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ELLIS, Richard II., civil engineer; b. Lawrence, Aug. 12, 1893; s. Richard W. Ellis and Helen (Dear) E .; ed. Lawrence high sch .; Phillips Exeter Acad .; Y B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1916; Thayer Seh. Engring .; m. Violet Appleyard of Methuen, 1920; children- Rlehard W., II, Charlotte Dear. Supt. pub works, No. Andover, 1916-30; water commr., Newton, 1930-34, dir. pub. works, 1934-36; engr., inspec- tion dept., Factory Mut. Fire Ins. Cos., 1936 -; mem. Meteorol. Sect., Signal Corps, U.S.A., 18 mos.,
1917-19; mem. Am. and N.E. Water Works Assns. (past pres. of latter), Am. and Boston Soes. C.E., A.F.&A.M. Author: articles in tech. and engring. jours. Republican. Office: 184 Illgh St.,. Boston. / Ilome: 37 llalcyon Rd., Newton Centre.
V*ELLIS, Walter Fred, investment banker; b. So. Royalston, Apr. 4, 1876; s. Fred Orln Ellis and Emma Jane ( Hale) E .; ed. Thayer Acad., Brain- tree; State Normal Sch., Bridgewater; A.B., Ilar- vard, 1900; m. Florence Emma Hirt of N.Y. City, Nov. 17, 1905; 1 dau .- Sidonia IFirt. Teacher, pub. schs., Boston, 1901-03; mgr. agency, N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 1903-05; investment banker, 1905 -; lec- turer on "Thrift" and "Citizenship"; corporator, Dedham Instn. Sav .; a founder, dir. Ist yr., Spring- field Consumers' Cooperative; founder, Ist pres., Dedham Community Assn., Dedham Open Forum; mem. S.A.R., Soc. Mayflower Deses. (through 12 ancestors). Clubs: Twentieth Century (Boston), University (Springfield), Springfield City (pres., 9 yrs.), Conn. Valley Harvard. Unitarian, Re- publican. Office: 1200 Main St., Springfield. Home: 41 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow. Died Aug. 9, 1939.
ELLIS, William Henry, business executive; b. East Boston, Aug. 9, 1884; s. William 11. Ellis and Josephine V. (Kenny) 19 .; ed. Mechanics Arts high sch., Boston; degree of oratory, Coll. of Spoken Word; m. Frances Deane Cunniff of Quincy, 1910; children-William H., Jr., Frances J., Marie C. Gen. mgr., W. H. Ellis & Son Co., East Boston, specializers in all kinds of waterfront construc- tion, over 30 yrs., now pres, and treas .; also ex- pert, adviser and adjuster in his line of work, tr. E. Boston Sav. Bk .; mem. Assn. Gen. Contractors Am., Am. Soc. Civil & Mil. Engrs., Am. Assn. Mil. Engrs. (v.p., Boston Chap.), Boston Soc. C.IC., N.E. Marine Chap. Contractors, Boston and Mari- time Chambers of Commerce. Ancient & Ilon. Arty. Co. (past comdr.), Charitable Mass. Mechanic Assn .; Charitable Irish Soc., Elks, Fusl- liers, etc. Clubs: Boston City, Army & Navy, Ten- of-Us, Propellor. Travel: W.I., Bermuda, Cuba, Europe, U.S., N.S. Office: 179 Meridian St., East Boston. Home: 130 La Grange, Brookline.
VELLIS, Willlam V., investment securities; b. Cam- bridge, Nov. 14, 1887; s. William R. Ellis and Margaret F. (McCarthy) E .; ed. A. B., Harvard; m. Mary Grace Maguire of Pawtucket, R.I., Jan. 12, 1918; children-William V., Mary, Jane. In security investment bus, as mem. firm Pickhardt & Ellis. Clubs: Harvard, Exchange, Union Boat (Boston) ; Harvard (New York). Catholic. Office: 50 Congress St., Boston. Ilome: 146 Hyslop Rd., Brookline.
VELIASTON, Herbert Berridge, financial editor; b. Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng., Nov. 15, 1895; S. Frederick Thomas Elliston and Ellzabeth (Ber- ridge) E .; came to U.S., 1922; m. Mildred Foster, of Burlington, Vt .; 1 son-Stephen Foster. Re- porter, Midland Daily Telegraph, Portsmouth Evening News; for. corr., Manchester Guardian and The Observer (London); ed. writer, New York Ilerald, 1922-23; econ. advisor to Chinese Govt., 1923-27; asst. dir. of research (economist), Coun- cil on For. Relations, New York, N.Y., 1927-30; joined The Christian Selence Monitor, 1930, finan- eial ed., 1933 -; served as signaller in Royal Horse Arty., 1915-18, recommended on the field for commn., disch. as cadet; mem. Am. Economic Assn., Royal Inst. of Internat. Affairs, Royal Econ. Soc. Clubs: Century (N.Y.C.), Royal So- cieties (London, Eng.), National Press ( Washing- ton, D.C.), Peking (Peiping, China). Author, co- author and asso. ed., American Foreign Relations 1927-30, yearly vol. publ. by Council on For. Re- lations, N.Y. City. Ofllee: The Christian Science Monitor, Boston. llome: 11 Park Drive, Boston.
ELLSWORTHI, JJames Drummond; b. Milford, Oct. 14, 1863; s. Alfred Augustus Ellsworth and An- Kellna Grimke Clementine (Cook) E .; ed. Knox Acad., Galesburg, Ill .; Colo. Coll., 1880-81; m. Mabel Silsby Morrison of Braintree, June 1, 1893; ehildren-Elizabeth, Elmer Morrison, Mrs. Fanny Goulding Scannell. Ed., Coal Creek (Colo.) En- terprise, 1884; reporter, Denver Republiean, 1885-
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89, Boston Herald, and N.Y. Recorder, 1890-97; corr., N.Y. Herald, 1898-99; with Publicity Bur., Boston, 1900-07; publicity mgr., Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 1908-24; asst. v.p., 1924-27, asst. to pres., 1927-30; tr. Am. Defense Soc .; mem. Nat. Economie League, Assn. of Investors. Clubs: St. Botolph. Travel: Europe. Episcopallan. Republican. Ilome: 81 West Cedar St., Boston.
FELLSWORTH, Samuel Aldrich, banker; b. Worces- ter, Jan. 23, 1873; s. Joseph Warren Ellsworth and Mary Louise (Aldrich) E .; ed. Worcester pub. schs .; Harvard, 1892-94; m. Annabel Barret of Woreester, Sept. 4, 1900; children-Warren Al- drich, Bradford, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Sumner Til- ton). Engaged in bus, of banking continuously 1894 -; v.p. Mechanies Nat. Bk. to 1935; dir. and mem. investment bd., Morris Plan Bk .; tr. Mort- gage Investment Co. Clubs: Commonwealth, Worcester. Universalist. Republican. Home: 49 William St., Woreester.
ELLSWORTH, Samuel Morrison, consulting engi- neer; b. Braintree, Jan. 1, 1895; s. George Gower Ellsworth and llelen ( Morrison) E .; ed. Brain- tree high sch .; B.S., M.I.T., 1916; m. Marjorie Ann Thomas, Nov. 6, 1926; sons-Samuel M., Jr., Thom- as A. San. engr. 1916 -; with Mass. Dept. Pub. Health, on reclamation Neponset River lowlands, 1916-17, on sewage disposal, Merrimack River Valley citics, 1923; chin. san. insp. Red Cross and U.S. Pub. Health Service, Eliz. City Co., Va., 1917; 2d lt. 26th Engrs., A. E.F., water supply regt., First U.S. Army, 1918-19; with Morris Knowles, Inc., Cons. Engrs., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1920-21; Wes- ton & Sampson, Cons. Engrs., Boston, 1922-23; No. Jersey Dist. Water Supply Commn. on develop- ment and constrn. of water supply for Newark, Paterson, Passaie, Elizabeth, etc., N.J., 1923-1926; joined staff of Metcalf and Eddy; Engrs., Boston, 1926; entered private consulting practice under own name, doing mun, and industrial water sup- ply, sewage and wastes disposal, gen. sanitation, 1933; cons. engr. on river and harbor sanitation to Nat. Resources Bd. for N.E. states, 1934, 1936; inem. Boston Works Projects Bd., apptd. by mayor to develop unemployment relief projects, 1935-36: apptd. lecturer on san. engring. design, Harvard Univ. Grad. Sch. of Engring., 1938; mem. Boston and Am. Soc. of C.E., N.E. and Am. Waters Works Assns., N.E. Sewage Works Assn. Club: Boston City. Author: various prof. papers. Travel: Europe (to obtain information on European prac- tiee of san. engring), 6 mos., 1930-31. Desc., on paternal side, Anne Hutchinson; maternal anees- tors include Hollis and Penniman families, among first Settlers of Braintree. Unitarian.
Inde- pendent Republican. Office: 12 Pearl St., Boston. Ilome: 15 Colby Road, Braintree.
ELSON, Alfred Walter, printer, art publisher; b. Boston, Mar. 20, 1859; s. Julius Elson and Rosalie (Schnell) E .; ed. Boston and Roxbury Eng. high schs .; m. Maud Spooner of Plymouth, Dec. 16, 1886. Work has been (1) production of illus- trations for books, in color and in momochrome, chiefly for art books; (2) printing and pub. large pictures for decoration of schools, esp. for study of art in ednl. instns., as Rise and Progress of Greek Art (text by Prof. Tarbell of Univ. Chicago), Italian Painting (text by Dr. John C. Van Dyke), and many hundred pictures by great- est artists of many nations and sehs. ; pres., treas., Elson Co., Inc .; drafted with others, and followed up administration of Mass. statute to check destruction by Gypsy and Browntail moths then a serious menace in Eastern U.S .; formerly chin. Planning Bd., chmn., Warrant Com., chinn. Com. on Representative town govt., and other spl. coms. of Belmont; treas., Mass. Forestry Assn. Travel: Europe (5 times). Author: a brief volume on the reproductive Graphic Arts (lectures to class in printing at Harvard in early days of Bus. Sch.). Unitarian. Independent, gen. Republican. Office: Locust St., Belmont. Home: 527 Concord Av., Belmont.
ELSON, Arthur, musical critic; b. Boston, Nov. 18, 1873; s. Louis Charles Elson and Bertha (Liss- ner) E .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1892-95; S.B., M.I.T.,
1897; unmarried. Mem. Rockport Ilist. Soc., Guild Boston Artists, Rockport Art Assn. Clubs: Unl- versity, Boston Authors', Boston Chess (now bridge). Author: A Critical llistory of Opera, 1901; Orchestral Instruments and Their Use, 1902; Woman's Work in Music, 1903; Modern Com- posers of Europe, 1904; Music Club Programs from All Nations, 1907; The Musician's. Guide, 1913; The Book of Musical Knowledge, 1915; etc .; articles in revs. and mags. Collaborator and ed., The World's Best Music. Travel: Europe. Uni- tarian. Republican, Home: 114 Fenway, Boston. ELTINGE, Ethel Taber, asst. professor of Botany; b. Syracuse, N.Y., June 1, 1899, d. Arthur Van Wagenen Eltinge and Mary (Taber) E .; ed. North high sch., Syracuse; A. B., Syracuse Univ., 1921, A.M., 1922; Ph.D., Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1928. Instr. in botany, Albion Coll., 1922- 23, Lindenwood Coll., 1923-26; instr. botany, Mt. llolyoke Coll., 1928-32, asst. prof., 1932 -; research asso., Univ. Calif., Aug .- Dec., 1938; mem. Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, Am. Soc. Plant Physiologists, Am. Soc. Botanists, Am. Soc. Plant Taxonomists, Am. Soc. Bacteriologists, Conn. Valley Br., Am. Soc. Univ. Profs., A.A.A.S. Author: Effect of Ultra Vlolet Light upon Higher Plants; Effect of Boron Deficiency upon the Structure of Zea Mays. Epis- copalian. Republican. Office: Mt. llolyoke Coll., So. Iladley. llome: 100 College St., So. Hadley. Summer res .: 138 Mckinley Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
ELWELL, Harvey J., business man; b. West Haven, Conn., Nov. 23, 1893; s. Franklin J. Elwell and Maria L. (Crosby) E .; ed. West Haven (Conn.) high sch .; Lafayette Coll., I yr .; Ph.B., Yale, 1916; m. May E. Lawson of West Haven, Conn., June 26, 1917; ehildren-Jane L., Robert H. Student tr. course (cartridge, repair, sales engring. depts.), Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 1916-22; pres., trens. Winchester Simmons Co., Boston, 1923-29; mgr., Vultex Corp. Am., 1929 -; pres. and treas. Vultex Chem. Co., 1929 -; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. (rubber div.), Alpha Chi Rho, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Yale (Boston), Vesper Country. Congre- gationalist. Republican. Office: 666 Main St.,
Cambridge. Home: 21 Stiles Ter., Newton Centre. ELWELL, John Hudson, designer and steel en- graver; b. Marblehead, Mar. 10, 1875; s. John Il. Elwell and Mary Stuart (McGarrity) E .; ed. Marblehead pub. schs .; m. Charlena Dennison of Shelburne Falls, 1904; children-lfelen Barbara (Mrs. Charles Fox), Richard Dennison. With W. 11. Brett Co., steel engravers, Boston, continu- ously 1895-, began as errand boy, became propr. of business., 1904, engaged in business 1904 -; craftsmanship in steel engraving on permanent exhibition at Congressional Lib. (Washington, D.C ), Mus. Fine Arts (Boston ), Boston Pub. Lib., Harvard Coll. Library, Worcester Antiquarian Soc .; active in civic affairs; mem. Masons, 1.0.0.F. Club: Highland Glee of Newton (charter mem.). Christian Scientist. Home: 33 Brewster Rd., Newton.
ELY, Joseph Buell, lawyer; b. Westfield, Feb. 22, 1881; s. Henry Wilson Ely and Sarah N. (Buell) IS .; A.B., Williams, 1902, LL.D., 1931; LL. B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1905; LL. D., Wesley Univ., Holy Cross Coll .; m. Harriet Z. Dyson, May 1, 1906; 1 son-Richard. Began practice of law at West- field, 1905; mem. Ely & Ely, later Ely, Kingsbury & Ely, Westfield and Springfield; with Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, Boston, 1926-1930; dir. llampden Nat. Bk. & Trust Co. (Westfield), Am. Woolen Co .; appt. dist atty, Berkshire and llamp- den counties, 1915, elected to same office 1916; gov. of Mass., 1931-35; engaged in law practice, Bos- lon, as sr. partner fly, Bradford, Thompson & Brown, 1935 -; mem. Phi Delta Theta, Elks. Clubs: Kiwanis, Tekoa Country (Westfield), Union City (Boston). Congregationalist. Demo- crat. Office: 49 Federal St., Boston. llome: 66 Broad St., Westfield.
EMERSON, Ernest Benjamin, physician; b. Cam- bridge, Jan. 25, 1874; s. George A. Emerson and Luzetta S. (Draper) E .; ed. New llampton Inst .; Everett high sch .; M.D)., Harvard Med. Sch., 1898; m. Hannah Lowell of Auburn, Me., Apr. 27, 1904;
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children-Ernest B., Jr., George L. Asst. phys., State Infirmary, 10 yrs .; supt., No. Reading Sana - torium, 3 yrs .; med. dir., State Farm, 6 yrs .; supt., Rutland State Sanatorium, 1917; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Nat. Tuberculosis Assn., Am. Sanatorium Assn., Mass. Assn. Bds. Health, N.F. Soc. Psychiatry, Trudeau Soc., Wachuset Med. Improvement Soc., Masons. Author: med. papers. Protestant. Republican. Office and home: State Sanatorium, Rutland.
EMERSON, Gladys Marion, lawyer; b. Tilton, N. II., Dee. 15, 1909; d. Henry Emerson and Anne (Da- mon) E .; ed. LL.B., Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1931; m. Joseph S. Kennedy of Medfield, Feb. 18, 1936; 1 dau .- Rosalind Damon. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1931; in gen, practice of law, Dedham, spe- cializing in probate, real estate, conveyancing and related legal work; a recognized and qualified expert for purposes of testifying in litigation re- lating to record title to real property; notary public and examiner for Land Ct .; mem. Norfolk Co. Bar Assn., Mass. Assn. Women Lawyers, Kap- pa Gamma Nu. Travel: U.S. Protestant. Repub- lican. Office: Norfolk Co. Trust Co. Bldg., Ded- ham. Home: Main St., Medfield.
EMERSON, Marion Winslow (Nancy Burncoat), newspaper woman; b. Fitchburg; d. William An- drew Emerson and Susie (Moore) E .; ed. Fitch- burg high sch .; Worcester Art Mus. Sch. Wom- an's page writer, 1911-17; gen. news writer, 1917- 23; Sunday feature letter on the arts, personal- ities, society, Worcester Sunday Telegram, 1923 -; lately mag. articles, lectures; hon. mem. Doll Col- lectors of Am., Inc .; mem. Dickens Fellowship, N.E. Press Woman's Assn., Nat. Hist. Soc. Club: Mayflower Ancestor. Author: Old Landmarks (with William A. Emerson), 1914; articles in Yankee Mag., Avocations; lecturer in cent. Mass. on fleadliners, New England Women, and, sea- sonally, Early American Valentines. Office: 21 Franklin St., Worcester. Home: 15 Rankin St., Worcester. Summer res .: Wellfleet, Cape Cod.
EMERSON, Merton Leslle, consulting engineer; b. Brockton, Aug. 11, 1882; s. Edwin Leslie Emerson and Lora Gertrude (Kingman) E .; ed. Braintree high sch .; Thayer Acad .: S.B., M.I.T., 1904; m. Frances Elizabeth Dike, Oct. 25, 1906; children- Elizabeth Kingman (d.), Merton Leslie (d.), Mary Leslie. Expert on management and engineering , problems; consultant for Social Security Board on largest accounting system of its kind in world; dir. of $8,000,000 edul. endowment fund for M.I.T., 1920; with Scovell, Wellington & Co., Boston and N.Y .; United Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Phila .; consultant mem. Technical Bd. of Review, P.W.A., 1934-35; N.I. dir. N.R.A., 1935; pres. of trs., Thayer Acad., Thayerlands Sch .; tr. Went- worth Inst., Boston; major and Chief of Adminis- tration and Personnel, Gas Defense Div., C.W.S., 1918-19, major Q.M.C. Res., 1925-35; mem. Am. Inst. Cons. Engrs., Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Soc. Mil. Engrs., Tau Beta Pi; alumni mem. Corp. of Mass. Inst. of Tech. Clubs: University (Boston), En- gineers (N.Y.), University, Cosmos, Army and Navy (all of Washington). Travel: Europe. In- ventor and patentor of Pneumatic Despatch Tube and Conveyor Apparatus. Unitarian. Indepen - dent Republican. Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: 135 West St., Braintree; 3031 O St., Wash- ington, D.C.
VEMERSON, Pant Waldo, physician; b. Cheyenne, Wyo., Apr. 22, 1883; s. Elam Emerson and Martha (Snowden) E .; ed. Cheyenne (Wyo.) high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1907; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1911; unmarried. Interne, Boston City Hosp., 1911- 13, Boston Floating Hosp., 1913, Boston Dispen- sary, 1914; pediatric service, Children's Hosp., 1914; res., Boston Floating Ilosp., 1913-17, visiting phys., 1918-22, chief of staff, 1923-25; consultant, Florence Crittenton Home, 1919-28, Brockton Hosp., 1925 -; med. dir. N.E. Home for Little Wanderers, 1925 -; dir. of research, Directory for Mothers' Milk, Inc., 1932-37; asso. phys., Chil- dren's Hosp., 1934 -; with A.E. F., 1918-19; It. col., M.C., U.S.A., Nov. 19, 1930 -; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Pediatric Soc. (pres., 1935), N.E.
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Heart Assn. (Sec., 1926-34), Children's Hosp. Alumni Assn. (pres.), Am. Bd. Pediatrics (also licentiate), Res. Officers Assn. (pres., Metropoli- tan Chap. No. 17, 1937-38). Club: Harvard (Bos- ton). Author: Day Nurseries as a Factor in In- fant Welfare in "Mother and Child"; articles in med. journals on Collection and Preservation of Human Milk, Dried Human Milk, etc. Travel: Eng., Fr., Ger., Switz., Fin., Swed., Nor. Baptist (deacon, 1st Bapt. Ch., Boston). Republican. Of- fice: 319 Longwood Av., Boston. Ilome: 374 Com- monwealth Av., Boston.
EMERSON, Robert Richardson, banker; b. West- field, Jan. 4, 1898; s. William Harlow Emerson and Kate (Houghton) E .; B.C.S., Northeastern Univ., 1923; m. Petronella 1 .. Van Deene of West Springfield, Feb. 10, 1928; children -- Robert Rich- ardson, Jr., Gerard Van Deene, Peter Houghton. In employ Hampden Nat. Bk., Westfield, 1915-17; with Springfield Safe Deposit and Trust Co., 1917-, treas., 1932 -; dir. Nat. Library Bindery Co .; tr. Hampden Sav. Bk .; dir. Springfield Coop. Bk .; chin. bd. govs. Northeastern Univ. (Spring- field Dlv.). Clubs: University, Kiwanis, (Ity (Springfield ). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Springfield. Home: 15 Durham Rd., Longmeadow. Y EMERSON, Ruby Carver; b. Waterville, Me., Dec. 1, 1881; d. Leonard Dwight Carver and Mary Caffrey (Low) C .; cd. Cony high sch., Augusta, Me., 1896- 1900; A. B., Colby Coll., 1904; m. Roswell Dwight I. Emerson of Cambridge, Apr. 18, 1912. Pres., Bos- ton Colby Alumnae Assn., 1925-26; alumnae ed., Sigma Kappa Mag., The Sigma Kappa Triangle, 1925-30; grand v.p., Sigma Kappa Sorority, 1930- 35, grand pres., 1935-36; mem. Com. of One Hun- dred for Colby Coll. Mayflower Campus, 1937-38; mem. corp., Ellen M. Gifford Sheltering Home Corp .; life meni., Am. Red Cross, Boston Seaman's Friend Soc .; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Women (sec., Boston Br., 3 yrs.), League Women Voters, Grange, N.E. Order of Protection, O.E.S. (Eastern chapt.). Clubs: 2nd District Past Presidents' of Mass. (past dir.), Outlook (past pres .! , Garden (Easton). Travel: Europe, Bermuda, U.S. Desc. Richard Warren, Mayflower passenger, dau. Ist woman grad. of Colby Coll. (probably Ist woman grad. in N.E. of reg. 4-yr. cofl. course), and 2d state librarian of Me., 1890-1905, at one time pres. of Am. Lib. . Assn. Congregationalist. Republi- can. Home: 72 Fayerweather St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Easton.
VEMERSON, WIlliam, architect; b. N.Y. Clty, Oct: 16, 1873; s. Dr. John Haven Emerson (M.D.) and Susan Titus (Tomkins) E .; cd. A.B., Harvard, 1895; studied architecture, Columbia, 1895-97; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1897-1901; m. Frances Hillard White of Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 14, 1913. Practiced at N.Y. City, 1901-18, specializing in model tenements and bank bldgs .; prof. architec- ture, M.I.T., 1919-, also chmin. faculty and dean Sch. of Architecture; was appointed advisory ar- chitect Radcliffe Coll., 1929; served as major and (lir. Bur. Constrn., Am. Red Cross, at Paris, 1917- 19; pres. Assn. of Collegiate Schs. of Architecture, 1921-23; v.p. The Byzantine Inst., 1935; Chevaller Legion of Ilonor (Fr.); tr. Museum of Fine Arts, Simmons Coll., Am. Mem. Hosp., Gore Place Soc .; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, A.I.A. (ex- pres. N.Y. Chapt.); mem. Soc. Beaux Arts Archi- tects (past v.p.) Boston Soc. Architects, D.K.E .; elected hon. mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard, 1928. Clubs: Ilarvard, St. Botolph, Union, Tavern (Bos- ton); Harvard, Century (N.Y.); Union Interallié (Paris). Author: Old Bridges of France (with Georges Gromort), 1925; The Use of Brick in French Architecture (with Georges Gromort), 1935.
Unitarian. Home: 159 Brattle St., Cam- bridge.
VEMERSON, Willlam Robie Patten, physician; b. Candia, N.H., Sept. 29, 1869; s. Moses Fitts Emer- son and Abigail (Patten) E .; ed. grad., Pembroke (N.11.) Acad., 1888; A.B., Dartmouth, 1892; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1899; m. Edna Skilton of Brooklinc, May 27, 1909. House phys., Boston City Hosp., 1899-1901; practiced at Boston, 1901 -;
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prof. children's diseases, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1914-35, emeritus, 1935 -; pres. Nutrition Clinics, Inc., Boston; med. consultant in physical fitness, Dartmouth Coll., Tuck Sch. Business Administra- tion, Aetna Life Ins. Co .; surg., maj. 1st Corps Cadets, Boston, 1908-17; mem. A.M.A., Mass. and Boston Med. Socs., N.E. Pediatric Soe., Suffolk Dist. Med. Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Dartmouth, Union Boat, Longwood Cricket. Au- thor: Nutrition and Growth in Children, 1922; The Diagnosis of Health, 1930. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 290 Commonwealth Av., Bos- ton.
EMERY, Allan Comstock, merchant; b. Watertown, Mar. 17, 1875; s. Aaron F. Emery and Virginia White (Comstock) E .; ed. Watertown high seh. ; m. Elsie Davis Conant of Worcester, Oct. 9, 1902; children-Edward C., Mrs. Mabel Gartrell Row- botham, Mrs. Virginia Emery Fuller, Elsie E., Allan C., Jr. Partner, Studley & Emery, wool merchants, 1905-37 (bus. liquidated) ; treas, and chinn. bd., Emery & Conant Co., Inc., May 1, 1937 -; served in Q.M.C., U.S.A., World War; in charge distribution of greasy domestic wool to mills in U.S .; tr., Gordon Coll. of Theology & Missions, Boston, Wheaton Coll., Wheaton, Ill .; mem., Union Rescue Mission (Boston, pres. ), Evangelistic Assn. N.I. (pres.), Lord's Day League (dir.), Y.M.C.A. (State Com.), S.A R. Clubs: Boston City, South Shore Country. Desc. John Emery, settler in West Newbury, who came from Eng. on Good Shlp James, 1635. Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Office: 267 Summer St., Boston. Home: King Oak Hill, Weymouth lleights.
EMERY, George Edward, field secretary, editor, lecturer; b. Marlboro, Apr. 18, 1904; s. C. S. Emery and Emily Marguerite (Bigelow) IS .; ed. Marlboro high sch .; B.S, Mass. State Coll., 1924; in. Virginia Elisabeth Link, Sept. 3, 1932. Teacher Eng. and gen. Sei., Marlboro high sch. and Allen Mil. Sch .; with personnel dept., Hood Rubber Co., Water- town; circus clown with Sells-Floto Circus, Wal- ter L. Main Circus and Gentry Brothers' Circus; lecturer on the elrens; field sec., asst. alumni sec., Mass. State Coll .; dir. Three County Fair, North- ampton (oldest fair in U.S.); mem. Masons, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Adelphia (honorary). Author: news- paper and mag, articles about the circus. Editor: Mass. State Coll. Alumni Bulletin. Protestant. Republican. Office: Memorial Hall, Amherst. Home: 157 Lincoln Ave., Amherst.
V EMERY, George Edwin, physician; b. Milford, Mar. 27, 1870; s. William Emery and Ellen ( Wheclan) 19 .; ed. Leominster high sch .; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1897; m. Wilhelmina Inch, Oct. 18. 1900; children-George Inch, William. Practiced med., Worcester, 1899 -; mem. out-patients' staff, Memorial Hosp., 1900-10; visiting phys., Isolation Hosp., 1909-20; chest clinic, City Hosp., 1914 -; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Office: 340 Main St., Worcester. Home: 280 Lincoln St., Worcester. EMERY, George Inch, commercial banker; b. Worcester, Apr. 1, 1903; s. George Edwin Emery and Wilhelmina (Inch) E .; ed. Worcester North high sch .; B.S., Harvard, 1924; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1927; unmarried. With Old Colony Trust Co., Jan. 1928, and after its merg- ing with 1st Nat. Bk. of Boston, Dec. 1929; asst. cashier, 1st Nat. Bk. of Boston, 1934-39, asst. v.p., Jan. 1939 -; dir. Nevada-Mass. Co., Wiggin Terminals, Inc., Chelsea Clock Co. Club: Har- vard (Boston). Unitarian. Ollice: 67 Milk St., Boston. Home: 6 Roanoke Rd., Wellesley.
EMERY, Sam Tappan, Insurance agent; b. Bidde- ford, Me., June 15, 1869; s. Amaziah Emery and Fannie E. (Pennell) E .; ed. Biddeford (Me.) high sch .; m. H. Lillian Cobb of Everett, Oct. 10, 1894; 1 son-Ralph B. Clk. Neptune Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Boston; then Freeman & Vinton, Mer- cantile Fire & Marine Ins. Co .; mem. Rothery, Emery & Co., 1906-09; Rothery, Emery & Perkins, 1909-14; Gilmour, Rothcry & Co., 1914 -; mem. Boston Bd. Fire Underwriters; pres. N.E. Dea- coness Assn .; dir. N.I. Deaconess Hosp., Newton Y.M.C.A .; treas. Boston Wesleyan Assn .; mein.
S.A.R., Y.M.C.A. Travel: local. Dese. Anthony Emery, who came to Am. 1630; ancestor in Revo- lutionary War. Methodist. Republican. Olfee: 40 Broad St., Boston. Home: 35 Marshall St., Newton Centre.
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