Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 27

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VBLACKMER, Alan Rogers, teacher of English; b. Oak Park, Ill., Dec. 26, 1902; s. Ernest Alfred Blackmer and Emma (Morton) B .; ed. Oak Park and River Forest Tp. high sch., Ill., 1916-20; A.B., Williams Coll., 1924; A.M., Univ. Chicago, 1925; Sorbonne, Paris, 1927-28; m. Josephine Bed- ford of Oak Park, Ill., July 31, 1926; children .- Donald Lawrence Morton, Noëlle Barbara, Alan Rogers, Jr. Instr Eng, Phillips Acad. Andover, 1925 -; ed., The Phillips Bulletin (alumni mag.), 1933 -; founder and dir. since 1935, Andover Evening Study Groups for Aults (adult edn. pro- gram); mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta l'i. Editor: Cooper's Last of the Mohicans; (with Claude M. Fuess) Shakespeare's Hamlet. Travel: Europe, 1927-28. Mayflower desc. Oflice: Phillips Academy, Andover. Home: 25 Highland Rd., An- dover.


VBLACKWELL, Alice Stone, journalist (retired ) ; b. Orange, N.J., Sept. 14, 1857; d. Ilenry B. Black- well and Lucy (Stone) B .; ed. Harris gram. sch., Dorchester; Chauncy llall sch., Boston; A.B., Bos- ton Univ., 1881; unmarried. Worked for woman's suffrage till attained; on ed. staff, Woman's Jour- nal, Boston, 1883-1909; ed .- in-chief, 1909-17; on staff, Woman Citizen, New York, 1919 -; tr. Bos- ton Univ .; presidential elector for LaFolette, 1921; served on coms. during World War; sec. Nat. Am. Woman's Suffrage Assn. (20 yrs.) ; pres. N.E. and Mass. Woman's Suffrage Assns .; hon, pres. Mass. League Women Voters; Ford Hall Forum (medal); pres. Mass. Branch of Collegiate Women (now Am. Assn. Univ. Women); mem. Phi Beta Kappa, N.E. Women's Press Assn. Club: N. I. Women's. Travel: Eng., Ger., Switz. Author: Armenian Poems; Songs of Russia; Songs of Grief and Gladness (from Yiddish); A Study of Ilungarian poet, Alexander Petoti; Some Spanish American Poets; The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution (life and letters of Catherine Breshkovsky-at one time a best seller); Lucy Stone, Pioneer of Woman's Rights; chap. in What I owe to my Father by Rev. Sydney Strong; co-ed., with Lucy E. Anthony and Anna Howard Shaw, The Yellow Ribbon Speaker; innumerable suffrage tracts and leaflets; put foreign poetry into Eng. verse; letters to newspapers. Mother, Lucy Stone, was pioneer of woman's rights, con- verted Susan B. Anthony and Julia Ward Howe, first Mass. woman to take coll. degree (Oberlin, 1847); aunt, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman in modern times to take med. degree (Geneva Univ., N.Y., 1849); aunt by marriage, Rev. Dr. Antoinette Brown Blackwell, first woman or- (lained minister (1853); father, active worker against slavery, $10,000 offered for his head at pub. meeting, Memphis, Tenn., later worked for woman's rights. Religion: to do good. Socialist in opinion but not party mem. Home: 1010 Mass Av., Cambridge.


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YBLAGBROUGHI, Vernon Edmund, insurance agent; b. Orange, July 19, 1887; s. Samuel Blagbrough and Jennie Parmelia (Putnam) B .; ed. Orange high sch., 1903-06; A.B., Tufts Coll., 1911; S.T.B., Crane Theol. Sch., 1912; Chartered Life Under- writer, Am. Coll. Life Underwriters, 1935; m. Audrey Lovejoy Duffey of Medford, Oct. 23, 1918; children-Robert Lovejoy (d.), Rosamond, Rich- ard Whitney. Ordained Universalist minister, 1913: pastor, Universalist Ch., Marblehead, 1912- 13, Bellows Falls, Vt., 1914-17; lield rep., later asst. mgr., field dept., U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1917-25; supervisor of agents, Nat. Life Ins. Co., Boston, 1925-35; mgr., business Ins. dept., John Hancock Life Ins. Co., 1935 -; instr. in life ins., Boston Univ .; dir. Boston Life Ins. and Trust Council; treas., Boston chap., Chartered Life Un- derwriters; mem., Alpha Tau Omega, Masons. Clubs: Tufts (past pres.), Men's ( West Newton). Liberal. Republican. Office: 1 Federal St., Bos- ton. Home: 153 Randlett Park, West Newton.


VBLAGDEN, Samuel Phillips, farmer, publie official; b. New York, N. Y., May 28, 1873; s. Samuel Phillips Blagden and Annie C. (White) B .; ed. Groton Sch .; Williams Coll., 1892-94. Broker, New York Stock Exchange, 1897-1900; retired from active business, purchased farm In Williamstown, and has since been interested In town govt .; select - man, 1907-, chinn, finance com., 1934 -; hon. dep- uty sheriff, Berkshire Co. 1908 -; local Food Ad- ministrator duration World War; men. Chi Psi, Masons. Clubs: Taconic Golf ( Williamstown, pres., 1934-). Episcopalian. Republican. Home: Wil- liamstown.


VBLAIR, Herbert Francis, professor of school admin- istration; b. Canton, Ill., May 31, 1875; s. Rev. Janes G. Blair and Mary K. (Scofield) B .; ed. Grand Prairie Seminary; Northwestern Acad .; B.S., Northwestern Univ., 1899; Univ. Göttingen, 1905-06; Ph.D., Columbia, 1937; m. Nellie M. Ober of Duluth, Minn., Aug. 2, 1905; children-Mar- garet, Jean, Helen, Herbert, Jr. Teacher, high schools of Jerseyville and Oak Park, Ill., 1899- 1903; teacher goog., Duluth State Normal Sch., 1903-08: supt. of schs. Hibbing, Minn., 1909-14, Schenectady, N. Y., 1914-16; statistician, N. Y. Cloak & Snit Co .; N. Y. State MII. Tr. Com .; with Fed. Bd. of Vocational Edn. and Vets. Bur., 1918-23; prof. sch. administration, Boston Univ. Sch. Edn., 1924 -; editor of Education, 1932 -; ednl cons- ultant on sch. blogs., Newburyport, Wellesley, Cambridge, Kennebunk (Me.). Author: The Ad- ministration of Industrial Education in New York City; Physical Education Facilities for the Mod- ern Junior and Senior High School. Methodist. Republican. Office: School of Education, Boston University. Home: Plymouth St., Middleboro. Summer res .: Boothbay Harbor, Me.


Y BLAIR, Nelle Martha Ober, publisher; b. Galva, 11., Feb. 10, 1883; d. Blythe Henry Ober and Lucy Mary (Lowe) O .; ed. high sch., Duluth, Minn., Lawrence Coll., Appleton, Wis .; Duluth State Teachers Coll .; Boston Univ .; m. Herbert Francis Blair of Duluth, Minn., Aug. 2, 1905; children- Dr. Margaret (Mrs. R. S. Ilunt), Jean E. (Mrs. Dwight MeCracken, (d.), Helen Edith (Mrs. Stan- ley Crosbie), Herbert Francis, Jr. Office mgr., gen. mgr., treas., Jennings Pub. Co., 1923 -; mem. Newton Community Council, 1937 --; Chum E'dn., Mass. Fed. of Women's Chibs, 1935-36; mem. Steering Com., Newton Forum; dir. Newton Fed. Women's Clubs. Clubs: Newtonville Woman's (pres., 1931-33), Presidents' of Mass. Dese. Rich- ard Ober who received grant of land from king and settled In Beverly, 1661. Methodist. Republi- can. Office: Jennings Publishing Co., Newtonville. Home: Middleborough. Summer res .: Boothbay Harbor, Me.


/BLAIR, Orrin Curtis, surgeon; b. Becket, Oct. 6, 1879; s. Harvey Lester Blair and Mary Alice (laley) B .; ed. Springfield high sch., 1891-99; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1903; m. Helen Martha Banks of Lynn, June 22, 1910; children-Ruth Louise, Robert Orrin. House officer, Lynn Hosp., 1903-01; surg. to outpatients, 1904-08; asst. surg., 1908-12; vis. surg., 1912-16; surg .- in-chief, since 1916; F.A.C.S .; mem., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Lynn


Med. Fraternity, S.A.R., Masons (32°, Shrine, Seot- tish bodies). Club: Lynn Rotary (past pres. ). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 48 Nahant St., Lynn. Summer home: Marblehead.


BLAISDELL, Baally Edwin, research associate in chemistry; b. Lynn, May 11, 1911; s. Baalis Bullard Blaisdell and Hazel Carlotta (Phillips) B .; ed. Lynn class. high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1932; Ph.D., 1935. Research assoc. in chem., M.I.T., 1936 -; working on temperature measurement; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Phys. Soc., Hist. of Science Soc., Am. Assn. Scientific Workers, Camb. Union Univ. Teachers, Sigma Xi. New Deal Democrat. Office: Mass. Inst. Tech., Cambridge. Home: 42 Trevett Av., East Lynn.


YBLAISDELL,, George Albert, engineer; b. Winches- ter, Apr. 30, 1863; s. Albert Blaisdell and Hannah (Lowe) B .; ed. grad., Winchester high sch., 1879; m. 1883 (d.); children-Lester C., Roland A., Clif- ford C .; m. (2nd) Emma Mabel Bridge, Oct. 5, 1921. Foreman, Western Elec. Mfg. Co .; later asst. supt., incandescent dept., Boston Elec. Light Co .; past gen. mgr., Woburn Elec. Light & Power Co .; estab. Eastern States Engring. Corp., engrs. of pub, utilities, consultants, of Boston, of which he was pres. and treas .; mem. Blaisdell Family Assn. of U.S. (exee. com.), Masons. Club: Boston City. Congregationalist. Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. llome: 46 Pine St., Belmont.


VBLAISDELL, James William, teacher, school presi- dent; b. Somersworth, N.Il., July 16, 1869; s. James Clark Blaisdell and Emma Ann (Brackett) B .; ed. Berwick (Me.) high sch .; Bryant & Strat- ton Commercial Sch., Boston; in. Minerva Ilowell of Dorchester, Nov. 29, 1893; children-Richard Ilowell, Mrs. Emily R. Gibbs. Teacher, Bryant & Stratton Sch., Boston, 1888-, now pres .; pres., dir. Dorchester Assos .; v.p., dir. Pomeroy Home for Girls, Newton; tr. Newton Baptist Home, N.IS. Bapt. Hosp .; mem. Masons. Club: School- masters. Travel: Europe, Mex., Cuba. Baptist. Republican. Office: 334 Boylston St., Boston. Ilome: 130 Centre St., Newton. Summer res. : Bus- tins Island, Me.


VBLAISDELL, John Harper, physician; b. Providence, 1.1., May 1, 1886; s. Albert Franklin Blaisdell and Mary Atwood (Emery) B .; ed. Winchester high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1907: M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1911; m. Inez Frances Kimball of Rock- ford, 111., Feb. 15, 1912; children-John Harper, Jr., Elliott Kimball. Dermatol. dept., Boston Dis- pensary, 1911; asst. and instr., Dermatology, llarvard Med. Sch., 1917-28; asst. dermatologist, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1916-28; practice, Boston, 1911 -; cons. dermatologist, Winchester, Melrose, Malden, lfavorhill, Exeter (N.Il.) Hosps .; chmn. Finance Comm., Winchester, 1923, mem. bd. selectmen, 1925-28 (chmn. 1928); chmn., Bd. Health, 1921; dir. Asso, Hosp. Service Corp .; mem. A.M. A., Am. Dermatol. Assn., Am, Bd. Dermatology & Syphil- ology, N. E. Dermatol. Soc. (pres. ), Mass. Med. Soc. (mem, council, pub. relations com. ), Middlesex East Dist. Soc. (past pres.), Am. Philatelie Assn., N.E. Itist. & Geneal. Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Chi, Blaisdell Family Assn. (pres.). Club: Harvard (Boston ). Republican. Office: 15 Bay


State Rd., Boston. Home: 18 Brooks St., Win- chester.


YBLAKE, Allen Hanson, physician, roentgenologist; b. Cambridge, Oct. 22, 1881; s. J. llenry Blake and Lucinda (Critchett) B .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; M. D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1904; m. Helen G. White, June 1, 1910. Physician, Isthinian Canal Comm., 1905-07; phys., roentgenologist, Somerville Hosp., 1910 -; practice limited to X-Ray; mem. Middlesex South Dist. Med. Soc. (past pres. ), Mass. Med. Soc. (past councillor), Somerville Med. Soc., (past pres.), A.M.A., Cambridge Med. Improvement Soc., N.E. Roentgen Ray Soc., Radiol. Soc. No. Am., Mass. Soc. Examining Physicians. Clubs: Central, . Arlmont Country (past pres.). Travel: Panama Canal Zone, 2122 yrs. Desc. William Blake, who settled Dorchester, and Stephen Hopkins of May- flower Pilgrims. Congregationalist. Republican. llome: SI College Ave., Somerville.


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BLAKE, Benjamin Sewall, trustee; b. Weston, Feb. 14, 1877; s. Francis Blake and Elizabeth L. (Hub- bard) B .; ed. Ilopkinson Sch., Boston; A.B., Har- vard, 1901; post-grad. work, M.I.T .; m. Ruth Field of Northfield, Oct. 10, 1908; children-Fran- cis, Mrs. Ruth Blake Oliver, Elizabeth, Benjamin S., Jr., Joan. Chmn. Bd. Park Commrs., Weston; capt. Co. A, 1st Motor Corps, Capt. instr., Co. G, Ilarvard R.O.T.C. Regt., World War. Clubs: Somerset, Tennis & Racquet. Travel: Europe (3 times). Father invented Blake transmitter and many other elec. devices, Episcopalian. Republi- can: Home: Park Rd., Weston. Summer res .: Mattapoisett.


BLAKE, Charles Henry, asst. professor In zoology; b. Berkeley, Calif., June 11, 1901; s. Edwin M. Blake and Josephinc St.F. (Wittichen) B .; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N.Y .; S.B., M.I.T., 1925, Ph.D., 1929; 1 dau .- Sylvia St. Fellx. Teacher various subjs., M.I.T., 1924-, asst. prof. zool .; has . done summer work with Biol. Survey of Mt. Desert Region, 7 yrs .; curator of Mollusks, N.E. Mus. Nat. Hist .; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences (editor), A.A.A.S .; mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Illst. (sec. tr.), Am. Soc. Zoologists, Sigma Xi, Delta Omega. Author: various papers on natural hist. of N.E. Oflice: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: Woodland Way, Lincoln.


VBLAKE, Clinton Hamlin, lawyer, author; b. Engle- wood, N.J., July 26, 1883; s. Clinton llamlin Blake and Mary Gibson (Parsons) B .; ed. A.B., Columbia, 1904 (class sec.); A.M. (polit. sci.), 1905; LL B., Columbia Law Sch., 1906; m. Margaret Duryee Coe of Englewood, N.J., June 10, 1908; children- Margaret Coe, Marion Stanley, Dorothy Dexter, Clinton Hamlin, Jr. Admitted to N.Y. bar, 1906, later to bars of U.S. Circuit and Dist. courts, Court of Appeals, D.C., U.S. Patent Office, and Supreme Court of U.S .; mem. Hirm Blake & Voor- hees, N.Y. City; specializes in laws relating to contracts, estates, architecture and building, corps, and unfair competition; pres. Harper-Gow Corp .; chmin. bd., Citizens Nat. Bk. & Trust Co., Englewood, N.J .; mem. bd. of dir. Pond's Extract Co., dir, & mem. exec. com. The National Sugar Refining Co .; spl lecturer on law of architecture and building, M.I.T., 1921-22, 1925, Columbia, 1928, N.Y. Univ., 1933, and on same subject before va- rious archtl. socs .; instr. in architecture, N.Y. Univ., 1928; councilman at large, pres. Common Council, Englewood, N.J., 1914-16, mayor 1916-18, resigned to enter Army; mem. N.J. State Council of Defense, 1917-18, chmn. War Draft Bd. No. 5, Bergen Co., N.J., 1917-18, capt. Signal Corps, U.S.A., 1918-19; mem. exec. com., N.J., div., Am. Liberty League; former dir. and mem. exec. com., N.J. div., Assn. Against Prohibition Amendment; runner-up N.J. golf champion, 1904; mem. Am. and N.Y. State bar assns., Assn. Bar City New York, N.Y. Acad. Polit. Sci., Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Uni- versity, Down Town, Knickerbocker Golf, Engle- wood Republican (past pres.), Englewood Field, Profile Golf, Wyantenack Golf. Author: The Law of Architecture and Building, 1916-25; The Architect's Law Manual, 1924; Acquiring the Home, 1925; also many serial and spl. articles in mags. 1915 -. Mem. bd. cditors, The Book of Englewood, 1922; editor, legal dept. Am. Archi- tect, 1921-27, 1934-35. Desc. John Blake (son of Capt. Blake) who came from Eng. to Middletown, Conn., 1661; Capt. John Stanley, from Eng. to Am. 1634. Republican. Office: 20 Exchange Place, New York, N.Y. Residence and home: 95 Chest- nut St., Englewood, N.J. Summer addresses: Sugar Hill, N.H. and Great Barrington, Mass.


YBLAKE, Fordyce Turner, business man; b. Worces- ter, Feb. 10, 1889; s. George Fordyce Blake and Caroline Howard (Turner) B .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1912; m. Ethel Kinney of Cincin- nati, O., Sept. 26, 1912; 1 son-Fordyce 'Turner, Jr. Messenger, Estabrooke & Co., July, 1912-13, Rhoades & Co., 1913-15; mgr., Worcester office, Jackson & Curtis, 1915-28, partner, 1929-36, spec- ial, 1936-38; pres., George F. Blake, Inc., iron, steel, & heavy hardware, 1929 -; dir., Bancroft Hotel Co., Worcester Co. Inst. for Sav., George F. Blake, Inc .; gunner's mate, U.S.N .; May-Sept.,


1917, ensign, Sept., 1917-Jan., 1919; mem., Bd. of Visitors, Naval Acad., 1931; treas., tr., llome for Aged Women; tr., mem, Finance Com., Halmemann Hosp., Woreester; hon. mem., Naval Acad. Grad. Assn., mem. U.S. Naval Commandery (Boston Chap.). Clubs: Worcester, Tatnuck Country, Ilar- vard (Worcester), Travel: Europe, W.I. Episeo- palian. Republican. Office: 198 Mechanic St., Worcester. Home: 12 Military Rd., Worcester. VBLAKE, Harry John, wool merchant; b. Boston, Aug. 28, 1886; s. John Blake and Anna (MeKay) B .; ed. English high sch .; m. Jean Wright of Tucson, Ariz., June 21, 1923; children- Joan, John Wright, larry Gray, Robert Marston. Began as wool apprentice, July 1904; salesman and sales ingr., Crimmins & Peirce Co., 1904-21; mem. Blake, Vaas & Kelligrew Co., 1922-28, Blake & Vaas Co., 1928-30; pres. Blake & Kendall Co., 1930 -; capt. Mil. Intelligence Div., Gen. Staff Corps, later eapt. and disbursing q.m. with U.S. Wool Commn., Buenos Aires, World War; pres. Boston Wool Trade Assn .; see, and dir. Associated Wool In- dustries. Decorated Knight of Malta, (Rome), 1937. Clubs: Algonquin, Brae Burn Country. Catholic. Office: 216 Summer Street, Boston. Home: 20 Albion Road, Wellesley Hills.


BLAKE, James Henry, zoological artist, lecturer; b. Boston, July 8, 1845; s. James Ilenry Blake and Louisa Maria (Russell) B .; ed. pub. schs., Prov- ineetown; Lawrenee Scientific Sch., Harvard, 1867- 72; m. Lucinda Smith Critchett of Provincetown, July 20, 1871; children-Allen Ilanson, Ralph Julian. Student, curator, dept. mollusca, Mus. Comp. Zoöl., with Prof. Louis Agassiz, 9 yrs .; on Hassler Expdn., 1871-72; with Geol. Survey, State of Miss .; U.S. Geol. Survey; U.S. Commn. Fish & Fisheries; mem. Com. for Completion of Cam- bridge Soldiers' Monument; corr. sec. Harvard Nat. Ilist. Soc., 1870; Boston Soc. Nat. Hlst., 1870 (oldest mem.); Mass. Soc. Cincinnati, 1907; 1st It. Mass. State Militia, Dist. 52, 1865, hon. dis- charge; pres. Cambridge Art Circle, 1873; il- lustrated many books. Clubs: Boston Melacol- ogical (pres.), Harvard Travelers, Cambridge, etc. Author: articles in mags., papers. Travel: S. America, Juan Fernandez Island, Galapagos Islands. Desc. William Blake, Dorchester, 1635. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 81 Col- lege Av., West Somerville. Home: 81 College Av., West Somerville. Summer res .: Provincetown.


YBLAKE, John Bapst, surgeon; b. Boston, Apr. 4, 1866; s. Dr. John George Blake and Mary Eliza- beth (MeGrath) B .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1887, A.M., 1891; M.I)., Harvard Med. Sch., 1891; m. Anne Hastings of Boston, Oct. 25, 1899. Asst, in anat- omy, Harvard Med. Sch., 1895-99, clin, surgery, 1899-1903, operative surgery, 1900-03, instr. sur- gery, 1908-10, asst. prof., 1910-19; visiting surg., Boston City Hosp., 1895-1911, cons. surg., 1919 -; visiting surg., Long Island Ilosp., 1905-19, cons. surg., Boston Insane Hosp .; fellow Am. Surg. Assn., A.A.A.S .; niem. Boston Soe. Med. Improve- ment, Boston Med. Lib. Assn., Surg. Club (Boston), Boston Ostet. Soc., Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Ilar- vard ( Boston, N.Y.), Union, Tavern, The Country. Author: Case Teaching in Surgery (with Herbert I. Burrell), 1904. Office and home: 212 Beacon St., Boston.


BLAKE, John Twiss, research director; b. Boston, May 16, 1901; s. Edward Colby Blake and Eliza- beth (Twiss) B .; ed. Boston English lilgh seh .; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1921; Ph.D., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1924; m. Faith Summerbell of Boston, 1926; 1 son -John Thomas. Instr. chem., Tufts Coll., North- eastern Univ., Grad. Sch. Mass. Inst. Tech .; re- search and development, Simplex Wire & Cable Co., 1924 --; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. (mem. exec. bd., Rubber Div.), Am. Chem. Soc. (chin. Boston Seet., Rubber Div. ), follow A.A.A.S. mem. American In - stitute of Chemical Engineers. Clubs: Highland, Port Norfolk Yacht. Author: numerous sci. ar- ticles on rates of reaction, explosives, various phases of rubber chem. and tech., patents on rubber. Co-author: Chemistry and Technology of Rubber, 1937. Travel: Europe. Office: 79 Sid- hey St., Cambridge. Home: 120 Woodcliff Rd., Newton Highlands. Summer home: Orleans.


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BLAKE, Mabelle Babcock, administrator In educa- tion; b. N.Y. City; d. Edwin Alonzo Blake and Amanda H. (Tinkham) B .; ed. Adelphi Acad .; B.A., Adelphi Coll., 1901; led.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1923, Ed.D., 1925. Asso. prof. edn., Wheaton Coll .; asso. prof. and personnel dir., Smith Coll .; pres. Chleago Teachers Coll .; now ednl .- psychol. counselor, Bradford Junior Coll., Bradford; worked with Nat. Com. on Training Camp activities many yrs., several studies made of Reading Disabllitles of College Freshmen, ex- tensive speaking on subj .; mem. Am. Psychol. Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Prots., Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Civic Fed. (Boston). Club: College. Author: Guidance for College Women; The Edu- cation of the Modern Girl. Travel: Europe (exten- sive) . Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Brad- ford Junior College, Bradford. Home: 5 Craigie Circle, Cambridge. Summer res .: Manomet.


BLAKE, Robert Plerpont, professor of history; b. San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 1, 1886; s. Charles Thompson Blake and Harriet Waters (Stlies) B .; ed. A.B., Univ. Calif., 1908, LL.D., 1934; A.M., Harvard, 1912, Ph.D., 1916; hon. M.A., Oxford, Eng., 1924; m. Nadezhda N. Kryzhanovskaya, Jan. 7, 1920; 1 son-Igor Robert. Instr. ancient hist., Univ. Pa., 1912-14; prof., Georgian Univ., Tiflis, Rus., 1920; connected with Harvard, 1920-, dir. Harvard Lib., 1928-37, prof. hist., 1930 -; tr. Har- vard Yenching Inst. of Chinese Studies; chmn. Am. Council of Learned Socs., 1935-38; exchange prof., Sorbonne, 1938; mem. Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Medieval Acad. Am., Société Asiatique, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Faculty (Cambridge), Odd Volumes (Boston), Harvard (N.Y.). Author: Caesarean Text of Mark (with K. Lake and S. New), 1928; Epiphanius de Gem- inis, 1934; articles in Harvard Theol. Rev. and Revue de l'Orient Chrétien (Paris). Office: Har- vard University, Cambridge. Home: 40 Appleton St., Cambridge.


VBLAKE, William James, business man; b. N.Y. City Jan. 1, 1891; s. James Aloysius Blake and Mary Ellen (Ferris) B .; ed. B.M.C. Durfee high sch., Fall River; A.B., Harvard, 1913; Army War Coll., 1928; m. Alice Margaret Dufault of Spencer, Sept. 7, 1929. In security bond bus., 1913-17; chief, Service Dept., Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, 1919-20; chief of administration (N.IC.), mgr., U.S. Vets. Administration, Boston, under pres. Harding, Coolidge, Iloover, Roosevelt, 1921 -; dir. Douglas Lawson, Inc., Charles River Assos., Army & Navy Service Com .; capt., opera- tlons officer, 51st Inf. Brigade; lt. col., Intelli- gence officer, Hdqrs. 26th Div .; col., chief of staff, 26th Div., Mass. Nat. Guard; pvt. 9th Mass. Inf .; Mex. border service, June 15-Sept. 7, 1916; sergt., 1st sergt., 2nd It., 1st lt. 101st Inf., Mar. 25, 1917- Apr. 29, 1919; wounded twice in action; decorated with Purple Heart with Cluster, Silver Star with Cluster; mem. Am. Legion, Yankee Dlv. Vets. Assu. (pres., 1933). Clubs: Harvard, Clover, Y.D. ( pres., 1931-32), Army & Navy (Boston), Racquet ( Washington, D.C.). Author: many brochures on mil. subjs., on file in Adj. Gen. oflice (Mass.), for use in mil. instrn. and training of Nat. Guard. Travel: Fr., 1926, 1929; Eng., 1929. Catholic. Republican. Office: Post Office Bldg., Boston. Home: 133 Bellevue Rd., Watertown.


BLAKELY, Bertha Ellza, librarlan (retired); b. Campton, N.II., Jan. 13, 1870; d. Quincy Blakely and Gertrude (Sykes) B .; ed. St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Acad .; A.B., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1893; N.Y. State Lib. Sch., 1893-91; unmarried. Lib., N.J. State Normal & Model Schs., Trenton, 1894-95; asst. lib., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1895-1901, lib., 1901-36, 11b. emeri- tus, 1936 -; mem. For. Policy Assn., A.L.A. (life mem.), Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Phl Beta Kappa, Mt. Holyoke Coll. and N.Y. State Lib. Sch. Alumni Assns. Clubs: Western Mass. Llb. (past pres., 2 yrs.), Mass. Lib. (past v.p.). Author: articles in lib. journals and Mt. Holyoke publications; ed. work in latter. Travel: U.S., Can., Europe (3 times). Desc. Richard Sykes, mem. 1st bd. select- men, Springfield. Blakely Hall, Mt. Holyoke Coll. Lib. bldg., is named for her in recognition of her planning of bldg. and long service as lib. Congre-


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gationalist. Republican. Office and home: Mt. llołyoke College, South Hadley.


BLAKELY, Clarence, manufacturer; b. Binghamton, N.Y., Mar. 13, 1870; s. George Blakely and Emma (LeCouver) B .; ed. Binghamton Cent. high sch., 1884-88; student, Univ. of N. Y., Harvard Univ .; m. Margaret Griffin of Detroit, Mich., June 30, 1914; children-Carl Paul, Marion Joan. Became en - gaged in advertising and news reporting on va- rious newspapers and bureaus, later tr. Anderson Coal Mining Co. (Van Ormer, Pa.), Peerless Coal Mining Co., now pres, and treas. Automatic Time Stamp Co., mfrs. time printing devices, Boston; pres. Automatic Balance Valve Co .; treas. Never- clog Shaker Co .; dir, various other cos .; pioneer in electric refrigeration and automobile mfg .; mem. Masons (K.T., 32, Shriner). Clubs: Mer- cantile, Press (Boston). Oflice: 139 Atlantic Av., Boston.


BLAKEMAN, Thomas Greenleaf, artist; b. Orange, N.J., Oct. 23, 1887; s. Louis Henry Blakeman and Eleanor Leal (Greenleaf) B .; ed. The Hill Sch., Pottstown, Pa .; Princeton, 1910; Williams Coll .; studied painting with Charles W. Hawthorne, etching with W. H. W. Bicknell, and in Europe; m. Charlotte Van Cleve of Melville, Mont., 1908; children-Thomas Ledyard, Phyllis Leal (d.); m. (2nd) Emily DeWolf Dimock of Gloucester, Va., 1921; m. (3rd) Marion Hayes of Worcester, Dec. 7, 1931; 1 son-Frederic Birdsey. Engaged In ranch- ing at Melville, Mont., 1908-19; examples of work in permanent collections at N.Y. Pub. Lib., Boston P'ub. Lib., N.Y. Bar Assn., Minneapolis Mus., Wood Memorial Gallery (Vt.), Congressional Library, Princeton, Harvard, and Duke Univ .; Flying Cadet, June-Nov., 1918; mem. Provincetown Art Assn. (pres.), Gloucester Soc. of Artists, Southern Printmakers Assn. Club: Salmagundi (N.Y. City). Presbyterian. Republican. Home: Kings High- way, North Truro. Summer res .: Melville, Sweet- grass County, Mont.




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