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and Physiology ( with S. S. Stevens); articles in sei. periodicals. Independent. Office: Dept. Phys- iology, llarvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St., Boston, Mass. Horne: 303 Marsh St., Belmont.
Y DAVIS, Harold Stearns, lawyer; b. Manchester, N.H., Oct. 8, 1881; s. William Vail Wilson Davis and Rebecca Frances (Stearns) D .; ed. Worcester, Pittsfield high schs .; A.B., Harvard, 1901, LL.B., 1904; unmarried. Adm. Mass, bar, Aug. 5, 1904; gen. practice, Boston, 1904 -; mem. Storey, Thorn- dike, Palmer & Dodge (now Palmer, Dodge, Barstow, Wilkins & Davis), Jan. 1, 1911 -; tr. Social Law Lib., Boston, Andover Theol. Sem .; mem. Am., Mass. and Boston Bar Assns., Boston Ch. Comnieree. Clubs: Union, Exchange, St. Bo- tolph ( Boston), Ilarvard (N.Y.), Mass. Repub- lican, Appalachian Mt. Author: occasional con- tbns. to legal periodicals, etc. Travel: U.S., Europe. Desc. Dolor Davis, settler Cambridge, 1634; collateral ancestors, John Alden; Edward Rawson (sec., Colony Mass. Bay, 1650-1686); Wil- liam A. Stearns (pres. Amherst Coll., 1854-76). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 12 Mt. Vernon St., Boston. Summer res .: Underwood St., Holliston.
VDAVIS, Harold Truscott, lawyer; b. Worcester, June 15, 1895; s. Charles Francis Davis and Eva L. (Truscott) D .; ed. Waterbury (Conn.) high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1918; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1921; m. Catharine Woodworth of Lowell, Apr. 21, 1923; children-Harold T., Jr., Eleanor. Practiced law, Dunbar, Nutter & MeClennen, Boston, 1921-29: partner of successors, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, 1930 -; pvt. C.W.S., Gas De- fence Detachment, World War, 3 mos .; dir. Dean Foundation for Little Children, Bettinger En- amcl Corp .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Sigma Phi. Clubs: Exchange (Boston), Hingham Yacht, Wompatuck. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 220 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 610 Main St., Hingham.
DAVIS, Harrison M., Jr., headmaster; b. Salem, Apr. 19, 1908; s. Harrison M. Davis and Mary L. (Adams) D .; ed. Loomis Sch., Windsor, Conn .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1930; M.A., Harvard Univ., 1932; m. Lydia Sturtevant Riley of Brunswick, Me., June 22, 1934; I son-llarrison M., Ill. Asst. in hist., Bowdoin Coll., 1929-30; tutor in Eng., 1927; asst. head counsellor, Camp Winona, Den- mark, Me., 1929-35, head counsellor, 1936, assoc. head counsellor, 1937-39; attended Harvard Law Sch., 1930-31; Harvard Grad. Sch., 1931-34; instr. Eng. and hist., ,Evans Sch., Tucson, Ariz., 1934- 35; asst. in Colonial Am. Hist., Harvard, 1935- 36; research staff, Harvard Ilist. Register, 1935- 36; headmaster, Evans Sch., Tucson, Ariz., 1936-38; headmaster, Derby Acad., Hingham, 1938 -; mem. adv. ed. council, Bowdoin "Alumnus", 1934-37; class agt., Bowdoin Alumni Fund, 1930 -; men. Bowdoin Alummi Council, 1938-40; Examiners Staff, Hingham Boy Scouts; mem. Pvt. Sch. Assn. Boston, N.E. Assn. Colls. and Secondary Schs., Am. 1list. Assn., Alpha Delta Phi, Pi Delta Ep- silon, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard ( Ariz., dir., 1936-38), Harvard (Hingham, 1938-); Hling- ham Players, Wompatuck, Hingham Yacht, Bow- doin ( Boston), llingham Tennis. Travel: Europe, Can., Far West, Fla. Interested in history, dra- inatics, camping, swimming. Unitarian. Repub- lican. Address: Derby Acad., Hingham.
DAVIS, Horace Bancroft, asst. professor of eco- nomnies; b. Newport, R.1., Aug. 10, 1898; s. Hor- ace Andrew Davis and Anna Norwood (Ilallo- well) D .; ed. Country Day Sch. for Boys of Bos- ton, Newton; A.B., Harvard, 1921; Ph. D., Colum- bia, 1934; m. Marian Rubins of Minneapolis, Minn., June 22, 1925; children-llorace Chandler, Barbara, Wilhelmina. Spent time largely in travel and study; formerly on staff of Internat. Labor Office, Geneva, Switz .; directed 1st statis. study of living standards ever carried on in Brazil while at São Paolo, Brazil; mem. Friends' Reconstruction Unit, 1917-19; asst. prof., eco- nomies and sociology, Simmons Coll., 1936 -; held Amherst Mem. fellowship 3 yrs .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Econ. Assn., League Am. Writ-
crs, Am. Fed. Teachers, Am. Assu. Univ. Profs. Author: Labor and Steel; many articles and re- ports. Travel: Western Europe, Brazil, U.S. G.s. John Davis, gov. of Mass .; G.g.g.s. Aaron Ban- croft, first Unitarian clergyman in Western Mass .; George Bancroft, G.g. unele, Historian, who founded Naval Acad. at Annapolis; was sec. of the Navy. Office: Simmons College, 300 The lenway, Boston. Home: 309 Lake Av., Newton Highlands.
V' DAVIS, Horace Webber, manufacturer; b. Sharon, Pa., July 22, 1883; s. Phillip Fillmore Davis and Mary Churchward ( Webber) 1) .; ed. Washington & Jefferson Acad., Washington, Pa .; S.B., Wash- ington & Jefferson Coll., 1905, A.M., 1906; George Washington Univ. Law Sch., 1905-08; n. Elsie Lye Williams of Sharon, Pa., Sept. 10, 1904; chil- dren-Nancy Lye (widow Robert W. Esmond, dec.), Philip Williams, Anna Mary (Mrs. George P. Clayson, Jr.), Horace Webber, 11, Churchward. Admitted to bar, Pa., 1908, N.Y., 1919, Mass., 1935; inem. Davis, Fruit & Anderson, Sharon, Pa., 1910- 17; dep. atty. gen., Pa., 1915-17; v.p., Finance & Trading Corp., N.Y. City, 1917-20; chmn. bd. dirs., Williams Tool Corp., 1920-22; pres. Anseo Co. and Agfa Ansco Corp., 1922-32; chuinn. exec. com., Eaton Paper Corp., Pittsfield, 1933-, pres., dir., 1934 -; Dir. Oster Mfg. Co., Cleveland, O .; chinn., Work Relief, Binghamton, N.Y., 1931-34; city planning commin. 1929-34; tr., Berkshire Co. Sav. Bk., Pittsfield, Washington & Jefferson Coll .; mem. Am. Bar Assn., Phi Delta Theta, S.A.R., Am. Inst. Graphic Arts. Club: Pittsfield Country. Author: Money Sense, 1933. Presby- tcrian. Republican. Ollice: 75 South St., Pitts- field. Home: 610 South St., Pittsfield. Summer res .: "The Farm", East Lee.
YDAVIS, James E., lawyer; b. Springfield, Oct. 8, 1890; s. Edward Thomas Davis and Margaret (Buckley) D .; ed. Technical high sch., Springfield, 1906-10; B.S., Harvard, 1914; Ll .. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1917; m. Ruth Bertha Phillips of Springfield, Oct. 17, 1919; children-Janet, Doreas, Sally. Ad- mitted to Mass. bar, 1917; practiced, Springfield, 1917 -; spl. justice, Springfield Dist. Ct., 1924 -; pres. Title Ins. Co. of Hampden Co .; dir. Spring- field Nat. Bk .; 2nd It. C.A., 1918-19; formerly mem. Springfield City Council; mem. Masons (32º), Shrine. Club: Melha Temple. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office: 115 State St., Springfield. Home: 10 Ridgewood Pl.
VDAVIS, Jesse Buttrick, educator; b. Chicago, Mar. 2, 1871; s. Simon 1 .. Davis and Sarah W. ( Buttrick ) D .; ed. A.B. Colgate, 1895, A.M. 1911, Litt. D., 1922; A.M. Univ. Mich., 1916; m. Lillian B. Drewrey of Detroit, Sept. 2, 1897; children-Lillian Pumort, Kenneth Drewrey, Aileen Buttrick. Teacher, De- troit Cent. high sch., 1895-1907; prin. Cent. high sch., Grand Rapids, 1907-20; dir. vocational guid- ance, Grand Rapids, 1912-20; pres. Grand Rapids Jr. Coll., 1914-20; supervisor secondary edn., Conn., 1920-241; prof. secondary edn., Boston Univ. Sch. Edn., 1924-, dean, 1935; lecturer on vocational guidance, Univ. Mich., summer session, 1914, Univ. Minn., 1915; instr. secondary edn., Teachers Coll., Columbia, summer session, 1919; lecturer on sec- ondary edn. Grad. Sch. of Edn., Yale, 1920-24, Har- vard Grad. Sch., summer 1923, Grad. Sch. of Edn., Harvard, 1924-32; mem. cxec. com. Coop. Study of Secondary Sch. Standards, 1935 -; mem. Nat. Vo- rational Guidance Assu. (pres. 1911-16), N.E.A., Dept. Secondary Sch. Principals (pres. 1917), May- flower Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Kappa, Masons. Club: University. Author: Vocational and Moral Guidance, 1914; lecturer on edni. problems. Travel: Europe, 1929. Dese. Thomas Davis, Taunton. Offlec: 84 Exeter St., Boston. llome: 18 llazelton Rd., Newton Centre.
DAVIS, John Bradford, lawyer; b. Bradford (now Haverhill), Sept. 26, 1889; 8. John llerbert Davis and Katherine ( Kingsbury) D .; ed. Haverhill high sch .; Phillips Andover Acad .; LL. B., Univ. Me., 1913; m. Edna V. Maxfield; children-John, Jr., Allan Van Voorhees, George Stevens, Kingsbury. Admitted to Supreme Judicial Ct., Mass., 1915, U.S. Dist. Ct., Boston, 1919; practiced law since ad-
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mission to Bar; Incorporator, City Five Cents Sav. Bk. (Haverhill), Haverhill Sav. Bk .; mem. Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1921-24, Mass. Senate, 1925-34; chmn. Joint Com. on the Judiciary, 5 yrs., various recess coms. and State commns .; sergt., Hders. Troop, Plymouth, 12th Div. ; mem. Haverhill, Essex and Mass. Bar Assns., Phi Kappa Sigina, Masons, Am. Red Cross ( Haverhill Br., former chin.). Clubs: Whittier (Haverhill, pres.), Essex. Baptist. Re- publican. Office: 212 Merrimack St., Haverhill. Ilome: 50 Park St., Haverhill.
VDAVIS, Lewis, consulting chemist; b. Worcester, May 15, 1889; s. Solomon Davis and Lena ( Meyers) D .; ed. S.B., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1911; S.M., M.I.T., 1912; m. Daisy Rothstein of Detroit, Mich., 1916; children-Myra Gertrude, Sherman Gilbert. Chemist, N.J. State Dept. Ilealth, 1912; research chemist, Parke, Davis & Co., 1912-20; asso. dir., Beebe Labs., Inc., St. Paul, Minn., 1920-21; tech. dir., Brewer & Co., Inc., 1921-23; sec .- treas. Davis & Bennett, Inc., 1923 -; fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Inst. Chemists; mnem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. Am. Bac- teriologists, Am. Assn. Textile Chemists & Color- Ists, Sigma Xi, Nobles Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Rotary, Consistory, Worcester Chemists (pres. ), Civic Music, Automobile. Author: papers on Toxin, Peptone, Ultraviolet Sterilization, .Pepsin. Jewish. Independent. Office: Davis & Bennett, Inc., 339 Main St., Worcester. Home: 62 Commo- dore Rd., Worcester.
1 DAVIS, Lincoln, surgeon; b. Worcester, Mar. 31, 1872; s. Joseph E. Davis and Mary Waldo (Lin- coln) D .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1894, M.D., Harvard Med. Seh., 1898; m. Katharine B. Crowinshield of Boston, Oct. 21, 1902; children-Lincoln Jr., Ben- jamin C., Emily C., Katharine B. Retired; pres. Boston Med. Library; Tr. Mass. Gen. Ilosp. Home: 279 Beacon St., Boston.
DAVIS, Marguerite, illustrator; b. Quincy, Feb. 10, 1889; d. Edwin Elwell Davis and Florence (Ab)- bott) D) .; ed. Woodward Inst., Quincy; Vassar Coll .; attended Sch. Boston Mus. Fine Arts; studied under Philip Ilale, William Paxton, Ilenry Hunt Clark, and Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott; unmarried. Has illustrated some 40 children's readers and books for Ginn & Co., Houghton Mifflin, the MacMillan Co., Newson & Co., Little, Brown & Co .; illustrations for Child Life mag. Travel: Europe, 1925-26. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 306 Berkeley St., Boston. Ilome: 36 Presi- dent's Lane, Quincy.
Y DAVIS, Orlando Chester, librarian; b. Lowell, May 23, 1881; s. Orlando J. Davis and Josie (Gould) D) .; ed. Lowell high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1907; in. Anna May Wilson of Lowell, Apr. 28, 1909; children-Mrs. Dorothy Davis Gaskill, Carol, Marian Wilson, Head cataloguer, Dartmouth Coll. Lib., 1907-10; lib., Pub. Lib, Waltham, 1910-22, Last Chicago, Ind., 1923-24, Hammond, Ind., 1925- 26, Bridgeport, Conn., 1926-34; chief lib., circula- tion div., Boston Pub. Lib., 1934 -; dir. Internat. Inst. Boston, Adult Edp. Council Greater Boston; war service under A.L.A. at Camp Jackson, S.C., Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., in France, 1918-19; mem., A.L.A., Mass. Lib. Assn., Sigma Alpha Epsi- lon, Harvard Musical Assn. Clubs: Boston City, Footlight, Appalachian Mt. Author: articles in newspapers and prof. lib. journals. Desc. Bar- nabas Davis, an orig. propr. in Charlestown, who came to Boston on ship "Blessing". Oflice: Public Library, Copley Sq., Boston. Home: 53 Orchard St., Jamaica Plain.
DAVIS, Philip, motion picture producer; b. Moteleh, Russia, June 12, 1876; s. Dave Ben and Rachel Leah Chemerinsky (changed to Davis upon arri- val in U.S., 1890); ed. Hull Ilouse (social settle- ment), Chicago, 1890-98; Lewis Inst., 1898-99; Univ. Chicago, 1899-1901; A.B., Harvard, 1903; LL .. B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1914; m. Belle Shomer of Phila., Pa., July 16, 1901; children- Frances Parsons, Phyllis Bella. Nat. organizer, Ladies' Garment Workers Ain., 1903-05; supervisor Boston Newsboys' Republic and Boston Newsboys' Court ( Boston pub. schs.), 1906-12; dir. nation- wide study "Boy Problem," under Nat. Fed. Settle- ments, 1913-15; dir. $50,000 campaign, Mass.
Credit Union, 1916; head worker, Civic Service House, Boston, 1911-17; supt. employment and welfare dept., Am. Internat. Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, Pa .; fleld lecturer, United Americans of State of Me .; ednl. and industrial motion picture producer; dir. Community Motion Picture Bur. of N.E .; pres. Nat. Motion Picture Bureau, Inc. Author: Street-Land, 1914; (with Mabel Ilil) Civies for New Americans, 1915, Editor ( with Maida Herman) The Field of Social Service, 1914; Immigration and Americanization (with Bertha Schwartz), 1919. Producer: New England in Motion Pictures; Jack Spruce, or Life in the Northern Woods; From Wool to Cloth; For- bidden Waters (featuring U.S. Coast Guard Serv- ice); The Romance of Palestine (talking motion picture) ; Marching On (talking motion picture on the garment industry). Home: 135 Washington St., Brighton.
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DAVIS, Roy, educator, author; b. Rotterdam, Hol- land, Jan. 7, 1876; s. Mathew J. Davis and Lillie Frances (Simmonds) D .; ed. Truro Acad. Truro, N.S .; A.B., Dalhousie Unlv., 1899, A.M. 1900; A.M., Ilarvard, 1902; Litt. D., Acadia Univ., 1930; m. Jes- sie V. Makin of Pawtucket, 1910. Head Ing. dept., Pawtucket, R.I .; Jr. Master, Boston; non prof. head of dept., asst. Dean, Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm .; lecturer for State Bd. of Edn. and various business corps; lecturer in various colleges and elsewhere; asso. dir. war courses, Boston Univ. S.A.T.C., 1918; mem. Phi Delta Kappa (former pres. Ilarvard Chap.), Beta Gamma Sigma, (pres. Mass. Chap.), Internat. Soc. for Bus. Edn., Anı. Bus. Writing Assn. ( Eastern dir.). Clubs: Cana- dian (Boston historian), St. Botolph, Marshfield Country. Author: Joint author with others of Business English; Modern Business English ; Stories of the Day's Work; English In School and Out; Flying Rumors; Write and Speak Better: Everday Exercises in English. Travel: So. Am., W.I., Western Europe, Gr. Britain. Presbyterian. Republican. Office: 685 Commonwealth Av., Bos- ton. Ilome: 100 Beacon Street, Boston. Summer res .: Marshfield.
DAVIS, Roy Chandler, lawyer; b. New Haven, Conn., May 28, 1896; s. Charles N. Davis and Margaret (Sisson) D .; ed. L.L.B., Northeastern Univ. Sch. Law, 1917; m. Constance II. Wonson, Feb. 10), 1918; . children-Anne W., Carolyn B., Chandler N., Stephen H., Marcia S. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1917; in gen. practice of law, Gloucester, 1919 -; atty. and dir. Gloucester Safe Deposit & Trust Co .; alderman, City of Gloucester, 1930-32; served as lt. Transport Corps, Fr., 1917-19, adjutant U.S. Commin. Vienna, Aus., 1919; mem. Am., Mass. and Essex Co. Bar Assns., Masons. Dese. Willlam Brewster of Plymouth Colony. Universalist. Re- publican. Office: 191 Main St., Gloucester. Home: 722 Washington St., Gloucester.
DAVIS T(heodore) Lawrence, educator; b. Pena- cook, N.II., Apr. 3, 1891; s. Homer Mackenzie Davis and Juliette (Thurber) D .; ed. Boston Univ .; B.B.A., ( first grad.) Boston Unlv. Coll. Bus. Adm., 1915, M.B.A., 1917; S.C.D., Kansas Wesleyan Univ., 1923; Il .. D)., Univ. N.11., 1927; Id. D., Am. Internat. Coll., 1937; m. Pauline Louise Gagnon of Man- chester, N.Il., Aug. 1, 1921; 1 son-Theodore Law- rence. With Merchants Nat. Bank, Manchester, N.H., 1909-13; with Boston Univ., 1913-, organizer and dir. War Emergency Courses, 1917, see. Senate and Council 1919-, ednl. founder Coll. of Practical Arts and Letters, dean 1919 -; co-founder (with R. D. Currier), Stonleigh Coll., Rye, N.IL., 1934; pres. Am. Inst. for Secretaries; founder and dir. l'Exposition Française Permanente avre Centre (Informations concernant la France à L'Univer- sité de Boston; mem. N.E. Assn. Colls. and Prep. Schs., Beta Gamma Sigma; decorated Chevalier Legion of llonor ( France), 1935; ednl. consultant and author of various reports pertaining to col- lege administration ; commd. by Alexander Hamil- ton Inst. to write book for use of bus. executives, 1929; chosen by Mrs. Larz Anderson, 1937, to de- velop Anderson Memorial Centre, Boston Univ .. in memory of her husband. Office: 27 Garrison St, Boston. Ilome: 275 Goddard Av., Brookline.
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DAVIS, Tenney Lombard, professor of organic chemistry; b. Somerville, Jan. 7, 1890; s. Thomas Lombard Davis and Martha Williams (Tenney) D .; ed. Somerville Latin sch .; B.S., M.I.T., 1913; M.S., Harvard, 1915, Ph.1)., 1917; m. Dorothy Theresa Münch of Arlington, Aug. 28, 1923. Instr. organic ehem., M.I.T., 1919-20, asst. prof., 1920-26, asso. prof., 1926-38, prof., 1938 -; 1st It. Ordnance Dept., U.S.A., Aug. 7, 1917-Apr. 1, 1919; inem. Am. (chmu. hist. of chem. div., 1933-39), Brit., French, Ger., and Swiss Chem. Socs., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences (corr. sec. 1930-37, rec. sec. 1937-38), Illst. of Sci. Soc., Royal Soc. of Bohemia (corr. mem.), Newcomen Soc. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Round Table. Author: papers on organic chem., hist. of clem., Chinese alchemy, explosives. Asso. editor: Isis, Jour. of Chem. Edn., Technology Rev. Re- publican. Olfiee: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: Norwell.
Y DAVIS, Warren Gilbert, printer, publisher; Worcester, Dee. 9, 1887; s. Gilbert G. Davis and Minnie (Warren) D .; ed. Worcester Acad., 1906; A.B., Yaie, 1910; m. Anna Sears of Framingham Centre, 1919; children-Ronald S., Gilbert S. Treas., Davis Press, Inc., Worcester; dir. Worees- ter County Trust Co .; Woreester Mut. Fire Ins. Co .; tr. Worcester County Inst. for Sav., Mem. Hosp .; treas., Worcester Acad .; 2nd lt., Gen. Staff, 2 yrs., World War; mem. Am. Inst. Graphic Arts, Masons. Clubs: Woreester, Tatnuck, Worecs- ter Country. Publisher: School Arts Mag. Prot- estant. Republican. Ollice: 44 Portland St., Worcester. Home: 11 Otsego Rd., Worcester.
YDAVIS, Wayne Edward, educational eounsel; b. Rochester, N.H., June 8, 1890; s. Charies Adams Davis and Ida Emily (Junkins) D .; ed. A.B., Bates Coll., 1912; A.M., Brown Univ., 1913; m. Ada Rounds of Mechanic Falls, Me., 1916 (d. 1922); m. (2nd) Mary Bodge of Minneapolis, Minn., 1924. Began as teacher, 1913; master, Mercersburg Acad., 1913-18; asst. to pres., Cedar Crest Coll., 1919-22; publicity dir., Bates Coll. Fund Cam- paigns, 1922-23; head of promotion dept. and edi- tor of "Private School News," Sargents Sch. Serv- ice, Boston, 1923-32; propr. Wayne Davis private sch. and college enrollment eounscl; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Deita Sigma Rho. Club: Boston City. Author: How to Choose a Junior College, 1939. Travel: Europe. Republican. Office: 14 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 9 Marshall Rd., Winchester.
Y DAVIS, William Harold, asst, professor of botany ; b. Stephens' Mills, N.Y., Aug. 25, 1876; s. Vincent Davis and Dorcas Narcissia (Chubbuck) D) .; ed. Hornell high sci .; Ph.B., N.Y. State Teachers Coil., 1903; A.B., Corncil, 1912; A.M., Univ. Wis., 1916, Ph.D., 1922; m. Elsie A. Davis of Greenfield, Ia., July 12, 1913. Teacher, rural sens., 1896- 1900; asst. in science, N.Y. State Teachers Coll., 1900-03; teacher sci. and math., Elmira Free Acad., 1903-10; lab. asst., botany, Cornell, 1910-12; prof. Agr., botany, nature study, Ia. State Teachers Coll., 1912-22; student, Univ. Wis., 1915-16; asst. prof. botany (phytopathology), 1922 -; Liberty Loan work, traveling lecturer, organizer, rural sch. teachers, World War; mem. Sigma Chl (hon. sel, preferment), Masons (32º), Shrine, Musicians' Union, A.A.A.S., Phytopath. Soe., la. Aead. Sci., Mycological Soc. Author: Experiments In Botany; Botanical Experiments In Agriculture; 36 Lessons in Agriculture for the Grades; research articles on phytopathol. subjs. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Massachusetts State College, Amherst. Home: 28 Nutting Av., Amherst.
VDAVIS, William Warren; b. Cambridge, Aug. 8, 1862; s. William Davis and Adelia Merriam (Car- ter) D .; ed. pub. schs .; m. Daisy R. Jones of Bos- ton, Nov. 5, 1885; children-Dorothy (Mrs. George A. Tyler), Marjorie (d.), Marguerite (Mrs. John A. High). Mgr. Norfolk House, Boston, 1886- 1905, Riverbank Court Hotel Co., Cambridge, 1905 - 32; mem. Clty Couneil, Boston, 1894, Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1895-96, Mass. State Senate, 1897-98, gov- ernor's council, 1899-1900; Rep. presdl. elector, Mass., 1924; pres. First Ch. of Christ, Sclentist,
Boston, 1929-30; now exec. supervisor of Chris- tian Sci. Benevolent Assn., Chestnut Hill, and San Franciseo; Christian Sci. Pleasant View House, Concord, N.H .; food administrator, Cambridge, and chmn. exemptlon bd., World War; mem. Hotel Men's Mut. Benefit Assn. U.S. and Can. (past pres.), Mass. Hotel Assn., Masons, K.T., Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Rotary, Middlesex, Massachu- setts. Republican. Home: Hotel Braemore, Bos- ton.
Y DAVISON, Archibald Thompson, professor of music; b. Boston, Oct. 11, 1883; s. Archibald Thompson Davison and Lucy (Kelley) D .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Ilarvard, 1906, A.M., 1907, Ph.D., 1908; F.R.C.M .; Doetor of Music, Williams Coll .; Ox- ford (Eng.); m. Dorothy Stanley Starratt of Bos- ton Sept. 11, 1926. Prof. of music, Ilarvard. Au- thor: Music Education in America; Protestant Churen Musie In America. Office: Harvard Col- lege, Cambridge, Home: 22 Francis Av., Cam- bridge. Summer res .: Brant Rock.
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DAVISONN, Robert Howell, lawyer; b. Boston, May 30, 1896; s. Frank Gilman Davison and Virginla (Hackett) D .; cd. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Ilar- vard, 1917, LL.B., Harvard Law Seh., 1921; m. Elisabeth Ten Brocek Jackson of Portland, Me., Sept. 1, 1923; ehlldren-Robert Ten Broeck, Ju- dith Stuyvesant, Nicholas Stuyvesant. Dir. Bay State Fishing Co., Longwood Towers Co., The Sheraton, Inc .; active duty, U.S.N., Mar. 1917- Feb. 1919; ensign, It .; meni. Boston and Am. Bar Assns. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston, N. Y.), Exchange (Boston). Olflec: 15 State St., Boston. Ilome: 99 Irving St., Cambridge.
DAVOL, Charles Dean, hospital administrator; b. Fall River, Feb. 7, 1883; s. George S. Davol and Mary Louise (Dean) D .; ed. St. George's Sch., Newport, R.I .; A.B., Harvard, 1906; m. Sylvia D. BuffInton of Fall River, Apr. 19, 1911; children- Fidelia Durfee, Elizabeth, Sarah Chase, Charles Dean, Jr. In employ of railroad Co., 1907-12; eloth broker, 1912-30; hosp. administrator, Trucs- dale Hosp., Fall River, 1930 -; tr., Fall River Five Cents Sav. Bk .; dir., Coop. Bk .; mem. cxee. com., Morris Plan; treas. Westport llarbor Aque- duet Co .; tr., Home for Aged People; 1st It. Mass. N.G., 1918-20; mem. Am., N.E. and Mass. Ilosp. Assns., Fall River Ilist. Soc. (sec.). Clubs: Quequechan, Acoaxet, Ilarvard, Boston Phllatellc. Baptist. Repubilcan. Office: Box 7, Fall River. Home: 216 Prospect St., Fall River. Summer res .: Westport Harbor.
Y DAVOL, Charles Winthrop, printer; b. Taunton, Nov. 12, 1878; s. Ezra Davol and Arabella (White) 1) .; ed. llarvard Univ., 1901; m. Katharine Reed of Taunton, Sept. 9, 1903; children-Katharine (Mrs. Le Baron Church) ; Rosamond (Mrs. F. J. Bassett). Began as printer's devil with Davol Printing House, 1898, propr. Davol Printing House, 1908 -; pres, and mem. bd. investment, Bristol County Sav. Bk .; dir. Hingham Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Taun- ton Gas Light Co. Club: Segregansett Country. Travel: Europe (2 trips). Unitarian. Office: 216 Main St., Taunton, Home: 58 Summer St., Taun- ton.
DAVOL, Ralph, farmer (retired); b. Taunton, 1874; S. Ezra Davol and Arabella M. (White) D. Mem. Mass. Legislature, 1908-09; with War Trade Bd., Washington, D.C., during World War; with State Guard during Boston Police Strike; painter of historical subjects; mem. Old Colony Hist. Soe. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington), National Arts (New York). Author: American Pageantry; Raw Prod- uets of Africa; Two Men of Taunton. Indepen- dent. Travel: around world. Home: 245 Win- throp St., Taunton.
YDAWES, Chester Laurens, professor of electrical engineering; b. Somerville, Nov. 13, 1886; s. Henry Laurens Dawes and Minnle W. (Goodwin) D .; ed. Somerville high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1909; m. L. Anna Davis of Cambridge, June 1, 1912; chlldren -Laurens D., Jane G. Asst. in physles, M. I.T., 1909-10, elec. engring., 1910-11; Instr., Grad. Sch. Applied Sei., Harvard, 1911-16; prof. elec. engring., U.S. Naval Acad., 1913-14; instr., Harvard and M.I.T., 1916-19; asst. prof. clec. engring., Harvard
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Engring. Sch., 1919-31, asso. prof., 1931 -; engr. consultant, dir., N.E. Mica Co .; fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Inst. E.E .; mem. Edison Medal Com., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Am. Acad. Arts & Sci- ences, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Nat. Research Coun- cil. Clubs: Ilarvard (Boston), Faculty (Cam- bridge), Boothbay Harbor Yacht. Author: A Course in Electrical Engineering, Vols. I & II; Industrial Electricity, Parts I & II; Ionization Studies in Paper Insulated Cables I, II, III; Elec- trical Characteristics of Impregnated Cable Pa- pers (prize paper) ; Electrical Characteristics of Suspension-Insulator Units (nat. prize paper) ; Some problems in Dielectric-Loss Measurements; Equivalent Circults of Imperfect Condensers; Ca- pacitance and Potential Gradients of Feeentric Cylindrical Condensers; and other sci. papers; contbr. Standard Handbook for Electrical Engi- neers, Mechanical Engineers' Handbook. Travel: Europe, Calif., Can., Bermuda, W.I. Desc. William Dawes, who, with Paul Revere, warned colonists of march of British to Lexington and Concord. Congregationallst. Republican. Office: Graduate School of Engineering, Pierce Hall, Harvard Uni- versity, Cambridge. Home: 47 Mt. Vernon St., Cambridge. Summer res. : Boothbay Harbor, Mc.
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