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COFFIN, WHllam Balch, architect; b. Auburndale, Dec. 30, 1877; s. George Richards Coffin and Han- nah Stone (Balch) C .; ed. Cutler's Sch., Newton, 1891-94; Brookline high sch., 1894-95; A.B., Har- vard, 1899; B.S., M.I.T., 1907; m. Dorothy Winsor Soule of Brookline, May 6, 1909; children-Wil- llam B., Ruth M., Barbara S., Dorothy W. Clerk, later bond salesman, N. W. Harris & Co., 1899- 1904; draftsman, office of R. Clipston Sturgis, architect, 1907; treas., reorganization known as Sturgis Assoclates. Ine., 1932; mem., Brookline Planning Bd .; mem. Brookline Home Guards World War; mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Boston
Soc. Architects. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Dux- bury Yacht (commodore). Unitarian. Republi- can. Office: 120 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 446 Walnut St., Brookline.
VCOFFMAN, Bertha Reed (Mrs. George Raleigh Coff- man), professor of German; b. Decatur, Ill .; d. Horace Reed and Anna Mary (Mapes) R .; ed. Ill. Woman's Coll., 1891-96; Ph.B., De Pauw Univ., 1898. A.M., 1900; student, Univ. Berlin, 1902-03, Univ. Zurich, 1903-04; fellow Bryn Mawr Coll., 1906-07; Ph.D., Univ. Chicago, 1913; in. George Raleigh Coffman (head English Dept. Univ. N.C.), of Chapel 11111, N.C., Nov. 24, 1909. Teacher De- catur (Ill.) high sch., 1898-99, 1900-02, 1905-06; Girls' Latin sch., Baltimore, Md., 1904-05; Bradley Poly. Inst., Peoria, 11., 1907-09; extension lee- turer Univ. Mont., 1913-19; acting asst. prof. Ger- man, Grinnell Coll., 1919-20; lecturer, Univ. Coll. of Univ. of Chicago, 1921-24; univ. extension lec- turer, Mass. Dept. of Redn., 1924-25; asst. prof. German, Simmons Coll., 1925-30, asso. prof., 1930 -; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs. (pres. Sim- mons Coll. chapter, 1934), Modern Lang. Assn. Am. (see, Anglo-German sect., 1933, chmn., 1934) ; N.E. Modern Lang. Assn. (See .- treas. Eastern Mass. Div., 1936, v. chmn. 1937, chmn. 1938), Am. Assn. Teachers of German (sec. Boston chapt., 1929-31), Modern Humanities Research Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Women, N.E. Assn. Colls. & Secondary Schs., Soe. for Advancement Scandinavian Study, D.A.R., Women's Internat. League for Peace and Freedom, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Author: The In- fluence of Salomon Gessner upon English Litera- ture, 1905; The Influence of English Literature upon Friedrich von Hagedorn, 1915; also articles in modern lang. journals. Editor: Ludwig Fulda's Die Gegenkandidaten, 1933. Joint editor: Agnes Sapper's Dle Famille Pfäffling, 1934. Asso. editor: German Quarterly. Travel: Eng., Scot., Belg., Hol., Ger., Aus., Switz., Fr., It. Desc. John Read, who came with Gov. Winthrop, 1630; Constable of Rehoboth. Home: 274 Brookline Av., Boston.
COGSWELL, George Proctor, physician; b. Cam- bridge, Jan. 19, 1867; s. Edward R. Cogswell and Sarah P. (Proctor) C .; ed. Cambridge high sch .; Berkeley Sch., N.Y .; J. Kendall's, Cambridge; A.B., Harvard Coll., 1888, A.M. and M.D., 1893; m. Anna W. Bumstead of Cambridge, 1895; children -George Russell, Josephine Freeman, Elliot Proctor. Engaged in gen, practice med., Cam- bridge, 1894 -; phys., Camb. Hosp., 1896-1926; served as capt,, Med. Corps, 6th Dlv. Ann. Train, A.E.F., World War; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., Mil. Order For. Wars, Mil. Order World War, Assn. Mil. Surgeons. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston), Harvard Varsity, Wyman. Travel: Pacific coast, Mex. Desc. John Cogswell, Rowley, 1635. Address: 18 Concord Av., Cambridge.
F COHEN, Abraham K., lawyer; b. Boston, Nov. 22, 1869; s. Simon K. Cohen and Fannle (Bennett) C .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; m. Sadie Z. Rosnosky of Boston, June 18, 1894; 1 dau .- Selma Cohen Bernkopf. Studied law, Sprague and Washburn, Boston; admitted to Mass. Bar, July 1894; prac- ticed law, Boston, 1894 -; now sr. mem. A. K. Cohen-Max E. Bernkopf; dir. Economy Grocery Stores Corp., Ideal Finaneing Assn, Inc .; spl. justice, Mun. Ct., Roxbury, Mar. 1907-Oct. 1912; Boston Mun. Ct., Oct., 1912 -; chmn. Dist. Appeal Bd. No. 4, Boston, from organization, Aug. 1917 to end of World War: mem. Boston, Mass. and Am. Bar Assns., B'nai B'rith (Anti-Defamation Com. ), Temple Israel (Boston, bd. trs.), Beth Israel llosp. Assn. (exec. com.), Asso. Jewish Philanthropies, Inc. (v.p.), Boston Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Kernwood Country, New Century. Office: 735 Tremont Bldg., Boston. Home: Hotel Somerset, Boston. Summer res .: Marblehead.
/COHEN, Joseph Horace, business man; b. Birz, Kovno, Lithuania, Nov. 14, 1890; s. Morris Cohen and Ida (Chaitt) C .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1913; m. Rose Stone of Boston, July 16, 1916; children-Joseph Horace, Jr., Ira, Nancy Joan. Chemist, Am. Glue Co., Peabody, 1913-19; organized Atlantic Gelatin Co., 1919, v.p., gen. mgr., dir .; tr. Beth Israel Hosp., Boston; mem. Soc.
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Motion Picture Engrs., Am. Chem. Soc .; Temple Israel (v.p.). Clubs: Kernwood Country, Univer- sity (Boston). Co-author: Study of Gelatin Vis- cosity & Related Problems; Food Gelatin Values Relative to Concentrations (papers in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry), Travel: all U.S., Gt. Brit., Europe. Jewish. Office: Atlantic Gelatin Co., Inc., Hill St., Woburn. llome: 178 Dudley St., Brookline.
COHEN, Joseph Powitzer, physician; b. Pawtucket, R.1., Apr. 29, 1888; s. Solomon Cohen and Sarah (Schwartz) C .; ed. Newburgh (N.Y.) Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1909; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1914; m. Bessie Mazur of Boston, 1909; 1 son-Nathaniel P. Clin. prof. gynecology, Tufts Coll. Med. Seh., 1937 -; instr. obstetrics, Harvard Med. Sch. 1937 -; gynecologist, chmn. staff couneil, Beth Israel Hosp .; surg .- in-chief obstetrics and gynecology, Boston City Hosp .; works wholly in obstetrics, with some gynecology; mem. Draft Board, World War; mem. Boston Obstet. Soc. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: occasional prof. papers and pub. addresses. Travel: Mex., 1939. Jewish. Non- partisan. Office: 466 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 54 Rosalie Rd., Newton Centre.
COHEN, Lonis Harold, physician; b. New Haven, Conn., July 9, 1906; s. Samuel M. Cohen and Ida Esther (Kubrin) C .; ed. New Haven (Conn.) high sch .; A.B., Yale, 1926, A.M., 1927, Ph.D., 1929; M.D., Yale Med. Sch., 1931; m. Sylvia D. Nathan- son of New Haven, 1930; 1 son-Jonathan Samuel. Sterling Research Fellow in psychology, Yale, 1930-31; interne and asst. res. in psychiatry, Now Haven Ilosp. 1931-33; Nat. Research Council fel- low in med. (neurology), Yale, acting neurologi- cal res., New Haven Hosp., 1933-34; clin. asst. in med., Guy's Hosp., London, Eng., 1934-35; sr. re- search psychiatrist, Worcester State Hosp., 1935 -; mem. Sigma Xi. Author: articles in Am. Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, Cyclopedia of Medicine, Practitioners' Library of Med. and Surg. Travel: Europe, 1934-35. Jew- ish. Office: Worcester State Hosp., Worcester. llome: 8 St. Elmo Road, Worcester.
COHEN, Maxwell, lawyer; b. Rumania, Aug. 16, 1894; s. Frank Cohen and Rachel (Sclar) C .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; Northeastern Sch. En- gring., 1914-17; LL.B., Northeastern Law Sch., 1924; m. Evelyn Rosnov of Boston, July 9, 1919; children-Joel Leon, Ruth Estelle. Engaged in practice of law at Boston, 1924 -; pvt. Co. D., 301st Inf., sgt. 1st cl., Q.M.C., World War, Oct. 5, 1917-Apr. 4, 1919; now holds commission of major, Q.M. Res. mer. staff, U.S. Vets. Adminstrn., Boston Regional Office; mem. Jewish War Vets, of U.S. (now serving as nat. chilef of staff) ; Am. Jew- ish Congress of N.E. (v.p.); Am. Legion (past comdr., now mem. com, on subversive activities). Author: number of articles on World War Bene- fits to Disabled War Veterans. Jewish. Office: 40 Court St., Boston. Home: 15 Greenock St., Dorchester.
COHEN, Samson Kalmon, bridge and structural en- gineer; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1910; m. Mildred R. Parker of Boston, Jan. 14, 1914; children-Parker R. Colmer (It. U.S.M.C.), Eldon Scott. Designer of bridges, power plants, industrial plants, office blogs .; with Am. Bridge Co., Isthinian Canal Commn. (Culebra, Canal Zone), Mo. P. Ry., B.&M.R.R .; now with Stone & Webster Engring. Corp., Boston; 1st lt. 101st Engrs .. 26th Div., A. D.F., World War, 26 mos .; reed. Mil. Order Purple Heart; now major 319th Engrs. (combat), 94th Div., Organized Res .; mem. Res. Officers Assn. of II.S., A.F.&A.M. (Major (en. Henry Knox Lodge). Jewish. Republican. Office: Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., 19 Federal St., Boston. Ilome: 312 Tappan St., Brookline.
V CONN, Edwin Joseph), professor of biological chemistry; b. N.Y. City, Dee. 17, 1892; s. Abraham Cohn and Malmie (Einstein) C .; ed. Phillips An- dover Acad .; Amherst Coll., 1910-13; S.B., Chicago Univ., 1914, Ph.D., 1917; student, Harvard, 1915- 16; in. Marianne Brettauer of N.Y. City, July 30,
1917; children-Edwin J., Jr., Alfred B. Nat. Re- search Council fellow, abroad, 1919-20; dept. phys. chem., Harvard Med. Sch., 1920-22, asst. prof., physlol. chem., 1922-28, asso. prof., phys, chem., 1928-35, prof., biol. chem., 1935 -; 1st lt. San Corps, U.S.A., 1918-19; mem. Ain. Acad. Sci., Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Physiol. Soc., Am. Soc. Biol. Chemists, For. Policy Assn. (council). Clubs: Faculty ( Harvard), Harvard (Boston). Travel: Europe, So. Am. Author: sei papers in Journal of Biol. Chem., Journal of Am. Chem. Soc., Sci., Chem. Revs., etc. Office: Department of Physical Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, Boston. llome: 183 Brattle St., Cambridge.
COHON, Beryl David, rabbi; b. Russia, Feb. 12, 1898; s. Solomon Cohon and Rachel (Lea) C .; ed. Austin and John Marshall high schs., Chicago; B.A., Univ. Ill., 1921; rabbi, Hebrew Union Coll., 1925; m. Sally Kivelson of N.Y. City, June 30, 1929; 1 son- Albert Solomon. Rabbl, Pensacola, Fla., 1925- 26; Cumberland, Md., 1927-29; Temple Israel, Bos- ton, 1929 -; lecturer on O.T. and Judaism, Boston Univ. Sch. Rel. Edn. & Social Work; in S.A.T.C., World War; mem. Cent. Conf. Am. Rabbis, Adult Edn. Assn. of Greater Boston (mom. bd.). Club: New Century (Boston). Author: Introduction to Judaism; ISthies of the Rabbis; Judaism-Faith and Life of the Jew; "The Prophets-their Per- sonalities and Teachings." Travel: Eng., Hol., Switz., Fr., Belg, Jewish. Office: Longwood AV. and Plymouth St., Boston. Home: 101 Stearns Rd., Brookline.
COPT, Robert Sumner, lawyer; b. Winchester, June 7, 1897; s. Robert Coit and ICHiza Richmond (At- wood) C .; ed. Winchester high seh .; A.B., Har- vard, 1918: LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1923; m. Amy Grannis of Brookline, June 16, 1928; chil- dren-Mary Lyman, Katharine, Amy Iasigi, Rob- ort. Practiced law, Boston, 1923 -; partner Coit & Elder; served in U.S. Navy, 1917-19; mem. White Mt. Ski Runners, etc. Clubs: Cambridge Skating, etc. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: 10 State St., Boston. llome: 31 Brewster St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Land's End, Rock- port.
V COLBERG, Peter Albert, physician; b. Arandal. Norway, Oct. 12, 1882; s. Martin Albert Colberg and Maria Anna (Thorsen) C .; ed. Arandal high sch., Norway: Norwich Acad .; Ph.G., Phila. Coll. Pharm, 1904; M.D., Medico-Chirurgical Coll., 1908; m. Jennie Lucas Burgess of Norwich, Conn., June 8, 1908; children-Justine Victoria, Paul Vincent. Came to U.S., 1895; naturalized citizen, 1903; in- terne St. John's Hosp., Lowell, 1908-09; in gen. practice of med., Worcester, 1909-25; practice confined to Internal Med., 1925 -; post-grad., Har- vard Med. Sch., 1925-26; visiting phys., Worcester City llosp., 1920-, Falrlawn Hosp., 1922 -; me- tabollst, Fairlawn Hosp., 1926 -; 1st lt. Med. Res. Corps, U.S.A., 1921-38; fellow A.C.P., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc .; certified Specialist in Internal Med., Am. Bd of Internal Medicine; mem. Phi Rho Sigma, Masons, K.T., Shrine, I.O.O.F., Order of Knights of Malta. Clubs: Economic, Odin, Worcester Country. Methodist. Republican. Of- fice: 390 Main St., Worcester, Home: 18 Stebbins St., Worcester.
COLBETH, Harold Lester, superintendent of Cape Cod Canal; b. Machiasport, Me., Aug. 21, 1875; s. loel W. Colbeth and Sarah E. (Flynn) C .; ed. Machiasport (Me.) high sch .; courses in nautical astronomy, music, accounting, pub. speaking; m. Myna P. Proctor of Rockville Ctr., N.Y., Feb. 12, 1912; children-Harold 1., Jr., Ruth E., Mary 12. Cabin boy to capt., attaining command of largest and finest steamers out of Boston, notably the Harvard, Yale, and Bunker Hill; holds unlimited tonnage certificates as master for steam, motor and sailing vessels on all oceans; gen. mgr. and supt., Cape Cod Canal, 1917 -; mem. corp., Ware- ham Sav. Bk., Cape Cod llosp .; dir. Hyannis Coop. Bk .; v.p. Buzzards Bay Nat. Bk .; lt. U.S.N.R.F., World War; mem. Boston Seaman's Friend Soc. - (past pres.), Am. Legion (Gen. Wood Post), N.Y. Marine Soc., Boston Marine Soc. (treas, past pres.), New Bedford Port Soc., Me.
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Soc. S.A.R., Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress. Clubs: Rotary, Onset Motor Boat (Commodore). Three ancestors in Mass. forces in Revolutionary War. Congregationalist. Office and home: Buz- zards Bay.
V COLBUBN, Frederick Wilkinson, aural surgeon; b. Holliston, Dee. 18, 1870; s. Edwin Wilkinson Col- burn and Sarah Frances ( Dickinson) C .; ed. Hol- liston high sch .; Worcester Acad .; Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1894; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1897; student, Vienna, Aus., and Halle, Ger., 1899-1900; m. Emilie Louise Stamers of Boston, Apr. 2, 1899; children-Ruth, Arthur Dickinson, Prentiss Stam- ers. Practiced, specializing as aural surgeon, Bos- ton, 1897 -; asst. instr., then asso. prof., prof. clin, otology, prof. otology, now emeritus, Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1900 -; asst. aural surg., then surg., surg. - in-chief, ear, nose and throat dept., Mass. Mem. Hosps .; cons. aural surg .; mem. Se- lective Draft, Med. Advisory Bd. 41 B World War; fellow A.C.S .; mem., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soe., Am. Homoe. Ophthal., Otol. & Laryngol. Soc. Club: Boston City. Republican. Ollice: 510 Common- wealth Av., Boston. Home: 1129 Hyde Park Av., Ilyde Park. Summer res .: East Harpswell, Me.
COLBUBN, Wellen Hubbard, electrical engineer; b. Worcester, Dec. 1, 1894; s. Charles Wesley Col- burn and Harriet Ellen (Richardson) C .; ed. Athol high sch .; B.S. (elec. engring.), Worcester Poly. Inst., 1916, E E., 1917; m. Margaret Good- speed of Quincy, Sept. 14, 1918; children-Miriam, Charles Goodspeed, Nancy. Student engr., Bay State St. Ry. Co., 1917; asst. to supt., Squantum plant, Bethlehem Shipbldg. Co., 1917-19; Thomson Elec. Welding Co., 1919; field engr. Constrn. Bur., Boston Edison Co., elec. engr., head elce. engr. of sta. constrn., 1937, commercial engr. in sales dept .; dir. Quincy Y.M.C.A .; mem. Am. Inst. E.E. (pres. Boston sect. 1 yr., v.p. 1 yr., Sec. treas. 6 yrs .; exec. sec. annual conv., 1929), Boston Alunni Assn. of Worcester Poly. Inst. (pres. 1 yr., sec .- treas. 4 yrs.), Masons (Blue Lodge and high . priest, R.A. Chap.), Engring. Soes. N.E., Nat. Dist. Htg. Assn., Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Author: engring. papers in Elec. World, Edison Life, etc .; papers read before varlous bodies. Travel: U.S., Can. Desc. Edward Colburn, 1634, founder of Ist settlement north of Merrimack River, builder of Garrison House, Dracut; John Hopkins, New- towne, 1636, later founded Ist church at Hartford. Protestant. Republican. Ollice: 39 Boylston St., Boston, Home: 114 Grand View Av., Wollaston.
COLBY, Charles Howard, business executive; b. Melrose, Aug. 6, 1905; S. Alfred H. Colby and Annie Atkins (Dutton) C .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; Berkshire Sch .; Mitchell Mil. Seh .; Mil- brook Sch .; MacAllister Sch .; Bowdoin Coll .; Babson Inst .; unmarried, With Fay MacKennen Co., Detroit, Mich., 1925-26; with Andrew Dutton Co., wholesale furniture supplies, Boston, pres. and mgr., 1932 -; mem. Psi Upsilon. Club: Univer- sity. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 60 Canal St., Boston. Home: 140 Beacon St., Boston. Summer res .: Allerton.
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COLBY, Clarence Conant, lawyer; b. Boston, June 9, 1879; s. George William Colby and Florence Isabel (Partridge) C .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch., 1898; A.B., Harvard, 1902; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1908; m. Nellie Harriet Hopewell of Newton, Dec. 14, 1910; children-Beatrice (Mrs. Joseph T. Wilson, Jr.), Elizabeth ( Mrs. Lloyd Snyder, Jr.); m. (2nd), Beatrice M. Lowell of Newton, June 23, 1921; chil- dren-Constance, Janet, Barbara, Adm, to Mass. bar, Feb. 21, 1908, practicing jointly with Benja- min D). Hyde, Bancroft G. Davis, Louis S. Clark and Everett FF. Damon; partner, law firm, Foster, Colby, Pfromm & Moulton, 1909-16; pres. and gen. mgr., Samson Elec. Co., Canton, 1916-33; partner law firm Eaton, Blakemore, Russell & Colby, 1933 -; alderman, City of Newton, 1935 -; dir. John A. Lowell Bank Note Co .; mem, Mildlesex County Bar Assn. Clubs: Brae Burn Country (past mem.), Hunnewell (Newton), Lewis Boy Yacht (West Yarmouth), Desc. Anthony Colby, Boston, 1630. Episcopalian ( vestryman, Grace
Ch., Newton). Republican. Office: 27 State St., Boston. Home: 31 Farlow Rd., Newton.
V COLBY, Fletcher H., physician; b. Berlin, N.Il., Feb. 27, 1893; s. Frank A. Colby and Ada (Hatch) (" .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad .; B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1914; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch, 1918; n. Jean Poindexter of Hartford, Conn., July 16, 1932; children-Antonin, Fletcher Poindexter, Surg. training, Mass. Gen. and Peter Bont Brigham llosps .; splty, urology; private practice, Boston; usst. visiting surg., Mass. Gen. Hosp. ; 1st It. M.C., A.E.F. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Country (Brook- line). Travel: India (2 yrs.). Dir. desc. Anthony Colby, Amesbury, whose house, built 1654, still stands. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 262 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 241 Greenwood St., Newton Centre.
YCOLBY, Frank Carleton, dentist, Christian Science practitioner; b. Mellenry Co., Ill .; s. Frank Colby and Georgiana W. (lewett) C .; ed. D.D.S., Chicago Coll. Dental Surgery (Lake Forest Univ.), 1892; m. Mary A. Bayrd of Woodstock, Hl. Clerk, drug business, 1882-88; merchant, 1888-90; dentist, 1892- 1909; Christian Science practitioner, 1909 -; first reader, First Ch, Detroit, 1909-12; mem, Bible Lesson Com., Christian Science Ch., 1919-22; pres. 1st Ch. of Christ Scientist, Boston, 1928; mem. Masons (32°), Shrine. Christian Scientist. Re- publican. Office and home: Longwood Towers, Brookline.
COLBY, Homer Waylund, designer, illustrator, etch- or; b. N. Berwick, Me., Apr. 30, 1874; s. John Rogers Colby and Julia Francis (Clark) C .; ed. high sch .; private art instr .; m. Edith L. Tufts of Malden, May 13, 1896; 1 son -- Kenneth Tufts. Il- lustrator: Lives of Washington and Lincoln, Mace; Stories of Heroism, Mace; Ancient Hist .. Myers; Ancient Times, Breasted; Hist. Am, and Eng. Lit., Long; many other sch. and coll text books; etchings of Old New England, in many private collections. Mem. Internatl. Bible Stu- dents Assn. Desc. Anthony Colby, Amesbury, d. 1661. Sudio and home: 21 Boston Av., W. Medford. COLBY, John Kingsbury, teacher; b. Bradford, Oct. 19, 1896; s. Frank H. Colby and Martha (Kings- bury) C .; ed. Haverhill high sch .; Boston Univ .; A.B., Harvard, 1920, A.M., 1922; m. Elizabeth Hall of Boston, 1929; 1 son-John K., Jr. Teacher classics, Milton Acad., 1922-29, Country Day Sch., Newton, 1929 --; instr, Latin, Boston Univ., sum- mer session, 1929-34, 1938, 1939; mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, N.E Class. Assn. Anthor: Reading Latin; Latin Cross Word Puzzle Book; many mag. articles. Travel: Europe (attended Am. Acad. at Rome). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Country Day School for Boys, Newton. Ilome: 161 Cabot St., Newton. Summer res .: Marshfield Hills.
COLE, Alfred Storer, elergyman, assistant professor of homileties; b. Buckfield, Me., Oct. 9, 1893; s. Alfred Cole and Mary (Storer) C .; ed. Bucklield (Me.) high sch .; S.T.B., Crane Theol. Sch., Tufts Coll., 1919; m. Barbara Sawyer of Somerville, Mar. 26, 1927; children-Bruee, Mary Jane. Minis- ter, All Souls Universalist Ch., Portland, Me., 1920-23, W. Somerville Universalist Ch., 1923-29, Ch. of Reconciliation ( Unitarian-Universalist ), Utica, N.Y., 1929-31; asst. prof. homileties, Crane Theol. Sch., Tufts Coll., 1931 -. Club: Universalist. Unitarian - Universalist. Office: Tufts College, Medford. Home: 42 Hutchins Rd., Medford.
ICOLE, Arthur Harrison, professor of economies; b. llaverhill, Nov. 21, 1889; s. Ilarry Joshua Cole and Mary Plummer (Garland) C .; ed. Gov. Dummer Acad., 1904-07; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1911; A.M., Harvard Univ., 1913, Ph.D., 1916; m. Anna Esther Steckel of Allentown, Pa., Aug. 5, 1913; children- Barbara Steckel, Jonathan Otis. Asst. in econ. hist., Harvard, 1913-14, tutor, instr. econ, 1916-17, 1920-23; expert, U.S. Tariff Commn., 1919-20; tu- tor, asst. prof., econ., Harvard, 1924-28, tutor, asso. prof., 1928-33, prof. bus. econ., 1933 -; ad- ministrative curator, Baker Lib., 1929-32, libra- rian, 1932 -; 1st It. Ordnance Dept., U.S.A., 1917- 18, capt., 1918-19; tr. May Sch., Boston; mem. Am. Econ. Assn,, Am. Statis. Assn., Am. Acad. Arts &
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Sciences, Psi Upsilon. Club: Oakley Country (Watertown), Author: Amerleon Wool Manufac- turer, 2 vols., 1926; (with W. B. Smith), Fluctua- tions in American Business, 1790-1860, 1935; Wholesale Commodity Priees in U.S., 1700-1861, 1938; artieles in periodicals; mng. editor, Review of Economie Statisties, 1935-37. Office: Harvard Univ., Cambridge. Home: 102 Fresh Pond Park- way, Cambridge.
COLE, Charles II., corporation executive; b. Boston, Oet. 30, 1871; s. Charles H. Cole and Mary Lyon (Ball) C .; ed. English high sch., Boston, 1888; m. Grace 1. Blanchard of Brookline, July 1910. Clk., later cashier, office of several mining cos., Boston, 1888-98; treas. U.S. Smelting Co., Centennial Eu- reka Mining Co., Am. Zinc, Lead & Smciting Co., 1898-1900; mgr., dir. Coeur d'Alene Mines, Murray, Ida., 1900-05; poliee commnr., Boston, 1905-07; in mining bus., 1907-12; fire commr., Boston, 1912-14; adj. gen., Mass., 1914-16; treas. Bay State Film Co., 1919 -; pres. Colbres Chem. Co., U.S. Chem. Co .; enlisted as pvt. and advanced to 1st lt., M.N.G., 1890-1905, eol. and insp. gen. riffe practice for Mass., 1905, resigned 1906, reenlisted as pvt., 1906, advanced to brig. gen., 1914, resigned 1916; re- enlisted as pvt., World War, 1917, later capt., apptd. brig. gen., U.S.A., Aug. 1917, overseas, 1917- 19; in battles of Apremont, Zivray-Marvolsin, Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne; apptd. adj. gen., chief of staff, Commonwealth of Mass., Jan. 7, 1937. Del .- at-large to Dem. Nat. Conv., 1924, 28 and 32; dem. candidate for gov. of Mass., 1928; chmn. State Racing Commn., 1934-35. Clubs: Algonquin (Boston), Manhattan (N.Y.). Unitarian. Office: 93 Mass. Ave., Boston. Home: 34 Gloucester St., Boston.
COLE, Charles Woolsey, professor of economics; b. Montclair, N.J., Feb. 8, 1906; s. Charles Buck- ingham Cole and Bertha Woolsey (Dwight) C .; ed. Montclair (N.J.) high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1927; A.M., Columbia, 1928, Ph.D., 1931; m. Katherine Bush Salmon of Seattle, Wash., 1928; children-Elizabeth Dwight, Katharine Woolsey. Instr. in history, Columbia, 1929-35, traveling fel- low, Social Science Research Council, 1932-33; asso. prof. economics, Amherst Coll., 1935-37, George D. Olds prof. economies, Amherst Coll., 1937 -; visiting lecturer in economics, Yale Univ., 1938-39; mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Econ. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: Pelham Country. Author: French Mercantilist Doetrines before Colbert, 1931; Colbert and a Century of French Mercantilism, 2 vols., 1939. Travel: Western Europe, 1925, 1929, 1932-33. Dese. John Dwight of Dedham, who landed 1634-35; Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) and Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) of Northampton. Office: Amherst Col- lege, Amherst. Home: 22 Orchard St., Amherst. Summer res .: Boulder Lodge, Cranberry Lake Vil- lage, N.Y.
COLE, Elbert Charles, professor of zoology; b. Northampton, Apr. 2, 1891; s. George Elbert Cole and Alice Landon (Freneh) C .; ed. Orleans (Vt.) high sch .; A.B., Middlebury Coll., 1915; A.M., Trin- ity Coll. (Conn.), 1918; Ph. D., Harvard, 1924; m. Ida Nell Ainsworth of So. Royalton, Vt., Oet. 28, 1916 (d. Apr. 9, 1932); children-Gerald Ains- worth, Elbert Charles, Jr., Phyllis Anne; m. (2nd), Margaret Caldwell Grierson of Maplewood, N.J., July 20, 1933. Asst. in biology, Middlebury Coll., 1914-15; instr., Hartford (Conn.) high sch., 1915- 22, Trinity Coll., 1918-19; Austin Teaching Fellow, Harvard, 1922-24; asst. prof., Willlanis Coll., 1924- 28, asso. prof., 1928-32, prof., 1932 -; instr., in- vertebrate zoology, Marine Biol. Lab., Woods Hoje, summers, 1926-31, head of course, 1932-35, now mem. eorp .; mem. bd. dirs., Williamstown Boys Ciub, 1930 -; seoutmaster, Boy Scouts Am., Hartford, Conn., 1918-21; dir. Hartford City Boy Scout Camp, 1919, 1920, 1924; with 1st Conn. Inf., Conn. Nat. Guard, 1915-17; Mex. border serviee, 1916, U.S.A., 1917; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Soe. Zoologists, Soc. Exptl. Bioi. & Med., Am. Assn. Anatomists, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Commn. for Standardization of Biol. Stains, Phi Beta' Kappa, Gamma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Phi. Clubs: Faculty (Williamstown), Williams (N.Y.). Author: An
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