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VBUMPUS, Hermon Carey, Jr., surgeon; b. Dorches- ter, Aug. 9, 1888; s. Hermon Carey Bumpus and Lucy Ella (Nightingale) B .; ed. Ph.B., Brown Univ. 1912; student, Univ. Wis., 1911-12, Univ. Chicago, 1911; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1915; M.S. (In urology), Univ. Minn., 1920; in. Helen McBurnie of Winona, Minn., Dec. 29, 1915; children-Nancy, William, Frank. Mem. staff, Mayo Clinic, 1915-33; asso. prof. urology, Mayo Foundation, Univ. Minn., 1920-33; prof. urology, Coll. Med. Evange- lists, 1934-39; chief-of-staff, St. Luke's Hosp., Pasadena, Calif., 1937-38-39, chief of sect. of urology, Los Angeles Co. Gen. Hosp., 1934 -; lt. Med. Corps, U.S.A., World War; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Am. Med. Assn. (sec. sect. on urology, 1927- 29, chmn. 1930, mem, house of dels.), Ain. Assn. Genito Urinary Surgs., Am. Urol. Assn., Pan-Am. Med. Soc., Los Angeles Surg. & Pathol. Soc., Los Angeles Surg. Soc., Coll. Med. Evangelists, Uni- verstatis Harvardianae Boystoniensis, Delta Phi, Sigma Xi. Awarded Am. Med. Assn. certificate of honor, 1930. Clubs: University (Pasadena), Dux- bury Yacht. Author: Minor Surgery of the Urinary Tract, 1932; articles on urology. Desc. of: Eduard Bompas, 1621. Ilome: Powder Point Rd., Duxbury. Address: 112 N. Madison Av., Pasadena, Calif.
BUNDY, Frederick MeGeorge, business executive; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 4, 1900; s. McGeorge Bundy and Mary Goodhue ( Hollister) B .; ed. Berkshire Sch., Sheffield, 1914-17; A.B., Yale, 1921; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1923; m. Anita Hollister of Bronxville, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1928; children-Frederick McGeorge, Jr., Patty Hollister, Samuel Swift. With Gorton-Pew Fish- eries Co., Ltd., Gloucester, 1923-28, asst. treas. and dir., 1929-, v.p., 1937 -; 2nd lt. F.A., U.S.A., 1918; dir., Cape Ann Nat. Bk., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm. Alumni Council. Clubs: Yale (N.Y.), Harvard (Boston), Country (Brookline), Essex Co. (Manchester). Office: 327 Main St., Gloucester. Home: Hesperus Ave., Gloucester.
BUNDY, Ilarvey H., lawyer; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Mar. 30, 1888; s. McGeorge Bundy and Mary G. ( Ilollister) B .; ed. Hackley Sch., Tarrytown, N.Y .; A.B., Yale, 1909; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1914; m. Katharine L. Putnam of Boston, Apr. 17, 1915; children-Harvey H., Jr., William P., McGeorge, Harriet L., Katharine L. Teacher, St. Marks Sch., Southboro, 1909-10; traveling companion, 1910-11; sec. to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of U.S. Supreme Ct., 1914-15; admitted Mass. Bar, 1915; practiced law, Boston, 1915-17; asst. counsel, U.S. Food Adın., 1917-19; in practice, Boston, 1919-31; U.S. Asst. Sec. State, July 1931-Mar. 1933; mem. law firm, Choate, Hall & Stewart, 1933 -; tr. Wel- lesley Coll., World Peace Foundation; mem. Bd. Mgrs., Children's Hosp .; dir. Children's Aid Soc. (Boston) ; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Tennis and Racquet, Somerset (Boston), Country (Brookline), lessex Co. Republican. Oflice: 30 State St., Boston. Home: 133 Beacon St., Boston. Summer res., Manchester.
BUNKER, Clarence Alfred, lawyer; b. Roxbury, June 14, 1866; s. Alfred Bunker and Cordelia Mitcheli (Barker) B .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; Bryant & Stratton Commercial Sch .; A.B. (sunma cum laude), Harvard, 1889, A.M., 1892; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1892; m. Mary Hawthorne White of Wellesley, June 1, 1897; children-Raymond Thayer, Laurence Eliot, Miriam Ilawthorne. Ad- mitted to Mass. bar, 1892; with Am. Casualty and Ins. Co., 1892-93; Fish, Richardson & Storrow, 1894-98; in pvt. practice, 1893-94 and 1898 -; counsel, Town of Wellesley, 1916-39; v.p. and counsel, Wellesley Nat. Bk .; clk. and dir. Sprague & Co., Ltd .; treas. and dir. Champney Place Realty Co .; incorporator Star Island Corp .; dir. Ilenry O. Peabody Sch. for Girls; mem. Mass. Conveyancers Assn., Am., Mass., Boston, and Nor- folk Co. Bar Assns., Mass. Law Soc., Assn. of City Solicitors and Town Counsel, Abstract Club, Boy Scouts, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Unitarian Soc. of Wellesley Hills (treas. 10 yrs.). Clubs: Wellesley, Laymen's League (Wellesiey). Unitarian. Republican. Ofice: 903 Barristers
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Y BUNKER, John Wymond Miller, professor of physi- ology, biophysies, and biochemistry; b. Toungoo, Burma, July 10, 1886; s. Alonzo Bunker and Louisa Augusta (Bradbury) B .; cd. Newton high sch .; A.B., Brown Univ., 1909, A.M., 1910, Ph.D., 1912; m. Helen Frances Crawshaw of Providence, R.I., Aug. 31, 1912; children-Helen Bradbury, Mar- garet Bradbury, Barbara Adams. Instr. sanitary biology, Harvard, 1911-15; dir. bacteriol, dept., Digestive Ferments Co., Detroit, Mich., 1915-21; asst. prof., asso. prof., prof. (1928), physiol. and bioehem., M.I.T., 1921-, dir. biol. research labs., since 1935-36, in charge course in biophys. and biol. engring., 1937 -; prvt. to 1st lt., 550th Inf., Mich. State Troops, 1918-19; maj. San. Res., U.S.A., 1924 -; mem. advis. com., Bouvé Boston Sch., V 1927 -; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Am. Pub. Ilcalth Assn., A.A.A.S. Distinguished Service Foun. in Optometry; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. Am. Bacteriologists, Boston Bacteriol. Soc., Sigma Xi, Alpha Chl Sigma, Delta Omega, Delta Tau Delta. Author: (with C. E. Turner) Hygienc for Nurses. Developer of edible protein from blood and a method of tempera painting with dry pig- ments and blood protcin; founder, first course in biol. cngring. Unitarian. Republican. Office: M.I.T., Cambridge. Ilome: 17 Locust St., Bel- mont. Summer res .: Duek Lakc, Springfield, Me. BUNTON, George II., food broker; b. Boston, Sept. 26, 1878; s. George W. Bunton and Elena S. (Brown) B .; ed. Rindge Teeh. Sch., Cambridge; S.B., Harvard, 1900; m. Bertha M. Close of Cam- bridge, Apr. 5, 1905; 1 dau .- Caroline C. Engr., auto. Industry, 1900-01; Boston El. Ry. Co., 1901- 03: with The George Closc Co., confectionery mfrs., 1904, v.p., 1910, pres., 1912-23, treas. and gen. mgr., 1923-37, when disposed of interest; v.p., Cambridgeport Sav. Bk .; dir. Cambridge Indus- trial Assn., Nat. Confectioners' Assn. (1926-28) ; v.p. Asso. Industries of Mass., 1932-35. Clubs: N.E. Confectioners (pres.), Cambridge, Economy, Sav. Bank Offeers. Congregationalist. Republi- can. Home: 63 Washington Av., Cambridge.
BURACK, Abraham Solomon, publisher; b. N.Y. City, Feb. 12, 1908; s. Jacob Burack and Elizabeth B .; cd. grad., Boston English high sch., 1924; spl. student, Boston Univ., 1925-26. Direct Mail Ad- vertising, 1926-31; spl. lecturer on sales letter writing, Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm., 1930-31; v.p. Internat. Pocket Library, book · publishers, 1931-35; treas. and pub. of "The Writer," mag. for literary workers (est. 1887), also pubs. of text books, 1936 -; eo-pub. of "Poct Lore," a quarterly of world lit. (est. 1889), 1938 -; lecturer on short story writing, Univ. Extension Div., Ilar- vard Coll., and over radio station WMEX, 1938- 39. Author: Methods and Procedure in Federal Purchasing (with R. J. Monteith), 1933. Jewish. Democrat. Office: 8 Arlington St., Boston. Home: 21 Greyeliff Rd., Brighton. Summer res .: Ogun- quit, Me.
BURBANK, Alfred S., bookseller and statloncr (re- tired) ; b. Plymouth, Mar. 15, 1856; s. Stevens M. Burbank and Cornella (Dotcn) B .; ed. Plymouth high sch .; m. Mary F. Bailey of Plymouth, Sept. 26, 1894; 1 dau .- Elizabeth B. (Mrs. Warren C. Wecks). Bookseller and stationer, Plymouth, 1873-1937; telegraph operator, 10 yrs .; engaged in country-wide advertising of Plymouth, "The Landing Place of the Pilgrims"; tr. Plymouth Sav. Bk .; incorporator, Plymouth Pub. Lib .; sec .- treas. Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, 1893-1932; treas. (past master) Plymouth Lodge, A.F.&A.M .; mem. Samoset Chap., R.A.M .; Aleppo Shrinc, Boston; mem. Wor. Master Assn. S.E. Mass., Public Li- brary Corp., Merchant's Assn., Pilgrim Soc., Soc. Mayflower Desc. (v.p.), Nat. Assn. Stationers, Nat. Assn. Am. Booksellers, County Health Assn., Red 'Cross Assn., Historie Winslow Assn., Boston Commandery of K.T. Clubs: Fox Ilunters, Ply- mouth Golf, Black and White. Author: Plymouth and Pilgrim publications. Dese. 8th generation from Gov. Willlam Bradford of the Mayflower.
Unitarian. Republican. Home: 5 South Green St., Plymouth.
Y BURBANK, Harold Hitchings, ceonomist; b. Moore's Mills, N.B., July 3, 1887; s. Henry Johnson Bur- bank and Sarah Abagail (Smith) B .; ed. Calais (Me.) high seh .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1909, A.M., 1910; Ph.D., Harvard, 1915; m. Alice May Eaton of Calais, Me., June 10, 1914. Instr., Dart- mouth Coll., 1909-11; student, Instr., asst. prof., asso. prof., prof., economics, Harvard, 1911 -; David A. Wells Prof. polit. econ., 1932 -; ehmn. bd. tutors in hist., govt., and economics, 1916 -; elimn. dept. economics, 1928 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: Harvard University, Cam- bridge. Ilome: 41 Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge. Summer res .: Kennebego, Me.
BURBANK, Paul Evans, business man; b. Pittsfield, Oct. 14, 1896; s. James Arthur Burbank and Sarah (Evans) B .; ed. Pittsfield high sch .; Mt. Hermon Seh .; B.S., Wesleyan Unlv., 1919; in. Ruth E. Foss of Brunswick, Me., June 27, 1925; chil- dren-James A., II, Elizabeth Foss. N.E. rep., Eaton, Crane & Pike Co., Pittsfield, 1919-27; rep. Vose-Swain Engraving Co., Boston, 1927; mer- chandising mgr., Eaton-Crane & Pike, Co., 1927- 1933; sales mgr., merchandising mgr., Eaton Paper Corp., 1933, v.p., 1931 -; pres. Whiting & Cook, Inc., 1931 -; pres. Laura Lec Linder, Inc., 1936 -; tr. City Sav. Bk., Y.M.C.A., Berkshire Co. Council of Boy Seouts Am. (Pittsfield); ensign U.S.N.R.F., end of World War; mem. Chi Psi. Club: Waheonah Country. 'Travel: extensive, U.S., Can. Gt. g.s. Abraham Burbank, early pio- neer, developer of Pittsfield. Methodist. Office: 75 So. Church St., Pittsfield. Home: 55 Bishop
Parkway, Pittsfield. Summer res .: Onota Lake, Pittsfield.
YBURCHARD, John Ely, educator and administrator; b. Marshall, MInn., Dec. 8, 1898; s. James Clark Burchard and Sidonie (Schupp) B .; ed. Marshall high sch .; Univ. Minn., 1915-17; S.B., M.I.T., 1923, M.S., 1925; m. Marjorie Walker Galnes of N. Y., Sept. 7, 1926; children -- John Ely, Jr., Marshall Gaines. Archtl. draftsman, Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton, summers of 1921-22; structural drafts- man, N.E. Structural Co., summer 1923; engr. de- signer, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, summer 1924; with Bemis Industries, Inc., and its affiliate, Hous- ing Co., 1925-38; engr. designer, 1925-26, head of lab. and patents, 1926-28, dir. research, devel- opment, and patents, 1928-38; mem. bd. dlrs., Bemis Industries, Inc., 1930-38; mem. bd. dirs. and v.p., Ilousing Co., 1932-38; v.p. Bemis Industrles, Inc., 1933-38; dir. Albert Farwell Bemis Founda- tion, M.I.T., 1938 -; cnlisted Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917, with A.E.F., discharged as pvt. first class, 1919; chmn. Friends of Mass. Inst. Tech. Lib .; mem. Chi Psi, Tau Beta Pi (charter mom., M.I.T. chapter). Asso. ed. The Technology Review, 1933 -. Author: Houses of the Future, 1932; The Quest for a Better House, 1933; The Evolving Hlouse, Vol. I; A History of the Home (with Albert Farwell Bemis); The Prefabricated Housing In- dustry and Its Marketing Problems, 1935; The Role of Materials in Modern Housing, 1935; Build- Ing, The Forgotten Child of Physics, 1937; The Trailer Reconsidercd, 1937; How Better Houses Will Be Built-The Question Mark of Prefabrica- tion, 1937; numerous prof. papers and lectures. Independent. Office: Director, Albert Farwell Bemis Foundation, Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Homc: 31 Wildwood St., Winehester. Summer res .: Wolfeboro, N.11.
BURDETT, Charles Fred, president of business eol- lege; b. Woburn, Apr. 3, 1904; s. Fred Hartshorn Burdett and Sadie E. (Hayward) B .; ed. Lawrence Acad., Groton; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1929; Har- vard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1929-30; m. Dorothy E. Leibensperger of Huntingdon, Pa., June 26, 1930; children-Charles Fred, II, Mary Ann. Pres. Bur- dett Bus. Coll., Boston, Lynn Br. Burdett Coll., Inc., Lynn; dir. Woburn Y.M.C.A., Mass. Union; mem. exec. com., Mass. Assn .; dir. Mass. and Frederika Homes; mem. Aberdour, Masons, Wo- burn Y.M.C.A., A.C.L. Clubs: Jibboom, Acacia,
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Boston City, Swedenborglan. Republican. Office: 156 Stuart St., Boston. Home: 605 Main St., Wo- burn.
HURDETT, George Albert, organist, teacher, com- poser; b. Boston, June 17, 1856; s. Horatlo Stearns Burdett and Mary Melvina (Martin) B .; ed. Phil- lips Exeter Acad .; Brookline high sch .; Chauncy Ilall Sch. (Boston); A.B. (summa cum laude), Harvard, 1881; student of music In Germany and with Prof. J. K. Paine, 1878-81; m. Ellen Smith Strong of Brookline, June 8, 1887; children-Elza. beth Martin (Mrs. H. W. Birch), Ellen Moore (Mrs. Ellen M. B. Shaw), Sylvia Strong (Mrs. S. R. Dunham, Jr.). Organist in Boston and suburban churches, 45 yrs .; now retired; teacher and lec- turer on music; mem, bd. of visitors to Musical Dept., Harvard; ono of three judges for an annual prize in mus. comp. under will of Francis Boote; founder. Am. Guild Organists (first dean for 3 terms, N.E. Chap.); mom. Harvard Mus. Assn. Clubs: St. Botolph (Boston), Harvard Mus. (hon. mem.), St. Wilfred (N.Y.). Travel: U.S., Mex., Europe (4 trips). Composer: many anthems and other works. Author: articles In musical jours. Congregationalist and Episcopallan. Republlean. Office: 80 llillerest Rd., Belmont. Winter home: Dennisport, Cape Cod. Summer res .: Dudley Hill, Dudley.
BURDETT, Sadle E., college official; b. East Burke, Vt., Nov. 27. 1869; d. Lyman Fuller Hayward and Rosanna (Maxwell) H .; ed. Chicopee Falls high sch .; Mass. State Teachers Coll., Westfield; m. Fred H. Burdett of Boston and Woburn, Feb. 24, 1897; children-Charles Fred, Elaine B. Garfield. Dir. Burdett Coll., Boston, Lynn Br. of Burdett Coll., Ine .; Instr., Child's Business Coll., Spring- field, Burdett Coll., Boston; mem. Ladles' Aid Assn. (Ch. of New Jerusalem), Mass. New Church Woman's Alliance (past pres.), Nat. Alllance of New Church Women (past pres.). Clubs: Wom- an's City (Boston), Rushlight, Early Am. Glass, Woburn Woman's Garden Group. Swedenborglan (New Church), Republican. Office: 156 Stuart St., Boston, Home: 623 Main St., Woburn. Sum- mer res .: Intervale, N.1.
BURDETT, Willlam Freeman, banker (retired) ; b. Marlboro, Oct. 13, 1867; s. William Draper Bur- dett and Cynthia ( Freeman) B .; ed. Marlboro high seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1889; m. Cella M. Valentine of Northboro, Juno 10, 1907. At U.S. Sub-Treasury, Boston, 1889; State Nat. Bk., Boston, 1891, asst. cashier, 1908-12; asst. cashler, Merchants Nat. Bk., 1912-31, cashier, 1931-36, v.p., 1936-37, re- tired 1937. Chubs: Boston City, Twentieth Con- tury Assn., Puddingstone. Travel: Europe, W.I. (several times), Egypt, Mex., U.S. Republican. Home: 19 Fairbanks St., Brookline.
BURDICK. Doris, silhouette artist, lecturer, re- storer of paintings; b. Malden, May 21, 1898; d. Ilorace Robbins Burdick and Allce Jane (Pratt) B .; ed. at home; Curry Sch. of Expression; pvt. lessons, Sargent Sch. Phys. Culture; courses on art and writing, Mass. Univ. Extension; unmar- ried. Bogan pub. career at Belgian Rellef Hdqrs., Boston, 1915; illustrated sch. chart for Ginn & Co .; illustrated stories for Boston Post mag. supple- ment; made designs for Foster Brothers, Boston; portrait silhouettes exhibited, Boston, Providence (R.I.), Newburyport; works scattered throughout U.S .; lecturer on "Silhouettes Past and Present," 1934 -; mem. Malden Civic Opera Co. Author: Door in the Wall (fairy story, for which recd. 1st prize in contest). G.d. Charles Albert Pratt of Co. C, 3rd Mass. Heavy Arty., In Civil War. Affiliated with Boston Home of Truth. Indepen- dent in polities. Office and home: 16 Park Av., Malden.
BURDICK, Horace Robbins, artist, restorer of paint- ings; b. E. Killingly, Conn., Oct. 7, 1844; s. Benja- min Lake Burdick and Mary Elizabeth (Pearce) B .; ed. Union Ilnil Seh. (pvt.), Providence, R.L .; Lowell Inst., Boston; Boston Mus. Fine Arts Sch .; In. Mrs. Catherine Thompson of Yonkers, N. Y., June 1878; m. (2nd) Allce Jane Pratt of Malden, Apr. 1896; 1 dau .- Doris. Began to retouch and color photographs, Providence, R.L., 1863; came to
Boston to continue the work and study art under Dr. Riminer and Mr. Hollongsworth, Lowell Inst. Sch. (later merged Into Mus. Fine Arts Sch.), 1864; continued at Mus. Fine Arts Sch : known first for fruit and still life paintings, then did erayon portraits, portraits in oil, of which list he made a bus .; restoration of old pictures started as a side-Hne but became an important part of his work; an authorlty on authenticity of paintings; studlos fregnented by prominent artists; portraits In Walker Mem. Bldg. (Boston), many pub. blogs., etc .; works Include portraits of King Gllette, Rob- ert Gould Shaw, Zenas Crane, etc .; miem. Masons (Mt. Vernon Lodge). Club: Boston Art. Author: The Now Statement; articles on art in art publs. Travel: U.S. Christian (non-sectarian). Indepen - dent in politics. Studlo and home: 16 Park Av., Malden.
BURGER, Arthur Taylor, executive director of boys clubs; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 4, 1896; S. Timothy S. Burger and Maud Mitchell (Taylor) B .; ed. Mich. State Coll .; in. Grace K. Fanning of Oswego, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1927; children-John Watts (d.), Donald F., Ann M., Paul Fred. Pioneered in Development of "A-H" club work in Mich .: organized Community Centers settlements, clin- les, Boys Clubs, girls clubs, made crime studies of youth In prin. eities of U.S .; employed by War Camp Community Service, Community Service. Inc., Boys Clubs of N.Y .; field sec. Boys Clubs of Am., Inc., 12 yrs .; exec. dir., Boys Clubs of Bos- ton; organized Bunker Hill Girls Club, Charles Hayden Boys Club (So. Boston ), The Boys Camp, Ine., Camp Wing (Duxbury), Duxbury Stockade, Oyster Harbors Caddy Camp, Bald Peak (N.I.) Caddy Camp; dir. N.E. Mus. Nat. Hist., Boys Clubs of Boston, Bunker Hill Girls Club, The Boys Camps, Inc .; served in U.S. Naval Aviation, World War. Author: articles on delluquency, bulb growing, boys. Baptist. Republican. Of- fico: 15 Green St., Charlestown. Home: Nashoba Rd., Concord.
YHURGESS, Albert Frankllu, entomologist; b. Rock- land, Oct. 2, 1873; s. Emory Burgess and Mary (Lewis) B .; ed. Rockland high sch .; S.B., MASs. State Coll., 1895, M.S., 1897; m. Mary E. Dwight of Castalis, O., June 20, 1904; children-Emory D., Albert F., Jr. Asst. entomologist, Mass. State Bd. Agr., 1895-99; asst. in entomology, Univ. Hl., 1899-1900; asst. Insp .. nurseries and orchards, Ohlo Dept. Agr., 1900-02, chlef insp., 1902-07; expert, breeding experiments, Bur. Entomology, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1907-, in charge of preventing spread of gypsy moth, 1913-28, prin. entomologist. U.S. Plant Quarantine, 1933 -; asso. ed., Journal of Neon. Entomology, 1908-10, bus. mgr., 1910-24, 1931-32; fellow A.A.A.S .; fellow Entonol. Soc. Am., Am. Assn. Econ. Entomologists (sec, 1903, 1906- 22, 1930-31; 1st v.p., 1904; pres., 1924), Entomol. Soe. France, Washington Entomol. Soc., Nat. Shade Tree Conf. (chmn., 1931), Phi Sigma Kappa, Masons, Mass. Park and Forest Assu. Club: Cosmos ( Washington). Author: reports and bul- letins on nursery and orchard Inspection and plant pests, pub by Ohio Dept. Agr .; bulletins issued by U.S. Bur. Entomology; selentific articles on entomol. subjects. Congregationalist. Republi- can. Office: 20 Sanderson St., Greenfield, Home: 43 Congress, Greenfield.
YBURGESS, George Sargent, Investment banker: b. Matteawan, N. Y., June 27, 1890; s. Thomas Burgess and Mary Turner (Sargent) B .; ed. Portland (Me.) high sch., 1904-08; A.B., Brown Univ., 1912; m. Dorothy W. Bates of Portland, Me., Oct. 12, 1912; children-Jane, Gertrude Locke. Employee, Trav- eler's Insurance Co., 1912-14; mem. firm Prentiss Loring Son & Co., gen. ins., 1914-21; Nat. City ('o., Boston oflice, 1921-27; Burgess & Leith, invest- ment bankers, 1927 -; pres. Heirs Thomas Bur- goss, Inc., Providence, R.I .; pvt. 2nd lt., Ist lt., with A.E.F. In France, 1917-19; honored in elta- tion, 33rd Dlv., U.S. Army, Argonne; mem. Inter- nat. Bankers Assn., Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Uni- versity (Boston), Country (Wellesley). G.s. Col. I. M. Sargent, 1st Mass. Cav., killed In Civil War; gtgt.g.s. Gov. Sullivan of Mass. Episcopalian.
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BURGESS, Thornton Waldo, author, lecturer, nat- uralist; b. Sandwich, Jan. 14, 1874; s. Thornton W. Burgess and Caroline F. (Hayward) B .; ed. Sand- wich high sch .; Litt, D., Northeastern Univ., 1938; m. Nina E. Osborne of West Springfield, June 29, 1905; 1 son-Thornton W .; m. (2nd) Fannle P. Johnson of Ithaca, N.Y., April 30, 1911. Office boy to editor, Phelps Pub. Co., 1895-1911; independent writer, 1911 -; Bedtime Nature story syndicated in newspapers of U.S. and Can., 1912 -; leetured extensively, especially for children; founder of Radio Nature League over stations WBZ-WBZA, conducted meetings weekly; active mem. Mass. War Savings Com., World War; tr. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist .; hon. v.p, and dir. Mass. S.P.C.A .; hon. v.p. Mass. Audubon Soc .; mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., N.Y. Zoöl. Soc., Am. Soc. Mammalogists, Am. Or- nithologists' Union, Nat. Assn. of Audubon Socs. Clubs: The Players (N. Y.), Boston Authors, Long- meadow Country, Springfield Clty. Author: Old Mother West Wind series; Bedtime Story series; Green Forest series; Smiling Pool series; Burgess Bird Book for Children, Flower Book, Animal Book, and Seashore Book, in same serles; several Boy Scout books; Tommy and the Wishing -. Stone; Tales from the Storyteller's House; While the Story-log Burns. Desc. Thomas Burge, the Pil- grim, who settled in Sandwich in 1637. Protes- tant. Repubilean. Home: 61 Washington Road, Springfield. Summer res .: Hampden.
Y BURGEVIN, Leslie Gale, professor of English llt- erature; b. Anchorage, Ky .. Nov. 16, 1892; s. Fran- cis Edmund Burgovin and Hallle (Ilite) B .; ed. Louisville (Ky.) male high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1915, Ph. D., 1931; A.M., Unlv, Callf., 1916; m. Mar- garet MeKay, of Holyoke, Sept. 5, 1923. Teach- ing fellow, Univ. Calif., 1916-17; instr., Univ. Ky., 1917-18; instr., Univ. Wls., 1919-20; asst. prof. Eng. lit., Mt. liolyoko Coll., 1920-24, asso. prof., 1924-32, prof. English lit., 1932 -; served in U.S.N., 1918; mem. Modern Lang. Assn., Alpha Sigma Phì, Phl Beta Kappa. Democrat. Ilome: 93 College St., South Hadley.
Y BURGIN, Clarence, banker; b. Rutland, Vt., Oct. 27, 1865; s. Thomas Burgin and Jane (Skudder) B .; ed. Springfield high seh., 1882; spl. course in engring .; m. Minnie M. Rodgers of Quincy, June 22, 1898; children-Clarence Rodgers, Thomas S. (Mayor of Quincy, 1936-39). With Charles Sid- ney, Springfield, and John Lyman Faxon, Boston, architects, until 1884; draftsman and bookeeper, Frederick & Field, Quincy, 1884-89; jeweler, Bos- ton, 1889-94; city treas., Quincy, 1894-96; treas., Quincy Savings Bk., 1896-1932; pres., since 1932; dir. Quincy Mut. Fire Ing. Co., Granite City lee Co., William B. Rice Eventide Home; dir. City Hosp. of Quincy. Clubs: Nelghborhood (Quincy ), Furnace Brook Golf. Travel: extensive in U.S .; Eur., 1925. Unitarlan. Republican. Ofilee: 1371 Hancock St., Quincy. Home: 131 Monroe Rd., Quincy.
Y BURGIN, Clarence Rodgers, banker; b. Quincy, Oet. 23, 1899; s. Clarence Burgin and Minnie (Rodgers) B .; ed. Quincy high sch .; Milton Acad., 1915-17; A.B., Harvard, 1921; m. Helen Swain of Boston, Oct. 24, 1931; children-Helen Rodgers, Harriet Swain. Seeurity salesman, F.S. Moseley & Co., 1921-28, Blyth & Co., 1928-31; investment counsel, Claflin Warren & Co., 1931-32; v.p. and tr. Quincy Sav. Bk., 1932-, dir. and mem. exec. com., Quincy Mutual Fire Ins. Co .; served in U.S. Navy, 1918; and mem. finance com., Wm. B. Rice Eventide Home. Club: ilarvard ( Boston ). Office: 1374 Hancock St., Quincy. Home: 64 Canton Av., Milton.
VBURGIN, Thomas Skudder, insurance agent; b. Quincy, Apr. 15, 1902; s. Clarence Burgin and Minnie M. (Rodgers) B .; ed. Quincy gram, and high schs .; Milton Acad .; now divorced; children -Claire, Jon Harvey. Employed as clk, in Quin- cy Sav. Bk., 1921-25; pres. and treas, Thomas S. Burgin, Inc., insurance, 1925 -; tr. Quincy Sav. Bk .; mern. City Council, Quincy, 1925-29, 1933-34, pres. 1927-28; mayor City of Quincy, 1935 -; men).
Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1929-30. Clubs: Engineers (Boston), Neighborhood, Stony Brae Golf, Quincy Yacht. Unitarian, Republican. Office: 1364 Ilan - cock St., Quincy. Home: 131 Monroe Rd., Quincy. BURKE, Arthur Newell, high school principal (re- tired); b. Norwich, Conn., Mar. 16, 1866; s. Horace E. Burke and Harrlet M. (Manning) B .; cd. Nor- wich (Conn.) Free Acad .; A.B., Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., 1889; m. Gertrude E. Mayo of Brookline, Aug. 9, 1919. Teacher, Westfield, 1889-91; teacher, Monson Acad., 1891-99, prin., 1893-99; teacher, Waltham high sch., 1899-1936, headmaster, 1921-36; lecturer on travel and geol- ogy, 1899-36; mem. N.E.A., Mass. 1ligh Sch. Prins. Assn, (pres.), Phi Nu Theta. Club: University (Boston). Travel: Europe (10 summers), U.S. (44 states). Congregationalist. Republican. Home: Ocean Av., Pigeon Cove.
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