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WILLIAMS, Ralph Blake, trustee; b. Boston, Sept. 10, 1907; s. Ralph B. Williams and Susan (Jack- son) W .; ed. Thacher Sch., Ojai, Calif., 1922-23; Milton Acad., 1923-26; Ilarvard, 1930; m. Peggy Creighton of Boston, June 9, 1931; children- Ralph B., Jr., Benjamin Jackson, Margaret. In Investment counsel bus., 1932 -; treas. & dir. Fidelity Fund, Inc., mem. Bd. Mgrs., Adams Nor- vine Hosp .; Incorporator Mass. Sav. Bk., Provi- dent Instn. for Sav., Suffolk Sav. Bk .; treas. Maverick Dispensary; tr. Sallors Snug Harbor. Clubs: Delphic. Somerset, City Lunch, Cruising Am., Cohasset Yacht. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 35 Congress St., Boston. llome: Farm St., Dover. Summer res .: Marblehead.
WILLIAMS, Ralph Coplestone, professor of French; b. Cleveland, O., Jan. 6, 1887; s. William C. Williams and Frances (Keenan) W .; ed. A.B., Johns Hopkins, 1908, Ph.D., 1917; M.A. (hon.), Amherst Coll., 1934; m. Corilla G. Brodnax of
Aurora, N.Y., July 10, 1929; children-Bruce Co- plestone, Douglas Maclin. Instr. Romance langs., Ohio State Univ., 1918-19, asst. prof., 1919-21; asso. in French, Johns Hopkins, 1921-25; asso. prof., Amherst Coll., 1925-27, prof., 1927 -; sergt. Hdqrs. Co., Camp Meade (Md.); mem. Mod. Lang. Assn. Am., Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Amherst Faculty, Amherst Golf. Author: Shoplified Essentials of First Year French, 1924; The Theory of the Herole Eple in Italian Critl- cism of the Sixteenth Century, Ph. D. thesis, Johns Hopkins Univ .; The Merveilleux in the Epic, Paris, Champion, 1925; Bibliography of the Sev- enteenth-Century Novel in France, 1931; numerous articles in periodicals and mags. Travel: Europe. Episcopalian. Independent. Office: Amherst
College, Amherst. Home: 97 Lincoln Av., Am- herst.
WILLIAMS, Ralph Laburton, mechanical and com- bustion engineer; b. Lynn, May 18, 1902; s. Frank E. Williams and Fannie A. (Perkins) W .; ed. Lynn Eng. high sch .; B.S. (mech. en- gring.), Tufts Coll., 1924; in. Miriam Ingalls Rideout of Swampscott, July 10, 1926; children -Robert Ingalls, Nancy Rideout. In engring. dept., Stone & Webster Engring. Corp., Boston, 1924-32, doing research on boiler furnace re- fractorles, gen. power engring., in charge of administration office; mfr.'s agt., N.E. rep. for several power equipment firms, 1932 -; regis- tered prot. engr. (Conn.),; mem. Am. Soc. M.E., Engring. Soc. N.E., Tau Beta Pi, Delta Tau Delta. Club: University (Boston). Desc. Breed, Howes, Perkins, Skinner. Methodist. Office: 49
Federal St., Boston. Ilomc: 27 Morton Rd.,
Swampscott. Summer res .: Wolfeboro, N.H.
WILLIAMS, Robert Seaton, metallurgist; b. Hart- ford, Conn., July 11, 1880; s. Robert Edwards Williams and llelen Elizabeth (Seaton) W .; S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1902; Ph.D., Göttingen, 1907; m. Bertha M. Downes of Francestown, N.H., Jan. 29, 1910; children-Robert, Downes, Seton Sawyer. Asst. in chemistry, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1902, instr. 1907, asst. prof., 1911, asso. prof., 1917-21, asso. prof. chemistry and metallography, 1921-24, prof. analyt. chemistry and metallog- raphy, 1924-26, prof. phys, metallurgy, 1926-, head of dept. of metallurgy, 1937 -; lt. col. Special- ist Reserve, U.S.A .; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sci- ences, A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Inst. Mining and Metall. Engrs., Am. Soc. for Metals, Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Am. Foundrymen's Assn. Au- thor: Principles of Metallography, 1919, 4th edlt., 1939; The Examination of Iron, Steel and Brass (with Prof. W. T. Hall), 1921. Trans- lator: Ostwald's Introduction to Chemistry (with Prof. Wm. T. Hall), 1911; Bauer and Deiss' Sam- pling and Analysis of Iron and Steel (with same), 1915. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: 35 Jack- son Rd., Belmont.
WILLIAMS, Roy Foster, corporation official; b. Rochester, N.Y., Mar, 10, 1892; s. William E. Williams and Sarah E. (Brown) W .; ed. Hopkins gram. sch., New Haven, Conn., 1910-11; A.B., Yale, 1915. With Conde Nast Pub. Co. as adver- tising rep., 1915-16; advertising mgr. Scientific American Pub. Co., 1916-22; treas, and dir. Ames Shovel & Tool Co., 1926-30; asst. to pres. and dir. Warren Bros. Co., 1930-35; dir. and gen. mgr. Asso- ciated Industries of Mass., 1935 -; dir. Warren Bros. Co., Sanborn Co .; U.S. Naval Destroyer Flotilla, Brest, Fr., 1917-18; asst. naval attache, U.S. Embassy, Parls, 1919; awarded French and Belgian decorations; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: University (v.p. bd. govs. ), Executives (v.p.), Yale, Advertising, Old South (all of Boston); Yale (N.Y.). Congregational- ist. Office: 833 Park Sq. Bldg., Boston.
WILLIAMS, Samuel Robinson, professor of physics; b. Marengo, Ia., Mar. 2, 1879; s. John Dockray Wlliams and Alma Porter (Davis) W .; Ph.B. Grinnell (Ia.) Coll., 1901, hon. D.Sc., 1928; M.A., Univ. Neb., 1903; Univ. Berlin, 1903-05; Ph.D., Columbia, 1906; m. Ella Adelheid Mehlin of Grin- nell, June 17, 1908; children-Ralph Mehlin, Paul Roger. Pvt. research asst. to Prof. E. F. Nichols
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of Columbia, 1905-06; lecturer in physics, Barnard Coll, (Columbla), 1906-07, tutor, 1907-08; asso. prof. physics, Oberlin Coll., 1908-10, prof. 1910-24; prof. physics, Amherst Coll., 1924 -; Engr., Bureau Air Craft Productlon, 1918; fellow Am. Phys. Soc., A.A.A.S .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Author: articles on magnetle phenomena. Travel: around world, 1939. Congregationalist. Home: 22 Ilitehcock Rd., Amherst.
WILLIAMS, Wendell, lawyer; b. Mendon, Apr. 3, 1866; s. Gustavus B. Williams and Bernette (Hill) W .; ed. Wesleyan Acad., 1882-83; Dartmouth Coll., 1888; Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1891; m. Sylvla W. Hayward, Jan. 30, 1901. Admitted to Mass. bar and sinee engaged In gen, practice of law at Milford; dir. Home Nat. Bk .; tr. and v.p. Milford Sav. Bk .; dir, and pres. Hayward Woolen Co., 11. T. Hayward Co., Schuster Woolen Co. and Millbury Woolen Co., textlle mills; clk. Clark Cutler McDermott Co., textile mill; mem. Masons. Republican. Home: Milford.
WILLIAMS, Wentworth, professor; b. Rosemont (Pa.), Sept. 7, 1895; s. Edward Higginson Wil- liams, Jr. and Jennle Olive (Bemis) W .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad., 1915; A.B., Williams Coll., 1920; studied at Boston Univ .; Syracusc Univ .; on sabbatic leave for study at the Ad- vanced Sch. Edn., Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1938- 41; m. Dorothy Robbins Northrup of Somerville and Groton, Sept. 2, 1922; children-Wentworth, Jr., Ellen Benson. Credit investigator, Bradstreet Co., 1921-22; instr., Syracuse Univ., Coll. Bus., 1922-24; instr., Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Admin., 1924-28, asst. prof., 1928-32, asso. proť., 1932 -; dir. and tr. The Norman Williams Pub. Lib., Woodstock (Vt.); chmn. pack com., Cub Pack No. 1, Boy Scouts Am., Marblehead; 1st it. and capt. Infantry, 1917-1918; now major, Inf. Res .; mem. Masons, Psi Upsilon, Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Kappa, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Res. Officers Assn. of U.S., U.S. Infantry Assn., Am. Legion, Scabbard & Blade. Club: Woodstock ( Vt.) Coun- try. Dir. desc. Robert Williams of Roxbury, 1637. Episcopalian. Republican. Author: The Business Letter, brochure. Office: 685 Common- wealth Av., Boston. Ilome: 6 Redstone Lane, Marblehead.
WILLIAMSON, George Emery, paper manufacturer; b. Worcester, Sept. 11, 1878; s. Frank E. WH- liamson and Ida M. (Moore) W .; ed. Worcester high sch .; B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Inst., 1900; in. Alice May Lytle (d.); m, Florence Sargeant Clark, Sept. 7, 1938; children-Mrs. Ellzabeth W. Sharkey, Mrs. Ilarrlet W. Easton. With Am. Writing Paper Co., 1901; chemist, foreman, engr. of works, Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridge- port, Conn., 1902-1911; chlef engr., asst. to pres., Strathmore Paper Co., 1911-1928, treas., 1928 -; asst. treas. Rising Paper Co., 1928-1938, treas., 1939 -; treas. Premoid Products, Inc., 1928 -; dir. Strathmore Paper Co., Rising Paper Co., Pre- moid Products, Inc .; tr. and treas., Eastern States Exposition, pres. and dir. Hampden County. Im- provement League; dir. and treas. Junior Achieve- ment, Inc .; tr. Worcester Poly. Inst., 1926-1936; v.p. and dir. Springfield Y.M.C.A .; cons. engr., Ordnance Dept. U.S.A., 1918; mem. Engring. Soc. of Western Mass., (pres. 1921-1922), Technical Assn. Pulp & Paper Industry, (pres. 1921-1922), Am. Soc. M.E. (1906-1931), Sigma Alpha Epsilon Clubs: Kiwanls, Reality (Springileld). Travel: Europe. Protestant. Republican. Oflice: West Springfield. Home: 22 Maplewood Ter., Spring- field. Summer res .: Woronoake IIghts., Woro- noco.
WILLIAMSON, Thames Ross, author; b. Genesee (Ida.), Feb. 7, 1894; s. Benjamin Franklin Wil- liamson and Eugenia May (Ross) W .; ed. Spo- kane (Wash.) high sch .; A.B., Univ. la., 1917; M.A., Harvard, 1918; m. Florence Louise von Zurawski of Burlington (Ia.), Aug. 23, 1917; m. (2d) Sarah Storer Smith of Waldoborough, Me., Nov. 9, 1927; children-Thames, Ann, Barbara. Interpreter of modern Greek, Italian and Span- ish; instr. economics, Simmons Coll., 1920-21;
Smitlı Coll., 1921-22; asst. prof. sociology;
mem. Phl Beta Kappa. Author: Problems In American Democracy, 1922; Introduction to Eco- nomics, 1923; Readings in American Democracy, 1923; Readings in Economics, 1923; Run, Sheep, Run, novel, 1925; Introduction to Sociology, 1926; Gypsy Down the Lane, novel, 1926; The Man Who Cannot Die, novel, 1927; Civles at Work, 1928; Stride of Man, novel, 1928; IFunky, novel, 1929; Opening Davy Jones's Locker, juvenile, 1930; The Earth Told Me, 1930; The Flood Fighters, 1931; In Krusack's House, 1931; The Glacier Mystery, in collaboration with wife, under pseu- donym, S. S. Smith, 1932; On the Reindeer Trail, 1932; Principles of Social Science, with Edgar B. Wesley, 1932; Sad Indan, novel, 1932; Against the Jungle, 1933; The Wood's Colt, novel, 1933; The Feud Mystery, S. S. Smith, 1934; D. is for Dutch, novel, 1934; North After Seals, 1934; The Lapp Mystery, S. S. Smith, 1934; Under the Linden Tree, novel, 1935; The Lost Caravan, pseudonym Waldo Fleming, 1935; The Cave Mystery, S. S. Smith, 1935; The Lobster War, 1935; Beginning at Dusk, novel, 1935; The Falcon Mystery, S. S. Smith, 1936; Talking Drums, Waldo Fleming, 1936; Beyond the Great Wall, pseudonym Edward Dragonet, 1936; In the Stone Age, pseudonym Gregory Trent, 1936; The Last of the Gauchos, 1937; The Spy Mystery, S. S. Smith, 1937; A Riddle in Fez, Waldo Fleming, 1937; Hunters Long Ago, Gregory Trent, 1937; Messenger to the Pharaoh, pseudonym De Wolfe Morgan, 1937. Office: D. C. Heath Co., Boston.
WILLING, James, certified public accountant; b. England, Dec. 6, 1878; s. Edward S. Willing and Laura Fanny (Burland) W .; ed. pvt. schs. in England; in. Margaret Dix of Kettering, Eng., 1902; (2d) Margaret J. Gill of Hudson, 1918; children-Estelle M. B. (Mrs. T. Cameron Ragan), James B., Frances B. In practice in England as a Chartered Accountant, 1901-06, in U.S., 1906 -; pres. Mass. Soc. of C.P.A.'s, 1929-30; lecturer on accounting, Northeastern Univ., 1913- 17, Harvard Grad. Sch. of Bus. Adm., 1915-18; dir. Newton South Coop. Bk .; tr. Newton Centre Sav. Bk .; mem. firm of Patterson, Teelc and Dennis; mem. Am. Inst. of Accountants, Inst. of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Mass. Soc. of C.P.A. Chibs: Brae Burn Country, Algonquin, Exchange (Boston), Travel: Europe, U.S., Can. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 1 Federal St., Boston. Ilome: 389 Woodward St., Waban.
WILLISTON, Arthur Lyman, engineer and educator ; b. Cambridge, Oet. 11, 1868; s. Lyman Richards Williston and Anne E. (Gale) W .; ed. S.B., M.I.T., 1889, grad. course, 1889-90; m. Irene 1. Simmons, June 21, 1893 (d. 1924) ; m. (2d) Mary dell'. Denny, Dee. 9, 1925. Asst. to chief engr., ecc. & S.L. Ry., 1890-91; instr. steam engring., M.I.T., 1891-92; mech. engr., Lockwood & Greene, Boston, 1892- 93; dir. dept. industrial arts and prof. engring., O. State Univ., 1893-98; dir. Sch. of Sci. & Tech., , Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1898-1910; prin. Went- worth Inst., Boston, 1910-24; dir. ednl. and in- dustrial survey, Norwood, 1925-27; ednl. research and asst. to dir., Am. Council on Edn., Washing- ton, D.C., 1927-32; mem. Ilawkes Com. on Person- nel Research, 1929 -; internat. examiner in steain engring, and machine design, Y.M.C.A., 1902-14; mem. expert advisory com., Carnegie Tech. Schs., Pittsburgh; ednl. expert, Reed Coll., Boston Sch. Com., 1908, also for supt. schs., N.Y. Clty, 1908-09, Wentworth Inst., 1908-10, Ohio Mechanics Inst., Cincinnati, 1917-18; ednl. dir., N.E. Edn. and Spl. Training Com., U.S. War Dept., 1918-19; organizer and dir. for U.S. War Dept., Boston Sch. of Occupational Therapy, 1918-19; Am. del., World Fed. of Edn., Edinburgh, 1924, World Conf. 011 Adult Edn., Copenhagen, 1925; mem. Am. Soe. M.W. (pres. Boston sect., 1916-17), A.A.A.S., Federation of Arts, N.E.A. (pres. vocational edn. and practical arts dept., 1912-14; pres. sci. dept., 1918-19), Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn. (mem. Council 1900-03, 1904-07; sec. 1907-09; v.p. 1909-10), Nat. Soc. Promotion Industrial Edn. (exec. com.) ; sec .- treas. N. Y. State Bd. Author: many arti-
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eles and reports on industrial, engring. and gen. edn. subjects. Address: 986 High St., Dedham. \WILLISTON, Samnel, lawyer, professor of law; b. Cambridge, Sept. 24, 1861; s. Lyman Richards Williston and Ann Eliza Safford (Gale) W .; cd. A.B., Harvard, 1882, A.M., 1888, LL.D., 1910; LA.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1888; LL.D., Amherst, 1923, Yale, 1926, Williams' Coll., 1938; m. Mary Fairlie Wellman of Brookline, Sept. 12, 1889; children-Dorothea Lewis (Mrs. Murray F. Hall), Margaret Fairlie (Mrs. Chester B. MeLaughlin ). With Hyde, Dickinson & llowe, 1889-95; asst. prof., Harvard Law Sch., 1890-95, prof., 1895-1903, Weld prof., 1903-19, acting dean, 1909, Dane prof., 1919-38, now Dane prof. of law, emeritus; lecturer, Iniv. Chicago, 1903, Univ. Calif., 1909, 1915, 1921, Univ. Texas, 1939; now asso., llale & Dorr; Commr. for uniform state laws, 1910-1929; drafts- man of uniform laws on sales, warehouse re- ceipts, bills of lading, certificates of stock; reporter for contracts, Am. Law Inst .; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; mem. Am. Bar Assn. ( v.p., Mass., 1923-1925), Colonial Soc. of Mass. Clubs: Ilarvard (Boston, N.Y.), Oakley Country (Watertown), Century (N.Y.). Awarded gold medal, Am. Bar Assn., 1929. Author: The Law of Sales, 1909, 2d edit., 2 vols., 1921; The Law \ of Contracts, 1920, } vols., revised edit. with George J. Thompson, 8 vols., 1936-1938; Some Modern Tendencies in the Law, 1930. Editor: Parsons on Contracts, 8th edit., 1893; Wald's Pollock on Contracts, 2d edit., 1905; Selected Cases on Contracts, 1894; Seleeted Cases on Sales, 1894, 3rd edit., 1919; Stephen on Plead- ing, 1895; Selected Cases on Bankruptcy, 1902, 2d edit., 1919; Cases on Contracts, 1903-1904, 2d edit., 1922, 3rd edit., 1930, 4th edit., 1937; numerous articles on legal subjects. Unitarian. Republiean. Office: 60 State St., Boston. Home: 17 Berkeley St., Cambridge.
WILLMARTH, George Martin, teacher; b. Addison, Vt., Jan. 20, 1886; s. Frederick L. Willmarth and Alice G. (Wright) W .; ed. Addison (Vt.) pub. schs .; grad. tech. elec, course, Dept. Sei., Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1911; m. Mary L. Crane of Addison, Vt., July 5, 1917; 1 dau .- Carolyn L. Electrician, Hibbard Elee. Co., Fitch- burg, 1911-12; instr., elec. and steam labs., Went- worth Inst., 1912-16, instr., dept. applied elec- tricity, 1916-26, sr. instr., 1926 -; past mem. Am. Inst. E.E. Baptist. Republiean. Office: Wentworth Inst., Boston. Home: 105 Charles- bank Rd., Newton.
WILLOUGHBY, Charles Clark, archaeologist, an- thropologist; b. Winchendon, July 5, 1857; S. William A. Willoughby and Mehitable Edson (Clark) W .; ed. Austin teaching fellow, Harvard, 1899-1901; hon. A.M., Bowdoin Coll., 1915; m. Margaret Elizabeth Stanwood of Augusta, Me., June 26, 1883; children-Alice Stanwood, Malcolm Francis. Asst., dept. anthropology, Chicago Expn., 1892-93; chief asst., Peabody Mus. Archae- ology and Ethnology, Harvard, 1891-99, asst. curator, 1899-1913, asst. dir., 1913-15, dir., 1915-28, dir. emeritus, 1928 -; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Anthropol. Soc., Soc. Am. Archaeology; corr. mem., Swed. Soc. Anthropology & Geography. Author: Antiquities of the New England Indians; over 410 papers on Am. archaeology and ethnology in tech. mags, and books. Desc. Francis Wil- loughby, Charlestown, 1638, Deputy Gov. Mass. Bay Colony 1665-71. Republican. Office: Peabody Museum, Cambridge. Ilome: 291 School St., Watertown.
WILLS. Royal Barry, architect; b. Melrose, Aug. 21, 1895; s. George Augustin Wills and Mabel Grace (Barry) W .; ed. Melrose high sch .; B.S. (architecture), M.I.T., 1918; m. Marguerite Wag- gett of Melrose, June 19, 1920; children-Charles Barry, Richard. Took training course for naval officers, Charlestown Navy Yard, 1918; with Wil- liam Cramp & Sons Shipbldg. Co., Phila., P ;. , lan .- July 1919; design engr., Turner Construction Co., - Boston, 1919-25; opened an archtl. oflice, Boston, 1925; mem. Bd. of Appeal, Melrose (past chmn.): mem. Lambda (Tri Alpha. Clubs: Belle-
vue Golf (Melrose), University (Boston). Au- thor: Business Side of the Architect's Office, to be published 1939; articles in Pencil Points, Hlouse and Garden, House Beautiful, Architectural Fo- rum, Life, Ladies' flome Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, Boston Transcript, Chr. Sei. Mon- itor, ete. Awards: gold medal, presented by Pres. Hoover for Best Small House of 1932, Wash- ington, 1933; 1st regional prize, Nat. Better Homes Competition, 1929; medals, Better Homes in Amer- ica Competition, 1934 and 1935; hon, mentions, Ilouse Beautiful Competitions, 1934-35-36-38, 2d prize, 1938; grand sweepstakes prize and 1th prize, Nat. Homes Contest of Better Homes and Gar- dens; 2 2d prizes, lo.dai purh co. small house competition, 1935; awards : ) Pencil Points Com- petition and in Modernize Main Street Competi- tion, 1935; invited by Life mag. as one of group of 8 leading architects of country to design spl. feature in 1938; award, Ladies' Home Journal Competition, 1938; house selected for constrn. at Golden Gates Exposition, San Francisco, 1939. Family identified with Newburyport since early colonial days. Episcopalian (nem. Trinity Epis- copal Ch., Melrose). Democrat. Office: 3 Joy St., Boston. Home: 59 Oakland St., Melrose. Sum- mer res .: East Wakefield, N.H.
WILLSON, Sidney Louis, manufacturer (retired) ; b. Dunkirk, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1867; s. Sidney Lewis Willson and Elizabeth ( Ruggles) W .; ed. pub. sehs .; m. Louise Drolet Bulkley, June, 1935; chil- dren-Sidney Louis (by earlier marriage, d.). Ad- mitted to Neb. bar, 1890; in paper bus., 1893 -; v.p. Graham Paper Co., St. Louis, Mo., 1914-23; v.p., gen. mgr. Am. Writing Paper Co. Inc., 1923, pres., 1923-37, retired 1937; chief mfg. sect., paper div., War Industries Bd., 1918; ment. Am. Paper Pulp Assn. (pres., 1929-35), Tlolyoke Ch. Com- merce, Masons. Clubs: Rotary, Mt. Tom Golf. Episcopalian. Republican. Ilonie: 1125 North- ampton St., Holyoke.
WILSON, Brayton Fuller, professor of bus. econom- ies; b. Providence, R.I., Dec. 1, 1899; s. George Grafton Wilson and Elizabeth (Rose) W .; ed. Brown & Nichols Sch., 1912-1916; A.B., Harvard, 1920; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Administra- tion; A.M., Harvard Grad. Sch., 1934, Ph. D., 1936; m. Sylvin Clark of Schenectady, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1925; children-George Grafton, II, Laura, Brayton Fuller, Jr, With Bureau of Bus. Research, Har- vard, 1922-1923; Nat. Commercial Bank & Trust (Albany, N.Y.), 1923-1925; statistician, Mohawk, Hudson Power Corp. (Albany, N.Y.), 1925-1927; instr. corporation finance, llarvard Bus. Sch., 2d semester, 1927-28; asst. to pres., United Merchants & Mfrs. Ine .; treas., Arkwright Corp .; pres. Fall River Industrial BIdg., 1928-1930; dir. research, Russell, Berg & Cummings, investment counsel, 1930-1932; asst. prof., Ohio State Univ., 1931-1935; with Securities & Exchange Commn., Washing- ton, D.C., 1935-1936; head dept. of economics, Tufts Coll., 1936-1938, prof., 1938 -; economist, Ward, Osgood & Park, investment counsel; dir. Sch. of Bus. & Secretarial Studies; dir. Prince Sch. of Store Service Edn., Simmons Coll .; Quar- termaster, 2d Class, U.S.N., 1917: pvt., U.S.C.A.C., 1918. Author: articles and reviews. Office: Sim- mons Coll., Boston. Home: 6 Acacia St., Cam- bridge. Summer res .: Grafton, Vt.
WILSON, Charles Branch, zoological investigator (retired); b. Exeter, Me., Oct. 20, 1861; s. John Butler Wilson and Samantha (Perkins) W .; ed. Waterville (Me.) Acad. (now Coburn Class. Inst.) ; A.B., Colby Coll., 1881, A.M., 1884, Sc. D., 1908; Ph.D)., Johns Hopkins, 1910; m. Lilla Belle Turner of Waterville, Me., July 22, 1885; children-Carroll Atwood, John Ellis. Grad. student, tutor in botany, Colby Coll., 1881-844; pvt. tutor, 1884-91; prof. sci., State Normal Sch., Gorham, Me., 1891- 94; grad. student, asst. in biology, Johns Hopkins, 1891-96; head of dopt. sei., State Normal sch., Westfield, 1896-32, acting prin., 1923-25, emeritus lecturer, 1932 -; hon. collaborator, U.S. Nat. Mus .; Justice Peace, 1911-25; mem. sch. com. 1918 -; follow, A.A.A.S .; mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Masons. Clubs: Get Together, Men's. Author: many (75) pamphlets and mono-
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graphs on Copepods and Insects, Seience Out- lines, etc. Travel: Can., W.I. Congregational- ist. Republican. Office: State Teachers College, Westfield. lome: 12 Woronoco Av., Westfield. Summer res .: Casco Bay, So. Harpswell, Me.
WILSON, Charles Hulbert, investment banker; b. Pittsfield, Oct. 15, 1877; s. James Wilson and Harriet Deming (Strong) W .; ed. Hotchkiss Prep. Sch., 1892-96; A.B., Yale, 1900; grad. student, Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1928; m. Lena Edge Wyman Sampson of Augusta (Me.), Apr. 4, 1913; children-Virginia, James. With James & E. H. Wilson, Inc., Taconie Mills, woolen infrs., Pittsfield, 1900-1927; res. mgr., Tifft Bros., in- vestment bankers, Pittsfield, 1927 -; tr. City Sav. Bk., Pittsfield; dir. Boys Club, Pittsfield, Pitts- field Community Fund, Berkshire Co. Ilome for Crippled Children; civilian mein. of Q.M. dept., U.S.A., N.Y. City, World War; mem. Com. woolen mfrs., apptd. by Gen. Goethals to revise all woolen piece goods specifications for U.S.A., 1917; mem. Pittsfield Tax Payers Assn. (pres.), Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: Country (Pittsfield), Con- gregationalist. Republican. Travel: Europe, Can., U.S. Office: Agricultural National Bank Bldg., Pittsfield. Home: 89 Crofut St., Pittsfield. WILSON, Clarence L., newspaperman; b. Stamford, Conn., Dec. 7, 1888; s. Charles E. Wilson and Mary J. (Kenney) W .; ed. Stamford high sch .; Merrill College; in. Sophie Olsen of Greenwich, Conn., Aug. 1914; children-Michael, Marjorie, Martin. Professional basketball player (broke arm), 1908-10; reporter, Stamford Advocate, 1910-12; Conn. correspondent, former New York World, 1912-16; desk man, Worcester Post, 1916- 18, city hall reporter, 1918-19, city editor, 1919-21, managing editor, 1921-38; reporter, Worcester Evening Gazette, 1939 -; former mem. Worcester Bd. Survey. Clubs: Washington Social, Jeffer- Sonian. Author: Rhyme Sketches of Worcester Folks. Episcopalian. Democrat. Address: 35 Grenada St., Worcester.
WILSON, Edgar Bright, J.r., asso. professor of chemistry; b. Gallatin, Tenn., Dec. 18, 1908; S. 10. Bright Wilson and Ala (Lackey) W .; ed. Riverdale (N.Y.) Sch .; Lawrenceville Sch .; B.S., Princeton, 1930, M.A. 1931; Ph.D., Calif. Inst. Tech. 1934; m. Emily Buckingham of Belmont, June 15, 1935; 1 son-Kenneth Geddes. Junior fellow, Soe. of Fellows, Harvard Univ., 1934-36; asst. prof. chemistry, Ilarvard, 1936-39, asso, prof., 1939 -; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa. Author: (with Linus Pauling) Introduc- tion to Quantum Mechanics. Office: 12 Oxford St., Cambridge. Home: 10 Laurel Terrace, Wel- lesley Ifills.
WILSON, Edwin Bidwell, professor of physics; b. Hartford, Conn., Apr. 25, 1879; s. Edwin Horace Wilson and Jane Amelia (Bidwell) W .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1899; Ph.D., Yale, 1901; Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 1902-03; the Sorbonne, College de France; m. Ethel Sentner of Edmonton, Al- berta, Can., July 5, 1911; children-Enid, Doris. Instr. math., Yale, 1900-06, asst. prof., 1906-07; asso. prof., M.I.T., 1907-11, prof., 1911-17, prof., math, and physies, head of dept. physics, 1917-22, mem. administrative com., 1920-22; prof. vital sta- tisties, llarvard Sch. Pub. Ilealth, Boston, 1922 -; pres. Social Sci. Research Council, 1929-31; mnem. Amı. Statis. Assn. (pres.), Am. Philos. Soc., Nat. Acad. Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: Gibbs Veetor Analy- sis, 1901; Advanced Calealus, 1912; Aeronautics 1920. Ed .: proceedings, Nat. Acad. Sciences, 1915 -. Home: 42 Brington Rd., Brookline.
WILSON, Elizabeth Webb, actuary; b. Washington (I).C.), July 25, 1896; d. Lewes D. Wilson and Myrtie ( Hughes) W .; ed. Eastern high sch., Wash- ington, D.C .; A.B. (with distinction), Geo. Wash- ington Univ., 1917; A.M., Radcliffe Coll., 1920, Ph. D., 1934. Teacher, Central high sch., Wash- ington, D.C., 1920-26; in charge, Mich. Teachers Pension Fund, 1926-27; actuary, 1927 -; mem. Internat. Actuarial Congress, London, 1927, Rome, 1937; chief computer, ballistics, Unit of Ord- nance, U.S.A., 1918-19; Asso. Actuarial Soe. Am.,
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