Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 5

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ALEXANDER, Peter Popow, general manager, Metal Hydrides, Inc .; b. Russia, Nov. 21, 1886; s. Alex- ander and Mary (Poltoratsky) Popow; came to IJ.S., 1919, naturalized citizen, 1924; ed. Mil. Acad., Russia; B.Sc., E.E., Liège Univ., Belg., 1911; stu- dent, Boston' Univ., 1920-22; D.Sc., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1933; m. Eleanor Ritchie of Pittsfield, Sept. 1922; children-Paul R., Lois R. In charge sur- veying expan., Eastern Siberia, 1912-13; elec. tester, British Thomson Houston Co., Eng., 1917- 19; research engr., Thomson Research Lab., Gen. Elec. Co., 1919-34; cons, research engr., Ventures Limited, Canada, since 1934; now gen. mgr., Metal llydrides, Inc .; served with Anzacs, Australian Expeditionary Forces, 1914-17, twice wounded; mem. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Am. Chem. Soc. Honored by Collin Award of Gen. Elce. Co. Club: Woodend Rifle. Unitarian. Address: P.O. Box 816, Clifton, Home: 79 Rockaway Av., Marble- lead.


V ALEXANDER, Thomas Branch, physician; b. No. Grantham, N.11., Nov. 12, 1875; s. Thomas Branch Alexander and Mary (Maxfield) A .; ed. Montpelier ( Vt.) Sem .; M.D)., Univ. Md., 1901; m. Marion Col- lier Welch of Scituate, 1907; children-Harriet M., Frances. Practiced med., Scituate, 1901 -; dir. Scituate Coop. Bk .; pres. Allen Mem. Lib .; asso. med. examiner, Plymouth Co .; capt. Med. Res., 1919-29; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. (past pres. Norfolk South Dist.), Norfolk Med. Soc., Mass. Med. Legal Soc. Club: Ilatherly Medical (past pres. ). Methodist. Republican. Ollice and home: 29 First Parish Rd., Scituate.


ALEXANDER, William Thurlow, assistant professor of mechanical engineering; b. No. 1larpwell, Me., May 11, 1901; s. Samuel Alexander and Fannie Lonise (Alexander) A .; ed. Brunswick (Me.) high sch .; B.M.E., Northeastern Univ., 1926, S.B., 1931; A.M., Boston Univ., 1935; m. Betsey Marie Ran- dall of llarpwell, Me., Aug. 29, 1931. Instr. mech. engring., Northeastern Univ., 1926-36, asst. prof., 1936 -; It. U.S. Naval Reserve; mem, Am. Soc. M.E., Soc. Advancement Management, Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Nat. Geog. Soc., Beta Gamma Epsi- lon (mem. Corpn., past pres.). Author: Notes on Foundations. Travel: eastern U.S., W.1. Desc., Lt. Benj. Dunning, Continental Army in Am. Rev- olution. Congregationalist. Republican. Oflice: Northeastern University, Boston. Home: 22 West Highland Av., Melrose. Summer res .: No. llarp- well, Me.


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ALLAN, Frank Nathaniel, physician; b. Proton, Ont., ALLEN, Calvin Francis (C. Frank), clvll engineer; Can., Dec. 26, 1899; s. George Allan and Magaret (Ewing) A .; ed. M.B., Univ. Toronto, 1922; B.Sc. (med.), 1924, M.D. (cum laude), 1928; m. Lillian Christle of Brantford, Ont., Sept. 22, 1934. In- terne, Toronto Gen. Hosp., 1924-25; jr. men. dept. physiology, Unlv. Toronto, 1922-25; fellow Mayo Foundation, 1925-26; mem. staff, Mayo Clinic, 1927-32; Instr. med., Univ. Minn. (Mayo Founda- tion), 1928-32; phys., dept. med., Lahey Clinic, 1932 -; attending phys., N.E. Deaconess Hosp., N.E. Baptist Hosp .; fellow A.C.P., A.A.A.S., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc .; mem. Am. Soc. Clin. Investiga- tion, Am. Soc. Exptl. Pathology, Assn. for Study Internal Secretions, Central Soc. Clin: Research, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi, Norfolk Co. Med. Soc. Club: University (Boston). Awarded Starr Silver Medal, Univ. Toronto, 1928. Author: fifty med. and sci. articles. Congregationalist. Office: 605 Commonwealth Av., Boston. llome: 33 St. Paul St., Brookline.


ALLBRIGHT, Manley Fifield, minister; b. Auburn, N.Y., June 12, 1880; s. Willlam Hervey Allbright and Mary Esther (Manley) A .; ed. Boston Latin Sch .; A.B., Hamilton Coll. 1903, A.M., 1906; grad., Auburn Theol. Sem., 1906; m. Lena Louise Feld- meth of Chicago, June 12, 1912; 1 dau .- Elizabeth (Mrs. Horace Upham Ransom, Jr.). Pastor, First Presbyn. Ch., Lewiston, N.Y., 1906-08; asso. pastor, Second Presbyn. Ch., Chicago, 1908-1910; pastor, First Presbyn. Ch., La Grange, Ill., 1910-15, All- ston Cong. Ch., Boston, 1915 -; Y.M.C.A. sec. with 26th. Div., France, 1918-19; Scribe of Suffolk West Assn. 10 yrs .; present scribe of Mass. Convention of Cong. Chs .; mem. City Missionary Soc., Bos- ton, N.E. Ilist. Geneal. Soc., Red Cross (pres., local chap.), Bethesda Lodge of A.F. and A.M., Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi; active in Boy Scouts of Am. 25 yrs.


Club: Pilgrim (Boston). Travel: Europe, 1890, 1907, 1918; Calif., 1915. Father, pastor of Pilgrim Cong. Ch., Dorchester, 17 yrs .; mother, poet, sec. Mass. Cong. Conf. 10 yrs. Liberal Christian. Independent. Office and home: 31 Quint Av., Allston. Summer res .: Medo- mak, Me.


ALLEN, Arthur Wilburn, surgeon; b. Kentucky, Nov. 30, 1887; s. James Hayden Allen and Einma Dora (Arthur) A .; ed. Somerset, (Ky., ) high sch .; A. B., Georgetown Coll., Ky., 1909; M.D., Johns Hopkins Med. Sch., 1913; m. Vida Barthenia Weddle of Somerset, Ky., July 9, 1913; 1 son-Arthur W., Jr. Surg. interne, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1913; on staff 1915 -; now chief, East. Surg. Service; lecturer, surgery, llarvard Med. Sch .; It., capt., active serv- Ice, World War, May 30, 1917-July, 1919; Overseas- Field Ilosp. No. 28, 4th Div., U.S.A., Apr., 1918, through Army of Occupation; Regent A.C.S .; tr. Gov. Dummer Acad .; mem. Am., N.E., Southern Surg. Assns., Boston Surg. Soc .; fellow, A.C.S .: mem. Am. Med. Assns., Megantic Fish & Game Corpn .; etc. Clubs: St. Botolph, Harvard (Bos- ton), Country (Brookline), (No. Andover). Au- thor: many articles on surgery in current journ- als. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 264 Bea- eon St., Boston. Home: 51 Upland Rd., Brookline, Summer res .: West Boxford.


ALLEN, Bertha Winnifred, hospital superintendent; b. Sedgwick, Me., July 6, 1881; d. Frank Carleton Allen and Emmietta Ellen (Wiley) A .; ed. Higgins Class. Inst .; grad. nurse diploma, Newton Hosp., 1906; Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1912-13; unmar- ried. Pvt. nursing, 1906; registered nurse, 1910; 2nd. asst. to supt. and op. room supervisor, New- ton Hosp., 1907-12; 1st. asst. to supt., 1913-15, acting supt., 1915-16; supt., Lowell Gen. Ilosp., 1916-21; supt., Newton Hosp., 1922 -; was request- ed to remain at post at Lowell Gen. Hosp. to pre- pare nurses for service during World War; mem. Am. Hosp. Assn., A.N.A., N.E. Ilosp. Assn., Mass. State Nurses' Assn., Nat. League Nursing Edn., Mass. League Nursing Edn., fellow Am. Coll. Hosp. Administrators. Clubs: Mass. Maine Daus .; Hosp. Administration, Altrusa, Newtonville Woman's. Earlier Baptist, now Congregationalist. Republl- can. Office and home: 2014 Washington St., New- ton Lower Falls. Summer res .: Sedgwick, Me.


b. Roxbury (now Boston), July 10, 1851; s. Calvin Allen and Ann Priscilla (Watson) A .; ed. grad. Roxbury Latin Sch .; S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech .; hon. Eng. D., Northeastern Univ .; m. Caroline Eliza- beth Iladley; children-Mildred, Margaret, Fran- ces (d.). Civil engr., Water Works and Sewerage, Providence, R.I .; Water Works, Newton; clrief engr., Water Works, Las Vegas, N.M .; A.T. & S.F.R.R. and Mexican Central Ry .; Adm. to bar, N.M. and Mass .; city atty., Socorro, N.M .; local Atty., A.T. & S.F.R. R., Socorro, N.M .; Prof. railroad engring (now emeritus), Mass. Inst. Tech .; chin. Sch. Com., Sharon; Household Fuel Econ. Agt., Mass., in World War; mem. Zoning Adv. Com., Boston, Boston Soc. Civ. Engrs. (ex-pres. and hon. mem.), Am. Soc. C.E., NE. Railroad Club (past pres., hon. mem.), Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn. (past pres.), Mass. Ilighway Assn. (past pres., hon. mem.), Am. Ry. Engrs Assn. Clubs: Boston City, Ilighland of West Roxbury, Tech. Faculty. Author: Railroad Curves and Earthwork; Field and Office Tables; Business Law for Engineers. Travel: U.S., Can., Europe. Republican. Resl- denee, 88 Montview St., West Roxbury.


¿ ALLEN, Charles Curtis, landscape painter; b. Leo- minster, Dec. 13, 1880; s. Charles Curtis Allen and Mary Jane (Bartlett) A .; ed. Worcester Art Mus. Sch .; m. Mrs. Frances Sandra Woodland of West- boro, June 23, 1919; 1 step-dau .- Sarah Woodland. Bronze medal Panama-Pacific Expn .; water color prize, Boston Water Color Soc .; gold medal, Bos- ton Art Club; medal for distinction in landscape painting, Boston Tercentenary, 1930; paintings in permanent exhibitions, Worcester Art Museum, Leominster and Fitzwilliam pub, libraries, Brown Univ., Andover Coll .; water color "Westwood llill- side" purchased 1935 by Boston Mus. Fine Arts; A.N.A., 1933; mem. Boston Water Color Soc. (v.p ), Guild of Boston Artists, Grand Central Art Gal- leries (N.Y.), Ogunquit Art Assn. (hon.), Rock- port Art Assn. Episcopalian. Republican. llome: 21 Kewadin Rd., Waban.


ALLEN, Charles Lucius, manufacturer of grinding wheels and machinery; b. Worcester, Mar. 6, 1858; s. George Lucius Allen and Eliza Jane ( Black) A .; ed. grad. Worcester high sch., 1876; m. Ilelen Louise Norton of Bennington, Vt., Dec. 23, 1886; 1 dau .- Mary Norton. With Norton Co. since 1885, pres. and gen. mgr. 1919-33, chmn. bd. 1933 -; dir. Bancroft Realty Co., Riley Stoker Co., Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., Worcester Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co .; tr. Worcester Five Cents Sav. Bk .; chmn. Municipal Auditorium Commin .; mem. St. Lawrence Water- way Commn .; tr. Worcester Poly. Inst., Junior Achievement, Inc .; mem. Am. Nature Assn., Mass. Forestry Assn., Worcester Chamber of Commerce, Worcester Light Inf. Vets. Assn., Masons, Clubs: Worcester, Worcester Economic, Worcester Com- mercial Travelers, Tatnuck Country, Worcester Country, Woreester Fish and Game, Petersham Country. Desc. Walter Allen, Newbury, 1640. Oflice: New Bond St., Worcester. Home: 6 Acad- emy St., Woreester.


ALLEN, Charles Metcalf, professor of hydraulic en- gineering and consultant; b. Walpole, Dec. 12, 1871; s. Melzar W. Allen and Martha ( Metcalf) A .; ed. Walpole high sch .; B.S., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1894, M.S., 1899; Dr. of Engring (hon.), 1929; m. Eva May Taylor of Worcester, Mar. 27, 1907; children-Virginia, Lucian Taylor, Jeanette. Instr. in exptl., meeh. and hydraulic engring., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1894-1906; prof. hydraulie elgring. since 1906; also practicing engr .; Mass. Field Engr., Fuel Adm .; dir. Alden Hydraulie Lab., Worcester Poly. Inst .; past pres., Boston Soc. of Civil Engrs .; past v.p. and mgr., Am. Soc. M.E .; mem. Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., A.A.A.S., Am. Soc. M.E., Am. and Boston Socs. C.E., Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi. Clubs: Engineers (Boston), Rotary ( Worcester). Author: Modern Water Wheel Test- Ing; Turbine Flow Recorders; Circular Current Meter Rating Statlon; Efficiency of Gear Drives; Measuring the Flow of Water; Draft Tube Tests; Salt Velocity Method of Water Measurement; How Water Flows in a Pipe Line. Travel: U.S. and Can. Congregationalist. Republican. Oflice:


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Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester. Home: 1 Lincoln Av., Holden. Summer res .: North Falmouth.


ALLEN, Charles Thompson, clergyman; b. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 21, 1898; s. Clarence E. Allen and Charlotte A. (Rich) A .; ed. Wheeling (W. Va.) high sch .; Dartmouth. 11% yrs .; A.B., Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1921; S.T.B., Boston Univ., 1924; m. Myrtle G. Strong of Boston June 21, 1923; children- Frederick Eugene, Charlotte Elizabeth. Asst. pastor, Wesley M.E. Ch., So. Boston, 1921-22; pas- tor, Appleton M.I. Ch., Neponset, 1923, ME. Ch., Norwood, 1924-25, Calvary M.E. Ch., Arlington, 1926-29, Boston St. M.E. Ch., Lynn, 1930-34, Rob- inson Mem. M.E. Ch., Malden, 1935 -; with U.S. Naval Reserve Force; A.S., Dartmouth Coll. Stu- dent Unit, 3 mos. in World War; mem. N.E. An- nual Conf. of M.E. Ch., Russell Lodge of A.F. & A.M., Swampscott Lodge No. 140 of I.O.O.F., Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Boston . Itlnerants, Friars (N.E. Conf.). Methodist. Republican. Home: 15 Fairmont St., Malden.


ALLEN, Claude LeRoy, lawyer; b. So. Thomaston, Me., Jan. 11, 1878; s. Joseph Henry Allen and Olive W. (Ames) A .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1900; m. Lovisa A. Delam- ater, June 1904; children-Claude L., Jr., Mrs. Beatrlee D. Page. Admitted Mass. Bar, 1900, Cir- cult Ct. U.S., 1901, Supreme Ct. U.S., 1910; gen. practice with Ilon. George L. Barnes as Allen & Barnes, 1903 -; splty., corpn. ins., and banking law, and care of trust estates; mem., bd aldermen, Melrose; eity solicitor, 6 yrs .; mem. Mass. Senate, for 44th, Middlesex Dist., 1912-13. Chinn., Draft Bd., Melrose-Wakefield Dist., World War; pres., dir. Melrose Trust Co., Somerville Trust Co., Som- erville Nat. Bk., Melrose Coop. Bk .; pres. Melrose Hosp. Assn .; mem, Boston Chamber Commerce, Mass. and Middlesex Bar Assns .; Masons (holding high offices in Blue Lodge, York and Scottish Rite bodies, G.M., Mass., 1934-1937). Clubs: Boston Clty, Middlesex, Bellevue Golf, Rockport Country, Aunisquam Yacht, Canopy. Travel: Europe, So. Am., Canal Zone, Cuba, Bermuda, Can. Republican. Offlee: 209 Washingon St., Boston. Summer res .: Norwood Heights, Annisquam.


ALLEN, Edward Knight, business man; b. Washing- ton, D.C., Oct. 23, 1878; s. Walter Allen and Emily (Ellwood) A .; ed. Washington (D.C.) high sch .; grad., Springfield Coll., 1902, HI.B., 1907; m. Isabel Duckworth of Springfield, Aug. 31, 1903 (d. 1931); children-Ellwood B., Mrs. Eleanor Mackintosh, Edward K., Jr., Jessica Duckworth; m. Marjorie Dakin of Boston, June 20, 1932, Asst. sec., Y.M.C.A., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1902-03, gen. sec., Meriden, Conn., 1903-08; dairy farming, Danville, Vt., 1908-09; gen. sec., Y.M.C.A , Burlington, Vt., 1909-17; farmi- ing, Monson, 1917-20; retired 1920; pres. Unlon Casket Hardware, Inc., 1936 -; dir. Baldwin- Duckworth Chain Corp .; tr. Springfield (Y.M.C.A.) Coll. Club: Appalachian Mt. Travel: Ilawall, 1928. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 32 Hamp- den St., Springfield. Home: 204 Forest Park Av., Springfield. Summer res .: "Lakelawn," Alton Bay, N.II.


/ ALLEN, Edwin Howard, physiclan; b. Alfred, Me., Apr. 16, 1864; s. Amos Lawrence Allen and Esther (Maddox) A .; ed. Bowdoin Coll., 1881-83; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1885; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1889; m. Linda Whitin Forbush, July 1, 1896; 1 son-Nathanlel Draner Whitin. Secretary to Speaker Thomas B. Reed, 1889-90; asst. to med. dir., Jolin Ilancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., 1890-1917, asst. med. dir., 1917-24, chief med. dir., 1924-39; mem. Mass. Med. Soe. Office: 197 Clarendon St., Boston. Home: 37 Hancock St., Boston.


VALLEN, Elbert Grover, electrical and mechanical en- glneer; b. East Bridgewater, Sept. 11, 1879; s. James Sidney Allen and Alice (Richards) A .; ed. E. Bridgewater high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1900, S.M., 1901; m. Mary Evelyn Fargo of Dallas, Tex., 1907 (d. 1918); m. (2nd.) Loulse A. Wallon of Boston, 1920; children-Elbert Kent, Mrs. Sylvla A. Wern- ham. Engr., consultant, report mgr., Stone & Webster and allied Interests, 1901-31 (except 1921- 22, when chlef engr., Phila. Rapid Transit Co.) ; with Chicago Surface Lines, 1922-33; dir. M.I.T.


Alumni Fund Campalgn, 1937-38; fellow Am. Inst. I.E. Travel: Europe (7 times), esp. Italy (hydro- elec. investigations). Desc. William White and Francis Cook, Mayflower; Gov. Thomas Dudley and others, Plymouth, Weymouth, Cape Ann, etc. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 54 Bonad Rd., West Newton. Summer res .: Gem Island, South Bristol, Me.


ALLEN, Eleanor Wyllys, legal research worker; b. Boston, Dec. 13, 1893; d. Horace Gwynne Allen and Grace Dupee (Chamberlain) A .: ed. Brookline high sch .; A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1918, A.M., 1921, Ph.D., 1923; studied at Yale Unlv., Univ. Brus- sels, Belg .; LL.B., Portia Law Sch., 1930; mem. Ain. Soc. Internat. Law, Mass. Bar Assn., Am. Assn. Unlv. Women. Club: Radcliffe. Author: The Position of Foreign States Before National Courts, 1933. Travel: Europe. Desc. Myles Stan- dish. Protestant. Republican. Address: Har- vard Law Library, Cambridge. Home: 3 Cralgie Circle, Cambridge. Summer res .: South Duxbury. ALLEN, Francis Henry, editor; b. Jamaica Plain, Aug. 3, 1866; s. Henry Clay Allen and Emma Frances (Briggs) A .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; m. Margaret Hewins of West Roxbury, Oct. 16, 1895; children-Robert Howins, Mrs. Elizabeth Morton Thompson, Lucy Fiske, Frances Briggs. With Iloughton, Mifflin & Co. and Houghton Mifflin Co., 1884-1934, editor, 1894 -; private, Mass. State Guard, 13 mos., World War; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Mass. Audubon Soc. (chin. dir.), Fed. Bird Clubs N.IC. (pres., 1929-31), Am. Ornithologists' Union, Northeastern Bird-Banding Assn. Clubs: Unita- rlan (W. Roxbury), Nuttall Ornithological (v.p.). Compiler: Nature's Diary, 1897, A Bibliography of Henry David Thoreau, 1908. Editor: (with Brad- ford Torrey) The Journal of Henry David Tho- reau (14 vols. ), 1906; Notes on New England Birds from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, 1910; Tho- reau's Walden, 1910; Stiekeen (by John Muir), 1916; The Letters of Robert Burns (4 vols.), 1927; A Boston Portrait Painter Visits Italy - - The Jour- nal of Amasa Ilewins (1830-33), 1931; Men of Concord as Portrayed In the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, 1936; many articles in ornithol, journals, Auk. Dese. several Mayflower Pilgrims and Capt. Silas Morton, Revolutionary soldler. Republican. .. Home: 215 La Grange St., West Roxbury.


ALLEN, Frank Gilman, merchant, ex-governor; b. Lynn, Oct. 6, 1874; s. Frank Mitchell Allen and Abbie L. (Gilman) A .; ed. LL.B. (hon.), Tufts Coll., C.S.D. (hon.), Boston Univ .; m. Clara A. Winslow of Norwood, Dec. 2, 1897, (d.); mn. (2nd.) Eleanor 11. Wallace of Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 26, 1927; chil- dren-Mrs. Mary Allen Crane, Frank G., Marjorie W. Office boy, Black & Newhall, 6 mos .; shipper, stock clerk, Lyman Smith & Sons Co., Norwood, 1% yrs .; In infg. dept., Winslow Bros., 1891; with Winslow Bros. & Smith Co. (combination of Wins- low Brothers and Lyman Smith Sons Co.) over 40 yrs., passing through all depts., pres. 1912-29, clinn. bd., 1929 -; treas. dir. C. Moulton Stone Co., Providence, R.I., Hlub Hosiery Mills (Lowell), Boston & Providence R.R., Dewey & Almy Chem. Co. (Cambridge), Brandt Leather Co. (Norwood), State St. Trust Co. (Boston), Norwood Trust Co., Norwood Coop. Bk., John Hancock Life Ins. Co .; pres., dir. Ellis Pond Ice Co., Norwood; tr. Frank- lin Sav. Bk. (Boston), Wellesley Coll., N.E. Dea- coness Hosp .; chinn. trs., Boston Univ .; dir., v.p. Boston Chamber of Commerce; mem. bd. mgrs., Boston Dispensary; assessor, Norwood, 1910-15, chinn. bd., 1911-15; chinn. bd. selectmen, 1915-23; mem. Mass. llo. of Rep., 1918-19, Senate, 1920-24 (pres. 1921-24) ; Lt. Gov., Mass., 1925-28; Gov. 1929- 30; mein. Masons (33"), Shrine. Clubs: Union, Algonquin, Exchange, New University (Boston), Eastern Yacht, Country ( Brookline), Dedham Country and Polo, Tedesco Country (Swampscott ), Essex Co. (Manchester-by-the-Sea), Salem Coun - try, Corinthian Yacht (Marblehead). Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Office: 218 Summer St., Boston. Ilome: 289 Walpole St., Norwood. Sum- mer res .: Ocean and Harbor Avs., Marblehead Neck.


. ALLEN, Frank Leonard, artist, teacher; b. Portland, Me., Nov. 19, 1884; s. Frank Henry Allen and


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Eleanor Stather (Mckinley) A .; cd. Fitchburg high sch .; Mass. Sch. Art and Sch. of Mus. Fine Arts, Boston; Art Students' League, N.Y. City; design with Denman Ross, Harvard; study in Fr., Eng., It .; long residence and study in Japan, Cho- sen, China; m. Ruth Theresia Eriksson of Stock- holm, Swed., Apr. 19, 1912; children-Erik Ilal- way, Eleanor Judith, Dir. of art, pub. sehs., Sau- gus, 1908-10; prof. Eng., Higher Normal Coll., Pe- king, China, 1909-12; instr. fine arts, Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1912-30; dir. Yonkers (N.Y.) Eve- ning Sch. of Design, 1915-26; dir. of art, Boothbay Studios Summer Sch. of Art, 1920 -; dir. Sch. of the individual in Art, N.Y. City, 1932-34; head, dept. design, Mass. Seh. of Art, also supervisor, Vocational Art Edn. in Industry & Bus., Common- wealth of Mass., 1934 -; many times exhibitor (watereolors and oils) in various Am. cities, can- vasses in permanent collection of Cranbrook Mus. Fine Arts and pvt. collections throughout U.S .: many one man shows in N.Y. City, Detroit, and Columbus; pres, Eastern Arts Assn. Club: Sala- magundi (N.Y.). Travel: Europe, Asia. Episco- palian. Office: Mass. School of Art, 364 Brookline Av., Boston. llome: 27 Fairmount St., Brookline. Summer res .: Boothbay Harbor, Me.


Y ALLEN, Fred Harold, physician; b. Acworth, N.II., Apr. 4, 1880; s. Carl Addison Allen and Sophie Eliz- abeth (Stearns) A .; ed. Holyoke high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1902; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1907; m. Harriett Ives of Lowell, June 1, 1910; children -Fred Harold, Jr., M.D., Stephen Ives, Douglas Ives. Interne, Boston City Hosp., 1908-09; prac-


ticed med., Holyoke, 1909 --; chief of pediatric staff, Holyoke Hosp .; 1918-, pres. and chief of staff, 1937 -; mem, bd. dirs., Ifolyoke Hosp., Y.M.C.A .; cons. ped., llosp. Cottages for Children, Baldwinville; chnin. Holyoke Child Welfare Commn., 1925 -; capt. med. O.R.C., Aug .- Dec. 1918, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga .; licentiate, Am, Bd. Pediatrics, 1935; mem. Am. Acad. Pediatrics, N.ES. Pediatric Soc., A.M.A., Mass. and Hampden Co. Med. Socs., Phi Kappa Psi. Travel: Europe, 1902, 1903. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office and home: 16 Fairfield Av., Holyoke. Summer res .: Camp Echo, Marlow, N.II.


ALLEN, Frederick Chase, teacher; b. Somerville, June 23, 1904; s. Frederlek James Allen and Wil- helmina (Pingree) A .; cd. Arlington high sch .; B.S., Boston Univ., 1927, A.M., 1934; grad. work, Harvard, 1928-29; m. Ruth Pearson of Newton Cen- tre, Aug. 28, 1929; children-Frederick Chase, Jr., Charles Edward. Instr. Eng., Northeastern Univ., 1927-29; head Eng. dept., Lawrence high sch., Fal- mouth, 1929 -; mem. Grange, Lambda Fraternity. Club: Rod and Gun. Congregationalist. Repub- lican. Home: 53 Siders Pond Rd., Falmouth. Summer res .: North Conway, N.II.


LALLEN, Gardner Weld, physician; b. Bangor, Me., Jan. 19, 1856; s. Joseph Henry Allen and Anna Minot (Weld) A .; ed. Cambridge high seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1877; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1882; un- married. Practiced med., 1884-1922; literary pur- sults, 1903-37: asst. surgeon, U.S.N., Sp .- Am. War, 1898; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Assn. G.U. Sur- geons, Am. Urol. Assn., Mass. Hist. Soe., Am. Antiq. Soc., Naval Hist. Soc. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Boston City. Author: books on U.S. naval hist. Unitarian, Independent Democrat. Home: 146 Mass. Av., Boston.


VALLEN, Glover Morrill, naturalist; b. Walpole, N.II., Feb. 8, 1879; s. Rev. Nathaniel Glover Allen and Harriet Ann (Schouler) A .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1901, A.M., 1903, Ph.D)., 1904, grad. student, 1906- 07; m. Sarah Moody Cushing of Newburyport, June 26, 1911; 1 dau .- Elizabeth Cushing (Mrs. Arthur Gilman). Librarian, Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 1901-27; curator of mammals, Mus. Compar- ative Zoology, Harvard, 1907; lecturer on zool., Harvard, 1924, asso. prof. zoöl., 1928, prof., 1938; mem. expdns. to Bahama Islands, 1904, British E. Africa, 1909, Grenada, B.W.I., 1910, Sudan, 1912, Liberia, 1926; Brazil, 1929, Australia, 1930; fellow A.A.A.S., Arn. Ornithologists' Union, Harvard Travelers' Club; mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Phl Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Club: Nuttall Ornitho- logical. Author: The Birds of Massachusetts ( with


R. 1I. Ilowe, Jr.), 1901; Birds and Their Attributes, 1925; Mammals of China and Mongolla, 1938; Bats, 1939; numerous papers, chlefly on mammals and birds. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge. Home: 25 Garden St., Cambridge.


YALLEN, Harold A., paper jobber; b. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 3, 1889; s. Kenneth Allen and Rose Whlt- more (Switzer) A .; ed. Atlantic City (N.J.) high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1910; m. M. Rita Wahl of At- lantic City, Mar. 20, 1913; 1 dau .- Mary Teulon. With Blackstone Valley Gas & Elec. Co., Paw- tucket and Woonsocket, R.I., 1910-16; West Dudley Paper Co., West Dudley, 1916-23; Waltham Paper Mill, Waltham, 1923-24; Pratt Paper Co., Boston, 1924 -; mem. Tech. Assn. Pulp & Paper Indus- try. Club: Appalachian Mt. Travel: Eng., Seot., Can., Bermuda. Unitarian. Democrat. Office: 136 Federal St., Boston. Home: 143 Meadowbrook Rd., Weston. Summer Res .: Westport Point.


VALLEN, Horace Eugene, lawyer; b. Swanton, Vt., July 19, 1890; s. Clarence E. Allen and Minerva Saxe (Drury) A .; ed. Kimball Union Acad., Meri- den, N.H .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1912; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1915; m. Mary Frances Ballan - tine of Springfield, July 13, 1918; children-Hor- tense Ballantine, Richard Ballantine, Nancy Bal- lantine. Practiced law, Springfield, 1915 -; dir. Springfield Finance Co., Springfield Acceptance Co .; chinn. Rep. City Com., Springfield, 1925-30; 1st It. Army Service Corps., 6 wks., World War; mem. Am. (mem. local council, 1930-31), Mass. (mem. exec. com., 1922-24; treas., 1931-), and Hampden Co. Bar Assns. Clubs: Reality, Gladden, Colony, Kiwanis. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 1013 Third National Bank Bldg., Spring- field. Ilome: 215 Forest Park Av., Springfield.


ALLEN, J(ohn) Weston, lawyer; b. Newton High- lands, Apr. 19, 1872; s. Walter Allen and Grace (Weston) A .; ed. A.B., Yale Univ., 1893; LL.B., Harvard Univ., 1896; LL.D., 1922; m. Caroline Cheney Hills of Amherst, June 12, 1901; Began practice at Boston, 1896; mem. Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1915-18; atty, gen. of Mass., 1920-22; during term instituted an investigation of the fish trust which resulted in conviction and imprisonment of pro- moters; broke up powerful blackmail ring In Mass. by instituting proceedings which resulted in removal and disbarment of Dist. Attys. Tufts and Pelletier in Middlesex and Suffolk Cos .; (x- posed silver stock swindle and secured convic- tions of Thomas W. Lawson and ten other opera- tors for illegal advertising; investigated and exposed Charles Ponzi's financial operations and prosecuted him for lareeny; acted in advisory capacity as atty. gen. in trial of Sacco and Van- zetti; mem. Atty. Gen. Cummings' Com. on Crime Conf., Washington, 1935; now mem. Atty. Gen- eral's Advisory Com. on Crime; appt, spl. asst. to atty. gen. of U.S., acting as consultant to Commr. of Immigration and Naturalization, pending legis- lation in Congress relating to deportation of aliens, 1925-26; official rep. Dept. of Justice at 2nd Internat. Congress of Comparative Law, the Hague, 1936; now spl. asst. to atty. gen. of U.S. acting as consultant on pending legislation in Congress relating to Federal fire-arms control; mcm. Am. Bar Assn. (v.p. 1935-36; chmn. bd. on award of Am. Bar Assn. medal; chmn. com. on Semi-Centennial Fund; mem. exec. com. 1926-29; mem. com. on uniform judicial procedure, 1929- 30; mem. council of criminal law sect., 1934-36; elected to House of Delegates, 1936), Nat. Crime Commn. (chmn .; mem. com. to draft criminal code; acting chmn. spl. com. on firearms regulation; ehmn. com. on detection and prosecution of crime), Ain. Law Ist. (charter mem.), Nat. Assn. Attor- neys General, Bar Assn. City of Boston, Middle- sex Bar Assn., Soc. Mayflower Descendants, Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Sons of Vets .; tr. Am. Indian Inst., 1915-29. Clubs: Yale (Boston); Massachu- setts; Old Boston (hon.); Cosmos (Washington); Century (N.Y.). Author: Contbr. to law jours. and current publs. Desc. of Richard Warren and George Soule, of the Mayflower. Congregational- ist. Republlean. Office: 73 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 219 Lake Av., Newton Highlands.




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