Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 38

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torian, Am. Poetry Assn .; chin. Literature, Salon of Allied Arts; mem. N.E. Woman's Press Assn., Am. Literary Assn., Soe. Ind. Artists (N.Y.); for- mer mem. D.A R. Clubs: Boston Art, Manuscript (Boston), formerly Prof. Women's (Boston). Au- thor: many poems in anthologles and mags .; arti- cles pub. U.S. and Eng .; stories, U.S. mags. ; pam- phlets in Spanish on oceult articles, from Rays from the Rose Cross. Travel: middle west and south, 1904; Caiif., 1913-14-15, 1923-24. Theoso- phist, student of Rosicrucian phllos., pantheist, pacifist. Socialist. Ilome: 57 Longwood Av., Brookline.


V BROWN, Henry Matthias, clergyman; b. George- town, D.C., Oct. 26. 1867; s. Josepi Thomas Brown and Jennie Catharine (Buckey) B .; ed. tutor; B.S., New York Unlv., 1886, A.B., 1890, A.M., 1892, D.D., 1907; Union Theol. Sem .; m. Adele Frances Bedell of New Rochelle, N.Y., Nov. 20, 1894; children-Philip Tenney, Randolph Bedell. Began as printer, 1883-1886; civil eng. Washing- ton, D.C., N.Y. City, and New Rochelle, N.Y., 1886-1894; pastor, Pelham, N.Y., 1893; N.Y. City, 1894-1921; Dana, 1921-38; ed. N.Y. Unlv. Alummi Blographical Catalogue, 1905-1907; mem. Coun- cil of N.Y. Univ., 1908-1921; mem. Bronx Soc. Arts and Sciences. Dese. Joseph T. Brown and Ellzabeth Ann Tenney. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Res .: 16 Serpentine Dr., New Rochelle, N.Y. and Hardwick, Mass.


BROWN, (Herminn) LaRue, lawyer; b. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 17, 1883; s. . George Herman Brown and Nelly (LaRue) B .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1904; LL.B., Harvard Law Seh. 1906; m. Dorothy Brown- ing Kirchwey of N.Y. City, Nov. 23, 1915; 1 dau. -Eleanor LaRue (d.). Mem. Brown, Field & McCarthy, Boston; asst. reporter of decisions, Mags. Supreme Ct., 1908; chmn. Mass. Minimum Wage Commn., 1912-14; spi. counsei, Mass. Pub. Service Commn., 1913-14; spl. counsel for U.S. in Shoe Machinery and other Sherman Act and Clayton Act cases; asst. Atty. Gen. of U.S., 1918- 19; gen. solicitor, U.S.R.R. Adminstrn., 1919-21, spi. counsel, 1921-25; counsel, truck div., Nat. Automobile Chamber of Commerce, 1926-33; coun- sei to commr. of banks, Commonwealth of Mass., spl. asst. to federal and .state authorities in prose- cution of banking frauds, 1932-34; chmn. Laundry and Retall Stores Minimum Wage Bds., 1936; chinn. Jewelry and Related Trades Minimum Wage Bd., 1939; chmu. Works Progress Admin- strn. Review Bd., 1937; v.chmn. Pub. Franchise League; pres, Voluntary Defenders Com., Inc .; tem. Am. Bar Assn., Masong. Club: Boston City. Democrat. Office: 15 State St., Boston. Home: 78 Revere St., Boston.


YBROWN, James Barrett, lawyer; b. Beliows Falis, Vt., Mar. 3, 1886; s. George Addison Brown and Fiora (Pierce) B .; ed. grad., Kimball Union Acad., 1903; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1907; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1910; m. Grace Donaldson, July 30, 1913; children-James Donaldson, Carolyn Barrett. Ad- mitted to Mass. bar, 1910; practiced law, Bos- ton, 1910 -; gen. counsel, Mass. Bankers' Assn .; spl. counsel B.&M.R.R .; v.p. First Nat. Bk. of Reading; tr. Everett Sav. Bk .; pres. Johnson-Ap- pleby Co .; mem. Everett City Couneil. 1912, city solicitor, Everett, 1921, Mass. No. of Rep., 1921- 24; mem. Kappa Kappa Kappa, Masons. Clubs: Boston City, Boston Madison Square Garden, Meadowbrook Golf (Reading), Manchester (N.H.) Country. Congregationalist. Republlean. Of- fice: 68 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 245 Sum- mer Av., Reading.


VBROWN, Lloyd Thornton, physician; b. Worces- ter, Aug. 20, 1880; s. Edwin Brown and Marianna Mifflin ( Earle) B .; ed. Worcester pub. schs., Dalzel's P'vt. Sch., Worcester; Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1903, M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1907; m. Marian Epes Wigglesworth of Milton, Jan. 14, 1911; children-Lloyd, Thornton, Ruth, Richard. Surg. house oflleer, Mass. Gen. llosp., Boston, 1907-08; surg. and orthopedic house officer, Chil- dren's Hosp., Boston, 1908-09; orthopedic surg., Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1912-31, Faulkner Hosp., Bos- ton, 1929-, Children's Island Sanatorium, 1912-, Boston Home for Incurables, 1917 -; asst. ortho- pedie surg. Robert B. Brigham Hosp., 1914-22, mem. bd. dirs., 1922, pres. of Bd., 1933; dir. and mem. exec. com., Children's Island Sanatorium; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Am. Acad. Orthopedic Surgery, Am. Orthopedic Assn., Eastern States Orthopedic Club, Mass. Med. Soc., Boston Ortho- pedic Club. Ciuby: Harvard (Boston), Milton ( MlIton), Hoosic-Whisick (Canton). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 372 Marlboro St., Boston. ilome: 341 Hlghland St., Milton.


VBROWN, Madelaine Hay, physician; D. Providence, R.I., Sept. 19, 1898; d. Robert Perkins Brown and Elizabeth Graham ( Ray) B .; ed. Lincoln Sch., Providence, R.1 .; A.B., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1920; A.M., Brown Univ., 1923; M.D., Johns liopkins, 1927; unmarried. Interneships in neurology, Bellevue Ilosp., N.Y., Boston City Hosp .; prae- ticed neurology, Boston, 1931 -; asst., Research' Neurol. Unit, Boston City Hosp .; asst. In neurol- ogy, Mass. Gen. Hosp., Tufts Med. Sen .; cons. neurologist, N.E. Hosp. Women & Children; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Boston Soc. Psychiatry & Neurology, Mayflower Soc. Clubs: Boston Coll. Pewter Collectors Am., Bryn Mawr (Boston). Author: med. papers, articles on Am. Pewter. Unitarian. Democrat. Office: 412 Beacon St., Boston. Homo: 43 Linnaean St., Cambridge. Summer reg .: Edgartown.


YBROWN, Maurice F., civil engineer; b. N.Y. City, May 21, 1873; 9. Rlchard Brown and Thalia (New- (on) B .; ed. pub. schs., Canfield, O .; S.B., Dart- mouth Coil., 1897; C.E., Thayer Sch. Civ. Engrs., 1898; m. Ethlyn Barber of Milford, N.11., Sept. 16, 1903; children-Mrs. Dorothy Dunn, llenry Barber. With Boston Bridge Works, 1898-1928, draftsman, asst. engr., 1898-1901, chief engr., 1901-28; private practlee, 1898-1933; cons. engr., 1933 -; partner, Waghorne, Brown & Co., Con- tracting Engrs., Boston; selectman, mein. various ids., Winchester, sr. sec. Dartmouth Coil .; mgr. Raw Materials DIv., Emergency Fleet, U.S. Ship- ping Bd., 1917-18; mem. Am. Soc. C.I., Am. Con- erete Inst., Boston Soc. C.E .; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Chi; Casque & Gauntlet. Ciub: Winches- ter Country. Congregationalist. Republican. Otlice: 44 School St., Boston. Ilome: 26 Rangeley Rd., Winchester.


{ BROWN, Merton L., lawyer; b. Houlton, Me., Dee. 30, 1882; s. Oscar S. Brown and Cora L. (Putnam) B .; ed. Ricker Classical Inst .; A.B., Boston Univ., 1910; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1912. Ad- mitted Mass. bar, 1912; mem. firm Boutwell and Brown; Malden City Council, 1915-17, Board of Aldermen, 1918-19, City Solicitor, 1924-32; Masy. Commr. of Insurance, 1928-35; dir. Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co .; tr. Boston Univ., Ricker Clas- sieal Inst .; mem. Boston Bar Assn., Middlesex Bar Assu, Law Soc. of Mass. Club: City (Boy- ton). Baptist. Republican. Office: 40 Court St., Boston. Home: 117 Summer St., Boston. Sum- mer res .: fioulton, Me.


V BROWN, James Goddard, publisher; b. New York V BROWN, Milton S., architeet; b. Providence, R.I., City, Jan. 16, 1879; s. Adoiph Brown and Ethel Aug. 27, 1881; s. Lewis L. Brown and Cornelia A. (Sawin) B .; ed. Providence tech. high sch .; R.I. Sch. Design, 1904-05; m. Bertha E. Smith of Boston, Mar. 14, 1917; 1 son-John Richard. Began as contractor, 1906; treas., owner Amster- dam Fireproof Construction Co., 1911-17; treas., half owner, General Bk. Equipment Co .; Boston, 1921-35; owner, Milton S. Brown Co. June 1935 -; mem. Masons, Shrine. Methodist. Office: 120 'Tre- mont St., Boston. Ilome: 12 Palfrey Rd., Bel- mont. B .; ed. Columbia Coll .; m. Pauline Roth of N.Y. City, Jan. 17, 1904; children-Matthew, Shirley. Mgr., N.Y., Shoe and Leather Reporter, 1904; pres. and treas., 1920 -; pres. and treas., Brown, Lockwood & Davenport Co., pub. The Shoe Style Digest and Health Shoes, dir. in both companies. Clubs: Boston Boot & Shoe, Adver- tising (NY.), Pine Brook Valley Country ( Wes- ton). Oflice: 210 Lincoln St., Boston. Home: 216 Tappan St., Brookline. Summer res .: Marblehead.


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BROWN, Morris Lovejoy, banker; b. Dorchester, Dec. 26, 1902; s. James Brown and Mabel (Love- joy) B .; ed. cent. high seh., Springfield; B.S., Harvard, 1925; m. Frances Adria Ilolines of Brook- lyn, N. Y., May 10, 1930; children-David Welling- ton, Alison Lovejoy. With 1st Nat. Bk., Boston, 1926-, mgr., 1932 -; choir soloist and dir. Travel: Europe, 1922, 1924, 1926. Episcopalian. Repub - Iican. Office: 1219 River St., Ilyde Park. Home: 40 Waldorf Rd., Newton Highlands. Summer res .: Kennebunk Beach, Me.


VBROWN, Nelson P., judge; b. Cambridge, May 13, 1878; s. George A. Brown and Fiora Eugenia (Pierce) B .; ed. Everett high sch., 1895; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1899; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1904; in. Margaret Tucker of Hanover, N.1I., June 11, 1903; children-Chariotte Rogers (Mrs. Carl M. Wentworth), Eleanor (Mrs. Royal I. Blan- chard), Nelson P., Stanton. Admitted to bar, 1903; clk. J. G. Blount Co .; candidate for dist. atty., Middlesex Co., 1907; city solicitor, Everett, 1908-12. asst. dist. atty., Middlesex Co., 1912-14, 1st asst. atty. gen. Mass., 1915-18; justice, Mass. Superior Ct., 1918 -; mem. Kappa Kappa Kappa, Casque and Gauntiet, Masons, Elks. Club: Bos- ton City. Desc. John Brown who came to New England in the "Lion," 1632. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Superlor Court, Boston. Home: 186 Linden St., Everett.


Y BROWN, Perey, physician; b. Cambridge, Nov. 24, 1875; s. Isaac Henry Brown and Mary Eliza- beth (Kennedy) B .; ed. Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge; Harvard Engring. Sch. (then Law- rence Sci. Sch.); M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1900; m. Bernice Elliott Mayhew of Cambridge, Dec. 7, 1904. Gen. practice med., 1900-03; pioneer in (then) new splty. of radiology, devoting entire career to that 1903 -; Roentgenologist, Carney Hosp. (Boston), 1903-10, St. Elizabeth's Hosp., 1905-11, Long. Island Hosp., 1906-10, Children's and Infants' Hosps., 1903-06, 1910-22, St. Luke's (N.Y.), 1924-29; Roentgenologist-in-chief, West- ern Pa. Hosp. (Pittsburgh), 1923; instr. Roent- genology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1911-22; major M.C., U.S.A., France, 1917-19; mem. A.M.A .; Mass. Med. Soc .; Am. Roentgen Ray Soe. (pres., 1911) ; A.C.P .; Am. Coll. Radiology; divers locai sci. socs. in various cities. Recd. medal for achlevement, Anı. Radiol. Soc., 1922. Ciubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.). Author: American Martyrs to Science through the Roentgen Rays, 1935; co-author, The Science of Radiology, 1933. Home: Egypt (Plymouth Co.). V BROWN, Plumb, physician; b. Norfolk, Conn., Nov. 15, 1868; s. Plumb Brown and Olive E. (Crissey ) B .; ed. Robbins sch., Norfolk, Conn .; Gt. Barring- ton high seh .; Univ. Vt. Med. Sch .; M.D., Hahne- mann Med. Coli., Chileago, Hil., 1892; m. Rebecca Aiken Bassett of Norfoik, Conn., Oct. 26, 1892 (d. 1935); 1 son-Elliott Bassett. Practiced med., Norfolk, Conn., 1892-93, So. Manchester, Conn., 1893-95, Springfield, 1895 -; mem., staff of Wes- son Mem. Hosp., Wesson Maternity Hosp .; men. Am. Inst. Ilomoeopathy, Internat. Ilahnemann Assn., Springfield Acad. Med., Masons (32°). Club: Blandford. Congregationaiist. Republican. Office: 175 State St., Springfield, Home: 39 Brown St., Springfield. Summer res .: Blandford.


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VBROWN, Ralph Neally, physician; b. Meredith, N.H., July 31, 1886; s. Marvin Charles Brown and Fanny Patterson (Kelley) B .; ed. Meredith high sch .; Tiiton Seminary; M.D., Tufts Coli. Med. Sch., 1912; m. Heien Marks Aldrich of Concord, N.I.I., Oct. 7, 1916; children-Douglas Aldrich, Roger Stanley, Industrial phys. Boston Rubber Shoe Co., 1916 -; asst. on staff, Malden Hosp., 1917-,


Y visiting phys .: 1925 -; mein. staff, Melrose, Law- rence Memorial and Whidden Hosps., N.E. Sana- torium; mem. Med. Advisory Bd., First It. M.C., 212 yrs. World War; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Malden Med. Soc., S.A.R. Clubs: University, Universalist Men's. Baptist. Republican. Home & Office: 621 Main St., Malden, Summer res .: Lynnfield Center.


VBROWN, Reynolds Driver, lawyer (retired); b. Newcastle, Dei., May 6, 1869; s. Henry Waterston Brown and Alice Preston (Driver) B .; ed. A.B.,


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Harvard, 1890; LL.B., Univ. Penn. Law Sch., 1894; m. Frances Brodhead Harris of Philadelphia, Pa. (d. Feb. 7, 1925); children-Joseph Harris (d.), Reynolds D., Jr., Mrs. Deiia B. Edwards; m. (2nd) Blanche Bartram Cameron, Apr. 5, 1926 (d. 1935); m. (3rd) Emily T. Perry Russell, Sept. 10, 1936. Began practice of law with Read & Pettit, Phila., Pa., 1894; mem. firm Burr, Brown & Lioyd, 1900- 10, Brown & Lloyd, 1910-20; prof. law, Univ. Pa., 1897-1936, retired, 1936; with Y.M.C.A. in France 6 mos. during World War. Clubs: Rit- tenhouse (Phila.), Charleston. Travel: Europe, Japan. Episcopalian. Ind. Republican. Home: 193 Ilinckley Rd., Milton.


VBROWN, Rodney Wheeler, Mgr. Stock Dept., Clark Dodge & Co, Boston office; b. Reading, June 10, 1884; s. Henry A, Brown and Nellie M. (Wills) B .; ed. Reading grammar and hlgh schs .; student Phillips Acad., Andover, 1902-04; m. Mabel Hayes of Lewiston, Me., Oct. 5, 1910; children-Rodney Wheeler, Jr., William Hayes, David Wills, Messen- ger, Estabrook & Co., 1904-08; salesman, Bangs & Horton, 1909-11, Learoyd, Foster & Co., brokers, 1911-14; with Paine, Webber, stock dept., Nov., 1921-Sept. 1923, Spencer Trask & Co., 1915-21 and 1923-26 (mgr. Stock Dept.); mgr. Stock Dept., Edward B. Smith & Co., Oct. 1, 1926-Jan. 1, 1928, gen. partner since Jan. 1, 1928; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Exchange (Bos- ton), The Country (Brookline), Kittansett (Mar- ion), North Andover Country, Essex Country. Office: 70 Federal St., Boston. Home: Bancroft Rd., Andover.


BROWN, Rollo Walter, author; b. Crooksville, Ohio, Mar. 15, 1880; s. Alexander Brown and Roselba (Search) B .; ed. Litt.B., Ohio Northern Univ., 1903, A.M., 1901; A.M., Ilarvard, 1905; Litt.D., Lawrence Coll., 1927, Wabash Coll., 1932; L.H.D., Marietta Coil., 1937; m. Ella A. Brocklesby of Caledonia, O., Sept. 6, 1905. Instr. rhetoric, Wabash Coil., 1905-06, prof., 1906-20; prof. Eng., Carleton Coli., 1920-23; lecturer on English, Harvard, 1923-24, mem. summer sch. facuity, Harvard, 1919; speak- er on Franco-Am. relations, 1917-18; corporate mem. Edward MacDoweil Assn .; mem. Com. of Authors, Science and Learning in France, 1917; lecturer on edni. and lit. topics; mnem. Phi Beta Kappa. Ciubs: Puddingstone, Boston Authors. Author: The Art of Writing Engilsh (with N. W. Barnes), 1913; Ilow the French Boy Learns to Write, 1915; The Creative Spirlt-An Inquiry into American Life, 1925; Dean Briggs, 1926; Lonely Americans, 1929; The Firemakers, 1931; Toward Romance, 1932; The Hillikin, 1935; On Writing the Biography of a Modest Man, 1935; As of the Gods, 1937; Next Door to a Poet, 1937; I Travel by Train, 1939; mag. articles. Editor: The Writer's Art-By Those Who Have Practiced It, 1921. Home: 52 Garden St., Cambridge.


BROWN, Russell Pickard, business man; b. Bev- erly, Aug. 24, 1891; s. George P. Brown and Mary W. (Hinckley) B .; ed. Beverly high sch., Worces- ter Acad .; m. Lillian Jardine of Beverly, 1914; children-George P., Robert J. With 1st Nat. Bk., Boston, 1910-16; with George P. Brown & Co., mail order house, 1916-30, owner 1930 -; dir. Coop. Bk., Chamber of Commerce, Y.M.C.A., Beverly, mem. sch. com., 1923-38; Rep. 15th dist., Essex Co., 1937-38; mem. Masons. Clubs; Mass. Republican, Beverly Republican, Corinthian Yacht (Marblehead), Rotary (past pres.). Congrega- tłonaiist. Republican, Office: 38 Lovett St., Bev- erly. Home: 33 Washington St., Beveriy.


BROW \. Theodore Henry, prof. bus. statistics; b. Mystie, Conn., Oct. 5, 1888; s. Herbert S. Brown and Emma C. (Hali) B .; ed. Stamford (Conn.) high sch .; A.B., Yale, 1910, A.M., 1911, Ph.D., 1913; m. Louise Allis Bulkley of Southport, Conn., July 18, 1914; children-Helen Bulkley, Margaret Buik- ley. Instr. math., Yale, 1913-15; instr. math. and astron., Brown Univ., 1915-16, asst. prof:, 1916-18, nautical sci., 1918-20, economics, 1920-21; Sch. . Bus., Columbia, 1921-25; on Research Staff, Bur. Bus. Research, Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1925-26; asst. prof., bus. statistics, 1926-27, asso. prof., 1927-32, prof., 1932 -; counselor for N.Y.


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bus. firms; assisted in Brown Univ. navai train- ing, World War; men. Am. Statis. Assn. (v.D., 1935, 1938), Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Astron. Assn., Am. Math. Soc., Am. Math. Assn., Soc. Terminai Engrs., Econometric Soc., Am. Assn. Cost Account- ants, Assn. Symbolie Logic, Psychometric Soc., A.A.A.S. Clubs: Yale (Boston, N.Y.). Travel: Brit. Isles, Europe, U.S., Can. Author: Problems in Business Statistics, Laboratory Handbook of Statistical Methods, 1931; The Use of Statistical Teelmiques in Certain Problems of Market Re- search ( Harvard Bur. Bus. Research Study ) ; many articles in sei. and bus. journals. Protestant. Republican. Office: Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Soldiers Field, Boston. Home: 25 Meadow Way, Cambridge. Summer res .: Jackson, N.Il.


BROWN, Thomas Jefferson, pub. accountant; b. Woburn, Sept. 18, 1888; s. Horace E. Brown and Jennie P. (Carsweil) B .; ed. Woburn high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1910; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1921; ni. Helen G. Sartwell of Whitefield, N.H., May 27, 1916. With Brown Bornhofft & Co., 1923-1935; Thomas J. Brown & Co., 1935 -; mem. Mass. Soc. C.P.A., Am. Inst. Pub. Accountants. Clubs: llarvard (Boston), Boston City, University. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 82 Devonshire St., Boston. Honie: 399 Central St., Auburndalc.


BROWN, W. Felton, professor of art (cmeritus) ; b. Roxbury, Ang. 1, 1863; s. Charles Brown and Eliza J. (Sargent) B .; ed. Academie Julian, Paris, Fr., 1889-90; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1890- 93; cleve Delauney and Gustave Moreau; m. Louise F. Clark of Paxton, Sept. 10, 1889. Artist with Louis Prang & Co., 1885-89; asst. instr., asst. prof., asso. prof., prof. art, M.I.T., 1894-, mem. Architl. Dept. taught figure drawing, values, relative seeing, color and composition; an out- standing accomplishment of his teaching was the reduction of time spent on drawing from life to reasonable time of 2 hours instead of an in- definite period; achieved decoration of Hunting- ton Hall, executed by 4 upper classes over period of four yrs., time allotment of 90 hrs. to each man, every student given a chance to work on a panel (some panels 11 ft. by 5 ft. 6 in., whole frieze contains 125 life-sized figures), this was something never done before and never attempted by a class of architi. students; prof. emeritus since 1934; honored by award of medal from M.I.T. for 40 yrs. of valued teaching. Club: Fac- ulty of M.I.T. (Cambridge). Baptist. Repub- lican. Home: 80 Newton St., West Boylston.


BROWN, Walter Augustine, business man; b. Bos- ton Feb. 10; 1905; s. George V. Brown and Eliza- beth V. (Gallagher) B .; ed. Hopkinton high sch .; Phillips Exeter Acad .; unmarried. V.p., gen. mgr.,' Boston Garden-Arena Corp .; dir. Internat. Ice Ilockey Fed., Lapham-Brown Oil Corp., Que- bec Provincial Ilockey League; selectman, Ilop- kinton, 1930-33; mem. Auditorium Mgrs. Assn., Boston Athletic Assn. (athletic mgr.), Boston Chamber of Commerce, Mass. Selectmen's Assn., Mass. Guernsey Breeders Assn., N.E. Assn. Ama- teur Athletic Union, U.S. Olympic Com. Clubs: Boys ( Boston), Am Dairy Cattle, Boston Olympic Ilockey (pres. ). Catholic. Office: Boston Gar- den, Boston. Home: 236 Hayden Row, Hopkinton.


V BROWN, Walter Jackson, stock broker; b. Boston Oct. 5, 1870; s. Edward Jackson Brown and Mary Eliza (Brown) B .; ed. Hophinson's Sch., Bos- ton; A.B., Harvard, 1892; m. Lesley Dillingham Bangs of Winchester, Dec. 27, 1897; chlidren- Georgiana, Lesley Chillingsworth, Mary More- lead. in real estate bus., 1892-97; office of E. D. Bangs, broker, 1898-1900; Foote & French, 1900-06, mem. firm, 1906-22; in bus. for self, meni. Boston Stock Exchange, 1922 -; now primarily an odd lot specialist; mem. Mass. State Guard, active service in Boston police strike. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), University (Boston), Winchester Country. Travel: It., Fr., Eng. (3 times), Mex., W.I., etc. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 29 Calumet Rd., Winchester. Summer res .: Egypt.


VBROWN, Willlam Channing, clergyman; b. Sher- born, Mar. 7, 1868; s. William Brown and Salome Stephens (Williams) B .; ed. Highland Mil. Acad., Worcester; M.I.T., 1887-89; grad., Meadville Theol. Sch., 1894; Ilarvard Div. Sch., 1894-95; m. Mary Anna Brown of Wolfeborough, N.H., Aug. 4, 1897; children-Mrs. Elizabeth Corelli Harshfield, Mrs. Margaret Lord Murdock. Ordained Unitarian min- ister, 1895; pastor, Gardner, 1895-98, Littleton, 1898-1904; field agt., 1904-05; field sec. Am. Uni- tarian Assn., 1905-2 !: Pastor, Wheeling, W. Va., 1921-28, estab. Open Forum. 1921; pastor, All Souls Unitarian Ch., Littleton, 1924 -; town clk., treas., Littleton, past chinn., seh. com., past sec., Pub. Lib .; civic work in camps during World War; mem. Old Colony Hist. Soc., Amn. Unitarian Assn. Clubs: Unitarian, Twentieth Century. Travel: Eng., Europe, U.S. Dese. Thomas and Bridget Browne, Concord, 1640; Richard Williams, founder of Taunton, 1639. Unitarian. Repub- lican. Home: Littleton.


BROWN, Willlam G., Jr., business executive; b. Gloucester, Sept. 25, 1886; s. William G. Brown and Minnie S. (Russell) B .; ed. Gloucester high sch .; B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1910; m. Hester F. Fisher, Apr. 27, 1914: children-William G., III, Robert F., Jean M., Barbara P. Treas. William G. Brown Co., 19 -; v.p. Cape Ann Nat. Bk .; dir. Perkins & Corliss; park commnr., 1917-28; mem. North Shore Art Assn. Clubs: Cape Ann Camera, Eastern Point Yacht, Bass Rocks Goif. Protes- tant. Republican. Office: Main St., Gloucester. Home: 10 Hovey St., Gloucester. Summer res .: 628 Washington St., Gloucester.


V BROWNE, George Elmer, artist; b. Gloucester, May 6, 1871; s. Josiah Hill Browne and Katherine (Cowan) B .; ed. pub. schs, Salem; studied art at Sch. of Drawing and Painting, Mus. of Fine Arts, and Cowies Art Sch., Boston; Acad. Julian, Paris, under Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert- Fleury; m. Lillian B. Putnam of Danvers, Nov. 2, 1893; 1 son-Ilarold. Regular exhibitor at Paris Saion, also Munich, Berlin, Rome, London and in leading cities of U.S .; rep. in Nat. Art Gal- lery (Washington), Montelair (N.J.) Mus., Erie (Pa.) Art Club, Omaha Pub. Lib., Art Inst. (Chi- cago), Milwaukee Art Inst., Toledo ((.) Mus., Unlon League Club (Chicago), University Club (Milwaukee), Saimagundi Club (New York), Art Collection (Lawrence, Kan.), Luxembourg Gal- lery (Parls, 1922), Harrison Collection (Los An- geles Museum, 1923); paluting "Bait Sellers of Cape Cod" purchased by French Govt. from Paris Salon, 1904; paintings purchased by Art Mus., Atlanta, Ga., 1922, Ranger Fund of Nat. Acad. Design, 1929, Birmingham (Ala.) Pub. Lib .; represented in Art Museums, Montpelier and Cahors, France, Metro. Mus. (N.Y.), in collection at Univ. Wis. (Madison); awards: medai, Mechan- ies Fair, Boston, 1895; Book Piate Prize, Saima- gundi Club, New York, 1898, George Inness, Jr. Prize, 1901; Isidor prize, Salmagundi Club, 1916, 1918; Vezin prize, 1919; $1,000 Shaw prize, 1920; Trumbuli prize, 1921; Tuthill prize, Art Inst., Chicago, 1923; water color prize, Baltimore Art Club, 1926; Shaw water color prize, Salmagundi ('lub, 1927; gold medal, Allied Artists Am., 1928; Rodney Wilcox Jones prize, Nat. Arts Club, 1931; Gregg prize, Nat. Arts Club, 1932; Altman $500 prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1934; gold medal of honor, Allied Artists Am., 1934; Carrington prize, Salmagundi Club, 1937; Nat. Arts Club prize, 1939; dir, and instr., at Browne Art Class, Province- town; instr. Grand Central Sch. Art and Metro- politatni Art Sch., N.Y. City; conducted classes abroad, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929; decorated Officier de l'Instruction Publique (French), 1925; Che- valier de la Legion D'Honneur, 1936; N.A., 1928; mein Nat. Acad, Design (council, 1933-35), Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters, Allied Artists of America (pres. 1930-37), Nat. Comnin. to Advance American Art, Artists Prof. League, Am. Fine Arts Foun- dation, Conn. Acad. Fine Arts, Grand Central Art Gallery (N.Y.), Archtl. League of N.Y., Paint- ers Gravers Am., Group of Am. Artists, Artists' Fund Soc., N.Y. Water Color Soc., Allied Artists' Assn. (N.Y.), Am. Water Color Soc., Am. Soc.


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Etchers, Municipal Art. Soc. (N.Y.), Province- town Art Assn. (v.p.), Am. Art Assn. (Paris). Clubs: Lotos (life), Nat. Arts (life), Salmagundi (pres. 1936), Century (N.Y.), Beachcombers (Provincetown), (past pres.). Studlo: The Sher- wood, 58 W. 57th St., New York, N.Y. Home: Provincetown.


V BROWNE, Kingsbury, merchant; b. Newton, May 2, 1894; s. Charles A. Browne and Edith Guild (Page) B .; ed. Newton hlgh sch .; Dartmouth Coll., 1913- 15; m. Sophle Relter Acheson of Pittsburgh, Pa., June 26, 1920; children-Kingsbury, Jr., Nancy, David Page. In wool bus., 1919-26; exec. v.p., treas. H. N. Hartwell & Son, wholesale coal and oil, Boston, 1924 -; v.p. Hlartwell & Lester; v.p., treas. Hartwelson S.S. Co., Wellhart S.S. Co., Malne State Coal Depot, Hartwell Coal Depot, White Fuel Co., Hartwell Coal Co., Maine; dir. Acheson Mfg. Co. (Pittsburgh, Pa.); with Mass. Nat. Guard on Mex. border, 1916; 2nd lt. F.A., U.S.A., 1917-19, with A.E.F., France, 1918-19. Clubs: Country (Brookline), Exchange, Tennis & Badminton (Boston), Plymouth Yacht and Coun- try. Dese. John and Abraham Browne, Water- town, 1637. Congregationalist. Republican. Of- fice: Park Sq. Bldg., Boston. Home: 140 Dudley St., Brookline. Summer res .: Plymouth.




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