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FINNEY, Ross Lee, teacher of music, composer; b. Wells, Minn., Dec. 23, 1906; s. Ross L. Finney and Carrie (Mitchell) F .; ed. Univ. Minn. high sch .; Univ. Minn .; B.A., Carleton Coll., 1927; Harvard Univ .; m. Gretchen Ludke of Alexandria, Minn., Sept. 4, 1929; children-Ross Lee, Jr., Henry C. Composer; works, which Include chamber musle, orchestral and dramatic compositions, performed in N.Y. City, Boston, etc., etc .; won Prize of Conn. Valley, 1932, Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1938, Guggenheim fellowship, 1938-39; asso. prof. mu- sic, Smith Coll., 1929 -; mem. Phi Mu Alpha. Pub- lications: Piano Sonata; Quartet; Geminiani So- natas (Smith Coll. Mus. Archives). Office: Sage Hall, Smith College, Northampton. Home: 23 Massasoit St., Northampton. Summer res. : Min- neapolis, Minn.
V FISCHER, Frederic L., lawyer; b. Wheaton, Ill, May 2, 1880; s. Herman A. Fischer and Julia W. (Blanchard) F .; ed. Wheaton (Ill.) Acad .; A.B., Wheaton (III.) Coll., 1901; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1906; in. Clara W. Hathaway of Cambridge, Sept. 17, 1906 (d.); m. (2d) Madellne R. Rob- ertson of Daytona Beach, Fla., July 16, 1937;
children-Mildred G., Mrs. Carolyn F. Berry, Louise A., Charles 11., Frederle 1 .. , Jr. Practiced law, Calif., 1907-08; mem. legal dept., Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., Boston, 1909-14; N.I. Tel. & Tel. Co., 1914-, gen. solicitor, 1933 -; mem. Lexington sch. com., 1934 -; tr., treas. Cary Mem. Lib., Lexington; mem. Am. Bar Assn., Nat. Tax Assn. Club: Lex- ington Golf. Mother dir. desc. Rev. and Mrs. Jo- seph Avery, the latter a sister of Samuel Adams. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 50 Oli- ver St., Boston. Home: 2 Stratham Rd., Lexing- ton.
FISH, Alfred L., lawyer; b. Somerville, Nov. 20, 1877; s. Herbert F. Fish and Lillian M. (Iliggins) F .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1899; L.L. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1906; m. Helen Dennis Cole of Boston, June 30, 1903 (d. 1933); m. (2d) Grace Lillian Phillips of Boston, June 24, 1936. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1906, practiced with firm of Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter, 1906-10, mem., 1910-16; mem. Dunbar, Nutter & McClennen, 1916-29, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, 1929 -; mem. Phl Beta Kappa, Delta Up- silon. Clubs: Union, Exchange (Boston), Coun- try (Marshfield). Oflice: 220 Devonshire St., Bos- ton. Home: 68 Beacon St., Boston.
ter, Aug. 16, 1870; s. Henry C. Fish and Amanda (Stone) F; ed. Worcester high sch .; B.S., Worces- ter Poly. Inst., 1892; m. Edith Washburn of Worcester, Mar. 8, 1899; children-Dorothy (Mrs. Kenneth J. Ridley), Stanley, Marian ( Mrs. Ernest Keith), Barbara (Mrs. Roswell Whitmore). Ma- chine tool builder, Worcester, 1892-1903; instr., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1903-09; dir. Worcester trade sch., 1909-14; N.E. ed., American Machinist, 1914-15; employment mgr. Norton Co., 1915-18; dir. of training disabled soldiers, N.Y. City, 1918; dir. of assignment of disabled soldiers, Boston, 1919-23, retired; now engaged in design and con- struction of appliances for edn. of the blind un- der the sponsorship of Perkins Inst. for the Blind; mem. Sigma Xi. Author: How to Manage Men; Engineering Mag. Co., Indust. Organ., I.C.S., Foremanship Int. Y.M.C.A., Psychology of Em- ployment, I.C.S. and many articles of engring. and philos. trend. Universalist. Office: 36 Pleas- ant St., Watertown. Home: Highland Rd., Berlin. VWISH, Erland Frederick, lawyer and trustee; b. Cambridge, Dec. 7, 1883; s. Frederick .P. Fish and Clara P. (Livermore) I .; ed. A.B., Har- vard, 1905, A.M., 1906; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1908; m. Mildred Russell of Cambridge. Oct. 7, 1911; children-Mrs. Mary Fish Burbank, Fred- erick P., Elizabeth. Adm. to Mass. bar, 1908; sec. to Justice Holmes, U.S. Superior Ct., 1908-09; with Gaston Snow & Saltonsall 1909-11; mem. Webster, Allen & Fish 1911-14, Allen & Fish 1914- 17; with Fish, Richardson & Neave 1919-30; pvt. practice 1930 -; mem. Mass. Ho. of Rep. 1920-21. State Sen. 1925-36 (pres. 1933-31); tr. Radcliffe Coll .; dir. Home for Aged Men, N.E. llosp. for Women and Children; capt., maj. 101 F.A. 26th Div. with A. E.F. in France, 1917-19; maj. gen. 26th Div. Mass. N.G., 1930-34; mem. Founders & Patriots, Am. Legion, V.F.W., Mil. Order World War, Ancient & Hon. Arty. Co., Masons, K.T., Shrine, Elks. Clubs: Boston City, Union, Ex- change, University, St. Botolph, Harvard, Coun- try, Odd Volumes. Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: 84 State St., Boston. Home: 6 Prescott St., Brookline. Summer res .: Wareham.
V FISH, Pierce L., banker; b. Taunton, Feb. 21, 1880; s. Frank L. Fish and Sarah R. (Chase) F .; ed. Taunton high sch .; S.B., Harvard, 1901; m. Rachel S. Horan of Watertown, July 3, 1930. Engaged in banking, Watertown, 1925 -; pres., dlr. Water- town Coop. Bk., 1930 -; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. Club: Harvard (Boston). Travel: U.S. Office: 56 Maln St., Watertown. Home: 78 Marshall St., Watertown.
FISHER, Charles Allen, clergyman; b. Lebanon, Pa., Oct. 15, 1874; s. John Henry Fisher and Caroline Margaret (Singer) F .; ed. Lebanon pub. schs., 1891; B.A., Lebanon Valley Coll., 1903, D.D. (hon.), 1927; A.M., Princeton, 1905; Princeton Theol. Sem., 1906; m. Ellen Susan Rupp of Leb-
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anon, Pa., June 27, 1906; children-Caroline Sarge (Mrs. Joseph Abusanira), Carl Singer. Ordained to Presby. ministry, 1906; pastor, Manalpan, N.J., 1906-09, 2d Presbn. Chi., Providence, R.I., 1909-13, 1st Presbyn. Ch., Worcester, 1913 -; stated clerk, Synod of N.I., 1917-, moderator of Synod, 1922- 23; mem. Presbyn. Gen. Assembly, 1913, 1918, 1923; 1927, 1932; mem. Orange Men, Woodinen of Am. Club: Worcester Bowling and Curling. Author: Lebanon in 1776. Travel: Europe, 1934; Can., 1925; Calif. and West Coast, 1928; Tex. and South- west, 1917. Presbyterian. Republican. Oflice: 2 Ilermon St., Worcester. Ilome: 11 Columbine Rd.
r FISHER, Elizabeth Florette, professor (emeritus) ; b. Boston, Nov. 26, 1873; d. Charles Fisher and Sarah Gerrish (Cushing) F .; ed. Boston girls' high sch .; B.S., M.I.T., 1896; grad. work, Radcliffe Coll .; unmarried. Instr. geol. and geog., Welles- ley Coll., 1894-1906, asso. prof., 1906-08, prof., head dept. geol. and geog., 1908-26, prof. emeritus, 1926 -; geol. expert for oil corps. and individuals, summers 1918-19; gave Univ. Extension courses in geog., Boston, 12 yrs .; lecturer; research work- er; fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Tech- nology (So. Fla.), Miami Wellesley (hon. mein.). Author: Resources and Industries of the United States; Terraces of West River, Brattleboro, Ver- mont; lecture courses on Conservation of Nat- ural Resources. Travel: extensive in U.S., Alaska, Europe (mem. Internat. Geol. Congress, Russia, 1897, guest of late Czar). "I Am" Activity. Republican. Home: 152 No. Rosemont Av., Los Angeles, Calif.
V FISHER, Emma Roderick; b. Carroll, Ia .; d. Rev. Thomas Roderick and Barbara (Pfeiffer) R .; ed. certificated teacher, la. State Normal College; 'Tr. of music, Rock Island, Ill .; pupll of Chas. W. Clark (Chicago), Madame Helene Van Schoick (Paris), exponent of Fidele Koenig, Jean De- Rezske, Jacques Bouhy and others; m. William Arms Fisher of Boston, 1922. Founder and hon. pres. The Amateur Club of Peoria, Ill .; State pres. Music Clubs of Ill .; dist, pres. Cent. West; nat. v.p. Fed. of Music Clubs; organizer of 20 state feds., founder Nat. Past Presidents Assembly, Am. Choral and Festival Alliance, Inc., to pro- inote choral singing and festivals, 1932; organ- ized the Music Week Festival and the Civic Music Association, the N.E. Music Festival Assn. and the N.E. Choral and Festival Alliance; promoter of The Internat. Singing Festival, inclusive of many countries; mem. National Committee for American Music; mem. Boston Music Sch. Set- tlement Bd., Sigma Alpha Iota (Lambda Chap.), Twentieth Century Assn., Nat. Assu. Am. Com- posers and Conductors, the Music Educators Nat. Conf., The Music Teachers Nat. Assn. Clubs: Mac- Dowell, Chromatic Music, Music Lovers', Women's Republican of Mass. Travel: extensively in in- terest of musical organizations, del. to Anglo- Am. Conf., Lausanne, Switz. Home: 200 St. Paul St., Brookline. Summer res .: "Havenshare", Rock- ledge Rd., Rockport.
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FISHER, Frederie Alvan, lawyer, justice (retired) ; b. Westford, Oct. 9, 1855; s. Alvan Fisher and Amanda (Tower) F .; ed. grad, Westford Acad., 1877; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1881, A.M., 1884; in. Mary B. McMaster of Southboro, Jan. 24, 1906; children-Barrett, Elizabeth, Frederic A., Jr. Tutor math., Bowdoin Coll., 1881-84; practiced law, Lowell, 1885 -; spl. justice, Dist. Ct., Lowell, V 1898-1927, justice, Dist. Ct., 1927-37; retired 1937; overseer, Bowdoin Coll., 1907; tr. Westford Acad., 1916, tr. Lowell Instn. Sav., 1912-, pres. 1912-34, 1936 -; mem., Am., Mass, and Lowell Bar Assns., Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Boston City, Twentieth Century (Boston), Appa- lachian, Adirondack and Green Mt. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Appleton Bank Bldg., Lowell. Home: 92 Holyrood Av., Lowell.
V FISHER, Hope, educator; b. Marion, O., May 8, 1886; d. Charles Clement Fisher and Rose Ida (Scofield) F .; ed. A.B., Vassar Coll., 1908; M.A., Columbia, 1912; Ph.D., Univ. Mich., 1922. Secondary sch. teacher, Ind. and Mich., 1908-23; house dir., Ers-
kine Sch., Boston, 1923-24; assoc. dir. studies, Cambridge-Haskell Sch., 1924-26; prin. Bancroft Sch., Worcester, 1926-1938; mem., Ileadmistresses Assn. of last, Nat. Assn. Prins. Schs. for Girls, Boston Private Sch. Assn., Am. Geog. Soc., Acad. of Pollt. Sei., Sorosis. Clubs: Players, College, Tatnuck Country, Vassar (N.Y.) . Episcopalian. Republican. Home: Hotel Commander, Cam- bridge. Summer res .: Princeton.
VFISHIER, James D., business executive; b. Fall River, Dcc. 5, 1895; s. Alexander C. Fisher and Mary E. (McMahon) F .; ed. Dorchester high sch .; m. Elizabeth Francis Donovan of Boston, Aug. 10, 1926; 1 son-James D., Jr. Apprentice, Daniel Green Felt Shoe Co .; salesman, Edison Portland Cement Co .; salesman and v.p. P. T. Jackson Co .; v.p., asst. treas. and dir. Jackson Fiske & Fisher; ensign, U.S.N., 1917-19. Clubs: Hatherly Country, Boston City, Badminton (Bos- ton). Republican. Office: 141 Milk St., Boston. Ilome: 32 Rockledge Rd., Newton Highlands. Summer res .: Grasshopper Lane, No. Scituate.
V FISHER, John Charles Vincent, physician; b. P.E.I., Can., July 24, 1891; s. Charles Francis Fisher and Mary Elizabeth (Macintyre) F .; ed. St. Dunfres Coll., 1907-12; Univ. Montreal, 1912-13; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1917; came to U.S., 1913, naturalized, 1917; in. Mary Adeline Peters of P.E.I., Can., July 25, 1919; children-Marie The- rese, Anne, Geraldine Mary. Practiced med., Bos- ton, 1919 -; obstetrician, Mass. Mem. Hosp., 1928 -; asst. prof. obstetrics, Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1931 -; surg. U.S. Merchant Marine, 1917-18; fel- low A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., N.E. Obstet. & Gynecol. Soc., Mass. Med. Soc. Catholic. Democrat. Of- fice: 510 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 1811 Center St., West Roxbury.
V FISHER, Merton Charles, lawyer; b. Fall River, May 24, 1879; s. Edwin Leander Fisher and Fidelia Elizabeth (Church) 14 .; ed. B.M.C., Durfee high sch., 1897; Harvard, 1901-03; Harvard Law Sch., 1903-06; m. Elizabeth G. Wood of New Bedford, Sept. 9, 1915 (d.); 1 dau .- Barbara. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1906; in private practice, New Bedford, 1906 -; dir. New Bedford Coop. Bk., Acushnet Coop. Bk. Republican. Office: 37 Masonie Bldg., New Bedford. Home: 85 Mill St., New Bedford.
VFISHER, Richard Cornelius, dairy chemist, bac- teriologist; b. Columbus, O., July 16, 1894; s. Cornelius Fisher and Martzen (Groenveld) F .; ed. A.B., O. State Univ., 1917, B S.A., 1917; M.S., Cornell, 1924; m. Ellen Ruth Kuhl of Lawrence- ville, Pa., Sept. 4, 1919; children-ledwina Ruth, Richard Cornelius, Jr., Donald Lewis. Chem., Nestle's Food Co., 1919; prof. dairying, Conn. State Coll., 1919-25; dir. labs. and research, French Bauer Co., Cincinnati, O., 1925-28; v.p., gen. mgr. R. F. Worden & Sons, milk and ice cream, Water- bury, Conn., 1928-36; pres., treas. Wellesley Farms Dairy, Wellesley Farms, retail and wholesale dairy bus., 1936 -; pres. Internat. Assn. Milk Dealers, Milk Industry Foundation, N.Y. City; dir. Nat. Dairy Council; served with 302nd Water Tank Train, San. Corps, U.S.A., 1917-19; mem. Am. Dairy Sei. Assn., Am. Chem. Soe., Masons (32°), Shrine, Elks. Club: Kiwanis. Author: many tech. articles to chem. journals and trade papers. Congregationalist. Independent Republican. Of- fice: Wellesley Farms. Ilome: 195 Weston Rd., Wellesley.
FISHER, Russell Todd, business executive; b. Glou- cester, July 3, 1892; s. William F. Fisher and Anne (Todd) F .; ed. Worcester Poly. Inst., 1910-11; B.T.E., Lowell Textile Inst., 1925; m. Patricia Webb of Cordele, Ga., Mar. 17, 1920; children- Anne Wilmouth, Patricla Webb, Willa Todd. In employ Marshall Field & Co. (N.Y.), 1914-17; asst. chief Textile Sec., Bur. Standards, Wash., D.C., 1917-22; tech. sec., Nat. Assn. Cotton Mfgrs., 1922-25, sec. 1926-36, pres. and sec., 1936 -; mem. Nat. Safety Council, Am. Soc. for Testing Ma- terials, Am. Soc. M.E., Quartermaster Assu., Bos- ton Trade Assn. Execs. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 80 Federal St., Boston. Home: 121 Summit Av., Wollaston.
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FISHER, Sanford Lee, school executive; b. Somer- ville, May 12, 1905; s. Myron C. Fisher and Flor- ence (Sanford) F .; ed. Somerville high sch., 1922; Fisher Bus. Sch., 1924; Graceland Coll., lowa, 1926; B.S. (Edn.), Boston Univ., 1928, M.S. (Edn.), 1936; m. Agnes Adams of Kansas City, June 1928; children-Sanford Lee, Jr., Scott Adams. Admin- istration of two schools; head of Stenographic Dept .; pres. Fisher Bus. Sch .; mem. Phi Delta Kappa. Travel: To West coast and Canadian
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V FISHER, William Arms, composer, author, musie editor; b. San Francisco, Apr. 27, 1861; s. Luther Paine Fisher and Katharine (Arıns) F .; ed. pub. schs .; studied harmony and organ under John P. Morgan, Oakland, Calif .; counterpoint, canon and fugue under Horatlo W. Parker, N.Y .; eom- position under Anton Dovrak, N.Y .; singing under William Shakespeare, London; m. Emma Roderick Hinekle, Feb. 14, 1922. Editor and pub. mgr., Oliver Ditson Co., 1897-1937, v.p. Nov. 1, 1936-Dec. 31, 1937; past pres. Music Teachers Nat. Assn., Music Publishers Assn. of U.S. Au- thor: Notes on Musie in Old Boston, Ye Olde New England Psalm-Tunes, The Music That Washington Knew, One Hundred and Fifty Years of Music Publishing in the United States (1753- 1933); published compositions inel. numerous an- thems and part songs, over 70 separate songs, a volume of 60 Irish songs, a volume of negro soir- ituals. Editor: The Musician's Library, The Mu- sie Student's Library, The Musie Student's Piano Course and A Course of Study in Music Under- standing. Desc. Anthony Fisher (1591-1671) of Syleham, Eng., who arrived in Boston June 26, 1637 and settled in Dedham, William Arms of Deerfield (1654-1729). Home: 200 St. Paul St., Brookline.
V FISK, Harry George, retired; b. Springfield, May 5, 1873; s. Noyes Wilson Fisk and Emeline Grace (Adams) F .; ed. Springfield high sch .; B.S .. M.I.T., 1896; in. Alice Billings Mayo of Spring- field, Jan. 20, 1900; children-Mrs. John J. Win- chester, Noyes Mayo, Charlott Mayo (d.), Alfred Mayo. Dir. and mem. Fin. Com., Mass. Mut. Life Ins. Co .; dir. and mem. Exec. and Trust Dept. Com., Union Trust Co .; pres. Conn. Valley Realty Trust; v.p. Eastern States Expn .; chmn. Dist. Exemption Bd., Dist. #1 World War; mem. Ma- sons, K.T. (Springfieldl Commandery). Clubs: Colony (pres.), Eastern and Essex Yacht, Long- meadow Country. Congregationalist. Repub- llean. llome: 111 Maple St., Springfield. Sum- mer res .: Watchuett Farm, E. Longmeadow.
FISK, Louisa Holman Richardson, professor, dean ; b. Prince Edward Island, Can., Mar. 1, 1861; d. James Holman and Martha (West) H .; adopted in childhood by uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Richardson of Winchester; ed. A.B., Boston Univ., 1883, A.M., 1887, Ph.D., 1891; stu- dent, Newnham Coll., Cambridge, Eng., 1890-91; held 1st European fellowship, Assn. Collegiate Alumnae; m. Everett Olin Fisk, June 16, 1915. Teacher Greek and Latin, Lasell Sem., Auburn- dale, 1883-85; prof. Latin, Carleton Coll., North- feld, Minn., 1885-1902; asso. dean of women, prof. hist. art, Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Del., 1902-01; gen. and exce. sec., Brit .- Am. Y.W.C.A. and Students Union, Paris, Fr., 1904-14; dean of women, prof. Latin, Olivet (Mich.) Coll., 1911-15; v.p., treas., Fisk Teachers' Agencies, Boston; tr. Boston Univ., 1922 -; mem. Woman's Home Mis- sionary Soc. (v.p.); Woman's For. Missionary Soe., M.E. Ch. (hon. pres. N.E. Br.); Boston Univ. Women's Council, Mass. Soc. Univ. Edn. Women (pres., 1930-33); Japan Soe. Boston (v.p.), Wal- densian Aid Soc. (Boston, dir.); Florence Crit- tentou League of Compassion (exec. com.), Dea- coness Assn. (past mem. bd. mgrs.), Boston Y.W.CA., Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Assu. Univ. Wo- men (pres., Boston Br., 1919-23), 20th Century Assn. Clubs: Women's Grad. Boston Unlv. (pres., 1922-23), College, Professional Women's, Women's Republican, Women's City (Boston ). Travel:
around world (studying missions), 1936-37; Indla, 6 mos. Speaker on missionary and ednl. subjs. Methodist. Republican. Office: 120 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 135 Winthrop Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Barter's Island, Trevett, Me.
FISKE, Annette, editor, writer; b. Cambridge, Oct. 13, 1873; d. Amos K. Fiske and Caroline (Child) F .; ed. A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1894, A.M., 1896. Social worker; instr. of nurses, Waltham Train- ing Sch. for Nurses; lecturer Leonard Morse Hosp., Natick, 1933-34; now writer for the so- ciety column, Boston Herald; chief editor, Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin, Ltd., 1937 -; mem. Radcliffe Coll. Alumnae Assn., Waltham Grad. Nurses Assn. (see. 1927-36), Mass. State Nurses Assi., Am. Nurses Assn., Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Struc- ture and Functions of the Body; Chemistry for Nurses; articles in prof. mags. Travel: Europe (extensively). Unitarian. Republican. Office: Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin, 1Ad., 38 Newbury St., Boston. Home: 1564 Massachusetts Av., Cam- bridge. Summer res .: Pepperell.
VFISKE, Cyrus Hartwell, biochemist; b. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 22, 1890; s. Frederick William Fiske and Isabella Tiffany (Hartwell) F .; ed. St. Paul public schs., St. Paul Acad .; A.B., Univ. of Minn., 1910; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1914; m. Josephine K. Bissman of Cleveland, O., 1917; children- Catherine, Robert Hartwell. Asst. in biolog. chem., Harvard Med. Sch., 1914-15; assoc. in bio- chem., Western Med. Sch., 1915-17, asst. prof., 1917-18; asst. prof., Harvard Med. Sch., 1918-29, assoe. prof. 1929-35, prof., 1935 -; fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Acad. Arts & Sci., Am. Inst. of Chem .; hem. Am. Soc. of Biolog. Chem. (treas., 1931-36), Am. Chem. Soc., Nn Sigma Nu, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi. Office: Harvard Med. Sch., Boston. llome: 1155 Mass. Av., Lexington.
VFISKE, Gardiner Horsford, business man, treasurer; b. Boston, Sept. 14. 1892; s. Andrew Fiske and Gertrude ( Horsford) F .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1911; m. Constance Morss of Boston, Oct. 15, 1919. Apprentice, cot- ton bus., 1914-17; salesman, now treas., Jackson, Fiske & Fisher, Inc., 1930 -; dir. Rumford Chem. Works, Rumford, R.I .; pres., Travelers' Aid Soc .; Industrial Aid Soc. 1st It. 20th Aero Squadron, with A. E.F., 1918; honored by citation, Ist Army Air Serviee Comdr .; mem. Archaeol. Inst. Am. Clubs: Somerset, Myopia Hunt, Union Boat. Travel: Cent. Europe (many times), Greece, etc. Spiseopalian. Republican. Office: 111 Milk St., Boston. llome: 206 Beacon St., Boston. Summer res .: Weston.
VRISKE, Gertrude Horsford, artist; b. Boston, Apr. 16, 1879; d. Andrew Fiske and Gertrude H. ( Hors- ford) F .; ed. pvt. schs., Boston; art edn., Boston Mus. Fine Arts, under Tarbell, Benson, and Hale; studied landscape with C. 11. Woodbury at Ogun- quit, Me. Exhibited at Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Car- negie Inst. (Pittsburgh), Art Inst. Chicago, Nat. Acad. Design (N.Y.), Inst. of Arts (Detroit), lohn Herron Art Inst. (Indianapolis), etc .; mem. Mass. State Art Commun. (1930-), N.A.D. (N.Y.); Guild of Boston Artists. Awards: silver medal, San Francisco Expn., 1915; Hudson prize, Conn. Acad. Fine Arts, 1918; Bancroft prize, Wilmington, Del., 1921; Clarke prize, 1922, and Shaw prize, 1922, both N.A.D .; portrait prize, New Haven, 1925; Flagg prize, Conn. Acad., 1925; Clerici prize, Women Painters and Seulptors, 1925; Clarke prize, N.A.D., 1925; Springfield Art League award, 1925; Conn. Acad. portrait prize, 1926; New Ilaven Paint and Clay Club prize, 1929; hon. men- tion, Women Painters and Sculptors, 1929; l'roc- tor prize, N.A.I., 1929, 1931; Samuel Shaw prize, N.A.D., 1935. Episcopalian. Republican. Studio: 132 Riverway, Boston. Home: Coneord Rd., Wes- ton.
FISKE, Wyman Parkhurst, professor of accounting; b. Somerville, Jan. 11, 1900; s. Frederick A. P. Fiske and Harriet Lydia (Locke) F .; ed. Sonier- vllle high sch .; A.B. (cum laude), llarvard, 1920; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1923; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1927; Litt. D., Suffolk Univ., 1939; m. Ruth Nichols, July 16, 1927; children-
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John Wyman, Esther. Instr. accounting, Har- vard Grad. Seh. Bus. Adm., 1923-28; with Amos- keag Mfg. Co., 1928-29; asst. prof. accounting, M.I.T., 1929-34, asso. prof., 1934-39, prof., 1939 -; dir. Sponsored Fellowship Program, 1939 -; dir. W. Roxbury Coop. Bk .; mem. Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants, Am. Accounting Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Controllers Inst. Am. (asso. mem.). Clubs: Harvard ( Boston), Waban Neighborhood. Author: Organization and Management of an In- dustrial Enterprise (with Fernstrom and others) ; Accounting (with Charles Il. Porter), many mag. articles. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 14 Upland Rd., Waban.
FITCH, Stanley Gay Hyde, public accountant; b. Halifax, N.S., Sept. 13, 1876; s. Robert Stanley Fitch and Abbie ( llyde) F .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1900; m. Barbara Ross Dilla- way of Boston, Sept. 17, 1901; children-Mrs. Katharine llyde Godley, Barbara Ross (d. 1909), Stanley Dillaway (d. 1909), Ralph Roswell, H. (d. 1932). In chem. engring., 2 yrs .; mfg. bus., 7 yrs .; pub. accountant, 1909 -; now partner, Patterson, Teele & Dennis, Boston; mem. Mass. Soc. C.P.A., Ine. (past pres.), Nat. Assn. Cost Ac- countants (past pres. Boston Chap.), Am. Inst. Accountants (mem. Council), Delta Kappa Ep- silon. Clubs: Exchange, Algonquin (Boston), Episcopalian of Mass., Winchester Country, Rock - port Golf. Episcopalian. Republiean. Office: 1 Federal St., Boston. Home: 50 Garden St., Camb. Summer res .: Rockport.
FITCHET, Seth Marshall, surgeon; b. San Bernar- dino, Cal., July 14, 1887; s. Charles Lee Fitchet and Elizabeth Dunbar (Sorley) F .; ed. Mt. Her- mon Sch .; A.B., Clark Univ., 1915; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1919; B.P.II. Harvard Sch. Pub. Health, 1923; m. Helen Fay Gates of Worcester, Nov. 10, 1917; children-Seth Marshall, Jr., Duncan Mac- lellan, Sarah Ellen. Surgeon to Clinic, Harvard Univ .; asst. surg., Mass. Gen. Hosp. 1923 -; visit - ing surg. Children's Hosp., Boston, 1924 -; asso. surg. N.E. Bapt, and Faulkner Hosps., 1925 -; instr. surgery courses for grads, Harvard Med. Sch., 1925 -; cons. surgeon, Mass. Eye and Bar Infirmary, 1927 -; surg, dir. and chief of staff, Josiah B. Thomas Hosp., Peabody, 1938 -; capt. through grades to col. of Field Arty., U.S.A. with A.E F. 1918-19; decorated with Verdun and Cha- teau Thierry medals; honored as Knight of Order Compassionate Icart; fellow A.C.S., A.M.A., A.A.A.S., Am. Geog. Soc .; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Boston Orthopedic Club. S.A.R., Soc. of War 1812, Mil. Order World War, Masons, K.T., Shrine. ('hubs: Harvard, Aesculapian ( Boston), Country ( Brookline). Author: various surg. articles. Travel: Europe, China, Japan, Philippines, Aus- tralia, New Zealand, So. and Cent. Amn. Non-Sec- tarian. Independent. Office: 319 Longwood Av., Boston. Home: 992 Beacon St., Newton Center. Summer res .: Point Sarah, Little Bear Island, N.Il., and Princeton,
V'FITTS, Charles Newton, business executive; b. Nor- folk, Va., Aug. 12, 1870; s. Newton Fitts and Clymena (Williams) F .; ed. Norfolk Aead. grad. 1887; M.I.T. 1887-88; m. Onata North, Sept. 16, 1897; children-Doris (Mrs. William Alexander Smith), Lincoln W. With N.ES. Structural Co., 1895-, treas., 1913 -; pres. Ami. Inst. Stech Con- struction, 1928-32, now dir .; alderman, Newton, 1915-16; men. Masonic Lodge. Author: articles in trade mags. Episcopalian. Republican. Of- fice: Everett. Home: 376 Clinton Rd., Brookline.
1 FITTS, Clara E. (Atwood), illustrator; b. Worces- ter, Oct. 6, 1874; d. David Franklin Atwood and Lucy Coolidge (Pratt) A .; ed. public schools about Boston; Sch. Museum Fine Arts, Boston; m. Rev. Frederie W. Fitts, July 4, 1917. Illustrated for Boston Herald and Boston Globe, Prang Co. Youth's Companion, most Boston pubs. of school- books, and religious material for various publish- Ing cos .; Illustrator for Providence Lithograph Co .; illustrator of many children's books and school books for N.Y. and Chicago, as well as Boston, firms; painted three panels of Reredos in St. John's Church, Roxbury Crossing; altar piece
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