lambert St., Belmont.
/BLACK, Newton Henry, edueator; b. Putney, Vt., May 3, 1874; s. Newton Horace Black and Frances (Blanchard) B .; ed., Philllps Exeter Acad., 1892- 93; A. B., llarvard, 1896, A.M., 1906; Univ. of Berlin, 1912-15; Cambridge Univ., 1930-31; m. Elizabeth A. Herrmann of Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 3, 1918; chill- dren-Elizabeth Spalding, Margaret Persis. Teacher sci., St. George's Sch., Newport, R.I., 1896-98, Concord (N.H.) high sch., 1898-1900, Rox- bury Latin Sch., 1900-24; asst. prof. edn., Harvard, 1924-32, asst. prof. physics, 1932 -; dir. Harvard Summer Sch., 1932-33; fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Physi- eal Soc .; mem. Am. Inst. E.E., Coll. Entrance Exam Bd. (1906-22). Author: Laboratory Manual in Physics, 1913; Revised Edition Jackson's Ele- mentary Electricity and Magnetism, 1919; Labora- tory Experiments in Chemistry, 1920, 27, 36; Lab- oratory Experiments in Practical Physics, 1923; Introductory Course in College Physles, 1935; Laboratory Experiments in Elementary Physics, 1939. Co-author: Black and Davls' Practical Physics, 1913, 1922, 1929, 1938; Black and Conant's Practical Chemistry. 1920, 1927; Black and Davis' New Practical Physics, 1929; Black and Conant's New Practical Chemistry, 1936; Black and Davis' Elementary Practical Physics, 1938; Black and Weaver's Laboratory Experiments and Workbook in Physics, 1938. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 21 Follen St., Cambridge. Business Ad- dress: Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Cambridge.
BLACK, Olive Parker, landscape artist; b. Cam- bridge; d. James Wallace Black and Frances (Sharp) B .; ed. pyt. schs. ; studied at Boston Mus. Fine Arts Sch. and N. Y. Acad. Art Students League under Frank C. Jones, Bolton Jones, Edwin Blash- field, and Siddon Mowbray; unmarried. Landscape painter; dir. Art War Relief, World War, decora- ted by Red Cross; mem. Nat. Assn. Women Palnt- ers & Sculptors, N.Y. Soc. of Painters, Artists Professional League. Club: Barnard (N.Y.). Epis- copalian. Republican. Studio: 33 W. 67th St., N.Y. City. Home: 38 W. 75th St., N.Y. City. Sum- mer res .: South Egremont.
VBLACKALL, Clarence Howard, architect; b. New York City, Feb. 3, 1857; s. Christopher Ruby Blackall and Eliza ( Davis) B .; ed. S.B., Univ. Ill., 1877, A.M., 1881; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. Emma Murray of Cambridge, Dec. 5, 1883; chil- dren-Robert M., Marian B. Lived in Chicago 1865-78; practiced architecture, New York, Colo- rado, Boston, 1882 -; mem., Blackall, Clapp, Whit- temore & Clark, 1915 -; splty., theatres, hotels, oflice blogs .; prin. buildings: Tremont Temple, Copley Plaza, Little Bldg., Colonial Theatre, Met- ropolitan Theatre, Temple Ohabei Shalom, Lowell Auditorium; see. and tr. Rotch Travelling Schol- arship, 1911 -; tr. Charlestown Five Cents Sav. Bk .; pres. 245 Tremont St., Ine., 150 Stuart St., Inc .; past Schoolhouse Commr., Boston; chin. Fire Prevention Commu., Boston; chin. Bd. Ap- peal, Cambridge, 24 yrs .; sec. Municipal Art Soe., Cambridge; mem., Archtl. League N.Y. (First see.), Boston Soc. Architects (past sec.); Fellow Am. Inst. Architects. Clubs: Cambridge, Boston Archtl. ( Ist pres.). Travel: Enrope (repeatedly ), all over U. S. Author: Builders' Hardware, 1887; Poems, 1912; A llistory of the Rotch Travelling Scholarship, 1938; editorials, articles, in Am. Architecture, Architectural Forum, Architectural Record, etc. Desc., mother's side, Coffin family, Nantucket, 1660. Episcopalian. Republican. Of- fico: 31 West St., Boston. Home: 88 Main St., Con- cord
LACKALL, Robert M., manufacturer; b. Cami- bridge, Apr. 26, 1889; s. Clarence H. Blackall and Emma (Murray) B .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch ; A.B., Harvard, 1912; B.A., M.L.T., 1917, M.S., 1918. fellow in architecture, 1920; holder Rotch Travel- ling Fellowship in Arch., 1920-22; m. Dorothy Brewer, June 15, 1916; children-Eleanor, Eliza- beth, Nancy. With Chicago North-Western R.K . 1912-14; own practice of architecture, 1922-32: treas. Clement Co., Northampton, 1931-40; Town Meeting Mem., Watertown, 1911; mem. Am. Acad. in Rome ( 1920-22). Travel: Europe (4 times). 6 lines of desc. from settlers, 1660-1700. Episco-
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palian (mem. Bd. Missions, Diocese of Mass.). Republican. Office and home: Northampton.
V BLACKETT, Alexander Henry, manufacturer; b. Somerville, Aug. 31, 1891; s. Willlan Henry Black- ett and Anne (Cameron) B .; ed. Somerville high sch .; unmarried. Civ. engring., 1911-20; real es- tate bus., 1920-25; mfr., 1925 -; sole owner (pres., treas., dir.) Badger Fire Extinguisher Co., also A. C. Badger Metal Products Co., 1934 -; dir. Am. Locker Co., Inc. Clubs: University (Boston), Brae Burn Country. Protestant. Republican. Of- fice: 31 St. James Av., Boston. Home: 50 Common- wealth Av., Boston. Summer res .: Gilmour Pond, Jaffrey, N.II.
BLACKETT, Charles Wesley, physician; b. Everett, June 3, 1898; s. Charles Wesley Blackett and Florence E. (Watson) B .; ed. Malden high sch .; A.B., Boston Univ., 1915; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch,, 1919; m. Josephine S. Parsons of Webster, Nov. 13, 1920; children-Eben Greenleaf, Donald Wat- son, Marjory Parsons. Interne, Boston City llosp. ; res. phys., Plymouth Co. Hosp .; specialist in ro- entgenology, Boston, 1921 -; hosp. corps, U.S. Nav. Res., 1917-21; mem. A M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Roentgen Ray Soc., N.E. Roentgen Ray Soc. Club: Ilarvard .(Boston), Protestant. Office: 35 Bay State Rd., Boston. Home: 111 Kirkstall Rd., Newtonville.
/BLACKFAN, Kenneth D., professor of pediatrics; b. Cambridge, N.Y., Sept. 9, 1883; s. Harry S. Black- tan and Estelle (Chase) B .; ed. Cambridge (N.Y.) high sch., 1901; M.D., Albany Med. Coll., 1905; Union Univ .; m. Lulie A. Bridges of Louisville, Ky., Aug. 20, 1920; 1 son-Turner A. Bridges. Splty, children's diseases; assistant in pediatrics, Washington Univ., St. Louis; asso. prof., Johns llopkins Med. Sch .; prof., Coll. of Med., Univ. Cin- cinnatl; Harvard Med. Sch .; med, chief, Children's Ilosp., med. dir., Infants llosp., Boston; U.S. Pub. Health rep., League of Nations; chinn. gen, ad- visory com., Soc. Security Act; 1st It., Med. Res. Corps, honorably discharged, 1917; mem. Am. Pediatric Soc., Assn. Am. Physicians, Royal Soc. Med. (London). Club: Harvard. Author: mono- graphs on children's diseases. Protestant. Repub- lican. Office: 300 Longwood Av., Boston. Home: 57 Laurel Rd., Chestnut Ilill. Summer res .: Cambridge, N.Y.
VBLACKMAN, Arthur Willis, lawyer and lecturer In law; b. Milford, Conn., Oct. 4, 1881; s. Willis Wy- gant Blackman and Della (Townsend) B .; ed. Hillhouse high sch., New Haven, Conn .; A.B., Yale, 1905; LI.B., Yale Law Seh., 1908; m. Constance Snow of New Bedford, Mass., June 7, 1913; chil- dren-Arthur, Sally Hunt, Robert, Peter, John Nicholas. Admitted to Mass. Bar, 1908; private practice, 1908-10; counsel and attorney, N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R. Co., 1910 -; lecturer in equity, Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1918 -; dir. Victoria Motor Coach Lines, Berkshire Motor Coach Lines; pres. and dir. Springfield Bus Terminal; mem. Am. Bar Assn., Boston Bar Assn., Beta Theta Pi. ('lubs: Yale ( Boston), Graduates (New Haven), Sakonnet Yacht (Little Compton, R.I.). Episco- palian. Republican. Office: 460 South Station, Boston. Home: 181 Walnut St., Brookline. Sum- mer res .: Little Compton, R.I.
(*BLACKMAN, Arthur Wright, paper merchant; b. Boston, Jan. 19, 1864; s. Horace Phelps Blackman and Lydia (Flint) B .; student Cambridge Latlu high sch .; Bryant & Stratton Bus. Coll .; m. Marion Willis Floyd of Bangor, Me., June 11, 1890 (d.); children-Floyd Horace, Ruth Claflin (Mrs. Paul D. Caskey), John Flint, Marjorie (Mrs. Wm. P. Elliott). In employ Fowle, Hibbard & Co., Boston, 1882-84; with Wm. Il. Claflin & Co., wholesale paper, 1881-1909; pres. D. F. Munroe & Co., whole- sale paper, 1909 -; treas. and tr. Hamilton Assn .; tr. North Avenue Sav. Bk., Cambridge; mem. Nat. Paper Trade Assn. (pres., 1931-32), N.E. Paper Trade Assn. (pres., 1924). Clubs: Boston Rotary (pres., 1918), Colonial of Cambridge (later Har- vard Faculty, pres., 1920). Eposcopallan. Repub- lican. Office: 289 Congress St., Boston. Home: 985 Memorial Dr., Cambridge. Died May 2, 1938.
BLACKMAN, Floyd Horace, sales manager; b. Cambridge, Oct. 15, 1892; s. Arthur W. Blackman and Marion (Floyd) B .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .. 1906-10; A.B., Harvard, 1914; m. Helen M. Lewis of Swampscott, Aug. 15, 1917; children-George Lewis, Arthur Floyd. Salesman, D. F. Munroe & Co., Boston, 1911-17, sales ingr., sec. and dir. 1919 -; 2nd It., 1st It. and capt. 103rd Int., 26th Div., A.I.F., 1917-19, awarded Silver Star; tr. and dir. Browne and Nicholas Sch., Cambridge; Dir. Nat. Paper Trade Assn. of U.S., Inc. Clubs: Har- vard (Boston), Boston Paper Trade, Episcopalian. Office: 289 Congress St., Boston. Ilome: 128 Mid- dlesex Rd., Chestnut Hill.
VBLACKMAN, John F,, merchant; b. Cambridge, July 17, 1898; s. Arthur W. Blackman and Marion W. (Floyd) B .; ed. Holderness (N.H.) Sch .; Cambridge Latin sch .; in. Helen F. Fultz of Winchester, Jan. 18, 1921; children-John F., Jill, David, Peter. With D. F. Munroe Co., paper merchants, 1919-, v.p., 1930 -; enlisted U.S.A., May 2, 1918; corpl. 30Ist Inf., over seas 1 yr .; Chmn. twice, Nat. Paper Trade Assn., 1936-37; v.p., N.E. Paper Mchts. Assn., 1937-38; mem, Hamilton Assn. Club: Win- chester Country. Episcopalian. Republican. Of- fiee: 289 Congress St., Boston. Name: 22 Payson Ter., Behinont,
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