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WALKER, Melvin Harvey, Jr., surgeon; b. West- boro, Oct. 21, 1886; s. Melvin Harvey Walker and Anne Amelia (Moses) W .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad. 1903-05; A.B., Yale, 1909; M.D. llarvard Med. Sch., 1913; m. Helen Gates of Westboro, Nov. 25, 1914; children-Naney, Pamela. After usual interneships engaged in pvt, practice Pittsfield,. 1015 -; visiting surg., House of Mercy Hosp., 1920 -; asso. surg. staff, St. Luke's Hosp., 1934 -; cons. surg., Fairview Hosp., Great Barrington, 1934 -; mem. Bd. Health. Pittsfield, 1922-29; cons. dist. surg., Civilian Conservation Corps, 1934 -; 1st It., then eapt. Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917-19; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Rho Sigma. Clubs: Aesculapian (Boston), Yale (Berkshire City), Surgical, Coun- try (Pittsfield). Travel: Eastern U.S. by auto, Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 100 North St., Pittsfield. Home: 21 Weston St.Pittsfield.
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Y WALKER, Meriwether Lewis, army officer; b. Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 30, 1869; s. Thomas Lindsay Walker (M.D.) and Catherine Maria (Dabney) W .; ed. grad., U.S. Mil. Acad., 1893; grad., U.S. Engr. Sch., 1896, Army War Coll., 1920; m. Edith, d. Gen. A. B. Carey, Vineyard Haven, Sept. 28, 1904; 1 dau .- Cary Dabney (Mrs. R. B. Luckey). Comind. additional 2nd It. Corps Engrs., June 12, 1893; promoted through regular grades to col., July 1, 1920; col. and brig. gen., N.A., World War; dir. Army Field Engr. Sch. 1912-14; prof. prac- tical mil. engring., U.S. Mil. Acad., 1914-16; chief engr., Punitive Expan. into Mexico, 1916-17; went to France as chief engr. 41st Div., Nov. 1917; prin. asst. to chief engr. A.E.F., Jan .- July, 1918; dir. Motor Transport Corps, A.E.F., Aug. 1918-Aug. 1919; instr., Army War Coll., 1919-20; comdr. U.S. Ingr. Sch., 1920-21; engr. of maintenance, Panama Canal, 1921-24; apptd. gov. of Panama Canal, Oct. 16, 1924; promoted to brig. gen., July 1, 1927; conidg. 18th brig., U.S.A., Boston, Oct. 16, 1928- Aug. 16, 1933; retired, Sept. 30, 1933; decorated D.S.M. (U.S.); Officer Legion of Honor (French). Episcopalian. Address: War Dept., Washington, D.C. Home: Vineyard Haven, Mass.
WALKER, Norman Augustus, banker; b. East Wey- mouth, Jan. 25, 1895; s. George II. Walker and Mary W. (Joy) W .; ed. Weymouth high sch., 1911-14; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1926; m. Lillian M. Chandler of East Weymouth, Dec. 24, 1918; 1 son-Malcolm C. With U.S. Trust Co., 1914-, v.p. and trust officer, 1929 -; sec. A. C. Ratshesky Foundation; sergt., 1st class, Q.M.C., U.S.A., World War; mem. Am. Legion, Masons. Congregational- ist. Republican. Oflice: 30 Court St., Boston. Home: 41 Cleveland Av., Braintree.
WALKER, Richard Dexter, manufacturer; b. Mal- den, Dec. 4, 1890; s. Arthur Willis Walker and Annie Murdock (Dexter) W .; ed. grad., Middle- sex Seh., Concord; A.B., Harvard, 1914; m. Marion S. Watters of Boston, May 8, 1915 (d. 1919); m. (2d) Dorothy Ilenry of Brookline, June 25, 1924; children-Richard Dexter, Arthur Henry. With Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co., Boston, 1914-39; treas., 1919-39; pres., 1936-39; tr. Warren Instn. Sav .; 2nd lt. Air Service, U.S.A., World War; mem. Signet Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon, Masons. Clubs: Ilasty Pudding, Fox, Harvard (Boston), Brae Burn Country. Congregationalist. Home: 78 Farlow Rd., Newton.
WALKER, Richard F., lawyer; b. Claremont, N.H., Feb. 11, 1894; s. John Sidney Walker and Lilla (Tutherly) W .; ed. Claremont high sch .; A.B., Trinity Coll. (Conn.), 1914; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1917; Sorbonne, 1919; m. Pauline Westfall of Kansas, 1926; children-Frances Duncan, Harriett Harris. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1917; in gen. practice law at Boston, 1920-, specializing in patents and unfair trade; mem. firm Roberts, Cushman & Woodbury, Boston. 1920 -; served as 1st It. Frf., 2 yrs., overseas, 1 yr., World War; mem. Am. Law Assn., Psi Upsilon. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 31 Milk St., Boston. Home: Brookline. Summer res .: Oyster Harbors.
WALKER, Ross Graham, professor; b. Athens, Mich., Aug. 31, 1891; s. Ward Clay Walker and Lura ( Wells) W .; ed. grad. Battle Creek (Mich.) high sch., 1910; A.B., Univ. Mich., 1920; m. Virginia Stephanie Look of Detroit, Mich., Aug. 8, 1922; children-Martha Lura, David Griswold. Began as railroad accountant, 1910; instr. economics, Univ. Mich., 1919-22; prof. commerce, Univ. Ia., 1922-26; asso. prof. accounting and instr. bus. policy, Ilarvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1926-28, prof. accounting 1935 -; consultant, later treas. and dir. Hamilton Woolen Co., Inc., 1928-35; also gen. consultant; 1st sergt. at hdqrs. 14th Div., 1918; mem. Comptrollers' Inst. Am., Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants, Alpha Tau Omega. Home: 28 Hillcrest Rd., Belmont.
WALKLEY, Raymond Lowrey, librarian; b. South- ington, Conn., Nov. 18, 1888; s. Edwin Nelson Walkley and Elizabeth A. (Lowrey) W .; ed. B.A., Yale 1909, M.A., 1910; B.L.S., N.Y. State Lib. Seh., 1913; in. Frances Elizabeth Day of Minneapolis, Minn., June 28, 1918; children-Dorothy Day,
Janet Elizabeth, Stephen Eugene. Instr. German, Yale, 1910-11; asst., U.S. Bur. Edn. Lib., Wash- ington, D.C., 1913-1914; asst. lib., Minneapolis (Minn.) Pub. Lib., 1914-20; lib. Univ. Me., 1920-28, Tufts Coll., 1928 -; served in U.S.A., 1918; mein. A.I.A., Mass. Lib. Assn. (pres., 1938-39), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. Author: articles in pro- fessional jours. Unitarian. Independent Repub- liean. Home: 38 Crocker Rd., Medford.
WALL, Albert Theodore, lawyer; b. Sweden, Sept. 2, 1881; s. Nicholas G. Wall and Wilhelmina (Soder- lind) W .; ed. Huntington Prep. Sch .; LL.B., North- eastern Univ., 1918; m. Maria Swenson of Worees- ter, Jan. 26, 1906; children-Elvira M., Linnea W. Parker, Doris Ann. Came to Worcester from Sweden, 1902; worked in factories; Worcester Police Dept., 1910-17; practiced law, 1918 -; spl. justice, Central Dist. Ct., Worcester, 1929 -; mem. Mass. Legislature, 1917-21; tr. Peoples Sav. Bk., Worcester; mem. Worcester and Mass. Bar Assns., I.O.O.F., Masons. Clubs: Worcester Table Tennis, Worcester County Republican. Lutheran. Re-
publican. Office: 332 Main St., Worcester. Home: 18 Hancock Hill Dr., Worcester.
WALL, Frank Jerome, railway official; b. Hartford, Conn., May 8, 1886; s. Jeremiah Wall and Mary Ellen (Harvey) W .; ed. Yale, 1903-1904; m. Anna May Marley of New Bedford, Apr. 14, 1915. Clk., N.Y., N.H.&H. R.R., 1905, agent, supt., 1912- 1920, asst. to v.p., 1920-1930, gen. traffic mgr. and v.p., 1930 -; v.p. and dir. N.E. Steamship Co., N.E. Transportation Co .; dir. N.Y. & Stamford Ry. Co., So. Manchester R.R. Co., Fruit Growers Express Có .; mem. Soc. Naval Architects & Marine Engrs. Clubs: Algonquin (Boston), Quinnipiack (New Haven), New Ilaven Country. Office: South Sta- tion, Boston. Home: 250 Beacon St., Boston.
YWALL, James E., manufacturer; b. No. Adams, Oet. 26, 1884; s. Patrick Wall and Anna (McSheen) W .; ed. Drury high sch., No. Adams; m. Martha L. Congdon of Westfield, Oct. 30, 1907; children- James Frederick (d.), Constance, Robert I., Bar- bara. Shoe clk., 1900-05; retail shoe mcht., 1905- 15; mfr., 1911 -; pres., treas., Wall-Streeter Shoe Co., 1912 -; v.p. Hoosac Sav. Bk .; dir. No. Adams Trust Co .; mem, advisory com., Mass. Reconstruc- tion Finance Corp .; chmn. Greylock Reservation Commn .; v.p. No. Adams Hosp .; dir. Nat. Boot & Shoe Mfrs. Assn. Catholic. Democrat. Office: Wall-Streeter Shoe Co., North Adams, Home: 53 Cherry St., North Adams.
WALLACE, Earle Sessions, headmaster; b. Clinton, July 29, 1887; s. Silas Ives Wallace and Luey Maria (Sessions) W .; ed. grad., Dean Acad., Frank- lin, 1906; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1910; grad. work, Univ. Calif. and Univ. Southern Calif., Teachers Coll. (Columbia), 1927-33; m. Marion Wheeler Hartwell of Clinton, Oct. 25, 1913; 1 dau .- Janet Marsylvia. Insp., Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Boston, 1910-13; with Highland Ice Co., W. Roxbury, 1913, Pasadena, Calif., 1914-21; asst. supt., Pasadena Mil. Acad. and Calif. Prep. Sch., Pasadena, 1921-28; founder, Boy's Mountaineering Camp in Calif .; instr., Pasa- dena high schs., 1928-35; headmaster Dean Acad., Franklin, 1935 -; dir. Zane Grey Ranch Co .; owner date garden, 1915 -; pioneer grower of commercial grapefruit on desert lands in Calif .; eapt. Air Service, A.E.F., 1917-19; awarded cita- tions; dir. Franklin Lib. Assn., Y.M.C.A .; mem. N.E.A., Calif. Teachers' Assn. N.E. Assn. Colls. and Secondary Schs., Am. Legion, French Legion, Theta Delta Xi. Club: Rotary (Franklin). Travel: Northern & Cent. Europe, Can., So. Pacific. Uni- versalist. Republican. Home: Franklin.
WALLACE, Richard Hendrickson, surgeon; b. New Castle, Pa., Aug. 25, 1900; s. Robert A. Wallace and Caroline (Cunningham) W .; ed. Lawrenceville Sch., Lawrenceville, N.J., 1916-19; A.B., Princeton, 1923; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1927; m. Dorothy Colman of Rockford, Ill., Aug. 21, 1935. Interne, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1927-29; res. surg., Mass. Gen. Ilosp., 1929-31; engaged in practice of surgery, Boston, 1931 -; mem. surg. staff, Mass. Gen. Hosp .. Pondville Hosp., 1931 -; fellow A.C.S., mem. Bos- ton Surg. Soe. Club: Harvard (Boston). Episco-
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palian. Republican. Office: 264 Beacon St., Bos- ton. Home: 142 Middlesex Rd., Chestnut Hill.
WALSER, Floyd Niles, artist, eteher; b. Winehester, Tex., Jan. 29, 1888; s. Nathan Walser and Mary Ann (Criswell) W .; ed. Rochelle (Tex.) high seh .; student of art, Tex., 4 yrs., Boston, 5 yrs .; unmar- ried. Brought up on Tex. eattle ranch; lower limbs disabled by infantile paralysis, 1909; de- voted time to art; had 3 etchings in Internat. Print Exhbn., Cleveland Mus-Art, 1935; mem. Woodmen of the World. Mother's father and two uneles fought for freedom of Tex. from Mex. Demoerat. Studio and Home: 70 Lake Av., Fram- ingham.
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V WALSH, David Ignatius, U.S. senator; b. Leomin- ster, Nov. 11, 1872; s. James Walsh and Bridget (Donnelly) W .; ed. grad., Clinton high seh., 1890; A.B., Holy Cross Coll., 1893; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1897; LL.D., Holy Cross Coll., Notre Dame Univ., Georgetown Univ., Fordham Univ. Admitted to bar, 1897; chmn. Dem. Town Com., Clinton, 1898-1900; moderator town meetings, 1898, 1899, 1900; mem. Mass. Ho. of Rep .; 1900-01 (author of laws requiring the state to pay wages weekly to its officers, and regulating employment of laborers on pub. works); removed to Fitch- burg, 1907; Dem. candidate for It. gov. of Mass., 1911 (defeated), It. gov., 1913, gov. of Mass., 1914, 1915; mem. Mass. Constl. Conv., 1917; U.S. Sena- tor from Mass., 1919-25, and for mmexpired term, 1926-29, reelected for ternis 1929-41; del .- at-large Dem. Nat. Conv. 7 times to 1936. Office: Kimball Bldg., Boston. llome: Clinton.
YWALSH, Francis Herbert, corporation official; b. Albion, R.I., Apr. 13, 1883; s. Dennis Walsh and Mary (Byrne) W .; ed. St. Mary's Parochial Sel., New Bedford; City high seh .; New Bedford Textile Seh .; Georgetown Univ., 1919-20; m. Mary Eliza- beth Shea of New Bedford, Apr. 24, 1911; children -Helen Mary, Elizabeth Frances, Franeis Herbert, Jr. Apprentice in machine shop, then mechanic, salesman, 1899-1917; sales rep., Morse Twist Drill & Machine Co., New Bedford, 1909-17; small tools supervisor, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Beth- lehem, Pa., 1920-21; mgr. material sales div., U.S. Shipping Bd., Emergency Fleet Corp., Wash., D.C., 1921-23; pres. and dir. Am. Protein Corp., Barrie Laboratories, Inc., Boston, 1923-, Oster- hout Electric Corps., Philadelphia, 1930 -; insp. naval construction, Bur. Construction and Re- pair, U.S. Navy Dept., during World War; mem. Kappa Alpha Phi. Catholie. Offiee: 401 N. Broad St., Phila., Pa., and 84 State St., Boston. Home: 58 Borden St., New Bedford.
WALSH, James H., Jr., attorney; b. Leominster, Feb. 24, 1889; s. James H. Walsh and Lillian (Quinn) W .; ed. Goddard Sem., Barre, Vt .; A.B., Clark Univ., 1911; EL. B., Boston Univ. Law Seh., 1913; m. Marguerite A. Sheehan of Fitchburg, July 16, 1917. Admitted to Mass, bar, 1913; in gen. practice law at Fitchburg, 1913 -; chmn. World War Memorial Com., Fitchburg; mem. exec. eom., Worcester County Bar Assn .; served in U.S.N.R.F., June 1917-Jan. 1918; Fitchburg Ch. Commerce (past pres.), Fitchburg Bar Assn. (pres.), Am. Bar Assn., Am. Legion (past eomdr. Post #10). Clubs: Fay, Oak Hill Country. Catholic. Demo- erat. Office: 304-06 Park Building, 28.0 Main St., Fitchburg. Home: 42 Hammond St., Leominster. WALSH, Joseph, judge; b. Brighton, Dec. 16, 1875; s. Michael 11. Walsh and Abby A. (Norton) W .; ed. pub. sehs., Falmouth; Boston Univ. Sch. Law; m. Katherine E. Duff of Falmouth, Sept. 12, 1901; children-Joseph N., Donald V., Arthur C. Ad- mitted to Mass. bar, 1906; praetieed law, New Bedford, 1906 -; mem. for 16th Mass. Dist., 64th and 67th Congresses (1915-23), resigned from 67th Congress, Aug. 2, 1922, upon appointment as justice Superior Ct. of Mass. Republican. Home: 266 Hawthorne St., New Bedford.
WALSH, Joseph C., Catholic priest; b. Boston, Dee. 25, 1882; s. James George Walsh and Catherine (Higgins) W .; ed. Boston Latin sch. (Franklin medal); St. Charles Coll., Elicott City, Md., 1901- 02; St. John's Sem., Brighton, 1902-07; J.C.D.,
Univ. St. Apollinaris, Rome, It., 1909; (hon.) LL. D., Boston Coll., 1935. Ordained priest, Roman ('ath. Ch., Boston, 1907; prof., Canon Law and fundamental moral theology, St. John's Sem., Brighton, 1909-33; made Domestle Prelate by Pope Pius XI, 1937; reetor, St. John's Boston ISecles. Sem., 1933-38. Parish Priest of St. Catherine's Parish, Norwood, Oct. 3, 1938 -. Res- idence: 547 Washington St., Norwood.
WALSH, Joseph Leonard, professor of mathematles; b. Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 1895; s. John Leon- ard Walsh and Sallie Elliott (Jones) W .; ed. Balti- more Poly. Inst .; Columbia Univ., 1912-1913; S.B., Harvard, 1916, Ph.D., 1920; Univ. Chicago, 1916; S.M., Univ. Wis., 1916; Univ. Paris, 1920-1921; Univ. Munich, 1925-1926; m. Aline Burgess of Cambridge, July 16, 1931; 1 dau .- Sallie Elizabeth. Asst. in math., Harvard, 1915-1916; instr., 1917, 1919, 1921- 24, asst. prof., 1924-1930, asso. prof., 1930-1935, prof., 1935-, Sheldon travelling fellow, 1920-1921; fellow, Internat. Edn. Bd., 1925-1926; Instr. for Ad- vaneed Study, 1934-1935; ensign, U.S.N.R.F., 1918- 1919; fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Nat. Acad. Sciences; mem. Am. Math. Soc. (coun- cil, 1930-1932; v.p., 1937-1938), Math, Assn. Am. (trustee, 1934-1936), Deutsche Math. Verein, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Club: Ilarvard ( Boston). Author: Approximation by Polynomials in the Complex Domain, 1935; Interpolation and Approxi- mation by Rational Functions in the Complex Domain, 1935; papers in scientific journals. Meth- odist. Independent. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 65 Grozier Rd., Cambridge. Summer res. : Randolph, N.H.
WALSH, Mary R., editorial adviser and literary agent; b. Lewiston, Me .; d. James A. Walsh and Mary Ellen (O'Donnell) W .; ed. A.B., Trinity Coll., Washington, D.C .; M.A., Radeliffe Coll. With At- lantic Monthly Pub. (o. 2 yrs .; with Houghton Mitlin Company, 13 yrs., as head of Lib. Dept., ed. of children's books, ing. ed. of group of books on child development, now independent ed. ad- viser, and author's representative; has assisted in the planning, writing, and revision of many published books; studied at Woodbury Sch. of Landscape Painting, Ogunquit, Me .; mem. Altrusa, Mass. Civic League, Nat. League Am. Pen Women, Boston Radio Writers Guild. Travel: Europe (most countries), several times; U.S. (extensive). Catholie. Office: 6 Park St., Boston. Home: 200 Commonwealth Av., Chestnut Ilill.
WALSH, Richard Brabrook, lawyer; b. Lowell, Jan. 12. 1885; s. Alonzo G. Walsh and Adelaide J. ( Brabrook) W .; ed. Lowell high sch .; A.B., Har- · vard, 1905; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1910; m. Mildred E. French of Lowell, June 4, 1921; ehil- dren-Martha A., Richard Brabrook, Jr. Prac- ticed law, Lowell, 1910 -; mem. firm Harvey, Harvey & Walsh; mem. seh. com., Lowell; U.S. Commr., Dist. of Mass. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 500 Chalifoux Bldg., Lowell. llome: 197 Parkview Av., Lowell.
WALSH, Robert Patrick, architeet; b. Boston, April 2, 1893; s. Richard Morrison Walsh and Mary (Colbert) W .; ed. South Boston high sch., 2 yrs .; St. Laurent Coll. (prep. coll. div.), 3 yrs. (gold medalist gen. Class. studies, 1918); Boston Coll., 1918-20, A.M., 1932; Ph.B., St. John's Sem., 1922. Apprenticeship in office of R. Clipston Sturgis; atelier at Boston Arehtl. Club; asso, mem. Boston Soc. Architects; mem, Legion of Mary (St. Paul's Ch., Cambridge, founder and pres.). Author: Diplomatic Relations between the United States and the Papal Court (A.M. thesis), 1932. Travel: Europe, 1925; Paris, Fr. (pvt. study architecture), 9 mos., 1927-28. Catholic. Independent Democrat. Office: 1330 Statler Bldg., Boston. Home: 15 El- lery St., Cambridge.
WALSTED, John Palmer, metallurgist; b. La Crosse, Wis., June 29, 1897; s. Marius Walsted and Petra Otillie (Hamar) W .; ed. Jefferson high sch., Port- land, Ore .; B.S. (chem. engring.), Ore. State Coll., 1921; M.S. (chem.), Univ. 111., 1923; Sc. D., M.I.T., 1929; m. Ruth Ferguson, Sept. 20, 1925; children- Grace Marie, Maurice Clyde, John Howard. Asso. engr., cast iron research, Expt. Sta., Purdue
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Univ., 1922-26; asst. prof., phys. metallurgy re- search, M.I.T., 1931-34; chief metallurgist, Whitin Machine Works, 1935 -; mem. Am. Soc. Metals (exec. com., Worcester Chap.). Author: papers on subjs. in phys. metallurgy. Independent in polities. Office: Whitin Machine Works, Whitins- ville. Home: 41 Cottage St., Whitinsville.
WALTERS, Golda Richmond, judge, lawyer; b. Bos- ton, Nov. 27, 1907; d. Louis Fisher and Minnie (Cutler) F .; ed. Brighton high school .; Boston Univ. Coll. Liberal Arts; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1929; m. Charles 11. Walters of Boston, May 31, 1930; children-Ina Marlene, Marilyn Enid. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1929, to Federal bar, 1931; in practice of law at Boston handling civil, crim- inal, probate and workmen's compensation mat- ters, 1929 -; youngest woman judge ever ap- pointed to bench in Mass .; youngest woman at- torney ever to appear successfully before Supreme Judicial Court of Mass .; spl. justice, First Dist. Ct., No. Middlesex Co .; former asst. atty. gen. Mass .; mem. Mass. Bd. Free Pub. Lib. Commnrs .; v. chmn. Dem. State Com. Mass., 2 terms; mem. exec. com., Mass. Law Soc. Interested the thea- tre, reading biography, economics; lecturing on Inw and current events; working with charitable and civic organs. Jewish. Democrat. Office: 18 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 15 Fletcher Road, Woburn.
WALTON, C. Russell, lawyer; b. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 3, 1901; s. Joseph R. Walton and Lillie M. (Reig- hard) W .; ed. West high sch., Cleveland, O .; A.B., Yale, 1926; LJ .. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1930; m. Virgene C. C. Dupka of Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 16, 1933; 1 dau .- Martha Becket. With Bingham, Dana & Gould (formerly Burnham, Bingham, Pillsbury, Dana & Gould), 1930-36; asso. counsel, Eastern Gas & Fuel Assos, and asso. cos., 1936 -; mem. Boston Bar Assn., Holliston Hist. Soc., Alpha Sigma Phi. Club: The Massachusetts. Travel: Eng., Scot., Fr., Switz., It., Western U.S. Non- sectarian. Republican. Office: 250 Stuart St., Boston. Home: Washington St., Holliston.
WALTON, George Lincoln, neurologist (retired) ; b. Lawrence, Mar. 16, 18544; s. George Augustus Wal- ton and Electa Nobles (Lincoln) W .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1875; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1880; studied in Leipzig, Berlin and Paris, 1880-83. In practice in Boston, 1883-1916; honorary physician, Mass. General Hosp .; mem. Am. Neurol. Assn., Boston Soc. for Psychiatry and Neurology. Club: St. Botolph. Author: Why Worry, 1908; Those Nerves, 1909; Practical Guide to the Wild Flowers and Fruits, 1909; The Flower Finder, 1914; Peg Along, 1915; contr. to The Eye and Nervous Sys- tem. Home: The Ludlow, 114 St. James Av., Boston.
WALZ, John Albrecht, teacher; b. Kirchheim, Ger .. Dec. 19, 1871; s. John Walz and Charlotte (Neu- mann) W .; ed. Karlsgymnasium, Stuttgart, Ger .; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1892; A.M., Harvard, 1895, Ph.D., 1897; Univ. Berlin, 1897-1899; m. Esther Sellholm of Stockholm, Swed., June 30, 1901; children-Hans Gunnar, Erik, John Albrecht, Jr. (d.). Teacher, German and Latin, North- western Acad., 1892-94; instr. German, Harvard, 1895-97, 1901-05; Western Reserve Univ., 1899-1901, asst. prof. German lang. & lit., Harvard, 1905-10, prof. 1910-1938, emeritus, 1938 -; mem. Medieval Acad. Am., Modern Lang. Assn. Am., Goethe Soc. Am. Carl Sehurz Mem. Foundation, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi; corr. mem,, Deutsche Akademie, Munich. Club: Harvard Faculty. Author: Ger- man Influence in American Education and Culture, 1936; numerous. articles in philos, and lit. jours. Protestant. Home: 42 Garden St., Cambridge.
WAMBAUGH, Eugene, lawyer, professor; b. farm near Brookville, O., Feb. 29, 1856; s. Rev. A. B. Wambaugh and Sarah (Sells) W .; ed. A.B., Har- vard, 1876, A.M., 1877; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1880; LL. D., Unlv. Ia., 1892, Western Reserve Univ., 1908, Dartmouth, 1908; m. Anna S. Hemphill of Ripley, O., Apr. 7, 1881 (d. May 2, 1938) ; children --- Sarah, Miles. Admitted to Ohio Bar, 1880; gen. praetiee, Cincinnati, O., 1880-89; prof. law, Univ. la., 1889-1892; Harvard, 1892-1925, emeritus,
1925 -; lion, prof. law, Western Reserve Univ., 1909 -; lecturer, Univ. Wis., 1909, Harvard Sch. of Pub. Health, 1913-1925. Yale, 1921, Univ. Cam- bridge (for bd. of history). 1923, Univ. Oxford (for faculty of law), 1923; mem. bd. of editors, Am. Polit. Sei. Rev., 1906-13; spl. atty., U.S. Bur. of Corps., 1908-12; spl. counsel for war problems, U.S. State Dept., 1914; U.S. mem. of conciliation comin. under treaty with Pern, 1915 -; Judge Advocate in the Army (major, lt. col., chlef of constl. & internat, law div. in Judge Advocate General's office) 1917-19; del. Pan-American Sel- entific Congress (chmn. sub-seet. on jurisprudence, 1915-1916); counsel of Peruvian Govt. (at Arica & Washington) on Tacna-Arica plebiscite, 1925-1926; fellow, Am. Acad. of Arts & Sciences. Author: Study of Cases, 1892; Cases for Analysis, 1894; Cases on Ageney, 1896; Cases on Constitutional Law, 1915; Guide to Articles of War; Littleton's Tenures; Cases on Insurance, 1902; numerous articles in Reports of U.S. Bur. of Corps., Harvard Law Rev., Am. Jour. of Internat. Law, and others. Oflice & Home: 22 Berkeley St., Cambridge.
WAMBAUGHI, Sarah, expert in international af- fairs; b. Cincinnati, O., Mar. 6, 1882; d. Eugene Wambaugh and Anna S ( Hemphill) W .; ed. A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1902, A.M., 1917; Sch. of Economics ( London) and Oxford, 1919-1920; 1.[ .. 1)., Ohio State and Western Reserve Univs., 1935, L. I.D., Tufts, 1935; Columbia, 1936; Russell Sage Coll., 1938. Dr. en Soc. Univ. Geneva, 1935. Asst. in hist. and govt., Radcliffe Coll., 1903-1906; instr. history, Wellesley, 1st semester, 1921-1922; mem. Adminis- trative Commons. and Minorities sect. of League of Nations Secretariat, 1920; expert adviser to the Peruvian Govt. for the Tacna-Arica Plebiscite, Lima, Arica, Washington, 1925-1926; lecturer, Académie de Droit International, The Hague, 1927; Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes In - ternationals (Geneva), 1935; apptd. by League of Nations one of three experts to draft regulations for Saar Plebiscite and as tech, adviser and dep mem. Saar Plebiscite Commin., 1931; research fel- low, Radcliffe Coll., 1926 -; mem. Am. Soe. In- ternat. Law, Am. Polit. Sci Assn., Soc. Woman Geographers, Grotius Soc. (London), Sociedad Geografica de Lima. Awarded gold decoration of City of Arequipa, 1926; Knight Cross, first class, Austrian Order of Merit, 1935; officer, Order of the Sun (Peru), 1937. Author: A Monograph on Plebiscites, with a collection of official documents, 1920; La Pratique des Plébiscites Internationaux, 1928; Plebiscites Since the World War, 1933; The Saar Plebiscite, 1939; contrbr. to Current His- tory, Atlantic Monthly, Century etc. Office and Home: 22 Berkeley St., Cambridge.
WAARBASSE, James Peter, economist; b. Newton, N.J .; s. Joseph Warbasse and Harriette (North- rup) W .; ed. Newton (N.J.) Collegiate Inst .; Univ. Göttingen; M.D., Columbia Univ. Med. Sch., 1889; in. Agnes Dyer of N.Y., Apr. 15, 1903; children- Henry Dyer, Agnes, James Peter, Jr., Richard Northrup, Eric, Vera. Practiced surgery, N. Y., 25 yrs .; retired, 1919, to give all time to economic study, teaching and writing; lecturer med. eco- nomies, Long Is. Coll. Med .; philosophy of coopera- tion, Rochdale Inst .; mem. Consumers Bd., N.R.A .; pres. Cooperative League U.S., 1916 -; mem. exec. bd., Internat. Coop. Alliance; fellow A.C.S., A.M.A., N.Y. Acad. Med. Clubs: Cosmos (Was D.C.), Lake Placid (N.Y.). Author: about 100 original monographs on surgical subjects; Doctors of Samuel Johnson, 1908; Medical Sociology, 1909; The Conquest of Disease. 1910; Surgical Treatment (3 vols.), 1919; Cooperative Democracy, 1923, 27, 36; What is Cooperation, 1927; The Doctor and the Public, 1935; Cooperation, A Way of Peace, 1939. Travel: Europe. Office: 167 West 12th St., N.Y.C. Home: 384 Washington Av., Brooklyn. Summer res .: Woods Ilole.
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