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V WISLOCKI, George Bernnys, professor of anatomy; D. San Jose (Calif.), Mar. 25, 1892; s. Stanislaus Wislocki and Lily (Bernays) W .; ed. A.B., Wash- ington Univ., 1912; M.D., Johns Hopkins Med. Sch., 1916; m. Florence Clothler of Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 13, 1931; 'children-Louis Clothier, Johanna, George Stanislaus. Asso. prof. anatomy, Johns llopkins, 1925-1931; Parkman prof., Harvard Med. Sch., 1931 --; 1st lt., Med. Corps, 1917-1918; mem. Am. Assn. of Anatomists, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Physiol. Soc., Am. Soc. Zoologists. Club: Harvard (Boston). Office: Harvard Medical School, Boston. Home: 148 Hillside St., Milton.
WIŚNIOSKI, Stanley Walter, lawyer; b. Poland, Apr. 27, 1897; s. Michael Wisnioski and Mary (Sunara) W .; ed. LL.B., Georgetown Univ. Law Sch., 1921; m. Helen J. Kiewicz of Mattapan, Oct. 16, 1926; 1 son-Stanley Walter, Jr. Admit- ted to Mass. bar 1921; practiced law, Boston, 1921 -; atty. to Consulate Gen. of Poland, N.Y. City; dir., atty., Andrew Sq. Coop. Bk., So. Bos- ton; commr., Industrial Accident Bd .; mem. Chel- sea Park Cominn .; Dem. State Com .; Dem. presi- denial elcetor, 1928, 1932, 1936; in U.S. Army, 1918-19; It. O.R.C .; capt., Mass. State Guard. Club: Army & Navy (Boston). Travel: Europe ( Fr., Pol., Ger.); U.S. (Midwestern States to West Coast). Cathollc. Democrat. Office: 11 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 254 Washington Av., Chelsea. WISSMANN, Harry B., applied scientific research worker; b. San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 18, 1908; s. llarry Wissmann and Mary Catherine (Weil- and) W .; ed. Austin high sch., Chicago, Ill .; A.B., Univ. HIL., 1928; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1931; m. Sally Frances Wile of Roches- ter, N.Y., May 19, 1934. Research and investi- gations, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, 1931 -; mem. Am. Assn. Scientific Workers (mem. exec. com. Boston-Cambridge Br.), Progressive Book Discussion Group, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Appa- lachian Mt. Author: articles and reports. Inde- pendent. Office: Arthur D. Little, Inc., 30 Charles River Rd., Cambridge. Ilome: 6A Crawford St., Cambridge.
WISWALL, Edward Holmes, physician; b. Boston, Nov. 1, 1892; s. Edward Hastings Wiswall and Hannah S. (Holines) W .; ed. Wellesley high sch .; Harvard Univ., 1910-13; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1918; m. Anna W. Cobb of Rockland, Me., Sept. 16, 1918; children-Martha Holmes, William Cobb. Interne, Newton Hosp., 1918-19; asst. phys., Wiswall Sanatorium, Wellesley, 1919- 35, supt., 1935 -; 1st lt., neuro-psychiatrie dept., M.C., U.S.A., 1918; mem. Am. Psychiatric Soc., Mass. Med. Soc. Congregationalist. Office and home: 203 Grove St., Wellesley.
WITHERSTINE, Donald Frederlek, artist; b. Herki- mer, N.Y., Feb. 9, 1896; s. Frederick Witherstine
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and Martha Pearl (Simpson) W .; ed. Peoria high sen., Peorla, Ili .; Bradley Poiy. Inst., Peoria, Ili .; Chicago Art Inst .; Pa. Acad. Fine Arts; m. Elsle M. Hailett of Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 9, 1923; ehil- dren-Kathryn Loulse, Warren Frederick. Grad. Chicago Art Inst. with high honors; awarded sliver medal for painting, "Repairing the Boat"; exhibited paintings, etchings, block prints in cvery Important city in U.S .; one man shows; aiso exhibited In all leading exhibitions, Nat. Acad. Design, N.Y. Water Color Show, Pa. Acad. Annual, Chicago Art Inst. Am. Annual, Brooklyn Mus., Am. Print Show (Phila.), Northwest Print- makers Show, Art Alliance Print Show, Salma- gundl Ciub Shows, Wash. Water Color Club Show; represented in more than 75 leading permanent collections, In museums, libraries, colleges, etc .; in Congressional lib. (Wash., D.C.), N.Y. Pub. Lib., Brooklyn Mus. Fine Arts, Cleveland Mus., Los Angeles Mus., St. Louis Pub. Lib., Boston Mus. Fine Arts, Dayton Mus., High Mus. ( Atlanta, Ga.), Grosvenor Lib. (Buffalo, N.Y.), Erie Art Assn., Lchlgh Unlv., Currier Gallery (Manchester, N.H.), Mus. Fine Arts (Houston, Tcx.), Univ. Kan., Kansas City Art Inst., Nashville Mus., Sweat Mus. (Portland, Me.); block print, Pont Valentre, Cahors, Fr., ehosen by Allled Artists Am., for lay members, 1933; served as pvt., hdqrs. dlv., Camp MacArthur, Waco, Tex .; fellow Pa. Acad. Fine Arts; mcm. Aiiicd Artists Am., Province- town Art Assn., Kan. CIty Woodcut Assn., Chicago Art Inst. Alumnae. Clubs: University, Salama- gundi (N.Y.), Washington Water Color, Beach- combers (Provincetown), St. Augustine · Art (Fia.). Travel: Fr., Spain, Morocco, U.S., Can. Protestant. Republican, Address: 47 Commercial St., Provineetown.
WITHEY, Raymond A., elergyman; b. West Almond, N.Y., Juiy 5, 1878; s. Alanson R. Withey and Elva (Fuller) W .; ed. Horneli (N.Y.) high sch .; A. B., Alfred Univ .; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theoi., 1911; A.M., Harvard, 1912, Ph.D., 1916; m. Dora C. Page of Woburn, June 25, 1912; children- Virginia E., Raymond A. Pastor, M.E. Ch., Swampscott, 1913-16, Haverhill, 1917-23, Leomin- ster, 1924-30, First Ch., 1loiyoke, 1931-37, Green- wood Memorlat, Dorchester, 1937 -; sec. to Bd. of Stewards, N.E. Annual Conf. of M.E. Chs .; tr. Mass. Anti-Saloon League; 'past pres. Merri- mack Valley Ministers' Assn., Fitchburg Minis- ters' Assn., Holyoke Ministers' Assn. Club: Worcester Cieries. Methodist. Home and office: 380 Washington St., Dorchester. Sunimer home: Angelica, N.Y.
WITHINGTON, Lothrop, lawyer; b. Escondido, Calif., Aug. 23, 1889; s. David Llttie Withington and Marletta Dennett (Paul) W .; ed. Escondido (Calif.) gram. schs .; Russ hlgh seh., San Diego, Caiif., 1902-03; Punahou Acad., Honolulu, T.II., 1903-07; A.B., Harvard, 1911; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1914; m. Katharyn Carlton Whipple of Brookline, June 24, 1916: children-Lothrop, Jr., Sherman Whipple (d.), Marietta Louise, Riehard Fay, Katharyn, Ann Platt, Paul, II, Dennet W. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1914; in gen. practice of law, Boston, 1914 -; asso. with firm Whippie, Sears & Ogden, 1914-19; asso, with offices of Sherman L. Whippie, 1919-30; . sr. mem. firm WithIngton, Cross, Proctor & Park, 1931 -; tr. Mass, Hosp. Sch., Canton; 1st it. Chem. Warfare Service, U.S.A., 1918-19, with A.E.F .; mem. Am. Bar Assn., Am. Judicature Soc., Law Soc. of Mass., Bar Assn. of Clty of Boston. Clubs: Har- vard, Union Boat (Boston); The Country (Brook- line). Episcopailan. Democrat. Office: 73 Tre- mont St., Boston. Home: 114 Clyde St., Brookline. WITHHINGTON, Robert, teacher; b. Roxbury, June 7, 1884; s. Charles Francis WithIngton and Geor- giana (Bowen) W .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch., 1902: A.B .. Harvard, 1906, A.M, 1909, Ph.D., 1913; Officier d'Académie, 1920; Officier de l'Instruc- tion Publique (1930); m. Helen Franees Small of Gardiner, Me., Mar. 21, 1925; children-Ellza- beth, Joan. Leeteur d'anglais, Univ. Lyon, 1909-10; asst. in Eng., Harvard, 1910-12; Rogers travelling feiiow (Harvard), Engiand, 1913-14; instr., Ind. Unv., 1914-17, asst. prof., 1917-20, asso.
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prof., 1920-25; prof., Sinith Coil., 1925 -; visiting prof., Univ. Colo., summers, 1931, 1932, Harvard, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936; dir. Belg .- Am. Ednl. Founda- tion. Del. Commn. for Relief of Belgium, Antwerp and Hasseit, 1916; capt., Am. Red Cross, France, 1918; commd. 2d. It. Inf., U.S.A. for liaison service with 14th reglon, 1918; hon. discharge, St. Aignan, 1919; Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Couronne (Bel- gium); mem. Mod. Lang, Assn. Am., Modern Hu- manlties Research Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Medieval Acad. Am., Am. Vet. Assn. Clubs: Garrick (London), Harvard (Conn. Valley). Au- thor: English Pageantry, an Ilistorical Outiine, vol. 1, 1918, vol. 2, 1920; In Occupied Belgium, 1921; Excursions in English Drama, 1937; numer- ous articies in mags. Editor: Essays and Char- acters: Montaigne to Goldsmith, 1933; Essays and Characters: Lamb to Thompson, 1933; Emi- nent British Writers of the Nineteenth Century (with Cortlandt van Winkle), 1934. Dese. Henry WithIngton, who landed at Dorchester, 1635. Epls- copalian. Republican. Office: Smith College, Northampton. Home: 63 Dryads' Green, Northamp- ton. Summer res .: Little Compton (R.I.).
WITNEY, Leelan Eari, managing director of hotel; b. Everett, Wash., Feb. 17, 1903; s. Charies Joseph Witney and Mary R. (Grove) W .; ed. Everett high sch .; Univ. Wash., 1924; m. Marie Lawton of Peabody, Jan. 24, 1930. In ins. bus., 1916-18; wholesale hardware, 1924-29; hotel bus., 1929 -; mng. dir. Hotel Kenmore, 1936 -; did farming, jogging, in West, and was In fishing industry; recognized as authority on sales promotion and advertising; now 1st It. Q.M.C., U.S.A .; mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Boston Chamber of Com- merce (mem. exee. com,, Convention Bur.), Bos- ton (dir.), Mass., N.E. and Am. Hotei Assns., Shrine, Sojourners, Ancient & Hon. Arty. Co. (sergt), Quartermasters Assn. of U.S. Clubs: Canadian (mem. exec. com.), Woodland Golf. Author: 12 artieles on Hotel Management. Travei: W.I., U.S., Mcx., Alaska. Famlly, from Oxford- shire, Eng., settled in Mass. 1869, Protestant. Office and home: 490 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Summer res .: Chester, N.II.
WOLBACH, Simeon Burt, pathologist; b. Grand Is- land, Neb., July 3, 1880; s. Samuel N. Wolbach and Rosa (Stein) W .; ed. Lawrence Sei. Sch. ( Harvard); M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1903; m. Anna F. Wellington of Boston, 1914; children- Wiillam Wellington, Jolin Gray, Edmund Burt. Second asst. In pathol., Boston City Hosp., 1903- 04, first asst., 1904-05, seeond asst. visiting pathol., 1905-08; pathoi., Long Island and Boston Floating Hosps., Mass. Infants' Asyium, 1905-08; asst. in pathol., Harvard Med. Sch., 1905-06, instr, 1906-08; adjunet prof. pathoi and bacteriol., Albany Med. Coll., 1908-09; dir. Bender Hygienic Lab., Al- bany, N.Y., 1908-09; pathol., Albany City and St. Peter's Hosps., St. Margaret's House, Aibany, N.Y., 1908-09; lecturer in pathol. and dir. Histoi. Lab., MeGiil Univ., dir. Montreai Gen. Hosp. Lab., 1909-11; asst. prof. bacterioi., Harvard, 1910-14, asso, prof., 1914-16; Shattuck prof. pathol. anat- omy, Harvard Med. Sch., 1922 -; pathologist, Peter Bent Brigham, Children's, Infants', Lying-In Ilosps., Boston; dlr. Research Commn. on Typhus Fever, League of Red Cross Socs., Poiand, 1920, in charge of Typhus Research Hosp., Poiand, Jan .- Aug., 1920; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Seiences, Royai Soc. Tropical Med. & Hygiene; mem. Assn. Am. Physicians, Soc. Exptl. Pathology (past pres.), Am. Assn. Pathologists & Bacteriologists, Am. Assu. Cancer Research (past pres.), Soe. Exptl. Bioi. & Med., Nat. Acad. Sciences; corr. mem. So- ciété de Pathologie Exotique; hon. mem. Harvey Soe .; Aipha Omega Aipha, Sigma X1; comdr., 3rd elass Order of Polonia Restituta. Clubs: St. Bo- toiph, Harvard Travelers, Harvard (Boston, N. Y.), Country (Brookline), Miliwood Hunt. Author: med. papers, monographs on Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus fever. Office: 25 Shat- tuck St., Boston. Home: Sudbury.
WOLCOTT, John Gilmore, edueator and artist; b. Cambridge, Jan. 31, 1891; s. Dr. Joseph A. Wol- eott and Jane Frances (Jones) W .; cd. The Stonc School; A.B., Harvard, 1914; Ed.M., Har-
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vard Grad. Sch. Edn .; m. Priscilla Otis Clapp; 1 dau .- Patricia. Head, the Greenhalge Sch., Lowell; art editor, Journal of Ed., 1937-38; Mgr., Nat. Masters Studios, murals, portraits, land- seapes, gen. art .; artists and agents for other artists; served on Mcxiean Border, also in World War; mem. Lowell Teachers Orgn. (past v.p.), Lowell Art Assn. (dlr.), Society of Descs. Henry Wolcott. Club: St. Botolph. Travel: Europe. Re- publican. Offices: Greenhalge School, Lowell, and National Masters Studios, Lowell. Home: 236 Fair- mount St., Lowell.
WOLCOTT, Roger, lawyer; b. Milton, July 25, 1877; s. Roger Wolcott and Edith (Prescott) W .; ed. A.B. (cum laude), Harvard, 1899; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1902; m. Claire Morton Prince of Boston, June 7, 1904; m. (2d) Barbara Hinkley Welch of Cambridge, June 21, 1928; children- Roger (d.), Mrs. Clarissa Wolcott Delaney, John Endicott (d), Susan. Lawyer, Boston Elevated Ry. Co, 1902-06; pvt, practice, 1906 -; overseer, Harvard, 1921-26, 1927-33; class agent, Harvard Fund, 1934 -; tr. Suffolk Sav. Bk., Milton Pub. Lib. (1930-), Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Sch. (Ga.); tr. and v.p. Boston Athenaeum; clk. Boston Home for Ineurables; Mass. Commn. Publie Safety; chmn. bu. selectmen, Milton; rep. in gen. court, Mass. State Bd. of Insanity; rep., Mass. Legis- lature, 1909-12, 1917; lt. col., insp. gen. and col., Mass. N.G. (retired) ; pvt. 1st Mass. Hcavy Arty., U.S. Vols., Sp .- Am. War; maj. Inf. U.S.A., 1917- 1919, In charge of selective draft for Mass .; mem. N.F. Italian War Relief (v.p.), Mass. and Boston Bar Assns., Mass. Hist. Soc. (council), Soc. Colonial Wars, Mass. Soc. of the Cincinnati (pres.), Loyal Legion, United Spanish War Vets., Mil. Order World War. Clubs: Milton( past pres.), Union (past pres.), Harvard (Boston), Somerset. Unitarian. Republican. Editor: The Correspondence of William Hickling Prescott, 1926. Office: 60 State St., Boston. Home: Milton. WOLCOTT, Samuel Huntington, banker; b. Boston, Nov. 9, 1881; s. Roger Wolcott and Edith (Pres- cott) W .; ed. Roxbury Latin seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1903; m. Hannah Stevenson of Boston, June 19, 1907; ehildren-Mrs. Edith Woleott Devens, Sam- uel H., Jr., Robert S. With Brown Bros. & Co., bankers, Boston, 1903-19; v.p., State Street Trust Co., 1919 -; pres. Mass. Hosp. Life Ins. Co .; dir. Boston & Providence R.R., Tampa Elec. Co .; tr. Provident Instn. Sav., Roxbury Latin sch .; pres. bd. mgrs., Children's Hosp .; dir. Community Fed .; overseer, Harvard Coll .; served in M. V.M., 1899-12; pvt., U.S.A., 1918; capt., Cav., Mass. State Guard, 1918 -. Clubs: Somerset (Boston), Ilar- vard (Boston, N.Y.). Travel: occasionally in Europe and U.S.A. Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: State St. Trust Co., Boston. Home: 1839 Canton Av., Milton.
Y WOLFARD, Edith Lesley, educator; b. Asplnwall, Panama, Jan. 27, 1872; d. Alonzo Lesley and Re- bceca (Cousins) L .; ed. pvt. sch., Bangor, Me .; Radcliffe Coll .; Page Kindergarten Normal sch .; m. Mcrl R. Wolfard of Wyoming, 1911. Founder, The Lesley Sch. (teacher training and domestle sci. sch.), Cambridge, 1909, prin., 1909 -; mem. Eng. Speaking Union. Clubs: Women's City,
Women's Republican. Travel: extensive, U.S., Alaska, Europe, etc. Desc. Gen. Greene, aide-de- eamp to Washington. Unitarian. Independent. Office and home: 29 Everett St., Cambridge.
WOLFE, George Edgar, elergyman; b. Annville (Pa.), June 1, 1881; s. Simon A. Wolfe and Sarah (Leliman) W .; ed. Lebanon (Pa.) Bus. Coll .; Ann- viile (Pa.) high sch .; Gettysburg (Pa.) Acad .; A.B., Gettysburg Coli, 1909; B.D., Hartford Theol. Sem., 1912, Ph.D., 1915; studied at Univs. Berlin, Heidelberg, Edinburgh, Oxford, on Hartford trav- eliing fellowship, 1912-1914; m. Jane Taylor Miller of Vineland, N.J., Nov. 9, 1915; children-Jane Miller, George Edgar, Jr., Sarah Eleanor. With Follmer, Clogg & Co., Lancaster, Pa., 1898-04; minister, Cong. Ch., Milford, N.H., 1915-21, Pine St. Cong. Ch., Lewiston, Me., 1921-26, First Cong. Cit., Milford, 1926 -; dir. and tr., Mass. Cong. Conf. and Missionary Soc .; chmn. Gen. Conference
Com .; mem. bd. of registration, Milford (N.H.), 1917-18; see. Y.M.C.A., Camp Devens, 1918; mem. I.O.O.F., Masons. Cluh: Worcester Ministers Union. Author: Signifieanee of Jesus as Con- ceived by Ernst Troeltsch; articles in periodicals. Travel: Europe. Office: First Congregational Church, Milford. Home: 28 Claflin St., Milford. WOLFE, Rolland Emerson, professor, clergyman; b. Hartville, O., Feb. 25, 1902; s. Edson Weaver Wolfe and Elta (Henney) W .; ed. Hartville (O.) high seh ; A.B., Manchester Coll., 1924; B.D., Oberlin Grad. Sch. Theol., 1928, S.T.M., 1929; Ph.D., Harvard, 1933; in. Esther Isabelle Hoff of Wooster, O., Sept. 3, 1925; children-Frank Emerson, Homer George. Pastor, Cong. chs. in Greenwich, Ripley, Brighton and Elyria, Ohio, 1926-29, First Cong. Ch., Boxford, 1929-39; instr. Old Testament and Semitic langs., Crane Theol. Sch., Tufts Coii., 1934, asst. prof., 1935 -; teacher, Isles of Shoals, Mystic Valley, Essex South and other schs. of religious edn .; lecturer on Bibl. subjects and archaeology; tr. Boxford Pub. Lib. Assn .; mem. Boxford Hist. Soc., Am. Oriental Soc., Soe. Biblical Lit. & Exegesis (asso. counsei, 1937-39), Nat. Assn. Bibl. Instrs. Clubs: Pilgrim (Boston), Essex Congregational (pres., 1934-35), Essex County Ornithologieal (v.p., 1937 -- ). Au- thor: The Editing of the Book of the Twelve, 1933; Pilgrimages With the Twelve Prophets, 1938. Congregationalist. Independent. Office: Miner Hall, Tufts College, Medford. Home: 12 Overlake Rd., Wakefield.
WOLFSON, Henry Austryn, professor; b. Austryn, Wilna, Russia, Nov. 2, 1887; s. Mendel Wolfson and Sarah Deborah (Savitsky) W .; came to U.S. at 16; ed. grad. central high seh., Scranton, Pa., 1908; A.B., Harvard, 1911 (1912), A.M., 1912, Ph.D., 1915; Harvard Sheldon traveling fellow, studying in Ger., Fr. and Eng., 1912-14; D.H.Litt., Jewish Inst. Rellgion, 1935, Jewish Theol. Sem., 1937. Instr. Jewish lit. and philosophy, Harvard, 1915- 21, asst. prof., 1921-25, Nathan Littauer prof., 1925 -; prof. Jewish lit. and philosophy, Jewish Inst. Religion, N.Y. City, 1923-24; pvt., U.S. Army, 1918-19; mem. Am. Oriental Soc., Soe. Bibl. Lit. and Excgesis, Am. Philos. Assn., Mediaeval Acad. Am., Hist. Sci. Soc .; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sclences. Author: Creseas' Critique of Aristotle, 1929; The Philosophy of Spinoza, 1934; The In- ternal Senses, 1935. Address: 15 Widener Library, Cambridge.
IWOLKINS, George Gregerson, business man; b. Boston, May 2, 1878; s. Frederiek L. H. Wolkins and Sophia Margretta (Wolkins) W .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; m. Lyra Dale Trueblood of New- ton Highlands, Sept. 29, 1917. In wholesale coal bus., June, 1896 -; mgr. Hanson & Parker, 1922 -; pres., treas. Henry S. Wolkins Co .; mgr. bitumin- ous distribution all-rail, N.E. Fuel Administra- tion, Jan. 1-Sept. 23, 1918; mem. Mass. Hist. Soe. (treas.), Am. Antiq. Soc., Colonial Soe. Mass. (asso.), Old South Assn. In Boston (exec. com.), Trs. of Donations for Edn. in Liberia (sec.); Trs. of Calhoun School (see.), Yearly Meeting of Friends for N.E. (treas.). Clubs: Exchange, Unlon, Odd Volumes, Longwood Cricket. Author: hist. papers and addresses. Democrat. Office: 50 Congress St., Boston. Home: 95 Lincoln St., New- ton Highlands.
WOLKINS, Lyra Trueblood; b. Wilmington, O .; d. Benjamin F. Trueblood and Sarah Huff (Terrell) T .; ed. Girls Latin sch., Boston; A.B., Boston Univ. Coll. of Liberal Arts, 1900, A.M., 1902; stu- dent, Alliance Française, Paris, 1903, Newnham Coll., Cambridge, Eng., 1903-4; m. George G. Wolkins, Sept. 29, 1917. Asst., Am. Peace Soc., 1901-1903, 1906-1910; asst. to editor, Advocate of Peace, 1913-1915; tr. Lincoln Seh., Providence, R.I .; exec. com., Moses Brown Sch., Providence (R.I.); elk., Obadiah Brown's Benevolent Fund and R.I. Peacc Soc .; mem. exee. com., Bd. Edn. and Bd. on Christlan Edn. of five yrs., meeting of Friends of Am .; rec. clk., yearly meeting of Friends for N.E .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Twentieth Century, Calhoun (treas.). Author: numerous pamphlets and articles in magazines.
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WONSON, Carlton Walen, lawyer; b. Gloucester, Mar. 27, 1888; s. Herman F. Wonson and Lizzie A. (Walen) W .; ed. Gloucester high sch .; EL.B., Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1913; m. Ruth P. Burnham of Gloucester, Nov. 9, 1917; children- Priscilla, Elizabeth, Carroll. Worked for bus. houses, Boston, 1908-13; gen, practice of law, Gloucester, 1914 -; mem. Mass. Constl. Conv., 1917; Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1918-19; city solicitor, Glouces- ter, 1922, 1932 -; major, High Sch. Batt. 1907, Mass. State Guard, 1918-19; mem. Masons, Elks, Moose. Baptist. Republican. Otlice: 17 Pleas- ant St., Gloucester. llome: 81 Prospect St., Gloucester.
WONSON, Harold Sayward, comptroller and direc- tor; b. Gloucester, Dee. 16, 1884; s. Ernest Clif- ford Wonson and Geraldine (Walker) W .; ed. Gloucester high sch .; B.S., M.I.T., 1907; m. Ruth Lyle Miller of Gloucester, June 18, 1913; children -Mrs. Marcia W. Lillard, Harold Sayward, Jr., Margaret Jean. Instr. naval arch., M.I.T., 1907- 10; asst. to gen. supt., W. 11. Mellwain Co., shoe mfrs., 1910-16; mgr., sole leather div., 1919-30; comptroller, Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Co., 1930 -; dir. Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Co., Bostonian Nat. Shoe Stores, Ine., Bostonian Shoe Sales Corp., London Character Shoes Corp .; chinn. sch. bd., Bedford, N.H., 1922-30; capt. 1nf., 1917, major, Q.M.R.C., 1917-18, lt. col., Q.M.C., 1918, 19th div. Quartermaster; mem. N.E. Shoe & Leather Assu. (dir. and past pres.), Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants. Congregationalist. Republi- can. Office: Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Co., Whitman. flome: 93 South St., Bridgewater.
WOOD, Alice Ida Perry, college administrative ofli- cer; b. Seneca Falls, N.Y .; d. James Wood and Sarah (Perry) W .; ed. Misses Anables' Sch., New Brunswick, N.J .; B.S., Wellesley Coll., 1894; M.A., Columbia Univ., 1898, Ph. D., 1908. Teacher sec- ondary pvt. sclis., 1895-1901; Vassar Coll., 1903-06, 1907-15, Conn. Coll., 1915-16, Wellesley Coll., 1916- 26; dir. Personnel Bureau, 1921 -; mem. A.A.1J.W. Club: Wellesley Coll. (Boston), personnel asso- ciations. Author: Stage History of Shakespeare's Richard Third; introduction to first edition of Goldsmith's The Grumbler. Travel: Europe, China, Japan. Interested in drama. Dutch Re- formed. Republican. Office: Wellesley College, Wellesley. lome: 8 Dover Rd., Wellesley.
WOOD, Arthur Field, automobile company execu- tive; b. Cleveland, O., Apr. 19, 1891; s. Ottwell Johnston Wood and Harriette Colburn ( Poole) W .; ed. Everett pub. schs .; m. Allce Mae Dillingham of Brookline, Sept. 8, 1914; children-lloward D., Kenneth H., Richard P., Lawrence F. Clk., Fran- cis Henshaw & Co., Boston, 1908-11; office mgr., Boston Y.M.C.U., 1912-19; auditor, Packard Motor Car Co., Boston, 1919-23; comptroller, Cadillac Autoniobile Co., Boston, 1923-25, treas., 1925 -; dir. Cadillac Automobile Co. of Boston, Boston Y.M.C.U. Desc. Cyrus Field. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office: 808 Commonwealth Av., Boston. llome: 66 Grasniere St., Newton.
WOOD, Augustus J., banker; b. Fall River, Jan. 18, 1873; s. John Joel Wood and Sarah Lena (Chace ) W .; ed. Slade Sch .; B.M.C. Durfee high sch., Fall River; Brown Univ., 1891-92; m. Harriet Dudley Woodman, Aug. 14, 1895; children-Winthrop Chace, Mrs. Beryl Wood Witherell. With Pocas- set Nat. Bk., Fall River, 1895-1903; bookkeeper to cashier, Massasoit-Pocasset Nat. Bk., 1903-28; bank merged with B.M.C. Durfee Trust Co. 1928, v.p., 1928 -; mem. Fall River Chamber of Com- merce; tr. Methodist Deaconess Home; mem. Ani. and Mass. State Bankers Assns., Providence (R.I.) Am. Inst. Banking (past v.p., mem. bd. govs. many yrs.), Masons (32°, treas. permanent funds), Scottish Rite Bodies, Chi Phi. Clubs: Kiwanis, Quequechan, Fall River Symphony Orchestra. Methodist. Republican. Office: 80 North Main St., Fall River. llome: 881 Robeson St., Fall River.
WOOD. C. Antoinette, dramatist, writer, lecturer, parliamentarian; b. Dexter, N.Y .; d. llon. Henry
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Bininger and Catherine (Vogt) B .; ed. Dexter (N.Y.) high sch .; Ives Sem., Antwerp; Houghton Sem., Clinton, N.Y .; Radcliffe Coll., 1918-20; m. George E. Wood of Dexter, N.Y., Sept. 13, 1893. Prof. writer, 1918 -; lecturer on drama; prof. critle; men. Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Nat. League Am. Pen Women (3rd nat. v.p., 2 yrs .; nat. chimn., drama, 4 yrs .; state pres., 2 terms; nat. chinn., books, 1936-38, Letters, 1938; v.p., Boston Br., 1933-36), N.E. Women's Press Assn. (1st v.p., 1929-31, 1934; now parliamentarian). Clubs: Rad- cliffe College, 47 (past 1st v.p.), Manuscript (Bos- ton, pres. 2 yrs.), Women's Republican, Prof. Women's. Author: Easy Parliamentary Procedure (3rd ed. now being pub.); 10 plays produced, several pub .; articles in Boston Transcript and mags. (2 prizes for stories) ; lectures on drama. Congregationalist. Republican. Ilome: 34 Kil- syth Rd, Brookline.
WOOD, Cornelius Ayer, manager of trusts and real estate; b. Andover, Oct. 9, 1893; s. William Madi- . son Wood and Ellen Wheaton (Ayer) W .; ed. St. George Sch., Newport (R.I.); Middlesex Sch., Concord; B.S. (cum laude), Harvard, 1917; U.S. Naval Acad., R.O.T.C., Annapolis, 1917-1918; U.S.N., 1917-1919; Jr. Aid to Commandant, Boston Navy Yard, 1918; N.O.T.S. Overseas, 1919; grad, courses, Naval War Coll., Newport, R.I .; m. Muriel Prindle of Duluth, Minn., Dec. 15, 1915, desc. of John and Priscilla Alden; children-Cornelius Ayer, Jr., Muriel. 1st v.p., American Woolen Co., 1918-1925; manager of trusts and real estate, 1919 -; dir. Old Colony Trust Co .; Fargo Real Estate Trust; Park Sq. Bldg., Inc .; dir. and mem. executive council, Old Colony Trust Co .; mem. Naval Res .; men. Nat. Economy League, Andover Unit (sec.). Clubs: Congressional Country (Washington, D.C.) ; No. Andover Country; University, New Bedford Yacht. Traveled extensively in over 22 countries, U.S. & Alaska. Received gold medal at Mass. State Coll., for three plays produced there and elsewhere. Author: The Last Gepuire (play), which won first place in competition at Mass. State Coll. Protestant. Republican. Office: P.O. Box 28, Shawsheen Village. Home: Arden, Ando- ver. Summer res .; Cuttyhunk Island, Mass.
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