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WOODS, William Sylvester, lawyer; b. Newbury- port, Nov. 16, 1869; s. John J. Woods and Anne (Kelley) W .; ed. Ottawa Univ., Can .; Harvard; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1895; in. Florence M. Garvin of Taunton, Oct. 12, 1905; children-Muriel Garvin, Nathalie Florence, Wilma Anne. Prac- ticed law, Taunton, 1895 -; city solicitor, 1898- 1903; asso. justice, 1st Dist. Ct., Bristol, 1904 -; mem. sch. com., 1906-10; mayor, 1910-11; mem. Taunton Bar Assn. (pres., 1905-13), K.C., Mass. C.O.F. Club: Harvard. Republican. Office: Tay- lor Bldg., Taunton. Home: 53 Ilarrison Av., Taunton.
WOODSIDE, Gilbert Llewellyn, professor; b. Cur- wensville, Pa., Feb. 9, 1909; s. William Worth Woodside and Minnie (Kester) W .; ed. Curwen- side high sch .; George Sch., Pa .; A.B., De Pauw Univ., 1932; M.A., Harvard Univ., 1933, Ph.D., 1936; m. Mary Calhoun Livingston of Wash., D.C., Sept. 1, 1934; 1 son-Kenneth Hall. Rector fel- low, Harvard Univ., 1933, Austin teaching fel- low, 1933-36; asst. prof. biol., Mass. State Coll., 1936 -; mem. Am. Soc. Zool., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi. Author: Several scientifie articles. Office: Mass. State College, Amherst. Home: 98 Fearing St., Amherst. WOODWARD, Annie Carleion, educator; b. Duxbury, Aug. 9, 1885; d. Frank Carleton Woodward and Mary Fuller (Cushing) W .; ed. Kingston high sch .; B.B.A., Boston Univ., 1924, hon. Sc.D., 1935; student, Calif. Univ., Columbia, Harvard, London Univ., N.Y. Univ., Pa. Univ., Simmons Coll. Suc- cessively, private sch. teacher, gram. seh. teacher, high sch. teacher, now head of commerce and industry dept., Somerville high sch .; chmn. in- ternat. relations com., N.E.A., Mass. Com. on Enrichment of Adult Life (pres. 1929); del. to World Fed. Edn. Assns., 1923, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, mem. legislative com., 1926-, budget com. 1932-33, 1938-39, exce. com. of dept. of bus. edn., 1933-, life mem .; dir. Mass. Teachers Fed., N.E.A., World Fed. of Edn. Assns .; nem. Internat. Soc. for Commercial Edn., English Speaking Union, Wom- en's Internat. League for Peace and Freedom, Joint Com. on the Emergency in Edn. (regional consultant, 1933-), Consumers Council of N.E. (mem. exee. com., 1933-), Marshfield Hist. Soc., Somerville Hist. Soc., Jones River Club, Inc., May- flower Descendants (Mass. Soc.), Tea Rock Chap. of D.A.R., Stetson Kindred of Am., Inc., Teachers Assn., Mass. Teachers Fed., Middlesex Co., N.E. Iligh Sch. Commercial Teachers Assn. Clubs: Appalachian Mt., Dickens, Travel. Author: ednl. articles in teachers mags. and year books. Trav- el: Europe, Calif., Alaska, Hawaii, W.L., Can., N.S., Panama, So. Am. Unitarian, Republican. Of- fice: Somerville High School, Somerville, or 78 Highland Av., Somerville. Home: 261 Main St., Kingston.
WOODWARD, Clark Eugene, insurance company executive; b. Olean, S.D., Jan. 29, 1887; s. Bur- ton Truman Woodward and Lillie Louise (House) W .; ed. pub. sehs., Pace Inst. and Burdett Bus. Sch .; m. Muriel E. Berry of Springfield, Sept. 3, 1921; children-Clark Eugene, June, Burton tarian. Republican. Office: 365 Main St., Truman. Formerly accounting elk., Gen. Elec. Worcester. Ilome: 58 Pearl St., Worcester. Co., Lynn, and William Whitman Co., Boston; \' WOODWARD, Stanley (Wingate), marine painter; with Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 1912-, successively head accountant, auditor, med. supervisor, mgr. claim dept., mgr. publicity and advertising, mgr. sales dept., 1912-22, v.p. and sec., 1921 -; dir. Phillips Elec. Light & Power Co .; mem. Masons. Club: Brae Burn Country (Newton). Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Office: Liberty Mutual Bldg., Boston. Ilome: 101 Homer St., Newton
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\.WOODWARD, Franklin Goodhne, real estate and insurance executive; b. Marlborough, Nov. 27, 1901; s. John Albro Woodward and Nellie May (Jones) W .; ed. Marlborough high sch .; attended Bates Coll. and Boston Univ. Sch. Bus. Adın .; pres. and treas. Woodward & Tyler, Inc .; dir. Waltham Nat. Bk .; tr. Banks Square Trust, Frank- lin Trust, Eugene Trust; dir. Mass. Real Estate Exchange; past pres. Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club; v.p. Community Fund, dir. Boys'
Club, all of Waltham. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 844 Main St., Waltham. Home:
Waltham.
WOODWARD, Perey E., manufacturer; b. Turners Falls, Jan. 21, 1891; s. Marcus M. Woodward and Ella (Pratt) W .; ed. pub. schs .; m. Mar- guerite Mosman of Chicopee, 1915; children- Burton M., Priscilla P. One of originators of Waldorf, Inc., pres. for many yrs., retired, 1928; . pres. Kinwood Realty, Albany, N.Y .; treas. Tex- tile Thread Co., Watertown; partner Brigham's Inc. Clubs: Boston City, Charles River Country, Rotary (Boston), Hunnewell (Newton) Bald Peak Country. Travel: extensive. Desc. Nathaniel Woodward, Boston, 1633; Mayflower desc. through mother. Protestant. Republican. Office: 47 Ba- con St., Watertown. Ilome: 125 Ilighland Av.,
Newtonville. Summer res .: Wolfeboro, N.Il.
WOODWARD, Robert Strong, artist; b. Northamp- ton, May 11, 1885; s. Orion LeRoy Woodward and Mary Eliza (Strong) W .; ed. Union Class. Inst., Schenectady, N.Y .; Wittenberg Coll., Spring- field, O .; Bradley Poly, Inst., Peoria, Ill .; Sch. of Art, Boston Wus. Fine Arts, 1 yr., otherwise self- taught in art; unmarried. Landscape painter in oils, 1918 -; rep., Springfield Art Mus., Stock- bridge Pub. Lib., Forbes Lib. (Northampton), Syracuse (N.Y.) Mus. Fine Arts, Mass. State Collection, Mt. Holyoke Coll. Art Gallery, Yale Univ. Gallery of Fine Arts, Gallery of Canajo- harie (N.Y.); paintings owned by Amory Eliot, Mrs. William H. Moore, John T. Spaulding, Fran- eis M. Whitehouse, Robert Frost (poet), Edward Jackson Holmes, etc .; also in Hollywood by Gracie Allen and George Burns, Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone, Beulah Bondi, etc. Awards: 1st Halgarten prize, Nat. Acad. Design. N.Y., 1919; hon. mention, Concord Art Assn., 1920; 1st landscape prize, Springfield Art League, 1927; gold medal of honor, Tercentenary Exhbn., Bos- ton, 1930; 2d prize with bronze medal, Boston Art Club, 1932; 2d landscape prize, Albany (N.Y.) Inst. Hist. & Fine Arts, 1937. Mem. Pittsfield and Springfield Art Leagues, Deerfield Valley Art Assn., Alpha Pi. Clubs: Boston Art, Salamagundi (N.Y.). Travel: U.S. (Calif. 6 yrs.). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Shelburne Falls. Home: Buckland.
WOODWARD, Samuel Bayard, banker, physician; b. Worcester, Aug. 24, 1853; s. Samuel Woodward and L. E. R. (Treadwell) W .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1874; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1878; m. Mar- garet Perley of N.II., Sept. 16, 1881. Practiced in Worcester, 1881-1921; visiting surg., Memo- rial, City and St. Vincent's Hosps .; cons. surg., City Hosp., 1903-, pres. Worcester Chamber of Commerce, 1921-23; Worcester County Inst. for Savings 1913-38, chin. trs., 1938 -; past pres. Washington Mills Emery Co .; pres. bd. trs., Me- morial Hosp., 1917-1928; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Harvard Med. Alumni Assn. (pres., 1912-15), Mass. Med. Soc. (pres., 1916-19), Antiquarian Soc. (past treas.), Worcester Fire ' Soc. Clubs: Harvard, Union, Bohemian, Tatnuck Country, etc. Uni-
1. Malden, Dec. 11, 1890; s. Frank Ernest Wood- ward and Alice Elizabeth (Colesworthy) W .; ed. Malden high sch., Eric Pape Sch. Art, Boston Mus. Fine Arts, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Phila .; m. Ruth Brainerd, June 12, 1926; 1 dau .- Patricia. Art instr., Ringling Sch. Art, Saracota, Fla .; head, Woodward Sumner Art Sch., Rockport, Mass .; corp. Batt. E, 107 Field Art., 28th Div., A.E.F., Feb., 1918-Apr., 1919; mem. Chicago Soc. Etchers, Concord Art Assn., Print Makers' Soc. Calif .; Fellow Penn. Acad. Fine Arts; mem. Boston Soc. Water Color Painters, Allied Artists Anı., Guild Boston Artists, North Shore Art Assn. (Glouces- ter); life mem. Am. Water Color Soc., Grand Cent. Galleries Assn., Rockport Art Assn., Am. Soc. Etchers, Soc. 28th Div. A.E.F .; represented: Mus. Fine Arts (Boston), Univ. Mich., Malden Pub. Lib., Concord Art Assn., Walker Gallery (Bowdoin Coll.), St. Mark's Seh. (Groton), Fed-
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oral Reserve Bank (San Franeiseo), Wellesley Ifills Pub. Lib., Fort Worth (Tex.) Mus., Ball Teachers Coll. (Muneie, Ind.), Vanderpoel Coll. (Chicago); awards: llon. Mention, Concord Art Assn., 1919; 2d llallgarten prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1925; Ilammond purchase prize, N.Y. Water Color Club and Am. Water Color Soc, 1927; Baltimore Water Color Club, 1927; spl. prize, Springfield Art League; Mass. Tereenten- ary gold medal, 1930; Crowning shield, 1931; prize, Stockbridge Art Assn. Clubs: N. Y., Phila. Water Color. Dese. Nathaniel Woodward, from Eng- land to Boston 1631. Episcopalian. Republican. Studio: 14 Ilunt St., Newton. Summer res .: Rock- port.
WOODWORTH, Arthur Vernon, professor; b. Bos- ton, May 30, 1865; s. Alfred Skinner Woodworth and Anna Gorton (Grafton) W .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1891; B.D., Episc. Theol. Sch., Cambridge, 1894; Ph.D., Univ. Frei- berg, Ger., 1896; m. Margaret Kennard of Bos- ton, Oct. 14, 1903; children-Kennard, Alfred S., A. Vernon, Jr., Mrs. Stuart Scott, dr. Clk., llar- per & Bros., 1897; mem. Sewall & Woodworth, 1908-13; ed., Nat. Industrial Conf. Bd., 1916-18; instr. hlst., govt., and econ., Harvard, 1918-20, asso., 1921-31; asst. prof. finance, Harvard Grad. Seh. Bus. Adm., 1920-35; mem. exce. com., Good Govt. Assn., Boston Family Welfare; advisory com., sch. com. Clubs: Country (Brookline), St. Botolph, Union Boat, Author: Christian Social- Ism in England; many articles in mags. and pa- pers. Travel: Europe, 1924, 1930, 1937. Dese. Walter Woodward, Plymouth, 1628. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: North Pembroke.
WOODWORTH, Stewart Campbell, lawyer; b. Bos- ton, Aug. 17, 1888; s. Alfred S. Woodworth and Sara E. (Campbell) W .; ed. Middlesex Sch .; Noble & Greenough Sch .: A.B., Harvard, 1910; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1912; m. Coline M. Ingersoll of N.Y. City, 1917; children-Stewarts/ C., Jr., Colin M .; dir. Boston Mun. Research Bu- 1 reau, Am. Lanolin Corp., and other cos .; pvt., sergt., 2d lt., O.M.C., Dec. 1917-May 1919; mem. Boston and Am. Bar Assns. Club: Harvard (Bos- ton). Oflice: 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: 61 Allandale St., Jamaica Plain. Summer res :. Ware- ham.
Y WOOLLEY, George Henry, treasurer; b. Boston, Feb. 16, 1873; s. lames Woolley and Hannah Eliza- beth (Ilildreth) W .; ed. Burdett Bus. Coll .; m. Edith Christiana Parry of Boston, Jan. 5. 1898; children-Elizabeth; George Crandon. Clerk, A. Gove & Son, coal dealers, 1889-1891; elerk, Com- mercial Tow Boat (o., 1891-, treas., 1912-28; asst, mgr., Doane Commercial Towing Co., 1928- 31; treas., Ross Tow Boat Co., 1934 -; dir. Ross Tow Boat Co. (Boston); mem. Sons Am. Revo- lution, Masons, Odd Fellows. Travel: World cruise. Desc. old Boston families on both sides and officers in Revolutionary War. Christian Scientist. Republican. Ollice: 28 T Wharf, Bos- ton. Home: 63 llyde St., Newton Highlands.
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WOOLMAN, Mary Schenck, educator; b. Cainden (N.J.), Apr. 26, 1860; d. John Voorhees Schenck and Martha (MeKeen) S .; ed. Mary Anna Long- streth Sch. (Phila.); Univ. Pa., 1883-84; B.S. Colinbia, 1897; student domestic arts, arts and crafts revival and trade sehs., Eng. and Europe, 7 years; grad. in research, Radcliffe Coll., 1921, 1926; m. Franklin Conrad Woolman of Camden, N.J., Oct. 18, 1883. Instr. domestie econ., Teach- ers Coll., Columbia, 1893-97, prof. domestic art, 1897-1912; organizer and 1st dir., Manhattan Trade Sch. for Girls, N.Y. City, 1902-10; head, Household Economics Dept., Simmons Coll., 19.12- 14; writer and leeturer on social economics and ednl. subjects; specialist, adviser and lecturer, vocational edn., 1914; ednl. lecturer, retail trade bd., Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1915-17; grad. courses, unlv. summer sehs., 1914-17; textile spe- ciallst, Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs, 1925-28; chmn. orgn. com., Camp Fire Girls, 1911; pres. Women's Ednl. & Industrial Union; mem. bd. of mgrs., Nat. Soc. Promotion Industrial Edn., chmn. wom- en's work many years; chmn. edn. dept., Mass.
Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1915-16; mem. Mass. Com. on Food Conservation, 1917; leg. com., Bos- ton City Fed. Women's Clubs, 1917; v.p. N.I.A., 1917; organizer, Clothing Information Bur., 1917; White House Conf. on Home Bldg, & Home Own- orship, 1931; U.S. Dept. Agr., 1917-1919; mem. Nat. Inst. Social Sei., Am. Ilist. Soe .; Inc. (ad- visory cont.), Pl Gamma Mu. Awarded Gold Medal, Nat. Inst. Social Sciences, 1926. Anthor: A Sewing Course for Schools, 1900; A Sewing Course for Teachers, 1907; The Making of a Trade School, 1910; Textiles, a Handbook for Student and Consumer, 1913, 1926; Clothing In- formation Bureau, 1919; Clothing Choice, Care, Cost, 1920, 1922, 1926. Editor: Textile Problems for the Consumer (Symposium), 1935. Unitarian. Office and home: Hotel Hemenway, Boston.
WORCESTER, Alfred, physician: b. Waltham, June 22, 1855; s. Benjamin Worcester and Mary Clapp ( Ruggles) W .; ed. Waltham New Church Sch .; A.B, Harvard, 1878, A.M., 1881; M.D., llarvard Med. Sch., 1883; Se.D., Tufts Coll., 1931; in. Eliza- beth Joy llill of Portland, Me., Oct. 19, 1886. Practice of med., Waltham, 1883 -; Tlenry K. Oliver prof. hygiene, Harvard, 1925-35, emeritus, 1935 -; tr. Mass, Hosp. for Consumptives, 1897- 1901; founder, Waltham Training Sch. for Nurses; chin., Mass. Com. on Maternity Benefits, 1920: Com., Am. Red Cross, Switzerland, 1918-19; mem. Mass. Med. Soc. (pres., 1919-21), Obstet. Soc. of Boston, Harvard Med. Alumni Assn. (past pres.). Decorated Officer, Order Leopold II, by King Albert of Belgium. Anthor; Monthly Nurs- ing, 1886; Small llospitals, 1894; Nurses for Our Neighbors, 1913; Nurses and Nursing, 1927; Sc- leeted Medical Papers; American Red Cross Service in Switzerland; Hygiene for Freshmen; Sex Hygiene; The Care of the Aged, the Dying and the Dead. Episcopalian. Mugwump. Of- fice and home: 314 Bacon St., Waltham. Summer res. : Roekport.
WORCESTER, Elwood, clergyman; b. Massillon, O., 1862; s. David Freeman Worcester and Frances (Gold) W .; ed. private sechs., Rochester, N.Y .; A.B., Columbia, 1886; General Theological Sem .; A.M., Ph.D., Univ. Leipzig, 1889; hon. S.T.D., Ho- bart Coll., 1897; D.D., Univ. Pa., 1898, Columbia 1929; m. Blanche S. Rulison of Bethlehem, Pa., Aug. 7, 1891; children-Constance R., Gurdon S., Blandina, David. Deacon, 1890, priest, 1891, Prot. Epise. Ch .; chaplain and prof. philosophy and psychology, Lehigh Univ., 1890-96; acting rector, St. John's, Dresden, Germany, 1894-5; rec- tor, St. Stephen's Ch., Phila., Pa., 1896-1904, Em- manuel Ch., Boston, 1904-29; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Religious Opinions of John Locke, 1889; The Book of Genesis in the Light of Modern Knowledge, 1901; Religion and Medi- cine, 1907; The living Word, 1908; The Chris- tian Religion as a llealing Power, 1909, Religion and Life, 1913; The Issues of Life, 1915; Was lesus a llistorical Person?, 1927; The Allies of Religion, 1929; Body, Mind and Spirit, (with Dr. Samuel MeComb), 1931; Life's Adventure, 1932; Studies in the Birth of the Lord, 1932; Making Life Better, 1933. Dese. Rev. William Worcester, who came to Mass. in 1638. Home: 186 Marlborough St., Boston. Summer res .: Pal- frey Lake, N.B.
WORCESTER, Henry E., business man; b. Tewks- bury, Sept. 30, 1875; s. Horatio E. Worcester and Annie (Jarvie) W .; ed. Lowell high sch .; M.I.T., 1897; m. Alice G. Duncan of Bloomfield, N.J., Apr. 10, 1905; children-Mrs. Mary W. von Rosen- vinge, Henry E., Jr., John D. Sugar refiner; v.p., dir. Revere Sugar Refinery; dir. Manati Sugar Co .; v.p. United Fruit Co., East Can- bridge Sav. Bk .; life mem. Corp., M.I.T .; mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. Clubs: Union, Engineers, University (Boston), Unlon League (N.Y.). Of- fice: 1 Federal St., Boston. Home: 111 Church St., Winchester. Summer res .: Annisquam, Fran- cestown, N.11.
WORCESTER, Joseph Ruggles, consulting civil en- gineer; b. Waltham, May 9, 1860; s. Benjamin Worcester and Mary Clapp (Ruggles) W .; ed.
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Waltham New Church Sch .; A. B., Harvard, 1882: In. Alice Jeannette Wheeler of Lincoln, Jan. 2, 1889; children-Mrs. Alice M. Howe, Mrs. Bar- bara Porter, Thomas, Ruth H. Chief engr., Bos- ton Bridge Works, 1882-94; cons. practice, 1894- 1906; sr. partner, J. R. Worcester & Co., 1906-24; designed numerous bridges and other structures; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Concrete Inst., Am. Soc. Test. Mat., Am. Inst. Cons. Engrs., Am. Ry. Engring. Assn., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences. New Church. Independent. Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Home: 102 Greenwood Lane, Waltham. Summer res. : Lands End, Rockport.
\ WORCESTER, Leonard, publisher; b. So. Orange, N.J., Dec. 29, 1879; s. Rev. John Hopkins Worces- ter and llarriet Williams (Strong) W .; ed. Bur- lington (Vt.) high sch .; A.B., Princeton, 1902; m. Grace Worthington Bushée of Merrimack, N.II., Nov. 29, 1905; children-Leonard Worth- ington, Donald Clark. Clk., then accountant. 1903-09; statistician, N.J. Zinc Co., 1909-13; did sales promotion work, Manchester, N.H., 1915-30: treas., ed., Bruce Humphries, Inc., pubs., Boston, 1930-35; pres. Manthorne & Burack, Inc., 1936-38; pres., co-pub., The Writer, 1936-37; co-pub., Poet Lore Mag. Desc. Caleb Strong, Gov. Mass., 1800- 07, 1813-16. Episcopalian. Independent Democrat. Office: 8 Arlington St., Boston. Home: 42 Barnard Av., Watertown.
WORDEN, Ralph P., consulting entgineer; b. Chel- Sea, June 9, 1893; s. Robert S. Worden and Lillian I. (Brundage) W .; ed. Boston pub. schs .; stu- dent, U.S. Naval Acad., 1915-17, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1919-20; m. Betty A. Thompson of Dover, N.Il., Feb. 4, 1920; 1 dau .- Judith Anne. Mech, engr., U.S. Machine Corp., 1919; industrial engr., Gant, 1921-24; v.p. MacDonald Bros., 1924-29; sr. part- ner, Stevenson, Jordan & Harrison, 1929-31; pres. Worden Co., 1931 -; served in U.S. Navy, ad- vancing from ensign to It. comdr., World War; mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Am. Management Assn. Clubs: Engineers, Boston Yacht, Com- monwealth, Country. Author: The Labor Prob- lem, 1933; Procedure for Market Research, 1930: also numerous articles on labor and industrial relations. Methodist. Republican. Office: Stat- ler Bldg., Boston. Home: 43 Lincoln St., Belmont. WORK, Eunice, professor of Greek and Latin; b. Norfolk, Va., Oct. 15, 1894; d. Jeremiah Boston Work and Mary M. (Watts) W .; ed. Olathe (Kan.) high sch .; A.B., Tarkio Coll., 1917; A.M., Cornell, 1919, Ph.D., 1924; Am. Sch. Class. Studies, sum- mer 1928; unmarried. Prof. Latin, head of dept., Tarkio (Mo.) Coll., 1921-23; acting asso. prof., Converse Coll., 1924-25; prof. Greek and Latin, head of dept., Wheaton Coll., 1925 -; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Numismatic Soc., Anı. Philol. Assn., Am. Inst. Archacology, Class. Assn. N.E. Travel: Europe. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Wheaton Coll., Norton. Home: 46 College Green, Norton. Summer res .: 111 Ithaca Rd., Ithaca, N.Y.
WORRALL, David Elbridge, professor of chemistry; b. Westerly, R.I., Aug. 2, 1886; s. William Francis Worrall and Iona May (Paine) W .; ed. Woon- socket (R.I.) high sch .; S.B., R.I. State Coll., 1910; A.M., Harvard, 1911, Ph.D., 1919; Univ. Graz, Austria, 1928; m. Harriet Taber Tucker of West Kingston, R.I., Nov. 28, 1914; children -David Elbridge, Jr., Edward Tucker, Hilda. Chemist, Guatanamo (Cuba) Sugar Co., 1912; instr. chem., Smith Coll., 1914-17; Harvard, 1919; asst. prof., Tufts Coll., 1919-24, prof., 1924 -; visiting lecturer, Radcliffe Coll., 1925-27; asst. gas chem., Bur. Mines; 1st It., C.W.S., U.S.A., 1918; fellow, A.A.A.S., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Geog. Soc .; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa (hon.), Alpha Chi Sigma, Theta Chi, Phi Kappa Phi. Author: Principles of Organic Chemistry, 1927; many articles in Journal of Am. Chem. Soc. on organic chem. Travel: Europe, W.I. Re- publican. Oflice: Tufts College, Medford. Home: 72 Badger St., Medford.
WORTHEN, Joseph Washburn, lawyer; b. Hanover, N.H., Jan. 21, 1888; s. Thomas Wilson Dorr Worthen and Elizabeth (Washburn) W .; ed. Han-
over, N.H., high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1909; Harvard Law Sch., 1909-10; Oxford (Rhodes Scholar), 1910-1913, B.C.L. (Oxon.), 1913; 1. Der- othy Bullard of Arlington, Aug. 14, 1915 chil- dren-Mary, Thomas, Joan, Palmer. Practiced law, Concord, N. H., 1914-19, Boston, 1913-14, 1919 -; tr. Winchester Sav. Bank; selectman, Winchester, 1928, 1929, 1930 (chin.); industrial adviser, Dist. Bd., N.H., chinn. Four Minute Men, Concord, N.H., during World War; mem. Mass., N.I., and U.S. Bars, including U.S. Supreme Ct .; Kappa Kappa Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, Sphinx ( Dartmonth), Masons. Club: Winchester Coun- try. Travel: Europe, 1910-13, 1929. Dese. Oxen- bridge and Thacher families; including sec. Mass. Bay Colony, first pastor of Old South Ch., Boston; Oxenbridge Thacher, counsel w. James Otis in Writs of Assistance. Protestant. Democrat. Office: 10 Post Office Sq., Boston. Home: 29 Wedgemere Av., Winchester. Summer res .: Mar- blehead, Mass., and Stanstead, P.Q.
WORTHINGTON, Arthur Morton, physician; b. Ded- ham, Mar. 30, 1870; s. Erastus Worthington and Elizabeth Foster (Briggs) W .; ed. grad., Ded- ham high sch., 1887, Boston English high sch., 1888; S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1892; M.D., llarvard Med. Sch., 1896; m. Louise Taft Marsh of Ded- ham, Oct. 8, 1902; children-Arthur Morton, Jr., Alice Louise (Mrs. Stanley Kimball). Med. house officer, Boston City Hosp., 1896-98; has practiced at Dedham, 1898 -; asst. in bacteriology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1905-12; bacteriologist, Ded- ham Ilealth Dept., 1911-, sec., 1923 -; capt. U.S.A. Med. Corps, serving with A.E.F. in France and Germany; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Masons. ('lub: Clinical (Boston). Episcopalian. Demo- erat. Home: 34 School St., Dedham.
WRAGG. Samuel Holmes, manufacturer; b. Need- ham, June 9, 1882; s. William Wragg and Mary ( Ifolmes) W .; ed. Needham pub. schs .; m. Ilen- rietta Beless of Needham, Aug. 28, 1906; 1 son- William 11. Pres. Charles Walton & Son; dir. Needham Coop. BR .; mem. Adv. Com., Norfolk County Trust Co .; selectman, Needham, 1914-20; rep. Gen. Ct., 1919-21, Senate, 1925-1938, pres. Senate, 1937-38; Sheriff Norfolk Co., 1939 -; miem. Masons, Elks, Shrine, I.O.O.F. Club: Boston City. Methodist. Republican. Office: 661 Highland Av., Needham Heights. llome: 74 High St., Needham Ileights. Summer res. : Wareham.
WREN, Frank George, dean, professor of mathe- matics; b. Sharon, Mar. 15, 1874; s. Edward Wren and Ellen ( Devinc) W .; ed. Dean Acad., Franklin; Harvard, 1899-1900; A.B., Tufts Coll., 1894, A.M., 1897, L. EI.1)., 1939; m. Mary E. Ingra- ham of Boston, Sept. 7, 1898; 1 son-Paul Ingra- ham. Instr. math., Tufts Coll., 1894-99, asst. prof., 1899-1902, prof., 1902-, dean, Sch. of Liberal Arts & Faculty of Arts & Sciences, 1907-39; tr., Dean Acad .; mem. A.A.A.S.,.Am. Math. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Tau Omega. Clubs: University,
Puddingstone, Schoolmasters. Protestant. Re- publican. Office: Tufts College, Medford. Home: 14 Professors Row, Tufts College, Medford.
WRIGHT, Archibald Burton, civil engineer, sur- veyor; b. No. Adams, Dec. 6, 1899; s. Peter Har- rison Wright and Lucy Jane (Maxwell) W .; ed. Drury high sch .; C.E., Chicago Tech. Coll., 1932; m. Catherine Doris Kingston of No. Adams, Sept. 10, 1935; children-Eleanor Francis, Doris Jane. Engaged as civ. engr., pvt. practice and pub. service, 15 yrs .; now civ. engr. for city of No. Adams; pvt. 677 Acro Squadron, U.S.A., World War, 6 mos .; mem. Am. Legion. Travel: Cuba, Panama, Peru. Protestant. Independent. Of- fice and home: 293 Ashland St., No. Adams,
WRIGIPT, Benjamin Fletcher, Jr., professor; b. Austin, Tex., Feb. 8, 1900; s. Benjamin Fletcher Wright and Mary (Blandford) W .; ed. Austin (Tex.) high sch .; B.A., Univ. Tex., M.A., 1921; Ph. D., Harvard, 1925; m. Alexa Rhea of Dallas, Tex., 1926; children-David Herndon, Janet Fitz- hngh. Instr. govt., Univ. Tex., 1922-24, asst. prof., 1924-26; instr. govt., Harvard, 1926-28, asst. prof., 1928 -; pvt. Inf., U.S.A., 1918; mem. Am. Politic. Sei. Assn., Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Assn. Univ.
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Profs. Author: Souree Book of Ameriean Po- litical Theory, 1928; American Interpretation of Natural Law, 1931; The Contract Clause of The Constitution, 1938; articles in various jours. Of- fice: ilarvard University, Cambridge. Home: 47 Coolidge Hill Rd., Cambridge.
WRIGHT, Charles Henry Conrad, professor of French (emeritus) ; b. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 16. 1869; s. Charles llenry Wright and Margaret B. ( Upham) W .; ed. Coll. Honfleur, France; A.B., Harvard, 1891; B.A., Oxford, Eng., 1895, M.A., 1899; m. Elizabeth L. Woodman of Cambridge, Apr. 17, 1914; children-Walter Woodman, Charles Conrad, Brooks. Instr. French, llarvard, 1895- 1902, asst. prof., 1902-12, asso. prof., 1912-13, prof. French lang. and lit., 1913-36, emeritus, 1936 -; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; mem. Modern Lang. Assn. Am., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Fac- ulty (Cambridge), Harvard (Boston), Author: A Ilistory of French Literature, 1912; A History of the Third French Republie, 1916; French Classi- cism, 1920; The Background of Modern French Literature, 1926. Ed., annotated editions of French elassics, as Racine's Les Plaideurs, Moli- ere's Tartuffe, Selections from Bossuet, etc. Travel: many yrs. in Europe. Home: 9 Lowell St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Paris, Me.
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