Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 82

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Publication date: 1940
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EDDY, John Hardenbergh, Insurance agent; b. Bos- ton, Mar. 6, 1865; s. Peleg Esek Eddy and Caroline Sawyer (Howe) E .; cd. Boston Latin sch .; m. Emily French of Boston, Oct. 17, 1888; children-Beatrice French, Virginia Phillips. In bus, with wool lirm, 1882-89; in ins. bus. with father, estab. 1859, name of firm being changed to P. E. Eddy & Son, 1889- 96; father retired 1896, and firm became John H. Eddy & Co., head, 1896 -; dir. Holyoke Mut. Ifire Ins. Co., Salem .; pres. and dir. Mass. Plate Glass Ins. Co., Boston; mem. Boston Bd. Fire Under- writers (past pres.), Ins. Soc. Mass., Boston and U.S. Chambers of Commerce, S.A.R .; Mass. Soc. Founders and Patriots of Am. Travel: U.S. (ex- tensive), Dir. desc. Samuel Eddy, Plymouth, 1630; incorporator, treas., Eddy Family Assn., Inc .; many ancestors in Revolution. Episcopalian. Republi- can. Ofliec: 17 Pearl St., Boston. Ilome: 35 Otis St., Newtonville.


VEDDY, Robert Collins; asso, professor of industrial cooperation; b. Brunswick, N.Y., Mar. 29, 1881; s. John Collins Eddy and Ida (MeChestney) E .; ed. B.S., U.S. Mil. Acad., West Point, N.Y., 1905; grad., C.A. Sch., 1911; grad., Command and Gen. Staff Sch., 1923; grad., Army War College, 1926; in. Aimee I. Brooks of Farmington, Conn., June 14, 1906; children-Thornton Carroll (d.), Marcia Brooks. Commd. 2nd It. C.A. Corps, 1905, and ad- vanced regularly through grades to col. U.S.A., 1920; retired as col. U.S.A., 1931; asso. prof. In- dustrial cooperation, M.1.T. 1931 -; see Eddy Family Assn .; col. Arty. Corps, U.S.A., 1917-19;


dir. Mass. Safety Couneil, 1934-39, Mass. Ilighway Safety Survey, 1933-35. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Home: 17 Hillcrest Road, Belmont.


EDGAR, Leavitt Heltoy, pub. utilitles executive; b. N.Y.C., Aug. 13, 1887; s. Charles Leavitt Edgar and Annette M. (Duelos) E .; ed. Volkmann sch .; Harvard Univ., 1906-10; m. Margaret Clough of Lynn, Jan. 18, 1912 (d.); m. (2nd) Persis Baker of Greenwich, Conn .; children-Charles L., Il; Mar- garet, Barbara. In employ Boston Edison Co. 1911 -; head statis. dept., 1912-19, asst. gen. supt., 1919-32, v.p. and gen. supt., 1932-37, v.p., dir., 1937 -; chmn. bd. dirs. Met. Elcc. League; served in Construction Div., U.S.A., 1st It. Q.M.C., 1919; tr. Burroughs Newsboys Foundation. Clubs: En- gineers', Harvard, University, The Country ( Brook- linc), Mass. Auto, Country (Wellesley). Episco- palian. Republican. Office: Boston Edison Co., 182 Tremont St., Boston. Home: Grove St., Wellesley. YEDGELL, George Harold, art historian; b. St. Louis, Mo., Mar. 4, 1887; s. George Stephen Edgell and Isabella Wallace (Corbin) E .; ed. Cutler's Sch., . N.Y. City; A.B., Harvard, 1909, Ph. D., 1913; m. Jean Walters Delano of N.Y., June 13, 1914; children- George Harold, Jr., Delano, Henry Walters. Asst. in fine arts, Harvard, 1909-10, instr., 1912-14, asst. prof., 1914-22, asso. prof., 1922-25, prof., 1925-35, dean, faculty of architecture, and chmm., council of Sch. of Architecture, 1922-35; dir. Mus. Fine Arts, Boston; annual prof., Am. Acad., Rome, 1919- 20; exchange prof., Univ. Paris, 1929; Am. Commr., Interallled Commn. for Propaganda, Italian Gen. Staff, 1918; overseer, Harvard Univ., 1936 -; Cheva- lier, Legion of Honor, 1937 -; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; mem. Boston Art Commn., 1925 -. Clubs: Harvard, Tavern, Somerset (Boston); Har- vard, Century (N.Y.). Author: (with Fiske Kin- ball) A History of Architecture, 1918; The Amerl- can Architecture of Today, 1928; A llistory of Sienese Painting, 1932. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Home: New- port, N.II.


EDGELOW, Arthur Ford Geddes, physician; b. Lon - don, Eng., Oct. 19, 1891; s. Octavius Edgelow and Caroline Henrietta Bovell (Hallowell) E .; ed. Ra- cine Coll. gram. sch .; A.B., Trinity Coll., 1914; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1918; m. Cybel Katherine Schuyler Lighthall of Montreal, Jan. 11, 1922; children -- Alice Caroline Schuyler, Cybel Rather- ine, Honour Sarah Hallowell, Margaret Eileen Mary. Began practice medicine, 1918; house of- ficer, Mass. Gen. Hosp., Boston Lying-in Hosp .: obstetrician, Wesson Maternity llosp (tr. ) ; asst. surg. Springfield Hosp .; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 21 Maple St., Springfield. Home: 175 Mill St., Spring- liekd.


EDGERTON, Harold E., asso, professor of electrical engineering; b. Fremont, Neb., Apr. 6, 1903; s. Frank E. Edgerton and Mary Nettie (Coe) 13 .; cd. Aurora (Neb.) high sch .; B.S., Univ. Neb., 1925; M.S., M.I.T., 1927, D.Sc., 1931; m. Esther M. Gar- rett, Feb. 28, 1928; children-Mary Louise, Wil- liam Eugene, Robert Frank. With Gen. Elee. Co., 1926: at MI.T., 1926-, asso, prof. clee. engring., M.I.T., 1938 -. Author: several tech. papers on synchronous motors and high-speed photography. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 205 School St., Belmont.


Y EDGERTON, Herbert Oliver, insurance executive; b. Conway, Mar. 21, 1862; s. Gurdon Edgerton and Eleanor (Gunn) E .; ed. Brimfield Acad., 1878-80; m. Emma T. Houghton of Williamstown, Dec. 21, 1887; children-Gurdon Irving (d.), Herbert llough- ton (d.). Bank clk., 1880-95; founded Greenfield Ilfe Assn., connected with same, 1895-1901; gen. agt. Boston Mut. Life Ins. Co., 1901-04, sec., later v.p., 1904-10, pres. 1910-37, gen. adviser, 1937 -. Clubs: Boston City, Exchange. Office: 160 Congress St., Boston. Home: 142 Goden St., Belmont.


Y EDGETT, Edwin Francis, journalist, writer; b. Rox- bury, Jan. 12, 1867; s. Reuben Edgett and Eveline (Pray) E .; ed. Cambridge high sch .; A. B., Harvard, 1894; m. Evelyn Torrey of Wellesley, Sept. 15, 1896. Dramatic ed., Boston Transcript, 1894-99, lit. ed., 1901-38; asst. ed., The King, London, Eng.,


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1899-1900. Author: Plays of the Present, 1901; Players of the Present, 1901; Life of Edward L. Davenport, 1901; Slings and Arrows, 1922; innu- incrable articles, Boston Transcript, 1894-38. Home: 200 Pleasant St., Arlington.


EDSALL, Johu Tileston, asso. professor of biologi- cal chemistry, rescarch worker; b. Phila., Pa., Nov. 3, 1902; s. David Linn Edsall and Margaret (Tile- ston) E .; ed. Milton Acad .; Browne & Nichols Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1923; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1928; student, Cambridge Univ., Eng., 1924-26; in. Margaret Dunham of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1929; chil- dren-James Lawrence Dunham, David Tileston, Nicholas Cranford. Tutor in biochem. sei., llar- vard, 1928-, asst. prof. biol. chem., 1932-38, asso. prof., 1938 -; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Soc. Biol. Chemists, Amn. Acad. Arts & Sciences. Author: sci. papers on chemistry of proteins and amino-acids in various jours. Democrat. Ofliee: Ilarvard Medieal School, Boston. Home: 111% Hilliard St., Cam- bridge. Summer res .: Greensboro, Vt.


'EDSON, William Walter, electrical engineer; b. Mt. Vernon, Ind., Mar. 12, 1896; s. John M. Edson and Grace (Welch) E .; ed. Mt. Vernon (Ind.) high seh .; S.B. (elec. engring.), Purdue Univ., 1921; Carnegie night sch .; m. Fern Golden of Acton, Mar. 20, 1916; children-Lloyd Joanne, Sara Lee, William David. Methods engr., Western Elec. Co., 1921-22; power plant engr., Bucyrus Steam Shovel Co .; engr., Ind. Pub. Service Commin., 1922; supt., Tell City Water 1


& Light Co .; engr., Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., 1922-25, Boston Edison Co., 1926-, now head, Sta. Elec. Design; with Ind. Nat. Guard on Mex. border, 1916; 1st lt. I.A., U.S.A., with A.E.F., 1917-19, capt., 34th F.A .; mem. Eta Kappa Nu, Scabbard & Blade, Res. Officers Assn., Am. Inst. E.E. Desc. Samuel Edson, Salem, 1639. Methodist. Republi- can. Office: 39 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 11 Central Ter., Auburndale. Sunimer res .: Maynard. V EDWARDS, David Frank, business exccutive; b. Jackson, O., July 21, 1881; s. David Frank Ed- wards and Cornelia Virginia (Rathburn) E .; ed. A.B., Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1903; A.M., Harvard, 1906; m. Edna l'ay of Columbus, O., Aug. 30, 1906. Teacher, first In secondary schs., later as asso. prof. Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 5 yrs .; ednl. dir. William Filene Sons Co., 1909-10; industrial sec. Boston Ch. Commerce, 1910-11; comptroller, then v.p. Olds Motor Works, 1912-16; asst. to pres., Gen. Motors Co., 1911-12; pres. and dir. Saco- Lowell Shops, 1926 -; dir. Cambridge Trust Co., Arkwright Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Liberty Mutual Ins. Co .; maj. Ordnance Corps, U.S.A., World War; past pres. Nat. Assn. of Textile Machinery Mfrs .; v.D. and dir. Ch. Commerce of U.S .; chin. Code Authority of Textile Machinery Industry under N.R.A .; dir. Textile Exhibitors Assn. of Boston; mem. I'hi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: Exchange (Boston), St. Botolph ( Boston), Harvard Faculty (Cambridge) ; Harvard, Merchants (N.Y.); The Country ( Brookline). Congregationalist. Rc- publican. Office: 60 Batterymarch St., Boston. Home: 11 Garden Terrace, Cambridge.


EDWARDS, Martin, physician; b. Newaygo, Mich., Oet. 27, 1880; s. Timothy Edwards and Lydia (Mar- tin) E .; ed. Albion Coll. Prep. Sch .; Albion Coll .; Boston Univ .; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1908; Dr. P.H., Harvard Sch. Pub. Health, 1914; m. Ethel looper of Chicago, Il., 1911; children-Anita, Ethel, Martin, Jr. Organized Harvard Med. Sch. of China, 1910-14; prof. services largely devoted to preventive med. as applied to the individual; in- terested in development of adult cdn .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Author: Medical Missions in the Far East. Travel: extensive in Europe, Asia. Uni- tarian. Republican. Offlec: 21 Bay State Rd., Bos- ton. Home: Winthrop Rd., Wayland.


& EDWARDS, Robert Seaver, chemical and consulting engineer; b. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 27, 1877; s. Henry Jewett Edwards and Augusta (Seaver) E .; ed. An- dover Acad., 1896-97; A.B., Bowdoln Coll., 1900; Chem. Engr., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1902; m. Teresa E. M. Pastene, Sept. 8, 1913; children-Esther P., Betty, Charles 1'., Jean S. Chem. engr., Rockland- Rockport Lime Co., Rockland, Me., 1902-05; in pvt. practice, engring. and consulting in N.E., 1905-10;


cons. work and established labs. in Portland, Ore., 1910-16, in Callf., 1916-18; cons. work, also develop- ment engr. for Rumford Chem, Works, Rumford, R.I., 1921 -; mem. Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs., Am. Soc. for Testing Materials, Alpha Delta P'hi, Mass. Soc. of Cincinnati, MacMillan Arctie Assn. Clubs: Wamamoisett Country ( Rumford, R.I.), Multnomah of Ore. (life mem.), Golf ( llyannisport). Uni- tarlan. Republican. Office: Rumford Chemical Works, Rumford, R.I., and Milton. Ilome: 202 Reedsdale Rd., Milton.


VEDWARDS, Roger Douglas, business executive; b. Albert Lca, Minn., Aug. 29, 1899; s. Charles Douglas Edwards and Hortense Augusta (Jackson) E .; ed. Univ. Minn .; Univ. Pa .; Wharton Sch. Gen. ingr., C. D. Edwards Mfg. Co., Albert Lea, Minn., 1921-28; v.p. Ryan Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., 1928-31; mgr. machinery finance div., Merchants & Mfrs. Securl- ties Corp., Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; pres. Stlmpson Corp., Louisville Acceptance Corp., Stimpson Com- puting Scale Co. (all of Louisville, Kentucky), 1933-35; pres. and sales migr. Atlas Tack Corp., l'airhaven, 1935 -; served in Air Service, U.S.A., 1917-19; mem. Masons, Elks. Clubs: Pendennis (Lonisville, Ky.), Bankers (N. Y.C.), Internat. Sales Execs. Assn. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Atlas Tack Corporation, Fairhaven. Home: 584 Rockdale Av., New Bedford.


EDWARDS, William Wesley, mechanical engineer, teacher; b. East Liverpool, O., 1883; s. Franklin F. Edwards and Alice (Gaston) E .; ed. East Liverpool .(O.) high sch .; B.S. (mech. engring.), Case Sch. Applied Sei., Cleveland, O., 1906; Univ. Mo .; Har- vard; in. Jane E. Hallam of ES. Liverpool, O., 1907; 1 dau .- Mary Elisabeth Anderson. Mech. engr., Boston; teacher mech. engring., Univ. Mo., Rens- selaer Poly., Wentworth Inst., 1939 -; layer out of power plants and power machinery; mem. Am. Soc. M.E., Soc. Promotion Engring. Ein. Club: Neigh- borhood (W. Newton). Protestant. Offlee: 550 Iluntington Av., Boston. Home: 16 Regent St., West Newton. Summer res .: East Liverpool, O.


EGAN, Charles Henry, director of chemical re- search; b. Boston, July 27, 1890; s. Patrick J. Egan and Mary E. (Murphy) E .; ed. So. Boston high sch .; Lowell Textile Inst., 1915; m. Mary I .. Acorn of Boston, Sept. 4, 1923; children-Frederick C., Paul, Jean Mary. Analyst with Arthur D. Little, 1907- 18; chem. and dir. research Dewey & Almy Chem. Co., 1918 -; 2nd It., Chem. Warfare Serviec, 1918- 19; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Geographic Soc. Catholic. Republican. Office: 62 Whittemore Av., Cambridge. 1lome: 55 Horne Rd., Belmont.


V EGAN, Joseph Burke, editor, educator, author; b. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 11, 1879; s. Michael B. Egan and Josephine (Godola) E .; ed. A.B., Creighton Univ., 1899, A.M., 1900, LL.D., 1936; A.B., Harvard, 1904; in. Grace Robinson, Sept. 30, 1905; 1 son-Robert Burke. Submaster, Washington Sch., Boston, 1904- 11; master, Harvard Seb. bist. (6 schs.), Boston, 1914 -; now pres. Welles Pub. Co., Inc .; ed., Educa- tional Standards, Citizenship through Character Development; now ed., The Monthly Journal of Character Training and World Horizons, also 4-H Horizons (nat. 4-H youth mag. ); organizer Nat. Radio and Sch. Inst .; v.p. Anti-Cigarette Alliance Am. Club: Boston Authors. Author: Little People of the Dust, 1913; The Beaten Path, 1918; Citizen- ship in Boston, 1925; Character Chats, 1926; The Wonder Book (with L. J. Wood), 1928; Wings of J'lame, 1930; New Found Tales, 1930; Character Training Through Story, Study, Work and Play, Book I, 1932, Book 11, 1931; The Talk-Statues, 1934; Prairie Days, 1935; Character and Power, 1936; Diagnostic Remedial Reading Charts, 1936; Studio and School Series of Radio Plays (4 vols.), 1936; and (4 vols.) 1937; The History of U.S. in 28 Radio Plays, 1937; Pathway to Power, 1937; Character Chats, syndleated weckly artieles; Character Work- shop, in Jour. of Edn .; weekly radio broadcasts of character building dramaties, 1934-37. Catholic.


Office: 473 Washington St., Wellesley. Home: 12 Wareland Rd., Wellesley Hills.


V EHRENFRIED, Albert, surgcon; b. Lewiston, Me., Feb. 9, 1880; s. George Ehrenfried and Rachel (Blauspan) E .; ed. Boston Latin sch., 1898; A.B.


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(cum laude), Harvard, 1902; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1905; surg. house officer, Boston City Hosp., 1905-07; m. Grace Waterman of Bangor, Me., July 3, 1912; children-George, Frederika Jean, Con- stance. Practiced, Boston, 1907 -; formerly surg., sanatorium div. Boston City Hosp., Ist asst. surg., Boston City Hosp .; sr. visiting surg., Beth Israel Hosp,; asst. surg., Children's Hosp .; asst. in sur- gery, Harvard Med. Seh .; cons. surg., Jewish Mem. Hosp .; mem. Brookline Town Meeting. Mem. ex- amining com. Boston Pub. Lib .; aux, bd. mgrs., Sch. Crippled & Deformed Children; pres. Temple Sinai, fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Coll. Surg .; mem. Am. Genetie Assn., Am. Eugenies Assn., Eugenics Re- search Soc., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soe. (councillor), Boston Med. Lib. Club: Ilarvard. Author: Surgi- cal After Treatment (with L. R. G. Crandon), 1912. Editor and Translator: Krause-Heyman-Ehrenfried Textbook of Surgical Operations, 1915; articles on surg. subjs. , Office: 21 Bay State Rd., Boston. Home: 33 Centre St., Brookline.


EHRICH, Robert W., archaeologist, anthropologist; b. N.Y. City, Apr. 23, 1908; s. William J. Ehrich and Adelaide (Price) E .; ed. Ilotehkiss Sch .; A.B. (eum laude), Harvard, 1930, M.A., 1932; m. Ann Marie Hoskin of Akron, O., Mar. 12, 1937. Mem. expdn. to Nuzi, Iraq, 1929-30; asso. dir. expdn. to Czecho- slovakia, 1929-1931; Jugoslavia, 1932, 1933; mem. expdn. to Tarsus, Turk., 1934-36, asst. (sometimes acting) field dir., Tarsus excavations, 1937 -. Au- thor: a few short sci. articles. Travel: Europe ( Western, Cent., Balkans), Near East (Turk., Y Syria, Iraq). Office: Care of Peabody Museum, Cambridge, or Amerikan Hafriyat, Tarsus, Turkey. VEHRLICH, Harry Moses, lawyer; b. New Haven, Conn., Mar. 12, 1891; s. Moses Ehrlich and Esther (Holstein) E .; ed. Springfield pub, schs., 1896-1905, high sch., 1905-09; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1912; m. Rose Feinberg of New York, Dec. 31, 1914; children-Ruth (Mrs. Lester Werman), Arthur J. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1913; engaged in gen. prae- tice of law, Springfield, 1913 -; adm. to practice be- fore all courts of the Commonwealth and of the U.S .; pres. and dir. Moses Ehrlich Iron and Metal Co. (established 1891), Springfield, 1925 -; dir, in a number of local corps .; apptd. by Governor Curley as one of three on Comni, on Investigation of Ju- dicial System of Commonwealth of Mass., 1935- 36; mem. Cominn. on Sesqui-Centennial Celebra- tion of Adoption of Constitution, 1936; mem. Am., Mass, and Hampden Co. (pres. 1934-36) Bar Assns., Zeta Beta Tau, Elks (past exalted ruler, 1928-29). Club: Oxford Country (Chicopee). Jewish. Demo- crat. Office: 1387 Main St., Springfield, Home: 444 Sumner Av., Springfield.


VEHIRMANN, Herbert Brutus, lawyer; b. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 15, 1891; s. HFilmar Ehrmann and Ernes- tine (Ileissman) E .; ed. Louisville male high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1912; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1911; in. Sara Emilie Rosenfeld of Rochester, N. Y., May 12, 1917; children-Hilmar Bruce, Robert Lin- coln. Men. Goulston and Storrs; Judicial Council, Mass., 1934-37; tr. Mass. Training Schs., 1933-37; pres. Hale House Assn., United Settlements of Greater Boston, 1934-37; acting chmn. Gen. Dist. Service, Federated Jewish Charities, 1919-21; mem. War Labor Policies Bd., 1918-19; dir. Industrial Relations Div., U.S. Shipping Bd., 1919; mem. Bos- ton, Mass, and Am. Bar Assns., Delta Sigma Rho. Clubs: Harvard, University. Author: Criminal Courts of Cleveland, 1921; The Untried Case, 1933. Jewish. Independent. Office: 80 Federal St., Bos- ton. Home: 14 Irving St., Brookline.


EINARSON, Benedict, teacher; b. Chicago. Ill., Apr. 29, 1906; s. Benedict Einarson and J. M. (Peterson) E .; ed. Parker Practice Sch .; A.B., Univ. Chicago, 1926, A.M., 1928, Ph.D., 1932. Sterling fellow, Yale Univ., 1932; jr. fellow, Harvard Univ., 1933-36; instr. and tutor Greck and Latin, 1937 -. Swedish Lutheran. Address: Harvard University, Cam- bridge. Summer res .: Palos Park, Cook Co., Ill.


EISEMAN, Philip, banker; b. Boston, Mar. 11, 1904; s. Ludwig Eiseman and Selma (Weil) E .; ed. Phil- lips Acad., Andover, 1921; 13.S., llarvard, 1925; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1927; m. Marion Becker, June 14, 1930; 1 dau,-Anne. Began


with Old Colony Corp., 1927, asst. treas., Old Colony Trust Assn., 1931, v.p., 1939 -; with Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp., Wash., D.C., 1934-35; dir. Appleton Nat. Bk. of Lowell, Eliz. Peabody House Assn., Housing Assn. of Metrop. Boston; tr. Hecht Neighborhood House. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston), Kernwood Coun- try. Office: 1 Federal St., Boston. Home: 142 Brat- tle St., Cambridge. Summer home: 133 Puritan Rd., Swampscott.


VEISENBERG, Moses Joel, dentist; b. N.Y.C., July 22, 1895; s. Franz Eisenberg and Eva Josephine (Evans) E .; ed. Boston high sch .; D.M.D., Harvard Dental Sch., 1917; m. Violet Hirshon of Brookline, June 30, 1929; children-Frederick Aaron, Judith Ann. Engaged in practice of dentistry, Roxbury, 1917 -; asst., dept. dental research, Harvard Dental Seh., 1917-18, acting chief dept. dental orthopedics, 1923-25, chief of dept., 1925-30; asso. ed., Am. Den- tal Surgeon, 1925; awarded fellowship in dental re- search, Harvard, 1933; served as mem. Examination Com., Draft Bd., and mem. Preparedness League Am. Dentists, World War; mem. Adult Edn. Com., chmn. Youth Edn. Com. of Temple Mishkan Tefila; fellow Royal Mieros. Soc. of London (Eng.), A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Dental Assn., Ain. Chem. Soc., Greater Boston Dental Soc., First Internat. Con- gress of Orthodontists, Masons (32º), Shrine. Awarded Ilarriet Newell Lowell Medal for Dental Research at Harvard, 1917. Club: Bond Astro- nomical ( llarvard). Jewish. Republican, Home: 444 Warren St., Roxbury.


EISENMENGER, Walter S., research professor of agronomy; b. Warrensville, Pa., Dee. 18, 1886; s. Rev. John Eisenmenger and Sophia (Waltz) E .; ed. Lycoming County Normal Sch .; B.S., Bucknell Univ., 1912, M.S., 1915; A.M., Columbia, 1923, Ph.D., 1928; m. Emily Brenner of Myerstown, Pa., July 11, 1925; children-Robert Waltz, Helen B. (d.). Prof. chemistry, Univ. Tulsa, 1915-16, Albright Coll., 1919-25; prof. biochemistry, Fla. State Coll., 1927- 28; instr., Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1928-31; research prof. agronomy and head dept., Mass. State Coll., 1931 -; pvt. Inf., U.S.A., then transferred to C. W.S., 1917-19; with A.E.F. in France; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Soe. of Agronomy, Am. Assn. of Plant Physiology, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Xi. Republican. Office: Mass. State College, Amherst. Home: 39 Dana St., Amherst.


EKBLAW, W(alter) Elmer, professor of geography; b. Rantoul, Ill., Mar. 10, 1882; S. Andrew Ekblaw and Ingrid (Johnson) E .; ed. Austin Coll., Elling- ham, Ill .; A.B., Univ. Ill., 1910, A.M., 1912; Ph.D., Clark Univ., 1916; in. Augusta May Krieger of Peoria, Ill., Feb. 28, 1918; m. (2d) Ellen Lilian Lindblad, Jan., 1923; children -- W. Einer. . hr, Neil William, Elsa May. Botanist and geologist, Macmillan Crocker Land Expd., 1913-17; research asso., Am. Mus. Nat. Ilist., N.Y. City, also grad. fellow, Univ. Ill., 1917-22; cons. geologist, 1922-24; grad. fellow, Clark Univ., 1921-26; asso. prof. geog., Clark Univ., 1926-28, prof., 1928 -; mem. Assn. Am. Geographers, A.A.A.S., Am, Ornithol. Union, Am. Soe. Mammalogists, Gamma Alpha, Acacia, Sigma Xi, Theta Nu Epsilon, A.F. & A.M., etc. Clubs: Ki- wanis (Champaign, Il., life mem.), Cosmos ( Wash- ington), Explorers (N.Y.). Author: New England Fancies; Along Unknown Shores, ete .; many mag, articles. Travel: Arctic, No. Am., Europe. Episco- palian. Republican. Office: Clark University, Worcester. - Ilome: The Homelands, North Grafton, ELDRED. Calvin Powell, engineer; b. Minneapolis, Minn., Apr. 13, 1885; s. Calvin Powell Eldred and Esther Diantha (Stevenson) E .; ed. Chester (Vt.) high sch .; Coburn Class. Inst., Waterville. Me .; S.B., M.I.T., 1912; m. Anna Elizabeth Cassidy, Nov. 30, 1912; 1 son-Calvin Powell, III. Research asst. in elec. engring., M.I.T., 1912-14; asst. instr., Pratt Inst., 1911-17; asst. prof. elec. engring,, in charge of dept., Northeastern Univ., 1917; prof. elee. en- gring., head of dept., Ga. Sch. Tech., 1917-20; prof. elec. engring., Rensselaer Poly. Inst., 1920-22; engr., John A. Manning Paper Co., Troy, N.Y., 1922-24; mech, supt., Hollingsworth & Vose Co., E. Walpole, 1924 -; town meeting mein., mem. Finance Com., Dedham; teacher, Naval Rev. Sch., Pratt Inst., World War. Club: Plant Engineers ( Boston, past pres.). Author: articles on engring. Unitarian.


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Republican. Oflicc: Hollingsworth & Vose Co., East Walpole. Home: 495 Washington St., Ded- ham.


V ELDREDGE, William Daniel; b. Templeton, July 17, 1868; s. Danlel Eldredge and Mary Calista (Wentworth) E .; ed. pub. schs., Boston; in. Mrs. Ella F. Mcloughlin (formerly Miss Ella F. Hcine- mann, of Wellsville, N.Y.), Oct. 24, 1911; 1 son- Bartlett Wentworth. Became dir. Homestead Coop. Bks., Sept. 11, 1892, and a yr. later was elected dir. of the Pioneer and Guardian Coop. Bks .; now pres. Pioneer Coop. Bk. Mein. Loyal Legion, Masons (32°), K.T., Sons of Union Vets., Aleppo Temple, A.O.N.U.S. Clubs: Republican, Appalachian Mt., Boston City, Field & Forest. Methodist. Republi- can. Office: 36 Bromfield St., Boston. Home: Gar- rison Hall, Boston.


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VELDRIDGE, Edward Henry, educator; b. Phila., Pa., Feb. 8, 1870; s. David and Elizabeth P. (Henry) E .; ed. Central high sch., Phila .; Temple Univ. and Am- herst Coll .; spl. studies psychology, Univ. of Chi- cago, Univ. of Pa., Clark Univ .; Ph.D., Temple Univ., 1907; m. Florence Beery Heisser of Colum- bus, O., Dec. 27, 1923; 1 son-Joseph Beery. Teacher 1895 -; pres. Eastern Commercial Teachers' Assn., 1912-13; sec. Nat. Shorthand Reporters' Assn., 1912- 11; v.p., 1926-27; mem. bd. regents, Am. Inst. for Secretaries; dir. Secretarial Sch. of Simmons Coll., 1902-36, now emeritus; mem. Nat. Office Manage- ment Assn., hon. mem. N.Y., Pa., and Mass. Short- land Reporters' Assn. Author: Hypnotism, 1902; Shorthand Dictation Exercises, 1910; Expert Type- writing ( with Miss Rose Fritz), 1911; Business Speller and Vocabulary, 1913; Essentials of Expert Typewriting (with Rose L. Fritz and Gertrude W. Craig), 1919; New Shorthand Dictation Exercises, 1922; New Expert Typewriting (with Rose 1 .. Fritz and Gertrude W. Craig), 1929; A First Course in Expert Typewriting, 1935; Shorthand Reading and Dictation Exercises (with Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Stickney), 1939. Baptist. Republican. Homc: 202 E. Main St., Marlboro.


ELICKER, Paul Edgar, principal, Newton High School; b. York, Pa., June 4, 1894; s. John S. Elicker and Elizabeth A. (Kuhl) E .; ed. York County Acad .; A.B., Ursinus Coll., 1914; A.M., Columbia Univ., 1922; }d.M., Harvard Univ. Grad. Sch. Edu., 1931; m. Elsie M. Finkenor of Sag Harbor, N. Y., Mar. 23, 1918; 1 son-Paul Hamilton. Asst. principal, Malverne high sch., N.Y., 1914-16; head dept. math., Hasbrouck Heights high sch., N.J., 1916-17; Frank - lin Sch., N.Y.C., 1917-18; served as 2nd Lt., U.S. Inf., 77th Div., Aug. 3, 1918-Dec. 1918; head dept. math., Colleglate Sch., N. Y.C., 1918-23; instr., New- ton high sch., 1923-27; asst. principal, 1927-32; principal, 1932 -; lecturer edn., Boston Univ., 1937 ~; chmn. Atlantic Zone, Nat. Survey Edn .; consultant, Pres. Roosevelt's Advisory Com. on Edn., 1937-38; mem. Nat. Com. on Research in Sec- oudary Redu., 1937 -; mem. exce. com., Coll. En- trance Exam. Bd .; dir. Newton Y.M.C.A .; pres. Newton Rotary Club; pres. Nat. Assn. Secondary Sch. Principals, 1939; Am. Legion, Mass. High Sch. Principals Assn., N.E.A. Clubs: Friday Evening, Davis, Fifteen of Us, Quintepcd. Au- thor: several educational articles in educational mags. Travel: Europe. Dutch Reformed. Of- fice: Newton High School, Newton. Ilome: 78 Greylock Rd., Newtonville.




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