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- WHITING, Charles Aaron, manufacturer; b. Cum- berland, R.I., July 1, 1864; s. Aaron Whiting and Adeline (Hamilton) W .; ed. Little Red Sch. House, Dist. 10, Cumberland, R.I .; m. Josie Heaton of Franklin, Oct. 19, 1887; 1 dau .- Mrs. Marlon Rice. Asso. with Wade & Davis, mfrs, mesh goods & jewelry, est. 1876, Plainville, 1880-, mem. Whiting & Davis (successors) 1890 -; pres., treas. Whiting & Davis Co., 1908 --; dir. Mfrs. Nat. Bk., Clark Cutter & McDermott Co .; mem. Masons, Elks. Clubs: Wild Goose; Harmony (Me.). Travel: ex- tensive. Republican. Office: Whiting & Davis, Plainville. Home: 99 West Central St., Franklin. Summer res. : Chatham.
WHITING, Edward Clark, landscape architect; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1881; s. Edward May Whit- ing and Sue (Thayer) W .; ed. pvt. tutor, Berk- shire, 1890-97; Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge, 1897-99; A.B., Harvard, 1903; grad. work, 1904-05; m. Winifred Hanus of Cambridge, Sept. 29, 1906; 1 dau .-- Mrs. Charlotte Whiting Reed. With Oh- sted Bros., landscape architects, Brookline, 1904-, mem. firm, 1920 -; mem, visiting com., Harvard Grad. Sch. Design; served in camp planning for Constrn. Div., U.S.A., 1918; mem. Am. and Boston Soes. Landscape Architects, Club: Harvard ( N. Y. ). Desc., Rev. Samuel Whiting. Unitarian. Repub- lican. Office: 99 Warren St., Brookline. Home: 30 Madison St., Cambridge.
WIUITING, Edward Elwell, writer; b. Springfield, Feb. 18, 1875; s. Charles Goodrich Whiting and Iliza Rose (Gray) W .; ed. Williston Sem .; stu- dont, Harvard, 3 yrs .; m. Margaret Webster of Springfield, Oct. 3, 1906 (d.); 1 dau .- Margery Rose. Learned journalism from father, who was asso, ed. of Springfield Republican many yrs .; began newspaper work with Springfield Home- stead (weekly); connected with Boston papers, 1903 -; formerly ed., Boston Evening Record; writer of "Whiting's Column" in Boston Herald, 'Boston Letter" in Springfield Republican, "Beacon Hill" in Worcester Telegram, etc .; contbr. to many mags .; lecturer on polit. subjects and current events; pub. tr. and chin. Boston Elevated Ry., 1927 -; pres. and dir. Transit Mut. Ins. Co., Bos- ton; tr. Williston Aead. (Easthampton), Deacon- ess Hosp. (Boston); dir. Choate Sch., Brookline; mem. adv. council, Chandler Sch., Boston; v.p. and tr. Boston Evening Clinic; mem. Civic Arts Assu. (Newton, pres.), Theta Delta Chi, Masons. Chibs: City, Newspaper, Puddingstone, Harvard, Authors' (Boston), Author: President Calvin Coolidge, a Contemporary Estimate, 1923; Calvin Coolidge- Ilis Ideals of Citizenship, 1921; Changing New England, 1929. Travel: throughout U.S. Desc. Nathaniel Whiting, one of signers of Dedhain ( Mass.) Covenant, 1638; on mother's side, Rose family who settled at Rose Hill, Norwich, Conn., about 1640, and with 2 other familles, Gear and Avery, who built what was presumably the first Epise. Church in this country. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Ilome: 150 Mt. Vernon St., Newtonville.
WHITING, Elizabeth Ganse, educator; b. Waukegan, IN., Aug. 21, 1891; d. Franklin Wile Ganse and Helen Seymour (Woodbridge) G .; ed. Newton high sch .; dept. hygiene, Wellesley Coll., 1912; Bos- ton Univ .; m. Royal G. Whiting of Newton, June 16, 1917; children -- Royal Goodridge, Jr., Helen Woodbridge. Teacher, Winsor Sch., Boston, 1913- 17: Boston Sch. Phys. Edn., 1918-20, 1923-28; Now England Sec. Council for Social Action 1935-1938;
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asso. dir., Council for Social Action, Cong. Chs. Am., 1938 -; v.p. Boston Y.W.C.A .; mem. budget com., Boston Community Fed .; served as official in- terviewer of physio-therapy aids for N.E., repre- senting Surgeon Gen.'s office, World War; mem. Nat. League Women Voters (past v.p. and treas.). Author: several articles on Social Implications of Christianity. Travel: U.S., Europe. Congrega- tionalist. Independent. Office: 289 . Fourth Av., N.Y.C. Home: 228 Boston Post Rd., Weston.
WHIPPING, Ella Kents, dean of instruction, asso. professor English literature; b. Somerville, Feb. 3, 1896; d. John K. Whiting and Mildred ( Peay) W .; ed. The Brimimer Sch., Boston; A.B., Vassar Coll., 1918; A.M., Radcliffe Coll., 1922; Ph.D., Yale, 1929. Instr. Eng. lit., Wellesley Coll., 1928-30, asst. prof., 1930-1936, asso. prof., 1936-1939, dean of instruction, 1939 -. Author: The Poems of John Audelay (pub. by Early English Text Soc.). Address: Wellesley College, Wellesley. Summer res. : Wilton, N. H.
WHITTING, Fairfield, manufacturer; b. Holyoke, Dee. 10, 1897; . s. William Fairfield Whiting and Anne Harriet (Chapin) W .; ed. Holyoke high sch .; Phillips Andover Acad .; Syracuse Univ .; m. Mar- ion Gertrude Miller of Wallingford, Vt., July 1, 1936. With Whiting Paper Co. (founded 1865), mfrs. fine writing paper, Holyoke, 1925-, see. eorp., 1928 -; dir. Holyoke & Westfield R.R. Co .; with U.S.N., service of supplies, overseas, 1917- 18; mem. Masons (past Master), K.T., Shrine, Elks, Beta Theta Pi. Club: Kiwanis. Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Office: Whiting Paper Co., Holyoke. Home: Homestead Av., Holyoke.
WIIITING, Lillan, author, b. Niagara Falls, N.Y., Oct. 3, 1859; d. Hon. Lorenzo Dow Whiting and Imcia (Clement) W .; ed. privately, at home and Europe. Lit. ed., Boston Traveler, 1880-1890; writer of books, 1893 -; mem. Hellenic Soe. (Lon- don), Boston Soc. for Psychical Research, The Browning Soc., (Boston, N. Y., Los Angeles, Pacific Foundation, Kansas City (hon.). Club: Authors'. Author: The World Beautiful (three vols., 1st, 2d & 3rd series); From Dreamland Sent (poems) ; After ller Death; The Story of a Summer; A Study of the Life & Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Brown- ing; Kate Field-a Record; The Spiritual Signi- ficance, 1900; The World Beautiful in Books, 1901; Boston Days, 1902; The Life Radiant, 1903; The Florence of Landor, 1905; The Outlook Beautiful, 1905; The Joy That no Man Taketh From You, 1905; The Land of Enchantment, 1906; From Dream to Vision of Life, 1906; Italy, the Magic Land, 1907; Paris the Beautiful, 1908; Louise Chandler Moulton, Poet and Friend, 1909; Life Transligured, 1910; The Brownings-Their Life and Art, 1911; Athens, the Violet Crowned, 1913; The Lure of London, 1914; Women Who Ilave Ennobled Life, 1915; Canada the Spellbinder, 1917; The Adventure Beautiful, 1917; The Golden Road, 1918; They Who Understand, 1919; Greek Myths and Other Symbols: for Paintings from John Heming Fry. Travel: Europe (part of every year sinee 1896) ; Rome, Florence, Paris, London, Ath- ens, winter and spring, 1913; Switz., Budapest, Algiers, It., Can., Calif., Grand Canyon, the Great Northwest. Dese. Cotton Mather, Inerease Mather, Rev. William Whiting, first minister of Concord; father, State Sen. from Ill. for 20 yrs. Episcopa- lian. Republican. Ilome: Hotel Brunswiek, Bos- ton.
WHITTING, Mason T., real estate broker; b. Boston, Feb. 15, 1884; s. Warren M. Whiting and Louise (Tuxbury) W .; ed. Noble & Greenough Seh., Bos- ton; A.B., Harvard, 1906; B.S., M.I.T., 1908; m. Harriet Smith of Boston, 1934; 1 dau .- Grace. Asst. instr. civil engring., M.I.T., 1909; civil engr. in charge constrn. jobs and res. engr. for Chas. T. Main, Chas. 11. Tenney & Co., and other engring. firms, 1910-31; real estate broker, R. M. Bradley & Co., Inc., 1933-39; eapt. Construction Div., Q.M.C., U.S.A., World War, Clubs: Eastern Yacht, Badminton & Tennis, Harvard (Boston). Travel: Africa, Europe, U.S. Episcopalian. Republican. Otlice: 8 Newbury St., Boston. Home: 1070 Bea-
von St., Brookline. Summer home: Ballast Lane, Marblehead Neck.
VWILITING, Max Ordway, investment banker; b. Plainfield, N.J., 1880; s. Frederic A. Whiting and Catherine (Allen) W .; m. Marion Shearman of Boston; 1 son-Richard Shearman. Formerly with N. W. Harris & Co., Ilarris Forbes & Co .; exec. v.p. Chase llarris Forbes Corp .; pres., dir., Whit- ing, Weeks & Stubbs, Inc., 1933 -; dir. Cent. N.E. Sanatorium, Mass. S.P.C.C. Clubs: Union, Ex- change, Tennis & Raequet (Boston), Country (Brookline), Essex Co. Offiee: 36 Federal St., Boston. Ilome: 68 Marlboro St., Boston.
VWHIPPING, Willim, paper manufacturer; b. Holyoke, Sept. 8, 1893; s. William Fairlield Whiting and Anne (Chapin) W .; ed. Holyoke high seh .; Am- herst Coll .; m. Mary A. Fowler of Springfield, June 18, 1924; children-William, Jr., George Fow- ler. Asso. with Whiting Paper Co. (bus. founded 1865), ifrs, fine writing paper, Holyoke, contin- uously, 1915-, pres., 1928; treas. Whiting & Co., Inc .; dir. Worcester Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co., Worces- ter; mem. Masons. Congregationalist. Republi- can. Office: Whiting Paper Co., Ilolyoke. Home: 209 Linden St., Holyoke.
WHITMAN, Alfred Freeman, social service execu- tive; b. Worcester, Mar. 20, 1882; s. Frederick A. Whitman and Emily Ives (Coumans) W .; cd. Wor- eester high seh .; A.B., Ilarvard, 1908; m. Bessie M. Hitchcock of Springfield, Sept. 12, 1908 (d. 1920); children-Mahala M. (Mrs. Austin L. Starrett), Emily; m. (2nd) Fannie M. Whitman of Berkeley, Calif., Oct. 16, 1924; 1 son-Robert F. At Simmons Sch. Social Work, 1907-08; asst. supt., Mass. S.P.C.C., 1917 -; gen. sec., Pa. Soc. to Protect Chil- dren from Cruelty (Phila.), 1920 -; exec. sec., Children's Aid Assu., Boston, 1922 -; dir., ehmn. Social Relations Dept., Am. Unitarian Assn .; V.p. Child Welfare League of Am. Unitarian. En- rolled Republican. Office: 41 Mt. Vernon St., Bos- ton. Home: 39 Hurlbut St., Cambridge.
WHITMAN, Edmund Allen, lawyer; b. Lawrence, Kan., June 11, 1860; 8. Edmund Burke Whitman and Lucretia (Clapp) W .; A.B. Harvard, 1881, A.M., 1882, LL.B., 1885; m. Florence Josephine Lee of Canton, N.Y., June 27, 1895; children-Allen L., Frederic B., Mrs. Eleanor L. Young. Admitted to bar, 1886, bar of U.S. Supreme ('t., 1902; en- Kaged in gen, practice but make splty. of trade mark and copyright cases; now partner of firm Elder, Whitman & Weyburn, Boston; mem. Cam- bridge Bd. Overseers of Pub. Welfare, 1916-31; mem. Cambridge Bnr. Old Age Assistance; tr. Mass. Mem. Hosp., Gardner State Colony, 1902-19; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences; mem. Mass. Bar Assn., Am. Branch Internat. Law Assn. (pres. 1930); liquidator of Austro-Hungarian Bank. Clubs: Appalachian Mt. (v.p., 1903), Exchange ( Boston). Author: Flax Culture in United States, 1888; also several titles in English and Am. Ency. of Law (Ist edit.) and "Cye." Unitarian. Demo- crat. Office: Pemberton Bldg., Boston. Home: 23 Everett St., Cambridge.
WHITMAN, Eleanor Wood, pageant writer and pro- ducer; b. Hanover, Mich., July 8, 1873: d. S. Adelbert Wood and Ella (Densmore) W .; ed. Amboy (Ind.) Acad .: A.B., Earlham Coll., Rich- mond, Ind., 1896; M.A., Wellesley Coll .; Univ. Chicago; m. John Pratt Whitman of Boston, Sept. 21, 1916. Majored in Biblical work at college; pastor, Minneapolis, Minn .; lecturer Bib- lical lit., Wellesley Coll .; writer Biblical dramas; writer and producer historical pageants; mem. N.E Women's Press Assu. Club: Author's (Bos- ton). Author: Jeremiah. Society of Friends Independent. Office: South End House, 20 Union Park, Boston. Home: The Forest, Tamworth, N.11.
WHITMAN, Florence Josephine Lee, homemaker, rivie worker, writer; b. Canton, N.Y., Sept. 4, 1862; d. John Stebbins Lee and Elmina (Bennett) I .; Canton Union Sch., 7 yrs .; A.B, St. Law- rence Univ., 1882, A.M., 1884; Radcliffe Coll .; m. Edmund Allen Whitman of Cambridge, June 27, 1895; children-Allen Lee, Frederic Bennett, EI- eanor Lee (Young, d.). Teacher In pvt. boarding
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sch., 1882-84; studied music in N.Y. City, 1884-85, in Leipzig, Ger., 1885-88, In London, 1888-89; teacher music, N.Y. City and Canton, N.Y., 1889- 90; dir. vocal music dept., Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill., 5 yrs .; mcm. Cambridge Sch. Com., 9 yrs .; mem. Cambridge City Council, 2 yrs .; pres. Wom- en's Com., Council of Nat. Defense; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Cambridge League Women Voters, W.I.L.P.J., Phl Beta Kappa. Clubs: Can- tabrigia (pres. 4 yrs.), Radcliffe College. Travel: Eng., Scot., Fr., Nor., Swed., It., Aus., Ger., Hol., the Mediterrancan, around the world, Western U.S., So. Am .; has crossed the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean 26 times. Universalist. Democrat. Home: 23 Everett St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Green Harbor.
VHITMAN, Walter George, teacher, author; b. Norway (Me.), May 4, 1874; s. George W. Whitman and. Eliza J. (Davis) W .; ed. Norway (Me.) high sch .; Westbrook Sem., Portland (Me.); A.B., Tufts Coll., 1898; A.M., Columbia, 1907; in. Grace D. Bates of Chester, Conn., Aug. 20, 1912; children -George B., Mary C., H. Carlton. Teacher, God- dard Sem., Barre, Vt., 1898-1909; Gloucester high sch., 1899-1903; Central high sch., Springfield, 1903-05; Ethical Culture Sch., N.Y. City, 1905-10; State Normal Sch., Salem, 1910-13, 1915 -; lecturer, chemistry, extension teaching, cve. tech. courses, Columbia Unlv., 1907-1909, instr., summers, 1907- 1912; phys. sci., high schs .; Teachers Coll., sum- mer, 1913; visiting prof., Nanking (China) Univ., 1925-26; instr. sci., Hyannis, summer, 1915-16; Pittsburg Univ., 1917-19; Hampton Inst. (Va.), 1922-27; mein. A.A.A.S., N.E. Assn. Physics Teach- ers, Nat. Council Elementary Science (pres., 1934-35), Nat. Assn. for Research in Sci. teaching (pres., 1936-37), Am. Sci. Teachers Assn., N.E. Assn. of Chemistry Teachers (pres., 1912-13). Author: Household Physics. Co-author: (with Dr. Hunter) Civic Science in Home and Com- munity; Problems in General Science; The March of Science, a three book series; founded, General Science Quarterly (now Science Education), ed. and pub., 1916-1931. Universallst. Republican. Office: State Teachers Coll., Salem. Home: 10 Naples Rd., Salen.
VWHITMAN, Walter Gordon, professor, chemical engineer; b. Winthrop, Nov. 30, 1895; s. John Turner Whitman and Ida (Alexander) W .; ed. Winthrop high sch .; B.S., M.I.T., 1917, M.S., 1920; m. Martha Key of Russellville (Ala.), June 7, 1921; children-Ellzabeth Ann, John Turner, II, William Key. Asst. in chem. engring., M.I.T., 1917-18, instr., 1918-20, asst. prof., 1920-25; asst. dir. research, Standard Oil Co., Indiana, 1926-30, asso. dir., 1931-1934; prof. and head of chem. engring., M.I.T., 1934 -; mem. Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs. (council), Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Tau Beta Pi. Club: Chemists (N.Y.). Protestant. Author: numerous technical publications. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: Nash- awtuc Rd., Concord.
WHITMAN, William Jr., commission merchant; b. Andover, June 28, 1874; s. William Whitman and Jane Dolc (Hallet) W .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1897; m. Ruth Loring of Boston, June 1, 1898; children-Ruth (Mrs. John G. Penny- packer), William III, Loring, Nelson. With Wil- llam Whitman Co., 1897-, pres., 1925-, p. dir. Acadia Mills, dir. Arlington Mills, Nashawena Mills, Monomac Spinning Co., Nonquitt Miils; tr. Whit- man Bldg. Trust. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N. Y.), Somerset (Boston), Country (Brookline), Eastern Yacht, Country (Farmington, Conn.). Desc. John Whitman, one. of earliest settlers of Weymouth. Republican. Office: 78 Chauncy St., Boston. Homes: Whitman Farms, Simsbury, Conn., and 12 Marlborough St., Boston.
*WHITMAN, William III, anthropologist; b. Choco- rua, N.H., Aug. 1, 1900; s. William Whitman, Jr., and Ruth (Loring) W .; ed. Westminster Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1922; Ph.D., Columbia, 1937; m. Marjorie Warren of Boston, June 1922; children -Marjorie Loring, William, IV, Ilugh. Asst. ed- itor, Houghton Mifflin Co., publishers, 1923; staff
reporter, Boston Globe, 1928; research in anthro- pology, Columbia Univ., 1935; served as 2d lt., U.S.A., 3 mos., 1918. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.). Author: Navaho Tales; The Giant Sor- cerer (for children) ; Dog Corner Papers (essays) ; The Oto (science). Travel: Europe. Address: 12 Coolidge Hill Rd., Cambridge. Summer res .: Chocorua, N.H. Died Sept. 3, 1939.
WHITMARSH, Henry Allen, surgeon; b. Providence, R.I., Sept. 22, 1854; s. Edwin Barncy Whitmarsh and Harriet (Bardcn) W .; ed. A.B., Brown Univ., 1876, A.M., 1880; student, Columbia Med. Coll., 1877-78; M.D., N.Y. Ilomoe. Med. Coll., 1879; m. Martha M. Gerst of Brooklyn, N.Y., June 16, 1881 (d. 1888); m. (2d) Alida E. Sprague of Providence, R.I., Oct. 2, 1895; children-Mrs. Esther W. Phillips, Mrs. Martha W. Tolman. Practiced med., Providence, R.I., 1879 -; cons. surg., Homoe. Hosp., R.I., also Woonsocket and South Co. Hosps .; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, R.I. Homoe. Soc. (past pres.), Mass. Homoe. Med. Soc., N.Y. Homoe. State Soc. (hon.), Mass. Surg. & Gynecol. Soc. (past pres.), Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: University, Turks Ilead, R.I. Yacht, Edgartown Yacht. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office and home: 102 Prospect St.,
Providence, R.I. Summer res .: Edgartown.
WHITMORE, Brewer Goddard, professor of govern- ment; b. West Newton, Feb. 27, 1886; s. Joseph Benjamin Whitmore and Annie Frances (God- (lard) W .; ed. Mt. Ilermon Sch .; The Stone School; A.B., Harvard, 1910, A.M., 1915; m. Dorothy L. Simson of Boston, Sept. 1913 (d. 1932). Instr. Eng., Syracuse Univ., Harvard Univ. and Rad- ciiffe Coll .; then in govt., Ilarvard, Wellesley Coll., Tufts Coll .; asso, prof. govt., later prof., Smith Coll., 1929 -; dean of students, Employ- ment Management Sect., War Industrics Bd., June 1918-Junc 1919. Club: Harvard (Boston). Editor: Journal of Edward Goddard (Rep. in Gen. Court, 1724-33), an account of ratification of peace treaty with Eastern Indians, Falmouth, 1726, in Colonial Society Publications ( Vol. XX, 1918). Congregationalist. Office: Smith College, Northampton. Home: 39 West St., Northampton. Summer res .: Gill.
WHITMORE, Elizabeth M., publisher of prints, lecturer on art; b. Newton Centre; d. Frederick A. Gardiner and Ella (Shaw) G .; cd. A.B., Rad- cliffe Coll., 1901; Univ. Zurich, 1903; A.M., Welles- lcy Coll., 1906; studied 2 yrs. in Italy, 1 yr. in Greece as mem. of Am. Sch. for Class. Studies; Agnes Irwin scholarship; Allee Freeman Palmer fellowship; m. Charles E. Whitmore, May 31, 1913; children-William Francis, Elinor. Instr. art, Wellesley Coll., 1908-09; head of lib. and ednl. dept., Worcester Art Mus., 1909-13; asst. prof. art, Smith Coll., 1919-24; spl. lecturer on art, Simmons Coll., 1925-30; pub. of fine prints, at present; dir. The Print Corner; mem. Mass. Hort. Soc. Club: College (Boston). Author: Prints for the Layman; articles on prints, old furniture, and allied subjs. in The Print Con- noisseur, Prints, House Beautiful, Antiques, Art Instruction. Travel: Italy, 2 yrs .; Greece, 9 mos .; Europe (gen. travel), 1 yr. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office and home: The Print Corner, Hingham Centre.
WHITMORE, George D., lawyer; b. Holyoke, Aug. 27, 1892; s. James B. Whitmore and Carrie M. (Dem- ing) W .; cd. Holyoke high sch .; B.A., Amherst Coll., 1915; m. Ruth O. Carr of Troy, N.Y., 1922; children-Mary R., Martha J., Stephen C., Esther M. Served in Med. Corps, Evacuation Hosp. #4, A.E.F .; studied law, oflice Green & Bennett; ad- mitted to Mass. bar, 1923; in gen. practice law at Holyokc, 1923 -; mem. firm Green, Bennett & Lyon, Holyoke, 1930 -; mem. Hampden Co. Bar Assn., Mass. Bar Assn., Am. Legion, Delta Tau Delta, Phl Beta Kappa. Clubs: Holyoke Canoe, Mt. Tom Golf, Lions. Interested in outdoor life, music, literature. Office: Hadley Falls Bldg., Holyoke. HIome: 32 Cherry Hill, Holyoke.
VWHITMORE, Henry, real estate; b. Quincy (III.), Sept. 16, 1867; s. Charles E. Whitmore and Ada Jane ( Holmes) W .; ed. Newton high sch .; Gray-
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lock Inst .; m. Edith P. Farley of Auburndale, Sept. 20, 1892; children-Mrs. Ada Holmes Hart- man; Henry Jr. Real estate ed., Boston Herald, 1892-99; with Meredith & Grew, real estate agents, 1899 -; mem. firm, 1902 -; mem. Meredith, Grew & Whitmore, 1932 -; v.p. and dir., Meredith & Grew, Inc .; p. tr. Copley Sq. Trust, Suffolk Real Estate Trust, Wigglesworth Real Estate Trust, Atlantic Bldg. Trust; adv. council, Boston Real Estate Exchange (past pres.); mem. Boston Cham- ber of Commerce, Mass. Soc. Mayflower Descs. Clubs: Brae Burn Country, Neighborhood. Travel: U.S., Can., Europe, W.I. Desc. Elder William Brewster and Roger Willlams. Author: numer- ous articles In newspapers and magazines. Uni- tarian. Republican. Office: 40 Centrai St., Boston. Home: 31 Sterling St., West Newton.
WHITMORE, John Thoreau, architect; b. England, Nov. 16, 1895; s. William Russell Whitmore and Mabel Thornton (Turner) W .; ed. Springfield Tech. high sch .; Williams Coll .; M.I.T .; m. Rosa- mond Benson of Salem, 1917; children-John B., William T., IIenry B. With Stone & Webster, engring. dept., 1919-20; Andrews, Rantoul & Joncs, 1920-24; partner, Andrews, Jones, Biscoe & Whitmore, 1924 -; pres. Boston Soc. Architects; mem. A.I.A .; dir. Boston Building Congress; Salem Planning Bd. Episcopalian. Independent. Office: 50 Congress St., Boston. Home: Ocean Av., Marblehead Neck.
WHITNEY, Allen Francis, manufacturer; b. Cam- bridge, July 13, 1896; s. Horace Edward Whitney and Elizabeth Mabel (Stone) W .; ed. Cambridge pub. schs., 1901-10; Browne & Nichols Sch., 1910- 14; student Boston Univ .; m. Mattie Pearson Mazzen, Apr. 22, 1924; children-Allen F., Jr., Harriet Pcarson, Elizabeth Stone, Carol. With Dover Stamping & Mfg. Co. (started 1833 at Dover, N.H., moved to present site, 1865, owned continuously by Whitney family), mfrs. sheet metal housewares and steel products, Cambridge, 1918-, now pres., treas, and dir. (5th generation of Whitney family to become pres.); mem. Ma- sons. Clubs: City, Appalachian Mt. (Boston). Office: Dover Stamping & Mfg. Co., Cambridge. Home: 206 Windsor Rd., Waban.
WHITNEY, Cecil Elwyn, lawyer; b. Port Huron, Mich., Jan. 25, 1894; s. Lewie Elwyn Whitney and Lola Elvena (Brooker) W .; ed Grinnell (Ia.) Acad .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1915; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1918; m. Mildred Emery Mur- phy of Brookline, Jan. 10, 1937; children-Marlin Elwyn, Marcia Emery. Practiced law, Boston, 1918 -; with Ropcs, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, Boston, 1918-38; sec. and dir. Concord Silver- smiths, Ltd .; clk. and dir. Potter Sales, Inc .; moderator, Town of Norwell, 1933 -; mcm. F&A.M., Am. Bar Assn. Congregationalist. Dem- ocrat. Office and home: Norwell.
WHITNEY, Charles Frederick, lecturer, teacher of art; b. Pittston, Me., June 18, 1858; s. Isaac Smith Whitney and Mary Elizabeth (Mitchell) W .; ed. Salem high sch .; Mass. Sch. Art; m. Martha Cres- sey of Salem, June 6, 1883; children-Ernest Claflin, Pemberton Hale; ni. (2d) Elizabeth Lin- coln of Brookline, Sept. 1914. Studied at State Normal Art Sch .; studios in Boston; with teachers and artists from So. Kensington Mus .; head art dept., State Teachers Coll., Salem, 1890-1928; State Teachers Coll., Framingham (part time), 1899- 1903; supervisor of art, Beverly pub. sehs. (part time), 1895-1911; The Wheelock Sch., Boston, 1929 -; lecturer on art subjects; teacher pub. sch. art summer schs. for Boston Univ. and Chat- tauqua, N.Y .; mem. Sch. Art. Alumni Assn. S.A.R., Mass. State Teachers Coll. of Salem and Framing- ham Alumni Assns. Author: Blackboard Drawing; Chalk Talks for the Teacher; Indian Designs and Symbols (all illustrated). Interested in
sketching, lecturing, teaching, nature study. Protestant. Republican. Address: 29 Pine St., Danvers. Summer res .: Camp Vision, Page Hill, Tamworth, N.H.
WHITNEY, Charles Handanyde, securities; b. Bos- ton, Nov. 3, 1877; 's. Charles Whitney and Jessie G. (Perkins) W .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1901; in. Colette
Dumaresq of Boston, June 18, 1912. With Wig- gin & Elwell, Bankers and Brokers, Boston, 1901- 14, mem. firm, 1909-14; mem. Whitney & Elwell, 1914 -; mem. N.Y. Stock Exchange, 1909-35. Clubs Somerset, Harvard, Brookline Country. Unitarian Office: 30 State St., Boston. Home: 344 Beacon St .. Boston.
WHITNEY, Geoffrey Gordon, stock broker; b. Mil- ton, July 21, 1882; s. Charles Whitney and Jessie Grant (Perkins) W .; ed. Milton Acad .; m. Allce Cornelia Thaw of Pittsburg, Apr. 22, 1913; children -Geoffrey G., Jr., William Thaw. Stock broker- age oflice, 1899 -; partner, Whitney & Elwell 1914 -; mem. Boston Stock Exchange and N.Y Stock Exchange. Clubs: Somerset, Milton, Ex- change (Boston), Country (Brookline), Hoosic- Whisick (Canton), Woods Hole Golf, Woods Hole Yacht. Protestant. Republican. Office: 30 State St., Boston. Home: 59 Highland St., Milton. Summer res .: Little Harbor Farm, Woods Hole. WHITNEY, Helen Reed, painter; b. Brookline, July 1, 1878; d. Jerome Jones and Elizabeth Reed (Wałt) J .; ed. Brookline high sch .; Boston Sch. Mus. Fine Arts; m. Philip R. Whitney of Phila., Pa., Apr. 17, 1906; children-Reed, Alpa W. Shel- ton. Landscape and still life (oil, pastel) but specializes in portrait drawings in sanguine; exhibited chiefly in Plila., Pa., also in Chicago,
New York, Buffalo, Schenectady, Baltimore, Cooperstown (N.Y.), Florida. Nantucket, Glouces- ter, and Martha's Vineyard; most recent (one- man) exhibition, Tricker Galleries, N.Y. City, 1937; served making war posters during Worid War, and as first ald worker for Red Cross, at Univ. Pa .; mem. Phila. Art Alliance; Fellow- ship of Pa. Acad. Clubs: Phila. Water Color: former mem. Plastic (Phila. chnin. admissions com. and exhibition com .; mem. 15 yrs.). Awards: 1st prize, drawing, Mus. lfine Arts, Boston, 1899; 2d prize, Wanamaker Gallery Exhbn., Phila. (Still Life, oil); prize for portrait drawing, Arts & Crafts Exhibit, Newtown, Pa., won competitions commercial art, designs for trays for Kress & Kresge, 1937, 1938. Author: One and One are Two, a book of verses for children. Interested In all the arts and all art activitics. Episco-
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