USA > Massachusetts > Who's who in Massachusetts, 1940-41; biographical history of every person in the commonwealth, V. I, pt 2 1940-1941 > Part 15
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138
Y LANGENDOEN, Jacobus Cornells, cellist, composer; b. The Hague, Netherlands, Feb. 3, 1890; s. Willem Langendoen and Elizabeth C. (van Lonkhuyzen) L .; cd. Royal Conservatory of Music at the llague, Netherlands; in. Lena Cornelia Johanna de Jager of The Hague, Netherlands, Jan. 31, 1919; chll- dren-Fans, Anita. Started studying cello with Gustav Windish in Capetown, So. Africa, at 16; went to Holland to study at Royal Conservatory with Ch. van Isterdael, then 2 years with Joseph Malkin in Berlin, Ger., then with J. Mossel in Amsterdam; First cellist of Royal Opera at the Ilague, 1915-20, and Kurhaus Orchestra at Sche- veningen; came to America, 1920, naturalized, 1929; with Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1920 -. Composer: Variations on a Dutch Theme (per- formed by Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1927); Improvisations for Orchestra (performed in The Hague, Haarlem, and Rotterdam, 1937, and by Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1939). Office: Sym- phony Hall, Boston. Home: 5 Wenham Rd., New- ton Highlands.
LANGER, William Leonard, professor of history and diplomacy; b. Boston, Mar. 16, 1896; s. Charles Rudolph Langer and Johanna (Rockenbach) L .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1915, A.M., 1920, Ph.D., 1923; Univ. Vienna, 1921-22; m. Susanne Knauth of Kingston, N.Y., Sept. 3, 1921; children-Leonard Charles Rudolph, Bertrand Walter. Instr. modern langs., Worcester Acad., 1915-17; asst. prof. hist., Clark Univ., 1923-25, asso. prof., 1925-27; asst. prof. hist., Harvard, 1927-31, asso. prof., 1931-36, Coolidge prof. hist., 1936 -; visiting prof., Columbia, 1931; lecturer, Univ. Chicago, summer 1926; Harvard lecturer, Yale, 1933; prof. diplomatic hlst., Fletcher Sch. of Diplomacy, Medford, 1933-34 and 1936 -; pvt., sergt., master engr., 1st Gas Regt., U.S.A., St. Minicl, Meuse-Argonne, France, 1917-19; mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Council on For. Relations, Inst. of Pacific Relations, Mass. Hist. Soc., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Acad. Polit. Sci., For. Policy Assn., New Orient Soc. Club: Annisquam Yacht. Au- thor: (with Robert B. McMullin) With E of the First Gas, 1919; The Franco-Russian Alliance, 1890-94, 1929; European Alliances and Alignments 1871-90, 1931; The Diplomacy of Imperialism 1890- 1902, 1935; (with Hamilton Fish Armstrong) For- eign Affairs Bibliography 1919-32, 1933; articles and reviews to Am, and Eur. jours. Editor: series, The Rise of Modern Europe, former bibliog. ed- itor: Foreign Affairs; mem. ed. bd., Jour. of Modern Hist., 1929-33; mem, bd. dlrs., Soc. Sci. Abstrs., 1931-33; mem. ed. bd., Am. Hist. Rev .; ed. advisor, Houghton Mifflin Co. Travel: Eu- rope, Near East. Protestant. Republican. Of- fice: Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 72 Raymond St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Annis- quam.
VLANGLEY, Ernest Fellx, professor of romance lan- guages; b. Toronto, Can., Feb. 27, 1874; s. Henry Anderson Langley and Annie (Booth) L .; came to U.S., 1896; naturalized, 1920; ed. A.B., Univ. Toronto, 1894, grad. feliow, 1894-95; Univ. Leip- sig, 1895-96; Univ. Heidelberg, 1896; A.M., Har- vard, 1900, Ph.I)., 1909; Istituto di Studl Superi- ori, Florence, It., 1905-06; Sorbonne, Paris, 1906, 1927-28; Centro de Estudios Históricos, Madrid,
1927; summer courses at Paris, Geneva, Bagnères de Bigorre; in. Carrie F. Porter of Toronto, Can., July 17, 1901; children-Frances (Mrs. John S. Martin), Marion (Mrs. John M. Stanley), Wini- fred (Mrs. L. L. Seeman). Instr. French, Dart- mouth Coll., 1896-1902, asst. prof, of romance languages, 1902-10; prof. French, in charge instrn. in romance langs., M.I.T., 1910-30, prof. of ro- mance languages, in charge of dept. of modern languages, 1930; lecturer in romance languages, Harvard, 1925 -; Gov. Gen.'s medal for 1st place in honors, modern langs., Toronto, 1894; instr. French to army officers, M.I.T., and student R.O.T.C., Plattsburg, N.Y., 1918; mem. Mod. Lang, Assn. Am., Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Teachers Italian of Am., Dante Soc., N.E. Modern Lang. Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Harvard Musicai Assn. Clubs: Technology Faculty, Harvard Fac- ulty (both of Cambridge). Author: The Poetry of Giacomo da Lentino, 1915; Romantic Figures in Pen and Color, 1935; articles in publications of Mod. Lang. Assn. Am., Romanic Review, Har- vard Studies and Notes. Editor: Victor Hugo's Les Travailleurs de la Mer, 1911; Beaumarchais' Le Mariage de Figaro, 1917; Jules Sandeau's Mlie de ia Seiglière, 1923. Travel: much Euro- pean study (see ed. above) and summers abroad. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 45 Sparks St., Cambridge.
LANGSHAW, Walter Hamer, manufacturer; b. Eag- ley, nr. Bolton, Eng., Jan. 5, 1859; s. John Pen- dlebury Langshaw and Mary ( Hamer) L .; came to U.S. with parents, 1866; limited opportunity of school edn .; m. Sarah Elizabeth Mahan of Andover, Aug. 23, 1884 (d. 1896); children-Wal- ter Seymour, Harvard Class 1910, (d. 1928), Al- bert Colburn; m. (2d) Elizabeth Wilkinson of New Bedford, June 23, 1898; children-Eunice, Richard (killed in automobile accident, 1929). Began in mill, Lawrence, at age of 9; in charge of dept., Potomska Mills, New Bedford, 1891; supt., Dartmouth Mfg. Corp. when incorporated, 1895, gen. mgr., 1901, pres. and owner of con- trolling interest, 1906; the corp. paid an average dividend of 28 percent. per year on paid-in eap- ital during total period of operation; liquidated bus. because of death of sons and conditions in cotton bus., 1934; retired; stockholders were paid during liquidation sum equal to capital paid in; also, over 5 million dollars, the cost of buildings and equipment, were paid out of the earnings; continued interest in economics and legislation since retirement, an advocate of reciprocity on the ground that the so-called protective tariff aids profiteering; tr. N. E. Conservatory of Music (organist) ; mem. Masons. Author: 2 brochures on tariff question, one submitted as a brief to Com. on Ways & Means, U.S. Ho. of Rep., 1913, advocating a moderate tariff on cotton schedule. Episcopalian. Ilome: New Bedford.
{ LANGTRY, Albert Perkins, journalist; b. South Reading, July 27, 1860; s. Joseph Langtry and Sarah (Lakin) I .; ed. gram, sch., Newton; m. Ruth Spear of West Roxbury, Aug. 28, 1885; 1 dau .- Ruth. Salesman, Brooklyn, N.Y .; reporter, Brooklyn Union-Times; ed., pub., Springfield Union, 1890-1922; owner, Waitham News Tribune, 1923 -; dir. Asso. Press, 1902-03; mem. Rep. State Com., 1902-10; Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1909-10; sec. Commonwealth of Mass., 8 yrs .; chin. commn. to build extension to State House, 1913; pres. Nat. Assn. of Soes. of State. Author: Traltors to the Church; The Church the Best; direct pri- inary law, Mass. Editor: History of Greater Bos- ton. Universalist. Republican, Office: 18 Pine St., Waltham. Home: Hotel Kenmore, Boston. Summer res .: New Castle, N.II.
V LANMAN, Thomas Hinckley, surgeon; b. Cambridge, May 13, 1891; s. Charles Rockwell Lanman and Mary (Ilinckley) L .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1912; M.D., Ilarvard Med. Sch., 1916; m. Gertrude Bradlee of Chestnut Hill, Sept. 30, 1922; children-Thomas H., Mary, Gertrude. Interne, Mass. Gen. Ilosp., 1916-18; practice of surgery, Boston, 1920 -; visiting surg., Children's Ilosp., Boston, 1931 -; asst. prof. surgery, Har- vard Med. Seh., 1937 -; 1st lt. M.C., U.S.A.,
463
WHO'S WHO IN MASSACHUSETTS
1918-19; mem. A.M.A., Am. Surg. Assn., N.E. and Boston Surg. Soes., Mass. Med. Soc., Am. Bd. Surgery; fell, A.C.S. Clubs: Harvard (Bos- ton), Tavern (Boston), Country (Brookline). Unitarian. Republican. Offiee: 300 Longwood Av., Boston. Home: 95 Suffolk Rd., Chestnut Hill. Summer' res .: Duxbury.
LANPHEAR, Marshall Olin, assistant dean; b. Wind- sor, Conn., Nov. 26, 1894; s. Frederiek Marshall Lanphear and Grace Irene (Higinbotham) L .; ed. Hartford (Conn.) pub. high sch .; B.S., Mass. State Coll., 1918, M.S., 1926; m. Hazel Leland White of Worcester, July 10, 1926; ehildren --- Robert Marshall, Frederick Leland. Instr., Mt. Hermon Sch. for Boys, 1919; salesman, Am. Agrl. Chem. Co., 1920; instr. agronomy, Mass. State Coll., 1921-24, asst. prof. and asst. dean, 1925-36, prof., 1936 -; mem. Mass. Soil Survey, 1922-25; 2d lt. Inf., U.S.A., World War, 7 mos .; mem. Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Phl. Congregationalist. In- dependent. Ofliee: Mass. State College, Amherst. Home: Farview Way, Amherst.
LANSIL, Clifford Earl, professor, eleetrieal engin- eering; b. Melrose, Dec. 19, 1895; s. Earl F. Lansil and Carrie E. (Martin) L .; ed. Belmont high seh .; B.S., M.I.T., 1917; m. Marie L. Jary of Belmont, June 17, 1922; ehildren-Dorothy J., Richard S., Charlotte M. Teacher, Elee. Engring. Dept., M.I.T., 1917 -; mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engring., Soc. for Promotion Engring. Edn. Protestant. Republican. Office: Mass. Insti- tute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 48 Oak- land Av., Arlington. Summer res .: Falmouth.
VLANSING, Joseph Heermans, banker; b. Clinton, N.Y., Jan. 21, 1877; s. Ilenry Adelbert Lansing and Phoebe C. (Heermans) L .; ed. Salt Point (N.Y.) (ist. sch .; m. Jennie May Howell of Salt Point, N.Y., June 16, 1897; children-Amy Mil- dred (Mrs. Cornelius Beard), Annette Van Rens- selaer (Mrs. Lyndon B. Burnham). Occupied various positions as telegraph operator, book- keeper, office mgr., 1893-1913; teller, Canaan (Conn). Nat, Bk., 1913-15, eashier 1915-18; asst. to pres., Nat. Mahaiwe Bk., Great Barrington, 1918-21, pres., 1921-33; treas., Great Barrington Sav. Bk., 1933 -. Travel: Eastern half of U.S. and Can. Congregationalist. Republican. Of- fice: 264 Main St., Great Barrington. llome: 67 Taeonie Av., Great Barrington.
I LANSING, Marion Florence, writer, editor; b. Wav- erley, June 10, 1883; d. John Arnold Lansing and Jenny II. (Stickney) I ..; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1903; A.M., Radcliffe Coll., 1905; unmarried. Mem. Mass. League of Women Voters. Clubs: Authors', Twentieth Cen- tury (both of Boston). Author: (with Edward Channing) The Story of the Great Lakes, 1907; Life in the Greenwood, 1909; Page, Esquire and Knight, 1910; Barbarian and Noble, 1911; Patriots and Tyrants, 1913; (with Luther Ilalsey Gulick) Food and Life, 1919; The Wonder of Life, 1921; Great Moments In Seience, 1926; Great Moments in Exploration, 1928; Magle Gold, 1928; Great Moments in Freedom, 1930; Man's Long Climb, 1933; Mary Lyon Through Hler Letters, 1937. Editor: Open Road Library, 7 vols., 1907-12; Cooper's Deerslayer, 1910; Dramatic Stories, 1914; Our Wonder World, 10 vols., 1914; The New Won- der World, 11 vols., 1932. Mother was head of Boston Training Seh. for Teachers, 1862 -. Con- gregationalist. Liberal Republican. Address: 147 Lexington Av., Cambridge. Summer res .: Hyannis. Y LA PIANA, George, professor; b. Palermo, Italy, Feb. 28, 1879; s. Vincenzo La Piano and Josephine (Capaci) I .; ed. Lyceum of Monreale, Italy, 1895; Licentiate in theology, Theol. Seh. Monreale, 1900, in letters, Univ. of Geneva, Switz,, 1908; Ph. D., Royal Univ. of Palermo, 1912; teacher of hist., Lyceum of Monreale, 1901-1904, prof. Latin 1904-06; prof. hist. Theol. Seh. of Palermo, 1909- 13, also pres. St. Roek Coll., 1909-13; came to U.S. 1913, naturalized, 1918; instr. ch. hist., then asst. prof., Harvard, 1915-26, Morison prof. eh. hist. 1926 -; lecturer, Lowell Inst., 1922 and 1930; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Mediaeval Acad. Am .; mem. Am. Acad. Polit. Sei. Clubs:
Harvard, University (Boston). Author: Chiesa e Stato in Franela nel See. XVIII, 1909; Le Rap- presentazioni Sacre nella Letteratura Bizantina, 1912; The Church of Rome at the End of the Sec- ond Century, 1925; The Immigrant Groups in Rome during the First Three Centuries of the Empire, 1927; hist. studies in various revs. Home: 3 Berkeley St., Cambridge.
LAPLANTE, Orient, lawyer; b. Fall River, Dec. 27, 1900; s. Isare Laplante and Emilie (Bernard) L .; ed. Assumption high sch., Woreester; A.B., Holy Cross Coll., 1923; IL. B., Harvard Law Sch, 1926; m. Marion I. Phillips of Fall River, June 10, 1930; children-Orient, Jr., Paul Andre, Eliza- beth Anne, Practiced law, Fall River, 1926 -; dir. Liberty Loan & Realty Co., Ine .; half-owner, Pleasant Motors, Chrysler, Plymouth Distribu- tors, Fall River and vicinity; chmn. Fall River Housing Authority. Clubs: Calumet, Bowling Green, Catholie. Democrat. Office: 10 Purchase St., Fall River. Home: 588 Mt. Hope Av., Fall River. Summer res .: Portsmouth, R.I.
LARKIN, Oliver Waterman, professor of art; b. Medford, Aug. 17, 1896; s. Charles Ernest Larkin and Kate Mary (Waterman) L .; ed, Perley high sch., Georgetown, 1910-14; A.B., Ilarvard, 1918, A.M., 1919; m. Ruth Lilye Zepiler of Needham, July 30, 1925; 1 son-Peter Sidney. Instr. fine arts, Harvard, 1921-23; asst. prof. art, Smith Coll., 1924-26, asso. prof., 1926-31, prof., 1930-, chmn. of art, 1930-37, director of plays and scenie designer for productions in Boston and Northampton; dir. Northampton Players; pvt. 73rd Reg., Med. De- taelment, U.S.A., 1918-19; see. Northampton Br., Am. League for Peace and Democ .; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs. Am. Fed. of Teachers, Phi Beta Kappa. Author: articles in Theatre Arts Monthly, Stage Magazine, Foreign Books, Sat. Review of Lit., Science and Society, National Encyclopedia. Travel: Europe for study, 1920-21, 1924, 1930. Of- fice: Smith College, Northampton. llome:
65 Bridge St., Northampton.
LARKIN, Thomas, III, book publisher; b. Chieago, Aug. 26, 1912; s. Thomas Larkin II and Florenee (Brown-Rohrer) I .; ed. pvt. tutors, Europe and America, A.B., Ilarvard, 1937 (1934); unmarried. Associated with J. West Roosevelt of Woodmere, L.I., N.Y., in the founding of the publishing house of Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin, Ltd., 1937; gen. partner, Larkin, Roosevelt & Larkin, Ltd., 1937- 1938; president, 1938 -; mem. (Theodore) Roose- velt Memorial Assn. (N.Y.C.), Republican Club of Mass. Travel: Asia, Africa, Europe, No. America. Author: The Naval History of the United States (in prep.). Republican. Office: Larkin, Roosey ' & Larkin, Ltd., 38 Newbury St., Boston. Res, dence: 133 Marlborough St., Boston. Summer ad- dress: 6, Haymarket, London, S. W. I.
LARKIN, Wilfred Learned, business executive; b. Pubnico, N.S., Feb. 24, 1891; s. James W. Larkin and Sarah L. (Larkin) L .; ed. Yarmouth (N.S.) Acad .; m. Mildred M. Hastings of Boston, Sept. 15, 1915; ehildren -- Barbara Hope, Virginia Louise. Treas, and dir., Boston Woven llose & Rubber Co .; dir. N.E. Control, Controllers Inst. Am .; mem. A.F. & A.M., City Sq. Y.M.C.A. (chmn. bd. mgrs.), Army & Navy Y.M.C.A. (Charlestown, dir.). Clubs: Weston Country, Republican of Mass. Methodist. Republiean. Office: 29 Hampshire St., Cambridge. Home: 201 Goden St., Belmont, Summer res .: IFedding, N.I.
VLARSEN, Esper SignIns, Jr., professor of petro- graphy; b. Astoria, Ore,, Mar. 14, 1879; s. Esper Signins Larsen and Louisa Catherine (Pauly) L .; ed. Portland (Ore.) high sch., 1897; B.S., Univ. Calif., 1906, Ph. D., 1918; m. Eva Audrey Smith of Bakersfield, Calif., Nov, 21, 1910; children -- Clark Smith, Esper Signius III. Asst. petrographer, Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Instn., 1907-09; asst. geologist, IJ.S. Geol. Survey, 1909-14; geologist, 1914-, in charge sect. of petrology, 1918-23; act- ing asso. prof. of geol. Univ. Calif., 1915-16; prof. petrography, Harvard, 1923 -; mem. Geol. Soc. Am., Mineral. Soe. Am., Mineral. Soc. Gr. Brit., Boston Geol. Soc., Am. Assn. Mining and Metall. Engrs., Soc. Eeon. Geologists, Am. Acad. Arts &
464
LARKIN, ROOSEVELT & LARKIN'S
Sciences. Author: The Microscopic Determination of the Non-Opaque Minerals, 1921; (with S. F. Emmons) Geology and Ore Deposits of the Creede District, Colorado, 1923; (with C. Whitman Cross) A Brief Review of the Geology of the San Juan - Mountains of Southwestern Colorado; The Alka- line Rocks of Iron Hill, Colorado, 1938; articles in Am. Mineralogist, Am. Jour. of Sci., Econ., Geol. etc. Travel: U.S. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge. llome: 59 Orchard St., Belmont.
LARSINOS, George John, poultry breeder; b. Island of Samos, Greece, Feb. 18, 1894; s. John N. Larsinos and Keriaky N. (Xanthou) L .; ed. Mt. Herman Sch .; Westfield high sch .; B.S., Mass. State Coll., 1926, M.S., 1928; m. Calliope Varvantacy of Wor- cester, June 30, 1929; children-Thalia, Chrisos- tomos. Engaged in developments of methods in plant physiology and nitrogen intake of plants, 1926-29; research agronomist, Mass. State Coll., 1929-30; expt. stat. chemist, 1930-33; poultry breeder on own farm, Brockton, 1933 -; mem. Masons. Travel: Balkan States, Turkey, Egypt. Greek Orthodox. Address: 710 Crescent St., Brockton.
LARSON, Cari Wlliimm, dairy technologist; b. St. Ansgar, Ia., May 29, 1881; s. Henry Larson and Ilelmina (Hansen) L .; ed. St. Ansgar (Ia.) Sem .; B.S. (in agr.), Ia. State Coll., 1906; M.S., Pa. State Coll., 1911; Ph.D., Columbia Univ., 1916; ni. Nellie C. Wallace of Wash., D.C., Sept. 7, 1911; 1 dau .- Mary Eileen. Prof., In charge of dairy husbandry, Pa. State Coll., 1913 -; chief, Bur. Dairy Industry, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1924 -; dir., Nat. Dalry Council, Chicago, III., 1928 -; mgr., dir. Gen. Ice Cream Corp., Buffalo, N.Y., 1930 -; pres. Whiting Milk Co. and Bushway Whiting Ice Cream Co., Boston, 1936; dlr. Internat. Assn. Ice Cream Mfrs., Inter- nat. Assn. Milk Dealers; sent to France by Red Cross and U.S. Army to develop improved milk supplies for hosps., 1918, rank of capt .; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Dairy Sci. Assn., Alpha Zeta, Sigma Psi, Gamma Sigma Delta. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington, D.C.), University, Executives (Bos- ton). Author: Principles and Methods of Milk Cost Accounting, 1916; (co-author) Dalry Cattle Feeding and Management, 1916. Travel: Stock- holm, Swed. (del., Internat. Dairy Congress), London, Eng. ( World Dairy Congress). Lutheran. Republican. Office: 570 Rutherford Av., Boston. Home: Longwood Towers, Brookline.
V LARSSON, Johan Gustave, physician; b. Vermland, Swed., Feb. 10, 1878; s. Lars Peter Larsson and Amanda (Olson) L .; brought to America, 1883; ed. Caribou (Me.) high sch., 1898; A.B., Colby Coll., 1902; M.D., Long Island Coll. Hosp. Med. Sch., 1907; m. Emma Christina Lungulst of Worcester, Aug. 9, 1906; children-Zelma Kristina, Bryngel Gustave (d.). School teacher, New Sweden, Me., 1895-98; prin., lower high sch., Red Beach, Calais, Me., 1902-03; practicing physician, Brockton, 1907- 09, Boston, 1909 -; specialist on eye, nose, and throat; formerly lecturer on infectious diseases and on physiology, Boston Coll. Phys. and Surgs .; contract surg., U.S.A .; chmn. Swedish State Lib- erty Loan Com., 1918; mem. A.M.A., Mass., Suffolk Co., and Boston Med. Soes., Mercantile Lib. Assn., Valhalla Lodge, Order of Vasa, Scand. F'rat. Am., Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Kappa Kappa, St. John's Lodge, A.F. & A.M., St. Mathew Chap., Boston Commandery K.T., St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chap., Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Protestant. Republican. Address: 68 Westiand Av., Boston.
LASERTE, Georgette Grenier, teacher, lecturer; b. Manchester, N.II., July 21, 1888; d. Abraham George Grenier and Leonie (Qulrin) G .; ed. Man- chester high seh .; A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1910; grad. study, Wellesley and Boston Univ .; m. Charles J. Laserte, M.D .; 1 son-Robert Charles. Teacher, Wellesley high sch., 1910-13; Newton high sch., 1913-15; pres. College and Women's clubs, 1912-33, mem. Leominster sch. com., 1922-, sch. building commission, 1926-29; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Wom- en, Phl Beta Kappa. Clubs: Wellesley Graduate, Fitchburg Wellesley, Leominster Fortnightly, Mu- sical. Ilome: 2 Gardner Pi., Leominster.
Y
LASHLEY, Karl Spencer, professor of psychology; b. Davis, W. Va., June 7, 1890; s. Charles Gilpen Lashley and Margaret Blanche (Spencer) L .; ed. A.B., Univ. W.Va., 1910; M.S., Univ. Pittsburgh, 1911, Sc.1)., 1936; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1914, Bruce fellow, 1914, Johnston scholar, 1915-16; m. Edlth Ann Baker of Williamsport, Pa .; 1 son-Howard Baker (d.). Instr. psychology, Unlv. Minn., 1917- 18; investigator, Interdepartmental Social Hiy- giene Bd., 1919; asst. prof. psychology, Univ. Minn., 1920, asso. prof., 1921, prof., 1924-26; acting prof., Univ. of Chicago, summer 1925, Columbla, summer 1926; psychologist, Behavior Research Fund, Inst. for Juvenile Research, 1927-29; prof. psychology, Unly. Chicago, 1929-35; prof. psychol- ogy, Harvard, 1935-37, research prof. neuropsy- chology, 1937 -; winner, Crosby Warren medal, 1937; lecturer, Univs. Berlin, Moscow and Lon- don, 1931; Hughlings Jackson lecturer, Univ. Montreal, 1937; mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am, Psychol. Assn, (pres., 1929), Eastern Psychol. Assn. (pres., 1937), Am. Soc. Zoologists, Am. Physiol. Soc., Soc. Am. Naturalists, Nat. Research Council (div. anthropology and psychology, 1927-30, 1932-35), Am. Philos. Soc .; hon. mem., Harvey Soc., N.Y. Acad. Sci. Clubs: Savin Ifill Yacht, Ilarvard Faculty. Author: Brain Mechanisms and Intelligence, 1929; numer- ous papers on comparative psychology, functional neurology, and genetics in tech. jours. Asso. edl- tor: Jour. Genetic Psychology, Genetic Psych. Monograph, Jour. Philosophy, Sci. and Acta Psych- ologica, Quarterly Review of Biol. Office: Bio- logical Laboratories, Harvard University, Cam- bridge. Home: 46 Rockmont Rd., Belmont.
LASKER, David, lawyer; b. Boston, Apr. 12, 1898; s. Abraham Lasker and Fannie (Goldstein) L .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; cent. evening high sch .; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1921; in. Catherine Feldman of Boston, June 29, 1922; 1 son-Nor- man Lawrence. Practiced law, Boston, 1921 -; asst. dist. atty., Suffolk Co., Mar. 1930-June 1935; chmn. Boston Finance Commn., Apr. 1937- (re- apptd. Aug. 1937 for 5 yr. term); del., Dem. State conv., Springfield, 1936; civillan aide to Gov. Charies F. Hurley, 1937-38; seaman, U.S.N., 1918-19; mem. Am. Legion (Ensign John J. O'Con- nell Post #85), Jewish War Vets of, U.S., 1.0.0.F. (King Solomon Lodge #236), K.P. (King Solomon Lodge #18), I.O.B.A. (Knights of Liberty Lodge #271), B'nal B'rith (Haym Solomon Lodge), Zionist Orgn. Am. (Mattapan Dist.), Beth El Brotherhood. Clubs: Brunswick Civic (Roxbury), South End Boys of Boston (past pres. ), Seneca (Boston, past pres.). Jewish. Democrat. Of- fice: 19 Milk St., Boston. Home: 45 Supple Rd., Roxbury.
LASKER, Henry, lawyer; b. Lithuania, July 15, 1878; s. Louis Lasker and Leah (Aronson) L .; ed. class. high sch., Springfield; A.B., N.Y. Univ., 1903; LL.B., N.Y. Univ. Law Sch., 1904; m. Ilelen R. Hirsch of Holyoke, Aug. 18, 1908; 1 dau .- May L. Berman. Adm. to Hampden Co. bar, 1905; practiced law, Springfield, 1905 -; Mas- ter In Chancery, 1910 -; incorporator, Springfield and Wesson Mem. Hosps .; dir. Nat. Jewish Hosp., Denver, Colo .; mem. bd. aldermen, 1908-13, pres., 1913; mem. Charter Revision and Mun. Bullding Commns .; chmn. 3d Liberty Loan drive, World War; mem. B'nai B'rith (pres. Dist. #1, 1920-21), City Lib. Assn. (life), Y.M.H.A. (1st pres.), Shrine. Jewish (tr. Congregation Beth El). Republican. Office: 1570 Main St., Springfield. Home: 130 Bel- mont Av., Springfield,
VLATHROP, Grace Coleman, insurance; b. Boston, Jan. 28, 1873; d. George Coleman and Mary (Car- ville) C .; ed. Girls' Latin sch., Boston, 1884-90; A.B. (magna cum laude), Radcliffe Coll., 1894; m. Hlram N. Lathrop of Boston, Oct. 1, 1896 (d.); children-Miriam C., George C. Employed as teacher Miss Low's Pvt. Sch., Stamford, Conn., 1894-95, Cambridge Latin Sch., 1895-96; began career as agt., Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U.S., 1917, spl. agt., 1917-, awarded title Char- tered Life Underwriter, 1934; dir. Mass. Woman's Bapt. Mission Soc., Boston Nursery for Blind Ba- bles, Boston Browning Soc .; mem. Mass. Clvic
465
WHO'S WHO IN MASSACHUSETTS
League, Boston Life Underwriters Assn., Am. Coll. Chartered Life Underwriters (Boston chap.), Woman's Bapt. Social Union, Am. Assn. Unlv. Women, Phl Beta Kappa. Clubs: College (Radcliffe), Appalachian Mt. (Boston). Travel: Round the World, 1909-10, Mediterranean Cruise, 1923, Calif. and Alaska, 1939. Baptist. Repub- lican. Office: 100 Milk St., Boston. Home: 90 The Fenway.
VLATHROP, John Carroll, b. South Haven, Mich., Apr. 8, 1871; s. Orvis Christy Lathrop and Laura Virginia (Best) L .; ed. pub. schs., Free- port, Ill .; m. Della S. Benjamin, Oct. 21, 1924. In bus., N.Y. Clty, 1886-96; studied Chr. Sci. with Mary Baker Eddy, at Concord, N.H., 1898, mem. of her household 18 mos., practitioner, 1896 -; 2d reader 2d Ch. of Christ, Scientist, New York, 1897-1902, 1st reader, 1906-07, 1st reader, The Mother Ch., Boston, 1911-14, pres. 1914-15; Chr. Sci. lecturer, 1918-24, 1929. Republican. Home: 87 Colchester St., Brookline.
LAUGIILIN, Allee Denniston, palnter, stained glass designer; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 19, 1896; d. James Ben Laughlin and Clara Belle (Young) L .; ed. The Masters Sch., Dobbs Ferry, N.Y .; un- married. Engraved Illustrations for limited od. of "Lincoln" by Emil Ludwig, "We'll to the Woods No More" by Dujardin; oil painting, fresco paint- Ing, wood engraving, designing and making of stained glass windows; represented in permanent collections of French Govt., N. Y. Pub. Lib., Phil- lips Mem. Gallery (Washington, D.C.), Rochester (N.Y.) Mem. Gallery; designed stained glass windows for Whale Cay Chapel ( Bahamas), 2 mem, windows for The Masters Sch. ( Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.); exhibited Pa. Acad., Brooklyn (N. Y.) Mus., Palette Française (Paris, Fr.), Marie Sterner Gallery, ete .; mem. Mural Artists Guild, Mus. Nat. Hist. (N.Y. and Mass.), Hort. Soc. (N.Y.). Clubs: Nat. Arts, Women's Nat. Country, Allegheny Coun - try, Fox Chapel Country. Travel: Europe, No. Africa, Eg., Turk. Presbyterian. Studlo and home: Saint Briavel, Gloucester.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.