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WOOD, Frances E(ugenia), occupational therapist; b. Greenfield, Ind., May 24, 1883; d. Eugene Waldo Wood and Martha ( Walker) W .; ed. Greenfield (Ind.) high sch .; Waltham high sch .; Sargent Normal Sch. Phys. Edu., 1906; student, Devereux Mansion, Bloomingdale llosp., Woodbury Tr. Sch. Applied Observation; unmarried. Dir. occupa- tional therapy, Boston State Hosp., 1922-24; clin. & asst. instr., Boston Sch. Occupational Therapy, 1924-25; dir. occupational therapy, Channing Sani- tarium, 1925-26; pvt. practice, Concord, N.H., and Boston, 1927-28; occupational therapist, McLean llosp., Waverley, 1928 -; mem. bd. dirs., Woodbury Sch. of Applied Observation, 1932 -; mem. Am. Red Cross, Mass. Assn. Occupational Therapy (dir., 1925-27; v.p., 1928-29), Am. Occupational Therapy Assn. Author: papers and articles on ocenpa- tional therapy. Congregationalist. Republican. Office and home: Mclean Hospital, Waverley.
WOOD, Frederic James, engineer (retired) ; b. Lon- don, Eng., Mar. 3, 1867; s. John Farmer Wood and Ella Louise (Skinner) W .; ed. Boston pub. schs .; Chauney Hall Sch., Boston; student, M.I.T., 1888; m. Susie Elvira Bowley of Provincetown, Mar. 29, 1893; 1 dan .-- Ella Louise. Chief engr., Boston & Providence Elec. Ry., 1904-08; asst. engr., Boston Elevated Ry., 1908-10, Stone & Webster, 1910-17; ins. insp., Factory Mutuals, 1920-35; re- tired 1935; major bugrs, U.S.A, 2 yrs., 1917-19, retired 1919; mom. Alumni Assn. M.I.T., Mass. S.A.R. Author: The Turnpikes of New England (only authority on subj.); articles, mostly on transportation, in Stone & Webster Jour .; corr. for various local papers. Travel: U.S. texten-
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V WOOD, George Campbell, professor of Italian; b. Malden, Feb. 13, 1893; s. John Riddell Wood and Flora (Campbell) W .; ed. Oliver Ames high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1916, A.M., 1917, Ph.D., 1920; hon.
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A.M., Dartmouth Coll., 1934. Instr., asst. prof. and prof., Dartmouth Coll., 1920 --; decorated by Italian Govt. with Medaglia di Benemerenza, 1933; mem. and Fiduciario of the Centro Italiano di Studi Americani of Rome, Italy; mem. Nan- tucket Hist. Soe., Am. Assn, Teachers of Italian, Dante Soc. of Cambridge, N.E. Assn. Colls. and Secondary Sehs. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y. ),Y Pacific (Nantucket), Dartmouth College (N.Y.), Delta Upsilon. Travel: Europe and Asia (exten- sive). Dese. John Wood, who died in Portsmouth, R.I., 1655. Independent. Office: Dartmouth Col- lege, Hanover, N.H. Home: 31 School St., Han- over, N.Il. Summer res .: 29 India St., Nantucket. WOOD, Hamilton Brooks, printer; b. Worcester, May 28, 1889; s. Oliver Brooks Wood and Jennie Chase (Flagg) W .; ed. South high sch .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1910; in. Helen Osgood Bradley, Nov. 26, 1912; children-Elizabeth, Osgood Brad- ley, Hamilton Brooks, Jr., Norman Stockbridge. With Commonwealth Press; pres. Worcester County Musical Assn., Worcester Chamber of Commerce; tr. Woreester Five Cents Sav. Bk. Clubs: Worcester, Bohemians, Quinsigamond Boat, Tatnuck Country, Williams (N.Y.). Pub- lisher: Smallest Printed Book in the World. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office: Common- wealth Press, 44 Portland St., Worcester. Ilome: 68 Beechmont St., Worcester.
WOOD, Helen, director of school of nursing; b. Newton, May 13, 1882; d. William B. Wood and Amelia A. (Pott) W .; ed. Newton high sch .; A B., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1904; Columbia, 1913-1914, A.M., 1924; grad., Mass. Gen. Hosp. Training Sch. for Nurses, 1909. Asst. supt., Faulkner Hosp., Jamaica Plain, 1911-13; supt nurses, Children's llosp., Boston, 1914-15; asst. supt. nurses, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1916-18, acting supt., 1918-19; dir. Sch. of Nursing, Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo., 1919-23, Univ. of Rochester, N.Y., 1924-31, Simmons Coll., 1934 -; mem. bd. of dir., Nurses Central Registry, Boston; mem. Sch. of Nursing Com., Faulkner, Newton, and Cambridge Hosps .; mem. Mass. State Bd. Nurse Examiners, 1917-19, Missouri State Bd. Nurse Examiners, 1920-23; m(m. Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Am. Nurses Assn., Nat. League Nursing Edn., Nat. Orgn. Pub. Health Nursing, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Mt. Holyoke ( Boston), Boston College. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Simmons Coll., Boston, Ilome: 1036 Walnut St., Newton Highlands.
WOOD, Henry Austin, physician; b. West Upton, Oct. 9, 1855; s. Arba Thayer Wood and Ann Maria (Stearns) W .; ed. Phillips' Exeter Acad. ; A.B., Harvard, 1878; M.D., A.M., Harvard Med. Sch., 1883; m. Anna Wharton Smith of Phila., Pa., 1898; chil- dren-Esther Morton ( Mrs. Gordon A. Bates), Elizabeth Hill (Mrs. Richard Burckes), Henry A., Jr., Benjamin Smith. Physician in Waltham since 1887; surgeon and chief surgeon at Wal- tham Hosp .; mem. sch. bd, 25 yrs .: fellow A.C.S., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Episcopalian. Republi- can. Oflice: 751 Main St., Waltham. Home: 755 Main St., Waltham.
WOOD, Isabel Warwick, educator; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1871; d. Willlam Warwick Bliss and Abbie Maria (Richards) B .; ed. grad. Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn, 1892; A.B., Brown Univ., 1895, A.M., 1897; m. Nathan Robinson Wood of Boston, June 14, 1900; children-Nathan Warwick, William Bliss. Teacher, high sehs., Providence, and Quincy Mansion Sch., Boston, 1895-99; prof. rhe- toric and lit., Gordon Coll. Theol. and Missions, Boston, 1911-, exec. sec., 1921-28, dean of faculty, 1928-, lecturer on lit. and missionary subjects, foreign v.p. Woman's Am. Bapt. Foreign Mission Soc. 1921-1936. Travel: Europe, 1904, 1938. Re-
publican. Address: Gordon College, 30 Evans Way, Boston. Home: 26 Academy St., Arlington. WOOD, J. Harry, life insurance executive; b. Gaines- ville, Ark., Oct. 21, 1904; s. M. A. Wood and Stella (Winder) W .; ed. B.A., Harvard, 1926; M.A., Columbia, 1930; C.l.U. 1931; m. Catherine Fitz- hugh of Ridgewood, N.J., 1930; children-Cynthia, Sarah Elizabeth. Ins. bus., 1926-33; consultant, Life Ins. Sales
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gen. ageneies, John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co., Boston, 1936 -; mem. Kappa Alpha. Club: Uni- versity (Boston). Author: articles on insurance and management. Protestant. Office: 197 Clar- endon St., Boston. Ilome: 30 Woodcliff Rd., Wel- lesley Ifills.
WOOD, Nathan Robinson, clergyman, educator; b. Wyocena, Wis., Aug. 13, 1871; s. Nathan Euse- bius Wood and Alice Robinson (Boise) W .; ed. high sch .; Brooklyn Poly, and Collegiate Inst .; student, Harvard, 1894-96; grad. Newton Theol. Inst., 1900, B. I., 1906; D.D., Wheaton (III.) Coll., 1927; m. Isabel Warwick Bliss of Providence, R.l., June 14, 1900; children -- Nathan Warwick, William Bliss. Ordained to Bapt. ministry, 1901; pastor, West Medford, 1901-11; with Gordon Coll. Theol, and Missions, Boston, 1908-, successively prof., dean, pres., 1919 -. Author: The Witness of Sin, 1905; The Secret of the Universe, 1932. Travel: Europe, 1904, 1938. Republican. Address: Gor- don College, 30 Evans Way, Boston. Home: 26 Academy St., Arlington.
WOOD, Nathaniel Knight, physician; b. Somer- ville, Mar. 30, 1876; s. Alexander Morris Wood and Margaret Coffin (Cox) W .; ed. grad., L. V. Bell gram sch., 1889; Somerville high sch., 1893; A.B., Harvard, 1897; M.D., Harvard Med. Seh., 1901. Interne, Boston Clty llosp., 1902-04, Boston Lying-In losp., June-Dec. 1904; asst. phys. Out- Patients Dept., Carney Hosp., 1906-12, Boston Consumptive Hosp., 1908-17; visiting phys., St. Monica's Home, 1907-16; phys .- in-chief, med. dept., Boston Dispensary, 1912-18; phys. in charge, Arlington St. Church Tuberculosis Class, 1906 -; asso. in med., Peter Bent Brigham Hosp., 1912 -; instr., Harvard Med. Sch., 1912-29; mem. Am. Clin. & Climatol. Assn., Nat. Tuberculosis Assn., Boston Tuberculosis Assoc. (mem, exec. com., 1930-, chin. Prendergast Preventorium Com. 1932-38), A.M.A., Mass. Med. Assn., Boston Med. Lib. Clubs: Harvard, Unitarian (dir. 1935-36), Harvard Musical Assn. (chnin. entertain com., 1930-); former mem. Union Boat, St. Botolph, University. Anthor: papers on Results of 6 yrs. Treatment of Tuberculosis by the Class Method, 1912; Percussion of the Lungs, 1913; Syphilis of the Lungs, 1916; The Development of the Modern Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1936. Travel: Eng., 1907-08, 1914. Mayflower desc. on mother's side. Unitarian. Republican. Home and office: 520 Beacon St., Boston.
WOOD, Orrin Gron(, investment banker; b. Staten Island, N.Y., Nov. 29, 1886; s. Hamilton Holton Wood and Alice Wilder (Grout) W .; grad., Volk- mann Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1909; m. Cecile Lewis Thomson, Mar. 29, 1913; children -Alice Grout, Marian, Hamilton Holton, Arthur Thomson, Orrin Grout, Harcourt. Began as mes- senger, State Nat. Bk. of Boston, 1909, and when it was merged, 1915, into Merchants Nat. Bk., was made v.p. of latter, continuing until 1920; treas. Aetna Mills of Watertown and Fitchburg, 1920-21; mem. firm Estabrook & Co., investment bankers, Boston, Jan. 1, 1922 -; tr. William Underwood Co .; mem, exce. com. and dir. Fisk Rubber Corp. ; dir. Appleton Co., Hope Webbing Co., Reece Button-Ilole Machine Co., Union Twist Drill Co .; Bd. Tr Brookline Sav. Bk .; tr. Noble and Green- ough Sch .; dir. Home for Aged Men; treas. Coop. Workrooms, Ine .; mem, Masons, Clubs: Country ( Brookline), Union, Harvard (Boston) ; Beverly Yacht ( Marion) ; Harvard (N.Y.). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 15 State St., Boston. Home: 388 Warren St., Brookline.
WOOD, Russell Abner, state auditor; b. Cambridge, 1882; s. James A. Wood and Caroline A. (Blais- dell) W .; ed. Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1903, A.M., 1910; m. Anna Broberg of Melrose, Feb. 22, 1919; children- Carolyn, Ann, Russell A., Jr. Mem. Cambridge City Council, 1904-06; Mass. Leg., 1909-11; asst. See., Gov. Samuel W. McCall, 1918; mem. State Economy & Efficiency Commn., 1914-16; v. chmn., Camb Rep. City Com., 1910 -; tr. Cambridge Pub. Lib., 1930, 1934-38; mem. Cambridge Sch. Con., 1929-42; State Auditor, 1939-41. Clubs: Har-
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vard (Boston), Middlesex Republican. The Future of Cambridge. Republican. Office: State House, Boston. Home: 11 Whittier St., Cambridge. Summer res. : Littleton.
WOOD, Scott Emerson, research associate; b. Ft. Collins, Colo., Apr. 9, 1910; s. Jesse R. Wood and M. Louise (Scott) W .; ed. North high sch., Denver, Colo .; B.S., Univ. Denver, 1930, M.S., 1931; Ph.D., Univ. Calif., 1935; in. Marie Sim- mons of Pittsburgh, Pa., July 15, 1936. Teach- ing fellow, Univ. Denver, 1930-31, Univ. Calif., 1931-34, research fellow, Univ. Calif., 1934-35; research asso., M.I.T., 1935 -: mem, Am. Chem. Soe., Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi. Author: sci. publs. in field of phys, chemistry. Travel : throughout U.S. Presbyterian. Office: Mass. I- stitute of Technology, Cambridge. llome: 208A llolden Green, Cambridge.
WOOD, Theodore Newton, banker; b. Middleboro, Mar. 9, 1881; s. Andrew Miller Wood and Lydia A. (Perkins) W .; ed. Middleboro high sch .; B.L., Dartmouth, 1901; m. Isabelle M. Briggs of Mid- dleboro, Oct. 17, 1905; 1 son-Andrew M. With Union Pacific R.R., Boston, 1903-04; with Mid- dleborough Sav. Bk., 1904-, treas. 1911-, v.p. and treas., 1924 -; dir. Middleborough Trust Co .; tr. Middleboro Pub. Lib., 1911 -; mem. Phi Delta Theta, Masons. Club: Lions. Family settled in Mass. in 1620. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Middleborough Savings Bank, Middleboro. Ilome: 16 School St., Middleboro. Summer res .: Nanumett Heights, Wareham.
1 WOOD, William Franklin, physician, hospital ad- ministrator; b. Patchogue, N.Y., Nov. 19, 1890; s. Frank N. Wood and Theodosia Belle (Rose) W .; ed. Patchogue high seh .; M.D., NY. Homeopathic Med. Sch., and Flower Hosp., 1912; M.D., Tufts Univ. Med. Sch., 1917; grad. study, Univ. Pa. Med. Sch., 1917; m. Marian S. Wilson of Glen Ridge, N.J .; 1 dau .- Marian Theodosia. Asst. supt., Mass. lhomeopathic Hosp., 1916-17; res. phys., Haynes Memorial Contagious Hosp., 1919- 22; asst. supt., Mouson State llosp., 1922; chief exec. officer, Boston Psychopathic llosp., 1922-24; asst. to Commr. of Mental Diseases, 1924-26; asst. supt. and acting supt., Danvers State Hosp., 1926-28; asst. dir. Mass. Gen. losp., 1928-32; dir. MeLean Hosp., Waverly, 1932 -; served in World War 1917-19; It. on special duty, Univ. Pa .; attached to Base llosp., Camp Devens; nou- rologist, Base Hosp. No. 44, A.E.F. with this unit; fellow Am. Coll. Hosp. Administrators, Am., Mass. (sec.) and N.E. Psychiatrie Socs .; mem. Am., Mass. and N.I. (v.p. 1935-36, pres. 1936-37) Hosp. Assns., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Harvard, Boston Rotary, Canopy, Author: The Administrative Problems of the Boston Psy- ehopathic Hospital, 1924; The Patient of Moderate Means, How We Have Helped Him (with Frederic A. Washburn, M.D.), 1929; Financing and Admin- istration of Wards for Persons of Moderate Means, 1930. Congregationalist. Office and home: McLean Hospital, Waverley
WOODALL. Clair Towling Housley, business exeeu- tive; b. Lynn, May 4, 1874; s. Thomas Housley Woodall and Eliza Anna (Towling) W .; ed. Lynn pub. schs .; commercial sch .; spl. courses; m. Annie Mary Knight of Southborough, Apr. 19, 1897 (d. 1914); 1 son-Courtlandt Clair; m. (2d) Lillian May Swan of East Haddam, Conn., May 22, 1917. With David Ellis & Co., Boston, 1890- 92; Nat. Bk. of Republic. 1892-93; Jerome Marble & Co., 1891-97; C. T. H. Woodall, Lynn, 1898-1914; | v.p. and treas. N. S. Wilson Co., Boston, 1915-20; pres. and gen. mgr. Woodall, Corbett Co., 1920 -; tr. G.A.R. Mom. Bldg., Lynn (apptd. by Mayor); mem. A.F.&A.M. (Worshipful Master, Benjamin F. Arrington Lodge, Lynn), I.O.O.F. (past Dist. Dep. Grand Master, Mass.), Sons Union Vets. Civ. War (past . Sr. V. Dept. Comdr., Mass.). Club: Triple Link (Lynn). Travel: Can., U.S. Maternal ancestors for 5 generations lived in Lynn; 2 gt. grandfathers in War of 1812; grandfather sergt. and minute man medalist, Civ. War. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 261 Franklin St., Boston. llome: 12 Larch Rd., Lynn.
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Author: V WOODBERRY, Charles Dane, lawyer; b. Beverly, Dec. 17, 1874; s. Charles Woodberry and Helen A. (Friend) W .; Phillips Exeter Acad,; A.B., Harvard, 1899; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1903; m. Amy Bowdoin Haskell of Beverly, Sept. 19, 1907; children-Edward Haskell, John Dane. Admit- ted to Mass. bar, 1903; mem. Roberts, Cushman & Woodberry; mem. Am, and Boston Bar Assus. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.). Office: 31 Milk 1 St., Boston. Home: 52 Baker Av., Beverly.
WOODBERRY, Miriam L., missionary seeretary; b. Somerville, June 4, 1872; d, Nieholas J. Wood- berry and Alice M. (Crosby) W .; ed. Somerville high sch .; unmarried. Asst. treas. Woman's Home Missionary Assn., Cong. Ch., 1892-1902; Woman's Bd. For. Missions, 1902-05; ed., Work at Home, 1906 ;. field sec., Woman's llome Mis- sionary Assn., 1905-07; nat. sec., Woman's Dept., Cong. Home Missionary Soc., 1907-32; asso. see. missions, Cong. Ch. Extension Bds., 1906-34; re- tired, 1934; tr. Country Life Acad. (Star, N.C.), Am. Internat. Coll. (Springfield), Schauffler Coll. (Cleveland, O.); mem. Internat. Couneil for Pa- triotic Serviee, Council of Women for Home Mis- sions. Clubs: Congregational, Monday (N.Y.), Diekens (Boston), Travel: U.S. (extensive; stu- died and reported on conditions among Indians, negroes, industrial workers, ranchmen, etc.). Congregationalist. Home: South Sudbury.
WOODBRIDGE, Philip Dudley, physician, anesthe- tist; b. Brookline, Nov. 11, 1895; s. S(amuel) Homer Woodbridge and Adele R(eed) (Taylor) W .; ed. Newton high sch .; Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B. (cum laude), Harvard, 1917; M.D., llarvard Med. Sch., 1921; m. Marion Crane Maerck- lein of llartford (Conn.), Mar. 15, 1924; 1 son- Dudley Hooker. Res. phys., Boston Consumptive Hosp. (Mattapan), 1921; interne, Hartford (Conn.) Hosp., 1921-23; Boston City losp., Contagious Wards, 1923; gen. practice, Portland, Conn., 1923- 27; asst., see. on anesthesia, Mayo Clinic, Roches- ter, Minn., 1927-28; mem, dept. of anesthesia, Lahey Clinic, Boston, 1928 -; anesthetist, N.E. Deaconess and N.E. Bapt. Hosps .; organizer and dir. Musical Amateurs, Waban; pvt. med. de- lachment, 101 Telegraph Batt., 1917; fellow Am. Soc. of Anesthetists; mem. N.E. Soc. of Anes- thesiology (pres., 1934, 1937), Am. Bd. of Anes- thesiology, International Anesthesia Research Soe., Phi Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Waban Neigh- borhood, Anesthetists Travel. Dese. Thomas Hooker and Gov. Dudley. Co-designer of Con- nell anesthetic gas machine. Protestant. Inde- pendent. Office: 605 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 170 Collins Rd., Waban.
\WOODBURY, Frank Taylor, physician; b. Weare, N.Il., Dee, 4, 1871; s. Dammiel Peterson Woodbury and Mary Abbie (Taylor) W .; ed. Manchester, N.Il., high seh .; Dartmouth Coll., 1889-93; M. D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1896; m. Mary Hodgdon Whit- tle of Manchester, N.II., Oct. 20, 1897; children- Ruth Amelia, Dorcas Lydia. In gen, practice of ined. in Wakefield, 1896 -; tr. Wakefield Pub. Lib., Lucius Beebe Mem. Lib., 1900 -; mem. Wake- field Planning Bd .; selectman, Wakefield, 1904- 05; mem. Mass. Med. Soc. (past pres., Middlesex East Dist.), A.M.A., Dartmouth Alumni Assn., Kappa Kappa Kappa, Masons. Desc. pioneers of eastern Mass. Author: articles in various mags. on med., sporting and civic subjects. In- dependent. Office and home: 21 Chestnut St., Wakefield. Summer res .: North Weare, N.Il.
WOODBURY, Richard Stowell, lawyer; b. Spring- field, April 23, 1908; s. Everett Daniel Wood- bury and Helen Bingham (Stowell) W .; ed. Springfield Class, high sch ; A. B., Bethany Coll., W.Va., 1931; LL.B., Harvard, 1934; m. Kathryn Gillette of Bridgeport, O., June 18, 1936; 1 Son- Richard S., Jr. Admitted to Mass, bar, 1931, to bar of U.S. District Court, 1935; asso. Mallary & Gil- bert, Springfield, 1934-38, spl. asso., 1938 -; instr. law, Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1934, prof., 1935 -; dir., asst. treas,, elk., Hampshire Paper Co., 1935-37; dir., llinkson Paper Co., 1935-36; dir., clk., Hampshire Realty Co., 1936-37; dir., mem. exee. com., Gray Tel. Pay Station Co .; mem. adv. com.
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and clk. Haynes Laboratorics; counsel, Legal Aid Soc .; mem. Council of Social Agencies, Com. on Adult Edn., Y.M.C.A .; instr. in public speaking, Adult Edn. Groups and Mass. Univ. Extension; instr. law and student counselor, Northeastern Univ .; mem. Am., Mass. and Hampden Co. Bar Assns., Harvard Law Assn., For. Policy Assn., Nat. Assn. Legal Aid Socs., Sigma Nu, Clubs: Ex- change, Harvard (Conn. Valley). Descendant of early colonial families who founded Beverly, Salem and Hingham. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 1323 Main St., Springfield. Home: 40 Bene- dict Ter., Longmeadow.
V WOODBURY, William Ludwig, trustee; b. Glouces- ter, . Feb. 23, 1869; s. Capt. William Edwin Wood- bury and Sarah France's (AHen) W .; cd. Bryant & Stratton Commercial Sch .; m. Edith Mabel Lelghton of Cambridge, Oct. 6, 1914. With C. F. & G. W. Eddy, Inc., export grain, for more than 25 yrs .; now engaged in handling trust funds in various fiduciary capacitles, specifically as executor, tr., agt. and under power of attorney; v.p. and tr., North Av. Sav. Bk .; v.p. and dir., C. F. Eddy Co. Club: Economy (Cambridge). Congregationalist. Independent Republican. Of- ficc: 177 Milk St., Boston. Home: 24 Dunbarton Rd., Belmont.
WOODFALL, James Leslie, civil engineer; b. Wash - ington, D.C., Aug. 18, 1860; s. James 1Icnry Wood- fall and Lydia Warner (Curtis) W .; ed. Lynn high sch .; B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1883; m. Carrie Sawyer Fickett of Chelsea, 1889; children-Har- old Campbell, Lawrence Curtis. Engaged in gen. engring. and sanitary work, firm of MeClintock & Woodfall, consulting engrs., town engr., Bel- mont, 1921 -; mem. Masonic Lodge. Protestant. Republican. Office: Town Hall, Belmont. Home: 47 Louise Rd., Belmont. Summer home: Egypt. WOODRUFF, E. Frederick, investment banker; b. Boston, Dec. 18, 1892; s. Edgar Woodruff and Mary Louise (Frederick) W .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1916; student, Univ. Tou- louse, Fr .; m. Eva J. Cashman of Cambridge, Sept. 2, 1922; children-Frederick, Jeanne Louise. Adv. mgr., American Glue Co., 1919-21, purchasing agt., 1921-22; with Nat. City Co., investment banking, 1922-27, First Boston Corp., 1927-39; Shields & Co., 1939 -; enlisted with U.S. Basc Hosp. #6 for immediate service overseas, May 25, 1917, sergt. (1st class), service in France, July 9, 1917-July 11, 1919. Clubs: Harvard, Appa- lachian Mt. Travel: Calif., 1926. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: 863 Chestnut St., Newton.
YWOODRUFF, Frank Otis, chemist; b. Machias (Me. ), Apr. 25, 1873; s. Aaron Lorenzo Woodruff and Mary E. (Wooster) W .; ed. Needham high sch .; Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1899; A.M., Tabor Coll. (la.), 1901; Univ. Mich., 1901-02; Harvard Summer Sch .; m. Dorothy May Beckwith of Wollaston, June 8, 1906; children-Dorothy May, Muriel Elizabeth. Instr., Tabor Coll., 1899-1901; asst. in chemistry, Univ. Neb., 1902-03; instr., State Coll. (N.M.), 1903-044; chemist, U.S. Dept. of Agr., 1904-22; one time reviewer for "Chemical Abstracts"; indus- trial research chemist, Beckwith Mfg. Co., 1922- 36, Felt Process Co., 1936 -; has Invented and perfected for commercial use several chemical and process patents; mcm. Ami. Chem. Soc., A.A.A.S., Nat. Geog. Soc. Author of several arti- cles on chemical methods. Desc. colonial sol- diers in Revolutionary War. Protestant. Ro- publican. Office: 31 Old Heath St., Jamaica Plain. Home: 121 Hunnewell Av., Newton
WOODRUFF, Lorande Loss, professor of proto- zoology; b. N.Y. City, July 14, 1879; s. Charles Albert Woodruff and Eloise Clara ( Loss) W .; cd. A.B., Columbia, 1901, A.M., 1902, Ph.D., 1905; hon. M.A., Yale, 1915; m. Margaret Louise Mit- chell of N.Y. City, Dec. 21, 1905; children-Mrs. Margaret Eloise Wilson, Dr. Lorande Mitchell. Asst. in biology, Williams Coll., 1903-04, instr., 1904-1907; instr., Yale, 1907-09, asst. prof., 1909- 1915, prof., 1915-1922; prof. protozoology, 1922-, dir. Osborn Zoöl. Lab., chmn. Dept. Zool., 1938-, fellow of Branford Coll .; lecturer, zoology, Marine
Biological Lab., Woods Hole, 1905-1907, embry- ology, 1907-1914; lecturer, protozoology, Univ. Va., 1931, 1936, 1938; Townsend Ilarris Medal, Coll. City of New York, 1935; tr., Marine Biol. Lab .; chin., div. biology & agriculture, Nat. Research Council, 1928-29; cons. physiologist, chem. warfare serv., U.S.A., 1918; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem., Nat. Acad. Sciences, Am. Soc. Zoologists, (sec. treas., 1907-1909; v.p., 1918), Am. Physiol. Soc., Soc. for Exptl. Biology & Med., Am. Soc. Naturalists (v.p., 1923), Conn. Acad. Arts & Sci- ences, Am. Micros. Soc., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs. (chmin. Yale br. 1920-22), Sigma Xi (pres. Yale chap., 1915-16), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi, Gamma Alpha, Masons. Club: Graduate of New Haven (Conn.). Author: Foundations of Biology, 1922, 5th edit., 1936; Animal Biology, 1932, 2d edit., 1938; studies on life hist. of Pro- tozon, chicfly based on pedigreed race of Para- mecium of over 20,000 generations; Endomixis and its significance in Infusoria; Hist. of Biol- ogy. Co-author: Evolution of the Earth and its Inhabitants, 1918; Development of the Sci- ences, 1923; Organic Adaptation to Environment, 1924; Earth and Man, 1929. Asso. editor: Journal of Morphology, 1922-24, 1932-34. Congregation- alist. Republican. Office: Osborn Zoological Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Home: 146 Cottage St., New Haven, Conn. Sum- mer res .: Woods Hole.
WOODRUFF, Louis Frank, assoc. professor of elec- trical engring., consulting engineer; b. Colum- bus, Ga., Dee. 6, 1896; s. Charles Beauregard Woodruff and Mary Louise (Mott) W .; ed. Co- lumbus (Ga.) high sch .; B.S. in M.E., B.S. in I.E., Ga. Sch. Tech., 1917; S.B., M.I.T., 1918, S.M., 1922; S.B., Harvard Univ., 1918; m. Ann Isabel Crcelman, 1927; children-Mary Louise, Nancy, Marcia. Served in Eng. Corps, .O.T.C., 1918; with Gen. Elcc. Co., 1918-21; instr., M.I.T., then asst. prof., and assoc. prof .; dir. Central Records Machine, Inc .; mem. Am. Inst. E.E. Au- thor: Principles of Elcetric Power Transmission; various tech. papers. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 43 Whiting Rd., Wellesley Hills.
WOODS, Edward Hutchins, insurance agent; b. West Newton, Apr. 30, 1892; s. Edward Frank- lin Woods and Bertha (Hutchins) W .; ed. New- ton high sch., 1906-10; A.B., Harvard, 1914, m. Margaret. Harvey of Newton Centre, June 9, 1917; children-Anne Harvey, William Harvey. Ins. insp. for fire ins. cos., 1915; cik., Hinckley & Woods, gen. agts., Boston, 1915-, mcm. firm, 1918 -; mem. City Rep. Com., Newton, 1930 -; mem. Newton Welfare Bd .; served in U.S. Naval les. during World War; mem. Hasty Pudding Inst. 1770, Owl, D.K.E., Pi Eta (Harvard), Clubs: Exchange, Algonquin (Boston), Waban Neigh- borhood, Marshfield Country. Christian Scientist. Republican. Office: 40 Broad St., Boston. Home: 141 Moffat Rd., Waban.
WOODS, Frederick Shenstone, mathematician; b. Monson, Mar. 8, 1861; s. Frederick Woods and Sarah H. (Shenstone) W .; ed. A.B., Wesleyan Univ., Conn., 1885, A.M., 1888; Ph.1)., Univ. Göt- tingen, Ger., 1894; m. Ethel M. Eager of Bcl- mont, June 20, 1899; children-Emily, Helen. Asst. in physics and astronomy, Wesleyan Univ., 1885-86; teacher math., Lima, N.Y., 1886-90; instr. math., M. I.T., 1890-95, asst. prof., 1895-1902, asso. prof., 1903-06, prof., 1906-34, head of Dept., 1930- 34; emeritus, 1934 -; hon. lecturer, M.I.T., 1934- 35; lecturer, math., Harvard, 1898-99: fellow Am Acad. Arts & Sciences; mem. Math. Assu. Am., Am. Math. Soc., A.A.A.S., Psi Upsilon. Author: (with F. H. Bailey) Plane and Solid Analytie Geometry, 1897; (with E. B. Van Vleck and H. S. White) Boston Colloquium Lectures on Mathematics, 1905; (with F. H. Bailcy) A Course In Mathematics for Students of Engincer- ing and Applied Science, 1908, Analytic Geometry and Calculus, 1917, Elementary Calculus, 1922; Higher Geometry, 1922; Advanced Calculus, 1926. Ed .: Annals of Mathematics, 1900-11; Journal of Mathematics and Physics, 1921 -. Home: 123 Sumner St., Newton Centre.
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