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DARCY, Joseph Willlam, fisheries executive; b. Gloucester, Dec. 25, 1875; s. Hugh Darcy and Ella (Mahoney) D) .; ed. Gloucester high sch., 1888-90; m. Margaret McNair of Gloucester, Nov. 20, 1895 (d.); children-Thomas Carroll, Gilman Aiken; m. (2d) Hilda Hansen of Gloucester, May 26, 1923; 1 dau .- Jacqueline. In employ Gorton Pew Fisherles Co., Ltd., 1890-, begin- ning as office boy and advancing through vari- ous positions, credit mgr., asst., treas., clk, and dir. 1923 -; treas., elk. and dir., Union Salt Co .; asst. treas,, elk. and dir., Bay of Islands Fish- eries Co .; dir. and elk., Pioneer Vessels Corp .; corpl. Mass. N.G., 1917-19; tr. Gloucester Lodge of Elks, dir. Gloucester Co-op Bk. Travel: Can., U.S., Cuba. Universalist. Republican. Office: 329 Main St., Gloucester. Home: 7 Friend St., Glou- cester.
DARKER, Grant Dooks, research associate in cryptogamic botany; b. Streetsville, Ont., Dec. 23, 1898; s. Charles Edwin Darker and Elizabetli Ellen (Dooks) D .; ed. Streetsville high sch .; Humberside Colleglate Inst., Toronto, Can .; A.B.,
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Univ. Toronto, 1922, A.M., 1925; Ph.D., Harvard Univ., 1931; m. Lillian Elfleda Church of Streets- ville, Ont., Jan. 11, 1938. Asst. in botany, Univ. Toronto, 1922-28; asst., Arnold Arboretum, Har- vard, Jamaica Plain, 1928-31, 32-33; Sheldon trav- elling fellow, 1931-32; research asso., Farlow Herbarium, Harvard, 1933 -; served as res. pvt., Royal Air Force, May-Nov. 1918; mem. Myco- logical Soc. Am., Taxonomic Soc. Am. Clubs: Torrey Botanical, N.E. Botanical. Office: 20 Di- vinity Av., Cambridge. Ilome: 5 Crawford St., Cambridge.
DARLING, Arthur Burr, educator; b. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 28, 1892; s. Howard Wetmore Darling and Marietta (Upson) D .; ed. Fairmount Acad., Wi- chita, Kan .; Phillips Acad., Andover; B.A., Yale, 1916; A.M., Harvard, 1920, Ph. D., 1922; m. Susan Lambert Flahive of Quincy, June 24, 1920; chil- dren-Susan Lambert, Arthur B., Jr. (d.), Sarah, Martha. Teacher hist. Thacher Sch., Ojai, Calif., 1916-17, Phillips Acad., Andover, 1917-18, Phillips Exeter Acad., 1921, Simmons Coll., 1921-22; instr., asst. prof., Yale, 1922-29, asso. prof., 1929-33; Phil- lips Acad., Andover, (Ammi Wright Lanenshire Foundation), 1933 -; ensign U.S.N.R.F., P.C., 1918- 19; mem. Current Ilist. Assos., N. Y. Times Co., V 1921-28; eurator, Newlands Collection, Sterling Mem. Lib., Yale; mem. Essex Inst., Am. Hist. Assn Club: Graduates (New llaven, Conn.). Author: Po- litical Changes in Massachusetts, 1824-48, 1925; Public Papers of Francis G. Newlands, 1932; llist. Introd. to Declaration of Independence, 1932; ar- ticles, revs. in Am. Hist. Rev., Am. Scholar, Current Hist., Diet. Am. Biog., Ency. Brit., Independent, Ill. Law Rev., Social Edn., Polit. Sci. Quarterly, proe. Conf. Teachers of Internat. Law. Desc., Thomas Hooker. Non-sectarian. Independent. Office: Phillips Academy, Andover. Home: 238 South Main St., Andover.
DARLING, Eugene Merrill, Investment banker; b. Cambridge, Nov. 12, 1896; s. Dr. Eugene A. Dar- ling and Albenia (Merrill) D .; ed. Volkmann Sch .; Cambridge high and Latin sch .; A.B., Har- vard, 1919, M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm .; m. Barbara Linwood Thomas of Brookline, Apr. 28, 1923; children-Eugene Merrill, Jr., Patricia Lind. Joined Kidder, Peabody & Co., on Aug. 1, 1921, in charge of advertising, 1926-, asst. sales mgr., 1930 -; dir. Financial Advertisers Assn. of N.E .; mem. Educational Com. Invest- ment Bankers Assn. N.E. Group; pres. Harvard Bus. Sch. Alumni Assn., 1925-26; capt. Inf. from 1917 to end of World War. Clubs: Fox, Hasty Pudding, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Inst. of 1770, Republican of Mass. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Kidder, Peabody & Co., 115 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 19 Bancroft Rd., Wellesley V Hills. Summer res .: Shaw Farm, York Harbor, Me.
YDARRAH, Lee Wallingford, neuropsychiatrist; b. Bloomington, Ill., Sept. 10, 1886; s. Wilmouth Edgar Darrah and Ida Lee (Enlield) D .; ed. Brookville (Pa.) high sch .; M.D., Univ. Pitts- burgh Med. Sch., 1911; m. Margaret Minnie Moy- sey of London, Eng., Nov. 1, 1918; children- Robert Lamont, Gloria Louise. Pvt. practice, New Castle. Pa., 1912-14; phys. Calamiba Sugar . Estate, Canlubang, Laguna Province, P.I., 1915- 1916; phys. at plant, U.S. Steel Corp., Ellwood City, Pa., 1919-31; chief med. dir. Riverlawn Sanitarium. Paterson, N.J., Aug .- Nov. 1931; psy- chiatrist, Gardner State Hosp., Nov. 1931-Nov. 1936; neuropsychiatrist, Northampton State Hosp., Nov. 1936 -; took 2000 Chinese from Shantung, China, to France as labor corps for Brit. Govt .; with Ambulance Corps, then with the Grenadier Guards, Brit. Army, Fr., till end of war; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Am. and Mass. Psychiatrie Assns., N.E. Soc. Psychiatry. Travel: Jap., China, Philippines, Samoa, Hawaii, Can., U.S., Fr., Eng. Office: Northampton State Hospital, Northampton. llome: 16 Chapel St., Northampton.
DARRAH, William Culp, university instructor, cur- ator of museum; b. Reading, Pa., Jan. 12, 1909; s. William Henry Darrah and Dorothy Sarah (Culp) D .; ed. Peabody high sch .; B.S., Univ.
Pittsburgh, 1931; m. Helen Marie Hilsman of Pa., 1931; 1 dau .- Barbara Anne.
Pittsburgh, Fellow in Carnegie Mus., 1931-33; instr. and tutor, div. biology, Harvard, 1934 -; research curator of paleobotany, Harvard Bot. Mus., 1934 -; engaged In research on coal, oil shales, and fossil plants; mem. Bot. Soc. Am., Sigma Xi; fel- low A.A.A.S. Clubs: New England Botanical, Ilarvard Faculty. Author: Textbook of Palco- botany; Principles of Paleobotany; many short articles. Travel: Europe. Protestant. Independ- ent. Ollice: Harvard University, Cambridge. llome: 97 Avon llill St., Cambridge.
DAVENPORT, Arthur Clapp, publisher; b. Boston Mar. 30, 1888; s. llenry Winslow Davenport and Harriet (Kline) 1) .; ed. Thayer Acad .; Brown Univ .; m. Grace Winslow Wheeler of Braintree, June 17, 1915; children-llenry Winslow, 2d, 'Tolman, Richard Warren, Virginia (d.). V.p., . Shoe & Leather Reporter Co., Brown, Lockwood & Davenport Co., Boston; mem. Delta Phi. Club: South Shore Country. Protestant. Republican. Ollice: 210 Lincoln St., Boston. Home: 19 Charles St., Braintree, Summer res .: Robin's Pond, South Ilanson.
DAVENPORT, Charles Milton, lawyer; b. Leyden, Sept. 8, 1877; s. William Watson Davenport and Mary (Knox) D .; ed. A.B., Williams Coll., 1901; LI .. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1904; m. Ellen Tucker Emerson of Concord, Nov. 18, 1920 (d. Aug. 5, 1921). Admitted to Mass. bar, 1994; practiced law, Boston, 1904 -; asso. commr., Metropolitan Water Supply Commn., 10 yrs .; tr. Mass. State Training Schs., Williams Coll., Simmons Coll .; former chmn. Mem. Mass. Commn. of Proba- tion; gen. counsel, 1st Dist. Ordnance Dept., U.S.A., World War; Chin., Suffolk County Court House Commn .; mem. Am., Mass. (mem. exec. com.) and Boston . (mem. council) Bar Assns .; Mass. list. Soc., Ralph Waldo Emer- son Memorial Assn., Beacon Hill Assn. (pres.). Clubs: St. Botolph (pres.), Union, Nisi Prius, Curtis (Boston ) ; Williams (New York). Con- gregationalist. Republican. Ollice: 53 State St., Boston. llome: 3 Acorn St.
DAVENPORT, Henry, artist, teacher; b. Boston, Apr. 1, 1882; s. Francis Henry Davenport and Elizabeth Ann (Brewster) D .; ed. Milton Acad .; B.A., Harvard, 1904; A.D.G.F., Reole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1913; B.F.A., Yale, 1920; unmarried. Teacher, dept. fine arts, Yale, 1919-26; in l'aris, 1926-34; teacher and painter in U.S., 1934 -; served with N. Y. sect., Naval Camouflage, World War. Club: Harvard (Boston). Travel: Europe (ex- tensive). Episcopalian. Democrat. Ilome: 695 Boston Post Rd., Weston.
DAVENPORT, Robert Hamilton, life ins .; b. Pitts- lield, Sept. 27, 1875; s. Edward S. Davenport and Ada J. (llamilton) D .; ed. Pittsfield high sch .; m. Hazel May Whitcomb of Lowell, July 9, 1914; children-Robert Il., Jr., Charlotte W. Sec. Berk- shire Life Ins. Co .; dir. Berkshire Life Ins. Co .; tr. C'ity Sav. Bk., Pittsfield. Club: Country (Pitts- field). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 7 North St., Pittslield. Home: 215 Bartlett Av., Pittsfield.
DAVENPORT, Russell L., lawyer, judge; b. Ogden, Ut., June 10, 1889; s. John Edward Davenport and Carrie E. (Brezee) I .; ed. pub. schs. and high sch., Ogden, Ut .; B.S., Amherst Coll., 1912; L.L.B., Columbia Univ. Law Sch., 1916; m. Sarah IS. Brewster of Jewett City, Conn., May 26, 1917; children-Mary B., Eleanor B., Anne L. Admit- ted to Mass. bar, 1916; law elk. for Nathan P. Avery of Holyoke, 1916-1919; mem. firm Avery, Gaylord & Davenport, 1919-1929; pvt. practice, 1929 -; spl. Judge. Dist. ('t. of Ilolyoke (re- signed); Register of Probate, Hampden County, 1929-30, spl. Judge Probate, 1930-38 (resigned) ; city solicitor, Holyoke, 1933-35; dir. L. D. Van Valkenburg Co., Casper Ranger Lumber Co., Hampshire Brick Co .; pres. Holyoke Y.M.C.A., Holyoke Junior Achievement Foundation; v. chun. Holyoke Red Cross; mem. Masons (32°), Shrine, Elks, Am., Mass. and Hampden Co. Bar Assns. Clubs: Holyoke Canoe, Mt. Tom Golf, The
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Orchards Golf. Travel: Europe, U.S. (annually). Episcopalian (vestryman of St. Paul's Ch., Holyoke; Chancellor of Diocese of Western Mass.). Re- publicau. Office: 56 Suffolk St., Holyoke. Home: 6 Dartmouth Terrace, Holyoke.
Y DAVIDSON, Earl Elllthorpe, state supervisor of loan agencies; b. Hudson, Feb. 2, 1878; s. Frank A. Davidson and Marion J. (Ellithorpe) D .; ed. Boston Latin Seh., 1892-96; A.B., Yale Univ., 1900; m. May Fisher of Dorchester, Oct. 8, 1902; 1 son -Donald F. Ins. broker, 1900-24; mem. City Council, Boston, 1907-08; mem. Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1909, served on Com. on Ways and Means; sec. Rep. Club of Mass., 1911-24; supervisor of Loan Agencies, Commonwealth of Mass., 1924 -; served as pvt. and corpl. 1st Conn. Vols., U.S.A., Sp .- Am. War, 1898; pvt, Batt. A., Mass. F.A., 1903, and served in various grades and ranks M. V.M., 1903-13; 1st lt. and a.d.c. hdqrs. 1st Brig., 1913; 1st lieut. U.S.A. Res., 1918; past pres. Nat. Conf. State Small Loan Supervisors, Mass. Fed. Square and Compass Clubs; mem. Masons, Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Canopy Masonic (past pres.), Boston Square and Compass, Boston City (Boston). Uni-> tarian. Republican. Office: 110 State House, Boston. Home: 157 Middlesex Rd., Chestnut Hill. VDAVIE, Harold Wheeler, business executive; b. Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 16, 1890; s. Robert Davie and Louella Parsons (Emerson) D .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; Hyde Park high sch .; Bowdoin Coll., 1910; m. Miriam Phinney of Boston, Sept. 30, 1914; children-Morris Emerson, Miriam Andrea. Organized reclaim dept., Am. Optical Co., South- bridge, 1910-12; sales mgr., T. A. Willson Co., Reading, Pa., 1912-14, Vanity Fair Silk Mills, Reading, Pa., 1914-16; with George Batten Co., advertising, N.Y. City, 1916-24; partner, Hunter Mfg. & Commn. Co., N.Y. City, 1921-28; v.p. Boston Food Products Co. (Prudence Foods) ; dir. Boston Food Products Co., Joseph Burnett Co., C. M. KImbail Co .; mem. S.A.R. Protestant. In- dependent in politics. Office: 38 Newbury St., Boston. Home: 140 Beacon St., Boston.
Y DAVIES, Willlam Hewitt, investment securities broker; b. Bogota, Colombia, S.A., Nov. 23, 1899, of Am. parents; s. James Ernest Davies and Ethel (Knodel) D .; ed. Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1927; m. Rosamond Williams of Cambridge, Feb. 18, 1928. With Am. Chain Co., Norfolk, Va., later Bridgeport, Conn., 1918-25; asso. firm Brown Brothers & Co., later Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 1927-34, Harriman Ripley & Co., Inc., 1934 -; sec. Century Shares Trust; mem. Sinking Fund Commn., City of Cambridge, 1935 -; mem. municipal fin. com. Boston Ch. Commerce, 1933 -. Clubs: Harvard (Boston) ; Cambridge Boat (Cambridge) ; Housatonic Boat (Stratford, Conn.). Episcopalian. Office: 10 Post Office Sq., Boston. Home: 116 Coolidge Hill, Cam-
bridge.
DAVIS, Albion Richmond, comptroller; b. Mount Vernon, N.Il., June 17, 1891; s. Oscar Franklin Davis and Mary Anna (Dickerman) D .; ed. Dor- chester high sch .; B.S., M.I.T., 1912; m. Gertrude Evangeline Morley of Rocky River, O., 1919. Worked at automobile design, bldg. constrn., factory operation, industrial engring., financial
inanagement; now comptroller, Am. Hide & Leather Co., Boston; Limited Town Meeting mem., Wellesiey; tech. civilian, Ordnance Dept., U.S.A., World War; mem. Wellesley Taxpayers Assn. (v.p.), Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants (treas. Bos- ton Chap.). Clubs: Wellesley, Wellesley Players. Author: pamphlets and articles on accounting, budgetary control, and bus. management. Dir. desc. earliest settlers from Eng. in Boston area. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 17 East St., Boston. Home: 11 Vane St., Wellesley. Sum- mer res .: Bailey Island, Me.
DAVIS, Arthur Randall, assistant professor of chemistry; b. Augusta, Me., Nov. 26, 1891; s. Herbert E. Davis and Mary E. (Smith) D .; ed. Coburn Inst., Waterville, Me .; A.B., Wesleyan Univ., 1915; A.M., Harvard, 1925, Ph.D., 1930; m. Katherine Eaton of St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1923; children-John Giiman, Barbara Eaton. Teacher
chem., Middlebury Coll., 1915-23; instr. chem., Harvard, 1925-30; instr. chem., M.I.T., 1930-35, asst. prof., 1935 ~; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. (dir. Northeastern sect., 1933-), Masons, Delta Upsi- lon, Aipha Chi Sigma, Sigma Xi. Author: Syn- thetic Inorganic Chemistry (with A. A. Blan- chard and J. W. Phelan). Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Ilome: 76 Brooks St., West Med- ford.
V DAVIS, Arthur Werner, lawyer; b. Chilmark, Nov. 23, 1892; s. Ira Nickerson Davis and Emma ( Wer- ner) D .; ed. Tisbury high sch., 1908-11; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1914; m. Harriet B. Ors- well of Edgartown, June 23, 1917; children- Helen O., John B. Admitted to Mass, bar, 1914, practiced law, Edgartown, 1914 -; clk. of court, Dukes Co., 1915-35; judge of Dist. Ct., 1926-29; judge of Probate, 1929 -; dir. Edgartown Water Co .; tr. Martha's Vineyard Hosp., Edgartown Free Pub. Lib. ; men. Masons. Congregational- ist. Republican. Office: Main St., Edgartown. Ilome: Please Point Way, Edgartown.
DAVIS, Bancroft Gherardi, lawyer; b. New York, Oct. 6, 1864; s. Andrew McFarland Davis and Henrietta P. (Whitney) D .; ed. pub. sciis., San Francisco, Calif .; A.B. Harvard, 1885, A.M. 1888; LL.B. Harvard Law Sch., 1888. Practiced Bos- ton 1888 -; lecturer on mining law, Harvard Law Sch., 1910 -; mem. Bar Assn. City of Bos- ton, Mass. Bar Assn. Clubs: Union, The Coun- try, Algonquin, Harvard (New York). Travel: Europe, U.S., Can., Mex. Desc. Dolor Davis, Cambridge, 1630; John Davis, Gov. Mass. and U. S. Sen. from Mass. Office: 82 Devonshire
St., Boston. Home: 339 Beacon St., Boston.
DAVIS, Blynn Edwin, supt. schools; b. Bridgton, Me., Apr. 24, 1886; s. ledwin Alien Davis and Julia Loulsa (Smith) D .; ed. Bridgton high sch .; B.S., Bates Coli., 1913; lcd.M., Harvard Univ. Grad. Sch. Edn., 1929; Brown Univ .; m. Etta Izella Haie of Bridgton, Me., Aug. 5, 1915; 1 dau. -Dorothy Hale. Teacher, Bridgton high sch., 1905-06, 1907-09; Pawtucket, R.L., high sch., 1914; principal, Wells (Me.) high sch., 1914-18; teacher, Meirose high sch., 1918-21; principal, Lawrence high sch. (Falmouth), 1921-36; supt., Union 70 (Bolton, Carlisle, Harvard, Littleton, Stow), 1936 -; mem .. A.I.&A.M., Pi Gamma Mu. Author: The Fight Parts of Speech (text). Travel:
U.S. Protestant. Republican.
Address: Little- ton.
YDAVIS, Charles (Henry), civil engineer; b. Mont- gomery Co., Pa., May 4, 1865; s. Tienry Corbit Davis and Martha (Mellor) D .; ed. C.IS., Sch, of Mines, Columbia, 1887; D.Eng., Univ. Md., 1936; m. Ilelen Marla Hinds, Nov. 19. 1896 (d. 1902) ; m. (2nd) Grace Bigelow, Sept. 2, 1903; m. (3rd) Alice Bancroft, May 4, 1931. Varlously witir
Thomson-Houston Diec. Co, Sawyer-Man Fiec. Co., Westinghouse Elec. Mfg. Co., as engr., sales mgr., constrn. mgr., 1887-89; cons. engr., New York, Phila., Boston, 1889-1906; pres. or exec. ofheer many corporations, etc., since 1906; de- signed and installed first "panel board" distribu- tion of light and power (now universally used), Penn. Mutual Life Ins. Bldg., Phila, 1902; built first high speed cross country trolley line, Alex- andria to Mt. Vernon, Va., 1902; advocated and issued first designs for railroad tunnels under Hudson River; sr. mem. Charles Henry Davis & Partners, engrs., New York; pres. Am. Road Ma- chine Co., Barclay R.R. Co., Long Valley Coal Co., John Stephenson Co., Ltd. (car builders), Miller Oil Co., Kentenia Corp, etc .; founder at Columbia Univ. of first Sch. for Highway Engring., donating $50,000 thereto; a founder Am. Assn. State Highway Ofllelals, Nat. County Roads Plan- ning Commn., Individual Psychology Foundation to assist in organizing advisory councils of teach- ers, pupils and parents; hon. chmn. Inst. of Trans- port, Washington, D.C .; hon. pres. ednl. dlv., Am. Road Builders Assu .; tr. many estates; mein. many leading engring., sci. and tech. clubs. Au- thor: numerous articles to mags. Travel:
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throughout U.S. Desc. Tristram Coffin, Nantucket. Ilome: "The House of The Seven Chimneys," Bass River, Cape Cod.
DAVIS, Claude E., business executive; b. Lowell, Oct. 18, 1900; s. Prentice T. Davis and Effie May (Thissell) D) .; ed. B.B.A., Boston Unlv. Coll. Bus. Adm., 1923, M.B.A., 1927; m. Ruth Margaret Rid- yard of Worcester, Junc 26, 1926 (d.). Sales mgr., Warren Telechron Co., Ashland, 1923-33; dir., v.p., sales mgr., 1933 -; dir. Elec. Time Co., Boston, Elec. Time Co. Inc., N.Y. City; mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: University, Framingham Country. Baptist. Independent in politics. Of- fice: Warren Telechron Co., Ashland. Home: 165 Maple St., Framingham Center. Summer res. : East Bear Island, Lake Winnepcsaukee, N.H.
V DAVIS, Edmund Russell, banker; b. Boston, Jan. 12, 1892; s. Alfred Grant Davis and Elsie A. (Banks) D .: ed. Concord high sch., 1905-10; A.B., Har- vard, 1914, A.M., 1916; m. Susan H. Graffam of Brattleboro, Vt., June 23, 1928; children-Ste- phen Hopkins, John Russell, Theodore Horton, Peter Graffam. In employ Nat. Clty Co., Boston, 1919-25; with First Nat. Bk. of Boston, 1927, asst. trust officer, 1927-29, v.p., 1934 -; asst. v.p. Old Colony Trust Co., 1929-30, v.p. 1930 -; tr. Mid- dlesex Instn. for Sav., Concord; served in U.S.N. Res., 1917-18; dir. Middlesex Mut. Firc Ins. Co., Concord. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Country
(Concord). Travel: Europe, So. Am. Desc. of Stephen Hopkins (1620), Foulke Davles (1660). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 17 Court St., Boston. Ilome: Sandy Pond Rd., Lincoln. V DAVIS, Elbridge Gerry, lawyer, judge; b. Houlton, Me., Aug. 20, 1877; s. Elbridge G. Davis and Lll- lian (Hall) D .; ed. Ricker Classl. Inst., Houiton, Me .; Colby Coll., 1903-1905; A.B., Boston Unlv., 1907, A.M., 1912; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1908; in. Mildred W. Cleworth of Winchester, June 20, 1912; children-Cleora E., Barbara C., Pris- cilla W., Elbridge G., Jr. Admitted to Mass. Bar, 1908; practiced law in Boston, 1908-27; mem. Malden City Council, 1914, Mass. Constitutional Convention, 1917-1919, Hlo. of Rep., 1920-1926; Justice of First District Court of Eastern Mid- dlesex, 1927 -; served in Sp .- Am. War in First R.I. Inf .; mem. bd. Nat. Bk. of Malden; dir. and (v.p.) Malden Coop. Bk .; tr. Malden Sav. Bk .; mein. Boston, Middlesex, Eastern Middlesex and
Am. Bar Assns.
Clubs: University (Malden),
. ficc: 361 Main St., Malden.
Republican. Of- Annisquan Yacht. Baptist. Home: 179 Glenwood St., Malden. Summer res .: Rockholm Rd., An- nisquam, Gloucester.
VDAVIS, Ernest Walter, electrical engineer; b. Au- burn, Me., Mar. 3, 1890; s. Edwin S. Davis and Elizabeth W. D .; ed. Everett high seh .; B.S., M.I.T .; m. Edith Perkins of Lynn, 1916; ehlldren -Ernest Walter, Jr., Richard Allan. Clunn. Fi- nance Cont., 3 yrs .; mem. Bd. Seleetmen, 6 yrs., Arlington; mem. Am. Inst. E.E., Brit. Inst. E.F. Author: tech, papers and reports in tech. jour- nals, U.S. and Eng. Travel: U.S., Can. Unl- versalist. Republican. Oflice: 79 Sidney St., Cambridge, Home: 61 Brantwood Rd., Arlington. DAVIS, Francis Wright, consulting engineer; b. Phila., Pa., Aug. 19, 1887; s. Henry K. B. Davis and Frances Palmer (Wright) D .; ed. Cutler Aend., Colorado Springs, Colo .; mech. engring., Harvard, 1906-10; m. Margaret C. Underwood of Belmont, Mar. 18, 1922; 1 son-Cushing. Chief engr., Motor Truck Div., Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1910-22; cons. engr. and In- ventor, 1922 -; cons. engr., Brit. War Office and Admiralty, 1915-16; mem. Soc. Automotive Engrs. (councilor 2 yrs.). Clubs: Harvard (N.Y., Bos- ton), Brookline Country, Nantucket Yacht. Au- thor: papers before S.A.E., A.S. M.E. Repub- lican. Office: 124 Lexington St., Waltham. Ilome: 100 Common St., Belmont. Summer res .: Under- wood Cottage, Nantucket.
DAVIS, Frederick Henry, lawyer; b. Oak Bluffs, Aug. 3, 1903; s. Ira Nickerson Davis and Emma (Werner) D .; ed. Vineyard Haven high sch .; LI,.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1925; m. Virginia San- ger of Providence, R.I., Mar. 19, 1932; children
-- Virginia Anne, Henry Werner. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1926; gen. practice law, Boston, 1926 -; Internat. Trust Co., 1920-1923; First Nat. Bk. (Boston), 1923-1926; pres. and dir. Geo. Il. Dean Co. (Boston); mem. Am. Bar Assn., Bar Assn. of City of Boston; Soe. Mayflower Descs., Masons. Club: City (Boston). Episcopallan. Office: 27 State St., Boston. Home: 126 Woodlawn Ave., Wellesley Farms. Summer res .: Chilmark.
DAVIS, George Gilman, church ofliclal; b. Boston, Aug. 13, 1881; s. Charles Griffin Davis and Mar- tha Anne Ilarrison (Sawtelle) D .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; Hopkinson Seh., Boston; A.B., Har- vard, 1903; student, Harvard Law Sch., 1903-06; m. IJelen Pahner Davidson of Boston, Feb. 21, 1906 ((. Mar. 10, 1910); children-Eliot, Gilman, Helen (Mrs. Kenneth L. Grant) ; in. (2nd) Mildred Ann Albee, June 28, 1921. Adm. to Mass. bar, 1905; practleed at Boston until 1915; in welfare work with H. P. Hood & Sons, Boston, 1919-22; adm. v.p. Unitarian Layman's League, 1923-27; exee. sec. Am. Unitarian Assn., 1927-28, 1930-37; dir. dept. of church extension and maintenance, 1937; sec., treas., and tr. Lombard Coll., Gales- burg, Ill., 1928, pres. 1929-, (coll. temporarily suspended in 1930, now functioning in eo-op. with the Meadville Theol. Sch., Chi., Ill.); mein. Mass. N.G., 1902-15; eivillan employee Brit. Trans- port Service, 1915; mil. instr., Dartmouth Coll., 1917. enlisted as pvt. Inf., U.S.A., May 1917, commd. capt., Aug. 1917, advanced to maj., Mar. 1918, in St. Mihiel and Meuse Argonne offensives, asst. chief of staff, 8th Army Corps, asst. to port comdr., Army of Occupation, Coblenz, Ger., lt. col. O.R.C .; dir. Summer Insts. for Religious Isdn., Isles of Shoals, N. HI., 1923-27; tr. Mead- ville Theological School; tr., treas. Unitarian Foundation; dir. Religious Edn. Assn., Beacon Press, Inc., tr. The Christian Register, Inc .; life mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Kappa Phl. Home: 311 Nehoiden St., Needham.
DAVIS, George Philip, lawyer; b. Waltham, Mar. 19, 1892; s. John Franklin Davis and Carric Guild (Smith) D .; ed. Waltham high sch .; A.B., Har- vard, 1914; LE.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1917; m. Edith F. Totten of Waltham, Junc 12, 1917; chll- dren-Priscilla, Lydia. Dir. Waltham Nat. Bk .; pres. Leland Home for Aged Women; served In U.S. Naval Res., June .17, 1917-Mar. 1919, disch. as It., later made It. comdr .; mem. Am. and Bos- ton Bar Assns., Masons. Club: Exchange (Bos- ton). Desc. Capt. Tobias Lear. Congregation- alist. Republican. Office: 220 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 44 Curve St., Waltham.
DAVIS, Grace Evangeline, associate professor (re- tired); b. No. Chelmsford, June 6, 1870; d. llenry A. Davls and Ellzabeth Il. (Swain) D .; ed. Lowell high sch .; A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1898, A.M., 1905; uinnarried. Teacher, pub. sehs., Franklin, N. H., 1893-96; instr., asso. prof., Wellesley Coll., 1899- 1936; retired 1936; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Meteorol. Soc., Am. Phys. Soc. Travel: Europe (twice). Unitarian. Republican. Home: 8 Norfolk Ter- race, Wellesley. Summer res : Bristol, N.Il.
DAVIS, Hallowell, asso, professor of physiology; b. N.Y. City, Aug. 13, 1896; s. Horace Andrew and Anna (Norwood) H .; ed. Country Day School for Boys, Boston; A.B. (summa cum laude), Har- vard, 1918; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1922; m. Pauline Allen of Cambridge, July 10, 1923; chil- dren-Allen Young, Nancy Tuckerman, Rowland Hallowell. Instr. physiol, Harvard Med. Sch., 1923-1925; Instr. and tutor pre-med. sci., Har- vard, 1925-1926, Instr. blol. and tutor in div. blol. and chinn. Bd. of Tutors in div. biol., 1926- 1927; scc. Div. Med. Sci., Harvard Mod. Sch., 1926-, asst. prof. physiol., 1927-1936, assoc. prof. physiol., 1936 --; visiting physiologist, Children's Hosp., 1935 -; cons. physiologist, Robert Bent Brigham Hosp., 1938 -; Norton Harjes ambu- lance service, 1917, Med. enlisted Res. Corps, 1918; dir. mem. adv. bd., Journal of Neurophysiology, 1938 -; mem. ed. bd., Psychosomatic Med., 1938 -; mem. Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Physiol. Soc., fellow Acoustical Soc. Am .; Asso. mem. Am. Neurol. Assn. Author: Ilearing: Its Psychology
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