Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 57

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COATES, Ellis Webb, chemical engineer; b. Vixen, La., Dec. 2, 1899; s. Joseph Pollard Coates and Ida Louisa (Traylor) C .; ed. Palestine and Qua- chita Parish high schs., Monroe, La .; B.S. (chem. engring.), La. State Univ., 1924; m. Laura L. Stecle of Columbia, La., 1922; children-Ellis W., Jr., Geraldine Camille. Asst. chemist, U.S. Indus- trial Alcohol Co., New Orleans, 1924-26; chief chemist, Fed. Products Co., Cincinnati, O., 1926- 29; distiller, The Rossville Co., Lawrenceburg, Ind., 1929-30, transferred to New Orleans Div., Rossville Commercial Alcohol Corp., 1930-1931; production engr., Am. Solvents and Chem. Corp., New Orleans, 1931-33; eons. chemist, Nat. Brew- ing Co., chief chemist, U.S. Industrial Alcohol Co., gen. consultant to fermentation industries, 1933-36; chief distiller and plant supt., Readville Distilleries, Inc., 1936 -; 2nd It. R.O.T.C., Officers Res. Corps., 1924-34; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. Au- thor: quasi-tech, articles on fermentology. Travel: eastern U.S. (extensive). Protestant. Office: 31 Milk St., Boston. Home: 37 Huckins Av., Squantum.


r COATES, Frederick Ames; b, Mechanicville, N.Y., Feb. 15, 1890; s. William Henry Coates and Mary Catherine (Ames) C .; ed. Rouses Point (N.Y.) high sch., 1902-05; A.B., Middlebury Coll (Vt.), 1911; student, Art Students League, N.Y. City, 1912-13; m. Adelaide Swift of Milton, Dec. 31, 1914; children-William Ames, Charlotte Cath- erine, Jolin Morton, Rosemary Edithi. Teacher,


high sch., Hope Valley, R.I., 1913-14, German- English Acad., Milwaukee, Wis., 1914-15; teacher pub. sens., Boston, 1917-20; Continuation Sch., Worcester, 1921-24; asst. supervisor vocational edn., Mass. Dept. Edn., 1924-36; propr., Quincy Linotype Service, typesetters, Quincy; mem. Delta Upsilon, Kappa Phi Kappa, Quincy Hist. Soc., S.A.R. Author: 150 short stories to action and adventure mags., verse in N.Y. Times, Chi- cago Daily News, etc .; ednl. articles in Industrial Arts Mag. etc. Desc. Francis Cooke, Mayflower passenger. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 35


Goddard St., Quincy. Home: 15 Neponset Rd., Quincy.


COBB, Charles Henry, manufacturer of filing equip- ment; b. Fiorence, Sept. 24, 1876; s. Rev. Ellsha Greene Cobb and Esther Meroa (Redfield) C .; ed. Williston Sem., Eastampton, 1892-95; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1899; m. Grace E. Stetson of Bos- ton, May 15, 1905; children-James Redfield, Pris- cilla Harding. Salesman, Gilbert & Barker Mfg. - Co., New York, N. Y., 1899-1901; with Library Bu- reau, mfrs. filing equipment, Boston, 1901-05, treas. Library Bureau, Ltd., London, Eng., 1905-10, with home office, comptroller to v.p., 1910-26, pres. Filing Equipment Bureau, Inc., Boston, 1926 -; pres. Filing Equipment Bureau of New York, Inc., N.Y. City, 1927 -; pres. Filing Equipment Bur. of Ill., Inc., Chicago, Il., 1931 -; mem. Budget Com., Newton, Community Chest, 1935 -; treas, and mem. exec. com. Newton Boy Scouts, 1926-32; Bos- ton Chamber of Commerce, Psi Upsilon. Clubs: Sales Managers (Boston, exec. com.), Amherst (New York City); University (Boston) ; Yacht of Hingham (chin. race com.). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 27 Melcher St., Boston. Home: 74 Kenwood Av., Newton Centre.


Y COBB, Charles W., professor of mathematies; b. Plymouth, Sept. 17, 1875; s. William H. Cobb and linily W. (Wiggins) C .; ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coli., 1897; Ph.D., Univ. Mich., 1912; m. Marie H. Preble of Cambridge, 1918; children-Charles W. Jr., Emily, Preble. Teach- er math. in secondary schs. (Albany, Fitchburg, New York, Worcester), 1898-1907; Amherst Coll., 1908 -; capt. Air Service, Nov. 1917-Dec. 1918; Arbitrator Rochester (N.Y.) Clothing Market, 1922-24; choir master, Grace Church, Amherst, 1909-33; mem. Econometric Soc., Theta Delta Chi, Sigma Xi. Author: Notes on Massachusetts Man- ufacturing. Episcopalian. Office: Amherst College, Amherst. llomc: 227 South Pleasant St., Amherst. Socialist.


Y COBB, Ernest, author; b. Newton Upper Falls, Dec. 3, 1877; s. Cyrus Cobb and Emma (Lilly) C .; ed. A.B., Tufts Coll., 1905; Am. Inst. Normal Methods, Boston; Sorbonne, Paris; Ilarvard; m. Bertha Browning Barnes of Waltham, June 29, 1908; children-Churchill (d.), Priscilla. Newspa- per reporter, 1897-98; prin., high sch., Mt. Desert, Me., 1904; teacher music, State Normal Sch., New Paltz, N.Y., 1906, French, Franklin Sch., Cincinnati, O., 1907; supt. schs., Tilton, N.H., 1908-09; in charge of Eng., Chelsea high sch., 1910, B.M.C. Durfec high sch., Fall River, 1911-14; writer for children 1914 -; also head Arlo Pub. Co .; mem. Masons, Zeta Psi. Author: Garden Steps, 1917; The Hen at Work, 1919; Miles Mc- Carthy (drama, 5 acts), 1926; (with wife) Around the World with Father Time, 1919; Metcalf Read- ers (primer, 1st and 2nd readers). 1909; Busy Builders' Book, 1911; Arlo, 1915; Clematis, 1917; Anita, 1920; Europe Today and Yesterday, 1921; Who Knows? 1924; Allspice, 1924; Dan's Boy, 1925; Pennie, 1927; André (hist. novel about Champlain), 1930; Picore, A Drama of 16th Cen- tury France, 1932; One Foot on the Ground-A Plea for Common Sense in Education, 1933; Robin (novel for children), 1933; Adam Lce (hist. novel about War of 1812), 1938; Renard Rusé (novel in French for beginners), 1938. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: Newton Upper Falls.


Y COBB, Harriet Redfield, professor of mathematics; b. Peekskill, N.Y., Sept. 10, 1866; d. Rev. Elisha Greene Cobb and Esther Mcro (Redfield) C .; ed. Northampton high sch., 1881-85; A.B., Smith Coll., 1889, A.M., 1891; Columbia Univ. summer sch., two sessions; unmarried. Teacher math., Burritt Sch., Baton Rouge, La., 1889-90; Bartholomew Eng. and Class. Sch., Cincinnati, 1891-95; instr. math., Smith Coll., asst. prof., asso. prof., prof., 1895-1931; prof. emer., 1931 -; went to Wuchang, China, to standardize work in mathematics for Chinese women during Sabbatical leave of ab- sence, 1920; reader for Coll. Entrance Exam. Bd., 1916-31; mem. Western Mass. Math. Assn. (past pres. ), Phi Beta Kappa. Congregational-


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ist. Republican. Home: 12 Arnold Av., Northi- ampton. Winter address: St. Petersburg, Fla.


VCOBB, Roland Hacker, camp director; b. West- brook, Me., May 5, 1895; s. Charles Edward Cobb and Harriet Hamblen (Hacker) C .; ed. Moses Brown Sch., Providence, R.I .; Univ. Me., 1913-15; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1917; A.M., Columbia, 1930; m. Catherine F. M. Thomson of Baltimore, Md., Sept. 12, 1923; children-Philip Jackson, Virginia Thomson. Dir. Wyonegonic camps for girls, 1922; asso. dir. Winona camps for boys, 1917 -; 1st lt. Co. C, 118th Inf, 30th Div., later Capt .; A.E.F., 1917-19; mem. Am. Camping Assn. (v.D., pres, N.I. Sect.), Masons, Am. Legion, Sigma Nu. Clubs: University, Bowdoin (Worcester, pres.), Rotary. Travel: Fr., It., Eng., Scot. Quaker. Republican. Office: Denmark, Me. Home and summer res. : Denmark, Me.


1- COBB, Stanley, physician, teacher; b. Brookline, Dee. 10, 1887; s. John Candler Cobb and Leonore (Smith) C .; ed. Milton Acad .; Volkmann Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1910; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1914; in. Elizabeth Mason Alny of Cambridge, July 10, 1915; children-Sidney, Helen Jackson, Jolin Candler. Began as naturalist and biologist, then went into medicine; esp. interested in re- search in nervous and mental phenomena; studied along these lines in Baltimore, London, Oxford, Paris, Berlin and Munich; volunteer, Lab. Physiol. Research, Johns Hopkins, 1915-16, asst. psychia- trist, 1917-18; asst. neurologist, Dalton scholar, Mass. Gen. Ilosp., 1919-20; instr. neurology and physiology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1919-23, asst. prof. neuropathology, 1923-26, Bullard prof., 1926 -; Rockefeller fellow, Europe, 1923-25; neu- rologist, Boston City Hosp., 1925-34; chief psy- chiatrist, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1934 -; tr. Judge Baker Guidance Center; mem. Harvard Epilepsy Comin .; 1st lt. M.C., U.S.A., hosp. work in U.S., 1918-19; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Nourol. Assn., Am. Psychiatric Assn., Assn. Am. Phys., Am. Research in Nervous & Mental Dis- eases, Am. Soc. Clin, Investigation, Boston Soc. Psychiatry & Neurology, Mass. Soc. Mental lly- giene, Am. Ornithologists Union, Boston Soc. Nat. Ilist. Clubs: Tavern, Harvard, interurban clin- leal. Author: Epilepsy, 1929; Preface to Nervous Disease, 1936; over 200 med. articles in journals. Travel: Europe (3 yrs.). Unitarian. Independ - ent. Office: Mass. General Ilospital, Boston. llome: 331 Adams St., Milton, Summer res .: Cotuit.


COBB, Victor, patent lawyer; b. Easthampton, Oct. 11, 1885; s. Nathan A. Cobb and Alice V. (Proe- tor) C .; ed. Fort Street pub. sch., Sydney, N.S. W., Australia; Worcester Poly Inst., 2 yrs .; B.S., llar- vard, 1908; Ll .. B., Geo. Washington Univ. Law Sch., 1913; m. Maude S. Parmenter of Boston, 1909; children-Allan, Robert Harwood, Alice, Richard. Asst. in chem., U.S. Bur. Standards, 1909; examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1909-19; patent lawyer, patent dept., United Shoe Machinery Corp., Boston, 1919-, mgr., 1938 -; mem. Ami. Bar Assn., Am. and Boston Patent Law Assns. Club: Maugus ( Wellesley ). Travel: U.S., Australia, Can., Newfdld. Protestant. Republican. Office: 110 Federal St., Boston. Home: 680 Washington St., Wellesley.


COBURN, Charles Lyman, civil engineer; b. Lexing- ton, Apr. 23, 1895; s. Frank Warren Coburn and Ilattie Jane (Marsh) C .; ed. Lexington high sch .; S.B. (civ. engring.), Mass. Inst. Tech., 1917; grad., spl. course in naval architecture, M.I.T., 1917; in. Elizabeth Clapp of Boston, Nov. 1, 1930; chil- dren-Jane Elizabeth, Anne Sarah. Ship drafts- man grade 1, June-Dee. 1917; asst. naval con- structor, ensign, Constrn. Corps, U.S.N. R.F., 1917- 19; asst. engr., Water Supply Bd., Providence, R.I., 1919-22; concrete designer, Stone & Web- ster, Inc., Boston, 1922-26; with Metrop. Dist. Water Supply Commn., Boston, 1926-, asst. engr., 1926-29, asst, designing engr., 1929-35, asso. civil engr., 1935-39, principal designing engr., 1939 -; mem. Am. and Boston Socs. C.E., N.E. Water Works Assn. The first Coburn came to America and settled in Ipswich, 1635, later moving to Dra-


cut. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 20 Somerset St., Boston. Ilome: 31 Percy Rd., Lex- ington.


COBURN, Frederick William, writer; b. Nashua, N.H., Aug. 6, 1870; s. Frank Coburn and Susan (Whitney) C .; ed. Lowell high sch., 1888; A.B., Harvard, 1891; m. Grace Mollison Denton of Al- bany, N.Y., Sept. 16, 1895; children-Selena Var- num, Eric Denton. Teacher, classics and Eng., Friends' Seleet Sch., and student of art, Art Students' League, Wash., D.C., 1891-4; teacher classics, Eng., drawing, Ethical Culture Schs., and student of art, Art Students' League, N.Y. City, 1894-1900; writer and illustrator, IC. L. Kellogg & Co., pubs., N.Y., 1900-02; with Prang Id. Co., Boston, 1902; art writer, Boston Herald, 1903-32; asso. ed., Lowell Courier-Citizen, 1918 -; mem. Mass. Art Commn., 1920-25; occasional ex- hibitor of drawings and watercolors; mem. Cop- ley Soc. Boston (rec. sec., 1910-); Lowell Art Assn. (pres., 1921-28, v.p. 1928-); Lowell Hist. Soc. (pres., 1937-). Author: llistory of Lowell, 1920; (with Philip I. Hale and Ralph T. Hale) Vermeer, 1937; articles on Am. and Eng. art in mags. and Diet. Am. Biog .; inng. ed. and prin. author, Business Eneye., 1913. Office: 15 Kearney Sq., Lowell. Ilome: 722 Cast Merrimack St., Lowell.


COBURN, Stuart Edward, chemist; b. Walpole, Aug. 8, 1890; s. Edward B. Coburn and Elizabeth ( Woodburn) C .; ed. Worcester Eng. high sch .; B.S., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1913; m. Ruth Dukett of Worcester, Apr. 8, 1911; children-Dorothy IC., William M., Stuart R. Asst. chem., City of Worcester, 1913-14; asst. chem., later chief chem., Metcalf & Eddy, Boston, 1914 -; mem. Ancient & llon. Arty Co., A.F.&A.M., J.O.O.F., Am. Chem. Soc., Boston Soc. C.E., N.E. Sewage Assn., N.E. Water Works Assn. Author; articles on sanita- tion, san. chemistry, ete. Dir. dese. Edward Coburn, settler in Mass., 1635. Protestant. Re- publican. Office: Statler Bldg., Boston. Home: 47 Berlin St., Wollaston.


V COBURN, William Carle(on, public utilities official; b. Walpole, Aug. 18, 1892; 8. Edward Burr Coburn and Elizabeth ( Woodburn) C .; ed. grad. Worces- ter Eng. high seh., 1911; in. Victoria Eileen Eus- tace Dunlop of Elizabeth, N.J., June 4, 1921; children-Hope, Edward Dunlop. Tr. Mass. Utili- ties Assn. 1932 -; Mass. Power & Light Assn. 1936 -; asst. treas. N.D. Power Assn. 1937 -; dir. Amesbury Elee, Light Co., Arlington Gas Light Co., Athol Gas & Elee. Co., Beverly Gas & Elec. Co., Cent. Mass. Elee. Co., Eastern Mass. Elec. Co., Franklin Connty Power Co., Gloucester Elec. ('o., Haverhill Elec. Co., Lawrence Gas & Elee. Co., Malden and Melrose Gas Light Co., Malden Ilec. Co., Marlborough Elec. Co., N.E. Power Co., Norwood Gas Co., Quincy Flee. Light & Power Co., Salem Terminal Corp., Salem Elec. Lighting Co., Salem Gas Light Co., Southern Berkshire Power & Electric Co., Suburban Gas & Elec. Co., Union Light & Power Co., Weymouth Light & Power Co., Winchendon Elec. Light & Power Co., Worcester Suburban Elec. Co .; served with Co. C, 101st Engrs., 26th Div., A.E.F., 1917-19; mem. Masons (32°). Club: Wollaston Golf. Desc. Edward Coburn, Boston, 1635. Republican. Of- fice: 411 Stuart St., Boston. Ilome: 65 Cedar St., Braintree.


COBURN, William Haskins, investment counsel; b. Boston, Mar. 8, 1890; s. Frank J. Coburn and Hannah Cushing ( llaskins) C .; ed. Lincoln Acad., Androscoggin, Me .; Newton high sch .; S.B, (civ. and san. engring. ), M.I.T., 1911; m. Dorothy G. Davis of N.Y. City 1917; children-William 1I., Jr. Ilead, William 11. Coburn & Co., investment counsel, 1919 -; 1st It. San. Corps, U.S.A .; capt. Gas Defence Div, C.W.S., World War; former Deputy Labor Commr. Mass .; former mem. Mass. Minimum Wage Commn .; mem. Phi Kappa Sigma, Masons (Blue Lodge Royal Arch, Chap. & Com- mandery), Wine & Food Soc., Boston. Clubs: Algonquin, Beach ( Magnolia), Chestnut Hill Gar- den, Corinthian Yacht, Cushman (Boston), Essex County, Exchange (Boston), Millwood lunt.


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Desc. Cushing family, Mass. Office: 68 Devon- shire St., Boston. llome: 9 Old Orchard Rd., Chestnut Ilill. Summer res .: Norton's Pt., Man- chester.


COCHRAN, Arthur Maitland, instructor; b. Med- ford, Feb. 21, 1910; s. Charles Morton Cochran and Annie (Monteith) C .; ed. Medford high scl .; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1932, Ed.M., 1933. Asst. to acting pres., Tufts Coll., 1937, asst. to v.p., 1939, coach of basketball, 1934-39; mem. Alpha Tau Omega, pres. Medford Consumer's Co-opera- tive Soe., Inc. Independent. Office: Tufts Coll., Medford, Mass. Ilome: Medford.


COCHRAN, Eve Owen, writer, homemaker; b. Bos- ton, Oet. 15, 1870; d. Daniel Dickinson Owen and Susan Elizabeth Sylvester Harrington Owen; ed. Franklin high sch .; pvt. tutors in Eng. and It. lit .; m. William Millar Cochran of Northamp- ton, Nov. 19, 1896. Writer of short stories, hist., plays, verse; dir. Lathrop Home for Aged Wonien over 25 yrs., now pres. and mem. Fin. Bd .; deacon- ess, chmn. Chr. edn. and mem. Bd. Missions, Ist Bapt. Ch., Northampton; dir, and For. Missions v.p. Westfield Bapt. Assn. Women's Soc .; did Red Cross work, Northampton, during World War; mem. Order of Bookfellows, Daughters of Ameri- can Revolution (past regent Betty Allen Chapt .; held local, state and nat. positions) ; D.A.R., League Women Voters, Mass. Fed. Women's Clubs. Clubs: Colonial (past pres.) ; Northamp- ton Women's (past pres.), Women's Republican. Author: Wilderness Rose (colonial play, present- ed in Northampton); A Half Hour at the Gate (1 act plays); Contenary llistory of first Baptist Church of Northampton; Short llistory of bath- rop Home for Aged Women; Sketch of Dickinson Ilosp. Aid Assn .; short stories in mags, pan- phlets, poems, Travel: Gt. Brit, (3 summers), Europe (2 summers), Father knew poet Long- fellow when latter was a student at Bowdoin Coll., father had 2 sons in Civil War; mother's family settled in Mass., 1625; ancestors in Revolution. Baptist. Republican. Home: 159 Elm St., North- ampton.


COCHRANE, Albert II., assistant superintendent oť schools; b. Melrose, Jan. 8, 1887; s. Maurice Green Cochrane and Fiorence M. (Hayward) C .; ed. grad. Melrose high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1909; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1927; m. H. Estelle Noyes of Stoneham, 1909; children-Nel- son Noyes, Catherine, Mrs. Virginia Ward. Prin., Bourne Gram. Sch., 1909-10; prin. West Sch., Hingham. 1910-13; Dunbar St. Sch., Abington, 1913-14; Weir Sch., Taunton, 1914-24; Washing- ton & Government Sch .. Quincy, 1924-26; asst. supt. of schs., Quincy, 1926 -; mem. Quincy Red Cross (mem. bd. dirs.), Am. Vocational Assn., Mass. Vocational Assn., Quincy Teachers Assn., Phl Delta Kappa (Iota Chapter). Clubs: Mass. Schoolmasters, Quincy Harvard Club. Desc, En- sign Thomas Lynde, who built first house in Mel- rose; Ilayward family, early settlers of Acton; James Hayward, killed in battle of Concord and Lexington. Congregationalist. Non-partisan. Office: Office of the Sch. Com., Quincy. Home: 15 Neponset Rd., Quincy.


COCHRANE, James Sullivan, banker, writer; b. Boston, Oct. 24, 1878; s. Alexander Cochrane and Mary Lynde (Sullivan) C .; ed. Groton Sch .; A.B., Ilarvard, 1900; m. Harriet Louise English of Win- throp, May 7, 1927; 1 dau .- Jane. Work along engring. and tech. lines, 15 yrs .; banking and finance, 15 yrs .; econ. and monetary writer, 1934 -; formerly asso. with Cochrane, Harper & Co .; with Vol. Ambulance, Fr., 1914 and 1915. Clubs: Tennis & Racquet, Algonquin, Art, Har- vard (all Boston). Author: econ. and monetary papers. Travel: considerable, Europe, N.Am. Episcopalian. Democrat. Office: 60 State St., Boston. Home: Newington, N.II.


V CODMAN, Charles R., real estate trustee; b. Bos- ton, Feb. 22, 1893; s. Russell Sturgis Codman and Anna Kneeland (Crafts) C .; ed. Groton Sch., 1905-11; A.B., Harvard, 1915; m. Theodora La- rocque of New York City Mar. 15, 1921; 1 son- Charles Russell, Jr. With Curtis & Sanger, in-


vestments, Boston, 1916-22; partner, R.S.&C.R. Codman, real estate trs., 1922-, now treas., Cod- man & Codman, Inc. (successors); tr. Congress St. Assos., Cross Roads Assos., Chadwick Trust, Chadwick Real Estate Trust; treas., Congress St. Safe Deposit Vaults; consultant on fine wines, S. S. Pierce Co .; with Am. Ambulance Field Serv- ice, Fr., 1915-16, 1st It. Air Service, U.S.A., A.E.F., Fr., 1918; Croix de Guerre with palm, Chevalier of Legion of llonor, Chevaller du Tastevin (Fr.), Army Citation (U.S.). Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.); City Central, Somerset, Tavern, Union Boat (Boston); A.D. (Cambridge) ; Acro de France (Paris). Author: Years and Years, 1933; Con- tact, 1937; articles in mags., journals. Episco-


palian. Office: 50 Congress St., Boston. Home: 53 Pinckney St., Boston.


V CODMAN, Ernest Amory, surgeon; b. Boston, Dec. 30, 1869; s. William C. Codman and Elizabeth (Hurd) C .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1891; M.D., Har- vard Med. Sel., 1895; m. Katharine Putnam Bow- ditch of Jamaica Plain, Nov. 16, 1899, Surgeon, practicing in Boston, 1895 -; asst. visiting surg., Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1899-1914, now cons. surg .; lec- turer on surgery, Harvard Med. Sch., 1913-14; fellow A.C.S .; mem., Am. Surg. Assn., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Soc. Clin, Surgery. Author: The Shoulder, 1934. Address, 227 Beacon St., Boston. YCODMAN, John, real estate and insurance agent; b. Brookline, Nov. 3, 1898; s. William Coombs Codman and Sophia M. (Smith) C .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.IL .; A.B., Harvard, 1922; m. Anna B. Wheelwright of Brookline, 1927; children- John, Elizabeth. Followed father and grandfather in real estate bus., Win. C. Codman & Son, Bos- ton, 1922 -; dir, Beacon Hill Assn., Boston Centre Adult Edn .; 2nd It. F.A., R.C., World War; mem. Harvard Musical Soc., Boston Real Estate Ex- change. Club: Union Boat, Protestant. Re- publican. Office: 30 Charles St., Boston. Home: Ilingham.


Y CODMAN, John Sturgis, treasurer; b. Boston, Feb. 25, 1868; s. Charles Russell Codman and Lucy 1. P. (Sturgis) C .; ed. Noble's Sch., Boston; A.B., Ilarvard, 1890; S.B., M.I.T., 1893; m. Susan S. Cod- man of Boston, Apr. 25, 1901; 1 dau .-- Rachel Sturgis. With U.S. Coast Survey, 1893 ;. Am. Bell Tel. Co., 1894-97; Hale & Codman, mfrs. agts., 1898-1904; J. S. Codman & Co., 1904-07; con- sultant, Gen. Elec. Co. 1905-07; N.E. mgr., Holo- phane Co., 1908-10; v.p. S. R. Bailey & Co., Ames- bury, 1911-14; treas. Fabreeka Products Co., 1919 -; mem. Home Guard, World War; N.E. mgr. Belgian Relief Fund, 1915-18, for which reed. decoration as Chevalier de l'Ordre de 1.co- pold; mem. Nat. Com., Am. Civil Liberties Union; Nat. Council, Nat. Econ. League; chmn. Sponsor- ing Com, and mem. faculty, Boston Extension, Henry George Sch. Social Economics. Club:


Tavern (Boston). Author: Vivisection and the Public Conscience, 1922; Human Vivisection and the American Medical Association, 1923; Unem- ployment and Our Revenue Problem, 1923; many articles on elec. and illuminating engring., eco- nomics, taxation. Oflice: 222 Summer St., Bos- ton. Home: 57 Quail St., West Roxbury.


CODMAN, Russell Sturgis, trustee; b. Boston, Oct. 20, 1861; s. Charles Russell Codman and Lucy Lyman Paine (Sturgis) C .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1883; m. Auna Kneeland Crafts at Geneva, Switz., Aug. 1, 1891. Tr. Central Bldg. Trust, Congress St. Assos., Cross Roads Assos., Dwelling House Assos .; dir. Boston Storage Co .; mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. (life), Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Mass. llort. Soc. (life), North Shore Ilort. Soc., A.A.A.S. Clubs: Appalachian Mt., Ilarvard Travelers, Som- erset, Harvard (all of Boston). Office: 50 Con- gress St., Boston. Ilome: Manchester.


VCOR, Adn May, professor of Spanish; b. Milford Cen- ter, O., Dec. 1, 1890; d. Clinton Iloward Coe and Myrtle L. (Abernethy) C .; ed. Warren (Pa ) high sch .; Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; A.B., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1913; A.M., Wellesley Coll., 1924; study, re- search, Columbia, Univ. Toronto, Madrid (Sp.); unmarried. Teacher, Colegio Internacional, Bar- celona, Sp., 1913-16; dept. Spanish, Wellesley Coll.,


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1917 -; now asso. prof. and chmn. dept .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Assu. Teachers Sp., Modern Lang. Assn. Author: Catálogo bibliográfico y erítico de los periódicos publicados en Madrid desde 1661 hasta 1819, 1935; articles in leading lit. research periodicals. Travel: Sp., Fr., It., Mex. Methodist. Republican. Office and home: Wellesley College, Wellesley. Summer res .: 24 East Third Av., Warren, Pa.


V COR, Philip Francis, realtor; b. Worcester, Jan. 22, 1892; s. S. Hamilton Coe and Mary E. (Boyden) C .; ed. Worcester Poly. Inst., 1910-11; B.S., Dart- mouth Coll., 1911; m. Nella May Bailey of Worces- ter, Jan. 14, 1925. Real estate broker 1914 -; mem. firm, Martin & Coe, real estate brokers, Worcester, 1923 -; mem., Municipal Bd. of Ap- peals, Worcester, 1933-, Worcester Real Estate Bd. (pres., 1937); 2d It. 301st F.A., U.S.A., with A.E F. in France, 1917-19; mem. Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: University, Quinsigamond Boat (both Worcester). Episcopalian. Republican. Home: 3 Bowdoin St., Worcester.


V COFFIN, Chester Stewart, publisher; b. Amesbury, Nov. 11, 1892; s. Thomas F. Coffin and Annic F. (Collins) C .; ed. Amesbury high sch., 1910; m. Mildred C. Ilumphreys of Baltimore, Jan. 31, 1914; 1 son-Chester II. Employee, Amesbury Pub. Co., Inc., pub, and job printing, 1910-, mgr. 1927 -; ed. 1934-, pres., treas. and dir., 1929 -; mem. Provident Instn. for Sav., Amesbury Sch. Com., Masons, Odd Fellows. Club: Warren Ma- sonic (Amesbury). Office: 21 Elm St., Amesbury. Home: 17 Green St., Amesbury.


COFFIN, John Ruskin, engineer; b. West Medford, Fcb, 14, 1895; s. Freeman Clarke Coffin and Agnes (Lighthall) C .; ed. Medford high sch .; A.B., Har- vard, 1916; B.S., M.I.T., 1917; unmarried. Engr., Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 1919-20; asst. to for. trade rep., Nat. Bk. of Commerce, N.Y. City, 1920-21; engr., prin, asst. to firm mem. responsible for engring, surveys, reports, plans and constrn., Jackson & Moreland, Boston, 1921 -; 1st It. Alr Service, U.S.A., World War, 18 mos .; Pilot 104th Aero Squadron, A.I.F .; citation for "Exceptional Devotion to Duty" In Aerial Reconnaissance; mem. Am. Inst. E.E. Club: University (Boston). Unitarian. Independent. Office: Care of Jackson & Moreland, 31 St. James Av., Boston. 1lome: Bassin Lane, Scituate.


COFFIN, Rockwell Augustus, physician (retired) ; b. Bangor, Me., July 31, 1870; s. Charles Warren Coffin and Ruth Abby ( Walker) C .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; Amherst Coll .; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1893; studied in Vienna. 1894-96; m. Margaret Morse. Practiced med., Boston, 1896 -. 1931; surg .- in-chief, ear, throat, and nose dept., Boston City Hosp. (retired) ; surg., Long Island llosp. (retired) ; Home of Good Samaritan (re- tired); It. U.S.N.R.F .; past mem. Am. Laryngol. Soc .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med Soc. Club: Harvard ( Boston). Travel: Europe. Desc. Tristram Collin, Nantucket. Republlean. Home: Julian Rd., South Ilarwich.


COFFIN, Susan May, physician; b. Crystal, Me., July 20. 1880; d. Whitman Henry Collin and Jemima S. (Willey) C .; ed. Teachers Coll., Worcester; M.D., Boston Univ. Med. Sch .. 1910; unmarried. Pvt. practice in med., Boston, 1911-23; consultant in child hygiene, Mass. Dept. Pub. Health, 1923 -; teacher, Me, and Mass., before doing med. work; men. Mass. and N.E. Women's Med. Soes., Am, and Mass. Pub. Health Assns. Office: 1 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 291 Commonwealth Av., Boston.




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