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VIAUX, Frederic, real estate broker; b. Boston, Aug. 10, 1882; s. Frederic II. Viaux and Florenec Bailou (Farrar) V .; ed. Boston Latin seh .; flop- kinson's Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1904; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1907; m. Maude Bethune of Concord (N.H.), Oct. 18, 1911; 1 son-Frederic Ballou. Adm. to Mass. Bar, 1907; asso. with Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall, 1907-09; real estate broker & appraiser, Boston, 1910 -; first Corps Cadets, Mass. N.G., 1909-II; mem. Boston Real Estate Exchange, Pi Eta. Club: Harvard ( Boston ). 8th generation of Ballou family in Am. Protes-
tant. Republican. Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 56 Griggs Rd., Brookline.
VICKERY, Robert Greene, textile manufacturer; b. Boston, May 5, 1891; s. Il. F. Vickery and A. (Davis) V .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1913; m. Catharine T. Thaeher of Brookline, Feb. 15, 1928. Dir. Nyanza Mills, Cabot Mfg. Co .; 1st It. U.S.A., with A.E.F., 18 mos. Clubs: Union Boat, Harvard (Boston), The Country ( Brookline). Protestant. Republican. Office: 201 Devonshire St., Boston. Ilome: 265 Woodland Rd., Chestnut Hill.
VIETOR, Agnes C., surgeon; b. Philadelphia, Pa .; ed. pub. schs. and pvt. instruction; M.D., Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary, 1892; married; 1 son -Maxwell. Instr. physical diagnosis and surgery, attending dispensary surg., Woman's Med. Coll. of N. Y. Infirmary, 1892-96; clin. asst., Dept. Gyn- ecology, N.Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. and Hosp., 1893-95; study and research in Europe, 1895; clin. asst., Dept. Surgery, N.Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch. and Hosp., 1895-96; removed to Boston, 1896; acting house surg., N.E. Hosp. for Women and Children, 1897; attending phys., Pope Dispen- sary, Boston, 1897-1904; asst. surg., N.C. Hosp., 1899-1904; mem. Com. Ways and Means for Con- trol of Tuberculosis in Boston, 1900-01; research in Europe, 1901-02; research scholarship, Soe. of the Lying-In Hosp., N.Y., 1904-05, 1924-25; invited to assist in organizing Nat. Assn. for Study and Prevention Tuberculosis, 1904; re- signed hosp. appointments for pvt. practice and research, 1904; mem, and contrib., 15th internat. Med. Congress, Lisbon, 1906; del. Progressive Party State Conv., 1913, nat. Conv., Chieago, 1916; mem. Volunteer Med. Service Corps, U.S.A., 1918; instr. first aid, Am. Red Cross, 1916-18; fellow A.C.S. (mem. bd. govs., 1926-37), A.M.A., N.Y. Acad. Med., Mass. Med. Soc .; mem. N.E. Women's Med. Soc. (former councillor, pres. 1919-21), Med. Women's Nat. Assn., Med. Women's Internat. Assn., Gorgas Mem. Inst. Tropical and Preventive Medicine (mem. Mass. State governing com.), Zeta Phi (hon.). Clubs: Appalachian Mountain, Edgartown Yacht (winner of cups; sec .- treas. 1913-26), Boston Professional Women's (ehair- man com. in pub. health, 1927-29), Boston Zonta (dir. 1927-29). Author: A Woman's Quest: The Life of Marie E. Zakrewska, M.D., 1924; frequent contrib. to medical journals; research in sur- gery. Home: Trinity Court, Boston.
VIETOR, Karl, professor of German literature; b. Wattenscheid, Ger., Nov. 29, 1892; s. Karl Viëtor and Laura (Clewing) V .; ed. Gymnasium Wiesba- den and Wattenscheid, 1901-1912; studied at univs, Geneva, Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt-am-Main; Ph.D., Univ. Frankfurt, 1919; in. Alice Beatrice Perner of Heidelberg, July 10, 1919. Lecturer, Univ. Frankfurt, 1922; prof., Univ. Giessen, 1925; visiting prot., Univ. Amsterdam, 1930; Columbia, 1932; Harvard, 1935, 1936; prof., Harvard, 1937 -; mem. Modern Language Assn. Am. Protestant. Ollice: Widener library, 446, Cambridge. Home: 9 Francis Av., Cambridge.
VIETS, Henry Rouse, neurologist; b. Lynn, Mar. 7, 1890; s. llenry Rouse Viets and Annie Rebecca (Tufts) V .; ed. Newton high seh .; B.S., Dart- mouth Coll., 1912; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1916. In gen. practice of neurology, 1916 -; neurolo- gist, Mass. Gen. losp .; Harvard Med. Sch .; lt. advaneing to major, U.S.A. Med. Corps, 1917-1919; mem. A.M.A., Am. Neurol. Assn., Boston Med. Lib. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: Brief History of Medicine in Mass., 1930; Introductory Note to a Brief Rule by Thomas Thacher, 1937. Republican. Office: 6 Commonwealth Av., Boston. llome: Court Lane, Dedham.
VINAL, William Ganld, teacher; b. So. Seituate, Nov. 29, 1881; s. William Raymond Vinal and Mary Ellen (Farrar) V .; ed. Norwell high sch .; Bridgewater Teachers Coll., 1903; B.S., Harvard Coll., 1906, A.M., 1907; Ph.D., Brown Univ., 1922; in. Lillie Hale Downing of Medford; children- Raymond Gould, M.D)., Meriel Hale Tattersfield. Instr., Marshall Coll., 1907-09; State Teachers Coll., Salem, 1910; R.I. Coll. Edn., 1911-25; N.Y.
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State Coll. Forestry, 1925-27; Western Reserve Unlv., 1927-35; staff Nat. Recreation Assn., 1936- 37; Instr .. Mass. State Coll., ,1937 -; pres. Bridge- water Teacher Coll. Alumni Assn., 1938-39; Amherst Nature Club; v.p. Mt. Tom Recreation Advisory Commn .; ranger naturalist, Yosemite, Glacier and Crater Lake Nat. Parks; dir. Nature Guide Sch. of Mass. Coll, for training outdoor leaders; mem. A.A.A.S. (fellow, 1933), Sigma Xi. Author: Nature Guiding. Travel: . U.S. Desc. Ann Vinal, Seituate, 1636; Capt. Peter Sears, Scituate, 1777. Interested In writing mag. arti- cles. Unitarian. Independent Republican. Of- fice: Mass. State Coll., Amherst. Ilome: 10
Taylor St., Amherst. Summer res .: Norwell.
VINCENT, Leon Henry, author and lecturer on literature; b. Chicago (Ill.), Jan. 1, 1859; s. Rev. B. T. Vincent and Sarah Morris (Cole) V .; ed. Union Acad. (Belleville, N.Y.); A.B., Syracuse Univ., 1882; Litt.D. (hon.), 1901; m. Jessie Van. Vleck Thomas of Titusville, Pa., Aug. 21, 1890. Lecturer on English and American literature, 1885 -. Author: The Bibliotaph and Other Peo- ple; American Literary Masters; Dandies and Men of Letters; Brief Studies in French Society and Letters in the 17th Century; The Hôtel de Rambouillet; The French Academy; Corneille; Molière; Dewitt Miller, a Biographical Sketch; Memoir of Bishop John H. Vincent; A Few Words on Robert Browning; numerous short stories and essays in periodicals and mags. Clubs: The Players; Manhattan Chess; The Duo- decimos. Travel: Europe. Office and home: Trin- ity Court, Dartmouth St., Boston.
VOGT, Edward Charles, roentgenologist; b. Iowa City, Ia., Oct. 12, 1891; s. William J. Vogt and Josephine (Aicher) V .; ed. Ia. City pub. sehs .; State Univ. Ia., 1912-14; M.D., Ja. Coll. Med. Sch., 1923; m. Beatrice K. Huss of Toledo, O., Sept. 5, 1928; children-Karl E., James C., Marietta B. Interne, St. Vincent's Hosp., Toledo, 1923-24; house ollieer, Peter Bent Brigham Ilosp., Boston, 1924-25; res. phys., New Haven Ilosp., 1925-26; roentgenologist, Children's Hosp., Boston, 1926-, Huntington Mem. Hosp., 1928-29, Metrop. State Hosp., Waltham, 1937 --; It. U.S. Air Service, 1918-19; mem. Am. Roentgen Ray Soe., Radiol. Soc. No. America. Club: Harvard (Boston). Catholic. Office: 1101 Beacon St., Brookline. Home: 16 Bonaire Circle, Waban.
von HIPPEL, Arthur R., professor; b. Rostock, Ger., Nov. 19, 1898; s. Robert von Illppel and Emma (Bremer) V .; ed. Humanistic high sch., Göttin- gen, Ger .; Ph.D., Univ. Göttingen, 1924; Univ. Munich; m. Dagmar Franck of Göttingen, June 1930; children -- Peter Ilans, Arndt Robert, Frank Niels. Asst., dept. physics, Univ. Jena, 1924-27; Rockefeller fellow, Univ. Calif., 1927-28; asst. prof., Univ. Jena, 1928-29; Univ. Göttingen, 1929- 33; prof. Univ. Istanbul, 1933-34; guest prof., Univ. Copenhagen, 1935-36; asst. prof., elec. engring. dept., M.I.T., Oct. 1936 -; mem. Am. Phys. Soe., Am. Inst. Elee. Engrs. Sigma Xi. Author: scientific pubs. in the fields of gaseous discharges, atom physics, photoelectricity and electrical insulation. Lutheran. Ofice: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 265 Glen Rd., Weston.
VVORENBERG, Felix, merchant; b. Grebenstein, Ger., June 10, 1868; s. Bernard Vorenberg and Henrietta (Brandenstein) V .; ed. Frankfort-on- Main gymnasium (Ger.); m. Rose Frankenstein of Boston, Oct. 18, 1898 (d.); 1 son-F. Frank. In for. dept., llorace Partridge Co., 1888-95; founder, pres., trens., F. Vorenberg Co., importers, 1896 -; v.p., gen. mgr., Gilchrist Co., 1913-, pres., 1925-, treas., 1933 -; pres., Am. Retailers, Inc .; mem. Mass. Com. Pub. Safety, 1917-21; Boston Sinking Fund Commn., 1917-23; Com. on Soldiers' Mem., 1919-21; dir. Beth Israel Hlosp .; founder, Credit Union system; mem. Mass. Soc. Mental Hygiene, Community Health Assn. Clubs: Exchange, University, Republican, Home Market. Jewish. Republican. Offiee: 417 Washington St., Boston. Home: Ritz Carlton Hotel, Boston.
V VORSE, Mary Heaton, author; b. N.Y. City; d. Hiram lleaton and Ellen Cordella (Blackman) H .; edu- ented abroad; m. Albert White Vorse, Oct. 18, 1898; m. (2d) Joseph O'Brien, 1912; children- leaton White, Mary Ellen, Joseph Heaton. War . correspondent, 1915; Red Cross, Italy, Balkan States, 1918-1919; Am. Relief mem. Author's League of Am. Press Club ( Washington, D.C.). Author: Break-
Administration; Club: Woman's ing in of a Yachtman's Wife, 1908; Story of a Very Little Person, 1911; Autobiography of an Elderly Woman, 1911; Heart's Country, 1913; Ninth Man, 1918; The Prestons, 1918; I've Come to Stay, 1919; Growing Up, 1920; Men and Steel, 1921; Fraycars Fist, 1923; Passaic, 1926 (an ac- count of the 1926 Textile Strike); Second Cabin, 1928; Strike, 1930; Footnote to Folly, 1935; Labor's New Millions, 1937; numerous contributions on political, international affairs and other subjects to newspapers and magazines. Travel: Europe, No. Africa, Mexico, etc. Direct desc. of six Am. Revolutionary War soldiers. Episcopalian. Democrat. Office and home: 466 Commercial St., Provincetown.
VOSE, James Wilson, educator; b. Ashburnham, June 5, 1881; s. James Edward Vose and Lols Elizabeth (Stickney) V .; ed. Cushing Acad .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1903. A.M. (hon.), 1928; Ed. M., Harvard Grad, Seh. Edn., 1929: studied at Ilyannis Normal Sch., Boston Univ. Seh. of Edn., Teachers Coll. (Columbia), Stanford Unlv. Sch. of Edn .; m. Lorna Craig Fowler of Louisville, Ky., June 7, 1907. Teacher, Kentucky Mil. Inst., Lyndon (Ky.), 1903-1906; asst. supt. (prin.), 1912-1915; head, sci. dept., Cushing Acad., 1907-1912, prin., 1926-1933; prin., Arnis Acad., Shelburne Falls, 1915-1924, Drury high sch., No. Adams, 1924-1926; supt. of schs., Marblehead, 1934 -; chmm. Sch. Com., Ashburnham; War Dept. Commu. on Train- ing Camp Activities, 1917-1919; mnem. Phi Delta Kappa. N.E. Assn. Seh. Supts., Am. Childhood Edn., Nat. Edn. Assn., Am. Assn. Sch. Administra- tors, Mass. Teachers Fed., Essex Co. Teachers Assn., Merrimac Valley Supts. Assn., Marblehead Teachers Assn., Masons, Marblehead Parent Teachers Assn., Nat. Geographic Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: Republican. Travel: U.S., Can. Desc. Robert Vose, who settled in Milton in 1648. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: School Dept. Marblehead. Ilome: 11 Tucker St., Marblehead.
VOSE, Robert Churchill, dealer in paintings; b. No. Attleboro, Sept. 12, 1873; s. Seth Morton Vose and Mary (Branch) V .; ed. Morey & Goff's Sch., Providence, R.I .; Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1896; m. Sarah Helen Williams of Providence, RI., June 5, 1907; children-Seth Morton, IL Robert Churchill, Jr., Herbert Phelps, Ilelen Williams, Elizabeth Phelps. llead of Robert C. Vose Gal- leries (established 1811), dealers in high class paintings; frequent exhibitors in principal cities and museums of U.S .; life mem. N.I. Hist. Geneal. Soc., R.I. Island Sch. of Design, Art Inst. of Chi- cago; mem. Boston Mus. Fine Arts, Art Assn of Newport, Walpole Soe, of London. Club: Univer- sity. Travel: U.S., Europe. Unitarian. Republi- can. Office: 559 Boylston St., Boston. Ilome: 216 Gardner Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Cajacet, Jamestown (R.I.).
VOSE, Robert Weston, engineer, teacher; b. Bos- ton, Oct. 28, 1910; s. Willard B. Vose and Gertrude M. (Hoogs) V .; ed. Eng. high sch., Boston; B.S., M.I.F., 1931, M.S., 1936; Univ. of Mich., spec. summer session; m. Anne Grover, 1939. Assistant in mech, engring., M.I.T., 1931-33, instr., 1933-37; faculty instr., Harvard Engring. Sch., 1937-, con- sultant in mech. engring., 1933 -; dir. Shore Sch. M.I.T. Nautical Assn., 1935-37; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Soc. M.E., Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Am. Optical Soc., Sigma Xi. Clubs: M.I.T. Nautical Assn., Newton Figure Skating, Skating of Boston. Author: several technical papers. Desc. of Vose family, Milton, 1654. Office: Rotch Bldg., Har- vard Engineering Seh., Cambridge. Home: Cam- bridge. Sunimer res .: Duxbury.
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VVOSEC, Samuel Norton, surgeon (genito-urinary) ; b. Madison (Me.), Nov. 23, 1893; s. Samuel Vose and Stella (Norton) V .; ed. Madison (Me.) high sch .; Wesleyan Unlv., 1911-1913; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1918; m. Beatrice E. Bassett of Latrobe (Pa.), Dee. 3, 1919; children-Elizabeth Bassett, Cynthia Beatrice. Engaged in med.
and surgery, Boston, 1920 -; genito-urinary sur- gery, 1922 -; asst., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1922- 1927; asst. surg., Mass. Mem. Hosp., 1922-1926; surg .- in-chief, G .- U. Dept., 1936 -; asso. prof. urology, in charge of dept., Boston Univ. Seh. Med., 1936; 1st It. M.C., Domestic Service, 1918-1919; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Am. Urol. Assn., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: University, Algonquin, Boston Rotary, Yacht (Hingham). Anthor: (collaborator with Dr. Sam- uel R. Meeker) lluman Sterility, 1934; articles in current med. literature. Protestant. Repub- lican. Oflice: 29 Bay State Rd., Boston. Home: 48 Cedar Rd., Brookline.
VOSS, Walter Charles, teacher, consulting engl- neer; b. Chicago (Ill.), Nov. 16, 1887; s. Charles Voss and Therese (Seefurth) V .; ed. Crane Tech.
Sch. (Chicago, Ill.); Chicago Teachers Coll., 1905- 1907; B.S., Univ. 111., 1912; S.M., M.I.T., 1937; m. Loretta M. Kensella of Oak Park, Ill., Sept. 1, 1915. Structural engr. & architect, Chicago, 1912-1914; head dept. of archtl. constrn., Went- worth Inst., 1914-1925; cons. engr., 1914 -; dist. structural engr., Portland Cement Assn., Boston office, 1925-1928; prof. bldg. constrn., M.I.T., 1928-, head course in bldg. engring. and constrn., 1938 -; dir. California Stucco Products of N.E., Inc .; mem. Wellesley Planning Bd .; fellow, A.A.A.S., Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Concrete Inst., Am. Soe. for Test. Mat. (com. C-12; adv. bd.), Am. Standards Assn., Boston Soc. C.E., Am. Ceramics Soc., Internat. Soc. Bridge & Structural Engrs., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Am. Soc. C.E. (asso.), N.E. Bldg. Officials Conf. (hon.), Brick- layers & Plasterers Union of Am. (hon.), Tau Beta Ti (advisory com., M.I.T.), Sigma Xi (sec. 1936-37, v.p. 1937-39, pres. 1939-40), Chi Epsilon. Author: Architectural Construction, 3 vols .; Con- erete Work, 2 vols. Protestant. Republican.
Office: M.I.T., Cambridge. Home: 9 Old Town Rd., Wellesley Farms.
WADDELL, Theodore N., statistician; b. Proctor- ville, O., Apr. 4, 1876; s. Abram Waddell and Julia (Gillett) W .; ed. Proctorville (O.) pub). schs .; Ada (O.) Normal Sch .; m. Ethel Eaton of Proctorville, O., Dee. 24, 1900; children --- Theodore E., Robert A. Teacher, 1893-1900; with Fed. Bnr. of Statistics, Washington, D.C., 1900-09; dir. of accounts, Bur. of Statistics (name later changed to Division of Accounts), State of Mass., 1909 -; developed uniform system of reporting financial statisties by Mass. towns and cities and publication of annual statistics, basis for reforms in mun. financing, reporting and ac- counting; Installed uniform system of accounting In 233 cities and towns; active in procuring legislation requiring that all town notes be issued on standard forms and be certified by dir. of accounts before they become legal obligations of municipality, 1910; since 1921 has caused a classification to be made of employees of the various counties and allocated them to grades and positions; mem. Masons, I.O.O.F. Club. Bos- ton City. Office: State House, Boston. Ilome: 9 Maple Rd., Winthrop.
WADE, Harold Hamilton, educator; b. Wrentham, Aug. 16, 1890; s. William Leonard Wade and Anne (Snider) W .; ed. Wrentham high sch .; A.B., Beloit, 1914; grad. work at Harvard; m. Meta E. Bennett, Aug. 17, 1918; children-Virginia, Alan, Harold, Anne, Miriam, Paul. Teacher since 1914; dir. of speaking, Mercersburg Acad., 3 yrs .; teacher Eng., Pawtucket (R.I.) high sch., 1 yr .; instr. in speaking and Eng., Worcester Acad., 1918-33, headmaster, 1933 -; mem. Layman's League, N.E. Assn. of Secondary Schs. and Colls., Delta Sigma Rho. Club: Kiwanls (dir.). Au- thor: What to Say and llow to Say It; Dozen a Day In English, Spelling, and Punctuation; Es- sentials of Parliamentary Law; Expressing Your- self. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Worcester Academy, Worcester. llome: 81 Providence St., Abercrombie House, Worcester.
V WADE, Robert, artist; b. Haverhill, Oct. 30, 1882; S. Abner Russell Turner Wade and Alice Adams (Curtis) W .; ed. Haverhill high seh .; Eric Pape Sch. Art, 1903-07; ni. Margaret Butterfield Sparks of Bowdoinham, Me., May 8, 1916. Prof. artist, 1907 -; inurals, Robinson Chapel (Boston Univ.), 1917, Emmanuel Ch. (Newport, R.I.), 1919-20,
Shove Mem. Chapel (Colo. Coll.), 1931, La Junta (Colo.), 1936; altar panels, Ch. St. Mary of Red- ford ( Detroit, Mich.), 1926; head of art dept., Pueblo (Colo.) Jr. Coll., 1937; exhibited works in nat. and internat. exhibns. Travel and study: Great Britain and Europe. Home: 18 Allen St., Bradford.
WADSWORTH, Eliot, ex-assistant secretary to the U.S. Treasury; b. Boston, Sept. 10, 1876; s. Oliver Fairfield Wadsworth and Mary Chapman (Good- win) W .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1898; LL. D., Roches- ter, 1921; A.M. hon. Harvard, 1923; m. Mrs. Nancy (Whitman) Scull, 1922; 1 dau .- Nancy Elizabeth. Began as employee Planter's Compress Co., Bos- ton; became connected with Stone & Webster, elec. engrs., admitted as partner, 1907, retired from firm Dec. 31, 1916, now mem. bd. dirs .; acting chin. Am. Red Cross, 1916-19, mem. exec. com. and nat. treas. 1921-26; asst. seere- tary to U.S. Treasury, 1921-25; ehmn. Bd. of Commrs. Sinking Fund, City of Boston, 1926-29, 1934-40; v.p., dir., Franklin Sav. Bk .; dir. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., United Shoe Machin- ery Corp., U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co., Am. Woolen Co., Old Colony Trust Co., Central Aguirre Sugar Co .; tr. George Robert White Fund (Boston, 1933-39), Carnegie Endow- ment for Internat. Peace; Am. mom. League Loans Com., London, 1932 -; Sec. World War Foreign Debt Commun., 1923-25; mem. Mass. legis- lature, 1926-32; represented U.S. Govt. at Paris for settlement of cost of Am. Army of Occupation on the Rhine, Feb. - June 1923; Pres. lloover's rep. to investigate conditions after Hurricane, Santo Domingo, 1930; chmn. com. on coop. with nat. groups and assus., President's Orgn. on Unemployment Relief; rep. of U.S. at Geneva Conf. for rewriting Red Cross Conv., 1929; over- seer of Harvard (pres. Bd., 1929), and chmn. Harvard Endowment Com.,
1919-20; mem. bd., Ellis Memorial and Eldridge House; pres. Boston Ch. Commerce, 1933-39; chum. Am. sect., Internat. Chamber of Commerce; dir. Chamber of Commerce, U.S .; mem. Central Com. American Red Cross; mem. corp., Northeastern Univ .; mem. council, Foreign Policy Assn. (Bos- ton), mem. Am. Council on Pacific Relations; mem. Batt. A, Mass. Vol. Militia, 3 yrs .; head of Am. Red Cross during World War, serving in Wash.,
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D.C. England and Europe; awarded D.S.M., Comdr. Order of the Crown (Belgium); mem. Delta Phl. Clubs: Tavern, Engineers, Harvard, Somerset,
Country (Boston) ; Harvard, Knickerbocker
(N.Y.); Metropolitan (Wash., D.C.). Travel : Europe, Russia and the Balkans (extensive) 1915, as mem. Rockefeller Foundation, European Relief Commn. Office: 49 Federal St., Boston. Honre: 180 Marlborough St., Boston. Summer res. : N.E. Harbor, Me.
WADSWORTH, George Proctor, asst. professor of mathematics; b. Methuen, Apr. 6, 1909; s. Henry Longfellow Wadsworth and Marion (Proctor) W .; ed. Lexington high seh .; Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge; S.B., M.I.T., 1930, S.M., 1931, Ph.D., 1933; m. Luella Dudley of Malden, June 8, 1935. Instr., dept. math. M.I.T., 1934-38, asst. prof. math., 1938 -; mem. Sigma Xi, Sigma Chi. Au- thor: several math. papers. Desc. Christopher Wadsworth, Duxbury, Sept., 1632. Interested in application of mathematical statistics to indus- trial problems. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 26 Hayes Av., Lexington. Summer res .: Montgomery, Vt.
WADSWORTH, Willlam, lawyer, asst. trust officer; b. Plainfield, N.J., June 18, 1882; s. Charles D. Wadsworth and Clara L. (Blanchard) W .; ed. Phillips Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1904; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1907; m. Helen Tweed of N.Y. City, May 23, 1912; children-Helen M. (Mrs. P. H. Beall), Willlam B., Clara, Christopher D., Harrison T. Admitted to N.Y. bar, 1907; in gen. practice of law, N.Y. City. 1907-19; engaged in agricultural pursuits, Kinderhook, N.Y., 1919- 29; with Nat. Shawmut Bk., Boston, 1929 -; asst. trust officer, 1930 -; pres., treas., Scott General Co., Scott Carson Co., Seven Oaks Corp. (all in Me.); treas. Emerson Hosp., Concord; Mass. Soc. Social Hygiene; served as spl. asst. U.S. Atty .. assigned to N.Y. City Post Office, re Espionage Act during war period. Clubs: Exchange (Bos- ton), Harvard (Coneord). Protestant. Republi- can. Office: The National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Boston. Home: 80 Main St., Concord. Summer res .: Kinderhook, N.Y.
WAGNER, Max, general insurance agent; b. Nan- tucket, Apr. 11, 1894; s. Max Wagner and Jennie (Macy) W .; ed. Nantucket high seh .; Phillips Andover Acad .; Yale Univ., 1915-1917; m. Wil- helmina J. Dexter of Brooklyn. (N.S.), Sept., 1923; children-William Macy, Janet. Ins. broker, 1919; treas. Paul Burrage, Ine., gen. ins, ageney, 1927 -; treas. Medford Chap., Am. Red Cross; sgt. major, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Mach. Gun Batt., 1917- 1919; 1st lt., 101st F.A., Mass. Nat. Guard, 1922- 1926; mem. Alpha Sigma Phi, Masons, Sons & Daughters of Nantucket (pres.). Clubs: Boston City, Republican of Mass. Dese. Thomas Macy, one of original settlers of Nantucket Island. Protestant. Republican. Office: 4 Liberty Sa., Boston. Home: 52 Wyman St., West Medford. Summer res .: Siasconset, Nantucket Island.
WAHLSTROM, Carl . Erhard, lawyer, assistant reg- ister; b. Worcester, Jan. 27, 1898; s. lohn P. Wahlstrom and Anna M. ( Erickson) W .; ed. Worcester high sch .; A.B., Clark Univ., 1920; LL.B., Boston Univ. Seh. Law, 1923; m. Margaret Wohlstrom of Woreester, June 1, 1931; I dau .- Lorna. Admitted to Mass. Bar; gen. practice of law in Worcester, 1924 -; asst. register, Probate Court, Worcester County, 1926 -; instr. law of sales & personal property, Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1927 -; pres. and dir. Worcester Free Pub. Lib .; mem. and ehmn. bd. trs., Worcester Mem. Auditorium; It. Inf., U.S.A., 1917-1919; mem. Worcester County (sect., 1928-), Mass., and Am. Bar Assns., A.F.&A.M. Clubs: Worcester Eco- nomic (sec.), Odin (pres.), The Senate (pres.). Travel: Canada, Alaska. Author: numerous artl- cles on Lincoln and Alaska. Owner of one of best collections of Lincolniana; also many original mss. Methodist. Republican, Office: Court Ilouse, Worcester. Home: 38 Beechmont St., Worcester.
WAINWRIGHT, Virginia, author, lecturer, musi- cian; b. Chestnut Hill, Mar. 14, 1891; d. A. Dexter
Wainwright and Grace Howard (Beals) W .: ed. Chestnut Hill Sch .; Hazard-Woodward Sch., 1898- 1902; Ilaskell's School, 1902-1908, grad., 1908, grad. student, 1908-1909; music course, Boston Unlv .; pvt. musical study under several masters. Writer of poetry at age of six; at age of eight, poems written at ages of 6 and 7 were published in N.Y. Sunday Herald; writings have appeared in 215 different publications in eight countries over a space of years; made musical debut in piano recital, Boston, 1909; since then has had numerous recitals and musical lectures in over 20 cities and summer resorts in U.S. and Can .; lectured in clubs and organizations, with lantern slides, and musical illustrations, on music, travel, literature and many other subjects (24 different subjs.): has read her poetry over the radio; translator of English poems in French language; has aeted in amateur theatricals in French & English; mem. Boston Browning Soc., Am. Poetry Assn. (v.p.), Am. Writer's Soc., Internat. Cosmotheist Soc., Nat. Soc. Purltan Descendants, Haskell Alumni Assn. Clubs: Boston Ruskin (sec.), Vincent, Manuscript of Boston (lib., past historian), Bos- ton Sewing Circle of 1910 (past treas.), Boston Music Lovers', Desciples of The Muse, Modern Bards, Creative Artists Group, Mass. Fed. of Musie Clubs, World Postal Card, and many others. Author: Poems by Virginia Wainwright, written at ages of seven & elght, published 1899; Glean- ings, poems and short storles, 1920; A Boston Artist in Quebec, short stories, 1922; Youth, Love and Laughter, poems, 1931. Travel: U.S., Canada. Descendant of Puritans who settled in Mass. in 1630; also descendant of an English King. Uni- tarian. Republican. Winner of many prizes in literary contests. Office & Home: 43 Pratt St., Allston.
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