Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 77

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DORE, Stanley Milburn, civil and hydraulic en- gineer; b. Somerset, June 19, 1898; s. Stephen E. Dore and Anna C. (Chace) D .; ed. Cranston high sch .; S.B. (civ. engring.), Brown Univ., 1920; m. Grace Edna Wordell of Cranston, June 21, 1922; children-Marjorie Ruth, Stanley M., Jr. Drafts- man and designer, Turner Constrn. Co. and U.S. Engrs., water supply works design and constru., 1922 -; asst. chief engr., Metrop. Dist. Water Supply Commun., Boston; pvt. Coast Arty., 1918; inem. Boston Soe. C.E., N.E. Water Works Assn., Am. Soe. C.E., Brown Engring. Soc. Club: Boston City. Author: Soil Mechanics and Foundations; technical articles in Am. Soc. C.E. transactions. Protestant. Office: 20 Somerset St., Boston. Home: 120 Monroe St., Dedham.


NDOREMUS, Robert Proudfit, clergyman; b. Foot- ville, Wis., June 27, 1879; s. Rev. Andrew Doremus and Mary Jane (lleward) . D .; ed. Dubuque high sch., A.B. (magna cum laude), Beloit Coll., 1903; Meadville Theol. Sch .; S.T.B. (cum laude), Harvard Div. Sch., 1908; m. Eleanor Barnard Hinckley of West Newton, Aug. 29, 1911; 1 son-Robert Bar- nard. Instr., Wagner Coll., 1903-1904, Crete (Neb.) high sch., 1905-1906; ordained Unitarian Minister, Barnstable, July 17, 1908; pastorates, Barnstable, 1908-1910, Brookings (S.D).), 1910- 1911, Scituate and Marshfield 1lills, 1912-1913; Farmington ( Me.), 1913-1916, Kennebunk (Me.), 1916-1924, Gloucester, 1924-1936; dir. Gloucester Fishermen's Institute, 1921 -; mem. Boston Browning Society (pres., 1931-1933, hon v.p. 1933 -), A.F. and A.M. Tyrian Lodge, (chaplain 1927 -), Cape Ann Sel., Lit. and Hist. Assn. (pres., 1930-), Cape Ann Community League, (past pres.), Assoc. Charities of Gloneester (past pres.). Clubs: Cape Ann Parsons' (past pres ), Harvard (North Shore). Author: The Soul of America in Time of War. (collaborating); list. add., Kenne- bunk Centennial; numerous articles and poems. Dese. Samuel Eaton and Rachel Greeley of New- buryport. Unitarian and Universalist, double fel- lowship. Republican. Home: 85 Wheeler St., Gloucester.


DORFMAN, Lee O., electrical engineer; b. Texas; s. Charles Dorfman and Katherine (Bradley) D .; ed. 2.1., Univ. Tex., 1916; m. Mary Virginia Lon- gino of Sulphur Springs, Tex., June 2, 1918; chil- dren-John Charles, Lee Hart. Mgr. Dist. En- gring. Dept., Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., Bos- ton; served as pvt., 1st cl., 817 Aero. Squad .; instr., Aviation Ground Sch., Austin, Tex., World War; mem. A.I.E.E. Clubs: Engineers, Woodland Country. Travel: U.S., Can. Methodist. Repub- lican. Office: Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., 10 High St., Boston. Home: 25 Bothfeld Rd., New- ton Centre.


VDORR, Perey Orrin, investments; b. Somersworth, N.11., Dec. 15, 1878; s. Charles M. Dorr and Eu- nice A. (llayes) D .; ed. Somersworth high sch., 1898; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1902; M.C.S., Amos Tuck Sch. of Administration and Finance, 1903; m. Mabel Holman Lee of Winchester, Sept. 27, 1909; children-Dorothy Lee (Mrs. C. Brooks Begg), Elizabeth Hayes (d. 1938), Began as clk., N. W. Harris & Co., 1903, became salesman In western Mass., 1906; admitted to firm of Harrls, Forbes & Co., 1913; v.p. Chase, Harris, Forbes


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Corp. (merger of Harris, Forbes & Co. and Chase Securltles Co.), 1930-33; pres. and treas. Percy O. Dorr & Co., Inc., 1933 -; dir. Ilenry R. Huntting Co .; tr. Springfield Instu. for Sav .; tr. Springfield Coll .; past pres. Springfield Community Chest. Mem. and chmn. Exce. Com., Springfield Cham- ber of Commerce (past pres.), Theta Delta Chl, Masons. Clubs: Rotary (past pres.), University, Colony (Springfield ) ; Longmeadow Country. Pres. of class Dartmouth 1902, and re-elected each reunion since graduation. Congregational- ist. Republican. Office: Third Nat. Bank Bldg., Springfield. Home: 293 Longhill St., Springfield. DORSEY, James Albert, lawyer; b. Boston, Oct. 5, 1872; s. John D. Dorsey and llelen (Noonan) D .; ed. grad., Boston Latin sch., 1891; A.B. Boston Coll., 1891; L.L.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1900; m. Dorothy L. MeGlone Baltimore, Feb. 2, 1913; children-James A., Jr., Thomas F. Practiced in Boston, 1900 -; tr. of estates; asst. eorp. consel, City of Boston, ehmn. Bd. of Election Commrs., tr. Pauper Instns., (chmn. of bd. since May 1, 1912); mem. Bar Assn. City of Boston, Alumni Assu., Boston , Coll. (pres.), Boston Univ. Sch. Law, Alumni Assn. (pres.), Charitable Irish Soc. (pres.), Cath, Alumni Sodality (pres.). Clubs: University, City, Woodland Golf. Office: 11 Beacon St., Bos- ton. lome: 45 Crawford St., Roxbury.


DORSEY, John Hubert, druggist, banker; b. Boston, Jan. 26, 1881; s. Michael Dorsey and Mary (Hal- ligan) D .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; m. Lillian M. Wheeler; children-John E., Paul. Druggist, Dorchester, 1907 -; pres., Co-op. Central Bk .; treas. Meeting louse Hill Coop. Bk .; pres, and treas., J. J. Hammers, Inc .; mem. Dorchester Bd. Trade (treas.). Club: Boston Clty. Travel: U.S., Europe. Catholic. Demoerat. Ofliee: 240 and 216 Bowdoin St., Dorchester. Home: 25 Melville Av., Dorchester. Summer res .: Scituate.


Dos PASSOS, John (Roderigo), writer; b. Chleago, Ill., Jan. 14, 1896; s. John R. Dos Passos and Lucy A. (Sprigg) Dos P .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1916; m. Katharine F. Smith of St. Louis, Mo. Pvt. Ambu- lance Service, U.S.A., World War. Author: One Man's Initiation, 1920; Three Soldiers, 1921; Ros- inante to the Road Again (essays), 1922; A Push- cart at the Curb (verse), 1922; Streets of Night, 1923; Manhattan Transfer, 1925; The Garbage Man (play), 1926; Orient Express, 1927; Airways, Inc. (play), 1929; In All Countries, 1934; U.S.A., 1938 Journeys Between Wars, 1938; Adventures of a Young Man, 1939; etc. Home: 571 Commercial St., Provincetown.


V DOTIEN, Carroll Warren, professor of economles (emeritus), grower of citrous fruits; b. Panton, Vt., Jan. 27, 1871; s. Elisha Morton Doten and Ida Lueretia (Ilatch) D .; ed, Ph.B., Univ. Vt .. 1895, A.M., 1899; A.M., Harvard, 1902; m. Carrie Kings- land Mitcheil of Burlington, Vt., Sept. 6, 1899 (d. July 9, 1933); children-Robert Kingsland, Dana Morton; m. (2nd) Mary Helen Wyman of Cam- bridge, May 2, 1936. Instr., Univ. Vt., 1895-1903, sec. and register, 1896-1903; instr., M.I.T., 1903- 05, asst. prof. economics, 1905-14, asso. prof., 1914-18, prof. of economics, 1918-36, emeritus Feb. 1, 1936 -; head of research work, Boston School for Social Workers, 1907-09; expert spl. agt., U.S. Bur. of Census, 1909; chief investigator, Mass. Commn. on Compensation for Industrial Acci- dents, 1910-12; pres. Cambridge Asso. Charities, 1914-17; pres. Cambridge Park Comm., 1921-28, 1934 -; mem. Mass. Bur. Immigration, 1917-19; head of industrial service sect,, U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fieet Corp., 1918; in charge statls. audit, U.S. Central Bur. of Planning and Statistics, 1919; mem. adv. com., U.S. Census, 1919- 24; cons. speciallst, Bur. Agrl. Economies, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1922-27; cons. economist, Nat. Retail Dry Goods Assn., 1929 -; cons. specialist to See. of Interior, 1933-31; collaborator, consumers' counsel, Agrl. Adjustment Administration, 1934 -; tr. Univ. Vt., 1925-30, 1936 -; Mem. Am. Statls. Assn. (pres., 1920-21), Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Assn. Labor Legislation, Mass. Reform Club (pres. 1913-), N.E.R.R. Club (pres. 1921-22), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: Cosmos (Wash-


ington), City (Boston), Cambridge (pres. 1936-7). Desc. Edward Doten-Doty, who came to Plymouth on MayHower, 1620. Congregationalist. Repub- liean. OHice: 222 Charles River Rd., Cambridge. Home: 58 Garfield St., Cambridge. Summer Home: Basin Farm, Brandon, Vt. Winter ros .: Vero Beach, Florida. Business: Grower of Citrus Fruits.


DOUGHERTY, David Mitchell, educator; b. WIl- mington, Del., Aug. 6, 1903; s. George Myers Dougherty and Jennie (Mitchell) D .; ed. Wil- mington Friends' School; A.B., Univ. Del., 1925; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard, 1932; Univ. Paris; m. Edna M. Rettew of Wilmington, June 22, 1927; children -David M., Jr., Phillp R. Head French Dept., Manilus Sch., Manilus, N. Y., 1926-28; instr. French, M.I.T., 1929-30; instr. French and tutor in Div. of modern langs., Harvard, 1929-31; asst. prof. Ro- mance langs., Clark Univ., 1931 --; dir. Junior Year Group, Paris, Fr., 1939-10; chinn. Mass. Freneh Book Review Com., 1934 -; mem. Modern Lang. Assn. Am. Author: Political Literature in France, 1370-1425 (llarv. (iss.). Travel: Western Europe 1923-24, 1929, 1933; far West and Mexieo, 1936. Episcopalian. Office: Clark Univ., Worcester. Ilome: 5 Columbine Rd., Worcester.


DOUGHERTY, Haroid Taylor, librarlan; b. Boston, Dec. 28, 1874; s. Rev. M. Angelo Dougherty and M. Elizabeth (Proctor) D .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; Harvard, 1900; m. Saily Vlles of Boston, Sept. 6, 1905; 1 dau .- Mrs. Carl E. Walker. Ll- brarian, Waltham Pub. Lib., 1907-09; Pawtucket (R.1.) Pub. Lib., 1910-15, Newton Pub. Lib., 1916- 25, Westfield Athenaeum, 1927 -; with A.L.A. In Tex., Va., and overseas during World War; mem. A.L.A., Mass. Llb. Assn., Westfield River Park- way Assn., Westfield Y.M.C.A. (pres.), Western Ilampden Bist. Soc. (sec.). Clubs: Western Mass. Llb., Get-Together, Appalachian Mt. Congre- gationalist. Democrat (Jeffersonian). OHlice: Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield. Home: 35 Court St., Westfield.


DOUGHTY, Howard Waters, professor of chemistry; b. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 13, 1871; s. Thomas 'Para- mour Doughty and Margaret Mustard ( Waters) D .; ed., Ph.D., Johns Ilopkins (1893) 1904, B.C. extraordinem, 1927; M.A. (hon.), Amherst Coll., 1916; m. Anna Elizabeth Bates of Baltimore, Md., Nov. 29, 1905 (d. Jan. 22, 1913); m. (2nd) Rebceca Thompson Pue of Iloward Co., Md., Dec. 22, 1920; children-Mary Elizabeth (d ), Odbert Bates, How- ard W., Jr. Salesman, 1894-1900; instr. Chemistry, Univ. Mo., 1905-1906, Univ. Wis., 1906-1907, Am- herst Coll., 1907-1908; professor, Amherst Coll., 1913 -; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Masons, Am. Chen. Soc., Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Slgma Xi. Presbyterian. Re- publlean. Office: Amherst Coll. Home: 280 Amity St., Antherst.


DOUGHTY, Randall Hubert, chemleal engineer; b. Cumberland, Me., Nov. 6, 1902; s. Alfred W. Doughty and Alice (Randall) D .; ed. Greely Inst., Cumberland Centre, Me .; B.S., Univ. Me., 1925; A.M., Univ. Wis., 1928; m. Mildred Wright of Orono, Me., Dec. 30, 1925; children-George E., Richard W. Chem. and engring. in pulp and pa- per research and mfring .; mem. A.F. & A.M. (Au- rora Lodge), Tech. Assn. Pulp and Paper Ind., Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Xi. Methodist. Repub- lican (independent). Office: Fitchburg Paper Co., Fitchburg, Home: Fitchburg.


V DOUGHTY, William Howard, Jr., Davld A. Wells professor of political science; b. Troy, N.Y., Apr. 12, 1876; s. William Howard Doughty and Alice Clarkson (Crosby) D .; ed. Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1898; LL. B., Columbia Law Sch., 1901; m. Lydia Sanford Vail of N.Y.C., Sept. 27. 1905; children-William Howard, III, Joseph Sanford, Betsy Hart. Prac- tised law, Pierce & Greer, N. Y. Clty, 1902-1905; ou Williams Coll. faculty, 1906-, now prof. polit. sci .; conducted courses in int. law and on U.S. govt., Williams S.A.T.C. unit; mem. Am. Polit. Sci. Assn. Clubs: Williams College Faculty, Williams (N.Y.), Taconle Golf (Williamstown). Author: Soelalism and the Average Man; short articles on


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govt. Travel: Eng., Europe. Congregationalist. Republlean. Office: Willlams College. Home: El- seot, Williamstown. Summer res .: same.


Y DOUGLAS, Charles Henry, editor, publisher (re- tired); b. Liberty, N.Y., June 10, 1861; s. Samuel J. Douglas and Anna S. (Jackson) D .; ed. A.B., Col- gate Univ., 1885, A.M., 1888, Litt.D., 1915; m. Talulah G. Abererombie of Cambridge, Mar. 21, 1889; m. (2d) Winifred H. Barnes of N.Y. City, Nov. 17, 1928; 1 son-Kenneth A. Teacher, Delhi (N.Y.) Acad., 1885-86, Suffield (Conn.) Aead., 1886- 88; prin., high sch., Keene, N.H., 1888-93; Hart- ford, Conn., 1893-95; ed .- in-chief, D. C. Heath & Co., 1895-1925; retired; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Dante League Am., ete. Club: Boston City. Au- thor: History and Government of Connecticut; many papers and addresses on ednl. and lit. topies. Republican. Ilome: 466 Commonwealth Av., Boston.


Y DOUGLAS, Charles Joseph, physician; b. Hebron, Conn., Sept. 29, 1860; s. Charles Douglas and Almira E. (White) D .; ed. M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll .; post-grad. work, Harvard Med. Seh .; m. Ida A. Porter of Hebron, Conn., Oct. 12, 1887 (d.). Practiced med., Chicago, 1891-96; founder, 1903, propr. Douglas Sanatorlum, 1903-20; discoverer of hypnotie properties of apomorphine; tr. Chil- dren's Mus., Boston (pres. 10 yrs.); mem. Dor- chester Conf. Family Welfare Soe. (pres. 10 yrs.) ; Dorchester Hist. Soc. (pres. 1,0 yrs.), Am. Hist. Soc., Hebron Lib. Assu. (pres.), Twentieth Cen- tury Assn., Masons. Club: Field & Forest (Bos- ton, pres. 3 yrs.). Author: many monographs on med. and other subjs. Travel: Europe, Asia,\ Africa. Desc. Peregrine White, first European born at Plymouth, 1620. Unitarlan. Home: 23 Claybourne St., Dorchester. Summer res .: Ilc- bron, Conn.


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DOUGLASS, Alfred Wilson, real estate; b. N.Y.C., Feb. 10, 1899; s. Alfred Douglass and Florence (Wilson) D .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1921; m. Martha K. Cowles of Boston, Apr. 25, 1936; 1 son-Richard. Employed as salesman, Weld, Grew & Co., invest- ment brokers, 1921-1924, Meredith & Grew, real estate, 1924-1933; mem. firm of Douglass & Hunne- man, real estate, Boston, 1933 -; chief quarter- master, aviation; partner, Douglass & Hunneman; partner, Douglass, Hunneman &, Lyman; tr. Lime- chest Real Estate, Post Adams Real Estate Trust; mem. Delta Upsilon. Club: Harvard (Boston ). Unitarian. Republiean. Offiee: 5 Arlington St., Boston. Home: 276 Oakland St., Wellesley.


Y DOUGLASS, Gaylord Willlam, school principal, see- retary; b. Hinesburg, Vt., July 4, 1876; s. Elvin L. Douglass and Thebe (Tobey) D .; ed. grad. (val- edictorian), Mt. Ilermon Sch., 1896; A.B., Wes- leyan Unlv., 1900, A.M., 1914; spl. work, Cornell, Harvard; m. Edith Ellen Bride of Concord, N.II., Dee. 27, 1905. Head hist. dept., Mt. Hermon seh., 1900-05; prin., Berry Sch. for Boys, Rome, Ga., 1905-07, high sch., Rumford, Me., 1907-10, Win- chendon, 1910-12; headmaster, Wilbraham Aead., 1912-29; N.E. See., Nat. Couneil for Prevention of War, 1929 -; leeturer on rel. and ednl. subjs .; au- thority on Abraham Lincoln; speaker on internat. affairs (about 300 addresses each yr.); dlr. Springfield Y.M.C.A .; mem. Phi Nu Theta. Clubs: Rotary, Reality. Travel: Europe (several times to study Internat. conditions), Methodist. Republl- ean. Office: 134 Chestnut St., Springfield. Home: 51 Westford Cirele, Springfield.


V DOUGLASS, Kenneth Russell, merchant of motion pieture equipment; b. Woreester, Feb. 19, 1894; s. Frank Douglass and M. Marguerite (Gardner) D. ed. Woreester high seh .; Fairehild's Bus. Coll .; Boston Univ. Seh. of Accounting; m. Mildred Montague Hurlbert of Nashua, N.H., July 29, 1923; 1 son-Kenneth R., Jr. In various lines of em- ployment, 1914-18; distributor ednl. motion pie- tures, 1919-29; treas. Capitol Theatre Supply Co., distributors theatrleal and motion picture equip- ment, Boston, 1929 -; served in dept. of visual propaganda for Govt. during World War; mem. Independent Theatre Supply Dealers Assn. (v.p.). Re- Club: Boston Rotary. Congregationallst.


publiean. Office: 28 P'ledmont St., Boston. Ilome: 61 Woodlawn Av., Needham.


VDOUGLASS, Raymond Donald, professor of mathe- maties; b. Gorham, Me., Dee. 29, 1894; s. Edward K. Douglass and Josephine (Chlek) D .; ed. grad., Gorham high sch., 1911; A.B., Univ. Me., 1915, A.M., 1916; Ph.D., M.I.T., 1931; m. Ollave Norton of South Standish, Me., Feb. 1, 1918; children-Charlotte Ollave, Eleanor Norton, Marjorie Anne. Prin., Brewster high seh., 1916-17; sub-master, Frank- lin (N.H.) high seh., 1917-18; instr. and prof. math., M.I.T., 1919-, chmin. Summer Session Com., 1938 -; consultant, C.W.S., 1939; served in U.S. Navy, 1918-19; dir. Belmont Taxpayers Assn .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Am. Math. Soe., Am. Math. Assn., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Masons, De Molay, Delta Tau Delta. Clubs: Faculty, Beaver (Cambridge). Methodist. Republican. Home: 18 Oak Av., Bel- mont.


DOUTHIFT, Clande, business executive; b. Anderson Co., S.C., Aug. 17, 1883; s. Joseph Benjamin Douthit and Mary (Watkins) D .; ed. E.E., Clemson Agrl. and Mech. Coll., 1902; m. Helen Manger of New York City, Dec. 1929; 1 son-Claude. Began as elee. engr., U.S. Navy, 1902; cotton seed buyer, Proctor & Gamble Co., 1902-06, mill mgr., 1906; v.p. and gen. mgr., Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. (sub- sidiary of Proetor & Gamble Co.), 1910-23; ehmn. and mem. bd. dirs., Am. Hide & Leather Co., 1928-, pres. and mem. bd. dirs. Am. Ilide & Leather Co., Ltd. Clubs: Engineers (Boston), Watch Hill Country. Episcopalian. Office: 17 East St., Boston. Home: Watch Ilill, R.I.


DOW, Eugene Madison, business executive; b Lyman, N.H., Aug. 28, 1878; s. Benjamin Dow and Sarah E. (Moulton) D .; ed. A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1901; A.M., Harvard, 1904; m. Frances W. Burditt of Middleton, N.S., Can., Sept. 5, 1907; children- Virginia, Norman M., Marjorie M. Teacher math., Boston high schs., 1904-18; asst. to pres., Parker- Young Co., 1919-26; treas. Ladew-Jones Co., 1927-29; cashier and clk. W. L. Thompson, Ine., 1931-37; pres. The Parker-Young Co., 1937 -; mem. Masons (York Rite). Baptist. Office: 131 State St., Boston. Home: 145 Cypress St., Newton Centre.


V DOW. Frank Edward, physician; b. Lynn, Feb. 5, 1882; s. John Dow and Mary Phoebe (Little) D .; ed. Lynn high seh .; M.D., Tufts Med. Coll., 1910; m. Marion Dole of Roxbury, Sept. 22, 1909; chil- dren-Eleanor, Richard, Harriet, Barbara. Start- ed practice of med., Boston, 1910; settled in North- ampton, 1911; eons. ophthalmologist, Cooley-Dick - inson, Northampton State, and U.S. Vets. Admin- istration Hosps .; clunn. Med. Adv. Bd., District 5, 1917, commd, capt. U.S. Med. Corps, 1917, assigned to Med. Research Lab., Air Service Div., Mineola, N.Y., 1918; Corporator Northampton Inst. Savs .; formerly counselor of U.S. Ch. Commeree; former pres. Western Mass. Ch. Commerce Assn .; pres. Bd. of Aldermen, Northampton, 1927; past pres. Ch. Commerce, Northampton; ehmn. bd. trs. Frank Newhall Look Memorial Park, Northampton; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soe., N.E. Ophthalmol. Soe., Am. Aead. Ophthalmology & Oto-laryngology; Mil. Order World War (past eomdr.), Am. Med. Assn. of Vienna (Aus.). Club: Kiwanis (past governor, N.E. Dist.); Conduetor of Community Symphony Orchestra, Northampton, 1913-1920. Travel: Many countries in Europe; post graduate study Dimmer elinie, Vienna, Aus. Unitarlan. Republican. Of- lice: 4 West St., Northampton. Ilome: 241 Cres- cent St., Northampton.


1/DOW, Herbert Beeman, business man; b. Woburn, Mar. 7, 1858; s. James Neal Dow and Ellen Sophia (Beeman) D .; ed. Woburn pub. schs .; A.B., Har- vard, 1879; A.M., Dartmouth, 1884; m. Vanie Buek Robinson of Woburn, Jan. 1, 1883; children- Ethel Robinson, Roland Beeman. Teacher, high sch., Andover, N.II., Orange, N.J., Woburn (as prin.), 11 yrs .; with Mut. Llfe Ins. Co., N. Y., 1890- 92; N.E. Mut. Life Ins., Boston, 1892 -; actuary, 1900 -; v.p. Five Cents Sav. Bk., Coop. Bk .; Ilfe tr. Pub. Lib., 1899 -; mem. Sch. com .. 4 yrs., Woburn; niem. faculty, Harvard Grad. Seh. Bus., 1909-16;


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v.p. Corp., Charles Choate Mem. Hosp. (Woburn) ; mem. N.E. HIst. Geneal. Soc. (1895-), Actuarlal Soc. Am. (1906-), Count Rumford Soc. (v.p.), A.F. & A.M. (oldest Past Master, Mount Horeb Lodge, Woburn). Club: Exchange ( Boston). Author: The Book of Dow, Definition of Life In- surance Terms. Travel: U.S. Unitarian. Repub- lican. Office: 87 Milk St., Boston. Home: 46 War- ren Av., Woburn. Summer res .: South Yarmouth. DOW, Ula May, professor; b. Carpenter, Ia., Feb. 1, 1880; d. James Lawrence Dow and Mary Jane (Brooks) D .; ed. Duluth (Minn.) cent, high sch .; B.S., Kansas State Coll., 1905, D.Sc., 1938; diploma, Framingham Normal Sch., 1906; A.M., Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1913; unmarried. Teacher home economics, Kansas State Coll., 1906-12, 1913-14, Simmons Coll., 1914 -; . mem. N.E.A., N.E. Voca- tional Guidance Assn., Am. Home Economics Assn., Club: Appalachian Mt. Author: Good Cooking (with Marjorie Hazeltine). Office: Simmons Col- lege, Boston. Home: 9 Arlington St., Newton. Summer res .: New Hampton, N. I.


YDOWD, Thomas Il., judge; b. Worcester; s. Charles Dowd and Mary (Reynolds) D .; ed. A.B., Holy Cross Coll., 1894; LL.B., 1916; LL.B., Boston .Univ. Law Sch., 1897; m. Helen L. Dolan, 1909; children -Thomas H., James Reynolds. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1897; mem. Mass. Senate, 1901; alderman, City of Boston, 1902; judge, Boston Municipal Court, 1914-34, superior court of Mass., 1935 -; mem. Mass. Commin. of Probation, 1921-29; chmn. Boston Ilist. Sites Commn .; mem. Mass. Law Soc., Boston Bar Assn. Club: City (Boston). Catholic. Democrat. Home: Brookline.


VDOWLING, John Charles Leonard, lawyer; b. Law- rence, Feb. 19, 1880; s. William Louis Dowling and Mary Elizabeth (Leonard) D .; ed. A.B., Har- vard 1905, LI .. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1908; un- married. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1908; jr. coun- sel and sec., later sr. counsel, Boston Finance Commn., 1909-1928, chmn., 1929; private banking bus., 1922 -; organizer and treas. Dudley Coop. Bk. (merged into 1st Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn., 1935); exec. dir. Dept. Pub. Welfare, Boston, 1934-1937, prin. assessor, 1937 -; pres. 1st Fed. Sav. of Boston; mem. Fed. Sav. League N.E., Cath. Alumni Sodality. Clubs: City (Boston), Monday Lunch (Boston), Catholic. Democrat. Office: 185 Summer St., Boston. Home: 318 Warren St., Bos- ton. Summer res .: Nahant.


DOWLING, Martin Aloysius, sales manager (steel) ; b. Everett, Aug. 30, 1882; s. Peter F. Dowling and Ellen (Foley) D .; ed. Everett high sch .; A.B., Ilarvard Coil., 1906; m. Lucie M. Murtha of Chel- sea, Oct. 1913; children-Eleanor M., Ruth, Mi- riam. In heavy bldg. construction, 1906-11; con- nected with steel industry, principally as applic- able to construction work, 1911 -; sales mgr., Northern Steel Co., Boston; mem. Eiks ( Medford Lodge), Y.M.C.A. (Cambridge). Club: Kiwanis (Boston). Catholic. Republican. Office: 44 School St., Boston, Home: 138 Claflin St., Belmont. Summer res .: Rockport.


DOWNES, Harold Corbin, chemist; b. Yonkers, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1904; s. Norman Burt Downes and Min- nie (Corbin) D .; ed. Yonkers (N.Y.) high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1926; Ph.D., Columbia, 1933; m. Margaret Campbell of Wollaston, July 1930; 1 dau. -Patricia. Teacher, Brent Sch., Baguio, P.I., 2 yrs .; industrial research chem., Gustavus J. Es- selen, Boston, 1934-5; prof. chem., Lafayette Coll., Easton, Pa., 1937 -; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda, Upsilon, Sigma Xi. Au- thor: sci. articles on acidity in non-aqueous solu - tlons. Travel: P.I. Protestant. Republican. Of- fice: Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. Ilome: In- dian Pond Rd., Kingston.


Spiritual Book Assos .; founder, chmin. Pro Par- vulls Book Club; retreat master, Campion Hall; mem. Cath. Ednl. Assn., N.E. Class. Assn., Nat. Council Teachers of Eng., K.C. Author: chil- dren's books, pamphlets, plays. Jesuit. Repub- lican. Office: 820 Empire St Bldg., New York City. Home: Campion Hall, North Andover.


VDOWNEY, Henry A., physician and surgeon; b. Os- bornville, N.J., Aug. 12, 1875; s. Ilenry A. Downey and Eliza J. (Strickland) D .; ed. Peddie Inst., llightstown, N.J., 1891-94; Univ. Pa., 1894-97; M. D., Medico-Chirurgical Coll., Philad., Pa., 1898; m. Lillian E. Titus of Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 20, 1901; children-Marjorie E. (Mrs. Irwin B. Cone), Miriam I. In gen. practice of med., West Spring- field 1898 -; dir. West Springfield Trust Corp .; mem. Mass. and Hampden Co. Med. Socs., Spring- field Acad. Med., Masons, I.O.O.F. Republican. Home: 776 Westfield St., West Springfield.


DOWNEY, Willis Bates, lawyer; b. Hingham, July 6, 1897; s. Charles R. Downey and Ella L. ( Bates) 1) .; ed. Hingham high seh .; A.B., Brown Univ., 1919; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1923; m. Kather- ine Buttimer of Hingham, May 15, 1926; children -Anne, Pauline, Peter. With Peabody, Arnold, Batchelder & Luther, Boston, 1923-29; asst. gen. counsel, Boston Elevated Ry. Co., 1929-36; gen. counsel, 1936 -; dir. Transit Mut. Ins. Co .; chmn. Finance Com., Town of Hingham, 1937-, sec. 3 yrs .; In service June 1917-Apr. 1919, with Am- bulance Service, U.S.A., Italy, 1918, awarded Ital- ian war cross; mem. Boston Bar Assn. Clubs: Boston City, Wompatuck (llingham). Office: 31 Saint James Av., Boston. Ilome: 45 Lincoln St., Ilingham.


YDOWNS, Franklin II., manufacturer (retired); b. Mechanic Falls, Me., Dec. 13, 1859; s. Asa 1. Downs and Clara J. (Perkins) D .; cd. pub. schs., Me- chanic Falls; Hebron Acad., Me .; m. Anne C. Ballantyne of Tilton, N.H., June 20, 1895. Learned shoe mfg. bus. under Joseph Davis of Lynn; be- came mem. firm of Cushing & Downs, shoe ifrs., Lynn, later Downs & Watson Co .; retired 1906; re-entered bus., June 1908; partner P. J. Nangle & Co., infrs, cut soles, 1908-22; again retired; dir. Lynn Safe Deposit & Trust Co .; mem. Masons, Ilks. Club: Oxford of Lynn, (charter mem.). Universalist. Republican. Ollice: 99 Chauncy St., Boston. Home: Lynnfield.




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