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CROSBIE, George Hartley, insurance broker; b. Kenosha, Wis., Mar. 7, 1883; s. Hadley Murray Crosbie and Susan (Hartley) C .; ed. Jollet (III.) high seh .; Lake Forest Acad., Ill .; A. B., Harvard, 1910; m. Viola Rowley of Joliet, Ill., Dec. 25, 1909; children-Hadley Marshall (d.), George Ilartley, Y CROSS, Gorham L., publisher; b. Utica, N. Y., Oct. 9, Jr., Arthur Hallam, Il. In ins. bus., 1910 -; mein. Crosbie-MacDonald, Ins .; spent many yrs. in Boy Scout work; Red Cross work during World War. Club: Harvard (Boston). Travel: extensive in U.S., W.I., Cuba, Unitarian. Republican. Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Home: 120 Lake Av., Newton Centre. Summer res .: North Seituate.
Y CROSBY, Irving Ballard, consulting geologist; b. Boston, Jan. 4, 1891; s. William Otis Crosby and Allee A. ( Ballard) C .; ed. B.S., Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1917; A.M., Harvard, 1920; student, Columbia, 1924- 25; m. Gerda Cornell Richards of Fall River, Jan. 5, 1929. Engring. geologist, W. O. Crosby, 1919-25; eons, engring. geologist for munleipalities, states, U.S. Govt. and corps., 1925 -; mem. Tech. Bd. of Review, U.S. Emergency Administration of Pub. Works, 1933-35; consultant to Nat. Resources Bd., 1934; consultant to U.S. engrs., 1931 -; mem. com. revising Boston Bldg. Law, 1931 -; fellow A.A.A.S., Geol. Soc. Am., Am. Gcog. Soc .; mem. Seismol. Soc. Am., Am. Inst. Mining and Metall. Engrs., Am. Geophysical Union, Boston Soc. Civil Engrs., Am. Soc. Civil Engrs., Engring. Inst. Can., Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Clubs: Appalachian Mt. (Boston), Cos- mos (Washington), Author: Boston Through the Ages, 1928; tech. articles in sci, and engring. jours. Office: 6 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 12 Prescott St., Cambridge.
VCROSBY, John Crawford, judge; b. Sheffield, June 15, 1859; s. John Crosby and Margaret (Crawford) C .; ed. pub. sch. and bus. coll .; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1882; LL.D., Williams Coll., 1929, Boston Univ., 1932; m. Henrietta Richards of New London, Conn., Feb. 4, 1897. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1882; practiced, Pittsfield; mem. Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1886- 87, Senate, 1888-89, mem. 52nd Congress (1891-93); mayor of Pittsfield, 1894-95; justice, Superior Ct. of Mass., 1905-13, Supreme Jud. Ct. of Mass., 1913 -; dir. Agricultural Nat. Bk., Berkshire Life Ins. Co., Berkshire Mut. Fire Ins. Co. Clubs: Park, Country (Pittslield); Union, University, St. Botolph (Bos- ton). Democrat. Home: Pittsfield.
Y CROSS, Charles Herbert, business man; b. Mont- pelier, Vt., Aug. 30, 1867; s. L. Bart Cross and Lucla (Chaplin) C .; ed. pub. sehs., Montpelier, Vt .; m. Florence Glover Clark of Cambridge, Nov., 1895.
With Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., 1885-93; 1893 formed partnership with E. J. Bliss for sale of Regal shoes, Regal Shoe Co., 1902, now v.p., see., dir .; mem. 1st Corps Cadets, 1891-1909, re- tired 1st It., hon, and vet. mem., v.p., Vet. Assn., 1st It., Supply Dept., 1st Motor Corps, June 5, 1917-Dec. 6, 1920, World War; mem. Mass. Golf Assn. (pres. 1933-34), Boston Ch. of Commerce (charter mem.), S.A.R., Nat. Rifle Assn., Boston Athletic Assn. (treas. 10 yrs.), Beacon Soc., Masons (32°). Clubs: Algonquin, Eastern Yacht, The Country ( Brookline), Tedeseo Country. Repub- lican. Office: 125 Summer St., Boston, Home: 510 Newton St., Brookline. Summer res .: Marblehead Neck.
VCROSS, Enson, clergyman; b, 1897; s. James Joseph Cross and Anna M. C .; cd. A.M., Columbia, 1922; B.D., Union Theol. Sem., 1922; student, Westcott House, Cambridge, Eng., 1922-23; student, Episco- pal Theol. Sch., Cambridge, 1929-31; in. Olive Hard- wick of Los Angeles, Calif., 1924; 1 son-Eason, Jr. Ordained P.E. ministry, 1923; asst., Grace Ch., N.Y. City, 1922, asst. minister, 1923-24; rector, St. John's Ch., Bisbee, Ariz., also canon Trinity Cath., Phoenix, 1924-27; rector, St. George's Ch., Maynard, 1927-34, St. Luke's Ch., Boston, 1934 -; Served in U.S.N., 1918-19, publicist on staff of C.O. Charles- ton (S.C.), Training Camp, later seaman U.S.S. West Loquassuck and Montana in European waters; gov's. visitor to pub. instns., Ariz., 1927; mem. and ehmn. Maynard Sch. Com., 1929-32; chmn. Family Welfare Soe., wards 21 & 22, Boston, 1934- 38; res. worker, Spring St. Settlement, N. Y. City, 1920, Cambridge llouse, London, 1923; mem. bd. dirs., Rest House, Ine., Swansea, 1938 -; mem. Al- pha Tau Omega. Clubs: Clerical, Westminster (Boston), International House (N.Y.). Author: History and Work of Spring Street Settlement, 1922. Office: St. Luke's Church, Boston. Home: 7 St. Luke's Rd., Allston Sta., Boston.
1896; s. Theodore L. Cross and Fannie E. (Lewis) C .; ed., Utica (N.Y.) Free Acad .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1919; B.O., M. I.T., 1920; m. Margaret M. War- ren of West Newton, June 28, 1919; children-Mar- garet Ann, Theodore L., Warren, Gorham L., Jr. With Rome Wire Co., 1919 -; Warren Publications, Cambridge, 1921 -; dir. several pub. cos .; in naval aviation, World War; mem. Mass. Fish & Game Assn. Clubs: Wellesley Country, Kendall Sq. Boys. Ancestors at Bunker Hill, Lexington. Presbyterian. Liberal Republican. Office: 465 Main St., Cam- bridge. Home: 14 Elm St., Wellesley Hills. Sum- mer res .: Carleton Island, Cape Vincent, N. Y.
V CROSS, Ralph Upton, contractor; b. Worcester, Aug. 16, 1892; s. Edward Josiah Cross and Mary Olive (Upton) C .; ed. Worcester Eng. high sch .; Wor- cester Acad .; S.B., Tufts Coll., 1916; m. Mary Barnard of Worcester, Oct. 28, 1922; 1 son-Court- land Josiah. Construction engr., v.p., E. J. Cross Co., Worcester, 1919 -; dir. Mech, Nat. Bk., Morris Plan Bk., Mechanics Sav. Bk., Worcester; pvt., 1st It., U.S.A., June 1917-Jan. 1919; mem., Amn. Legion, Mil. Order World War, Masons, Shrine, K.T., Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Worcester, Country, University, Rotary. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 82 Foster St., Worcester. Home: 6 Wheeler Av., Worcester. Summer res .: Rutland.
V CROSS, Samuel Hazzard, professor of Slavic lan- guages; b. Westerly, R.I., July 1, 1891; s. Samuel Hazzard Cross and Jessie (Kerr) C .; ed. New Bed- ford high sch .; A. B., Harvard, 1912, A.M., 1915, Ph.D., 1916; m. Constance Curtis of New Haven, Conn., June 28, 1918; children-Nanine, Ann, Ricar- da. Instr., Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, 1916- 17; U.S. Dept. of Commerce 1920-26; instr., Har- vard, 1927-30, prof. Slavic lang. and lit., 1930 -; commercial attaché, Am. Embassy, Brussels, 1920- 25, Am. Legation, the Hague, 1924-25; at 1st Officers Training Camp, May-Aug., 1917, 1st It., capt., Inf., Aug. 1917-Jan. 1920; ed. "Speculum"; Asso. of Lowell House (llarvard); fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Mcdieval Acad. Am .; mem. Sch. of Slavonic Studies ( Univ. London), Inst. des Études Slaves (Paris), Slovansky Ustav (Prague). Clubs: Algonquin, Harvard (Boston), Harvard Faculty, Oakley Country, Travelers' (Boston), Cercle Gau-
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lois (Brussels). Author: numerous studies of Eu- ropean economies, hist. and lit. Travel: frequently to Russia since 1913. Episcopalian. Republican, Office: 545 Widener Library, Cambridge. Home: 6 Ash St., Cambridge.
CROSSMAN, Samuel Sutton, entomologist; b. Need- ham, May 30, 1886; s. Thomas James Crossman and Eliza Ann (Sutton) C .; ed. Needham high sch .; B.S., Mass. State Coll., 1909, Boston Univ., 1909; m. Pauline Haskell of Beverly, Dee. 30, 1912; chil- dren-Faith S., Margaret, Ruth, Elizabeth. Has been engaged in State and Fed. work pertaining to natural and artificial control of injurious insects, 1909 -; fellow A.A.A.S., mem. Am. Assn. Econ. En- tomology, Masons, Phi Tau Upsilon. Author: articles on entomol. subjs. Travel: Europe (bus., for introduction of beneficial inseets), Protestant. Office: Bureau of Entomology & Plant Quarantine, U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Greenfield. Home: 15 Or- chard St., Greenfield. Summer res .: Gloucester.
CROTHERS. Bronson, physician; b. Elmira, N. Y., July 10, 1884; s. Samuel McChord Crothers and Louise (Bronson) C .; ed. Browne and Nichols Sch., Cambridge; Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1905; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1910; m. Alice Ames of St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 24, 1917; 1 son- Charles Gordon. Asst. West med. service, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1910-11; med. service, Children's Hosp., Boston, 1911-12; pvt. practice and instr. at Univ. Minn. Med. Seh., 1912-15; neurologist, Children's Hosp., Boston; instr. pediatries, Harvard Med. Sch., 1920-29; asst. prof., 1929 -; visiting phys. Chil- dren's and Infants' Hosps., Boston, 1929 -; tem- porary hon. maj. Royal Army Med. Corps., 1915-17; maj. Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1918-19, with A.E.F. in France; mem. bd. dirs. Cambridge Sch., Kendal Green; dir. The Habit Clinie, Boston; mem. Am. Pediatrie Soc., Am. Neurol. Assn. Clubs: Century, llarvard (Boston); Harvard (New York). Uni- tarian. Republican. Office: The Children's Ilos- pital, Boston. Ilome: 257 Prospect St., Belmont. CROTTY, James Aloysius, lawyer; b. Worcester, Apr. 14, 1891; s. Michael Crotty and Ellen (Fla- herty) C .; ed. Class. high sch., Worcester; A.B., Holy Cross Coll., 1911, A.M., 1921, LI .. D., 1933; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1914; m. Ellen G. Mc- Guiness of Saundersville, June 8, 1918; children- Janes A., Jr., Ruth F., Richard G., Anne. With Vaughan, Esty & Clark, 1914-17; atty. for Wor- cester Dist., Am. Steel & Wire Co., 1917-21; gen. practice of law as partner Vaughan, Esty, Clark & Crotty, 1921 -; dir. Worcester Co. Trust Co., Worcester Safe Deposit Vaults, Inc., Real Estate & Mortgage Corp., various bus., charitable and civic orgns. tr. Worcester Co. Inst. for Sav .; mem. Am., Mass. (mem. exee. com.), and Worcester Co. (past pres.) Bar Assns., K.C. (past Grand Knight), B.P.O.E., Holy Cross National Alumni (past pres. ), Harvard Alumni. Clubs: Worcester Country, Wor- cester Economic (v.p.). Catholic. Democrat. Of- fice: 332 Main St., Worcester. Home: 15 Lenox St., Worcester.
CROWLEY, Charles Francis, football coach and realtor; b. Cambridge, Apr. 25, 1888; s. Jeremiah Crowley and Mary (Collins) C .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; Harvard, 1907-10; LL.B., Univ. Notre Dame Law Sch., 1913; m. Myrtle T. Williams of Montville, Conn., Dec. 14, 1917; children-Mary Williams, Jean Frances. Mem. faculty and ath- letic dir., Univ. Dallas (Tex.), 1913-17; asst. foot- ball coach, Harvard, 1921-22; head football coach, Columbia, 1922-30; football specialist for N.Y. Times; realtor 1931 -; capt. int., U.S.A., 1917-20. Clubs: Harvard (Boston) ; Notre Dame (Boston and New York). Home: 610 Huron Av., Cambridge. Summer res .: Harwichport.
CROWNFIELD, (Herman Frederick) David, illumì- nating engineer, authority on artificial illumina- tion; b. Roland Park, Baltimore Co., Md., July 24, 1865; s. Herman F. von K. Crownfield and Hannah C. (Ring) C .; ed. specialized in math., physics., chem., St. John's Coll., Annapolis, Md .; m. Mary Kate Conkling of N.Y. City, Jan. 29, 1893 (d. 1917). In chem. lab. work several yrs .; in architect's office; studied art and applied arts, London, Paris, Italian eities, Vienna; practiced artificial illumina-
tion, design of artistic lighting fixtures, 1894; de- signed lighting installations in Copley Plaza Hotel (Boston), St. Patrick's Cath. (N.Y. City), Cath. St. Paul (Minn.), Montvale Parish Ch. ( Montreal, Can.), The Crypt (Nat. Shrine, Cath. Univ.), Alum- nae Bldg. ( Wellesley Coll.), John Hay Mem. Lib. (Brown Univ.), auditorium of Smith Coll., Adm. Bldg. of Dartmouth Coll., Westminster Presbyu. Ch. (Albany, N.Y.), St. Paul's Ch. ( Winston-Salem, N.C.), Ch. St. Peter & St. Paul (Lewiston, Me.), the Sayre Memorial crystal chandaliers at Christ Ch. in Cambridge, etc., hiel. many residences; worked on camouflage of vessels on high seas, World War; mem. illuminating Engring. Soc., A.A.A.S., Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Acad. Polit. Sei. (N.Y.), Soc. Pres- ervation N.E. Antiq. Clubs: Boston Art, Nat. Arts. (N.Y.), Arts ( Washington, D.C.), 20th Cen- tury, Appalachian Mt., Southern ( Boston). Author: papers on prof. work in archtl, and prof. publica- tions. Travel: Europe (many times). Grandfather, Baltimore, Md., from Germany, early 19th century ; Mother's maternal ancestors, carly settlers of lp- swich, on Ring Island; one branch changed Ring to Rindge, settled Rindge, N.Il ; maternal grand- father was educator, mathematician, Ist prin. of female high school, Baltimore, Md. Episcopalian. Independent. Office: 37 Newbury St., Boston. llome: 37 Kirkland, Cambridge.
CROWNINSHIELD, Bowdoin Bradlee, naval archi- teet; b. N.Y. City, Oct. 13, 1867; A.B., Harvard, 1890, m. Priscilla Janet MaePhail, May 12, 1901 (d. Oct. 6, 1915), m. (2nd) Laura Widlar, Oct. 12, 1916. In practice as naval architect, 1897 -; archi- tect of Thomas W. Lawson's yacht "Independence" and the largest sailing vessel, the seven-masted schooner "Thos. W. Lawson"; pres. and gen, mgr., Crowninshield Shipbuilding Co., Fall River, Sept. 1, 1917; resumed practice, firm of Crowninshield & Burbank, Jan. 1926; served with Am. Vol. Motor Ambulance Corps in Northwestern France, Jan .- July, 1916, present at Battle of Verdun 20 days. Address: "The Anchorage", Marblehead.
CROWNINSHIELD, Francls B., banker (retired) ; b. N. Y. City, Apr. 22, 1869; s. Benjamin W. Crownin- Shield and Catharine ( Bradlee) C .; ed. St. Paul's Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1891 ;. m. Luise duPont, June 28, 1900. Pvt., Ist Am, vol. regt., "Rough Riders", in Sp .- Am. War. Unitarian. Republican. Home: 164 Marlborough St., Boston. Summer res .; Mar- blehead. Winter res .: Boca Grande, F'la.
FCROZIER, W(Illiam) J(ohn), professor of phys- iology; b. N.Y. City, Aug. 28, 1892; s. William George Crozier and Bessie ( Mackay ) C .; ed. Towns- end Harris Hall; B.S., Coll. City N. Y., 1912; A.M., llarvard, 1914, Ph.D., 1915; m. Maude Benjamin of Northfield, Vt., 1915; m. (2nd) Lonise Baylis Hoagland of Cambridge, 1934; children-Priscilla, Ruth, Mary Louise. Austin fellow, Harvard, 1914- 15; research asst., Ambulance Américaine, Neuilly, 1ªr., 1915; res. naturalist In charge Bermuda Biol. Sta, for Research, 1915-18; also Sheldon Travelling fellow, Harvard; asst, prof. physiology, Univ. Il. Coll. Med., 1919-20; zoöl., Univ. Chicago, 1920-21; prof. Rutgers Univ., 1921-25; asso. prof. gen. physi- ology, Harvard, 1925-27, prof., 1927 -; dir. Lab. Gen. physiol., 1925-34, research prof., 1934 -; co-ed. Journal Gen. Physiology; on ed. bd., Journal Gen. Psychol. and Philos. of Sci. and Monogr. Expl. Biol .; Lowell lectures, 1934; visiting prof. to Bel- gian Univs. (C.R.B. Foundation), 1934; mnem. vari- ous sci. soes. Author: many papers and mono- graphs in tech. journals. Oflice: Harvard Uni-
versity, Cambridge. Ilome: Woodbine Rd., Bel- mont.
CULLEN, Michael H., public utilities official; b. Brighton, Dec. 20, 1875; s. James Cullen and Mary (Molloy) C .; ed. Brighton pub. schs .; spl, evening courses, Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., etc .; m. Mary M. Dildine of Boston, June 6, 1904; children- Henry Laurence, Mary Ellen, Edmund T. Super- visor of revenue accounts, Boston Elevated Ry., 1905-25, asst. gen. auditor, 1925-36, gen. auditor, 1937 -; Dir. Transit Mut. Ins. Co .; mem. Am. Tran- sit Assn. (pres., various coms.), Charitable Irish Soc. Club: N.E. Transit (Boston). Office: 31 St. James Av., Boston. Home: 38 Imrie Rd., Allston. Summer res .: 16 Carver Av., Shore Acres.
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Y CUMMINGS, Charles Kimball, architect; b. Boston, Sept. 25, 1870; s. Charles Amos Cummings and Margaret (Kimball) C .; ed. grad., Roxbury Latin sch., 1889, A.B., Ilarvard, 1893; student, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1894; m. Lydia Lyman Paine of Boston, May 18, 1898; children-Francis Hathaway, Ethel ( Mrs. John Malcolm Forbes), Charles Kimball, Evelyn, Margaret (Mrs. William Wheeler Hinckley). En- gaged in architecture, Boston, 1896-, now re- tired; tr. Boston Mus. Fine Arts, Boston Athen- aeum, Mass. Hort. Soc .; dir. Army and Navy Y.M.C.A .; pres. Mass. S.P.C.C., served on U.S.S. Mt. Vernon, 2 yrs., World War, It. U.S. Naval Res. Clubs: Somerset, Tavern, Myopia Hunt, Essex County, Harvard (New York). Episcopalian (Vestryman and clerk Trinity Ch., Boston, sr. warden St. John's Ch., Beverly Farms). Republi- can. Office: 8 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 6 Joy St.
1 CUMMINGS, Barle Clinton, roentgenologist; b. Port- land, Me., Mar. 21, 1881; s. Maurice Cummings and Alice (Lane) C .; ed. Portland high sch., 1900; D.M.D., Harvard, 1905; m. Louise De Freytas of Boston, Sept. 8, 1913; children-Earle Clinton, Edythe Millicent. Teaching asst. in chemistry and asst. to chim., Harvard Dental Sch., 1906-08; asst. in roentgenology, Harvard Dental Sch., 1908- 10, instr. 1911-29, asst. prof., 1930 -; chmn. X- Ray dept., 1912 -; served in draft advisory ca- pacity, World War; mem. Harriet Newell Lowell Research Soc., Xi Psi Phi, Omicron Kappa Upsilon. Clubs: Harvard Faculty (Cambridge) ; Appala- chian Mt. (Boston). Travel: U.S. Unitarian. Re- publican. Office: 188 Longwood Av., Boston. Home: Newton Center.
CUMMINGS, Francis IL., investment counsel; b. Bos- ton, 1899; s. Charles K. Cummings and Lydia L. (Paine) C .; ed. Country Day Sch., Newton; A. B., Harvard, 1921; L.l. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1924; m. Eleanor Goodwin, 1925. Practiced law, Boston, 1924-29; investment counsel, 1929 -; mem. U.S.N.R.F., 1917-18. Office: 70 Federal St., Bos- ton. llome: P'ride's Crossing.
Y CUMMINGS, George Aloysius, teacher; b. Dorches- ter, Feb. IS, 1895; s. Patrick Cummings and Cath- erine J. (Welch) C .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1916; A.M., 1923; Boston Normal Sch., 1916-17; m. Helen D. Fenton of Dorchester June, 1924; 1 dan .- Helen Margaret. Teacher, Boston Eng. high sch., 1917-20; instr., Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm., 1920, asst. prof., 1922, assoc. prof., 1927, prof., 1931 -; corpl., Camp Devens, Apr .- Aug., 1918, Officers' Training Sch., Camp Lee, Va., Ang .- Nov., 1918, Mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs,, Am. Assu. Teachers of French, Modern Lang. Assn. Travel: Eng., Fr., Ger., Switz., lol. Catholic. Democrat. Office: 685 Conumnonwealth Av., Boston. Home: > llowes St., Dorchester.
CUMMINGS, Mabel Homer, school principal; b. Cam- bridge, Mar. 28, 1872; d. Charles Henry Cummings and Harriet Elizabeth (Whiting) C .; ed. Brookline high sch .; A.B., Smith Coll., 1895; unmarried. Teacher, Chestnut Hill Sch., 1895-1908; head of Lower Sch., Volkmann Sch., 1908-09; prin., Class. Sch. for Girls, 1909-12, under changed name of Brimmer Sch., 1912 -; mem. N.E. Assn. Colls. & Secondary Schs. (past pres.), Pvt. Sch. Assn. Greater Boston (pres.), Head Mistress Assn. of East, Nat. Assn. Prins. Girls Schs., Class. Assn. Clubs: College, Women's City, Smith College ( Bos- ton, past pres.). Author: Asgard stories. Travel: Europe (several times), Orient (1 yr.). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 69 Brimmer St., Boston. Home: 16 Kennard Rd., Brookline, Summer res .: Dux- bury.
VCUMMINGS, William Walter, business executive; b. Adams, July 22, 1872; s. Jeremiah H. Cummings and Maria C. ( Ingraham) C .; ed. Adams and North Adams pub. schs .; m. Edith F. Hand, Southampton, N.Y., Oct. 17, 1894; children-Theron A., Leslie Il. Clk. and various positions to teller, North Adams Nat. Bk., 1891-06; treas. Consolidated Dry Goods Co., Springfield, 1906 -; mem. Springfield Ch. Com- merce A.A.A. Clubs: Rotary, Longmeadow Coun-
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VCUMMINS, James Dirickson, clergyman; b. Smyrna, Del., Sept. 12, 1888; s. Alfred Lee Cinmins and Ilva Culbreth ( Carrow) C .; ed. St. Stephens Coll., 1907; Univ. l'a., 1910; Phila. Div. Sch., 1913; m. Katharine Whaley of Berlin, Md., Oct. 1, 1917; ] son-JJames Dirickson. Deacon, 1913, priest, 1914, P.M. Ch .; missionary, Diocese of Orc., 1913-15; curate, St. Paul's Chapel, Trinity Parish, N. Y. City, 1915-16; rector, St. Paul's Parish, Centerville, Md., 1916-19; high sch. teacher Eng. and ancient hist., 1918-19; dean and rector, Christ Church Cath., New Orleans, 1920-26; La., . 1919-26; Archdeacon of East La., asso. minister, Emmanuel Ch., Boston, 1926-30; rector, Ch. of the Holy Name, Swampscott, 1930 -; del. Gen. Conv., 1919, 1922; del. Provincial Synods, 5 times; v.p., Prison Reform Assn. of La., 1920-24; La. del. Am. Prison Congress, 1921, 1922; mem. com. of visitors to Federal Leper Hosp., 1920- 26; mein. Gen, Com., Am. Ch. Congress, 1923 -; mem. bd. dirs., New Orleans Charity Orgn. Soc., 1925-27; formerly pres. Church School Union ( Bos- ton); mem. exec. . com. Episcopal City Mission, 1929 -; mem. many diocesan and civic coms .; lec- turer, spl. teacher; Fellow Am. Geog. Soc .; mem. S.A.R., Masons, K.T. Clubs: University, Harvard Musical Assn., Tedesco Country, Appalachian Mt. Author: articles and criticisms. Travel: extensive. Home: Swampscott.
V CUMMINS, Robert, clergyman; b. Sidney, O., Oct. 7, 1897; s. John Carey Cummins and Jane Aurilia ( Taylor) C .; ed. Sidney high sch .; A.B., Miami Univ., 1919; stud., Ohio St. Univ., 1921; D.D., Miami Univ., 1939; M.A., Univ. Cincinnati, 1931; student, Oxford, 1930; M. Th., Univ. So. Calif., 1936; S.T.D., Pacific Unitarian Sch. For the Min- istry, 1937; m. Alice Elizabeth Grimm of Ft. Thomas, Ky., Aug. 1, 1921; children -- Robert, Jr.,
John, David. Gen. sec. Y.M.C.A., Miami Bniv., 1919-22; exce. see. Boon-Itt Inst for Young Men, Bangkok, Siam, 1922-24; ordained to ministry Universalist Ch., 1926; pastor, Milford, O., 1926-7, Cincinnati, O., 1927-33, Pasadena, Calif , 1933-38: gen. supt. Universalist Churches, 1938 --; pres. Calif. Universalist Conv., 1937-38; vp. Pacific Coast Conf. Free Chs., 1936-38: pres. Pasadoun Ministerial Assn., 1936-37, Peace Conneil, 1996-7: dir. Pasadena Council Social Agencies, 1936-7; Town Meeting, 1935-37; Community Chest, 1935- 37; dir. Universalist Pub. House, Nat. Memorial Ch., Wash., D.C .; corpl. heavy arty,, U.S.A, World War; mem. Clan Gordon, Royal Scottish Clans, Beta Theta Pi. Club: 20th Century, Los Angeles. Universalist. Office: 16 Beacon St., Bos- ton. Home: 1 Yale St., Winchester.
V CUNNINGHAM, Gay, lawyer; b. Gloucester, Apr. 19, 1867; s. Sylvester Cunningham and Mary Parsons ('Farr) C .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., N.Il .; A.B., Harvard, 1887; LI. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1891; m. Frances E. Nowell of Brookline, Nov. 18, 1909. Ad- mitted to Mass. bar, 1891; practiced, Boston, 1891 -; mem. Fish, Richardson & Neave. Repub- lican. Office: 84 State St., Boston. Home: 12 Hovey St., Gloucester.
VCUNNINGHAM, John Henry, surgeon; b. Chelsea, Apr. 30, 1877; s. John Henry Cunningham and Frances ( Prouty) C .; ed. Hopkinson's Pvt. Sch .; Harvard, 1897-99; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1902; m. Theresa Van der heuvel Ingersoll of N.Y. City, Oct. 8, 1914; children-John Henry, Jr., Colin Mc- Allister, Ingersoll. Res. pathologist, L.I. Hosp., Boston; surg. interne, Boston City Hosp .; surg., I.I. llosp., 1903-, Boston City Hosp., 1905-21; cons. surg., Chelsea, Plymouth, Melrose, Brockton, Malden, Arlington, Westfield, Lynn and Everett llosps .; mem. Courtesy Staff, Deaconess, Cambridge, Faulkner, and Beth Israel Hosps .; asso. I genito- urinary surgery, Harvard Med. Sch .; pyt. Battery A, Light Art., Sp. War, mem. com. of 4 in charge of genito-venereal diseases, office of Surg. Gen. U.S.A., World War; mem. Internat. Urol. Assu., Am. Assn. Genito-Urinary Surg., Am. Urol. Soc., N.E. Surg. Soc., Clin. Soc Genito-Urinary Surgery, A.C.S., N.E. Urol. Soc., Mass. Med. Soc., etc. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), Faculty, Travelers ( Har-
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vard), Country (Brookline), St. Botolph, Beverly of Malden, 1915; children-Madelyn Irene, Thelma Lois. Staff artist, Boston Evening Record, 1917- 19; dir. art schs., Sept. 1919 -; founder Alandale Studios, Boston; dir. Swain Sch. of Design, New Bedford, June 1930 -; lecturer and artist; chmn. bd. advisors, Coll. Practical Arts and Letters, Bos- ton Univ .; mem. Okl Dartmouth Hist. Soe., The Spouters Dramatic Corp. ( New Bedford), Phi Gam- ma Mu. Club: Harvard (New Bedford). Author: Tolerance, a 3-act play, 1931. Independent. Olllee: County & Hawthorn Sts,, New Bedford. Honie: 31 llawthorn St., New Bedford. Summer res .; Ashe- ville. N.C. Yacht. Author: (with Frances S. Watson) Genito- Urinary Surgery (text book), 1908; genito-urinary Sect., Oschner's System, 1922, Lewis' Practice of Surgery; Yearbook of Urology, 1923 -; privately printed book of personal experiences; journal articles on med. and fiction. Travel: So. Am., Cent. Am., Europe. Protestant. Independent. Ollice: 16 Gloucester St., Boston. llome: 53 Seaver St., Brookline. Summer res .: "Sandham", Warcham. V CURRTON, Thomas Kirk, Jr., professor health and education; b. Fernandina, Fla., Ang 4, 1901; S. Thomas Kirk Cureton and Annie (Jeffreys) C .; ed. Tech, high sch., Atlanta, Ga .; Georgia Sch. Tech., CURRIER, Benjamin Willis, broker; b. Lynn, Feb. 23, 1900; s. Benjamin W. Currier and Finily M. (Pinkham) C .; ed. Volkmann Sch .; Middlesex Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1922; m. Dorothea Wineott, Oct. 19, 1936; 1 dau .- Judith. Mgr., Albany (N.Y.) office Albert E. Peirce & Co., 1932-34; Agt., Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y., 1931-37; sales mgr., Mills & Co., Boston, 1937-39; sole prop., Wincott & Co., Boston, 1939 -. Office: 60 State St., Boston. Ilome: Box- ford. 1921-23; S.B., Sheffield Sch., Yale, 1925; B.P.E., Springfield Coll., 1929, M.P.E. 1930; A.M., Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1936, Ph.D., 1939; m. Isabelle Young Jeffcott of New Haven, Conn., Dec. 19, 1925; 1 dau .- Elizabeth. Dir, health and phys. edn., instr. biol., Sullield Acad., Sullield, Conn., 1925-29; instr. chem., math., Springfield Coll., 1930-32, proť., health and phys. edn., 1932-, dir. grad. work in health and phys. edn., 1937 --; capt. in training, Signal Corps Res., World War; mem, Am. Ednl. Y CURRIER, Donald Estes, physician; b. Lynn, Nov. Research Assn., N.E.A., Am. Phys. Edn. Assn., Am. Assn. Health, Phys. Edn. & Recreation ( vari- ous offices), Assn. Y.M.C.A. Sees., Y.M.C.A. (on many coms.), Assn. Secs. & Phys. Dirs. Soc. (many offlees), Men's Olympic Swimming Com. ( 1910), Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma Delta Psi, Pi Gamma Mu. Author: How to Teach Swimming and Diving; Recreational Aquatic Activities; tech. articles on aspects of health and phys. edn. Travel: Europe, U.S. (extensive). Baptist. Office: Springfield Col- lege, Springfield. lfome: 164 Westmoreland Av., Longmeadow.
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