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(Boston) ; Neighborhood, Brae Burn Country (Newton). Editor: (with W. E. Dorman) Ter- centenary Edition of the General Laws of Massa- chusetts, 1932. Protestant. Office: State Ilouse, Boston. Home: 279 Chestnut St., West Newton.
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Y WIGGIN, Joseph, lawyer; b. Exeter, N.H., Mar. 7, 1871; s. Joseph Furnald Wiggin and Ruth Hurd (Hollis) W; ed. grad., Malden high sch., 1889; A.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard Coll., 1893; LL.B. Harvard Law Seh, 1896; m. Grace Parker Corbett of Malden, Jan. 2, 1901; children-Dorothy ( Mrs. Hugh Ross), Katharine (Mrs. J. lloward Hughes), Barbara, Ruth (Mrs. Thomas Abbott), Grace. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1896; in gen. practice, 1896 -; counsel for Gov. A. T. Fuller in Sacco-Vanzetti investigations; pres. and dir. Malden First Nat. Bk .; tr. and mem. bd. invest- ment, Malden Sav. Bk .; tr. and treas. Boston Metropolitan Dist .; dir. Tyer Rubber Co., Baird & Bartlett Corp .; city solicitor, Malden 8 yrs .; mem. Malden Planning Bd., 3 yrs .; tr. Malden Pub. Lib., 26 yrs .; former mein. Malden Sch. Bd .; tr. and treas. Sanborn Sem., Kingston, N.II .; mem. Mass. (pres.), Am., Boston and Middlesex (pres.) Bar Assns., Masons. Club: Harvard. Re- publican. Office: 27 State St., Boston. Home: 55 Clarendon St., Malden.
WIGGIN, Morrill, marine terminal operator; b. Somerville, Feb. 7, 1896; s. Harry Howland Wig- gin and Gertrude (Sherburne) W .; ed. Noble and Greenough Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1918; m. Margaret Patterson, April 1938. Dir. and pres. Piers Operating Co., Lumber Stevedoring Co .; Ist It. Infantry 303rd. Clubs: Annisquam Yacht, The Country, Harvard, Boston City, Exchange. Office: 666 Summer St., Army Base, Boston. Home: 17 Browne St., Brookline. Sunnner res .: Norwood Heights, Annisquam.
WIGGIN, William Irving, physician; b. Worces- ter, June 3, 1879; s. Sidney Westen Wiggin and Hattie Ann (Carle) W .; ed. Univ. Mich. Med. Sch., 1897-98; MD.C.M. MeGill Univ. Coll. Med., 1901; grad. student, llarvard Med. Sch., Univ. Lyons, Univ. Bordeaux (Fr.); m. Laura Conant of Lowell, Feb. 11, 1906. Engaged as surgeon on various Eng. steamship lines, 1901-03; in gen. practice as physician, Lowell, 1903-12, spe- cializing in ear, nose and throat, 1912 -; instr. laryngology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1921 -; anral surg., Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, Mass. Gen. Hosp., Lowell Gen. Hosp .; served as capt. med. dept., Am. Red Cross in France during World War; decorated with Medaille Commemorative of Belgium 'and France; fellow A.C.S., Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology; mem. A.M.A., N.E. Otol. Soc., Mass. Med. Soc. Congregation- alist. Republican. Oflice: 202 Central St., Lowell. Home: 149 Eleventh St., Lowell.
WIGGINS, Charles, second headmaster; b. Cincin- nati, O., Nov. 24, 1885; s. John Wiggins and Elizabeth (Arnold) W .; ed. Pomfret (Conn.) Sch .; A.B. Harvard, 1908; m. Laura Elizabeth Rich- ards of Gardiner, Me., Sept. 2, 1909. In archi- tectural office of R. Clipston Sturgis, Boston, 1908-13; sr. master, Pomfret Sch., 1914-20; lead- master, Noble and Greenough Sch., Boston, 1920 -; mem. Masons. Club: Tavern. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Home: Dedham.
WIGGLESWORTH, Edward, museum director; b. Boston, Nov. 3, 1885; s. Edward Wigglesworth and Sarah (Willard) W .; ed. Noble & Greenongh Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1908, A.M., 1909, Ph.D., 1917; m. Sarah P. Rackemann of Milton, June 15, 1914; children-Edward, Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Jane, Anne. Asst. in geology, Harvard, 1910-16, curator, dept. geol., 1909-17; dir., curator min- eralogy and geology, Boston Soc. Nat. llist., 1917 -; v.p. Farm & Trade Sch .; asst. Food Administrator, Mass., World War; mem. A.A.A.S., Seismol. Soc. Am., Mineralog. Soc. Am., Essex Agrl. Soc. (pres.), Mass. Guernsey Breeders Assn. (pres.), Am. Ornithologists Union, Clubs: Union, Harvard (Boston), Brookline Country. Author: Geology and Geography of Cape Cod, the Eliza- beth Islands, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, No Man's Land, and Block Island (with J. B. Wood- worth) 1934; mag. articles. Travel: Europe, 1908; Brit. Columbia, 1913; Cuba, Panama, Ja- maica, 1924. Republican. Office: 234 Berkeley St., Boston. Home: 7 Chestnut St., Boston. Sum- mer res .: Topsfield.
WIGGLESWORTH, Frank, teacher; b. Boston, Feb. 7, 1893; s. George W. Wigglesworth and Mary (Dixwell) W .; ed. Milton Acad .; A. B., Harvard, 1915; m. Isabella Councilman of Boston, Feb. 1916; children-Constance W. Holden, Frank Jr., William C. Pres. Atlantic Radio Co., 1920-33; teacher, Cambridge Sch., Kendal Green, 1933 -; commodore, U.S. Central Regatta Assu., 1939; served as It., j.g., U.S.N. Air Service, 1918-19; mem. Am. Power Boat Assn., Boston Soc. Sculpture, Progressive Edn. Assn. Travel: Europe, U.S. Interested in sculpture. Unitarian. Republican. Address: Harvard.
¡ WIGGLESWORTH, Richard B., congressman; b. Boston, Apr. 25, 1891; s. George Wigglesworth and Mary Catherine ( Dixwell) W .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1912, LAI .. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1916; m. Florence Joyce Booth of Louis- ville, Ky., Apr. 30, 1931; children-Ann Joyes, Mary Dixwell. Asst. private sec. to Governor General of P.I., 1913; admitted to Mass, bar, 1916, began practice at Boston; legal adviser to asst. sec. U.S. Treasury in charge foreign loans and ry, payments, and see, of World War Debt Commin., 1922-24; asst. to agt. for repara- tion payments, Berlin, 1924-27; gen. counsel and Paris rep. for orgns. created under Dawes Plan, 1927-28; mem. 70th Congress (unexpired term of the late Louis A. Frothingham), 1928-29, also 71st and 72nd Congresses, 1929-33, 14th Mass. Dist., and 73rd to 76th Congresses (1933-39), 13th Mass. Dist .; in France as capt. Battery E and comdg. officer 1st Batt., 303rd Regt., F.A., 76th Div., U.S.A., during World War; mem. Am, and Mass. State Bar Assns., Am. Legion, 40 and 8, Vets. For. Wars, Mil. Order World War, Mil. Order For. Wars. Unitarian. Republican. Home: Milton.
WIGIFT, Delano, lawyer, trustee; b. Boston, May 10, 1882; ed. Friends' Sch., Washington, D.C .; Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge; A.B., Har- vard, 1902; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1904; m. Margaret Crocker of Boston, Apr. 9, 1912; chil- dren-Delano Jr., Crocker, Anne. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1904, to Federal bar, 1905; with firm of Long & Hemenway, 1904-05; in pvt. practice under own name, 1905 -; trustee of various estates; civilian asst. to officer in charge of draft, adjutant gen.'s dept., State House, Boston, 1917-18; dir. or tr. of various ednl. and philan- thropie socs. in Boston, Brookline and Cohasset; mein. Am. and Boston Bar Assns., Am. Soe. Inter- nat. Law. Clubs: Union, Union Boat, Harvard (Boston), Longwood Cricket, Country (Brook- line), Cohasset Golf, Harvard Musical Assn. Author: Colonel Washington, 1934; articles on Mass. history and land law. Unitarian. Repub- lican. Office: 35 Congress St., Boston. Home: 44 Sumner Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Jerusa- lem Rd., Cohasset.
WILHUR, Alfred Hall, manufacturer; b. Raynham, May 1, 1876; s. Bradford Fisher Wilbur and Rebecca Hall (Wilbur) W .; ed. Raynham pub. schs .; Bristol Acad., Taunton; m. Mary E. Dud- ley of Brockton, June 10, 1896 (d.); m. (2d) Louise H. Smith of Brockton, July 19, 1918; children- Ruth Dudley, Mrs. Reina Wilbur Killory, Mrs. Barbara Wilbur Moore, Charlotte Louise, Con- stance Bradford, Alfred Hall, Jr. With Taun- ton Lumber Co., 1892-, mgr., treas., 1909 -; dir. Home Nat. Bk .; mem. Investment bd., Brock- ton Sav. Bk .; tr. Brockton War Mem, Bldg .; mem. Am. Wildlife Inst. (Washington, D.C.), Mass. Fish & Game Assn., Masons, Grotto. Clubs: Brockton Rotary (past pres.), Commercial (past pres. ). Congregationalist. Republican. Oflice: 243 N. Montello St., Brockton. llome: 129 Fair- view Av., Brockton.
WILBUR, George Browning, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist; b. Earned, Kan., Dec. 22, 1887; s. Charles Albert Wilbur and Carrie (Solley) W .; ed. Topeka (Kan.) high sch .; M.I.T., 1907-1908; B.S., Harvard, 1912; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1916; m. M. Joy Paxton of Topeka, Kan., Sept. 28, 1917; I son-George B. III. Res. phys., Psy- chopathic Hosp., Iowa City, Ia., 1921-23; pvt.
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practice, psychoanalysis and psychiatry, So. Den- nis, 1923 -; sch. bd., Town of Dennis, 1933 -; 1st It. Med. Sect., U.S.A., neuro-psychiatry, 1917- 1919; Camp Examining Bd., Camp Dix (N.J.); mem. A.M.A., Am. Psychiatric Assn., Am. An- thropol. Assn., Ecol. Soc. Am., Assn. for Symbolic Logic, A.A.A.S., Am. Rock Garden. Club: Har- vard (Boston). Travel: France, Independent. Otlice and home: So. Dennis.
WILBUR, John Benson, educator, civil engineer; b. Oakland, Me., July 25, 1904; s. Herbert L. Wilbur and Ellen Shaw (Benson) W .; ed. Academy high sch., Erie, Pa .; S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1926, S.M., 1928, Sc.D., 1933; m. Lillian E. Kelley, Oct. 30, 1926; 1 son-John B., Jr. Asst. in civil engring., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1926-28, inisc. structural engring. practice, 1928-30, instr. civil engring., 1930-34, asst. prof., 1934-37, asso. prof., 1937-, cons. structural engr., 1930-, in charge structural analysis lab., dept. of civil engring .; inventor of the Simultaneous Calcu- lator (one of the M.I.T. "mechanical brains" for solving mathematical problems mechanically ) which solves nine lincar simultaneous equations with nine unknowns; mem. Boston and Am. Socs. C.E., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Sigma Xi. Co-author: Theory of Statically Indeter- minate Structures; also many misc. technical papers. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 100 Simonds Rd., Lexington. WILBUR, Ralph II., business executive; b. West Pembroke, Me., June 13, 1874; s. Alvra Alonzo Wilbur and Almira Sophronia (Clark) W .; ed. pub. schs .; m. Eliza Ellen Richardson of Mid- dleton, June 15, 1898; children-Ilarland Ashley, Alvra Alonzo, Ralph Wesley. Apprentice in newspaper and printing bus., 1892; production mgr., 1898-1903; sales rep., T. O. Metcalf Co., asso. owner Melrose "Reporter" 1903-04; estab. Tudor Press, Inc., 1904; asso. inventor and pat- entee, "Driseal" sell sealing products, 1934; estab. Driscal Co., 1934; pres. and treas. Tudor Press, Inc., Driscal Co .; dir. Boston Typothetae, inc .; mem. Master Printers Assn. (ex-pres.), N.E. Lithographers Assn., Boston Chamber of Com- merce, Masons. Club: City (Boston). Travel: U.S., Can. Desc. Samuel Wilbur English, Mass. Bay Colony, 1635. Methodist (tr. Melrose M. E. Ch.). Republican. Oflice: 251 Causeway St., Bos- ton. Home: 83 Mt. Vernon St., Melrose.
WILCOX, DeWitt Gilbert, surgeon, lecturer; b. Akron (O.), June 15, 1858; s. David Gilbert Wileox and Ilannah C. (Whitney) W .; ed. Akron high sch .; Buchtel Coll. (now Akron Univ. ), 2 years; M.D., Cleveland Hosp. Med. Coll., 1880; post grad. work, St. Bartholomew Hosp., Lon- don, Eng., 1882-83; N.Y. Post Grad Sch., 1887; m. Jane I. Green of Alfred, N.Y., Sept. 5, 1883; chil- dren-Mrs. Margaret Wilcox Colony, Mrs. Helen Wilcox Randolph, John Maxon, M. D., DeWitt Gif- fod (d.). Practiced in Akron, 1881-86; in Buffalo, N.Y., 1887; attending surg., Buffalo Homoe. Hosp., 1890-1908, Erie County Ilosp., 1892-98, Gowanda State flosp .; surg. - in-chief, Lexington Heights losp., 1890-1909; prof. gynecology, Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1909-32, now emeritus; attending surg., Newton Hosp., 1918-32; attending gynecologist, Westboro State llosp., 1920-32; płoneer operator in brain surgery, appendicitis, extra uterine preg- nancy, and bonc surg .; dir. Andover-Newton Theol. Instn .; past dir. Y.M.C.A .; capt. Mass. Med. Corps, 1 year; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Am. Surg. & Gynecol. Soc., (past pres. ), N.E. Soc. Phys. Med., (past pres.), Phi Delta, N.Y. 1lomoe. Med. Soc., (past pres.), A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Boston Baptist Sociol. Union, (past pres.). Clubs: Newton Medical, Boston City, (past mem.). Travel: ex- tensive. Author: Health, Ilygiene, Happiness, 1910; numerous mags. articles. Baptist. Re- publican. Home: 118 Homer St., Newton Centre. WILCOX, John Maxson, physician; b. Buffalo, N.Y., Apr. 7, 1893; s. DeWitt Gilbert Wilcox and Jane (Green) W .; ed. A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1915; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1918; Harvard; m. Freda Walker of Burlington, June 29, 1918; children- De Witt Gifford, David Walker. Hlouse officer,
Newton Ilosp., 1918-20; med. officer, Washington Naval Hosp .; med. officer, Chelsea Naval Hlosp .; med. officer, Santa Rosa Ship; sec. active staff, Charles Choate Mem. Hosp., Woburn; mem. Ma- Sons. Club: Rotary. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Address: 6 Bennett St., Woburn.
WILCOX, Robert H. T., editor; b. Brigus, New- foundland, Jan. 19, 1879; s. Thomas Wilcox and Elizabeth (Wells) W .; came to U.S., 1907, nat- uralized, 1909; ed. St. George's Sch. and Methodist Acad., 1894-98; m. Annie Macleod of Chelsea, Mar. 3, 1908; children-A. Gordon, Robert H. T., Jr., Walter Macleod, Harold (d.). Printer appren- tice, Brigus Vindicator (weekly), 1898-1902; with railroad freight office, then asst. agt .; worked on Cape Breton newspapers; foreman, Glace Bay Gazette (daily); on newspapers at Revere, Chelsea, Lowell, Boston and Worcester; reporter and news ed., Marlboro Enterprise; corr. Boston Globe and Asso. Press at Marlboro; pvt. Mass. State Guard, 1919-20; clk. of coms., City Council, Marlboro, 1936-38; mem. Marlboro Ch. Com- meree, I.O.O.F., K.P. Club: Kiwanis (Marlboro). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 16 Liberty
St., Marlboro. llome: 29 Wellington St., Marl- boro.
WILDE, Arthur Herbert, professor; b. Framing- ham, Apr. 29, 1865; s. Joseph Wilde and Susan Emily (French) W .; ed. Natick & Newton high sehs .; A.B., Boston Univ., 1887, S.T.B., 1891; A.M., Harvard, 1899, Ph.D., 1901; m. Sarah Frances Fellows of Sandwich, N.IL., Sept. 6, 1892. Teacher, Tilton Sch., 1887-1889; instr. history, Northwest- ern Univ., 1892-1901, asst. prof., 1901-1905, prof., 1905-1911, asst. to pres. and sec. of Univ. Council, 1909-1911; pres., Univ. Ariz., 1911-1914; prof. edn., Boston Univ., 1914-, dean, Sch. of Edn., 1918- 1935, dean emeritus, 1935 -; mem. Needham Sch. Bd .; mem. Nat. Edu. Assn. (past); Nat. Soc. Teachers of Edn., Theta Delta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa. Travel: Can., Hawaii,
Europe. Author: translator and editor of Seignobos', histories of ancient and medieval times; numerous ednl, articles. Congregational- ist. Independent Republican. Office: 84 Exeter St., Boston. Ilome: 143 Fair Oaks Park, Need- ham.
YWILDE, W. Allan, real estate, insurance agent; b. Malden, Apr. 20, 1895; s. William Eugene Wilde and Ellie J. (Dresser) W .; ed. Winchester high school; Monson Acad .; m. Carlene E. Glea- Son of Winchester, Sept. 11, 1916 (d.); children -- Ruth Gleason, Barbara, William A., Jr., Jeanne; in. (2d) Mrs. Elizabeth Sanborn Springall of Malden, Sept. 26, 1931; i step-dau .- Mrs. Warren A. Wilson. Engaged as salesman for wholesale paper companies, 1913-17; sales mgr, Edward T. Harrington Co., real estate, 1919-31; in real estate on own account, 1931 -; tr. and v.p. Wol- laston Land Co .; chief storekeeper, U.S. Navai Reserve, 1917-19; selectman of Winchester, 1935- 37; mem. Am. Legion Post 97 (commdr.), Masons. (A.F.&A.M.). Club: Rotary. Dese. William Wilde, who settled in Randolph, 1632. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 32 Church St., Winchester. llome: 9 Edgehill Rd., Winchester.
¿WILDER, Amos Niven, teacher, clergyman; b. Madison, Wis., Sept. 18, 1895; s. Amos Parker Wilder and Isabella' ( Nivon) W .; ed. The Thacher Sch., Ojai (Calif.); Oberlin Coll, 1913-15; A.B., Yale, 1920, Ph.D., 1933; B.D., Div. Sch., 1924; Univ. Brussels (Bel.), 1920-21; Mansfield Coll., Oxford, 1921-23; D.D. (hon.), Hamilton Coll., 1933; m. Catharine Kerlin of Moorestown (N.I.), June 26, 1935; 1 dau .- Catharine Dix. Pastor, Church of Christ, No. Conway, N.Il., 1925-28; asso. prof. religion, Hamilton Coll., 1930-33; prof. New Testa- ment Interpretation, Andover Newton Theol. Sch., 1933 -; Am. Field Service; 17th Field Arty., 2d Div., France, 1916-1919; non-commd. officer; dec- orated Croix de Guerro (Fr.); fellow Commn. for Relief in Belgium, Nat. Council on Religion in Higher Edn., mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Longwood Cricket, John Winthrop, Elizabethan (Yale). Author: Battle Retrospect and Other Poems, 1923; Arachne, poems, 1928; Eschatology
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and Ethics in the Teaching of Jesus, 1939. Con- gregationalist. Office: Andover Newton Theol. Sch., Newton Centre. Home: 144 Institution Av., Newton Centre.
WILDER, Salmon Willoughby, chemical manufac- turer; b. Lawrence, Feb. 10, 1870; s. Salmon Wii- loughby Wilder and Rose Eaton (True) W .; ed. Loweli high seh .; studied abroad, 1886-87; B.S. (chem. engring.), Mass. Inst. Tech., 1891; m. Marcia Russell Sawyer of Bellows Falls, Vt., Oct. 1895; children-Philip Sawyer, Rachel. With Russell Paper Co., Lawrence, 1891-93; with Wm. Russell and Son, Boston, and Fall Mountaln Paper Co., Bellows Falls, Vt., 1894-97; with Merrimac Chemical Co., Boston, 1898-1931; pres., 1904-28, chmn. bd., 1928-31; tr. Newton Centre Sav. Bk .; mem. sch. bd., City of Newton; mem. Corp., Mass. Inst. Tech .; mem. chem. adv. com., U.S. Dept. of Commerce; treas. City Missionary Soc. (Boston) ; mem. and ex-chmn. of bd., Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers' Assn. of U.S .; ex-ehmn. Exec. Com. Manfg. Chemists Assn. of U.S .; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. of Chem. Industry. Clubs: Neighbors', Lamplight (Newton Centre), Harvard Musical Assn. (Boston). Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 49 Federal St., Boston. Home: Newton Centre. Summer res .: Surry, Me.
Y WILDER, Winford Oliver, surgeon; b. Highgate Center, Vt., June 30, 1878; s. Edgar Wilder and Lucy Ann (Place) W .; ed. Wesleyan Univ., 1903; M.D., Univ. Pa. Med. Sch., 1904; student, urology, Johns Hopkins Med. Sch., 1919; m. Leila Sweet Bailey, Oct. 1, 1924; children -- Joan, Norma, Hugh. Gen. practice of med. and surg., Springfield, 1919 -; specialized as surgeon in urol- ogy, 1919 -; major, Harvard Surg. Unit, B.E.F., Gen. Ilosp. 22, France, 1915-16; med. chief, Am. Ambulance Hosp., Juilly, FFr., 1916; fellow A.C.S .: mem. Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Surg. Soc., Am, and N.E. Urol. Socs. Methodist. Republican. Of-
fice: 20 Maple St., Springfield. Home: 31 West- moreland Av., Longmeadow.
WILDES, Karl Leland, asso. professor of electrical engineering; b. Beimont, N.IL., Sept. 25, 1895; s. George Redfield Wildes and Belle Maroi (Ami- don) W .; ed. Concord (N.il.) high sch .; B.S, Univ. N.H., 1920; S.M., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1922; m. Christine Belie Adams of Belmont, N.Il., June 14, 1928. Instr. math., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1920-23, instr elec. engring., 1923-28, asst. prof. elec. en- gring., 1928-35, assoc. prof., 1935 --; visiting prof. elec. engring., National Tsing Hua Univ., Peiping, China, 1937, with Gen. Flec. Co., Lynn, summer 1927; with Bell Telephone Labs., N.Y. City, sum- mer 1929; served as seaman, 2d class, 5 mos., World War; mem. Am. Inst. E.E., Inst. Radio Engrs., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., A.A.A.S., Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Author: articles on coop- erative engring. edn .; Electric Power System Analysis, 1937. Travei: Fr., Ger., Rus., Sib., Man- ciruria, China, Jap. Baptist. Republican. Office: Mass. Inst. Tech., Cambridge. Home: 26 Sewall St., Wollaston.
WIJINSKY, Charles F., physician, public health and hospital administrator; b. Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 20, 1882; s. Adolph Willnsky and Alta (Bloom) W .; ed. Lowell high sch .; M.D., Baltimore Univ. Sch. Med., 1904; m. Jeanette Isenberg of Bos- ton, Nov. 29, 1904 (d.); m. (2d) Lylian Isenberg of Boston, Jan. 29, 1921; children-Mrs. Harriet Goodman, Fiorence, Jean. Practiced med., Bos- ton, 1901 --; sch. phys., Boston, 1909-13; med. insp., Dept. Ilealth, 1913-16, organizer, dir. Blos- som St. Health Unit, 1916; dir. Health Units, 1922-28, dep. Commir., in charge of child hygiene and health units, 1925 -; exec. dir. Beth Israel Hosp., 1928 -; lecturer, pub. health adm., M.I.T., 1933 --; Harvard Sch. Pub. Health, 1937 --; exec. sec. Boston Health League, 1924-28; chmn. com. pub. health relations, Am. Pub. Health Assn , 1935-36, mem. com. hosp. libs., 1936-37; program com. (chmn. child hygiene seet.), 1931; mem. com. meetings and publs .; treas. Hosp. Council Boston; chmn, health com., Asso. Jewish Philanthro- pies, med. adv. com., Burroughs Newsboys Foundation; dir. Community Fed Boston; treas.
Mass. State Health Commn., 1935-36, mem. 1936 -; fellow Am. Pub. Health Assn. (mem. governing council), Am. Coll. Hosp. Administrators, A.M.A .; mem. Am. Hosp. Assn., Boston Health League (sec.), Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Pediatrie Soc., Greater Boston Med. . Soe., Shawmut Lodge Masons, B'nai B'rith. Clubs: Hospital Superintendents, Pine- brook Valley Country, New Century. Collaborator with Prof. Miiton J. Rosenau on health survey, Palestine, 1937 (written up but not pub.); made hosp. and health survey, St. Louis, Mo., for Com- munity Fund, 1932. Jewish. Democrat. Office: 330 Brookline Av., Boston. Home: 30 Bay State Rd., Boston.
WILKES, Gordon Ball, professor of heat engineer- ing; b. Buffalo, N.Y., May 13, 1889; s. Henry J. Wilkes and Emma (Ball) W .; ed. Lafayette high sch., Buffalo, N.Y .; S.B., M.I.T., 1911; m. Eloise Borthwick of Portsmouth, N.H., Sept. 3, 1914; children-Gordon Borthwick, Lynn Borthwick. Instr. physics, M.I.T., 1911-1918, asst. prof. indus- trial physics, 1918-1924, asso. prof., 1924-1930, prof., 1930-1934, prof. heat engineering, 1934 -; fellow Am. Ceramic Soc .; mem. Am. Soc. Heat. & Vent. Engrs., A.A.A.S., Phi Beta Epsilon. Clubs: University (Boston), Hunnewell (Newton), Portsmouth (N.H.), Yacht. Author: numerous articles on insulation, radiation and other sub- jeets. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cam- bridge. Ilome: 51 Everett St., Newton Centre. Summer res .: Newington (N.H.).
Y WILKINS, Harold Sutherland, executive engineer; D. Somerville, Oet. 31, 1891; s. G. Franklin Wilkins and A. Delaney (Sutherland) W .; ed. Somerville high seh .; B.S., M.I.T., 1914; m. Marian C. Andrews of Groton, Feb. 15, 1936; 1 son-Lawrence S. Engr., Gen. Radio Co., Cambridge; Bur. Mines and U.S.A., during World War, 2d It., C.W.S., Nov., 1917, to end of war; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Electro-chem. Soc., Soe. Automotive Engrs. Clubs: . Engineers (Boston), Varsity (M.I.T.). Tenth generation in N.E. Episcopalian. Repub- lican. Office: General Radio Co., 30 State St., Cambridge. Home: 65 Gale Rd., Belmont. Sum- mer res .: Groton.
WILKINS, Raymond Sanger, lawyer; b. Salem, May 24, 1891; s. S. Herbert Wilkins and Marietta B. (Roweli) W .; ed. Salem high sch .; A.B., Har- vard, 1912; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1915; m. Mary Louisa Aldrich of Fall River, Sept. 22, 1923; children-Raymond Sanger, Jr., David Ald- rich, Ilerbert Putnam. Practiced law, Boston, 1915 --; with Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Dodge, 1915-22; same firm, now known as Palmer, Dodge, Barstow, Wilkins & Davis, 1922 -; dir. A. H. Ilews & Co., Inc., Megowen-Educator Food Co., Community Fed. Boston, Boston Tuberculosis Assn., Boston Legal Aid Soc .; chmn. Metrop. Div., Boston Community Fund, 1938; sec. Har- vard Class 1912; dir. Winchester Community Chest, chmn. Bd. Selectmen, etc .; at 1st Platts- burg Camp, 1917, 2d lt., 1st it., capt., 301st F.A., U.S.A., 1917-19, overseas, June, 1918-Jan., 1919; mem. Am., Mass., and Boston (mem. council) Bar Assns., Abraham Lincoln Assn., Am. Legion, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Union, Harvard (Boston), Winchester Country. Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 25 Cabot St., Winchester.
WILKINSON, Ray Larcom, business executive; b. Salem, Jan. 4, 1892; s. William F. Wilkinson and Nellle Woodbury (Larcom) W .; ed. Salem high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1914; Boston Univ. Sch. Bus. Adm. With Wilkinson Counter Co., 1914, pres., 1926 --: mem. Shoe Counter Mfrs. Assn., Associated Industries of Mass., English Speaking Union, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Essex Inst. Clubs: University, Gut'n Feathers, Eastern Yacht. Composer: The Red Rover; Green Parasol (comie operas); Mother Goose Song Book. Travel: Eng., Scot., I''r., W.I., U.S. Christian Scientist. Re- publican. Interested in badminton, music. litera- ture and travel. Office: 4 Jefferson Av., Salem. Home: 330 Lafayette St., Salem. Summer home: "Four Gables", Ocean Av., Marblehead Neek.
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WILKINSON, Samuel Allen, physician; b. McAles- ter, Okla., May 24, 1898; s. Samuel Allen Wilkln- son and Laura May (Simpson) W .; ed. Gulf Coast Mil. Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1919; M.D., Univ. Pa. Med. Seh., 1925; m. Margaret Louise Jones of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 25, 1925; children-Sam- uel Allen III, Margaret G., David D., Robert S., Danlel F. Practiced medicine, Phila., Pa., 1926- 30; mem. staff Lahcy Clinle, Boston, specializing in gastro-enterology, 1930 -; staff mem., N.E. Deaconess and N.E. Baptist Ilosps .; served with Co. A, 301st Field Sig. Batt., May 1917-June 1919; with A. E.F., July 1918-June 1919; fellow A.m. Gastro-enterol. Soc., A.M.A. Presbyterian. Of- fice: 605 Commonwealth Av., Boston. llome: 292 Clinton Rd., Brookline.
WILLARD, Carl B., bank president; b. Ashby, Aug. 5, 1886; s. James A. Willard and L. Marla (Bill- ings) W .; ed. Townsend high sch,; m. Caroline Wood Bliss of Baltimore (Md.), Mar. 8, 1929; children-Caroline Maria, Marion Abby. Asso. with Townsend Nat. Bk., 1905-, now pres. and dir .; tr. Townsend Pub. Lib., Appleton Acad., New Ipswich, N.H. Desc. Major Simon Willard. Prot- estant. Republican. Office and home: Townsend.
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