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WAITE, Allce Vinton, professor; b. Brattleboro, Vt., Jan. 16, 1864; d. Silas Merrick Waite and Sophia Zilpha (Eager) W .; ed. A.B., Smith Coll., 1886, A.M., 1894; studied at Yale; unmarried. Teacher Eng., Mary Inst. (Washington Univ.), St. Louis, Mo., 1887-93; instr. Eng:, Wellesley Coll., 1896- 1903; asso. prof., 1903-11, prof., 1911-1932, dean, 1913-32, emeritus, 1932 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Assn. Univ. Women. Ed .: Ben Jonson's Eng- lish Grammar, 1909; compiler: Modern Master- pieces of Short Prose Fietion (with Edith Men- dall Taylor), 1911. Travel: Europe, Egypt. Home: Wellesley.
WAITE, Emily Hurling, artist; b. Worcester; d. Andrew J. Waite and Mary Elizabeth Dunn (Cavanough) W .; ed. Worcester Class, high sch .; Sch. Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston; Worcester Art Mus. Sch .; Art Students League of N.Y .; Paige Travelling Scholarship from Boston Mus. Sch. of Fine Arts; awarded silver medal, Panama Pacifie Exposition; m. Arthur Williams Manchester, Sept. 10, 1924: 1 son-Lemuel A. W. Studied with the late Philip L. Hale and Herman Dudley Murphy at Worcester Art Mus. Sch., received a scholarship to Art Students League of N.Y. for charcoal draw- ing of figure of Moses by Michaelangelo; received a scholarship the first year at the Art Students League to continue studying there another year, was student of William M. Chase, N'. Louis Mora, Frank V. DuMond, Edmund C. Tarbell of Boston; after two years study, received a scholarship trom Boston for two years study in Europe, ex- hibited in Salon des Beaux Arts, Paris; painted portraits of many notables; teacher, Bancroft Sch., Worcester, 4 yrs .; during World War made war posters, painted portrait of Gen. Edwards, and of several adnilrals in Boston; mem. Art Assn. of Newport, North Shore Arts Assn., Worces- ter Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, Nat. League Am. Pen Women, Soc. Am. Etchers, Chicago Soe. Etchers, Washington Water Color Club, Worces- ter Art Museum. Travel: Eng., Fr., Belg., 1lol., Ger., Aus. It., Sp. Desc. Sir Richard Waite (Waight), who settled in Watertown, 1637, is buried In Kings Chapel Cemetery, Boston; Joseph Waite, who fought in the Revolutionary War, married Hepzibah Sherman, neice of Roger Sher- man who signed the Declaration of Independence.
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Christian Scientist. Republican. Address: 770 Franklin St., Woreester.
V WAITE, John Herbert, eye surgeon; b. Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 24, 1889; s. John Sidney Waite and Mary (Bottorf) W .; ed. S.B., Bucknell Coll., 1910, S.M., 1911, S.D., 1936; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1916; m. Marion S. Kennedy of Phila., Pa., Feb. 4, 1916 (d.); m. (2d) Florence E. Long of Flemington, Pa., Sept. 20, 1919; children-John Ilerbert, Joanne Marion, Elinor Mildred. With Rockefeller Foun- dation in Far East, 1916-1919; practieed & taught ophthalmology, 1919 -; ophthalmic consultant, Peter Bent Brigham, Boston Lying-in, Children's, N.E. Deaconess and N.E. Baptist Hosps., N.E. Peabody Home for Crippled Children, etc .; clin. prof. ophthalmology, Harvard; ophthalmic ehief of staff, Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary; chief of oph- thalmology, Mass. Gen. Ilosp .; mem. ed. bd., arehives of ophthalmology; inem. A.A.A.S. Am. and N.E. Ophthal, Soes., Phi Gamma Delta. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: articles on ophthal- mology. Lutheran. Independent. Office: 7 Bay State Rd., Boston. Home: 42 Wildwood St., Win-
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VWAKEFIELD, Arthur Paul, physician; b. No. Bloomfield, O., Oet. 5, 1878; s. Edmund Burritt Wakefield and Martha (Sheldon) W .; ed. Ph.B., Hiram (O.) Coll., 1900; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Univ. Chicago, 1904; A.M., Bethany (W.Va.) Coll., 1907; Rockefeller Foundation fellow, Sch. Tropi- cal Med., Harvard, 1917; in. Olive Catharine Lind- say of Springfield, Ill., June 14, 1904; children- Vachel Lindsay. Mary Churchill (d.), Catharine Frazee, Martha Isabel. Res., Boston City Hosp., Westfield Sanatorium; began practice at Spring- field, 1901; med. missionary, Nanking, China, 1905-1912; in charge of hosp., Luchowfu, 1912- 1919; student, health work, Boone Univ., Wu- chang, 1919-1927; chief, Chadwick Clinics, 1928- 1933; supt., Central Me. Sanatorium, Fairfield, Me., 1933-1936; supervisor, State Clinics for Crip- pled Children, Mass. Dept. Pub. Health, 1936 -; mem. Masons, Trudeau Soc., Am. Pub. Ilealth Soc., Nat. Tuberculosis Assn., etc. Decorated by Chinese Red Cross for flood relief work. Episco- palian. Office: Dept. of Publie Ilealth, State House, Boston, Home: 75 Richardson Rd., Bel- mont.
WAKELIN, James Henry, banker; b. East Moriches, L.I., N.Y., Sept. 2, 1876; s. William Brownig Wakelin and Margaret W .; ed. Nashua (N.H.) high sch .; m. Abbie Hobart; children-Helen, James H., Jr. Clk., advancing to gen. mgr. and treas., McAuslan & Wakelin Co., 1900 -; treas. Wakelin Realty Co .; Maple St. Realty Co .; dir. Walsh Holyoke Co .; pres. Mt. Tom Realty Co .; dir. Holyoke Nat. Bk., 1916. pres. 1925 -. Club: Rotary (Holyoke, charter mem.). Congregation- alist. Oflice: 225 High St., Holyoke. Ilome: 1967 Northampton St., Holyoke.
WAKEMAN, Marlon Freeman, artist, illustrator; b. Montclair, N.J., Dec. 5, 1891; d. James Delamater Freeman and Marion Hobart (Cunningham) F .; ed. École Vinet, Lausanne, Switz .; Miss Capen's Sch. Northampton; A.B., Smith Coll., 1914; stu- dent, Chas. W. Hawthorne Art Sch., Province- town, 1916; Art Students' League, 1919-26; m. Seth Wakeman of Northampton, May 29, 1926; 1 son-Seth Freeman. Toy designer, Tryon Toy- makers, Tryon, N.C., 1915-18; theatrical and dept. store displays, L. R. Hales, N.Y. City. 1922-23; teacher art, Miss Chapin's Sch., N.Y. City, 1925- 27; Smith Coll. Day Sch., 1927-29; painter, etcher, illustrator, 1929 -; mem. Bd. of Control, Art Students' League of N.Y., 1921-1926, student nurse U.S.A. Gen. Hosp. #3, Colonia, N.J., 1918-1919; mem. Nat. Assn. Women Painters & Sculptors, Art Students' League (life). Illustrator, The Curious Lobster, by Richard Hatch. Travel: Eur- ope, No. Africa, Mexico. Desc. Peregrine White. Otlice & Home: 36 Paradise Rd., Northampton. Summer res .: West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard.
WAKEMAN, Samuel Wiley, business executive; b. Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 15, 1876; s. Samuel Wake- man and Sarah R. (Wood) W .; ed. Bridgeport high sch .; M.E., Cornell, 1899; m. Edith Vickery
of Hampton, Va., 1904; children-Richard Vickery, Samuel, Edith. With N.Y. Shipbuilding Co., 1901- 15, with Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. as gen. supt., Fore River Plant. 1.15., pen. mgr., 1917, v . East Coast Plants, 1926, v.p. entire operations (East and West), 1932 -; dir. Bethlehem Steel Corp., Nat. Council Am. Shipbuilders; hon. v.p. Soc. of Naval Architects and Marine Engrs. Clubs: India House, University (N.Y.), Algonquin, University (Boston), Country (Brookline). Travel: Eng., Hawaii, U.S. Congregationalist. Republi- can. Office: Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy. Ilome: 115 Monroe Rd., Quincy. Summer home: Marion. WAKEMAN, Seth, professor of education; b. Bata- via, N. Y., May 18, 1893; s. William Sprague Wake- man and Jennie A. (DeBow) W .; ed. Batavia (N.Y.) high sch .; A.B., Hobart Coll., 1916, A.M., 1917; Ph. D., Cornell, 1922; Univ. Munich, 1929; m. Marion D. Freeman of N.Y. City, May 29, 1926; 1 son -- Seth Freeman. Instr. edn., Cornell, 1919-22, asst. prof., 1922-25; prof., chin. dept. of edn., Smith Coll., 1925 -; dir. Smith Coll. Day Sch. & Nursery Sch., 1926 -; tr. Wykeham Rise Sch., Washington, Conn., 1928 -; psychologist, Div. of Psychology, U.S.A., 1918-19; Am. Red Cross and Fed. Bd. for Vocational Edn., 1919; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Nat. Ednl. Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Soc. Study of Edn., Coll. Teachers of Edn., Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. Author: reviews in sci. jours., articles in mags. Asso. editor: Readings in Educational Psychology, 1937. Travel: Europe, Mexico. Independent. Office: Smith Col- lege, Northampton, Home: 36 Paradise Rd., North- ampton. Summer res .: Iluckleberry Hill, West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard.
WALCII, Donald E., electrical engineer; b. Provi- dence, R.l., July 7, 1899; s. Clinton E. Walch and llelena (Sanderson) W .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; S.B., M.I.T., 1922, S.M. (elec. engring.), 1923; m. Ruth Dunsmore of St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 20, 1921; children-J. M. Dunsmore, Carol Jean, Donald Sanderson. With Gen. Elec. Co., Boston; at S.A.T.C., World War; mem. Am. Inst. E.E., K.T. Club: Engineers (Boston). Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office: 140 Federal St., Boston. Ilome: 15 Commonwealth Park, Newton Centre.
WALCOTT, Paul Stevens, newspaper editor; b. New- buryport, June 12, 1899; s. Charles Francis Adams Walcott and Florence Jordan (Plumer) W .; ed. Putnam Free Sch., Newburyport; Harvard, 1918- 19; m. Elizabeth Soliday of Dedham, June 12, 1926. Reporter, Boston Herald, 1920-23; reporter, wire and night news ed., Boston Bureau, A.P., 1924-27; day city ed., eastern division night ed., night cable ed., N.Y. City, A.P., 1927-30; ed. writer and ed., Recorder-Gazette, Greenfield, 1930 -; dir. Recorder Publishing Corp; pvt. Inf., U.S.A., 1918; men. The Associated Press, Greenfield Lib. Assn. (treas., 1933-). Clubs: Greenfield, Outing (Green- field ). Travel: Orient, 1923. Agnostic. Otlice: The Recorder-Gazette, Greenfield. Home: Mo- hawk Trail. Greenfield.
[' WALCOTT, Robert, lawyer, banker; b. Cambridge, Oct. 17, 1874; s. Henry Pickering Walcott and Charlotte Elizabeth (Richards) W .; ed. Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge; A.B., Harvard, 1895; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1899; m. Mary T. Rich- ardson of Boston, Oct. 12, 1907; children-Mrs. llenry M. Keyes (of Concord), Robert (A.B., Har- vard, 1931, Ph.1)., 1938), John (A.B., Harvard, 1934), Maurice Richardson. Began law practice in oflice of Elder, Wait & Whitman; then with Arthur Lord; with llon. Herbert Parker, 1903 -; apptd, by Gov. Douglas Spl. Justice, Cambridge Dist. Ct., now in charge of its juvenile sessions; member of Cambridge legal adv. bd., during World War; mem. Mass. Constl. Conv., 1916-1918, on its Com. Bill of Rights which recommended the Anti Aid Amendment and organized as a commit- tee to get it adopted by the voters; pres. Cam- bridge Sav. Bk., Hosp., Home for Aged People, Hist. Soc .; mem. Mass. Audubon Soc., Trs. Pub. Reservations, Boston Chamber Commerce, N.E. Mus. Nat. Hist., Am., Mass., Middlesex and Cam- bridge Bar Assns., Cambridge Chamber Commerce (past pres.), Colonial Soc. Mass. (past corr. sec. ).
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Clubs: Union . and Eastern Yacht, Unitarian (pres. ). Appalachian Mt., Harvard Travelers (one of founders, 1902). G.s. Samuel Baker Walcott, who sat from Salem in Mass. Constl. Conv., 1853, and who was g.s. Judge Samuel Baker who or- ganized the town of Berlin and who sat In Conv. 1788 that ratified Federal Constitution. Uni- tarian. Republican. Office: 910 Barristers' Hall, Boston. Home: 152 Brattle St., Cambridge. Sum- mer res .: Peach's Pt., Marblehead.
WALD, George, instruetor in biology; b. N.Y. City, Nov. 18, 1906; s. Isaae Wald and Ernestine (Ros- enmann) W .; ed. Brooklyn (N.Y.) tech. high seh .; B.S., N.Y. Univ., 1927; A.M., Columbia, 1928, Ph. D., 1932; m. Frances Kingsley of Phila., Pa., 1931; 1 son-Michael. Nat. Research Council fellow in biol., 1932-311; instr. and tutor in biol., flarvard, 1934 -; won Eli Lilly & Co. Rescarch Award for Fundamental Research in Biol. Chem., 1939; mein. Am. Physiol. Soe., Am. Chein. Soc., A.A.A.S., Sigma Ni. Author: sel. papers on chemistry of vision, vitamin A. Office: Harvard University, Cam- bridge. Home: 40 Prentiss St., Cambridge.
WALEN, Ernest D., textile manufacturer; b. Glou- cester, May 19, 1892; s. Seymour A. Walen and Marletta (Jacobs) W .; ed. Gloucester high seh .; B.T.E., Lowell Textile Inst., 1913; hon. M.E., George Washington Univ., 1916; m. Blanche G. Boober of Lincoln, Mc., 1919; children-Edward D., Donald A., Virginia A. Successively, asso. physicist, U.S. Bur. Standards, mgr., Cotton Rc- search Co., now gen. mgr., worsted div., Lawrence Pacific Mills; mem. Masonic Lodge. Club: Coun- try (No. Andover). Protestant. Office: Lawrence Pacific Mills, Lawrenec. Home: 68 Salem St., Andover.
WALES, George C(auning), artist; b. Boston, Dec. 23, 1868; s. Nathaniel Wales and Susan E. (Srat- ton) W .; cd. grad. Boston Eng. high seh., 1885; student M.I.T., 1885-88; m. Marie Ames Sweet of Boston, Apr. 25, 1906. Draftsman, Peabody & Stearns, architcets. Boston, 1888-91; mem. firm Wales & Holt, architects. Boston, 1893-06; alone in bus., 1906-24; etcher and lithographer (special- izing on old square-rigged ship), 1917 --; repre- sented by prints in Lib. of Congress, U.S. Nat. Mus., Brit. Mus., Victoria and Albert Mus., N.Y. Pub. Lib., Boston Mus. Fine Arts, etc .; mem. Guild Boston Artists, Soc. Am. Etchers. Author: Etchings and Lithographs of American Ships, 1927. Contbr. ctchings and lithographs to Yacht- ing (mag ). Unitarian. Republican. llome: 40 Carlton St., Brookline.
WALES, Quincy White, merchant; b. Dorchester, Apr. 16, 1885; s. Win. Quincy Wales and Lota Bliss (White) W .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1907; m. Isabel Guilbert of Southport, Conn., Oct. 1, 1912; children-Guilbert Quincy, Wm. Quiney, Andrew Moss, Isabel. Pres. and treas. Brown-Wales Co .; tr. Franklin Sav. Bk. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), University, Brae Burn Country. Congregationalist. Republiean. Office: 493 C St .. Boston. Home: 21 Sylvan Av.,
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WALKER, Burnham Sarle, professor; b. Hamilton, N.Y., Oct. 22, 1901; s. Louis Abel Walker and Edna (Sarle) W .; ed. Middleboro high sch .; Col- gate Univ .; A.B., Boston Univ., 1923, A.M., 1924, Ph.D., 1926; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1934; spl. student, Harvard Med. Sch., 1924; M.I.T., 1924-25; m. Elisabeth Wellington French of Ash- by, July 23, 1927; 1 dau .- Ann Elisabeth. En- gaged in part-time or full-time teaching and re- search, dept. biochemistry, Boston Univ. Seh. Med. and Evans Mem. for Clin. Research and Preventive Medicine, 1924 -; mein, in charge of chem. labs., Evans Mem .; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Bot. Soe. (physiol. sect.), Amicable Lodge of A.F.&A.M. (Cambridge), A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Cambridge Med. Improvement Assn. Author: papers in med. journals. Travel: Utrecht (In- formal visit to Univ. Clinic Labs.). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 80 East Concord St., Boston. Ilome: 1 Gray St., Cambridge. Summer res. : Ashby.
WALKER, Clara Berwick, business executive; b. Cohasset; d. Charles W. Rich and Clara B. (Pratt) R .; ed. Norwood high sch .; Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm .; in. Walter J. Berwick of Nor- wood; m. (2d) John J. Walker of Hickory, N.C. Gradually took over management of Berwick & Smith Co, book printing, Norwood, after death of owner, Walter J. Berwick, 1917, pres., dir., treas .; dir. Norwood Press Co., E. Fleming & Co., Nor- wood Press Linotype Co .; tr., Norwood Hosp. Clubs: Republican of Mass., Women's Republican, Boston City, Women's City (Boston), Women's (Norwood). Republican. Office: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood. Home: 8 Chickering Rd., Norwood. WALKER, Clifford Hali, lawyer; b. Cambridge, Dec. 20, 1882; s. Charles Walker and Jeanie M. (Smith) W .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard, 1903; LL.B. (cum laude), Har- vard Law Sch., 1906; in. Edith A. Huntsman of Providence, R.I., June 1, 1914; children-Robert R .; llelen C. Mem. cd. bd., Harvard Law Rev., 1906; asso. with Powers & Hall, Boston, 1906-07; adm. to Mass. and Federal bars, 1906; asso. with Carver & Wardner, and Carver, Wardner & Good- win, Boston, 1907-12; partner Carver, Wardner, Cavanagh & Walker, 1912-14; asso. with Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, 1914-19, partner, 1919 -; tr. Newton Sav. Bk., Newton Ilosp., Newton Ceme- tery Corp .; vp. and dir. Family Service Bur. of Newton, Newton Community Chest, Stonc Inst. and Newton llome for Aged; v.p. Newton Bd. Aldermen; mem. For. Policy Assn., Nat. Econ. League. Clubs: Union (Boston), Harvard (N.Y.), Brae Burn Country (dir.), Waban Neighborhood. Travel: Paris, resident 1929-32; other European travel. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 50 Federal St., Boston. Ilome: 711 Chestnut St., Waban.
WALKER, David Harold, physician and otolaryn- gologist; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 7, 1873; s. David Hamilton Walker and Anna (Blair) W .; ed. M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1898; studied at Univs. Göttingen and Munich, Inst. Pasteur, 1900; m. Adcline G. Perry of Bridgton, Me., July 5, 1898; children-Hester ( Mrs. M. Harrison Taylor), Eleanor (Mrs. Francis L. Weille), Doris (Mrs. R. George Pritchard). Practiced in Boston, 1901 -; Le Compte prof. otology emeritus, Harvard Med. Seh .; cons. aural surgeon, Mass. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; cons. otologist, Mass. Gen. Children's, and Beth Israel Hosps., N.E. Hosp. for Women and Children; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Laryngol., Otol., and Rhinol. Soc., An. Otol. Soc., N.E. Otol. and Laryngol. Soc. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Lake Placid. Episcopallan. Republican. Oflice: 5 Bay State Rd., Boston. Res .: 405 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: Pe- terborough, N.H.
WALKER, Edgar Ruston, clergyman ; b. Cambridge, June 21, 1898; s. Charles Edgar Walker and Elizabeth (Ruston) W .; ed. Rindge Tech. Seh., Cambridge; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1920; S.T.B, Crane Theol. Sch. (Tufts Coll.), 1922; unmarried. Min- ister, Universalist Ch., Winchester. N.Il., 1921-25, Swampscott, 1925-29; minister, Ch. of Our Saviour, Universalist, Waltham, 1929 -; pres. Gen. Sunday Sch. Assn. of Universalist Ch., 1933-37; chmu. Com. on Fellowship, Mass. Universalist Conv., 1935 -; mcm. Waltham Animal Aid Soc. (dir.), Waltham Protestant Welfare Fed. (sec.), Wal- tham Ministerial Union (see.). Fellowship of Reconciliation, A.F.&A.M. (hon. mem. Monitor Lodge), Phl Beta Kappa. Universalist. Repub- lican. Home: 9 Fiske St., Waltham.
WALKER, Eric Arthur, asst. professor of electrical engineering; b. Long Eaton, Eng., Apr. 29, 1910; s. Arthur Walker and Violet Ellzebeth (Hay- wood) W .; ed. Wrightsville (Pa. ), high sch .; B.S., Harvard, 1932, S.M., 1933, Sc.D., 1935; m. L. Jose- phine Schineiser of Wapello, Ia., Dec. 20, 1937. Instr. elec. engring., Tufts Coll., 1935-37, asst. prof., 1937-, ehmn. dept. elee. engring., 1939 -; cons. engr., Doble Engring. Co .; mem. Am. Inst. E.E. A.A A.S., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Engrhug. Socs. N.E. Travel: Europe, Can., etc. Protestant. Office: Tufts College, Medford.
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WALKER, Francis, economist; b. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 1870; s. Gen. Francis A. Walker and Exene (Stoughton) W .; ed. Eng. high sch., Bos- ton; B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1892; A.M., Columbia, 1893, Ph.D), 1895; student, univs. Munich and Ber- lin; m. Helen O'Sullivan of Dublin, Ire., June 25, 1908; children-Francis Stoughton, Helen, Evelyn. Spl, agt., Mass. Bd. to Investigate the Unemployed, 1894-95; instr. economics, Colorado Coll., 1895-97, prof., 1898-1900; prof. economies, Western Reserve Univ., 1900-02; economie study and pyt. research in Europe, 1902-02; spl. examiner, U.S. Bur. Corps., 1904-12, Deputy Commr. of Corps., 1912-15; Chief Economist, Federal Trade Commn., 1915 -; made extensive researches in Europe of coal industry, 1903, petroleum trade, 1905, steel industry, 1908; in charge of Govt, cost finding work for Fed. Trade Commn. during the World War, of corpo- rate and financial phases of clee. utility industry, 1928-35, ete .; mem. Am. Statis. Assn., Am. Econ. Assn. Clubs: Cosmos, Chevy Chase (Washing- ton, D.C.). Author: Double Taxation in the United States, 1895; Monopolistic Combinations in the German Coal Industry, 1904; also numerous arti- cles and papers on economie subjects, especially trusts. Office: Federal Trade Commission, Wash- ington, D.C. Home: 2848 McGill Terrace, Wash- ington, D.C.
WALKER, Frank Bates, eivll engineer; D. Traverse City, Mich., June 18, 1874; s. James Walker and Harriet Skinner (Broadwell) W .; ed. CE., Univ. Minn., 1897; M.I.T., 1899-1900; m. Mary Hodgkins of Boston, Nov. 6, 1902. Engring, dept., Soo Line & Wis. Cent. R R .; asst. res. engr., Great Northern R R., 1897-1913; engr. in charge, R.R. Tunnel under City of Seattle (Wash.); chief engr., Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co., 1919-1937, cons. engr., 1937 -; dir Eastern Mutual Ins. Co .; v.p. Winthrop Com- munity Hosp .; Engr., materials, Boston Army Base, 1918-1919; mem. Boston Soc. C.E. (v.p.), M.A.S.C.E., Am. Soc. CES., Sigma Chi, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Boston City, N.E. Transit. Presbyterian. Republican. Author: numerous tech papers on st. rys. & welding. Office: 175 Blackstone St. Bos- ton. Home: 86 Bartlett Rd., Winthrop.
WALKER, George, school principal; b. Bury Lauch, England, Oct. 27, 1882; s. William Walker and Pleasant (Carman) W .; ed. New Bedford pub. schs .; New Bedford Textile Sch .; m. Bridget C. Riley of Fall River, Feb. 23, 1905. Prin., New Bedford Textile School, tr. 20 yrs., clerk of Board 4 yrs .; mem. Constl. Conv., 1917-18, Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1918; chin. Div. 1, Exemption Draft Board, 1917; mem. K C. Club: Plymouth. Catholic. Re- publican. Office: New Bedford Textile School, New Bedford. Home: 122 Hathaway St., New Bedford.
VALKER, Henry Marshall, merchant; b. So. Har- wich, Sept. 25, 1894; s. Frederick B. Walker and Clara Doane (Nickerson) W .; ed. Harwich high sch .; B.Sc., Mass. State Coll., 1916; m. Rosamond Flanders of Brookline, Oct. 11, 1922; children- Rosamond, John Flanders. Fuel merchant. 1919 -; dir .. treas. and gen. mgr., Burning Oils Ine .; 1st It. Inf., U.S.A., 18 mos, during World War; mem. Masons, A.P&A.M., IO.O.F., Am. Legion, Cape Cod Assn. (dir.). Club: Kiwanis. Methodist. Republican. Office: 838 Eastern Av., Malden. Home: 16 Corey Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Deep Hole Rd., So. Harwich (Cape Cod).
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WALKER, I. Chandler, physician; b. Lovell, Me., Mar. 21, 1883; s. Seth Walker and Susie ( Eastman) W .; ed. Portland (Me.) high sch .; A B., Johns Hopkins, 1905; M.D., Johns Hopkins Med. Sch., 1909; grad. study, Lab, of Theory & Practice of Physles, Harvard. 1910-1911; studied under Prof. Morowitz, Freiburg, Ger., 1912: m. Jessie Helen Walker of Fryeburg, Me., Feb. 15, 1915; children- Chandler Colby, Frederick Frye, George Brewster. Med. house officer, Carney Hosp. (Boston), 1910- 1911; lecturer, clin. mieroscopy & phys. diagnosis, Univ. Fa., 1911-12; research, Rockefeller Hosp. (N.Y.), 1912; sr. med. house officer, Peter Bent
Brigham Hosp., 1912-1913, asst. res. phys., 1913- 1914, acting res. phys., 1914-15, acting phys., 1917-1918, asso. in med., 1919 -; asst. in pharma- cology, Harvard, 1916, alumni asst. in med., 1916- 1917, asst. prof., 1918-1919; Med. Chief Hosp., Passy Yonne, Fr., 1915; mnem. Mass, Med. Soc., Assn. Am. Physicians, Assn. Bacteriologists, Am. Soc. for Clin. Investigation. A.M.A., Masons (32°), Shrine, A.A.A.S., Phi Gamma Delta. Author: re- search studies on experimental heart lesions, bron- chial asthma, hay fever, chest colds, bacteriology. Travel: Ger., For. Congregationalist. Office: 483 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 33 Mason Rd., Newton Centre. Summer res .: Fryeburg, Me.
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WALKER, Irving James, surgeon; b. Boston, Dec. 29. 1879; s. Henry Samuel Walker and Hannah Craig MacGeor (Bailey) W .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1903; M.D)., Ilarvard Med. Sch., 1907; m. Dorothy Carle Pierce of Boston, Feb. 18, 1913. Practiced surgery, Boston, 1909 -; now clin. prof. surgery, Harvard Med. Sch .; surg .- in-chief (Ilarvard Surg. teaching service), Boston City Hosp .; surg-in- chlef, Malden and Leonard Morse (Natick) Hosps .; surg., Mass. Women's and N.E. Deaconess Hosps .; cons. surg. Choate Mem. llosp., Woburn; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Am. Surg. Assn., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. and Boston Surg. Socs., Am. Bd. Surgery, Alpha Omega Alpha, Masons. Club: Ilarvard. Office: 520 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 54 Larchwood Drive, Cambridge.
WALKER, Joseph, lawyer, trustee; b. Worcester, July 13, 1865; s. Joseph H. Walker and Hannah Maria (Kelley) W .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad .; A.B, Brown Univ., 1887; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1890; A.M. (hon.), Harvard, 1890; m. Caroline Richmond of Providence, R.I., June 30, 1890; children-Joseph R., Richmond, George R., Mrs. Katherine W. Bradford, Mrs. Evelyn W. Mac- Duflie. Lawyer, tr. of real estate, Boston, 1890- 1895; mem. Rep. State Com., 1901-1903, Mass. ITo. of Rep., 1904-1911, speaker, 1909-1911; nominated for governor by Rep. party, 1913, by Progressives, 1914; mem. Mass, Constl. Conv., 1917-1918, Mass. Bar Assn. Clubs: Union (Boston), Country ( Brookline), Wianno, Wianno Yacht. Author: Humanism as a Way of Life, 1932. Travel: U.S., Can., Europe. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 120 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 108 Upland Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Bridge St., Osterville.
- WALKER, Joseph Timothy, Jr., investment banker; b. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 11, 1895; s. Joseph Timothy Walker and Mary Hale (Sheafe) W .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1914; honoris causa, Yale, 1918, A.B., 1919; m. (2d) Alice Lee of Chestnut llill, Mar. 10, 1926; children-Timothy, Thomas Sheafe, Sarah Alice. With Merrill, Oldham & Co., 1919-1927, partner, 1925-1927; Brown Bros. & Co., 1927-1929; vp., The Shawmut Corp. of Boston, 1929-1933; asst. trust officer, Nat. Shawmut Bk., 1933-1934; partner, Hornblower & Weeks, 1931 -; v.p., and tr. Free Hospital for Women, Brookline; mem. Alum- ni Advisory Com., Phillips Exeter Acad .; French Army, 1917-1919, awarded Croix de Guerre. Clubs: Yale (Boston, N.Y.), Bond, Exchange (Boston), The Country (Brookline), Duxbury Yacht. Protes- tant. Republican. Office: 60 Congress St., Boston. Home: 355 Hammond St., Chestnut Hill.
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