Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 39

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Publication date: 1940
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~ BROWNE, Margaret Fitzhugh, artist; b. Boston, June 7, 1881; d. William Maynadier Browne and Cordella Brooks (Fenno) B .; ed. Boston Lat. sch., 1899-1903; Mass. Normal Art Sch., 1904-09; Bos- ton Mus. Fine Arts, 1910; unmarried. Portrait painter, 1910 --; art critic, Boston Evening Tran- script, 1919-20; mem. Grand Central Galleries, N.Y. City; mistress of school for instruction in drawing and painting, Boston In winter, Annis- quam in summer; painter of portraits of promi- nent men and women for social and ednl. instns., incl. King Alfonso of Spain ( for N.Y. Yacht Club), Mrs. Asa Candler (for Wesleyan Coll., Macon, Ga.), Samuel W. Stratton (Bur. of Standards, Washington), Ellhu Thomson, (M.I.T., Cam- bridge), also, Sen, Win. E. Borah, Bobby Jones, John Ilays Hammond, Arthur Q. Little, Ambrose Swasey, Adm. D. W. Taylor, Charles Stone, and Edwin S. Webster; winner, popular prize, No. Shore Arts Assn., Gloucester, 1925; hon. mention, Nat. Assn. Women Painters and Sculptors, Brook- lyn Art Mus., 1928; mem. Art Comn. of City of Boston, 1937-42; mem. bd. trs., No. Shore Arts Assn. (pres., 1931-36) ; mem. Copley Soc. of Boston (sec.), Gloucester Soc. Art, Conn. Acad. Fine Arts, Nat. Assn. Women Painters and Sculptors, Spring- field (111.) Art Assn., Springfield Art League, New- port (R.1.) Art Assn., Allied Artists Am. Clubs: Boston Art, Women's Republican. Author: Por- trait Painting, 1933. Republican. Studio: 30 lps- wich St., Boston. Home: 293 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Summer res .: Annisquam, Gloucester.


Y BROWNE, Nina Eliza, librarian; b. Erving, Oct. 6, 1860; d. Charles Theodore Browne and Nancy Smith (Chapman) B .; A.B., Smith Coll., 1882, A.M., 1885, post-grad. course, 1882-83; grad. Co- lumbia Univ. Lib. Sch., 1889; B.L.S., Univ, State of N.Y., 1891; Litt.D., Smith Coll., 1930; unmarried. Asst., Columbia Univ. Lib., 1888-89, N.Y. State Llb., 1889-92; librarian, Lib. Bur., Boston, 1893- 96; registrar, Am. Lib. Assn., 1889-1909, asst. sec. pub. bd., 1896-1900, sec. pub. bd., 1901-09; sec. Mass. Free Pub. Lib. Cominn., 1910-11; asst., Harvard Coll. Llb., 1911-16, Sinith Coll. Llb., 1916-17; misc. editorlal work, 1917-27; archivist, Smith Coll., 1921 -; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Am. Lib. Assn. Clubs: College, Twentieth Cel- tury (both of Boston). Compiler: Bibliography of Hawthorne, 1905. Editor: Catalog of Officers, Graduates and Non-graduates of Smith College, 1875-1905, 1906; joint editor, Am. Lib. Assn .; Index to Portraits, 1906. Address: 40 Common- wealth Av., Boston.


BROWNE, Page, real estate manager; b. Newton, Apr. 16, 1892; s. Charles A. Browne and Edith Guild (Page) B .; ed. Gov. Dummer Acad .; Dart- mouth Coll .; m. Grace C. Fagan of Pittsburgh, Pa:, June 26, 1929; children-Page, Jr., Pierce Butler. Gen. Sales Mgr., Waltham Watch Co .;


gen. mgr. Park Sq. Bldg., Inc., Boston, 1937 -; v.p. and dir. The Sheraton, Inc., 1937 -; mem. Finance com., Town of Concord; capt. F.A., U.S.A., 2 yrs., with A.E.F., 1 yr. Clubs: Union Boat, Concord Country. Travel: 27 countries. Desc. Abraham Browne, Jr., whose house, built 1663, is still standing in Watertown. Christian. Repub- lican. Office: Park Square Bldg., Boston. Home: Concord.


TBROWNE, Ralph Cowan, Roentgenologist; inventor; b. Salem, Nov. 14, 1880; s. Josiah Hill Browne and Katherine (Cowan) B .; ed. Salem high sch., 1898; In. Mary Belle Moody of Salem, Jan. 15, 1908. Has devoted attention principally to research and inventlon, now pres. Brown Apparatus Co .; tech. expert, L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., Roentgenolo- gist, Salem Hosp .; inventor of elec. system and mechanism adopted by U.S. Govt. in North Sea mine barrage, World War; inventor, Brown portable X-ray apparatus, Brown air-lift inine pump, zinoit chalcopyrite detector (used In wire- less telegraphy), high resistance transmitters (used in telephony), ete. Congregationalist. Re- ; publican. Home: Salem.


1 BROWNE, William Edward, surgeon; b. Randolph, Oct. 19, 1889; 8. John Joseph Browne and Anne Maria (Mackedon) B .; ed. Holy Cross prep. sch .; Holy Cross Coll., Worcester, 1906-07; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1913; m. Dorothy Gallagher of Boston, Nov. 14, 1920; children -- Edward Ran- dolph, Sarah Jane. Visiting staff surg., Carney Hosp., 1918 -; surg .- In-chief, second surg. service, Carney Ilosp., 1936 -; clin. prof. surgery, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1936 -; It. Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917- 18; mem. exec. bd., Hosp. Council of Boston; Founder's Group, Am. Bd. of Surgery; mem. exec. council, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch. Alumni Assu .; fel- low, A.C.S .; mem., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Travel: extensive. Author: a publication on surgery of the hand. Catholic. Non-partisan (Republican ) Office and home: 587 Beacon St., Boston.


BROWNELL, Carl Reed, business man; b. Worces- ter, Nov. 21, 1889; s. George Loomis Brownell and Elizabeth Everett ( Reed) B .; ed. Class. high sch., Worcester; Ph.B., Sheffield Sei. Sch., Yale, 1910; m. Yndita C. Ilanekel of Haverford, Pa., June 6, 1914; children-George Loomis, HI. In machinery Mfg., 1910; asso. with G. L. Brownell until Jan. 1, 1930; treas. G. L. Brownell, Inc., 1930 -; dir., Stato Mut. Life Ins. Co., Mech, Nat. Bk., Y.M.C.A .; mein. Hosp. People's Sav. Bk .; Trade schs. City govt., 4 yrs. Clubs; Worcester, Tatnuck Country, Univer- sity, Rotary, Yale (N.Y.). Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 49 Union St., Worcester. Home: 3 Westland St., Worcester.


VBROWNELL, Clark Tinkham, clergyman; b. Cam- bridge, N.Y., Aug. 16, 1871; s. Myron C. Brownell and Margaret (Edle) B .; ed. Cook Acad., Montour Falls, N.Y .; A.B., Colgate Univ., 1891, D.D., 1921; B.D., Colgate Div. Sch., 1900; mi. Jessie Woodruff Pottle of Chicago, Aug. 27, 1902. Teacher, Way- land Acad., Beaver Dam, Wis., 1894-99; pastor, First Bapt. Ch., Bridgeton, N.J., 1900-1905, Glens Falls, N.Y., 1905-08, So. Bapt. Ch., Newark, N.J., 1908-17, First Bapt. Ch., Brattleboro, Vt., 1917-24, Haverhill, 1924 -; dir. Northern Bapt, Edn. Soc .; pres. Mass. Conf. Bapt. Ministers; mem. A.F.&A.M. (Saggahew Lodge), Bapt. Theol. Circle ( Boston), New Jersey S.A.R. Club: Harverhill Whittier. Mayflower desc. Baptist. Republican. Home: 55 Highland Av., Haverhill. Summer res .: Eagle Bridge, N.Y.


Y BROWNING, Glenn Hazard, consulting electrical engineer; b. Solon, Ia., Mar. 9, 1897; s. Albert Hazard Browning and Mary (Sutliffe) B .; ed. Mt. Vernon (Ia.) high sch. (valedictorian; scholar- ship to Cornell Coll.); A.B., Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, la. (valedictorian; scholarship to Har- vard), 1921; student, Harvard, 1921; m. Ruth Jordan of Sutherland, la., June 20, 1922; children- Barbara, Mary Jean. Asst., Cruft Lab., Harvard, 1922-25; research fellow, elec. engring., 1923-24; radio research engr., Nat. Co., Cambridge, 1924-25; cons. engr., 1926-28; developed spl. math. designed tuned radio frequency transformer, later incorpo- rated in Browning-Drake circuit, 1924; pres.,


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Browning-Drake Corp., 1926-28; cons. engr., Doble Ongring. Co., Tobe Deutschmann Corp., Atlantie Precision Co., Ren Mfg. Co., F.B.C. Productions. 1928-37; cons. engr., pres., Browning Labs., Inc., Winchester, 1938 -; teacher, Mass. Univ. Exten- sion Courses, 1921, 1939 -; dir. Tobe Deutschmann Corp., Trawler-ileckla; candidate, 40th Tr. Bat- tery, F.A., C.O.T.S., Camp Taylor, Ky., 1918; taught electricity and wireless; 2nd It. F.A. Res. Corps, 1919; mem. Inst. Radio Engrs., Am. Inst. E.E. Clubs: Country, Calumet (Winchester). Au- thor: Etlicient Tuned Radio Frequency Trans- former, 1926; A Theoretical and Experimental In- vestigation of Detection. 1927; many tech, and semi-tech, articles in radio mags. and periodicals. Methodist. Republican. Office: 750 Main St., Win- chester. Home: 7 Appalachian Rd., Winchester. HRUCE, Henry Addington Bayley, author, lecturer, editor; b. Toronto, Can., June 27, 1874; s. John Bruee and Mary (Bayley) B .; ed. Upper Canada Coll., Toronto; A.B., Trinity Coll., Toronto Univ., 1895, A.M., 1896; m. Lauretta A. Bowes of Boston, Nov. 24, 1897. Asst. ed., Toronto Week, 1895-96; ed. staff, Toronto Star, 1896-97; Am. Press Assn., 1897-1903; asst. lit. ed. N.Y. Tribune and ed. N.Y. Tribune Weekly Rev., 1903-04; staff contributor, The Outlook, 1904-15; psychol. adviser, Associated Newspapers, 1915-27; lecturer on psychol. and sociol. subjs., 1928 -; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; mem. Boston Browning Soc. (pres.). Am. Folk-Lore Soc. (Boston br., past pres.), Bos- ton Soe. Psychic Research (mem. council), Bos- ton Symposium (past pres.), Nantucket Hist. Assn. Clubs: Boston Authors (past pres. ), Ai- gonquin (v.p.), Faculty (Harvard). Author: The Riddle of Personality. 1908: Ilistoric


Ghosts and Ghost Hunters, 1908; The Romance of American Expansion, 1909; Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Road, 1910; Selentific Mental Healing, 1911; Woman in the Making of America, 1912; Adventurings in the Psychical, 1914: Sleep and Sleeplessness, 1915; Psychology and Parenthood, 1915; Handicaps of Childhood, 1917; Nerve Control and How to Gain It. 1918; Self-Development, 1921; Your Growing Child, 1927. Editor: The Education of Karl Witte, 1914; Mind and Health, series of med. handbooks, 1915-24. Translator: Pierre Leroy-Beaulieu's The United States in the Twentieth Century, 1906. Collaborator with VIs- count James Bryce, revision of The American Commonwealth, 1906. Home: 2 Rledesel Av., Cam- bridge. Sumner res .: Nantucket.


YBRUCE, Marjorie Mackenzie, designer; b. Shelburne. N.S., Dec. 25, 1895; d. Charles Stanley Bruce and Aunle Priscilla (Mackenzie) B ; ed. grad., Nova Scotia Teachers' Coll., 1915; Sch. Fine Arts & Crafts. Boston, 1924; unmarried. Teacher, 1915- 17; art student, illuminator, 1917-25; Textile de- signer, illuminator, 1925 -; mem. Soc. Arts & Crafts, Boston. Travel: Italy (art study), 1925. Episcopalian. Home: 1109 Boylston St., Boston. Summer res .: Shelburne, N.S.


YBRUCE, Robert Ernest, professor of mathematics; b. Stoneham, Oct. 14, 1877; s. Romanzo Lester Bruce and Mary Wilma (Delano) B .; ed. schs., St. Albans, Vt. and Helena, Mont .; A.B., Boston Unlv., 1901, Ph. D., 1912; A.M., Harvard, 1911; also Leland Stanford, M.I.T .; m. Louise Maude Bishop of Red - lands, Calif., May 30, 1904; 1 son-Philip Lester. Instr. math., Pomona Coll., Claremont, Calif., 1902-03; mem. faculty, Boston Unlv., 1903 -; chmn., Dept. Math., 1921 -; on exchange, Tsing Hua Coll., Peiping, China, 1920-21; mem. Am, Math. Soc., Math. Assn. Am., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Phil Beta Kappa, eto. Author: A Survey of Elementary Mathematics; articles in tech. periodicals. Travel: Eastern Asia, 1920-21; around the world, 1929-30; etc. Methodist. Independent Republican. Office: Boston University, College of Liberal Arts, Bos- ton. Home: 44 Churchill St., Newtonville. Sun- mer res .: Franeestown, N.I.


BRUEL, Andrée, asso. professor of French; b. Neuilly sur Seine, Fr., Mar. 29, 1895; d. Charles Bruel and Marthe (Louvet) B .; ed. Lycée de jeunes filles, Le Havre, Fr .; Licence es lettres, Université de Paris, 1914; Doctorat de l'Univ. de


Parls, 1929. Instr., Wellesley Coll., 1927-29, asst. prof., 1929-35, asso. prof., 1935 -; instr., Middle- bury Coll., 1935, 1937, 1939. Author: Emerson et Thoreau, 1929; Romans Français du Moyen Age, 1934. Office: Wellesley College, Wellesley. Home: 55 Leighton Rd., Wellesley. Summer res .: 112 Blvd. François ler, Le Havre, Fr.


VBRURES, Charles Thomas, professor of entomology; D. Wheeling, W. Va., June 20, 1879; s. Charles Thomas Brues and Ada (Mossie) B .; ed. North Division (Chicago) high sch .; B.S., Univ. Tex., 1901, M.S., 1902; fellow in zool., Columbia, 1903- 04; m. Beirne Barrett of Austin, Tex., June 16, 1904; children-Austin Moore, Aliee Mossie. Field entomologist, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1904-05; curator in- vertebrate zool., Milwaukee (Wis.) Pub. Mus., 1905-09; instr. econ. entomology, llarvard, 1909- 12, asst. prof., 1912-26. asso. prof., 1926-35, prof., 1935-, asso. curator of insects, Mus. Comp. Zool., 1931 -; mem. of staff, Marine Biol. Lab., Wood's Hole, 1903-04; Nat. Research Council, 1917-19; varlous scientific expeds. in No. Am., W.L., So. Am. and E.I .; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, A.A.A.S., Entomol. Soc. of Amer. (pres., 1929) ; mom., Am. Assn. Econ. Entomologists, Am. Soe. Naturalists, Cambridge Entomology Club, Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Sigina Xi. Club: Faculty (Cam- bridge). Author: (with A. L. Melander) A Key to the Families of North American Inseets, 1915; Insects and Human Welfare, 1920; (with A. L. Melander) Classification of Insects, 1931; some 200 articles, mainly on Insects, In biol. jours; re- search on classification of Insects and their evolu- tion, as shown in fossil forms; on thelr food habits, with ref. to evol. and mankind; on rela- tion of Insects to human welfare, esp. in the transmission of diseases, such as infantile paraly- sis; on relation of insects and other animal life to high temps, Editor: Psyche, a jour. of entomol., 1909 -. Republlean. Office: Blol. Lab., Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 397 South St., For- est 1Tills, Boston. Summer res .: Petersham.


VIRUIN, Martha Emma, teacher, author; b. Boston, Jan. 12, 1872; d. Theodore Bruhn and Emma (Rauschenplat) B .; ed. girls' high seh., Boston; spl. training in modern langs., Ger .; normal tr. course In Lip Reading for Hard of Hearing Adults, Berlin; unmarried. Teacher F'r. and Ger., Boston, 1891-1902; progressive deafness made teaching languages Impossible, so studied lip reading in U.S., Berlin; translated and adapted method used in Berlin and on return opened first sch. Ilp reading for hard of hearing adults in U.S. at Boston, 1902: prin., Muller-Walle Sch Lip Reading, Boston, 1902-31; spi. instr., Normal Tr. Class, Clark Sch., Northampton, 1912; instr., sum- mer sessions, Univ. Callf., 1929, 1931, Univ. Chi- cago, 1933; mem. com. for reconstruction work, War Dept., for defectives in hearing and speech, World War; mem. Am. Soc. and Boston Guild (lion. v.p.) Ifard of llearing; hon. mem. various leagues for hard of hearing. Author: Muller- Walle Method of Lip Reading; Elementary Les- sons In Lip Reading; Manual of Llp Reading (pub. at request of Volta Bur., Washington, during War, for deafened soldiers in French and Eng .; Exer- cises for Group Practice; etc. Lutheran. Repub- lican. Home: 16 Beaufort Rd., Jamaica Plain.


BRUNINGHAUS, Charles Walter, physician; b. MINI- bury, Sept. 9, 1880: 8. Richard BrunInghaus and Bertha (Molt) B .; ed. grad, Hiram Prep. Sch., 1902; A B., Hiram Coll., 1905; D.O., MAN! Coll. On opathy, 1908; M.D., Coll. Phys. & Aures., (,, ambit, 1915; In. Annie Is Suyder of Worcester, Sept 22, 1908. Gen. practice of med. and sure, Worcester, 1908 -; capt. Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917- 18; mem. sch. bd., Worcester, 1910-15; mom. Am. Homeopathic Assn., Mass. Homeopathie Assn., Worcester Med. Soc, Masons, Clubs: Lions, Feo- noile, Medical, Homeopathic ( Worcester). Mem. Ch. of Disciples of Christ. Republican. Office: 507 Main St., Woreester. Home: 23 Otsego Rd., Worcester.


BRUNS, Anton M., insurance agent; b. Boston, Mar. 28. 1873; S. Anton Bruns and Lucy M. ( Holmes) B ; ed pub. schis, of Boston; m. Mabelle F. Fowler,


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of Needham, Nov. 1896; 1 son-Ralph. Began in ins. bus. with H. E. Darling, 1890; firm succeeded later by Darling & Russell, then by Fairfield & Ellis, of which has been mem., 1909 -; mem. Bos- ton Bd. of Fire Underwriters. Clubs: Baptist So- ciai Union, Highiand (West Roxbury). Baptist. Office: 99 Milk St., Boston. Ilome: 16 Allenwood St., West Roxbury.


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ABRUSHI, George Sabin, sales engineer; b. Stillwater, Me., Mar. 1, 1884; s. George M. Brush and Louise M. (Doud) B .; ed. Newton high sch .; Mass. Inst. Tech., 1909; m. Bertha M. Gordon of Dover, 1933. In employ Boston Elevated Ry. Co., 1907-15; Cum- berland Co. Power and Light Co., Portland, Me., 1915-18; Houston Elec. Co., Houston, Tex., 1918- 24; Ballard Oil Co., 1921-27; sales engr., Shell Union Oil, 1927 -; mem. Vt. Soc. Engrs., Mass. Highway Assn., Am. Road Builders Assn., R.I. Illghway Assn., Masons Shrine. Clubs: Boston Engineers, New England Railroad, New England Transit. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 787 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Ilome: 300 Prince St., West Newton.


BRYAN, Ernest Rowlett, educator; b. Bath, N.Y., Aug. 14, 1906; s. Daniel Beach Bryan and Anna Rowlett (Aulls) B .; ed. Haverling Sch .; A.B., Syracuse Univ., 1929; A.M., George Washington Univ., 1933; student, Harvard, N.Y. Univ .; m. Mildred Scymour Gott of Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 1932; 1 dau .- Carol Norris. Field sec., World Peace Foundation, Boston, 1929-31; asst. dir. publs., Nat. Edn. Assn., Washington, D.C., 1931- 34; edn. see., World Peace Foundation, Boston and New York, 1934-36; forum lecturer, U.S. Oflice of Edn., Washington, D.C., 1936-37; exec. sec., Nat. Council for Adult Civic Edn., 1937 -; asso. health edn. specialist, U.S. Pub. Health Serv., 1938 -; treas. Allied Youth Inc .; mem. Zeta Psi, Phi Kappa Alpha, Janus, Boar's Head, Phi Gamma Mu, Pi Delta Epsilon, Internat. Soc. of Christian Endeavor (supt. World Peace Dept.). Club: Town Ilall (N.Y.); former mem. Boston City. Author: Lobbying at the League of Nations; Civilization Again at the Crossroads; Munition Makers on the Spot. Travel: Europe. G.g.s. George Bryan, set- tled in Mass. Bay area, later moved to New York. Christian (Disciples). Independent. Oflice: 41 Mt. Vernon St., Boston, and 1201 16th St., Wash- ington, D.C. Home: 3829 Cathedral Av., Washing- ton, D.C.


BRYAN, Kirk, geologist; b. Albuquerque, N.M., July 22, 1888; s. Richard W. D. Bryan and Susie Hunter (Patten) B .; ed. A.B., Univ. N.M., 1909; A.B., Yale, 1910, Ph.D. in absentia, 1920; m. Mary Catherine MacArther of Wagon Mound, N.M., July 11, 1923; children-Richard Conger, Mary Catherine, Kirk, Margaret Stuart. Entered service U.S. Geol. Sur- vey, 1912, as geologie aid and advanced succes- sively through grades to sr. geologist, 1927; instr. geology, Yale, 1914-17; lecturer on physlography, Harvard, 1926-27, asst. prof. physiography, 1927- 30, asso. prof. 1930 -; spi. assignments-geoio- gist, Columbia Basin Project, 1923, Nat. Geog. Soc. Chaco Canyon Expdn., 1924-25, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist., 1927,34,35; geologist for Mexican Govt., San Juan Project, 1936; pvt., then 2nd lt. engrs., geol. sect., in chief engr's. of- fice, U.S.A., 1918-19, with A.E.F. In France; mem. A.A.A.S. (v.p. and chmn. Sect. E, 1938), Geol. Soc. Am., Am. Acad. (council, 1935-38), Assn. Am. Geographers (council, 1935-38), Soc. Am. Mil. Engrs., N.E. Waterworks Assn., Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Geophys. Union, Boston Geol. Soc. (pres. 1936), Geol. Soc. Wash., Northwest Sci. Assn., Amn. Meteoroi. Soc., Sigma Xi, PI Kappa Alpha. Ciub: Faculty (Camb.). Author: many geol. reports and essays. Travel: U.S. (extensive). Desc. George Bryan of Phila., mem. Stamp Act Congress, v.p. Commonwealth of Pa. during Revolution. Demo- crat. Office: Geological Museum, Oxford St., Cam- bridge. Home: 71 Washington Av., Cambridge.


BRYAN, Ralph Burgess (pen name, Alfred Hender- son), editor; b. Somerville, Feb. 8, 1899; s. Elisha Benjamin Bryan and Carrie A. (Thorpe) B .; ed. Boston higi sch .; m. Marguerite Fiorence Lebel of Boston, Aug. 1926; 1 dau .- Virginia Anne.


Formerly shoe factory exec., connected with sev- erai leading Eastern mfg. firms; writer and edi- tor; recognized authority on shoe and leather mfg .; mem. Co. I, Mass. State Guard, 3 yrs .; mem. Nat. Conf. Bus. Paper Editors, Am. Leather Chem- ists Assn. Author: many articles outlining hist. of shoe industry, progress of shoe and leather making, bus. and econ. problems. Editor: Hide and Leather and Shoes, internat, shoe and leather weekly. Methodist. Republican. Office: 10 Illgh St., Boston. Home: 21 Greenview Av., Jamaica Plain.


YBRYAN, William Alvin, physician; b. Creston, Ja., Nov. 21, 1883; s. James F. Bryan and Isabel (Mc- Monagle) B .; ed. Creston high sch .; M.D., George Washington Univ. Med. Sch., 1908; m. Floy Gil- bert, Sept. 17, 1911; 1 son-William J. Interne, U.S. Pub. Health Service, 1908-09; asst. phys., Clarinda (Ia.) State Hosp., 1909-10; in gen. prac- tice at Kent, Ia., 1910-11; asst, phys., Cherokee (Ia.) State Hosp., 1911-16, Boston Psychopathic Hosp., 1916-17, Danvers State Hosp., 1917-20, Mass. Dept. of Mentai Diseases, 1920-21; supt., Worees- ter State Hosp., 1921 -; dir. Worcester Y.M.C.A .; mem. Worcester District Med. Soc. (past pres.), Mass. Psychiatric Assn. (v.p.), Am. Psychiatrie Assn., A.M.A. Club: Worcester Rotary (past pres.). Author: Administrative Psychiatry. Of- Ilce: Worcester State Hospital. Home: Worcester State Hospital. Summer res .: West Brookfield.


BRYANT, Lincoln, lawyer; b. Boston, July 18, 1874; 8. Frederick Eugene Bryant and Clara May (Crosby) B .; ed. Hingham Derby Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1895; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1898; m. Rose Standish Bryant of New Bedford, June 5, 1907; children-Rose Lincoln (Mrs. Edward Ham- iin, Jr.), John Winslow, Mary Luce. Admitted to Mass, bar, 1898; gen. practice of law, Boston, 1898 -; mem. Mass. Constitutional Conv., 1917-18; town counsel for Milton, 1916 -; tr. Milton Sav. Bk .; mem. Bd. of Contract Adjustment, War Dept., Washington, D.C., 1919-20; treas. and dir. South End Day Nursery; mem. Mass., Boston and Nor- folk Co. (dir.) Bar Assns., Mass. Assn, City Solici- tors and Town Counsel. Clubs: Union (Boston) ; Milton (Milton). Unitarian. Republican. Ofllee: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 149 Randolph Av., Milton.


V BRYANT, Sara Cone, author; b. Melrose, Jan. 4, 1873; d. Dexter Bryant and Dorcas . Anne ( Han- cock) B .; ed. A.B., Boston Univ., 1895; diplomas from Frau Doktor Hempel Normal Sem., Berlin, and Am. Home Sch. of Berlin, 1896; m. Theodore Franz Borst, Mar. 9, 1908; children-Elizabeth Bryant, James Bryant. Engaged in journalism and writing short stories for mags., 1897-1900; teacher of English and lecturer on poetry, Sim- mons Coll., Boston, 1904-06; lecturer on story telling, Lucy Wheelock Kindergarten, Boston, 1907; lecturer on short story telling in prin. cities of U.S .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Club: Women's City (Boston). Author: Ilow to Tell Stories to Children, 1905; Stories to Tell to Children, 1907; Stories to Teil the Littiest Ones, 1915; I Am an American, 1918; New Stories to Tell to Children, 1923; The Story Reader, Books I and II, 1924; Gordon and His Friends, 1925; The Magic Flute, 1926; Gordon in the Great Woods, 1928; Story Reader, 1929. Address: 93 Hancock Av., Newton Centre.


*BRYDEN, Samuel David, Jr., physicist; b. Boston, July 25, 1905; s. Samuel David Bryden and Eilen A (Sibley) B .; ed. Waltham high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1926. M.S., 1927. Asst. physics, M.I.T., 1927-32; pres. and dir. research, Bryden Co., fluorite op- tles, prism systems, optical mfg., 1933 -; mem. Res. Ollicers Assn., Alumnae Assn. Tech. Author: several scientific articles. Travel: U.S. Desc. Deacon Edmund Rice. Baptist. Republican. Ad- dress: 96 Church St., Waltham, Died June 24, 1938


V BRYSON, Gladys Eugenia, professor of sociology; b. Carlisie, Ky., Apr. 2, 1894; s. Homer B. Bryson and Minnie Noble (Mann) B .; ed. Carlisle (Ky.) high sch .; A.B., Georgetown Coll., 1918; A.M., Univ. Caiif., 1927; Ph.D., 1930; Sterling fellow,


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Yale, 1927-28; 2 summers, Columbla and Univ. Chicago; unmarried. Nat. student see., Y.W.C.A., 1919-25, teaching fellow, 1925-27; dept. sociai In- stitutions, Univ. Calif., 1930-31; res. sec., Internat. House, 1931-34; asst. prof, sociology, Smith Coil., 1931-34, now asso. prof .; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., A.A.A.S., Am. Sociol. Soc. Author: papers in Am. Sociol. Rev., Social Forces, Internat. Journal of Ethics, Socioi. Rev. (London). Protestant. Independent. Oflice: Smith College, Northampton. llome: Lawrence House, Smith College, Northampton,


BUCHANAN, Leonard Brown, industrial executive and engineer; b. Woburn, Mar. 2, 1873; s. George Buchanan and Olive Jane (Loweli) B .; ed. Wo- burn high sch .; B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1893; m. Ethel Louise Winn of Burlington, Oct. 21, 1913; children -- Elizabeth Olive, Loweil Winn, Ruth Miriam. Connected with Stone & Webster as elec. and chem. engr. and In charge of fab. and research work, 1893-, identified particularly with indus- trial enterprises of the ilrm, 1899 -; ehmn. bd., Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Co .; dir. Stone & Webster Reaity Corp .; dir. Woburn Coop. Bk .. Fall River Elec, Light Co .; tr. Woburn Five Cents Sav. Bk., Woburn Pub. Lib., Choate Mem. Ilosp .; mem. Woburn Water Commn. Clubs: To- wanda, Engineers', Exchange, Press, Mass. Fire Chiefs' ( Boston). Office: 19 Federal St., Boston. llome: 10 Bennett St., Woburn. Summer res .: Rockport.


VBUCK, Charles Neville, author; b. Midway, Ky., Apr. 15, 1879; s. Charles Willlain Buck and Eliza- beth Crow (Buliitt) B .; ed. Louisville (Ky.) high sch .; A.B., Univ. Louisville, 1898; LL.B., Univ. Louisville Law Sch., 1902; studied at Cincinnati Art Acad., 1898-99; m. Mrs. Margaret Fieid de- Motte of Phila., June 20, 1918. Admitted to bar, 1902, but did not practice; cartoonist, Evening Post, Louisville, 1899-1900; on ed. staff, Evening Post and Morning Herald, 1900-08; mem. Ky. Chapter S.A.R. Clubs: Arts; Pendennis (Louls- ville). Author: The Key to Yesterday, 1910; The Lighted Match, 1911; The Portal of Dreams, 1912; The Call of the Cumberlands, 1913 (drama- tized); The Battle Cry, 1914 (dramatized); The Code of the Mountains, 1915; Destiny, 1916; Ty- ranny of Weakness, 1917; Beareat Goes Dry, 1918; A Pagan of the Hills, 1919; The Tempering, 1920; The Roof Tree, 1921; Alias Red Ryan, 1923; The Gentleman in Pajamas, 1924; The Rogue's Badge, 1921; Portuguese Silver, 1925; Flight to the llllls, 1926; Sand Dollar, 1926; Iron Will, 1927; Marked Men, 1929; The Man and the Gun, 1931; llazard of the Hills, 1932; Mountain Justice, 1935; mag. articles. Travel: Europe, Asia, Africa, So. Am. Father, Charies W. Buck, served as U.S. Min- ister to Peru, 1885-89; first mem. of family to come to America was the Rev. Richard Buck, 1610, who opened the first Va. House of Burgesses with prayer and performed marriage ceremony for Pocahontas and John Rolfe. Independent. Home: Orieans.




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