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V KING, Raymond T., lawyer; b. Springfield, Aug. 15, 1893; s. Thomas E. King and Anna (Davis) K .; ed. Springfield high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1915; LIA.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1919; m. Olive Geran, of Springfield, Oct. 19, 1918; children-Joan, Lucy, Nancy, Sally, Evelyn, Raymond T., Jr., Mary, Admitted to Mass. bar, 1920; gen, practice of law, Boston, 1920-21; with Morrissey & Gray, Spring- field, 1921-22; in practice alone, 1922-35; mem. frm King & Lyman, 1935 -; capt. Inf., U S.A., 1917-19; police commr. Springfield, 1928; mem. Springfield Pub. Forum (exec. com.), Springfield Community Chest (tr.), Spild. Community Concert Assn. (pres.), Family Welfare Assn. (dir.); Delta Tau Delta. Club: University (Springfield ). Catholic. Office: 1537 Main St., Springfield. Home: 54 Bow- doin St., Springfield.
KING, Ronold Wyeth Percival, assistant professor of physics and communication engineering; b. Williamstown, Sept. 19, 1905; s. J. Percival King and Edith (Seyerlen) K .; ed. East high sch., Rochester, N.Y .: A.B., Univ. Rochester, 1927, M.S., 1929; student, Univ. Munich, Cornell, Tech. Univ., Berlin; Ph.D., Univ. Wis., 1932; m. Justine Merrell of Rochester, N.Y., June 22, 1937. Grad. work In physics and math. till 1932; teacher and research asst., Univ. Wis., 1932-34; instr, physics, Lafayette Coll., 1934-36, asst. prof., 1936-37; Guggenheim fellow, Berlin, Ger., 1937-38; instr. physics and communication engring., Harvard, 1938-39, asst. prof., 1939 -; mem. Am. Phys. Soc., A.A.A.S., Inst. Radio Engrs., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs. Author: many sci, articles on topics in physics in Philos. Mag., Scientific Monthly, proc. I.R.E., etc. Travel: Europe, mostly Ger. (studying), 1928-29, 1937-38. Office: Cruft Laboratory, Ilarvard University, Cambridge. Home: 50 Foster Rd., Belmont. Sum- mer res .: Waldoboro, Me.
KING, Stanley, college president; b. Troy, N.Y., May 11, 1883; s. Henry Amasa King (judge Mass. Su- perior Ct.) and Maria Lyon (Flynt) K .; ed. A.B., Amherst Coll., 1903; A.M., Harvard, 1906; LL. D., Dartmouth Coll., Colgate Univ., Wesleyan Univ., 1932, Columbia, 1933, Williams Coll., 1936, Ham- ilton Coll., 1938, Univ. Rochester, 1939; m. Gertrude Louisa Besse, Dec. 12, 1906 (d. Apr. 10, 1923) ; chil- dren-Richard, Gertrude, Margaret (d.); m. (2d) Margaret Pinckney Allen, July 23, 1927. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1906, and practiced in Boston; eastern mgr. and dir. International Shoe Co .; pres. Amherst Coll., 1932 -; mem. com. on supplies, Council Nat. Defense, 1917 -; apptd. spl. asst. to Sec. of War, Oct. 4, 1917; mem. President's Industrial Conf., 1919-20; chmn. Mass. Commn. on Stabilization of Employment, 1931-34; tr. Amherst Coll .; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Union (Boston) ; Century, (N. Y.). Address: . 1m- herst.
VKING, Walter Irving, actuary (estate taxes and life ins.); b. Enfield, Conn., July 9, 1881; s. Henry Wolcott King and Myra Esther (Willis) K .; ed. Enfield (Conn.) high sch .; A.B., Yale, 1904; m. Edith M. Potter of Norwich, Conn., Oct. 15, 1910 ( div.); m. (2d) Katharine V. Ganse of Framing- ham, Apr. 14, 1936. In actuarial dept., Travelers Ins. Co., Hartford, Conn., 1904-12; actuary, Column- bian Nat. Iife Ins. Co., Boston, 1912-18; sec. group dep., then sec. corp .; v.p. Conn. Gen. Life Ins. co., Hartford, Conn., 1918-32; asso. with Gause-King Tax Service, Boston, 1932 -; sec., chun. Co-or- dination of Aids Com., Winchester; police commr., West Hartford, Conn., 1925-28; served on Pub. Safety Com., Winchester, during World War; chartered life underwriter, Am. Coll. Life Under- wiiters; fellow Actuarial Soc. Am., Am. Inst. Ac- tuaries, Casualty Actuarial Soc. (also a fonnder, 1914); mem. Beta Theta Pi. Club: Yale (Boston ). Author: various actuarial papers. Congregation- alist. Republican. Office: Room 418, 80 Federal St., Boston. lome: Fountain St., Ashland, P.O. Box 265, Framingham.
KINGMAN, Heury Eugene, trustec; b. Leominster, Apr. 10, 1901; s. Edward B. Kingman and Minnie (Decker) K .; ed. Leominster high sch .; A.B., Bos- ton Univ., 1923; spl. student Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm .; m. Helen E. Crandell of Freeport, L. I., Oct. 3, 1925; children -- William L., Sally, Deborah. Asst. to mgr., E. B. Kingman Co., mfrs., Leomin- ster, 1924-26; salesman, Hale, Waters & Co., invest- ments, Boston, 1926-28; asst. v.p., v.p., pres. Frank- lin Management Corp., investment management, Boston, 1928 -; v.p. and dir. Thompson's Spa, Inc .; tr. Gen. Investors Trust, pvt. funds. Club: Concord Country. Travel: U.S., Europe, Mex ;; Bermuda. Ofllee: 111 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: Sudbury Rd., Concord.
VKINGMAN, Leland W., insurance agent; b. Somer- ville, Feb. 12, 1889; s. Walter E. Kingman and An- nie C. (Hill) K .; ed. Reading high sch., 1908; Bos- ton Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm .; N.E. Ins. Inst; m. Gene- vieve Bosson of Reading, July 28, 1916; 1 dau .- Mary Lee. In employ successively Russell & Fair- field, Frank G. Macomber, Boston Ins. Co., Hinkley
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& Woods, Kingman & Richardson (ins. and real estate), L. W. Kingman Co., Inc., pres. 1923-32; Dewick & Flanders, Morgan, Kingman, Lewis Co., 1934-36; mem. firm Morgan-Kingman Agency, 1936 -; pres. Kingman-Nowell Agency, Inc., Under- writers Credit Corp .; treas. Credit Finance Corp .; bus. mgr. Royal Ambassador Boys Camp; served as chmn. Planning Bd. Town of Reading, 1928-31, ehmn. War Memorial Com., mem. Town Forest Com .; mem. Boston Baptist Social Union (v.p.), Y.M.C.A. (Boston, membership com.). Desc. Henry Kingman, who came with early settlers and landed at Weymouth. Baptist. Republican. Office: 141 Milk St., Boston. Ilome: 62 Sanborn St., Reading. KINGSLEY, Charles Bliss, chemist, pharmacist; b. Northampton, Feb. 10, 1863; s. Charles Bliss Kingsley and Elizabeth ( Holman) K .; ed. North- ampton pub. schs .; Rg.P., Mass., 1885; m. Helen Chapin of Springfield, Sept. 10, 1889 (d.); children -Helenc, Elizabeth Holman. With The Kingsley Labs., est. 1769, Northampton, 1881-, propr., 1887 -; tr. Northampton Instn. Sav .; incm. North- ampton Ilist. Soc., Masons; K.T., Shrine. Club: Rotary. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 138 Main St., Northampton. Home: 41 IFenshaw Av., Northampton.
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V KINGSLEY, Grover G., casualty insurance execu- tive; b. East Syracuse, N.Y., Feb. 26, 1893; s. Ellis B. Kingsley and Lucy E. (Griffin) K .; cd. E. Syra- cuse (N.Y.) high sch .; M.E., Syracuse Univ., 1915; m. Ann L. Moyer of Syracuse, N.Y., Sept. 16, 1916; children-Robert E., Elinore Jane, Ann Louise. Safety engr., Aetna Life Ins. Co., 1915-17; Halcomb Steel Co., Syracuse, N.Y., 1917-21; Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 1921-34, v.p., 1934 --. Club: Weston Golf. Universalist. Republican. Office: 175 Berkeley St., Boston, Home: 24 Fiske Rd., Wellesley Hills.
KINGSLEY, Howard Lamb, professor of psychology, psychologist; b. Shelby, Mich., Nov. 27, 1892; S. William Dennis Kingsley and Mary Jane (Barker) K .; ed. Grand Ledge and Cadillac (Mich.) highi schs .; Spring Arbor Sem .; A.B., Adrian Coll., 1915; A.M., Univ. Mich., 1916; Ph.D., Univ. Ill., 1924; m. Edith May Halliday of Saugus, July 5, 1917. Children-Lowell Vincent, Howard Halliday, Elaine Virginia. Prof. psychology, Greenville (III.) Coll. 1916-18; instr. edn., Univ. Mich., 1918-19; prof. and dean, Peniel (Tex.) Coll., 1919-20; prof. and reg- istrar, Mckinney (Tex.) Junior Coll., 1920-21; fel- lowship in psychology, Univ. Ill., 1921-22, asst. in psychology, 1922-21, instr. 1924-25; asst. prof. psy- chology, Goucher Coll. (Baltimore), 1925-27; asso. prof. psychology, Coll. Practical Arts and Letters, Boston Univ., 1927-29, prof. 1929-36, prof. edu., Boston Univ. Sch. Education, 1936 -; teacher in La. State Normal Coll., summers 1921, 1922; Ill. State Normal Unlv. summers 1925, 1926, 1927; mem. Amn. Psychol. Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Mass. Soc. Mayflower Desc., Mass. Soc. Mental Hygiene, Need- ham Parent Teacher Assn .; fellow A.A.A.S .; Asso. Sigma Xi. Clubs: Republican of Mass., Commun- ity (Needham), Logos. Author: articles In psychol. jours. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Boston University Sch. Education, 84 Exeter St., Boston. Home: 109 Powers St., Needham. Summer res .: Deering, N.H.
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KINGSTON, Alian Roy, lawyer; b. Joplin, Mo., Nov. 23, 1901; s. Thomas Havelock Kingston and Han- nah Matilda (Spragg) K .; ed. Somerville high sch., 1915-19; LL.B., Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1933; m. Alice Whittemore P'ride of Somerville, Sept. 11, 1924; 1 dau .- Joyce Wescott. Salesman, Builders Patent Scaffolding Co., Boston, 1920-24, partner, 1921-34, clk. and dir. 1934 -; admitted to Mass. bar, 1933; with Hale, Sanderson, Byrnes & Morton, Boston, 1933-36, mem. of firm, 1936 -; alderman, Somerville, 1934-, pres. bd. 1937 -; mem. corp. Somerville Hosp .; dir. Somerville Y.M.C.A .; mem. Masons, Shrine. Clubs: Kiwanis (Somerville) Cen- tral (Somerville). Desc. Duke of Kingston. Meth- odlst. Republican. Office: 49 Federal St., Boston. Home: 205 Morrison Av., Somerville.
V KINNARD, Isaac Fern, electrical engineer; b. On- tario, Can., Sept. 29, 1891; s. William A. Kinnard and Martha (Michener) K .; ed. Woodstock Coll.,
Ont .; Farquarson Sch., Toronto; B.S., Queen's Univ., 1918; student, Univ. Glasgow, 1919; m. Edith Ramsdell of Lynn, 1924 (d.); children-Kenneth Fern, Richard William; m. (2d) Evelyn Lawrence of Lynn, May 4, 1935. Research engr., Westing- house Elec. & Mfg. Co., E. Pittsburgh, Pa., 1919-23; Gen. Elec. Co., Lynn, 1923-26, asst. chief engr., 1926-30, exec. engr. in charge of West Lynn Works, 1930 -; served on various standardization, tech. and ednl. coms .; as inventor, holds Important pat- ents in connection with instruments and watt-hour meters; prominent throughout country in elec. measurement field; won Coffin award for meritori- ous achlevenient in metering art from Gen. Flec. Co. twice; served in Can. and overseas with Can. Engrs., World War; mem. Ant. Inst. E.E., Engring. Soc. N.E., Masons. Author: tech. papers on elee. measurements. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: General Electric Co., 40 Federal St., W. Lynn. Home: 596 Salem St., Lynnfield.
VKINNE, Arthur Lyman, physician; b. Holyoke, June 1, 1892; s. George Lyman Kinnc and Ada (Gris- wold) K .; ed., A.B., Dartmonth Coll., 1912; M.D., Johns Hopkins Med. Sch., 1916; m. Lillian F. Bond of Ilalethorpe, Md., June 2, 1920; children-Dixie Ross, Judith Ann. After usual interneships cn- gaged in gen: practice of med. in Holyoke, 1918 -; asso. surgeon and chief obstetrician Holyoke Hosp., 1925 -; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., N.E. Obstet. and Gynecol. So., Springfield Acad. of Med., Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Pl Mu. Office: 265 Maple St., Holyoke. Home: 30 Cleveland St., Holyokc.
V KINNISON, Harvey Banks, hydraulie engineer; b. Hopkins, Mo., July 21, 1890; s. Harvey Bunn Kin- nison and Theora (Fisher) K .; ed. grad. Payctte (Ida.) high sch., 1910; B.S. (civ. engring.), Univ. Ida., 1914; m. Anita Taylor of Moscow, Ida., Dec. 20, 1916; children-flallard Banks, Lael Denio, Philip Taylor. Asst. engr., Bonner (Ida.) Co., 1914-16; engr. with Colony Holding Corp., 1916-18; with U.S. Geological Survey, 1918 -- , in Tex. 1918- 21, in Kan. 1921-25, dist. engr. of Boston dist., 1925 -; mem. Am. and Boston Socs. C.E. Sigma Nu. Author: tech. reports on floods and river discharge. Congregationalist. Office: 945 Post Office Bldg., Boston. Home: 68 Woodland Av., Melrose.
KINSMAN, William Abbot, manufacturing silver- smith; b. Salem, Oct. 17, 1877; s. Willlam L. Kins- man and Sarah Augusta (Nichols) K .; ed. B.S., M.I.T., 1899; m. Edith Corcy Smith of Woonsocket, R.I., Dec. 19, 1911; children-E. Cassandra, Kath- arine. Asso. with Ilolmes & Edwards div. Inter- nat. Silver Co., Bridgeport, Conn., 1902-13; with Towle Mfg. Co., infg. silversmiths, Newburyport, 1914-, pres. and gen. mgr., 1928 -. Republican. Office: 260 Merrimac St., Newburyport. Home: 348 Iligh St., Newburyport.
VKINSOLVING, Arthur Lee, clergyman; b. Hunting- ton, L.I, N.Y., Ang. 24, 1899; s. Arthur Barksdale Kinsolving and Sally (Bruce) K .; ed. Episc. high sch., Virginia; A.B., Univ. Virginia, 1920; A.B., Christ Church, Oxford, Eng., Rhodes Scholar, A.M., 1923; B.D., Virginia Theol. Sem., 1924; D.D., Amherst, 1931, Univ. Vermont, 1937; L.I.D., Rol- lins College, 1938; m. Mary Kemp Blagden of Phila., Pa., Sept. 4, 1937. Rector, Grace Ch., Am- horst, 1921-30; Trinity Ch., Boston, 1930 -; at Officers' Training Camp, Heavy Arty, Ft. Monroe, during World War. Office: 233 Clarendon St., Boston. Home: 90 Commonwealth Av., Boston.
KIRK, Paul Grattan, judge of Superior Court; b. East Boston, Sept. 25, 1904; s. John Kirk and Maud A. (Johnson) K .; ed. Boston Eng. high seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1926; 1.L.13., Ilarvard Law Sch., 1929; m. Josephine O'Connell of Newton, Sept. 19, 1934; children-Kathleen, Josephine, Paul G., Jr. Comin. Pub. Safety, Mass., 1934-37; justice 1937 -; col. 101st Inf., Mass N.G .; Am. Batı Assns., Mass. Law Soc., Ancient & Ilonorable Arty. Clubs: Harvard, Union Boat, Clover, Al- gonquin. Catholic. Democrat. Office: Court Ilouse, Boston. llome: 99 Frankiln St., Newton, Summer res .: Centreville.
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Y KIRKHIAM, William Barrl, professor of biology, biologist; b. Springfleid, Feb. 11, 1882; s. James Wiison Kirkham and Fanny Curtis (Barri) K .; ed. Springfield high sch .; A.B., Yale, 1904, A.M., 1906, Ph.D., 1907; student, Harvard, 1904-05; m. Irma Chapman of Brooklyn, N.Y., June 25, 1910; 1 dau .- Marguerite. Instr. biology, Sheffield Sei. Seh. (Yale), 1908-16, asst. prof., 1916-20; prof., Internat. Y.M.C.A. Coll., Springfield, 1921-30; cons. dir., Mus. Nat. Hist., Springfield, 1930 -; lecturer on sci. subjs .; v.p. City Lib. Assn .; dir., Spring- field Safe Deposit & Trust Co .; fellow A.A.A.S .; inem. Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Xi, Am. Soc. Zool- ogists, Am. Anthropol. Assn., Am. Assn. Anato- mists. Clubs: Century, Colony, Gladden (all of Springfield). Travel: arehaeol. trip around world, 1907-08. G.s. James Kirkham, founder and 1st, pres., 1st Nat. Bk., Springfield; s. James W. Kirk- ham, 3rd pres., same bank, later v.p. Union Trust Co .; grandnephew Elias Howe, inventor of sewing machine. Congregationalist. Republiean. Office: 220 State St., Springfield. Home: 169 Maple St., Springfield.
Y KIRSTEIN, Louis Edward, merehant; b. Rochester, N.Y., July 9, 1867; s. Edward Kirstein and Jean- ette (Leiter) K .; ed. bus. eoll., Rochester, N.Y .; hon. M.A., Harvard, 1933; hon. Doetor of Commer- eial Sei., Boston Univ, 1938; m. Rose Stein of Rochester, Jan. 23, 1896; children-Mina Stein, Lincoln Edward, George Garland. Started as er- rand boy; traveling salesman, E. Kirstein Sons Co., Rochester, N.Y., 1890-94; joined Andrew J.
Lloyd Co., made mgr. Rochester Optical Co .; started with Stein-Bloeh Co., Rochester, 1901; v.p. William Filene Co., Boston, 1911 -; mem. State Adv. Com., Nat. War Savings Com., U.S .; Boston War Camp Community Service; apptd. head of bd. of award of War Dept. for purchase of all army uniforms, Sept. 1, 1918: dir. B. Forman Co., Abraham & Straus, Inc. (N.Y.); F. & R. Lazarus & Co., Federated Dept. Stores, R. H. White Co., Bloomingdale Bros,, Jewish Welfare Bd., Nat. Better Bus. Bur., Boston Better Bus. Bur. (v.p.); Beth Israel Hosp. (pres.), Boston Legal Aid Soe., Jewish Inst. of Religion (N.Y .. City) ; ehmn. for ofliee eom., Asso. Merchandising Corp .; mem. Nat. Labor Bd .; ehmn. Industriai Adv. Bd. of NRA; mem. Govt.'s Spl. Coal Strike Settlement Com .; mem. Alloeating Com. and dir. Community Federation of Boston; mem. Nat. Conf. of Jews and Christians; v. ehmn. Nat. Citizens Com. of the 1938 Mobilization for Human Needs; mem. bd. mgrs., Boston Dispensary; ehmn. Boston
Port Authority; mem, governing eouneil, Retail Y KITSON, Henry Hudson, seulptor; b. Huddersfield,
Trade Bd .; ehmn. Publicity Com., Mass. Com. Pub, Safety, 1917 -; chmn. Wage & Hour Div., Apparel Industry Com .; mem. Am. Jewish Com .; treas. Greater Boston People's Relief Com .; pres. Assoc. Jewish Philanthropies; mem. bd. tr., Boston Pub. Lib .; mem. 250 Associates of Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., mem. visiting com .; mem. com. on Semitic and Egyptian Civilization Mus., Harvard; mem. N.E. Railroad Com .; mem. bd. of mgrs., Children's Hosp .; mem. couneil at large, Boy Scouts of Am .; pres. Grad. Sch. for Jewish Social Work; pres. bd., West End House (Boston) ; adviser on edn., Asso. Y.M. & Y.M.II.A. (Boston) ; hon. mem. New Century Club (Boston), Zeta Beta Tau. Clubs: Kernwood Country, Pine Brook Valley, University, Harvard (Boston, N.Y.); City, Harmonie, American (London). Democrat. Of- fice: 426 Washington St., Boston. Home: 333 Cont- monwealth Ave., Boston,
VKISTIAKOWSKY, George Bogdan, professor of chemistry; b. Kiev, Russia, Nov. 18, 1900; s. Bog- dan Kistiakowsky and Mary (Berenstam) K .; came to U.S. 1926, naturalized, 1933; ed. Kiev (Rus.) pub. sehs. and high seh. to 1918; Ph.D., Univ. Berlin, 1925; m. Hildegard Moebius of Gos- lar, Ger., 1926; ehildren-Vera, Peter, Internat. research fellow at Prineeton, 1926-28, research asso. 1928-30; asst. prof, ehem,, Harvard, 1930-33, asso. prof., 1933-37, prof. 1937 -; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Aead. of Sciences. Office: Harvard Uni- versity, Cambridge. Home: 23 Avon St., Cam- bridge.
KISTLER, Samuel Stephens, research ehemist; b. Calif., Mar. 26, 1900; s. Amandus Christian Kistler and Stelia Elizabeth (Stephens) K .; ed. Santa Rosa (Calif.) high seh .; A.B, Stanford Univ., 1921, Ch.E., 1922, Ph. D., 1929; student. Univ. Ber- lin, 1929-30; m. Margaret Coburn of San Jose, Calif., June 28, 1924; ehlidren-Walter Amandus, Elizabeth Jane. In engring. dept., Standard Oil Co., Calif., 1922-23; asst. prof. chem., Coll. of the Pacific, 1923-24, asso. prof., 1924-29, prof., 1929- 31; asst. prof. ehem. engring., Univ. Ill., 1931-35; consultant to E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co., 1931-35; research engr., Norton Co., Woreester, 1935 -; holds many patents; mem. Am. Chem. Soe., A.A.A.S., Franklin Inst. of Pa., Sigma XI. Club: Worcester Chemists. Author: many sei. articies. Travei: Ger. Ofllee: Norton Co., Wor- eester. Home: West Boylston.
VKITCHIN, Charles Henry, accountant; b. China, Me., July 25, 1867; s. Alonzo Maereadie Kitehin and Ellen (Wentworth) K .; ed. Lawrence high seh .; m. Harriet Palmer of Lawrence, Sept., 1891 (d.); 1 son-Ilarold Palmer; in. (2d) Elizabeth Wilkin- son of Lawrence, May 20, 1895 (d.); children- Donald Wentworth, Phyllis (d.), Charlotte Allen (Mrs. Frederick Edmund Sears, Jr. ); m. (3d), Mary Leyland Wilkinson of Methuen, Mar. 4, 1919. In employ The Am. Wooien Co., continuousiy, 1899- 1932, eashier in charge of inventory, Aug. 1936- now aceountant; in employ of various banks, 1932-36; with Washington Mills Co., 1887-99; dir. and treas. The Andover Co .; tr. and mem. invest- ment com, Lawrenee Sav. Bk .; v.p. and dir. Law- renee Asso. Investors, Ine .; dir. Atlantie Coop, Bk., Lawrence Morris Pian Co .; mem. Nat. Geographic Soe. Baptist. Republican. Offiee: PO. Box 1019, Lawrenee. Home: 56 Ilowe St., Methuen.
VKITCHING, Edward John, investment banker; b. Melrose, Mar. 10, 1876; s. John Andrew Kitching and Henrietta C. (Disney) K .; ed. Melrose high seh .; m. Lena A. Adams of Melrose, Sept. 18, 1905; ehildren-Eleanor (wife of Rev. Paul Theo- dore Schultz, Jr.), Sarah. In employ R. L. Day & Co., Boston, 1894-1912; propr. E. J. Kitehing & Co., investment securities, 1912 -; tr. and mem. investment bd., Melrose Sav. Bk .; tr. and treas. The Fiteh Home, Ine .; mem. Boston Stock Ex- change; ehmn. Sinking Fund Commn., City of Melrose, 1908-29. Clubs: Wyoming Lodge, Wav- eriy Chapt., Hugh de Payens Commandery (ali of Melrose). Travel: Europe. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Offiee: 53 State St., Boston. Ilome: 14 Orient Av., Melrose. Summer home: Gloucester.
Eng., Apr. 9, 1865; s John M. Kitson and Emma (Jagger) K .; ed. pupli of Bonnaissieux, Paris; m. (2d) Marie Louise Hobron, of Tyringham, 1935. Works include monument to Mayor Doyle (Prov- idenee, R.I.), Hayes Memorial Fountain (Provi- donce), "The Minute Man" (Lexington), Iowa State Monument (Vieksburg Nat. Park), statues of Gen. N. P. Banks and Patriek A. Collins (Bos- ton), Gen. Lloyd Tilghman (Padueah, Ky.), Gen- eral Lee ( Vicksburg, Miss.), W. M. Hunt Memo- rial (Boston), Rodger Conant Statue (Salem), Robert Burns Memorial (Boston), Endicott Mem- orial (State House, Boston), Statue of Pilgrim Maiden (Plymouth), Haynes Memorial (Newark, N.J.), statuc of President Mckinley (Walden, N.Y.), statue of Continental Soldier (Washing- ton's Headquarters, Newburgh, N.Y.), Gov. Smith of Vt. (St. Albans, Vt.), statue of Christ (Drexel Memorial, Phila.), Elson Memorial (New England Conservatory of Musie, Boston), James Bryce (Nat. Mus, Wash., D.C.), statue of Jefferson Davis (Vicksburg, Miss.), of Gov. Kirkwood of Ia. (Vicksburg), statue of Sir Richard Saltonstall and Founders Memorial ( Watertown), Minute Men Memorial and Shrine of American Liberty (Lex- ington), statues of Gen. Martin L. Smith, Ad- miral Farragut and Admiral Selfridge ( Vicksburg, Miss. ), the Minute Man (Framingham), Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge (portrait relief, South Moun- tain Temple of Music, Pittsfield), Franz Kneisel Memorial (Inst. Musical Art, N.Y. City), statue of Capt. William T. Rigby, ( Vieksburg, Miss.), also King Vietor Emmanuel, III, and James Viscount
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Bryee (Nat. Mus. of Art, Wash., D.C.); mem. British Charitable Soe., Vietorian Soe., Ethno- graphical Soe. of France, Nat. Seulpture Soe., Nat. Arts Club (N.Y.), Copley Soc., Bostonian Soc., Boston Art Club (Boston). Awarded three gold medals, Mass. Charitable Meehanles' Assn., gold medal of honor, American Art Assn., New York, 1886; decoration, Royal Order of Bene Merenti from the King of Roumania, 1889; med- als, Paris Expn., 1889, Chicago Expn., 1893, Paris Expn., 1900. Ilome: Lee.
/KITTREDGE, Edward II., publielty dlreetor; b. Bos- ton, Sept. 16, 1888; s. Charles Ilenry Kittredge and Mary L. (Kittredge) K .; ed. Cambridge Latin seh. 1902-07; A.B., Harvard, 1911; m. Amy Barker of Somerville, June 10, 1916; children-Mary, Re- beeca, Joseph. Mgr. statistical dept., Old Colony Trust Co., 1912-19, advertising nigr., 1919-23; pub- licity dir., Hornblower & Weeks, 1923 -; sec. Cap- itai Issues Com. of N.E. during World War; see. and asst. treas. Boston Assn. Stock Exchange Firms, 1920 -; dir. Home for Aged Men (Boston) ; mem. Mass. Soe. S.R. (sec.); Financial Advertisers Assn. (pres, 1925-26), N.E. Hist. Geneal. Soe., (Boston, mem. eouneil and finance eom.), various Masonie Bodies. Clubs: Harvard, Exchange (Boston). Congregationalist. Republican. Of- fiee: 60 Congress St., Boston. Home: 100 Pleas- ant St., Arlington.
V KITTREDGE, Ernest Roy, investment manager; b. Lowell, Feb. 14, 1893; s. Albion Kittredge and Charlotte (Lyons) K .; ed. Chelmsford high seh., . 1906-10; Dartmouth Coll., 1910-13; m. Zola A. Read of Lowell. July 12, 1919. Newspaper reporter, railroad traveling auditor, served in army, 1913- 18; eertlfied pub. accountant (Mass.) and mgr. Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery, 1919-27; treas. and dir. Capital Managers, Ine., 1927 -; treas. Gen. Capital Corp., 1929-, dir. 1936 -; pvt. Aviation Sect. U.S.A., later at Field Art. Of- ficers' Training Seh., 1918. Author: financial statements and reports in Financial Handbook, 1925. Oflice: 80 Federal St., Boston. Home: 168 Mt. Vernon St., Dedham.
V KITTREDGE, George Lyman, professor of English; b. Boston, Feb. 28, 1860; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1882, Litt.D., 1907; hon. LL.D., Univ. Chieago, 1901, Johns Hopkins 1915, McGill Univ., 1921, Brown Univ. 1925; I.ltt.D. Yale, 1924; D. Litt., Oxford Univ., 1932; D.C.L. Unlon Univ. 1935; m. Frances Gordon of Exeter, N.H., 1886; children-Frances Gordon, Henry Crocker, Dora. Instr. English, Har- vard, 1889-90, asst. prof., 1890-94, prof., 1894-1936, prof. emeritus, 1936 -; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Selences; mem. Am. Philos. Soe., Am. Philol. Assn .; eorr. fellow British Acad .; hon. fellow Royal Soc. Lit., Jesus Coll., Cambridge, Eng. Au- thor: The Language of Chaueer's Troilus, 1894; The Mother Tongue (with Sarah Louise Arnold) 1900; Words and Their Ways in English Speech (with late James B. Greenough), 1901; The Old Farmer and Ills Almanac, 1905; English Witch- craft and James I, 1912; Advanced English Gram- mar (with F. E. Farley), 1913; Chaucer and His Poetry, 1915; Gawain and the Green Knight, 1916; Shakespeare, 1916; Coneise English Grammar (with F. E. Farley), 1918; Dr. Robert Child, the Remonstrant, 1919; Witcheraft in Old and New England, 1929; Sir Thomas Malory, 1925. Editor: Athenaeum Press Series of English Classics (with C. T. Winchester), 29 vols., 1890-1905; Al- bion Series of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English Poetry (with J. W. Bright), 5 vols., 1900-07; Eng- lish and Scottish Popular Ballads (with H. C. Sargent), 1904; Ballads and Songs, 1917; Com- plete Works of Shakespeare, 1936. Home: 8 Hil- liard St., Cambridge.
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KLEIN, Abraham Albert, research engineer; b. Syra- cuse, N.Y., May 6, 1889; s. Samuel Davld Klein and Elia (Kogan) K .; ed. Syraeuse (N.Y.) high sch .; A.B., Univ. Mieh., 1911; m. Ann Shapero of Syracuse, Dee. 28, 1913; ehlidren-David Louis, Donald Charles. Asst. in mineralogy, Univ. Mich., 1908-11; asst. physieist, U.S. Bur. Standards, 1911- 16; petrographer, research lab., Norton Co., Wor- cester, 1916-37, research engr., 1937 -; fellow, Am.
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