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LANCASTER, Walter Brackett, ophthalmic surgeon; b. Newton, May 11, 1863; s. Charles Bartlett Lancaster and Mary Elizabeth (Brackett) L .;
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ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1884; M.D) .. Harvard Med. Sch., 1889; m. Emma Winter of Newton, Dec. 15, 1886; 1 dau .- Julia Elizabeth. Asst. ophthalmic surg., Boston City Hosp., 1897- 1900, sr. ophthalmic surg., 1900; asst. ophthal- mic surg. Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1898-1900, ophthalmic surg., 1912-28, cons. ophthalmic surg., 1928 -; asst. instr. ophthalmology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1911; asso. in ophthalmology, Harvard Univ. Dept. Grad. Instrn., 1933 -; cons. ophthal- mic surg., N.E. Hosp. for Women and Children, 1920 -; maj. Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917-19, chief. of dept. of head surgery, Camp Devens; asst. comdy. officer, Base Hosp., Camp Devens; head of dept. ophthalmology and assisting comdg. of- ficer of Research Lab., Air Service, Mitchell Field, L.I., 1917-19; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A. (chmn. sect. ophthalmology, 1928), Am. Ophthal. Soc. (pres. 1935), Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto- Laryngology (pres. 1924), Am. Bd. Ophthalmol- ogy (pres. several times), Nat. Conf. on Nomen- ) clature of Disease (chmn. ophthalmology), Op- tical Soc. Am., Illuminating Engring. Soc. (com. on research), Nat. Research Council, Adv. Bd. Med. Specialties (mem. exec. com.), N.E. Ophthal. Soe. (pres. three terms), Mass. Med. Soc., A.A.A.S., Mass. Hort. Soc., Pan-Am. Med. Assn. Club: Ilar- vard. Congregationalist. Republican. Oflice: 520 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Ilome: 96 Bay State Rd., Boston.
LANDAU, Etta (Etta Landau Isenman), lawyer; b. Somerville, Sept. 22, 1910; d. Ben Landau and Eva Rose (Melamed) L .; ed. Chelsea sr. high seh .; courses at Boston Univ .; LL. B., Northeast- ern Univ. Law Sch., 1932; m. George A. Isenman of Boston, July 3, 1938. Practiced law with brothers and sister, Boston, 1933 -; mem. Bos- ton Bar Assn. Jewish. Office: 18 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 4 Abbotsford St., Roxbury.
LANDERS, Warren Prince, elergyman, author; b. North Bridgewater ( Brockton), July 15, 1869; s. Edmund N. Landers and Meribah (Perkins) L .; ed. grad., Brockton high sch .; student Boston Univ., 1888-90; m. Bertha Wakefield Corliss of Somerville, Sept. 16, 1890 (d. Apr. 9, 1932); m. (2d) Elizabeth Griffith Donovan, Apr. 21, 1935. Ordained to Cong. ministry, Dec. 2, 1891; pastor, First Ch., Huntington, 1891, Middleton, 1891-98, Sutton, 1902-05, Westport, Conn., 1905-08, Gilbert- ville (llardwick), 1909-13, East Cong. Ch., Mil- ton, 1922-27; pastor ad interim, 1927-32; pastor, North Reading, 1933-36; chaplain State Sana- torium, North Wilmington, 1933 -; lecturer; sec. Am. Com., London S.S. Conv., 1898; supt. of cir- culation, The Congregationalist, Boston, 1898- 1902. sec. Boston Layman's Missionary Move- ment, 1908, Mass. Total Abstinence Soc., 1913-18, sec. Allied Temperance Organizations of Mass., 1919; Editor reporter, San Francisco C.E. Conv., 1897, Denver S.S. Conv., 1902; press sec. Cin- cinnati C.E. Conv., 1901; ed. The Temperance Cause (monthly), Boston, 1913-18; Sec. Sutton Bicentennial, 1904, sec. and historian Brockton Centennial, 1921; ehmn. Milton Com. on Centen- nial of First American (Granite) Ry., 1926; exec. sec. Boston com. British Cong. Pilgrim- age, 1928; with Mass. Bay Tercentenary, 1928- 29; Chaplain since 1914, and historian, Joseph Webb Lodge, A.F.&A.M., Boston; chaplain, Baa- lis Sanford Lodge, A.F.&A.M., Brockton, 1921- 22; asso. prelate, Boston Council, and Jos. War- ren Commandery, K.T .; chaplain, Grand Lodge of Mass., 1931, Grand Council of Mass., 1932 -; mem. Suffolk South Assn. Cong. Ministers (sec. 1919-22). Clubs: Dickens of Boston (pres. 1935- 36); Historical (Dorchester). Author: The Put- nams (Magazine of Ilistory), 1917; John Davis Long (Am. Temperance Cyclo.); The Spirit of John Alden, 1920; Broekton and Its Centennial, 1921; The City of Peace (verse), 1923; Unto You This Day (verse), 1926; sermons, including "Morris K. Jessup"; regular contbrns. to daily and rel. press; frequent speaker before Masonic bodies. Office: 51 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 31 Claflin Rd., Brookline, and 43 Tremlett St., Dorchester.
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LANDERS, William Rupert, real estate and insur- ance agent, banker; b. Port Maitland, N.S., Feb. 5, 1871; s. William H. Landers and Emma (Por- ter) L .; ed. Port Maitland pub. schs .; m. Adelia S. Crosby of Port Maitland, N.S., Sept. 25, 1895; m. (2d) Mabel Patterson of Boston, Jan. 21, 1926. Carpenter and builder, 1887-97; general store, auctioneer and insurance, Port Maitland, N.S., 1897-07; came to Boston Mar. 31, 1907; In real estate and ins. bus. alone, also as auctioneer, appraiser and builder, 1907 -; pres. and dir. Mattapan Coop. Bk .; v.p. and treas. Emery Ins. Agency, Inc .; treas. Mattapan Realty Trust, Inc., W. R. Landers, Inc .; pres. Mass. Coop. Bk. League, 1933; mem. Masons, Odd Fellows. Clubs: Milton Town, Cooperative Bank Treasurers. Desc.
Thomas Landers, who came from Parish of Ste- phney, London, 1635, and settled in Sandwich. Baptist. Republican. Office: 1575 Blue Hill Av., Mattapan (Boston), Home: 28 Cliff Rd., Milton. LANDESMAN, Henry Mayor, physician; b. Odessa, Rus., 1886; s. Joseph Echiel Landesman and Beila Elkin (Zicliner) L .; brought to U.S., 1888, naturalized, 1906; student llarvard, 1909; Ph.G., Brooklyn Coll. Pharm., 1910; student, Univ. Mich., 1914, Univ. Mich. Med. Sch., 1916; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surgs., Boston, 1917; grad. med. stu- dent, Univ. Ala., 1917, Harvard Med. Sch., 1917, Mayo Clinic, 1929, N.Y. Univ. Med. Sch. and Belle- vue Hosp., 1930, N.Y. Polyclinic Ilosp. and Med. Sch., 1931; m. Eleanor D. Peterson, Mar. 2, 1935; 1 dau .- Henrietta Isabella. Life ins. agent, 1904- 10; became pharmacist, 1910; res, phys. and med. supt., Beth Israel Ilosp., Boston, 1917-18; phy- sician, Boston, 1919 -; crusader against infec- tious diseases; introduced into legislature a pre- nuptial blood test bill to prevent syphilis and gonorrhoea, also a pre-natal blood test bill to prevent syphilis in the new born; served in Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917-18, med, dir. and camp surg. Camps George Dewey and Josephus Daniels; supt. Emergency Flu Hosp., El Rama, Pa., 1918 (U.S. Public Health Service) ; mem. A.M.A., Assn. U.S. Mil. Surgeons, Mass., Norfolk Dist. and Greater Boston Med. Soes .; Internat. Post Grad. Med. Soc., Roxbury Hist. Soe. lub Benefit Soc., Y.M.C.A., Y.M.I.A., Sigma Psi, K.P., I.O.B.A., B'nai B'rith, Mass. Assn. Examining Physicians. Clubs: South End Med., Mass. Med. Hist. Travel: U.S. and Can., visiting hosps. and clinics. Jew- ish. Republican. Ilome: 366 Commonwealth Av., Boston.
LANDON, Edward August, artist; b. Hartford, Conn., Mar. 13, 1911; s. Per August Landon and Mathilda (Anderson) L .; ed. William H. Hall high sch., West Hartford, Conn., 1926-28; Hartford Art Sch., 1928-29; Art Students' League, New York, 1929- 30; m. Jeanne E. Kantor of Chicopee, July 1, 1931. Designer of puppets; had marionette com- pany, giving performances throughout Conn .; painter, 1930 -; exhibited in shows at New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Springfield, Hartford, Stockbridge; one-man show, Boston, 1933; designer of room, exhibition of modern rooms, Springfield Mus. Fine Arts; represented by two water colours, Springfield Mus., three murals, Springfield Trade Sch., PWA, 1934; hon, mention for oil painting, Springfield Art League exhbn., 1932, first prize, Springfield Art League, 1934; pres. Artists' Union of Western Mass., 1936-37; v.p., Springfield Art League, 1937; mem. Am. Artists' Congress. Address: 57 Angeline St., West Springfield.
LANDON, Henry Hayes, insurance agent; b. Water- town, N.Y., Mar. 4, 1895; s. Joseph H. Landon and Edna Mae (Edgers) L .; ed. Watertown (N.Y.) high sch .; m. Martha U. Burns of Watertown, N.Y., Oct. 1919; children-Barbara Ann, Dorothy Burns. With Agricultural Ins. Co, Watertown, N.Y., 1911-, jr. accountant, 1917, 1919-20; asst. sec. Excelsior Ins. Co., Syracuse, N.Y., 1920; spl. agt. for N.E., Agricultural Ins. Co., Watertown, N.Y., 1920-34; state agent for N.E., Agricultural Ins. Co. and Empire State Ins. Co., 1934 -; treas. and dir. The Oppenheimer Co., Springfield; v.p. and dir. Dudley & Chamberlain, Inc., New Haven, Conn .; ist sergt. 310th Inf., 78th Div., U.S.A.,
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1917-19, twice wounded with A.E.F. in France, V awarded N.Y. State Victory medal, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf by War Dept .; mem. N.E. Ins. Exchange (exec. com.), Mil. Order of Purple Ileart (nat. exec. com.), Am. Legion, 78th Div. Assn., Masons (32°). Clubs: Men's (Longmeadow), Advertising (Springfield). Fourth cousin and close friend of Hon. Alfred M. Landon and active in his campaign for presideney, 1936. Episco- palian. Republican. Olliee: 44 Vernon St., Springfield. Home: 116 Converse St., Longmead- ow. Summer res .: Guilford, Conn.
LANE, Alfred Church, geologist; b. Boston, Jan. 29, 1863; s. Hon. Jonathan Abbot Lane and Sarah Delia (Clarke) L .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Ilarvard, 1883, A.M., Ph.D., 1888; Univ. Heidel- berg, 1885-87; hon. D.Se., Tufts Coll., 1913; m. Susanne Foster Lauriat (d. Charles E.) of Bos- ton, Apr. 13, 1896; children-Lauriat, Frederic Chapin, Harriet Page (Mrs. C. D). Rouillard). Instr. math., Ilarvard, 1883-85; petrographer, Mich. State Geol. Survey, and instr., Mich. Coll. Mines, 1889-92; asst. state geol., Mich., 1892-99, state geol., 1899-1909; Pearson prof. geology and mineralogy, Tufts Coll., 1909-36; retired on ac- count of teacher's oath; prof. emeritus, 1936 -; spl. leeturer on econ. geol., Univ. Mich., 1904; first consuitant in sci., Lib. of Congress, 1929; leeturer, Brooklyn Inst., Boston Pub. Lib., etc .; Y.M.C.A. worker and head dept. of mining, A. E.F. Univ., Beaune, Fr., 1919; mem. com. apptd. by bd. overseers to visit Harvard Obs., 1924 -; chmn. Suffolk Nat. Conf. Com. on Moral and Social Welfare and on Ministerlal Standing; del. to Beloit Nat. Conf .; pres. and dir. Allen Lane Co. (in liquidation); life mem. and pres., 1931, Geol. Soe. of Amer .; pres. Bond. Astron. Club, 1933-35; pres. Mich. Acad. Science, 1905-06, Mich. Engring. Soc., 1908-09, Lansing Law and Order League, 1904, Geol. Soc. of Boston, 1919. 1937, Boston Sect, of Am. Inst. Mining and Metall. Engrs., 1918-19; treas. Lake Superior Mining Inst .; fellow, A.A.A.S. (v.p., sect. E9, 1907), Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences (librarian, 1929-36) ; mem. Nat. Research Council (com. on measure- ment of geol. time), Am. and Boston Mineral Socs., Harvard Eng. Soc., Thomas Dudley Fam- ily Assu. (pres. tercentennial yr.), N.E. Hiist. Geneal. Soc., Boston Nat. Hist. Soc., Am. For- estry Assn., Hist. of Sei. Soe., Navy League;
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corr. mem. Can. Mining Inst .; hon. nem. Geol. Soc. of Belgium, A.B.C.F.M .; del. Internat. Geol. Congress, 1913. Clubs: University, Twenti- eth Century (both of Boston). Author: Die Korngrösse der Auvergnosen; articles for pop- ular mags, and tech. papers; reports for Geol. Survey of Mich., Can., and U.S .; occasional verse. Travel: Can., Europe to Constantinople. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Address: 22 Arling- ton St., Cambridge.
LANE, Benjamin Clarke, business man; b. Boston, Oct. 2, 1866; s. Jonathan Abbot Lane and Sarah Delia (Clarke) L .; ed. Boston high sch .; M.I.T., 1883-87; m. Florence Goodwin of Boston, Apr. 25, 1899. In woolen goods bus. with Devonshire Mills, Goff. Falls, N.Il., and Georges River Mills, Warren, Me .; with Allen, Lane & Co., now Allen- Lane Co., v.p., mgr., 1898 -; mem. Rep. State Com., 1894-95, Boston Com. Council, 1895-96; speaker, Boston Young Men's Congress; pres. W. Roxbury Citizens' Assn., 1902-04; pres. United Improvement Assn., 1914-16; mem. Mass. 110. of Rep., 1918-21; dir. Boston Children's Friends Soc. Clubs: Univ., Boston City. Congregation- alist. Republican. Office: 201 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 28 Maxfield St., W. Roxbury. Salesman,
LANE, Carleton Cushing, banker; b. Bridgeport, Mar. 22, 1874; s. Seth Cushing Lane and Sarah Eleanor (Cloudman) L .; ed. Adams Acad., 1892; A.B., Harvard, 1896; m. Susan Godfrey Morse, Dec. 15, 1906; children-Mrs. Eleanor Lane Cluett, Samuel Morse, Seth Cushing. With Hayden, Stone & Co., Boston. Travel: Eng. (several times). Unitarian. Republican. Office: Hay- den, Stone & Co., 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: 73 Brook Hill Rd., Milton.
LANE, Clarence Guy, physician, dermatologist; b. Billerica, Oct. 21, 1882; s. Albert Clarence Lane and Estella Josephine (Davis) L .; ed. Medford high sch., 1897-1900; Woburn high sch., 1900-01; A.B., Harvard, 1905; M.D. (cum laude), Harvard Med. Sch., 1908; m. Mary Rivers Mellarry of Baltimore, Md., May 31, 1919; 1 son-Robert. Interne, Worcester City Hosp., 1908-10; in gen. practice as physician, Woburn, 1910-14; special- ist in dermatology, Boston, 1914 -; mem. dept. of dermatology, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1920-, chief of dept., 1936 -; consultant to other hospitals; instr. dept. of dermatology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1922-, lecturer and head of dept., 1936 -; mem. ed. bd., N.E. Jour. of Med., Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology; It., later capt. Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1918-19; mem. Am. Dermatological Assn. (sec., 1925-30, pres., 1935, dir., 1927-35), N.E. Derma- tological Soc. (past pres. and see.), Am. Bd. Dermatology and Syphilology, Inc. (dir., sec.), A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., N.Y. Acad. Med., N.E. Roentgen Ray Soc., Masons, K.T., Shrine, Nat. Com. on Indust. Dermatoses (ehmn.). Clubs: llar- vard (N.Y., Boston). Author: about 50 articies, mostly on dermatology, in med. jours. Editor: Vol. X, Practitioner's Medical Library, 1935. Travel: Copenhagen, 1930; Budapest, etc., 1935. Desc. William Lane, Dorchester, 1651. Protestant. Republican. Office: 416 Marlborough St., Boston. Ilome: 164 Prospect St., Belmont.
VLANE, Edgar Charles, shoe merchant; b. Paris, Me., May 31, 1870; s. Charles Merchant Lane and Frances A. (Young) L .; ed. Pennell Inst., Gray, Me .; m. Mary S. Mayall of Portland, Me., June 21, 1894; children-Stanley M., Edgar Charles, Jr., Marion (d.), Emory (d.). Employee, becom- ing leading salesman, Lampkins & Foster Co., Boston, 1888-1903; founder, 1903, since treas., Lane Bros. Co., shoe mfrs. and wholesale deal- ers-now oldest wholesale shoe house in Boston; trustee of Tremont Temple, Inc .; supt. Tre- mont Temple Bible Sch., 25 yrs .; tr: Gordon Coll. of Theol, and Missions, Old People's Bapt. Home, Daniel Ford Est. of Bapt. Social Union; mem. Masons (K.T., De Moloy Commandery), Boston Ch. Commerce. Club: Woodland Golf (Auburn- dale). Travel: Med., It., Fr., Eng. Baptist. Re- publican. Office: 555 Atlantic Av., Boston. Home: 82 Evans Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Fal- mouth Foreside, Me.
YLANE, Edward Binney, physician; b. Melrose, July 13, 1860; s. Samuel G. Lane and Mary S. (Bin- ney) L .; ed. Cambridge high sch .; student, Bos- ton Univ. Coll. Lib. Arts, 1877-78; A.B., Ilarvard, 1881; M.D., llarvard Med. Sch., 1885; m. Esther Bridgman, May 29, 1888; (d.); ehildren-Spen- cer Bridgman, Arthur Binney (d.), Edward Gor- don; m. (2d) Ida N. Southcombe, May 31, 1933. House officer, Mclean Asylum, 1884; asst. phys., Northampton Insane Hosp., 1884-88, Boston Luna- tic Hosp., 1888-89; supt. Boston Insane Hosp., 1889-1905; res. phys., Adams Nervine Asylum, 1909-35; clin. instr. mental diseases, Harvard Med. Sch., 1897-04; prof. mental diseases, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1903-29, now emeritus; mem. Am. Psychiatric Assn., A.M.A., N.E. Psychiatrie Soc., Am. Neurol. Assn., Mass. Med. Soc., Bos- ton Soc. Psychiatry and Neurology. Club: Dor- chester Medical. Unitarian. Home: 52 Allen Circle, Milton.
VLANE. FrankIln Johnson, sales manager; b. Win- chester, June 18, 1894; s. Charles A. Lane and Bessie L. (Johnson) L .; ed. Winchester high sch .; S.B., Tufts Coll., 1917; m. Maebelle Irene Lord of Winchester, June 3, 1922; children- James L., Franklin J., Jr., Louise. Boston Varnish Co., Everett, 1921-28, N.I. Sales mgr., 1928-35, v.p., gen. sales mgr., 1935 -; dir. Boston Varnish Co .; selectman, Winchester, 1934- 36; ensign, U.S.N., 1917-19; mem. Zeta Psl, Am. Legion. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Boston Varnish Co., Second St., Everett. Home: 51 Yale St., Winchester. Summer res .: Conomo Pt., Essex.
VLANE, Henry Richardson, manufacturer; b. Washi- ington, D.C., Feb. 1, 1886; s. Francis W. Lane
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and Gertrude Dewey (Kilbourn) L .; ed. Calumet high sch., Chicago, Il1 .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1907, M.C.S., 1909; m. Lucy Soper of Blooming- ton, Ill., June 17, 1916. Grad. athletic mgr., Dartmouth Coll., 1907-10; employed by Butler Brothers, Chicago, Ill., 1910-12; Filene's, Boston, 1912-17; Kendall Co., mfrs., Boston, 1919-, v.p., dir., 1921 -; dir., Old Corner Book Store, Boston; Am. Foundry & Furnace Co., Bloomington, Ill .; major Ordnance Res. Corps, U.SA., Wash- ington, D.C., 1917-19; mem. Chi Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Exchange, Republiean, Brookline Country, Weston Golf. Dir. dese. Job Lane, Mal- den, 1649, 10th generation living in Mass. Prot- estant. Republican. Office: 140 Federal St., Bos- ton. Home: 8 West Hill Pl., Boston. Summer res .: South Av., R.F.D., Wellesley.
LANE, Howard Arthur, dentist; b. Taunton, July 23, 1883; s. Herbert S. Lane and Harriet A. (llarris) L .; ed. Roxbury high sch .; D.M.D., Ilarvard Den- tal Sch., 1907; m. Grace Tavener Broekway of Dorchester, Feb. 22, 1911; children-Herbert Har- ris, lloward Arthur. With Chase & Sanborn, 1900-04; practiced dentistry, Dorchester, 1907 -; mem. Mass. Dental Soc., Am. Dental Assn. Travel: U.S., Can, Ancestors at Concord Bridge. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office and home: 15 Lyndhurst St., Dorchester. Summer res .: Brooks Rd., Harwichport.
LANE, J. Alex, lawyer; b. Dadeville, Ala., June 6, 1903; s. Jay D. Lane and E. ( Herren) I .; ed. Tal- lapoosa Co. high sch .; Ala. Poly. Inst .; U.S. Naval Acad .; A.B., Univ. Ala., 1925; LI.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1928; m. Ellzabeth Davidson of Boston, Oct. 26, 1929; children-Elizabeth N., J. Alex, Jr., Robert D. In law dept., United Fruit Co., 1 yr .; partner, Robbins & Lane, 1 yr .; with Gaston, Snow, Ilunt, Rice & Boyd, 1931-, partner, 1931 -; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Harvard, Brae Burn Country, Longwood Cricket. Baptist. Republican. Office: 82 Dev- onshire St., Boston. Ilome: 239 Temple St., West Newton.
V LANE, Katharine Ward, sculptor; b. Boston, l'eb. 22, 1889; d. Gardiner Martin Lane and Emma Louise (Gildersleeve) 1 .; ed. May Sch., Boston; Sch. Mus. Fine Arts, Boston; pupil of Charles Grafly, Anna Huntington, and Brenda Putnam. Prin. works: Dog Narcisse Noir, Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston, and Reading, Pa., Mus .; Plgmy African Elephant, Boston Mus. Fine Arts, Cireus Horse, Doe and Fawn, Whippet, and Greyhounds Unleashed, Archer Huntington collection, South Carolina; Greek llorse, Friends of Art, 'Baltl- more; Bear, Spee Club, Cambridge; brick carv- ings, entrance doors, and 2 bronze rhinoceroses, Inst. of Biology, Ilarvard Univ .; small bronzes In pvt. collections; awards: bronze medal, Ses- quicentennial Expn., Phila., 1926; Widener Me- morial gold medal, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, 1927; hon. mention, Parls Salon, Fr., 1928; Joan of Are gold med., Nat. Assn. Women Painters & Sculptors, 1928; hon. mention, Grand Central Gal- leries, N.Y. City, 1929; bronze medal, Boston Ter- centennial Fine Arts Exhbn., 1930; Anna Hyatt Huntington prize, Nat. Assn. Women Painters & Sculptors, 1931; Speyer prize, Nat. Acad. De- sign, 1932; Nat. Academician, 1939; mem. Women Painters & Sculptors, Nat. Sculpture Soc., Bos- ton Sculpture Soc., Grand Central Art Galleries of N.Y., Archtl. League, Am. Artists Prof. League, North Shore Arts Assn., Huguenot Soc., Lords of Colonial Manors. Clubs: Chilton (Bos- ton), Cosmopolitan (N.Y.), Colony (N.Y.). Ilome: 53 Marlborough St., Boston. Summer res .: Sum- mer St., Manchester.
V LANE, Walter Appleton, physician; b. St. Louis, Mo., Oct, 22, 1873; s. Charles Edwin Lane and Caro- line Elizabeth (Lewis) L,; ed. llyde Park high sch., Chicago, Ill .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1895; M.D). (cum laude), Harvard Med. Sch., 1899; m. Mary Hoadly Chase of Ilanover, N.H., July 9, 1901; m. (2d) Mildred Hollidge of Milton, Dec. 6, 1924; children-Barbara, Walter Appleton, Jr. Interne, Boston City Hosp., 1898-1900; practiced med., Milton, 1900 -; on staff, N.E. Deaconess
and Faulkner Hosps .; asst. in ehem., llarvard Med. Seh., 1900-02; sch. phys., Milton, 190G-18, 1920-24; dir. and consultant, Sharon Sanatorium; representative in town govt., Milton; capt. R.A.M.C., B.E.F., with Harvard Unit at Dannes- Camiers, Fr., July-Oct., 1915: major M.C., A.E.F. (Med. C.O.), Base Hosp. #7, Joue les Tours, 1918-19; fellow A.M.A. (del., 1937); mem. Mass. Med. Soc. (v.D., 1932-33; v. chmn., com. pub. relations, 1932-37; Norfolk Dist. pres., 1930-31), N.IC. Pediatric Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kap- pa Epsilon, Dartmouth Alunmi Assn. Clubs: Dorchester Medical, Boston Clinical. Travel: Eu- rope (extensive, 4 trips), Fla. (annually). Au- thor: med. papers. Dese. William Lane, Boston, 1650. Congregationalist. Republican. Office and home: 173 School St., Milton. Summer res .: Rag- ged Mt. Fish & Game Club, Potter Place, N. I.
V LANG, Margaret Ruthven, composer; b. Boston, Nov. 27, 1867; d. Benjamin Johnson Lang and Frances Morse (Burrage) L .; ed. pvt. schs. Began writ- ing musie when 12; studied plano under father, violin under Louis Schmidt, Boston, under Drechs- ler and Abel, Munich, 1886-87; composition under Victor Gluth, Munich; studied orchestration under G. W. Chadwick and E. A. MacDowell. Composer of pianoforte solos, songs, choruses, orchestral works; Dramatic Overture (opus 12) performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra, Witichis (op. 10) several times at Chicago under leadership of Theodore Thomas, The Night of the Star, and The Heavenly Noel, Christmas Cantatas sung throughout the country; many choral works in gen. performance. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: Hotel Victoria, Boston.
LANG, Walter Emery, psychiatrist; b. Portland, Me., May 3, 1882; s. Joseph Buxton Lang and Harriet Augusta (Carle) L .; ed. Portland (Me.) high sch .; M.D., Ilahnemann Med. Coll., Phila., 1910; m. Jane Allison Hardy, July 14, 1914; children --- Walter Emery, Jr., Spencer Kinney, Margaret Allison. Pa. State llosp. Service, 1912-17; 1st lt., capt., then maj., Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917- 19; supt., Westborough State llosp., 1919 -; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Psychiatric Assn., Mass. Psychiatrie Soc., N.E. Soc. Psy- chiatry; diplomate Am. Bd. Neurology and Psy- chiatry. Club: Canopy.
Protestant. Republi- can. Offlee: Westborough State Hospital, West- borough. Home: Westborough.
LANGE, Forrest Fay, mechanical engineer; b. Clin - ton, Dee. 26, 1895; s. Fred W. Lange and Minnie Esther Louise (Achorn) L .; ed. Bridge Academy, Dresden, Me .; Cony high sch., Augusta, Me .; B.S. mech. engring., M.I.T., 1923; m. Esther llazel Glidden of Jefferson, Me., Aug. 3, 1922. Mechan- ical draftsman, Worcester Pressed Steel Co., 1912- 15, 1916-17; Norton Grinding Co., 1915-16; gauge designer, gauge design sect., gun div., oflice of chief of ordnance, War Dept., Wash., D.C., 1917; enlisted, pvt. then corp., eng. bur., 1917-18; corpl. aircraft armament sect., Ilq., A.S., France, 1918; sergt., asst. chief then chief draftsman, drafting div., tech. sect., 1918-19; then O.R.C .; student, M.I.T. (pres,, aero. eng. soc .; v.p. mech. eng. soc .; mem. exec. com., combined prof. soc .; mem. institute com .; dir. speaker's club), 1919- 23; asst. to supt., mach. shops, Linde Air 'Prod- ucts Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1923-24; assistant engi- neer of design, L.A.P. Co., in charge of N.Y. Drawing Olliee, 1924-30; instr. M.I.T., at N.Y., 1926-30; factory engineer, mach. shops, L.A.P. Co., 1930-31; chief draftsman, Prest-O-Lite Co., Speedway, Ind., 1931-34; in own Ceng., constr. & distr.) business, offering scientific (heat, sound & vapor) insulation service, 1934 -; professional engineer (registered), N.Y. state; mem. A.S.M.E., Alumni Assn. M.I.T. Club: Republican. Prot- estant. Office: Slater Bldg., Worcester. Ilome: 49 Barber Av., Worcester.
LANGE, Karl Otto Heinrich, research meteorol- ogist; b. Frankfort-on-the-Main, Ger., June 13, 1903; s. Carl Lange and Johanna (Moser) L .; ed. Oberrealschule, Wiesbaden, Ger .; M.I. in aeronaut. engring., Technical Unlv., Darmstadt, Ger., 1926; Dr .- Ing. aeronaut. meteorology, 1931;
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m. Elizabeth Wright of Wellesley, Sept. 3, 1933; children-Kari William, Stephan Wright. Sei- entifie asst., div. meteorology, Wasserkuppe, Re- search Inst. Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft (Ger. Research Inst. for Motorless Flight), 1927; in charge scientific div. Rossitten, 1928; in charge flight div. and air current research div., Darm- stadt, 1928-31; instr. meteorol. div., M.I.T., 1931- 34, research assoc., 1934-35; research assoc., Blue Hiil Meteorol. Obs., Harvard Univ., 1935-37; re- search meteorol., 1937 -; dir. Soaring Soc. Am .; collaborator, U.S. Dept. Agr .; assoc. fellow, Inst. Aeronaut. Seiences, Soaring Soc. Am., Nat. Aero- naut, Assn., Am. Meteorol. Soc., Am. Geophys. Union. Author: various articles on subjcets of meteorol., aeronautics and instruments. Luth- eran. Office: Blue Hill Meteorological Obs., Har- vard Univ., Milton. Ilome: 66 St. Mary's St., Newton Lower Falls.
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