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SUTTON, Harry Melvin, management consultant; b. Keene, N.H., Oct. 5, 1887; s. Charles Lyman Sut- ton and Isa A. (Knapp) S .; ed. Keene (N.II.) high sch .; S.B., Brown Univ., 1912; spl. courses, Boston Unlv. Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm .; m. Ethel A. Tilling- hast of Providence, R.I .. Oct. 11, 1916; children- Barbara Tillinghast, Aldith Kent, Nancy Brown. Engr., N.Y., N.I. & H. R.R., 1912; City of Provi- dence (R.l.) Metrop. Park Commn., 1912-13; U.S. Army (rivers & harbors); cost accountant and engr., Am. Locomotive Co., 1913-14; time study engr. to production supt., Sayles Finishing Plants, 1914-18; res. and supervising engr., Cooley & Marvin, accountants and engrs., in N.E. Mid-West & South, 1918-24; Senior Partner, 1I. M. Sutton Engrs., applying principles of bus. administration to practical management in numerous varied Industries, 1924 -; lecturer, Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., Boston Univ .; mem. Soc. Advancement of Man- agement (charter mem.), Am. Soc. M.E., Boston Soc. Industrial Engrs. (v.p.), Engring. Socs. N. E. (active mem.), Mather Soclal-Rel. Forum. Clubs; Author: articles in
University, Appalachian Mt. tech. and trade publications. Desc. Peter Brown ( Mayflower), colonist Old Deerfield; Mehuman Ilinsdale; Thomas Sutton, early colonist, Conn .; Lt. Daniel lligley, 8th Continental Regt., 1775. Baptist. Independent Republican. Oflice: H. M. Sutton Engineers, 201 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 31 Westbourne Rd., Newton Centre. Sum- mer res .: Chesham, N.I.
SUTTON, Ruth Haviland, portrait painter; b. Spring- field, Sept. 10, 1898; d. George Haviland Sutton and Grace (Abbe) S .; ed. Cent. high sch., Spring- field; lhollywood (Calif.) Sch. for Girls; student, Pa. Mus. & Sch. Industrial Art, Phila., Pa., 1925-
26; Grand Central Sch. Art, N.Y. City, 1926-28; studled under some of best men in U.S .; unmar- ried. Artist, 1927 -; now does portraits exclu- sively; one of first 500 women chosen under C.W.A. and did decorations for Hall of Astronomy, Mus. Nat. Hist., Springfield; exhibited, Nat. Acad. Design, Nat. Assn. Women Painters and Sculp- tors; represented by prints in Aston collection, Springfield and In pub. libs., Congress, N.Y., Bos- ton, Columbia, Northampton; mem. Springfield Junior League, Artists' Guild, Conn. Acad. Fine Arts; Awards: 1st award, landscape, Jr. League Exhbn .; hon. mention, Conn. Acad. Fine Arts; prize, Springfield Art League. Protestant. Re- publican. Oflice and home: Hotel Stonehaven, Springfield.
SVENSON, Carl Lonis, asso, professor of mechanical engineering; b. Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 15, 1896; s. S. Otto Svenson and Agda F. (Lindblad) S .; ed. Ilyde Park high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1918, S.M., 1933; S.B., Ilarvard, 1919; m. Dorothy May Slader of Boston, June 21, 1924; 1 dan .- Martha Eliza- beth. Asst. in mech. engring., M.I.T., 1919-20, instr., 1920-30, asst. prof., 1930-38. asso. prof., 1938 -; chief machinist's mate, U.S.N., Oct. 1918- Mar. 1919, warrant officer, Mar .- June 1919, commd. ensign, June 8, 1919, resigned 2 days later; mem. Am. Soe. M.E., Am. Soc. Refrigerating Engrs. (v.p. Boston Sect. 1937-38, pres. 1938-39), Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Masons (32°), Shrine, Aleppo Temple. Author: Problems in Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Engineering (with C. W. Berry and H. C. Moore); Chap, on "Heat" in Hudson's Engineer's Manual. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 45 Sheridan Dr., Milton. Summer res .: Gurnet Rd., Duxbury.
SWARFIELD, Walter Douglas, clergyman; b. Har- vey, N.B., Can., Oct. 6, 1884; s. Walter James Swafield and Ellzabeth Loulse (Nichols) S .; ed. Peddie Sch., Highstown, N.J .; A.B., Brown Univ., 1906; B.D., Newton Theol. Sch., 1910; D).D., Va. Union Univ., 1939; m. Helen Thurber Hartwell of Providence, R.I., June 21, 1910; children-Esther Harding, Frederick Hartwell, Miriam Nichols, Gor- don Douglas, Millieent Ruth. Ord. to Bapt. minis- try, 1910; pastor, ist Bapt. Ch., Danielson, Ct., 1910-17, Trenton St. Ch., Boston, 1917-20, 1st Bapt. Ch., Keene, N.II., 1920-26, Winthrop St. Bapt. Ch., Taunton, 1926 -; dir. and v.p. Mass. Bapt. Conv .; chin. Taunton Red Cross, 1926 -; tr. Hartshorn Mem. Coll. and Va. Union Univ. (Richm., Va.), war work with Y.M.C.A .; mem. Delta Upsilon, Alpha Phi. Club: Rotary (Taunton). Baptist. Office: 44 Winthrop St. Baptist Church, Taunton. Home: 44 Winthrop St., Taunton. Summer: Alton, N.H.
YSWAIM, Loring Tiffany, physician; b. Clairemont, N.11., Dee. 11, 1882; s. Joseph Skinner Swaim and Caroline Tiffany (Dyer) S .; ed. Friends Acad., New Bedford; Volkmann Sch., Boston; A.B., Har- vard, 1905; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1909; m. Madeleine K. Gill of Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 4, 1913; children -- Shirley T., boring T., Jr., Thomas G. Surg. interne, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1909-12; asst. to Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, 1912; orthopedie surg., Clifton Springs Sanatorium, 1912; New York, 1915; partner, Goldthwait, Osgood & Brown, Bos- ton, 1916-31; rheumatologist, pvt. practice, 1916 -; chief orthopedic consultant, Robert B. Brig- ham Hosp., Boston; instr. orthopedic surgery, Ilarvard Med. Sch., 1926 -; taught army officers as civilian at Mass. Gen. flosp., World War; mem. A.M.A., Am. Orthopedie Assn., Am. Coll. Orthopedic Surgeons, Am. Rheumatism Assn. (sec.), Le Ligue Internationale Contre le Rheumatisme (chin., finance com.); hon. mem. Royal Soe. of Med. (sect. phys. med.). Author: many articles on rheuma- tiem and arthritis. Co-author: Body Mechanics. Travel: Europe (frequently). Desc. John How- land of Mayflower; Lt. Asa Dyer, pvt. James Tif- fany, Capt. Levi Jennings of Revolutionary War; John Howe, Ist white settler, Marlborough, 1857. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 372 Marl- boro St., Boston. Home: 131 Suffolk Rd., Chest- nut IIill. Summer res .: "Fiddler's Green, Bolton.
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SWAIM, Roger D., lawyer; b. Claremont, N.H., Sept. 25, 1879; s. Rev. Joseph S. Swalm and Caroline T. (Dyer) S .; ed. Friends' Acad., New Bedford; Browne and Niehols Sch., Cambridge; A.B., Ilar- vard, 1901; LL. B., Harvard Law Seh., 1903; m. Mar- garet H. Bradley of Boston, June 25, 1916; ehil- dren-Caroline H., Olivia B., Susan B. Adm. to bar 1903; partner, Hale & Dorr; specialist in eon- veyancing; see. Planning Bd., Concord; mem, exec. com., Mass. Fed. Planning Bds .; chmn. Billboard Com., Mass. Civic League; treas. Trinity Ch., Con- eord; served in F.A., Mass. Nat. Guard, before War; on Mex. border, 1916; capt. and major 102nd F.A., 26th Div., A. E.F., France, Sept. 1917-Feb. 1919; lt. eol. U.S.F.A. Res., 1925; mem. Am., Mass., and Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Concord Country. Edited for Little, Brown and Co., Conveyancers' or 6tli ed. of Croeker's Notes on Common Forms. Eplseopalian. Republican. Offiee: 60 State St., Boston. Home: 70 Monument St., Coneord.
SWAN, Channing Stearns, urologist; b. Stoughton, Mar. 18, 1898; s. Dr. Charles L. Swan and Josephine Cutler (Stearns) S .; ed. Noble & Greenough sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1919; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1823; m. Elise Rutledge of Charleston, S.C., Dec. 27, 1927; children-Ilelen Blake Rutledge, Jose- philne Cutler Stearns, Elisabeth Middleton Rut- ledge. Surg. interne, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1923-25; interne in urology, Johns Hopkins Ilosp., 1925- 26; asso. of Dr. John H. Cunningham, Boston, 1926-30; asst. visiting urologist, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1930-38; asst. in urology, Harvard Med. Seh., 1935- 38; consultant in urology, various suburban hosps., 1927-38; dir. Am. Sandpaper Co .; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A .; A.C.S., Am. Urol. Assn., Am. Bd. Urology, Am. and Mass. Neisserian Socs., Soc. Mayflower Deses. Clubs: Tennis & Racquet, St. Botolph, llarvard (Boston); Weston Golf. Au- thor: papers on urol. subjs. Travel: Europe (sev- eral trips), Can., W.I. Protestant. Republican. Office: 264 Beaeon St., Boston. Home: 79 Farm Rd., Weston.
SWAN, Clyde Henry, banker; b. Winchester, N.H., Aug. 22, 1889; s. Henry E. Swan and Cora Edith (Ellis) S .; ed. Winchester (N.H.) high sch .; B.S., Univ. N.H., 1910; m. Sara N. Runlett of Durham, N.11., June 28, 1911; children-Shirley E., Clyde H., Jr. Sub-master, athletie coach, Amesbury high sch., 1910-16; prin., Barre high sch., 1916-17; cashier, 2nd Nat. Bk .. Barre, 1917-30, pres., 1930- 34; mgr., Barre and No. Brookfield offices, Wor- eester Co. Trust Co., 1934 -; tr. Barre Sav. Bk .; chmn. seh. com .; exee. v.p., Lib. Assn. 1933 -; meni. Mass. llo. of Rep., 1928-32; town treas., 1919 -; mem. S.A.R., Am. Red Cross (chmn.). Unitarian. Republiean. Office: Common St., Barre. Ilome: Pleasant St., Barre.
SWAN, Hobart Bemis, business executive; b. Spring- field, June 9, 1898; s. Wilbur Martindale Swan and Mary Catherine (Bemis) S .; ed. Ilackley Sch., Tarrytown, N.Y., 1915-16; Lawrenceville (N.J.) Seh., 1916-17; m. Vivian Partridge of St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 23, 1923; ehildren-Hobart Lynds, Wilbur Martindale. With Mass. Mut. Ins. Co., 1918-19; V SWEET, Richard Harwood, surgeon; b. Newark, N.J., with N.E. Card-Paper Co., Springfield, 1919-, pres., 1925 -; served in R.O.T.C., Amherst Coll., 1918; mem. Calliopean Soe. (Lawrenceville Sch.). Club: Off Sounding (Springfield). Congregation- alist. Republican. Offiee: 19 Hanover St., Spring- field. Home: 47 Rivervlew St., Springfield.
SWARTZ, Jacob Hyams, physician, dermatologist; s. Arthur Swartz and Rose (Rosof) S .; brought to U.S. by parents and became naturalized citizen ; ed. grad. Boston English high seh .. 1911; Tufts Coll., 1914-16; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1920; n. Janct Heller, Nov. 21, 1922; 1 son-Morton Noah. After interneships engaged in practice of med. at Boston, specializing in dermatology; mem. A.M.A., Am. Dermatol. Soc., Mass. Med. Soc., Atlantie Dermatol. Conf., N.E. Dermatol. Soc. Chib: New Century (Boston). Author: Diagnosis and Treat- ment of Skin Diseases; articles In med. mags, and jours. Jewish. Office: 371 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 1195 Beacon St., Brookline.
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SWEENEY, George Clinton, judge; b. Gardner, July 23, 1895; s. John Franeis Sweeney and Sarah
(Shields) S .; ed. Williston Sem., 1915-16; LL.B., Georgetown Unlv., 1922; m. Winifred E. Johnson of N.Y. Mills, Minn., Apr. 14, 1925; ehildren- George C., Sheila Elizabeth, Judith Shlelds. Prac- tieed law, Gardner, 1924 -; mayor, Gardner, 1931- 33; asst. atty. gen. U.S., 1933-35; U.S. Dist. judge, Mass., 1935 -; mem. Gardner city council, 1927-30; pvt. Co. A, 301st Mil. Police Batt., 1917, sergt., 1918, with 76th Div. overseas, now eapt., judge ad- vocate, Mass. N.G .; mem. Mass., Middlesex Co., Woreester Co., and Boston Bar Assis., K.C., Elks (past Exalted Ruler), Eagles. Clubs: Clover (Bos- ton), Woodland Golf (Auburndale), Burning Tree (Bethesda, Md.). Catholic. Democrat. Office: P.O. Bldg., Boston. Home: 12 Valentine St., West Newton.
SWEET, Frederick Benoni, surgeon; b. Lebanon; Conn., Oct. 7, 1870; s. Charles Sweet and Eliza- betli (Williams) S .; ed. Hartford (Conn.) high seh .; M.D., Yale Univ. Seh. Med., 1893; H.D., Am. Internat. Coll., Springfield, 1939; m. Adelina S. Johnson, June 6, 1895; ehildren-Elizabeth S. Hadloek, Katherine C. Studley. Practieed surg- ery, 1894 -; eons. surg., Springfield, Ware and Palmer Hosps .; tr. Springfield Hosp., Springfield Instn. Sav., Springfield Coll .; dir. and pres., Y.M.C.A .; v.p. Community Chest, Springfield; fel- low A.C.S .; N.E. Surg. Soc .; mem. Am. Bd. Surgery, Nat. Geog. Soc., S.A.R. Club: Colony and The Chib (Springfield). Travel: Europe. Protestant. Republican. Offiee: 146 Chestnut St., Springfield. Home: 91 Mulberry St., Springfield. Summer res .: Suilleld, Conn.
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SWEET, Harold Edward, manufacturer; b. West Mansfield, June 24, 1877; s. Joseph Lyman Sweet and Florence May (Hayward) S .; ed. grad. Eng. and Class. Seh., Providence, R.I., 1894; A.B., Tufts Coll., 1898; m. Gertrude O. Hunton of Detrolt, Mich., Jan. 23, 1900; children-llayward Hunton, Marian Hunton. Began 1898 with R. F. Simmons Co., mfg. jewelers, Attleboro, asso. with father in ownership and management of firm until lat- ter's death, July 1932; son. Hayward, admitted to partnership, 1935; pres. 1st Nat. Bk .; dir. various eos .; 2nd 1t. Co. M., 14th Regt. Inf., Mass. State Guard, 1918-19; first mayor of Attleboro, 1915-19; pres. bd. trs., Tufts Coll .; pres, Sturdy Mem. Hosp .; mem. Delta Upsilon, Masons, Odd Fellows, Elks. Clubs: University, Universallst, Mayors' of Mass. (Boston), Highland Country, Lions (Attleboro). Universalist. Democrat. Homc: Attleboro.
V SWEET, Hayward Hunton, manufacturer; b. Attle- boro, Jan. 18, 1909; s. Tlarold Edward Sweet and Gertrude (Hunton) S .; ed. Attleboro hlgh sch .; Mitchell seh., Billerica; Deerfield Acad., 1926-28; Tufts Coll .; 1928-29; m. Harriet Keepers of New- tonville, Dee. 28, 1938. With R. F. Simmons Co., mfg. jewelers, Attleboro, 1930 -; partner, 1935 -; tr. Attleboro Pub. Lib .; elinin. Attleboro Bd. Fire Engrs .; mem. Ch. Commerce (dir.) Y.M.C.A. (pres.). Clubs: University, Jewelers', Boston Clty. Uni- versalist. Office: 191 N. Main St., Attleboro. Ilome: 86 Payson St., Attleboro.
May 30, 1901; s. Frederick William Sweet and Estella Mae (Bidewell) S .; ed. Barringer high sch .; Columbia, 1920-21; M.D. Harvard Med. Sch., 1926; in. Elizabeth Merry of Duxbury, Nov. 20, 1926; chil- dren-Richard Harwood, Jr., Roger Howard. Practice of surgery, Boston, 1926 -; mem. staff, Mass. Gen. and Palmer Mem. Hosps .; mem. A.C.S., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Boston ,Surg. Soc. Club: Harvard. Methodist. Republican. Office: 205 Beacon St., Boston. llome: 27 Chestnut St., Brookline. Summer res. : Sullivan, N.I.
SWEETLAND, Ralph, insurance executive; b. Bos- ton, July 28, 1867; s. Stephen Augustus Sweetland and Maria ( Williams) S .; ed. Natiek high sch .; B.S., Mass. Inst. Teeh., 1889; m. Helen A. Cloud- man of Natiek, Oet. 16, 1895. With Thompson- Housten El. Co. (now part of Gen. El.), 1889-92; master clectrieian, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1892-94; with N.E. Ins. Exchange (now N.E. Fire Ins. Rat- ing Assu.) since Jan. 15, 1894, as electrical inspee- tor, elec. engr., engineer-in-charge, asst. sec., see., and exec. mgr .; served as inspector, Bur. of Mines,
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during the War; pres. bd. trs., Leonard Morse Hosp., Natick. Clubs: Framingham Country, Uni- tarian, University (Boston). Unitarian. Repub- lican. Office: 89 Broad St., Boston, llome: 45 Walnut St., Natick.
Y SWEETMAN, Harvey Leroy, ecologist and entomol- ogist; b. Las Animas, Colo., Jan. 29, 1896; s. Philip Hay Sweetman and Cora Ada (Reynolds) S .; ed. B.S., Colo. State Coll., 1923; M.S., Ia. State Coll., 1925; Univ. Minn., 1926-27; Ph. D., Mass. State Coll., 1930; m. Olive Maren Iloefle of Ithaca, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1936. Field asst., Colo. State Coll., 1922; junior entomologist, U.S. Bur. of Entomol., 1923; grad. asst., Ia. State Coll., 1923-25; field asst., Minn. Agrl. Expt. Sta., 1925-27; asst. research prof., Wyo. Agrl. Expt. Sta., 1927-29; asst. prof., Mass. State Coll., 1930 -; asst. prof. marine ecology, Univ. Me. Marine Lab., 1932-33; 1st class phar- macist's mate, U.S. Naval Hosp. Corps, Apr., 1917 to Oct. 1919., mem. A.A.A.S., Entomol. Soc. Am., Am. Assn. Eeon. Entomol., Beol. Soe, Am., Limnol. Soc. Am., Am. Soc. Zool., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi, Alpha Gamma Rho. Clubs: Science, Amherst Nature, Fernald Entomological, Author: The Biological Control of Insects; 25 sei. papers. Travel: Ire., Scot., Eng,, and Wales. Independent. Home: Montague Rd., Amherst. Summer flome: Lamoine, Me.
SWEETSER, George A., lawyer (retired) ; landscape designer and horticulturist; b. Cliftondale, Nov. 23, 1872; s. Albert H1. Sweetser and Ann Penhallow (Jordan) S .; ed. Saugus high sch., 1889; Malden high sch., 1890; Boston Univ., 1894; spl. courses in landscape design and horticulture, Mass. State Coll. and Pa. State Coll .; m. Nina M. Rogers of Gloucester, Oct. 8, 1895; 1 dau .- Isabelle (Mrs. Philip R. Marper). Admitted to Mass. bar, 1901; practiced at Boston until 1927; retired from legal prof .; landscape designer 1932 -; chimn. bd. select- mon, Wellesley, 1907-11; food adm. (Wellesley), during World War; mem. Pub. Safety Com. and appeal agent, Div. 33, Mass .; fellow Royal Hort. Soe. of Eng .; mem. Am. Rose Soc., Mass. Ilort. Soc., Penn. Mort. Soc., Theta Delta Chi. Clubs: Wellesley, Congregational. Author: various ar- ticles in Horticulture, Hlouse Beautiful Mag., Am. Rose Annual and Mag., Flower Grower Mag. Travel: confined to U.S. and Can. Desc. of Seth y Sweetser who settled in Charlestown from Tryng, Eng., 1636; gt. g.s. (mother's side) Jeremiah Goodwin, Paymaster 33rd Mass. Regt. in War of 1812. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 36 Forest St., Wellesley Ilills.
V SWENSON, Carl John, banker; b. Willapa, Wash., May 19, 1887; s. Swen Swenson and Anna Chris- tina (Carlson) S .; ed. Oakland high seh., Oak- land, Calif .; m. Elinor Townley Potter of Swamp- scott, Apr. 4, 1925; ehildren-Jean, Carl John, Jr. Clk., Am. Nat. Bk., San Francisco, Calif., 1906-16, Bk. of Italy, San Francisco, 1916-17; with Merchant Nat. Bk., Boston mgr. foreign dept., 1918-25, v.p., 1925 -. Clubs: Algonquin (Boston), Woodland Golf (Auburndale). Congregationalist. Repub- lican. Office: 28 State St., Boston. Ilome: 14 Old Town Rd., Wellesley.
SWETT, George Wright, professor of mechanicaly engineering; b. Troy, N.Y., Mar. 6, 1881; s. F'red Wallace Swett and Kate Wright (Jewett) S .; ed. Chelsea high sch .; Cambridge manual tr. sch .; S. B., M.I.T., 1903; m. Christine J. Huntley of Leices- ter, June., Vt., June 15, 1910; children-Mrs. Katharine Turner, Illda. Draftsman, Fitchburg Machine Works, 1903; asst., mech. engring. dept., M.I.T. 1903-05, instr., 1905-14, prof. machine de- sign, 1914-, head of dept., 1936-, sec. faculty, 1934 -; pres. M.I.T. Pension Assn., 1932 -; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Soc. Promo- ) tion Engring. Edn., Masons. Clubs: Faculty (Cam- bridge), Tech. in Melrose (Melrose). Ofliee: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Home: 25 Marmion Rd., Melrose.
V SWIFT, Elijah Kent, manufacturer; b. Eau Claire, Wis., Dec. 10, 1878; s. Elijah Swift and Myra ( Ev- ans) S .; ed. Beloit (Wis.) Coll. Acad., 1896; A.B., Williams Coll., 1900; m. Katharine Leland Whitin
of Whitinsville, Apr. 18, 1911; children-Elizabeth Robinson, Katharine Whitin, Anne Whitin, Elijah Kent, Jr. Began with Whitin Machine Works, 1900, asst. treas., 1907-13, gen. ingr., asst. treas., dir., 1913-20, treas., gen. mgr., dir., 1920-, also pres., 1933 -; dir. Arlington Mills, Lawrence, Ash- worth Bros., Inc., Fall River; Mass. Mut. Life Ins. Co., Springfield; Nashawena Mills, New Bedford; Boston Mfrs. Mut. Fire Ins. Co .; Home Market Club, Boston; Mut. Boiler Ins. Co., 2nd Nat. Bk., Boston, Whitinsville Nat. Bk .; Calhoun Mills, (Cal- houn Falls, S.C.); Dunean Mills, Greenville, S.C .; Trion (Ga.) Mfg. Co .; pres., dir. Nat. Assn. Tex- tile Machinery Mfrs. (Boston), Paul Whitin Mfg. Co. (Northbridge), Crown Mfg. Co. (Pawtucket, R.l.), Nyanza Mills (Woonsocket, R.l.); v.p., tr. Whitinsville Sav. Bk .; ehmn. finance com., Town of Northbridge; inem. Masons; K.P. Clubs: N.Y. Yacht, Merchants, Williams (N.Y. City) ; Tennis & Racquet, Union (Boston); Country (Brookline) ; Worcester, various golf. Travel: extensive. Desc., Cape Cod family of same name. Congregational- ist. Republican. Office and home: Whitinsville. Summer res .: Gansett, Woods flole.
LSWIFT, George Hastings, merchant, manufacturer; b. Chicago, Il1., Mar. 1, 1878; s. Gustavus Franklin Swift and Ann Maria (Higgins) S .; ed. Lake high sch., Yale-Princeton Prep. Sch .; Harvard Prep. Sch .; Metrop. Bus. Coll., Chleago, III .; m. Lucile Darst Casey of Chicago, Feb. 11, 1907; children- Mrs. Ruth Swift Van Nice, Lucile, Mrs. Eleanor Swift Reeve, George Hastings, Jr. With Swift & Co., packers, Chicago, and allied cos., 1896-, dir. Swift & Co. and officer and dir. various subsidla- ries; dir. and ehmn. bd., A. C. Lawrence Leather Co .; ehmn. bd., Consolidated Rendering Co .; mem. Mass. Soc. Mayflower Descs., Mass. S.A.R., Nat. Soc. Puritan Descs., Pa. Soc. Colonial Govs. Clubs: Algonquin (Boston), Country ( Brookline), Essex Co. (Manchester), Bankers (N.Y.), Chicago Athletic Assn. Travel: extensive in U.S., Can., Gt. Brit., Europe. Dese, Elder Brewster (Mayflower) ; William Swift, Sandwich, 1632; Mrs. Swift is mem. Daughters of Cincinnati, Mass. Soc. Colonial Dames Am., Hereditary Order Descs. Colonial Govs. Episcopalian.
Republican. Office: 25 Faneuil Hall Sq., Boston. Mome: 17 Common- wealth Av., Boston.
SWIFT, James Marcus, lawyer; b. Ithaca, Mich., Nov. 3, 1873; s. Marcus G. B. Swift and Mary D. (Milne) S .; ed. B.M.C. Durfee high sch., Fall River, Mass .; Mich. State Normal Sch .; A.B., Univ. Mich., 1895; Harvard Law Sch., 1896-1897; hon. LL.M., Univ. Mich., 1925; m. Olive U. Sterling of Chicago, Feb. 26, 1907; (d. Jan. 29, 1936). Began practice, Fall River; now in Boston; asst. dist. atty., So. Dist. Mass., 1899-1902; dist. atty. 1902-1910; atty. gen., Mass., 1911-1913; commr. to revise Gen. Laws, 1916-1918; cominr. to revise Criminal Laws, 1923; v.p., Suffolk Univ., Boston; mem. Masons (32°), K P., Delta Tau Delta, Am., Mass., and City of Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Harvard, University ( Boston) ; Quequechan (Fall River); Mt. Crotched Country (Francestown, N.II.); Massachusetts (Boston, v.p.); Middlesex. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 50 Congress St., Boston. Home: 1077 Beacon St., Brookline.
SWIFT, Jirch, Jr., banker; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1879; m. Elizabeth B. Hawes (d. July 1, 1931); children -Jireh, 11, Elizabeth H., Watson. With Henry Forster & Co. at Pernambuco, Brazil until 1901; in cotton brokerage bus. with Stephen M. Weld & Co., later Cooper & Bensh, Boston, 1901-16; now pres. New Bedford Five Cents Sav. Bk. Clubs: Harvard (Boston); Wamsutta (New Bedford). Office: 791 Purehase St., New Bedford. Home: 102 Elm St., S. Dartmouth.
SWIFT, John Tuttle, lawyer, bank executive; b. Fall River, Nov. 15, 1877; s. Marcus George Barker Swift and Mary Duncan (Milne) S .; ed. B.M. C. Durfee high seh., Fall River, Mass .; Williams Coll., Class of 1901; LL.B., George Washington Univ. Law Seh., 1910; m. Julla Beaumont Gilroy of Lebanon, Pa., Jan. 28, 1914; 1 son-John Beaumont (Williams Coll., 1938; Harvard Univ. Grad Sch. Bus., class of 1940). Reporter, financial corr.,
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newspapers, 3 yrs .; clk., Pocasset Nat. and Citizens Sav. Bks .; clk., office of George N. Durfee, broker; later with Tuttle, Hurely & Co., brokers; clerk, House Com. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Washington, D.C., 1907-10; practiced law, Fall River, 1910 -; mem. Swift, Grime & Swift, 1,910-20; master in chancery, Bristol Co., 1911-17; repre- sented financial, mig. and bus. corps .; trial lawyer for ins. cos, and street rys .; retired 1920 to devote attention to banking; pres. Citizens Sav. Bk., 1920 -; dir. B.M.C. Durfee Trust Co., Luther Mfg. Co .; tr., Citizens Sav. Bk .; police commr., 1917-32; counsel for Custodian of Alien Property, Fall River and vicinity, World War; Ist It., Co. I, Mass. State Guard; mem. Fall River, Bristol Co., and Mass. Bar Assus., Sigma Phi (Williams), Phi Delta Phi (Marshall Chap., George Washington Univ.). Clubs: Quequechan, Williams (Fall River) ; Wil- liams (N.Y.); University (Boston). Travel: fre- quent, mostly in U.S. Desc., Mayflower arrivals both sides. Congregationalist. Republican ( with Independent reservations). Office: Citizens Sav- Ings Bank, Fall River. Legal res .: Fall River. Home: and summer res .: Tiverton, R.I.
YSWIFT, Mable H., banker; b. Boston; d. Charles H. Sawyer and Clara Elizabeth (Welts) S .; ed. grad. Lynn high sch., 1899; m. Henry H. Swift, June 1912. Formerly in employ of N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co .; now treas. Malden Morris Plan Co .; v.p. 1st Nat. Bk., Malden; tr. Malden Sav. Bk .; mem. Mass. Morris Plan Bankers Assn. (treas.). Clubs: Mal- den Zonta (v.p.), Ponds and Fields (Malden). Republican. Office: 46 Pleasant St., Malden. Home: 34 Longfellow Rd., Melrose.
SWIFT, Samuel Ross, clergyman; b. Paincs Hollow, N.Y., Mar. 31, 1883; s. Charles Fayette Swift and Nancy Marie (Fordyce) S .; ed. Geneva Prep. Sch., Beaver Falls, Pa .; S.B., Geneva Coll., 1906; B.D., Yale Div. Sch., 1909; m. Mrs. Grace Leonard Bowne of Washington, D.C., Apr. 24, 1912; children- Marion Alden (dau.), Leonard Fordyce. Asst. pastor, Ist Cong. Ch., Washington, D.C., 1909-12; minister, Hinsdale, 1912 -; sec .- treas., Ilinsdale Lib. Assn .; tr. endowment, Hinsdale Cemetery Assn .; former mem. Town Com .; former sec., moderator for Assn. Chis .; awarded silver beaver for 27 yrs. service to Boy Scouts; mem. Masons, Grange. Club: Pythagoras. Congregationalist. Ind. Republican. Office: Ilinsdale. Ilome: Hins- dale Parsonage, Hinsdale.
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YSWIFT, Walter Babcock, physician, author; b. Geneva, Switz., Dec. 24, 1868; s. Nathaniel Hatha- way Swift and Isabella Beecher (Babcock) S .; ed. grad. Emerson Coll. of Oratory, 1898; A B., Harvard, 1901; O.B., N.E. Conservatory of Music, 1902; S.B., Lawrence Sci. Sch. (Harvard), 1903; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1907; studied nervous diseases, Berlin, Ger., 1908, Univ. Berlin, 1909, Neurobiologisches Institut, Berlin, 1910; m. Dr. Edith Hale of Cambridge, Nov. 26, 1907; m. (2nd) Ann Coughlin of Manchester, Sept. 15, 1927; chil- dren-Barbara, Mrs. Phyllis Swift Buxton. In- terne, L.I. Hosp., Boston, 1906-07; asst. to Prof. H. Oppenheim, Berlin, 1 yr .; to physicians for nervous diseases, Boston City Hosp., 1910-14; asst. in neurology, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1911, in neuropathology, 1912, instr., 1913 -; in charge of voice clinic, Boston State Ilosp. (psychopathic dept.), 1912 -; specialist in nervous diseases (now esp. speech defects), 1910 -; dir., Swift Sch. of Speech Edn .; mein. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Salon Allied Arts. Clubs: Ilarvard, Union, Manuscript. Author: The Reflexes-Their Technique and Sig- nlflcance, 1915; Speech Defects, 1915; about 2000 sonnets and 75 odes. Congregationalist. Repub- lican, Office and home: 110 Bay State Rd., Boston. SWIFT, Willard Everett, business executive; b. Worcester, Oct. 16, 1879; s. Henry Daniel Swift and Emma Catherine (Colburn) S .; ed. Dalzell Sch., Worcester; grad., Ilaverford (Pa.) Coll., 1903; m. Alice Metcalf of Worcester, June 15, 1904; children -Chrystella Alice, Willard Everett, Jr., Arthur Henry. Began in mill dept., U.S. Envelope Co., 1903, now pres. and chinn. exec. com .; mem. bd. dirs. Worcester Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co .; tr. Moses Brown Sch., Providence, R.I., Ind. Industrial Schs.,
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