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WILLARD, Henry Matthew, educational travel ex- ecutive; b. Oxford (Eng.), Aug. 30, 1901; s. Ilenry Francis Willard and Georgia '(Johnson) W .; ed. Stoughton (Wis.) high sch .; Beloit Coll., 1919-22; A.B., Univ. Wis., 1924, A.M., llarvard, 1925, Ph. D., 1932; m. Margaret Jager of Boston, Dec. 31, 1934; 1 dau,-Jane Herrlek. With educational staff, Bur. Univ. Travel, summers, 1925-32; v.p. and holder of Henry Francis Willard Mem. profes- sorship, 1932-35, pres., 1935 -; mem. Medieval Acad, Am., Am. Flist. Assn., Am. Inst. Archaeol- ogy, Am. Acad. Polit. Sei., Tau Kappa Epsilon. Club: Auburndale Men's. Travel: America, Eu- rope, Africa, Near East. Desc. Simon Willard. Author: monographs and artleles on the history and culture of Southern Italy, esp. the Abbey of Monte Cassino, during the Middle Ages. Ed- itor: Alberieus Casinensis, Flores Rhetorici, in collaboration with Don Mauro Inguanez, archi- vista of the Abbey of Monte Cassino, Italy. Prot- estant. Independent Liberal. Office: Bureau of University Travel, 11 Boyd St., Newton. Home: 69 Kingswood Rd., Auburndale.
WILLARD, John Artemas, consulting engineer; b. Wrentham, Sept. 29, 1887; s. Artemas Willard and Mary (Ballom) W .; ed. B.S. (mech. engring.), M.I.T., 1909; m. Marion Inez flall of Wrentham; children-Virginia (Mrs. Nathan Il. Wentworth ), Elizabeth (Mrs. Francesco L. Cusumano), Marion (Mrs. Leslie M. Bell), John A., Jr. Asst. instr., M. I.T., 1 yr .; Trenton Iron Works, Trenton, N.J., 1 yr., Bemis Bros. Bag Co., Minneapolis, Minn., 1016 yrs., last 3 yrs. as supt .; mem. firm Bigelow, Kent, Willard & Co., 1921 -; mem. Am. Soc. M.IS., Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants, Soc. Advance- ment of Management, Am. Management Assn., Soc. Industrial Engrs., Assu. Cons. Management Engrs., Theta Chi, Masons (32°). Club: Engi- neers (Boston). Editorial contributor to "Amer- ican Business Practise", published by Ronald Press. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 580 Fifth Av., New York, N.Y., and 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: 5 Byfield Rd., Waban.
WILLCOX, Mary Allce, zoologist; b. Kennebunk, Me., Apr. 24, 1856; d. William Henry Willcox (D.D., LL.D.) and Annle Holmes (Goodenow) W. (sister of William G. and Walter Francis W.); ed. State Normal Sch., Salem, 1873-75; stu- dent Mass. Inst. Tech. and Boston Soc. Nat. Ilist., 1878-80; Newnham Coll., Eng., 1880-83; Ph.D., Univ. Zürich, 1898. Teacher, Frederick (Md.) Female Sem., 1875-76, Charlestown high sch., Boston, 1876-78; prof. zoöl., Wellesley Coll., 1883- 1910, prof. emeritus, 1910 -; mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Sigma Xi, Mass. Audobon Soc., Nat. Assn. Audobon Societles; chmn. sub-com. on Americanization, Mass. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1914-19; dir. publicity, Newton League Women Voters, 1934 -. Author: Pocket Gulde to Com- mon Land Birds of N.IS., 1895; also various papers
on zoological subjects. Home: 63 Oakwood Rd., Newtonville.
WILLETT, Hurd Curtis, professor of meteorology; b. West Barrington, R.L., Jan. 1, 1903; s. Allan Herbert Willett and Mable (Hurd) W .; ed. Schen- ley high sch., Pittsburg, Pa .; Central high sch., Wash., D.C .; B.S., Princeton, 1921; Ph.D., George Washington Univ., 1929; m. Cynthia Jump, Sept. 5, 1936; 1 dau .- Joyce. Observer and asst. meteor- ologist, U.S. Weather Bur., 1921-29; Instr., M.I.T., 1929-30, asst. prof., 1930-35, assoc. prof., 1935 -; lecturer in meteorology, Harvard, 1939-40; agt., U.S. Dept. Agr., 1937-39; cons. meteorologist, Am. Export Air Lines, 1939 -; mem. Soc. Am. Geog- raphers, Geophys. Unlon, Inst. Aeronautical Sci- cnces, Am. Meteorol. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Author: several papers in applied meteor- ology, dynamie meteorology, in Nat. Research Council scrics, Physics of the Earth, Agnostic. Independent. Office: Mass. Institute of Technol- ogy, Cambridge. Home: Lexington Rd., Lincoln. Summer res .: Nantucket.
WILLIAMS, Beatrice Loulse, school director; b Denver (Colo.), June 1, 1897; d. Jolin Samuel Williams and Gertrude Marla (Macdonald) W .; ed. Read Sch., Denver, Colo., 1904-11; Oswestry (Eng.) high sch., 1911-13; Pensionnat Kimpe, Brussels, Belg., 1913-14; Colorado Agrl. Coll., 1915- 16; Sch. of Ilort. for Women, Ambler, Pa., 1916-18; Smith Col. Grad. Sch. of Arch. & Landscape Arch. (formerly, The Cambridge Sch. ), 1927-1932. Asst .. Sch. of Hort., 1918-1919; Am. com. for Devastated France (Anlzy-le-Chateau), agrl. service, 1920- 1923; see. Endowment Com., Sch. of Ilort., 1924- 1926; designed and planted garden, Chateau de Blérancourt, Aisne. (France), 1926-1927; with Brinley & Holbrook, landscape archs. (N.Y.), 1927; dir. The Stuart Sch. and The Stuart Club, 1932 -; mem. bd. of governors, Stuart Club Corp., adv. bd., Child-Walker Sch. of Design; mem. Am. Women's Assn. (N.Y.), Alumnae Assn. of Seh. of Hort. (Ambler, Pa.), Alumnae Assn, Grad. Sch. of Arch. & Landscape Arch. Clubs: 1917 Sewing Cirele, Badminton & Tennis (Boston), American Women's Assoc. (N.Y.). Travel: Europe. Deco- rated Chevalier du Merite Agricole. Episcopalian. Office and home: 102 The Fenway, Boston. Sum- , mer res .: Dinard ( France).
WILLIAMS, Ben Ames, author; b. Macon, Miss., Mar. 7, 1889; s. Daniel Webster Williams and Sarah Marshall (Ames) W .; ed. A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1910; m. Florence Trafton Talpey of York, Me., Sept. 4, 1912; children-Roger Chilton, Ben Ames, Penelope Ann. Newspaper writer, 1910- 1916; author, 1916 -; mem. Delta Tau Delta. Clubs: Country, St. Botolph. Author: All the Brothers Were Vallant, 1919; The Sca Bride, 1919; The Great Accident, 1920; Evcred, 1921; Black Pawl, 1922; Thrifty Stock, 1923; Audacity, 1924; Sang- sue, 1923 (pub. in Eng.); The Rational Hind, 1925; The Silver Forest, 1926; Immortal Long- ings, 1927; Splendor, 1927; The Dreadful Night, 1928; Death on Seurvy Street, 1929; Touchstone, 1930; Great Oaks, 1930; An End to Mirth, 1931; Pirates Purchase, 1931; lloneytlow, 1932; Money Musk, 1932; Pascal's Mill, 1933; Mischlef, 1933; Ilostile Valley, 1934; Small Town Girl; Crucible, 1937; The Strumpet Sea, 1938; Thread of Scarlet, 1939. Home: Chestnut Hill.
WILLIAMS, Bradford, landscape architect; b. New- ton, Mar. 30, 1897: s. Sinclair Willlams and Alice Gertrude (Hlall) W .; cd. Newton high sch .; A.B., llarvard, 1921, M.L.A., 1924; m. Anna Woodward Zimmerman of Phila., Pa., Nov. 12, 1938. Land- scape architect, Boston, 1925 -; corr. sec., Am. Soc. Landscape Archs .; mng. ed., Landscape Archi- tecture (quarterly) ; mom. The Trustees of Pub. Reservations, adv. council to N.E. Planning Council, visiting com. to Harvard Sch. Design; cor. mem., The Nat. Trust for Places of Hist. Interest or Nat. Beauty (in Eng.); fellow Am. Soc. Landscape Archs .; mem. Boston Soc. Land- scape Archs., Soc. Arts and Crafts (craftsman mem.). Club: llarvard Faculty. Travel: Eastern U.S., Can., Gt. Brit. Protestant. Republican. Of-
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WILLIAMS, Chester Frederick, lawyer; b. North- borough, Apr. 25, 1877; s. Charies E. Williams and Ada J. (Shaw) W .; ed. Milford high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1898; LL.B., Harvard Law Seh., 1902; m. Ilelen S. Harris of Miiford, Apr. 18, 1906. Admitted to Mass. Bar in 1902; prac- ticed in Boston and Milford; Hayward Woolen Co .; Special Justice, Third Dist. Court of South- ern Worcester; chmn. Loeal Div. 18, State of Mass .; mem. Worcester County Bar Assı .. A.F.&A.M., Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa. Travel: U.S. and Can. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 234 Main St., Milford. Home: 12 Claflin St., Milford.
WILLIAMS, Edward Ernest, treasurer; b. Boston, Sept. 29, 1889; s. Owen A. Williams and Kath- erine (Leussler) W .; ed. Cambridge high sch .; Pace & Pace Sch., 1918-20; Walton Sch. of Com- merce, 1920-22; Alexander Ilamilton Inst., 1924; m. Anna Mae Pollock of Somerville, Oct. 15, 1913 (d.); m. (2d) llazei Richardson of South- bridge, June 15, 1937; children-Eleanor Stew- art, Phyllis Blaine. Accountant with various firms, 1906-1923; with Am. Optical Co., South- bridge, 1923-, treas. and tr., 1933 -; asst. treas. Spencer Lens Co., Buffalo, N.Y .; treas. Consoli- dated Optleal Co .; bd. inv. Southbridge Sav. Bk .: pres. Southbridge Nat. Bk .; tr. Ilarrington Mem. Ilosp .; mem. Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants, Con- troliers Inst. Am., Masons. Clubs: University, Cohasse Country (Southbridge). Travel: Europe. Congregationalist. Republican .. Ollice and home: Southbridge. Summer res .: Harwichport.
WILLIAMS, Francis II., insurance ollieial and banker; b. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 27, 1865; s. Simeon Williams and Mary (Bliss) W .; ed. Springfield high sch .; m. Marie Sanborn of Spring- field, Sept. 9, 1896. Registered pharmacist, 1884; bookkeeper, Mercantile House, 1884-93; Springlield Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 1893, treas. 1899, V.p., 1928, dir., 1933; v.p. and dir. Ilolyoke Nat. Bk., Sentinel Fire Ins. Co., Springfield, N.E. Fire Ins. Co., Pittsfield, Michigan Fire and Marine Ins. Co., Detroit, Mich. Clubs: Colony (Spring- field), Longmeadow Country, Conn. Valley Hist. Soc., Appalachian Mt. Maternai ancestors came to Springfield in 1642, were apportioned land between Margaret and Biiss Sts. Congregation- alist. Republican. Office: 195 State St., Spring- lield. Ilome: 183 Florida St., Springfield.
WILLIAMS, Frederick Horace, surgeon; b. Hesper, Ia., Aug. 5, 1873; s. Horace Browne Williams and Caroline Lydia (Tabor) W .; ed. Central high sch., Minneapolis, Minn .; Phm.D., Univ. Minn., 1896; M.D., Univ. South, 1900; m. Eleanor Nina Fellows, June 6, 1899; 1 dau .- Margaret Nina Conrad. Post grad. study, Berlin, Ger., 1906, N.Y. Post Grad. Sch., 1908, London Royal Soc., 1924, 1928; spl. surg. practice, Boston, 1909 --; fellow Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., Southern Med. Assu .; mem. Am. Physicians Art Assn., Mass. Soe. Mayflower Deses., Gen. Soc. Mayflower Dese., Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Clubs: Algonquin, Univer- sity, Brae Burn Country. Author: several med. papers. Travel: Europe (practically all coun- tries), Egypt, Palestine, Turk., Syria, So. and Cent. Am., W.l., Mex., U.S. (all states), etc. Desc. Capt. Oswald Williams, Pittsfield, 1775-6. Interested in oil painting, sculpture, ceramics. Congregationalist. Republican. Oflice: 7 Bay State Rd., Boston. lome: 15 Evans Rd., Brook-
line. Summer res .: Laguna Beach, Calif.
- WILLIAMS, Gluyas, artist; b. San Francisco (Calif.), July 23, 1888; s. Robert Neil Williams and Vir- ginia (Gluyas) W .; ed. Manor Sch., Stamford, Conn .; A.B., Harvard, 1911; m. Margaret Kemp- ton of Newtonville, 1915; children-Margaret, David Giuyas. Ed. staff and art ed., Youth's Companion, 1911-1920; contributed cartoons, The New Yorker, Collier's and other magazines; series in daily newspaper cartoons for Bell Syndicate; illustrator of Benenley books. Clubs: Harvard (N. Y.), University, Tavern. Author: The Gluyas Williams Book. Travel: Germany, France, Switz-
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YWILLIAMS, Harry II., manufacturer; b. North Daston, Dec. 28, 1881; s. James F. Williams and Hannah J. (Allen) W .; ed. Brockton high sch. and business coll .; m. Marion Pierce of Brockton, Oct. 21, 1915; 1 dau .- Priscilla, Dir. C. S. Pierce Co .; pres. and dir. C. S. Pieree Dressing Co .; dir. Brockton Nat. Bank, Campello Coop. Bk .; tr. Brockton Sav. Bk .; served on Brockton City Coun- cil 5 yrs., pres. Common Council, 1908; Water Com., 1914-17; mem. Mass. Governor's Couneil, 1918-22; del. Rep. Nat. Conv., 1920; mem, electoral Coll. from Mass, 1924; appointed by Pres. Coolidge mem. visiting comum. to Annapolis Naval Acad., 1927; mem. Masons (32°). Clubs: Brockton Coun- try, Middlesex, Rotary International (dist. gov., 1926), Brockton Rotary (hon.). Unitarian. Re- publican. Ollice: 278 Montello St., Broekton. Home: 18 Newton St., Broekton. Summer res .:
Plymouth.
WILLIAMS, Henry Edison, journalist, radio news broadcaster; b. North Ridgeway, N.Y., Sept. 15, 1886; s. Plynn Edward Williams and Minnie (Ostrander) W .; ed. pub. schs. and pvt. tutors until 1918; spl. English courses, 1925-26; exten- sion courses Lowell Inst. (Harvard), 1931; m. Llora Champlin of Glens Falls, N.Y., Nov. 11, 1912; children-Prudence, Plynn Edison. Printer and free lance writer, Glens Falls and N.Y. City until 1930; rewrite man, Christian Science Monitor, Boston, 1931; broadeaster, "The Mon- itor Views of the News", 1933-35; made survey of nat. parks and Indian reservations of U.S., 1932; contbr. series of articles to the Monitor; made political and industrial survey in Can., 1935; column in Christian Science Monitor, 1936-38; lecturer on Am. Indians and for, news, also broad- casts for stas. WBZ, WIIDIE and WIXAL; contbr. to Chr. Sei. publs .; mem. Masons, Handel and Ilayden Soc. (Boston). Desc. Miles Standish and lohn Alden of the Mayflower. Christian Scien- tist. Republican. Office: 45 Milk St., Boston. lome: Hampton Rd., Westwood.
WILLIAMS, Henry Morland, lawyer, trustee; b. Boston, Sept. 19, 1862; s. Henry Willard Williams and Elizabeth Adeline (Low) W .; ed. Boston Latin seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1885; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1888; m. Eleanore Thaxter Dodd of Boston, Dec. 8, 1891; children-John Dodd, George Low, Sedric Whittemore, Ilenry Morland, Honor, Mansfield. Adm. to Mass. bar, 1888; began prac- tiee at Boston; mem. Hayes & Williams, 1888-95, Hayes, Williams & Baker, 1895-1915, Williams & Fuller, 1915-31; Warren Bros. Co., formerly v.p. & chin. of bd .; dir. Towle Mfg. Co. (exec. com.), Jacksonville Traction Co .; tr. many really and bldg. trusts; Mass. Vol. Militia 11 yrs .; pres. Harvard Housing Trust, Children's Mis- sion to Children, llarvard Alumni Bulletin; mem. Bar Assn. of Boston, Asso. Harvard Clubs (pres.), Ilarvard Alumni Assn. (dir., mem. exec. eom.), Am. Unitarian Assn. (treas., dir.), I'ni- tarian Service Pension Soc. (v.p.), Unitarian Laymen's League (one of founders), Harvard Class Secs. Assn. Clubs: Union, Harvard (Boston, one of founders), Faculty (Cambridge, former pres.), Unitarian (pres. 1924-25); pres. for many years Harvard Alumni Bulletin Corp. Author, editor, co-author annual reports Class of 1885, 1886-1935; contr. to Ilarvard Alumni Bul., Har- vard Grads. Mag., ete. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 10 State St., Boston. Home: 100 Brattle St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Cohasset.
WILLIAMS, Henry Morland, Jr.,. investments; b. Boston, Nov. 25, 1896; s. llenry Morland Williams and Eleanor Traxter (Dodd) W .; ed. Nobie & Greenough Sch., 1914-16, Harvard, 1916-20; m. Emily Faulkner of Keene, N.II., Apr. 23, 1927; children-Susan, Sanford Low. In employ Amer- ican Agri. Chem. Co., 1920-21; asso. with Spencer, Trask & Co., investment bankers, Boston, 1924- 31; with William B. Nichols & Co., 1931-33; en- gaged in investment bus, on own account, 1933 -; pres. and dir. Lynn & Marblehead Real Estate Co .; tr. Chain Store Investment Trust; treas.
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and dir. Chain Store Investment Corp .; dir. Loyal Protective Life Ins. Co., Nat. Protective Cos .; served as 1st lt. Inf., U.S.A., 1917-18, 1st lt. Air Service Res., 1918-19. Cluh: Union (Bos- ton). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 60 State St., Boston. Home: 30 Dean Rd., Brookline. WILLIAMS, Howard James, civil engineer; b. King- ston, Ontarlo, Apr. 28, 1895; s. Lawrence J. Wil- liams and Elizabeth (Knox) W .; ed. Kingston Collegiate Inst .; S.B., Queens Univ., 1917; S.M., M.I.T., 1920; m. Margaret Hargedon of Water- town, 1928; ehildren-Howard J., Jr., Janet. Field engr. hydro-elec. constrn., Niagara and St. Law- rence Rivers, 1917-19; investigation of water power, Me., 1920-23; engr., design new water supply for Providence, R.I., 1923-26; senior engr. investigating, designing, supervising constrn. for Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, consulting engrs., Boston, 1926 -; mem. Am. Soc. C.E. Club: Quincy Tennis. Author: The Rouses Point Bridge (Jour- nal, Boston Soc. C.E., 1937). Catholic. Office: Care of Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, 11 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 14 Colby Rd., Braintree.
WILLIAMS, John Burr, economist, investment ana - lyst; b. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 27, 1900; s. A. N. Williams and Alice Eugenia (Burr) W .; ed. Hart- ford high sch .; S.B., Harvard, 1923; M.A., 1935; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1925; m. Edith May McCoy of Wellesley Farms, May 17, 1928; children-Nancy Fay, John Burr, Jr. Invest- ment analyst with Hayden, Stone & Co., 1925-28; financial sec. to Charles E. Cotting, 1928-31; writer on economics and finance, 1932-39. Author: The Theory of Investment Value, 1938; Speculation and the Carryover ( Quarterly Jour, of Economics), 1936. Congregationalist. Republican. Address: 30 Lowell Rd., Wellesley Hills.
WILLIAMS, John Henry, economist; b. Ystrad, Wales, June 2, 1887; s. John Hamer Williams and Margaret (Hamer) W .; ed. A.B., Brown Univ., 1912, Sc.D., 1935; A.M., Harvard, 1916, Ph. D., 1919; m. Jessie Isabelle Monroe of Providence, R.I., Sept. 1, 1915; children-Margaret Cozzens, Jane Monroe. Instr. English, Brown Univ., 1912- 15; Frederick Sheldon travelling fellow from Harvard to Argentina, 1917-18; instr. economies and asst. ed., "Rev. of Economic Statistics", Ifar- vard, 1918-19; asst. prof. economics, Princeton, 1919-20; asso. prof. banking, Northwestern Univ., 1920-21; asst. prof. economics, llarvard, 1921-25, asso. prof., 1925-29, prof., 1929-33, Nathaniel Ropes prof., 1933-, dean Grad. Sch. of Pub. Ad- ministrn., 1937 -; Westinghouse prof. in Italy, 1925-26; econ. adviser, Federal Reserve Bk. of New York, 1933-36, v.p., 1936 -; U.S. del. Pre- paratory Commin. of World Monetary and Eco- nomic Conf., 1932-33; tr. Brown Univ .; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, dir. Council on Foreign Relations, 1937 -; mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Statis. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Theta Delta Chl. Author: Argentine Inter- national Trade Under Inconvertible Paper Money (Wells prize), 1920; Annual Studies of the Bal- ance of Payments of the United States, 1919-23. Office: Harvard University. llome: 118 Coolidge Hill, Cambridge.
WILLIAMS, John Milton, professor of English; D. Creston (III.), Feb. 24, 1893; s. John Williams and Clara (Loader) W .; ed. No. Dixon (Il1.) high sch .; Univ. Ill., 1914-17; A.B., Oxford, 1921, A.M., 1928; Univ. Grenoble (France), 1920; A.M., 1kir- vard, 1923, grad. student, 1926-1930; m. Rachel Gourd of Quincieux, Fr., July 17, 1921; children -Clara Joan, Ruth Rachel, Florence Carol, Alice Legrand. Instr. English, Univ. N.C., 1923-25; Amlierst Coll., 1925-26; Boston Univ., 1927-31, asst. prof., 1931-1936, prof., 1936 -; seeond O.T.C., Ft. Sheridan (III.), 1917; 2d It. Cav., U.S.A., La- redo, Tex., 1917-18; Ft. Sill, Okla., Seh. of Fire, 1918; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs. (Boston Univ. Chanter, v.p., 1937-1938; pres., 1938-1939), Modern Language Assn., Am. Nat. Geog. Soc., Oxford (Eng.) Soc., Oriel Soc. (Oxon.), Acacia Fraternity. Awarded Rhodes Scholarship from Ill., 1919-1922 at Oriel Coll., Oxford. Author: various articles. Ieditor with others: Essays in Value. Travel:
Europe. Methodist. Independent. Ofliee: 688 Boylston St., Boston. Ilome: 170 Pine Ridge Rd., Waban.
WILLIAMS, John Paul, teacher; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 17, 1900; s. C. M. Williams and Ella (Penson) W .; ed. Washington (Kan.) high sch .; A.B., Baker Univ., 1922; B.D., Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1925; Ph.D., Columbia, 1937; m. Helen E. Hobart of Sacra- mento, Calif., 1931; ehildren-Numan Arthur, Katherine Alice, Sarah Ellen. Asso. dir. Wesley Foundation, Univ. Ill., 1926; student asst., Park Av. Baptist Ch., N.Y. City, 1928; asso. prof., Mass. State Coll., Amherst, 1929-39; asso. prof., Mt. Ifolyoke Coll., 1939 -; dir. Survey of Child Labor in the Conn. Valley; visiting prof., Univ. Oregon, summer sessions, 1937, 1938; mem. Nat. Assn. Bibl. Instrs. (v.p., 1938), Phi Delta Kapna, Pi Kappa Delta, Kappa Sigma; fellow Nat. Coun- cil on Religion in Iligher Edn. Author: Social Adjustment in Methodism, 1938. Congregational- ist. Office: Mt. Holyoke College, So Hadley. Home: Pelham.
Y WILLIAMS, John Thomas, gynecologist; b. Bos- ton, Nov. 22, 1881; s. Charles Henry Williams and Melvina (Thomas) W .; ed. Roxbury high sch., 1896-1900; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1904; m. Gerda Johnson of Rockport, Sept. 30, 1911; 1 dau .- Ruth. Interne, Boston City llosp., 1904-06, Boston Lying-in Ilosp., 1907; asst. in gynecol- ogy, Boston Dispensary, 1909-13; asst, surg. for gynecology, Boston City Hosp., 1913-27, visiting surg., 1927-31. surg .- in-chief for gynecology and obstetrics, 1931 -; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Obstet. Soc. Boston (past pres. ). Clubs: Harvard, Sandy Bay Yacht (Rockport). Author: many papers on obstetrics and gyne- cology in med. jours. Congregationalist. Re- publican. llame: 429 Beacon St., Boston.
WILLIAMS, John Webster, pathologist, bacteriolo- gist; b. Oneida Co., N.Y., Oct. 7, 1898; s. John llenry Williams and Nellie (Jones) W .; ed. Hol- land Patent high sch .; N.Y. State; Cornell; B.S., Univ. Wis., 1918; M.D., Washington Univ. Med. Sch., 1920; m. Gladys L. Vaughn of Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 30, 1927; children-Vivianne Claire, John Webster, Susan Nanet, Stefnee Ann. Asso. prof. pub, health laboratory methods and pathol- ogist and bacteriologist Homberg Memorial In- firmary at M.I.T., 1932 -; mem. A.C.P., Soe. Am Pathologists and Bacteriologists. Author: many current articles on bacteriology. mycology and pathology. Protestant. Office: 10-424 Mass. In- stitute of Technology, Cambridge. Ilome: 34 Winthrop St., West Newton.
{WILLIAMS, Joseph John, clergyman, author; b. Boston, Dec. 1, 1875; s. Nicholas M. Williams and Mary J. (O'Connor) W .; ed. Boston Coll. high sch .; A.B., Woodstock (Md.) Coll., 1901, A.M., 1903, Ph.D., 1909; Litt.D., Boston Coll., 1929. En- tered Jesuit Order, 1893; Ordained R.C. Priest, 1907; original Bd. of Editors of America, mng. ed., 1909-1911; mission work and ethnol. research, Jamaica (B.W.I.), 1912-1917; prof. cultural anthro- pology, Boston Coll. Grad. Sch., 1934 -; fellow Royal Anthropol. Inst. (London), Royal Geog. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., Royal Soc. of Arts; mem. African Soc., Am, Anthropol. Assn., A.A.A.S., Am. Council of Learned Socs., Am. Ethnol. Soc., Am. Folklore Soc., Cath. Anthropol. Conf., Cong. Internat. des Sciences Anthropol. et Ethnol., Jesuit Anthropol. Assn., Internat. Inst. of African Lang. and Cults. Club: Royal Societies (London). Author: Keep the Gate; Yearning for God; Whis- perings of the Caribbean: Hebrewisms of West Africa; Whence the "Black Irish" of Jamaica; Voodoos and Obeahs; Psychic Phenomena of Ja- maica: Africa's God; The Maroons of Jamaica. Catholic. Republican, Office and home: Boston College, Chestnut Hill.
LWILLIAMS, Judith Blow, professor; b. N.Y. City, Aug. 1, 1890; d. Thomas Marion Williams and Elizabeth (Diekey) W .; ed. A.B., Vassar Coll., 1912; Ph.D., Columbia, 1916. Iustr. hist., Wel- lesley Coll., 1916-20, asst. prof., 1920-29, asso. nrof., 1929-35, prof., 1935 -; fellow Royal Hist. Soc .; men. Am. Hist. Assn., Neon. Ilist. Soc.,
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Phi Beta Kappa. Author: A Guide to the Printed Materials for English Economic and Social His- tory, 1750-1850, pub. 1926; articles and revs. in prof. jours. Episcopalian. Address: Wellesley Coll., Wellesley. Ilome: 423 W. 120th St., New York, N.Y.
WILLIAMS, Lombard, real estate executive; b. Buf- falo, N.Y., Nov. 7, 1874; s. George Lombard Williams and Annie (Addicks) W .; ed. Harvard, 1893-97; m. Ruth Bradlee of Medford, Feb. 8, 1898; children-Ruth Bradlee (wife of Dr. WII- liam B. Breed), Elizabeth Bradlee (Mrs. L. Man- lius Sargent), Marion, Margaret Keep (Mrs. Frederic C. Dumaine, Jr.). Pres. Lombard Wil- liams Co., 1925 -; pres. Shore Acres Co .; mem. Mass. Ho. of Reps., 1902-04, Mass. Senate, 1913-15; dir. Port of Boston, 1915-17; commr. to Pan-Am. Expn. Clubs: Harvard, Bankers of America (N.Y.); Algonquin (Boston), Commonwealth Country (Chestnut Hill). Independent. Office: 174 Newbury St., Boston. Home: Dedham.
WILLIAMS, Marjorie, asst. professor of astronomy; b. Marshalltown, Ia., Oct. 12, 1900; d. J. Edgar Williams and Anna Hough (White) W .; ed. Car- thage (Ind.), Albuquerque (N.M.), and Richmond (Ind.) high schs .; B.S., Guilford Coll., 1921; M.A., Smith Coll., 1928; student, Boston Univ., Univ. Mich .; unmarried. Instr. math. and chem., Md. Coll. for Women, 1922-23, gen. sci., Lynn, 1923-25; instr. astronomy, Smith Coll., 1925-31, asst. prof., 1931 -; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., A.A.A.S., Am. Astron. Soc. Travel: U.S. (exten- sive). Quaker. Republican. Office: Smith Col- lege, Northampton. Home: Emerson House, Northampton.
WILLIAMS, Moses, lawyer, trustee; b. Brookline, 1869; s. Moses Willlais and . Martha C. (Finley ) W .; A.B. Harvard, 1891; m. Anne Whiteside of Boston, Mar. 6, 1905; children-Moses, Alexander W., Eleanor S. Practiced at Boston, 1892 -: tr. Bromfleld Bldg., Boston Block, Boston Ground Rent, Municipal Real Estate, Minot, Williams and Bangs Incorporated, Summer St., Washington Bldg., Western Real Estate, Old South Bldg. Assn. Office: 18 Tremont St., Boston. Home: Needham. WILLIAMS, Pauline Bliss, artist; b. Springfield; d. Howard Sherman Williams and MInnle (Morgan) W .; ed. Chicopec high sch .; Art Students League, N.Y. City; recd. hon. mention, life drawing, Frank Vincent Dumond's life class; life painting, Hors Concours, Miller life class; unmarried. Prof. artist, 1912 -; work in_ portraits, minia- tures, flowers, landscapes; has exhibited Calif. Expn., Chicago Galleries Assn., Parkway Mus. (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Springfield Mus. Fine Arts, Conn. Acad., Grand Central Art Gallery (N.Y. City). Mem. Springfield Art League, Artists Guild, Nat. Assn. Women Painters & Sculptors (hon. mention for "Mary", inlniature in their exhibit, 1926-27), Brooklyn Soc. Miniature Paint- ers, North Shore Arts Assn., Gloucester Soc. Artists, Pa. Soc. Miniature Painters, Am. Artists Prof. League, Springfield Mus. Fine Arts; life mem., Art Students League, N.Y. Club: Boston Art. Unitarian. Studio and home: 128 Mulberry St., Springfield.
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