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prentice to piano mfr., 1877; dealer in musical instruments, 1898-07; mfr. textile fabries, A. Ziegler & Sons Co., 1907-28; retired 1928; pres. Highland Coop Bk., Lineoln Sav. Bk .; mem. Music Commn. Boston, 1900-03; tr. several trust funds; mem. Mass. Sav. Bk. Assn., Mass. Coop. Bk. League, Masons. Clubs: Central, Congrega- tional (Boston). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 1109-1111 Columbus Av., Boston. Home: 19 Ardent St., Boston.
VAN GORDER, George Wilson, orthopedic surgeon ; b. Pittsburgh (Pa.), Mar. 8, 1888; s. Frank Oak- man Van Gorder and Harriet Rebecca (Wilson) Van G .; ed. central high sch., Pittsburgh, Pa .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1911; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1915; m. Helen Rosalind Goforth of Toronto, Can., June 9, 1922; children-Elizabeth Rosalind, Robert George, Dorothy Barbara. Asso. prof. surgery, Peking Union Med. Coll., China, 1919-29; asso. chief, fracture service and visiting ortho- pedie surg., Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1929 -; pvt. prac- tice, Boston, 1929 -; instr., Harvard Med. Sch., 1929 -; asso. orthopedic surg., Newton Hosp .; cons. orthopedic surg., Lawrence Mem. Hosp .; consultant, N.E. Baptist Hosp .; capt. M.C., U.S.A., stationed in Eng., For. and at Ford Hosp., Detroit, Mich., 1917-19; mem. Am. Acad. Orthopedic Sur- geons, Am. Bd. Orthopedic Surg., A.C.S., Am. Orthopedic Assn., Phi Delta Theta, Phi Rho Sigma, Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Boston Orthopedic (pres. 1935-1936), Harvard (Boston). Author: numerous articles on surgery In journals & mags. Presby- terian. Republican. Office: 262 Beacon St., Bos- ton. Home: 70 Burdean Rd., Newton Centre.
VAN HORN, John Barwis, business executive; b. Phila., Pa., June 21, 1886; s. Alfred Van Horn and Almira (Haas) Van IL .; ed. Springfield high sch .; A.B., Wesleyan Univ., 1908; m. Ethel F. Merriam of Springfield, Oct. 18, 1910; m. (2d) Ollve A. Bliss Campbell of Springfield, June 23, 1926; children-Cortlandt, John C. Campbell (step-son). With Hoiyoke Card & Paper Co.,
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1909-, pres., dir., and gen. man., 1933 -; tr. Wilbraham Acad .; dir., Crocker McElwain Co., Folyoke; Chemical Paper Mfg. Co .; pvt. Field Arty., Officers Training Camp, 6 weeks, World War; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Colony (Springfield), Longmeadow Country. Travei: U.S. (extensive). Congregationalist. Republl- can. Office: Holyoke Card & Paper Co., Spring- field. Home: Suffield, Conn.
VAN KLEECK, Walter Lindsay, lawyer; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 6, 1872; s. Livingston Billings Van Kleeck and Helen (Millis) Van K .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1895; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1903; m. Marjorie Williams of Brook- line, May 7, 1918; children-Eleanor Storey, Richard Houghton. Gen. practice of law, Boston, 1903 -; alone, 1903-06; with Hutchins & Wheeler, 1906-, partner, 1914 -; tr., treas. Newton Theoi. Insin .; tr. N.E. Bapt. Hosp .; mem. Mass, and Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Country (Brookline), Cohasset Yacht, Cohasset Golf, Badminton & Ten- nis (Boston). Baptist. Republican. Office: 19 Federal St., Boston. . Home: 246 Clinton Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Cohasset.
VAN METER, Raiph Albert, professor of horticui- ture and pomology; b. Columbus Grove (O.), Oct. 4, 1893; s. George S. Van Meter and Hannah ( Reeder) Van M .; ed. Columbus Grove (O.) high sch .; B.S., O. State Univ., 1917; M.S., Mass. State Coll., 1930; Ph.D., Cornell, 1935; m. Eudora Farnham Tuttle of N.Y. Clty, July 6, 1918; children-Davld Farnham, Helen Lueile, James Tuttle, Marcia Elizabeth. Extension specialist, pomology, Mass. State Coll., 1919-23, prof., 1923 --. head of dept., 1936-, head of div. of horticulture, 1931 -; mem. Amherst Planning Bd .; sergt, 1st class, 317 Field Signal Batt., A. E.F., 1918-19, citation for bravery in action; mem. Am. Soc. for Hort. Sci., Am. Pomol. Soc. (dir.), Delta Theta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Appalachian Mt., Green Mt .; Metawampe (Amherst). Congregation- alist. Independent Republican. Author: Bush Fruit Production: numerous mag. articles. Of- fice: French Ilall, Mass. State Coll., Amherst. llome: 167 Montague Rd., No. Amherst.
V VANNAH, Guy Liuwood, clergyman; b. Mt. Vernon, Me., Sept. 5, 1887; s. Benjamin C. Vannah and Florence J. (MeGaffey) V .; ed. Rockland (Me.) high sch .; Rockland Commercial Coll., 1906-07; N.E. Sch. of Theology, 1909-11; B.D., Newton Theological Instn., 1914, S.T.M., 1925; D.D., Au- rora Coll., 1930; m. Irma L. Marshall of Port Clyde, Me., Oct. 17, 1916; children -- Gwendolyn IS., Paul M. Instr., N.E. Sch. Theol., 1914-20, prin., 1920 -; ordained to ministry, Advent Chris- tian Ch., 1915; summer pastor, Port Clyde, Me., 1917-1920, West Wareham, 1920-1923, Melrose; 1929 -; dir. Christian Burden Bearers Ins. Co. Advent Christian. Republican. Office: 1710 Beacon St., Brookline. Home: 96 Sargent St., Melrose. Summer res .: Port Clyde, Me.
VAN NUYS, Fresenius, physician; b. Strasburg, Ger., Sept. 27, 1876; s. Thomas Charlton Van Nuys and Lizzie E. (Hunter) Van N .; ed. A.B., Univ. Va., 1899; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1906; m. Jane Everett llardin of Virginia, Aug. 2, 1905; 1 son-Thomas Charlton. Interne, Mass. Gen. Ilosp., 1906-07; gen. practitioner, 1907-24; internist, 1924 -; chief of med. service, Waltham llosp., 1918-, contagious service, 1928-, heart clinic; tr. Waltham Hosp .; chmn. Weston Bd. of Health, 1916 -; It. Med. Corps, U.S.N. Res., 1917-18; fellow A.C.P., 1930; diplomate, Am. Bd. of In- ternal Med., 1937. Mem., Am. Med. Soc .; Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Heart Assn., Alpha Omega Alpha. Author: articles on internal medicine. Office and honre: 338 Boston Post Rd., Weston.
Vill SCHAICK, John Jr., clergyman, editor; b. Cobleskill, N.Y., Nov. 18, 1873; s. John van Schaiek and Frances E. (Shaver) van S .; ed. Cobleskill (N.Y.) high sch .; A.B., Union Coll., 1894, D.D., 1919; D.1)., St. Lawrence Univ., 1910; M.D., Liège Univ. (Belg.), 1918; Litt. D., Tufts Coll., 1927; m. Julia A. Romaine of N.Y. City, July 1, 1909. Prin., Sharon Springs Acad., 1894-96; prof. Eng., Coli. of Emporia, Kan., 1897-98; asst. pastor, Ch.
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Div. Paternity, N.Y. City, 1898-1900; pastor, Ch. of Our Father, Universalist, Washington, D.C., 1900-18; ed., Christlan Leader, Boston, 1922 -; pres. Bd. Idn., Washington, D.C .; mem. Bd. Pub. Charities D.C .; rep. for Holland, Rockefeller Foundation War Relief Commn., Commr. for Belg. Am. Red Cross, 1915; Chaplain, major, lt. col., A.D.F., June 1917-May 1919; officer, Order of Leopold (Belg.); mem. Assn. Prevention of Tuber- culosis, Psi Upsilon, Am. Legion, Vets. For. Wars. Clubs: Century (N.Y.); Cosmos ( Washington) ; Authors (Boston. London), Author: Cruising Around This Changing World; The Little Corner Never Conquered; Memories of World War; The Little Hill Farm; Cruising Cross Country; Nature Cruisings, etc. Travel: around world, 1923; Europe (many times). Desc. van Schaicks, Man- hattan, 1640. Universalist. Demoerat. Office: 176 Newbury St., Boston. Home: 1840 Mintwood Pl., Washington, D.C. Summer res .: Cobleskill, N. Y.
YVAN VALKENBURG, Samuel, professor of geogra- phy; b. Leeuwarden (Holland), Sept. 14, 1891; s. Frederik Alexander Van Valkenburg and Maria Adriana Leonarda (Jolles) Van V .; ed. Leeuwar- den (Rolland) high sch .; Unlv. Utrecht, llol; Univ. Berlin, Ger .; Univ. Zurich, Switz., Ph. D., 1918; Univs., Lausanne & Neuchatel; m. Erica Ashauer of Zurich, Switz., May 16, 1918; children -Frederik Alexander, Mariane, Denise. Survey dept., Netherlands E. Indies, 1921-26; visiting prof. geog,, Clark Univ., 1927-28, Wayne Univ., 1929-32; asso. prof., Clark Univ., 1932-37, prof., 1937 -; inem. Assn. Am. Geographers. Author: Elements of Political Geography; many articles in various periodicals. Co-author: Economie and Social Geography; Europe. Travel: Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe. Unitarian. Office: Grad. School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester. Home: 11 So. Flagg St., Worcester.
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VAN VLECK, John Hasbrouck, physieist; b. Middle- town (Coun.), Mar. 13, 1899; s. Edward Burr Van Vleck and Hester Lawrence (Raymond) Van V .; ed. A.B., Univ. Wis., 1920; A.M., Harvard, 1921, Ph.D),, 1922; Se.D., Wesleyan Univ., 1936; m. Abigail June Pearson of Minneapolis (Minn.), June 10, 1927. Instr. physics, Harvard, 1922-23; asst. prof., Univ. of Minn., 1923-26, asso. prof., 1926-27, prof., 1927-28; prof. theoretical physics, Univ. Wis., 1928-34; asso. prof. mathematical physics, Harvard, 1934-35, prof., 1935 -; lecturer, y Stanford Univ., summer 1927, winter, 1931; Univ. Mich., summer, 1933; Columbia, summer 1934; Princeton, fall, 1937; mem. Solvay Internat. Congress of Physies, 1930; fellow, Guggenhelm Memorial Foundation, 1930; mem. Am. Phys. Soc. (council, 1932-35). Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, A.A.A.S., Nat. Acad. Sci., Am. Math. Soc .; Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Author: The Theory of Electric and Magnetic Susceptibilities, 1932; Quantum Principles and Line Spectra, 1926. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge.
VAN WATERS, Miriam, social worker; b. Greens- burg, Pa., Oct. 4, 1887; d. George Browne Van Waters and Maude (Vosburg) Van W .; ed. St. Tlelens Hall, Portland (Ore.), 1901; A.B., Univ.' Ore., 1908, A.M., 1910; fellow in anthropology, Clark Univ., Ph.D., 1913; LE.D., Smith Coll., 1933. Supt., Juvenile Court Detention Ilome, Los An- geles (Calif.), 1917-20; supt., El Retiro, sch. for delinquent girls, San Fernand, Calif., 1919-20; referee, Los Angeles County (Calif.) Juvenile Court, 1920-30; supt., State Reformatory for Women, Framingham, 1930 -; dir, juvenile delin- quency seet., Harvard Law Sch. Crime Survey, 1926 -; consultant, juvenile delinquency, Nat. Com. on Law Observance & Enforcement, 1928- 31; mem. Nat. Assn. Travelers Aid Socs. (mem. bd. dirs.), Nat. Probation Assn., Internat. Assn. Juvenile Court Magistrates (V.D, 1930), Am. Youth Commn., 1935 (sec.), Calif. Conf. of Social Work (pres. 1926), Nat. Conf. of Social Work (pres. 1929-1930), Southern Calif. Soc. for Mental Ilygienc (pres. 1925-1926), Parent Teachers' Assn. (nat. chmn. juvenile protection), Phi Beta Kappa,
Pi Lambda Theta. Author: Youth in Conflict, 1925; Parents on Probation, 1927; articles in Iney. Britannica & Ency. of Social Sciences. Office: Framingham, Box 99.
van WER'T, Leland Russell, metallurgical engi- neer; b. Raymertown, N.Y., Feb. 29, 1892; s. Arthur Ellis van Wert and Adaline (Williams) van W .; ed. S.B., Union Coll., 1916; Yale; M.I.T .; S.M., Carnegie Inst. Tech., 1929; Se.D., Harvard, 1930; m. Christine Young Love Megee of Shelton, Conn., June 4, 1921. Lecturer, metallurgy, Ilar- vard; mem. Am. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engrs., Am. Soc. for Metals, Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi. Author: An Intro- duction to Physical Metallurgy, Lutheran. In- dependent. Home: 18 Crescent Rd., Belmont.
VARNEY, Edward Allen, consulting engineer; b. Orange, May 12, 1895; s. Levi Allen Varney and Genevieve (Gilmore) V .; ed. Orange high seh .; B.S., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1916; m. May Lois Barnes of Worcester, Oct. 14, 1916. Structural steel draftsman, Eastern Bridge & Structural ('o., Worcester, 1916-17; lecturer, Wentworth
Inst., 1918-25, Cambridge Sch. Architecture, 1925 -; pvt. engring. practice, 1925-28; partner, C'leverdon, Varney & Pike, cons. engrs., 1928 -; asso. mem. Am. Soc. C.E .; mem. Boston Soc. C. E., A.F.&A.M., O.E.S, Alpha Tau Omega. Univer- salist. Independent Republican. Author: Archi- tectural Construction, Vol. II, Book 1, Vol. II, Book 2. Office: 46 Cornhill, Boston. llome: 40 Stoneleigh Circle, Watertown.
VARNEY, Edward Buffum, banker, cotton mer- chant (retired) ; b. Kennebunk, Me., May 3, 1868; 8. Isaac Varney and Phebe Estes (Buffum) V .; ed. Manchester (N.I.) high sch .; m. Ruth Bas- sett of Lynn, Jan. 1899; 1 dan .- Mrs. Constance Varney Ring. Book-keeper, 1886-95; pres. and chief owner, Isaac Varney & Son Co., Fall River, 1895-24; pres. and dir. Granite Mills, Weetamoe Mills; dir. Barnard Mills; pres, and tr., Fall River Sav. Bk .; dir. B.M.C., Durfee Trust Co .; chmn. Ilome Rule Com .; tr. Bradford Durfee Textile Sch .; treas. & tr. Home for the Aged People, Fall River; Boys Club, Fall River; served Co. F. Naval Brigade, Mass. Militia, 1908-12. Club: Queequecchan. Travel: all sections of U.S. Con- gregationalist. Republican, Office: 102 Purchase St., Fall River. lome: 657 Ilighland Av., Fall River.
VARRELL, Harry Maxwell, professor; b. Wells, Me., July 14, 1878; s. William Goodwin Varrell and Hannah Ann (Littlefield) V .; ed. Wells (Me.) high sch .; Coburn Class. Inst .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1897; A.M., Harvard, 1909, Ph. D., 1912; m. Laura Johnson of Auburn, N.Y., Sept. 6, 1916; children-Harriet Ann, Katherine Laurie. Instr., Univ. N.M., 1898; Univ. Colo., 1899-1901; teacher, high sch., Pueblo, Colo., 1901-08; teaching fellow, Harvard, 1909-12; instr. hist., Simmons Coll., 1912- 13, asst. prof., 1913-18, asso. prof., 1918-20, prof., hist. and govt., 1920 --; dean of grad. sch., 1936 -; mein. Am. Jlist. Assn., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Office: Simmons College, Boston. Home: 102 Avon Ilill St., Cambridge. Summer res .: York Ilarbor.
VAUGHAN, David Davies, educator, sociologist; b. Titusville, Pa., Aug. 11, 1876; s. John Vaughan and Margaret Ann (Potts) V .; ed. Crane Tech. High Sch., Chicago, Ill .; S.B., Northwestern Univ., 1900; A.M., Univ. Chicago, 1925; D.D., Kan. Wes- leyan Univ., 1936; m. Elzie Gertrude Wiley of Chicago, Ill., Jan. 6, 1902; children-Mrs. Marion
Vaughan Glover, Herbert Wiley. Organizer, pastor, Thoburn Ch., Chicago, 1900-02; ordained to ME. ministry, 1902; pastor, Wyanet, Ill., 1902-03; 47th St. Ch., Chicago, 1903-05; Halsted St. Instnl. Ch., 1905-10; Harvey, Ill., 1910-13; Galena Boulevard C'h., Aurora, 1913-18; River Forest, 1918-19; prof., social ethics, Boston Univ. Grad. Sch. and Sch. Theol, Boston, 1919 -; lecturer, Mass. State Univ. Extension; widely known as lyceum and forunt lecturer; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Sociol. Soc., Am. Acad. Polit. & Social Seiences, Rock River (IL) Conf. M.E. Ch., Am. Assn. Unlv. Profs., Masons. Travel :
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Europe, inel. Rus .; Cuba, Australia, New Zealand, Can., Mex. Author: Lessons for Methodist, 1910. Methodist. Office: 72 Mt. Vernon St., Boston. Home: 16 Kent Sq., Brookline.
VAUGHAN, Herbert Games, physician; b. Titus- ville, Pa., Dec. 25, 1874; s. John Vaughan and Margaret Ann (Potts) V .; ed. Chicago Manual Training Sch .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll. of Chicago Univ., 1901; m. Polly Mellor of Chicago, July 19, 1901; children-Willard Everett, Margaret Franees, Herbert Sidney, Helen Wild. Practiced med. in Chicago and Oak Park, Ill., 1901-18; mem. faculty, Rush Med. Coll .; supt. Attleboro Springs Sanitarium, June 1919-Oet. 1923; in gen. practice Attleboro, 1923 -; mem. surgical staff, Sturdy Mem. Hosp., 1923 -; served as eapt., M.R.C., Mar. 1918-June 1919; mem. Masons, Odd Fellows, Am. Legion. Methodist. Independent
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VAUGHAN, John Fairfield, consulting engineer; b. Cambridge, Sept. 13, 1872; s. Charles Everett Vaughan and Elizabeth Fairfield (Wells) V .; ed. Hopkinson's Seh., Boston; Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge; S.B. (elee. engring.), Harvard En - gring. Sch., 1895; m. Ellen Thaxter Batchelor of Cambridge, June 26, 1902; children-Elizabeth Fairfield (d.), George Batchelor, Charles (d.), John Hallowell. Ry. Elee. constrn, and opera- tion, Gen. Elec. Co., 1895; ch. engr., Elee. Dept., N. Y., N. H.& H.R. R., pioneer Ry. electrification, 1896-1901; engr., head of Hydraulle Dept., eons.
, engr. Stone & Webster, 1902-17; eons. engr., pio- neering in hydro-elec. development and elec. transmission; industrial engr., pub. utilities; pvt. practice as cons. engr., 1917 -; head of wood ship constrn., N.E. Div., Emergency Fleet Corp., U.S. Shipping Bd., during World War; mem. Tax- payers Assn. (Belmont), Am. Inst. E.E. (fellow), Am. and Boston Soes. C.E., Am. Soc. M.E. Clubs: Oakley Country, Belmont Men's, Bucks Harbor Yacht. Author: tech. papers and articles. Travel: U.S., Can., Caribbean. Unitarian. Republican. Oflice: 45 Franklin St., Boston. Home: 33 Fletcher Rd., Belmont. Suninier res .: So. Brooksville, Me.
VAUGHAN, Lester H., pewter manufacturer; b. Taunton, Nov. 1889; s. Edwin H. Vaughan and Eva P. (Sabine) V .; ed. Arthur Heun Pure Art Inst., Chicago, about 1922; received medal, Boston Soe. Arts & Crafts, about 1920; m. Maria E. Parker of Taunton, Apr. 1921. Started mfg. pewter, 1915, after an apprenticeship of 5 yrs. under an old Tiffany silversmith; mem. Old Colony Hist. Soc., Phila. Arts & Crafts Guild, Soc. Arts & Crafts (Boston). Protestant. Independ- ent. Address: 10 Clifton St., Taunton. Summer res .: Foster St., Mattapoisett.
V VAUGHAN, Richard Miner, professor of theology; b. Bangor (Wis.), Aug. 28, 1870; s. John J. Vaughan and Mary A. (Thomas) V .; ed. Wayland Acad., Beaver Dam, Wis .; A.B., Brown Univ., 1895, D.D., 1913; B.D., Univ. Chicago Div. Sch., 1898; m. Eleanor Farries of Wauwatosa (Wis.), June 24, 1897 ((.); children-Wayland F., Richard F. Pastor, Warren Av. Bapt. Ch., Detrolt, 1899-1901; First Bapt. Ch., Janesville ( Wis.), 1901-08; First Bapt. Ch., Berkeley (Cal.), 1909-12; dean, Berkeley Bapt. Div. Sch., 1908-09; instr., Pacifie Sch. of Reli- gion, 1909-12; prof. Chr. theology, Newton Theol. Instn., 1912 -; mem. Am. Bapt. Home Mission Soc. (bd. of mgrs., 1913-31), Am. Theol. Soc. (pres. 1930). Club: Boston Ministers. Author: The Sig- nificance of Personality, 1930. Travel: Europe. Baptist. Independent Republican. Office: Ando- ver Newton Theological School, Newton Centre. Home: 154 Institution Av., Newton Centre.
VAUGHAN, Wayland Farrles, teacher, coach; b. Janesville, Wis., Nov. 3, 1901; s. Richard Miner Vaughan and Eleanor (Farries) V .; ed. Newton high seh .; Phillips Acad., Andover; A.B., Yale, 1923; A.M., Harvard, 1925, Ph.D., 1926; m. Clara F. Colton of Newton Highlands, June 1924; children-Eleanor, Wayland F., Jr. (d.), Marilyn, Wayland Edward. Instr., Boston Univ., 1926-28, asst. prof., 1928-33, prof., 1933 -; coach, hockey
and tennis, 1928 -; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., A.P.A., A.A.A.S., Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa Seroll & Key. Clubs: Mt. Crotched Country, Need- ham Tennis. Author: The Lure of Superiority, General Psychology. Protestant. Non-partisan. Office: 84 Exeter St., Boston. Home: 46 Kings- bury St., Needham. Summer res .: Deering, Hills- boro, N.Il.
VEASEY, Arthur Hale, woolen manufacturer (re- tired); b. Haverhill, June 30, 1885; s. Arthur D. Veasey and Clara W. (Kimball) V .; ed. Haver- hill high sch .; Phillips Andover Acad., 1903-04; Amherst Coll., 1904-07; m. Persis Spencer of Chicago, Il., Apr. 11, 1911 (d.); in. (2d) Dacia Beebe of Melrose, Sept. 10, 1921; children-Persis Spencer (d.), Arthur Hale, Jr., Decius Beebe, Katharine Ensign, John Edwin. Engaged in woolen mfg., 1907-28; treas. & gen. mgr., Grove- land Mills, Inc., 1925 -; dir. Merrimac Nat. Bk .; tr., Haverhill Sav. Bk .; men, Chi Phi, K.T., Masons. Clubs: Cruising of America, Corinthian Yacht (Marblehead), Haverhill Country. Travel: Europe, Mediterranean, W.1 .; on 1st steamer through Canal to circle So. Am. Universalist. Republican. Office and home: 5 Winsor St., Ilaverhill.
VENTURA, Antonio S., pharmaceutical chemist; b. Cosenza, It., Nov. 22, 1883; s. Joseph Ventura and Costanee V .; ed. Souftner Prep Sch., N.Y. City; Ph.G., N.Y. Coll. Pharm., Columbia, 1912; Pharm.D., R.I. Coll. Pharm., 1928; m. Piloria Scornaienchi of Italy, Oct. 16, 1922. Came to U.S., 1891; pharmacist, Boston, 1915 -; dir. ('h. of Commerce; mem. Pub. Welfare Bd .; on local Com. on Pub. Safety, World War; mem. bd. dirs., Boy Scouts Am., Red Cross, Anti-tuber- eulosis Soe., S.P.C.C., Family Welfare, ete .; mem. Kappa Psi, all local, state and nat. pharm, socs. Club: Rotary. Travel: Europe, U.S. Catholic. Registered Demoerat but independent. Office: 699 Bedford St., Boston. llome: 35 Tobin St., Boston.
VERA, Frank, lawyer; b. New Bedford, Nov. 25, 1874; s. Frank Vera. and Mary L. (Caton) V .; ed. Georgetown Univ. Law Seh., 1900-1902; Bos- ton Univ. Sch. Law, 1902-1903; m. Madeline V. Sequeira of New Bedford, Aug. 27, 1923; chil- dren-Frank, Jr .; Joseph Sequeira. Clk., Third Dist. Ct. of Bristol, 1902-1913; practicing lawyer, 1913 -; dir. Blue Stone Quarry, Inc .; tr. New Bedford Pub. Lib .; mem. New Bedford Sch. Bd., 1928-, chmn., 1934-35; spl. justice, Dist. Ct., Dukes Co., 1929-36; mem. New Bedford Bar Assn. (council), K.C. (New Bedford). Catholic. Re- publican. Office: 261 Union St., New Bedford. Home: 67 Elm St., Padanaram, So. Dartmouth. AVERBECK, Roland Hale, educator; b. Boston, Jan. 18, 1886; s. Calvin Maurice Verbeck and Ida Susan ( Hadlock) V .; ed. Malden high seh .; B.S., Mass. Agrl. Coll., 1908; student, summier 1908; Bur. of Univ. Travel Tour on Agr., Europe, 1911; Cornell Univ., sunner 1913; Harvard Grad. Seh., 1916-1917; m. Ruth Ammann of Malden, June 26, 1920; 1 son-Roland, Jr. Prin, teacher agr., Agrl. high sch., Petersham, 1908-1910; prin., Parsons- field Sem., Kezar Falls (Me.), 1910-1916; dir. N.Y. State Seh. of Agr., Canton (N.Y.), 1919-1924; dir. Short Courses, Mass. State Coll., 1924 -; 1st It. Air Service, commanding 281st Aero Squad- ron, A.E.F., 1918-1919; mein. Nat. Edn. Assn., Harvard Teachers Assn., Masons, Phi Sigma Kappa. Travel: Europe. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: Mass. State College, Amherst. Home: 62 Orchard St., Amherst.
VERHOEFF, Frederick Herman, ophthalmologist; b. Louisville, Ky., July 9, 1874; s. Herman Ver- hoeff and Mary Jane (Parker) V .; ed. Allmond's Univ. Sch., Louisville, Ky .; Ph.B., Yale, 1895; M.D., Johns Hopkins Med. Sch., 1899; A.M., llar- vard, 1902; studied ophthalmology, Europe, 1902- 03; in. Margaret F. Lougee of Rye Beach, N. H., Sept. 17, 1902; children-Mary Josephine (d.), Margaret. Asst. surg., Baltimore Eye, Ear & Throat Charity Hosp., 1899-1900; asst. in pathol- ogy, Ilarvard Med. Sch., 1900-02; asst. ophthalmic surg., Carney Ilosp., Boston, 1902-06; pathologist,
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Mass. Charitable Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1900-32, asst. ophthalmie surgeon, 1905-13, ophthalmic surgeon, 1913-32, chief of research, 1925-32, cons. ehief, ophthalmology, 1931 -; instr., ophthal. pathology, Ilarvard Med. Sch., 1907-16, asst. prof., ophthal. research, 1916-21, ophthalmology, 1921-24, prof. ophthal. research, 1924 -; dir., Howe Lab, Ophthalmology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1932 -; major, M.C., U.S.A., 1918-19; fellow, Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, A.C.S .; mem. A.A.A.S., Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Acad, Ophthalmology & Oto- laryngology, Am, and N.E. Ophthal. Socs. (pres., Anı. 1920-22, N.IC. 1937-38), A.M.A. (ehmn., sect. ophthalmology 1932). Clubs: Harvard, Yale, Longwood Cricket, Algonquin. Author: many original papers on ophthalmology. Awards: Knapp medal, A.M.A., 1922; Ophthalmic Research medal, A.M.A., 1930; Howe medal, Am. Ophthal. Soc., 1932. Protestant. Republican. Ofliee: 243 Charles St., Boston. Home: 61 Monmouth St., Brookline.
VERNAGLIA, Jahn Benjamin, surgeon; b. Somer- ville, Jan. 31, 1905; s. Louis Vernaglia and Hen- rietta (Galliani) V .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1926; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1930; m. Madeline A. Baruffaldi of Somerville, 1936; 1 son-John Lawrence. Interne, Boston City Hosp., Truesdale Hosp. (Fall River), Boston Lying-In Hosp .; surgeon to outpatients. Boston City Hosp., 1933 -; visiting surgeon, Camb. City Hosp., 1937-, Lawrence Memorial llosp., Medford, 1934 -; tr. Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1937-39, mom. corp., 1939 -; mem. A.M.A., Medford Sons Italy, Mass. Med. Soc., Elks ( Medford). Author: Iniopagus, a rare form of siamese twins, report of personal experi- ence with the successful delivery of the rarest form of siamese twins, the sixth such case ever known. Catholic. Office: 80 High St., Medford. Home: 129 Lincoln Rd., Medford.
Y VERRILL, Alpheus Hyatt, author, explorer, scien- tist; b. New Haven (Conn.), July 23, 1871; s. Addison Emery Verrill and Flora L. (Smith) V .; ed. Hopkins gram. sch., New Haven, Conn .; Yale Sch. Fine Arts; Yale Univ .; m. Kathryn 1. Me- Carthy of New Haven, Conn., Jan. 1, 1892; children -Mrs. Loyola Cintron, Mrs. Dorothy Rhodes, Mrs. Valerie G. Ellis, Eric (d.). Illustrator, nat. hist. dept., Webster's Internat. Dictionary, 1896; Clarendon Dictionary; many seientific re- ports & other publications; invented autochrome process, 1902; conducted numerous seientitie expans. to West Indies, So. & Cent. Am., first expan. to West Indies for ornithologieal speci- mens, 1889; rediscovered supposedly extinct Solenodon Pardoxus, Santo Domingo, 1907; ethnol. explorations, Brit. Guiana, 1914-1916; explora- tions, Central and So. Am., 1916-1926; diseovered & exeavated previously unknown prehistoric re- mains, Panama, 1924-1926; painter of oil paintings of So. and Cent. Am. Indians, 1926-1928; archaeo- logical explorations, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, 1928- 1932; in charge of expeditions to salvage Spanish galleon sunk in W. Indies in 17th eentury, 1933-1934; rediscovered lost art of mineralizing leather known to ancient inhabitants of Peru, 1938; mem. Internat. Mark Twain Soe., Eugene Field Soc., Fenimore Cooper Soc., Royal Soc. Arts; adopted into several Indian tribes. Anthor: Over 100 books on various subjects; numerous contributions to mags .; scientific reports & pamphlets. Dese. of early settlers of Salem & Gloucester; Samuel Verrill who was first settler in interior of Me. Office: 53 Beacon St., Boston.
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