Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 1 1940-1941, Part 94

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FORBES, J. Malcolm, teacher; b. Naushon Island, Aug. 9, 1901; s. John M. Forbes and Rose (Dab- ney) F .; ed. Milton Acad .; B.S., Harvard, 1923; A.M., Columbia, 1928; Ph.D., Univ. London, 1935; m. Ethel Cummings of Boston, 1927; children- Holly, Joan D., J. Malcolm, Jr., Charles D., Beryl. Asst. prof. psychology, Rollins Coll .; mem. of staff, Harvard Psychol. Clinic; Clinician, Judge Baker Guldance Center, Boston; teacher, Simmons Coll .; dir. Cambridge Sch .; advisor, Black Moun- tain Coll .; overseer Browne & Nichols Sch. Clubs: Union, Harvard (N.Y.). Travel: expon. across


Africa, 1923-24. Unitarian. Liberal. Office: 614 Sears Building, Boston. Home: 197 Brattle St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Naushon Island, Woods Hole.


VFORBES, Wilbur Emmous, manufacturer; b. Taun- ton, Feb. 16, 1896; s. Ilarrie Wilson Forbes and Bertha (Wilbur) F .; ed. St. George's Sch., Newport, R.I., 1909-15; Amherst Coll., 1915-17, Babson Inst., Wellesley, 1929-30; m. Bernadette Hacker of Wash., D.C., March 1, 1919; children-Anne Katherine, Julia Wilbur. In employ Glenwood Range Co., Taunton, 1919-, v.p., 1932 -; pres. and treas. Presbey Refractories Corp., 1930 -; dir. Standard Stove Lining Co., Bristol County Trust Co .; served in U.S.N.R.F., 1917-19; mem. Taunton Municipal Council, 1921-22; tr. Morton Hosp .; dir. Taunton Y.M.C.A .; mem. Mfrs. & Employers Assn. of Taun- ton (pres.), Am. Legion, Alpha Delta Phi, Masons (32°), K.T., Shrinc, Elks. Clubs: Bristol (Taun- ton), Yacht (New Bedford), Yacht ( Woods Hole). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Gienwood Range Co., Taunton. Home: 140 Winthrop St., Taunton. FORBES, Willlam Camerou; s. William H. Forbes and Edith (Emerson) F .; b. Milton, May 21, 1870; ed. Hopkinson's Sch .; Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1892; hon. L.L.D., Harvard, Bates Coll., Trinity Coll. Clk. Jackson & Curtis, bankers & brokers, Boston, 1894-95; head coach, Harvard varsity foot- ball team, 1897-98; chlef, financal dept., Stone & Webster, elec. engrs., 1897-02; partner, J. M. Forbes & Co., merchants, Boston, 1899; mem. Phil- ippine Commn., and sec. of commerce and police


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in govt. of P.I., 1904-08, v.gov. of P.I., 1908-09, gov .- gen., 1909-13; mem. Wood-Forbes Mission sent by Pres. Harding to investigate conditions in P.I., 1921; chmn. commn. for study of condi- tions in Haiti, 1930; ambassador to Japan, 1930- 32; chmn. Am. Econ. Mission to the Far East, 1935; Overseer Ilarvard Univ., 1914-20; chmn. Bd. Trs. Carnegie Instn .; tr. Hampton Inst .; pres. Y China Soc. of Amn. (lion.), Japan Soc. of Boston, Harvard Travellers Club; v.p. Mass. Hosp. Life Ins. Co., Providence Inst. for Sav. (also tr.); dir. Am. T. & T., Stone & Webster, United Fruit, Com- mercial Credit Co., Copper Range Co., Old Colony Trust Co., and others; mem. Mass. Inst. Tech. Corp. (lifc), Mass. Hist. Soc .; fellow, Am. Acad. of Arts & Sci. Clubs: Union, Tavern, Harvard (Boston) N.Y.), India House, Yacht (N.Y.). Author: As to Polo; Romance of Business; The Philippine Islands. G.s. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Protestant. Inde- pendent. Office: 614 Sears Bldg., Boston. Homc: Norwood.


FORBUSHI, Charles Arthur, dentist surgeon; b. Charlestown, Sept. 16, 1893; s. George H. Forbush and Lidie (Mclean) F .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; D.M.D., Harvard Dental Sch., 1916; m. Emily Rob- crts of Dedham, Oct. 25, 1922; 1 son-Charles A., Jr. Practiced dentistry, Boston, 1916 -; dental surg .; capt. Dental Corps with 322d Inf., 81st Div., A.E.I .. , 22 mos .; mem. Masons, Psi Omega. Club: Kiwanis (past pres. ). Protestant. Republican. Office: 520 Beacon St., Boston. Home: Jefferson Shores, Buzzards Bay.


V FORBUSHI, Gayle Tilton, business man (retired) ; b. Natick, Mar. 31, 1870; s. James M. Forbush and Emilie A. (Whitney) F .; ed. Natick and Newton high schs .; B.S., M.I.T., 1892; in. Helen G. Walcott of Natick, June 5, 1895; children-Gayle W., Helen G. (Mrs. Clarence 1. Platt). Began in ins. bus., Boston, 1892; pres. Provident Fire Ins. Co. of N.II., 1924-35, still dir .; tr. Ins. Lib. Assn., Leon- ard Morse losp .; mem. South Natick Ilist. Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Framingham Coun- try, Rotary, Author: a few ins. lecture text books. Travel: Eng., Europe. Desc. David Forbush, who marched to Lexington in Col. Artemas Ward's regt., also mem. of Com. of Safety in Revolution. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: Grove St., Natick.


VFORBUSHI, Walter Alfred, business executive; b. Natick, Oct. 11, 1886; s. Frank M. Forbush and Annie L. (Mead) F .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1907; grad., engring. course Lowell Inst., 1911; m. Helen Dill of Newton, Oct. 22, 1912; children- Walter A., Lothrop M., Catherine, Louisc, With Edison Elec. Illuminating Co. and successor Brockton Edison Co., of Broekton, 1907-, bo- gan as stoekkeeper, later became plant supt., gen. supt. and mgr., v.p., 1933 -; mem. Ch. Commerce, Masons. Clubs: Brockton Country, Thorney Lea Golf, Pocasset Golf, University, Ki- wanis. Congregationalist. Otlice: 36 Main St., Brockton. Home: 35 South St., Campello.


FORD, Charles Osear, elergyman; b, Phila., Pa., Oct. 3, 1873; s. John P. Ford and Mary Elizabeth (Ludwig) F .; ed. Phila. (Pa.) high sch .; A.B., Dickinson Coll., 1898; B.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1901; D.D., Dickinson Coll., Temple Univ .; m. Florence Bartch, Apr. 25, 1901; children-Mary Elizabeth, Eloise Morton Hutchinson, Florence Bennet. Methodist minister; mem. N.E. Conf., 1901 -; dist. supt., Springfield Dist., 1929 -; mem. Gen. Conf., Eeumenical Conf. (London), Uniting Conf. (Kansas City, Mo.). Author: articles in rel. and social papers. Travel: U.S., Mex., Europe. Office and home: 354 Cabot St., Beverly. Summer res., Gloucester.


FORD, Edmond John, lawyer; b. Lawrence, Nov. 5, 1880; s. John Ford and Mary Jane (Quinn) F .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1905; LI .. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1907; m. Grace Daly of Boston, Sept. 12, 1911; children-Grace E., John, William, Edmond, Rob- ert, Paul. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1906; practiced law, Lawrence, 1906 -; mem. firm W. C. & E. J. Ford 1907 -; prof. law, Boston Coll. Law Sch., 1931-34; spl. asst. to Atty. Gen. of U.S. 1934 -; former mem. Exec. Com. Mass. Bar Assn .; tr. Law-


rence Law Lib. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: Treatise on Recent Cases of Evidence, 1926; Massa- chusetts Evidence and Trials, 1931; Handbook on Massachusetts Practice, 1932; Trial Evidence, 1933. Catholic. Democrat. Oflice: Dept. of Justice, Wash., D.C. Home: Lawrence.


FORD, James, asso, professor of sociology; b. Clin- ton, Oct. 1, 1884; s. Andrew Elmer Ford and Ellen Louise (Burdett) F .; ed. Clinton high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1905, A.M., 1906, Ph.D. (Eeon.), 1909; m. Marian Willard Tyler of Brookline, Sept. 4, 1909; m. (2d) Katherine Morrow of N.Y. City, Feb. 21, 1936; children-Mrs. Edward Lowndes Francis, Mrs. Edward Mason Read, III, James Andrew, Mar- garet Morrow. At Harvard Univ. 1909 -; pres., Prospect Union Educ. Exch. U.S. Housing Corp., 1918-19; mgr. of Homes Reg. Dlv, and ed. of its publs .; fellow Am. Acad. of Arts & Sei., A.A.A.S. Author: Cooperation in New England ( Russell Sage Foundation), Slums and Housing (with Kath- crine Morrow Ford); The Abolition of Poverty (with Katherine Morrow Ford). Joint cditor: (with John M. Gries) publications of the Presi- dent's Conference on Home Bldg. and Home Owner- ship (1932). Office: Dept. of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge. Ilome: Woods End Rd., Lincoln.


FORD, Jeremiah Denis Mathlas, university profes- sor; b. Cambridge, July 2, 1873; s. J. D. Ford and Mary Agnes (Collins) 17 .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1894, A.M., 1895, Ph.D., 1897, studying in Coll. Law Sch. and Grad. Sch .; élève Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Univ. of Paris, 1897-98; student Sorbonne, Ecole des Chartes and Collège de France; hon. Docteur- és-lettres, Univ. of Toulouse, 1922; D. Litt., Nat. Univ. of Ireland, 1932, Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1934, Bowdoin Coll., Brunswick, Me., 1935; m. Anna Win- ifred Fearns of Cambridge, Jan. 1, 1902; children- Anita Winifred (Mrs. Hubert S. Packard), Robert, Elizabeth Frances (Mrs. Rawson Lyman Wood), Richard. Instr. Fr., Harvard, 1895; later Harris fellow in same in residence at Univ. of Paris; again instr. Fr., 1898-1900, instr. Romance langs., 1900-02, asst. prof. 1902-07, Smith prof. Fr. and Sp. langs. 1907-, Harvard Univ. and Radcliffe Coll., chmn. dept. Romance langs., Ilarvard, 1911 -; chief ex- aminer for Spanish under Coll. Entrance Exam, Bd., 1908-21; lecturer Span. lit., Lowell Inst., 1918; exchange prof. Harvard, to Univ. of Paris and to Spanish univs., 1921-22; dir. Am. Univ. Union for Continent of Europe, hdqrs. P'aris, 1925-26; visiting prof. to French and Spanish univs., 1925-26; editor in chief of Speculum, 1927-36; dir. Harvard Council on Hispano-Am. Studies; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences (pres. 1931-33), Mediaeval Acad. Am. (pres. 1939-40), A.A.A.S .; mem. Mod. Lang. Assn. Am. (v.p. 1910-1; 1927-28), Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Dialect Soc., Dante Soc. (pres. 1932-), Am. Cath. Ilist. Soc. (pres. 1935), Humanities Research Assn. of England (pres. 1937-38), Ital. Ilist. Soc. of Mass. (pres. 1930-), Am. Council Learned Socs., Am. Folk-Lore Soc., Linguistic Soc. Am., Hist. Sci. Soc., Soc. de linguistique (Paris), Comité France- Amérique (Paris), Hispanic Soc. Am. (v.D.); corr. mem. Spanish Acad. ( Madrid), Span. Acad. Belles Lettres (Barcelona) ; comdr. Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain) ; officer Legion of llonor ( France), officer Order of the Crown (Italy), knight Royal Order of Cultural Merit (Rumania), officer Order of Pub. Instruction (Portugal); awarded Laetare medal by Univ. of Notre Dame, 1937. Clubs: Cam- bridge (pres. 1933), Faculty (Camb.), Harvard, Club of Odd Volumes (Boston), Club de la Renais- sanee (Paris). Author: The Old Spanish Sibllants (Vol. VII of Ilarvard Studies and Notes), 1900; Ex- ercises in Spanish Composition, 1901; Spanish Grammar, 1904; First Spanish Course, 1917; Main Currents of Spanish Literature, 1919; Portugese Grammar, 1925; Spanish Grammar for Colleges,


1928. Editor: Chivalrous Romances In Italian Verse, 1904; Goldoni's Curioso Accidente, 1899; Moratin's Sí de las niñas, 1899; Alarcón's Capitan Veneno, 1900; A Spanish Anthology, 1901; Old Spanish Readings, 1906; Selections from Don Qui- jote, 1908; Spanish Fables in Verse, 1918; Letters of John Ill of Portugal, 1931; Bibliography of Cer- vantes, 1931; Bibliography of Brazilian Belles-


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Lettres, 1931; Bibliography of Cuban Belles-Let- tres, 1932; Letters of the Court of John II1 of Por- tugal, 1933; Crónica de João de Castro of Leon- ardo Nunes, 1935; Suñé's Critical Bibliography of Editions of the Don Quixote, 1939; The Lusiad, or Portugal's Historical Poem (a transl. in Eng. verse by Sir Richard Fanshawe, London, 1665, now pub. in 2nd edit. ), 1939. Italian and Spanish editor of the New International Encyelo- pedia, 1901-04; contbr. of Span. and Ital. articles to Johnson's Ency., Catholic Ency., and Ency. Ameri- cana; Contbr. to, philol. publs .; gen. editor of Henry Holt & Co.'s Spanish Series. Travel: Europe (12 times since 1886) ; throughout Latin Am. 1913. Catholic. Home: 9 Riedesel Ave., Cambridge.


FORD, Katherine Morrow, writer, research worker; b. Portsmouth, Va., July 25, 1905; d. Edwin H. Mor- row and Margaret ( Shaughnessy) M .; ed. Temple Bus. Coll .; George Washington Univ .; m. (2nd) James Ford of Cambridge, Feb. 1936; 1 dau .- Mar- garct Morrow. Exec. sec., Better Homes in Amer- ica, 1933-35; administrative asst., President's Conf. on llome Building and Home Ownership, 1931-35; Research on Slums and Housing, 1933-36; sec. Standards and Objectives Com. of President's Conf. on Home Bldg. and Home Ownership, 1930-31; mem. Museum of Modern Art (N.Y. City). Co-author: Abolition of Poverty (with James Ford), 1937; Slums and Housing ( with James Ford), 1936; misc. articles on small house architecture and decorat- ing. Interested in modern architecture and modern interiors, Home: Woods End Rd., Lincoln.


FORD, William Charles, lawyer; b. Lawrence, Oct. 5, 1875; s. John Ford and Mary J. (Quinn) F .; ed. Lawrence high sch .; Georgetown Univ., 1894-95; Harvard, 1895-97; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1900; m. Mary A. Mahony of Lawrence, Nov. 1, 1905; 1 dau .- Helen Marie (d.). Practiced law in Lawrence, 1900 -; mem. firm W. C. & E. J. Ford, 1907-34; in practice alone 1934 -; mem. Lawrence Ch. Commerce (past pres.), Lawrence and Essex Bar Assns., Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi. Club: Lawrence Lions (past pres.). Author: nu- merous short stories in various mags. Catholic. Democrat. Office: 301 Essex St., Lawrence. lome: 17 York St., Andover.


FORSHEE, Archibald Alexander, clergyman; b. Superior Township, Mich., July 13, 1871; s. John W Forshee and Sarah Jane (Bouek) F .; ed. high schs., Grand Rapids and Ypsilanti, Mich., and Cheyenne, Wyo .; B.L., Univ. Mich., 1898; grad. Newton Theol. Instr., 1902; m. Alice Trussell of Hingham, June 30, 1902; children-Ruth Alva, Mrs. Alice Forshee Peatfield. Ordained to Bapt. ministry, 1895; pastor, Bapt. Chs., Rochester and Durand, Mich., Hingham; missionary, Bacolod, Occidental Negros, P.Q., 1902-07, 1908-12; pastor, Elmhurst Ch., N.Y. City, 1907-08; Bercan Temple Ch., Boston, 1912-16; Alexander Av. Ch., N.Y. City, 1916-18; Second Av. Ch., N. Y. City, 1918-21; gen. missionary sec., Northern Bapt. Conv., 1919-21; exec. scc., Bos- ton Bapt. City Mission Soe., 1924-36; sec. Jennie Clarkson Home for Children, Valhalla, N.Y., 1920- 24; mem. Pi Gamma Mu; past mem. B.B. Circle ( Boston). Travel: around world, U.S. (extensive). Desc. Jenks family of Providence, R.I., and Lynn. Baptist. Prohibitionist and Republican. Home: 23 Allston St., Dorchester. Summer res .: Crescent Beach, Conn.


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FORT, Gerrit, railroad executive; b. Cedar Rapids, Ia., Nov. 12, 1865; s. Hiram Pratt Fort and Caro- line (Van Dyck) F .; ed. pub. schs., Cedar Rapids, Ia .; m. Eleanor Cleary of Boston, Sept. 5, 1892; children-Gerrit, Jr., Henrietta, Louise. With pas- senger dept., N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R., 1889-96; sec. Cent. Passenger Assn., Chicago, 1897-1900; asst. gen. passenger agt., U.P.R.R., 1900-07; asst. to v.p. and gen. passenger agt., N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R., 1907- 10; passenger traffic mgr., U.P. System, comprising U.P.R.R., Ore. Short Line, and Ore .- Wash. R.R. & Navigation Co., 1910-18; asst. dir. U.S.R.R. Admin- istration, 1918-19; v.p. B.&M.R R., 1920-27 at pres- ent exec. asst., pres., Raymond & Whitcomb Co .; chmn. Boston Tidewater Terminal, Inc .; pres. Mys- tie Terminal Co. Clubs: Algonquin (Boston), Bea-


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con Society (pres., 1933-37). Office: North Station Bldg., Boston. Home: 282 Beacon St., Boston. / FORTE, Fellx, lawyer; b. Boston, June 30, 1895; s. Peter Forte and Francesca (Santamaria) F .; ed. English high sch .; 11.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1916, LL.M., 1919; M.A., Boston Univ., 1928; S.J.D., Harvard, 1932; B.S.O., Staley Coll, of Spoken Word, 1935; m. Alma Locatelli of Somerville, June 28, 1922; children-John Peter, Virginia, Felix, Jr. Admitted to Mass, bar, 1916; admitted to bar U.S. Dist. Ct., 1917; admitted to practice before Supreme Ct. of U.S., 1929; gen. practice of law, Boston, 1916 -; asso. prof. law, Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1927-29, prof. 1929 -; became spl. justice, Dict. Ct. of Somerville, 1930; v. chinn. Rep. State Conv., 1920; mem. Rep. State Com. (mem. exec. com. 1929- 33, treas. 1933-36), Rep. City Com. (Somerville) ; Rep. candidate for atty, gen. of Mass., 1936; mem. Boston Univ. Sch. Law Alumni Assn. (sec. 1929-33, treas. 1933-35, v.p. 1935-36, pres., 1937-38); exec. sec. Home for Italian Children, Inc .; mem. An., Mass., Boston, and Somerville Bar Assns., Ist. Internat. Law, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Phi Delta, K.C., Sons of Italy in Am. (cx- Grand Venerable, 1925, 1933-37). Decorated with Cross of Chevalier of Crown (Italy), 1930. Author: Case Book on Contracts; Notes on Masters and Auditors; Notes on Mott Court Practice; Mass. Bar Examination and Answers; Notes on the Various Legal Subjects Required for State Bar Examina- tion; articles in legal and other periodicals; A Brief Survey of Anglo-American Legal History. Catholic. Republican. Office: 20 Pemberton Sq., Boston. Homc: 346 Marsh St., Belmont. Summer res .: U St., Allerton.


W FOSDICK, Frederick Woodbury, lawyer; b. Fitch- burg, Apr. 28, 1875; s. Frederick Fosdick and Lucy M. (Hill) F .; ed. Fitchburg high sch .; A.B., Am- herst Coll., 1898; Ll.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1901; m. Martha L. Morgan of Fitchburg, Dec. 29, 1909. Lawyer in gen. practice, prosecutor, judge; Asst. Dist. Atty., Northern Dist. Selcetive Service, World War; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns., Soc. May- flower Deses., Bostonian Soc., Theta Delta Chi. Club: Boston City. Christian. Independent. Of- fice: Court House, Boston. Ilome: 25 Wyman St., West Medford. Summer res. : Kent Rd., West Gloucester.


FOSS, Benjamin Sturtevant, executive, treasurer; b. Jamaica Plain, Oct. 9, 1886; s. Eugene Noble Foss and Lilla (Sturtevant) F .; ed. Volkman sch., Bos- ton; A.B., Harvard, 1908, A.M., 1909; in. Dorothy E. Chapman of San Francisco, Calif., 1911; m. Josephine Stevens of Brookline, 1927; children- Eugene Noble, JI, Benjamin Sturtevant, Jr., Dora Sherwood, Barbara. Asso, with B. F. Sturtevant, ifrs. fans and air conditioning equipment, Hyde Park, 1910-, now treas., dir .; dir. B. F. Sturtevant of Calif., B. F. S. Co., Western Div., B. F. S. Co. of Canada, Ltd .; Framingham Foundries, Inc .; v.p., dir., Auditorium Conditioning Co .; engaged in infg. aircraft and products for U.S.N., World War; a founder of Mfrs.' Aircraft Assn .; mem. A.A.A.S., Soc. Automobile Engrs. (N.Y.), A.F. & A.M. (Loy- alty Lodge). Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N. Y.), Coun- try (Brookline), Pacific-Union (San Francisco). Travel: extensive; around world; Europe (several times) ; etc. Father was Gov. Mass., 3 terms, 1910- 12. Unitarian. Republican. Office: B. F. Sturte- vant Co., Hyde Park. Home: Cramond Rd., Brook- line, Mass.


V FOSS, Ernest, lawyer; b. Newburyport, July 22, 1876; s. David Moss, M.D., and Leah M. (Osborne) I .; ed. Newburyport high sch .; Harvard, LL. B., Boston Univ Seh. Law, 1900; m. Elizabeth C. Whiton of Newburyport, Sept. 13, 1906; children- Nathaniel C., Ernest Jr., Elizabeth, David W. Spee. Justice, Dist. Ct. of Newburyport, 1924-38; tr. and v.p. Newburyport Five Cents Sav. Bk .; dir. Towle Mfg. Co., A. & G. J. Caldwell, Inc. Clubs: Rotary, Dalton, Ould Newbury Golf, Tuesday Night. Re- publican. Offiee: 76 State St., Newburyport. Home: 53 High St., Newburyport. Summer res .: Silver Lake, N.I.


FOSS, Eugene Noble, manufacturer; b. West Berk- shire, Vt., Sept. 24, 1858; s. George E. Foss and


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Marcia (Noble) F .; ed. St. Albans Acad. (Vt.); Univ. Vt., 1877-79 (A.B., 1901, L1 .. D., 1912); m. Lilla Sturtevant of Boston, June 12, 1861; children -Benjamin, Noble, Helen (Mrs. Henry W. Fores- ter), Esther (Mrs. Sidney W. Fisk). Entered mig. bus. at Boston, 1882; became pres. B. F. Sturte- vant Co .; has promoted many enterprises in the iron, steel, and cotton industries; built Maverick Mills in East Boston and was asso. with others in promoting and building mills in Fall River, New Bedford and Pawtucket, R.I .; also active in bank- ing and railroad eircles; has served as a dir. in many banks and railroad companies; mem. of Con-, gress, 1910, elected Gov., 1911-12-13; ehmm. ba. Y B. F. Sturtevant Co .; mem. Sigma Phi. Clubs: Algonquin, Beacon Society, Eliot, Canadian. Bap- tist. Demoerat. Offiee: 89 Broad St., Boston. Ilome: 11 Revere St., Jamaica Plain. Summer res. : Jerusalem Rd., Cohasset.


FOSS, Florence Winslow, professor of art; b. Dover, N.H., Aug. 29, 1882; d. Frederick Hill Foss and Emma Susan (Spurling) F .; ed. Dover high sch .; B.A., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1905; M.A., Wellesley Coll., 1913; Radeliffe Coll., Univ. Chieago. Instr., dept. of Art and Archaeology, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1906-16, assoe. prof., 1916-26, prof. 1926 -; studied sculp- ture at Seh. of Am. Seulp., N.Y., 1922-23; sculpture exhibited 1935- in various nat. exhbus., as P'a. Aead. Fine Arts (annual exhbns., 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938.) Art Inst. of Chicago (1936), Nat. Aead. De- sign (N.Y., 1937), Soc. of Washington Artists (Wash., D.C.), 1936 (Ilon. Mention, 1937), Conn. Aead. (Hartford, Conn.), 1936, 1937, 1938), Spring- field Art League (Springfield, 1937), Deerfield Val- ley Arts Assn. (1937, 1938) ; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Coll. Art Assu., Phi Beta Kappa. Travel: Europe. Episcopalian. Offiee: Mt. Ilolyoke Coll., So. Hadley. Ilome: Brockway Lane, So. Hadley.


FOSS, Frank H., contractor; b. Augusta, Me., Sept. 20, 1865; s. Orrin 1º. Foss and Hannah H. (Fisk) F .; ed. pub. schs. and Kents Hill Sem .; m. Sibyl S. Alden of Livermore Falls, Me., Dec. 2, 1891; ehil- . dren -- Ray A., Ruth H., Dorothy S. In gen. con- tracting bus., 1893 -; mem. firm Wiley & Foss; mem. City Council, Fitehburg, 1906-08, Bd. Alder- men, 1909-12, Water Com., 1913-15; mayor of Fiteh- burg, 1917-20; chin. Rop. State Conv., 1920-24; mem. 69th to 73d Congresses, 1925-35, 3d Mass. Fire Ins. Co. Clubs: Fay, Middlesex, Repub- lican, Country. Universalist Republican. Of- flee: eorner Central and Brook. Ilome: 68 Arling- ton St., Fitehburg.


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FOSS, Harold G., ship broker, steamship agent; b. Ilaneock, Me., Apr. 10, 1881; s. Orlando W. Foss and Caroline C. (Moore) F .; ed. Hancock high sch .; Pratt Inst., 1896-1900: l'atterson Nautical Coll., 1900-01; m. Bertha S. Crabtree of Haneoek, Nov. 8, 1904: m. (2nd) Gertrude G. Gilmour of Boston, Sept. 17, 1934. Began as seaman, 1900; master mariner until 1914; pres. Foss' & Crabtree, Inc .; FOSTER, George B., railroad executive; b. No. An- pres. and treas. Superior Trading and Transporta- (lover, Dec. 1, 1858; s. John P. Foster and Sarah A. (Peabody) F .; ed. Johnson high sch., No. An- dover; Phillips Acad., Andover; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1883; m. Margaret V. Brooks of Boston, Nov. 5, 1897 ((.); 1 dau .- Miriam (d.). In banking bus., Boston, 1883-1900; in railroad bus., 1900 -; treas., sec., elk. B.&A.R.R. Co., Ware River R.R. Co., Pittsfield & N. Adams R.R. Co., 1928 -; mem. N.E. Ilist. Geneal. Soc., Soc. of the Cincinnati, Mass. and Nat. Audubon Soes .; Amherst Coll. Alumni Assn., Phillips (Andover) Aead. Alumnl Assn., Delta Up- silon. Club: Republican of Mass. Author: artiles in newspapers and mags. Episcopalian. Republl- can. Offlee: 325 South Sta., Boston. Home: 15 Vernon St., Brookline. Summer res .: North An- dover. tion Co .; treas. McLean & Foss; It. comdr., U.S. Naval Res .; (v.p.) and tr. Boston Marine Soc .; mem. Masons, Shrine. Clubs: Boston City; Pro- peller. Methodist. Republiean. Office: 131 State St., Boston. ITome: 73 Fairmount St., Belmont. V FOSS. Noble, manufacturer; b. Boston, Apr. 8, 1889; s. Eugene N. Foss and Lilla (Sturtevant) F .; ed. Volkman Sch .; student, Harvard, 1906-07; m. Kath- erine Cobb of Boston, Sept. 3, 1912; ehildren- Naney, Constanee. See. & dir. B. F. Sturtevant Co., 1910-32; pres. & dir. Sturtevant Aeroplane Co., 1915-28, Framingham Foundries, Inc., 1919-25, Mav- eriek Mills, 1922-39; v.p. & dir. B. F. Sturtevant Co., 1932-39. Clubs: University, Exchange, Milton, Beverly Yaeht. Protestant. Republican. Offiee: 89 Broad St., Boston. Home: 55 Canton Av., MII- ton. Summer res .: Marion. 1


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FOSTER, Augustine Norwood, clergyman; b. Merl- den, Conn., Dec. 14, 1869; s. James U. Foster and Augusta S. (Norwood) F .; ed. Merlden (Conn.) high sch .; Harvard; Boston Sch. for Social Work- ers; Emerson Seh. Oratory; S.T.B., Crane Sch. Theol., Tufts Coll., 1894; m. Maude Dresser Balley of Lynn, Aug. 15, 1906; 1 son-Larry N. Ordained


to Universalist ministry, 1894, Unitarian ministry (double fellowship), 1910; pastor, 2nd Universalist Ch., Lynn, 1893-1905, Ist Ch., Elgin, 111., 1906-10, 1st Parish ( Unitarian), Uxbridge, 1911-20, St. Paul's Universalist Church, Palmer, 1920-1922, Ch. of Good Shepherd ( Universalist), Norwich, Conn., 1922-32; see .- supt., Conn. Universalist Conv., 1926- 33. Travel: Europe, Egypt, Can., Mex., Pacific Coast. G.s. Rev. Abraham Norwood, 1806-1880, a Universalist minister, 1832-1880. Democrat. llome: "Minute Man Antique Shop," 1981 Massachusetts Av., Lexington.


FOSTER, Dorothy, professor of English literature and drama; b. Salem, July 21, 1883; d. James Measury Foster and Genevieve (Stimson) F .; ed. Allen Pvt. Sch., 1889-94, pub. sch., 1894-96, high sch., Salem, 1896-1900; A.B., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1904; A.M., Radcliffe Coll., 1908; grad. student, Radcliffe Coll., 1913-14; research, British Mus. and Oxford, 1914-15, Brit. Mus. and Pub. Record Of- fice, 1921, Brit. Mus. summers, 1922-24, 1935; Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1928. Engaged as reader, dept. Eng- lish literature, Mt. Ilolyoke Coll., 1904-06, reader and instr., .1906-07, instr. Eng. lit., 1908-13, 1915- 16, asso. prof., 1916-30, prof. Eng. lit. and drama, 1930 -; tr. The Women's Coll. of Geneva, Switz., 1935-37; mem. Modern Lang. Assn. Am., Salem Soc. for Higher Edn. Women, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Alumnae Assn. Bryn Mawr Coll., Radeliffe Coll. Alumnae Assn. Anthor: literary articles to reviews and philol. jours. Home: 4 Jewett Lane, South Hadley.




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