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LAUGHILIN, Ilenry Alexander, book publisher; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Mar. 18, 1892; s. James B. Laugh- lin and Clara B. (Young) L .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.H., 1905-10; Litt.B., Princeton, 1914; mn. Rebecca Greenleaf Lord of Brookline, June 3, 1916; children-Rebecca Ledlie, Henry A., Jr. With Houghton Mifflin Co., book pubs., Boston, continuously, 1914-, dir. 1925-, pres., 1939- (H. M. Co.); dir. Concord Nat. Bk., No. Bennett St. Industrial Sch., Boston; tr. St. Paul's Sch. (Con- cord, N.II.), Concord Acad. (Concord), Middlesex Inst. for Sav. (Concord); pvt. Battery A, 1st Mass. F.A., U.S.A., on Mexican Border, 1916, 2d lt. 41st F.A., 1918-19. Clubs: Tavern, Union (Bos- ton), Ivy (Princeton). Desc. James Laughlin, early iron and steel mfr., Pittsburgh. Episco- palian. Republican. Office: Houghton Mifflin Co., The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Home: Coneord. V LAVALLE, John, artist; b. Nahant, June 24, 1896; s. John Lavalle and Alice C. (Johnson) L .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.II., 1909-14; War degree, 1918. A.B. (Class of 1918), Harvard, 1919; studled at Boston Art Mus. Sch. under Leslie Thompson and Philly L. Hale, 1919-23; in Hale's studio, 1923-25; Académie Julien. Parls, 1925; m. Ellen Tufts of Boston, Oet. 4, 1919 (d.); m. (2nd) Vir- ginia Wilson of Cincinnati, O., Sept. 15, 1932; children-Allee (d.), Mary Dean (d.). John Ed- ward, Ellen, Virginia. Painted portraits and landscapes In U.S., Europe, So. Am .; exhibited at Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Nat. Acad. Design, Art Inst. (Chicago), .Corcoran Gallery, Carnegie Inst., Salon des Artistes Français, etc .; mem. Jury Ad- missions & Awards, Pa. Acad., 1929, Boston Ter- centenary Expn., 1930; represented in permanent collections, Boston and Brooklyn Museums; with R.O.T.C., Plattsburgh, 1916; as mem. A.S.O.R.C. trained overseas with Royal Flying Corps, 1917; 1st It., U.S.A.S., bombing pilot with 33rd Wing, Royal Air Force, 1918; mem., Gulld Boston Artists, Boston Soc. Water Color Painters, Copiey Soc. Boston (sec. 1928-30), Grand Cent. Art Galleries (N.Y.), Rockport Art Assn., North Shore Art
Assn., etc. Clubs: St. Botolph, Badminton & Ten- nis, Harvard (N.Y.). Author: verse in Atlantic Monthly and Century mags., 1919-20; Illustrations and vignettes for Bay Window Ballads by David McCord, 1935. Travel: Eng., Fr., It., Rus., Swed., Ger., Switz., Belg., Hol., Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Haiti, etc., etc. Episcopalian. Republi- can. Office: Fenway Studios, Boston. Home: 3 Gloucester St., Boston.
LaVAULT, Rudolph L., teacher; b. Tiverton, R.I., Sept. 7, 1908; s. Roch G. LaVault and Adellna (Marcoux) LaV .; ed. B.M.C., Durfee high schi., Fall River; Ed.B., R.I. Coll. Edn., 1933, Ed.M., 1939; Ilarvard; m. Mina Bornemann of Phila., Pa., June 1937; 1 son-llilalre B. Instr. Eng. and econ., Bradford Durfee Textlle Scli., Fall River, 1935 -; mem. Franco-Am. Civic League Mass., Kappa Delta Phi. Author: a number of poems. Interested in books, writing (largely poetry), music. Catholic. Address: 1007 High St., Fall River.
LAVEAGA, Robert Everett, Y.M.C.A. director of recreation and health; b. Winnemucca, Nev., May 4, 1894; s. Paul Laveaga and Effie (Laforge) L .; ed. Reno (Nev.) high sch., 1913; B.P.E., George Williams Coll., Chicago, 1922; Ed.M., Boston Univ., 1937; m. Marle Means of Reno, Nev., Nov. 29, 1914; children-Lorraine (d.), Lollta Marie. Y.M.C.A. physical dir., Reno, Nev., 1913-14, Sacramento, Calif., 1914-17; coll. and war serviec, 1918-19; San Bernardino, Calif., 1922-26; Hyde Park Dept. "Y", Chicago, 1926-30, Huntington Av. (Boston) Br. "Y", 1930 -; on faculty Northeastern Univ. Day Div., 1930 -; on faculty Boston Univ. Sch. Idn., 1936 -; corpl. 25th Arty., C.A.C., Calif., World War; mem. N.E.A., Nat. Recreation Assn., U.S. Volley Ball Assn. (exec. com.), Y.M.C.A. (v.p.), Physical Dirs. Soc. No. Am., Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi. Club: Men's (Payson Pk., Bel- mont). Interested In promoting game of volley ball, conducted first institutes and wrote first book on game; extensive travels, lecturing on volley ball and recreation In general; interested in oil painting, writing, landscaping. Author: Vol- ley-Ball, a Man's Game, 1933; 6 Recreation Man- uals. Travel: entire U.S., Can., Mex., Europe (Eng., Fr., Ger., 1936). Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 316 IHuntington Av., Boston. Home: 91 Cross St., Belmont.
LAWLER, George Sherriffs, electrical engineer; b. Boston, May 13, 1874; s. George William Lawler and Lillie Minerva (Sherriffs) L .; ed. East Boston high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1897; m. Paula L. Meyer of Boston, Oct. 12, 1903; children-George S., Jr., Paul W. Held various positions, finally supt. power distribution, with Boston Elevated Ry. Co., 1898-1906; Insp., then elec. engr., now chief elec. engr., Asso. Factory Mut. Fire Ins. Cos., 1906 -; mem. Elec. Com. that prepared Nat. Elec. Code; mem. Am. Inst. E.E .; asso. mem. Nat. Fire Pro- tectlon Assn. Protestant. Republican. Office: 184 IHigh St., Boston. Home: 47 Pilgrim Rd., Marblehead. Summer res .: Ossipee, N. 1I.
LAWLESS, WIIllam Thewles, Lieut. Col. D.S.O .- E.D. Canadian soldier (retired) ; b. London, Ont., Can., Sept. 29, 1867; s. John Patrick Lawless and Rosina (Wright) L .; ed. Trinity Coll. Seh., Port Hope, Ont., 1881-83; short courses, Royal Can. Mil. Coll., Kingston, Ont .; unmarried. With No. 2 Field Ambulance Corps, North West Rebelllon, 1885 (Queens Medal); It. So. Africa Royal Can. Regt., (Queen's medal, 4 clasps), 1899-1900; Can. Contingent, So. African Constabulary (King Ed- ward medal, 2 clasps), 1900, transferred to 1st Scottish Horse under Marquis of Tullibarden, mentioned in despatches by Lord Kitchener for capture of Saarl Alberts and his Commando, stayed till peace was declared, supt. Transvaal Repatriation Dept., Pletersburg, 1902-05; overseas with 1st Contingent, 1914, with L.S.H. in trenches, 1 yr., major 52d Bn., C.E.F. (2nd in command) till peace was declared (twice mentioned In dis- patches by Earl Haig; D.S.O., 1914-15 star, Brit. War medal, Allies medal; wounded on Somme, 1916, at Paachendale, 1918); Dist. Staff Adjt. and Q.M. Gen., Calgary, Alberta, 1919; transferred to
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London, 1920, there till retirement, 1927; reed. King George V Jubilee medal, Can. Efficiency . Decoration, Can. Long Service medal; mem. Can. Legion (hon. v.p. No. 2 Br.) ; life mem. Mil. Inst. M.D. 1. Club: London (Ont.). Travel: Europe, So. Africa, Can., U.S. Gt.g.s. Philimen Wright, Woburn, who fought at Bunker Hill, then founded Ilull, Q. Can. Mem. Church of England. Con- Servative. Office and home: 257 Main St., Amherst.
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LAWRANCE, Charles W., superintendent of schools; .b. Tokyo, Jap., Oct. 27, 1893; s. Dr. William 1. Lawrance and Caroline (Butterworth) L .; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover; S.B., M.I.T., 1916; m. Lois llolway of Machias, Me., Aug. 22, 1917; children-Richard Butterworth, Charles Holway, William Irvin, Leonice Nancy, Mary Katharine. Pvt. accountant and financial news writer, 1 yr .; export dept., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 11% yrs .; pub. seh. service, 1921 -; supt. schs., Union #42, Mass., 1930 -; service in U.S.A., World War, 3 yrs., 2d lt., 1st It. C.A.C., A.E.F., with A.A. and Information (G2) Services, Hors. 1st Army; mem. Kingston Recreation Assn., N.E.A., A.F.&A.M., Am. Legion, Phl Gamma Delta, Travel: Europe, 3 yrs .; U.S., Can. Original Lawrence settled Charlestown, 1630; desc. moved to Providence, R.I., Dutchess County, N.Y., Ohio, Calif. Prot- estant. Independent Republican. Office: 244 Main St., Kingston. Ilome: 99 Summer St., Kingston.
YLAWRENCE, Charies Henry, physiclan; b. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 17, 1882; s. Charles Henry Lawrence and Nellie Elizabeth (Cook) L .; ed. University Sch., Chicago, 1897-1900; A.B., Harvard, 1903; M.I). (cum laude), Ilarvard Medical Sch., 1908; m. Miriam Olive Williams of Plymouth, Aug. 30, 1911; children-Charles Henry Ill, Edward Wil- liams, David Bissell, George Hugh, Walcott fel- low in med., Harvard Med. Sch., 1910-11; asst. visiting phys., Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1911-15; asst. and instr. of med., Harvard Med. Sch., 1911-17; asst. phys., Robert Bent Brigham Ilosp .; 1915-17; phys., Evans Memorial Inst., 1919-30, Boston Dis- pensary, 1934 -; asso. prof. med., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1934 -; 1st lt., Med. Corps, U.S.A., 6 mos., 1917-18; dir. llousehold Nursing Assn., Boston; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Am. Clin, and Climatol. Soc., Soe. for Study Internal Secretions, Alpha Omega Alpha. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: numerous med. papers. Episcopalian. Republi- can. Office: 520 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 119 Willard Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Westport Point.
V LAWRENCE, Frederic Cunningham, clergyman; b. Cambridge, May 22, 1899; s. William Lawrenee and Julia (Cunningham) L .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1920; Corpus Christi Coll., Cam- bridge, Eng., 1920-21; Union Theol. Sem., N.Y. City, 1921-22; B.1)., Epise. Theol. Sch., Cambridge, 1924; D.D., Lawrence Coll., Appleton, Wis., 1937; m. Katharine Wylie of Wash., D.C., Apr. 10, 1928; children-Katharine, Julia, Margaret, Frederic C., Jr. Curate, All Saints Ch., Worcester, 1924-25; chaplain, Episc. students at Harvard, asso. with St. Paul's Cathedral, Boston, 1925-27; rector, St. Peter's Episc. Ch., Cambridge, 1927 -; pvt., llar- vard R.O.T.C., mem., F.A., Cent. Officers Tr. Corps, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., Nov., 1918. Clubs: Fly, Harvard (Boston). Episco- palian. Republican. Office: 17 Vernon St., Cam- bridge. Home: 15 Clinton St., Cambridge.
LAWRENCE, George Leonard, rubber manufae- turer; b. Dorchester, July 1, 1887; s. George Leon- ard Lawrence and Jane A. (Morse) L .; ed. Mel- rose high sch., 1903-05; B.S., M.I.T., 1909; m. Florence M. Merrill of Melrose, Sept. 30, 1911; chil- dren-Barbara (Mrs. Robert W. Clark), Robert M. Highway engr., Mass. llighway Commn., 1909-10; industrial engr., planning dept., W. H. MeElwain Co., 1910-14; indust. engr., asst. supt., supt,, fae- tory mgr., prod. factory mgr., footwear div., U.S. Rubber Co., 1914-22; factory mgr., elk., dir., v.p., Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, 1922 -; dir. Mel- rose News Co .; mem. Omicron Delta, Masons. Clubs: Rotary, Bellevue Golf. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Tyer Rubber Co., Andover.
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LAWRENCE, John SHsbre, trustee, merchant; b. Nahant, Sept. 6, 1878; s. Amory Appleton Law- rence and Emily Fairfax (Silsbee) L .; ed. Groton Sch .; Noble & Greenough Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1901; m. Emma Atherton of Boston, Apr. 29, 1907; children-Eloise (Mrs. Harrison Gardner), Isabel . (Mrs. James Parker), Amory Atherton. Partner, Lawrence Co., 20 years; dir. Boston Safe Deposit Trust Co., Mass Hosp. Life Ins. Co., 2nd Nat. Bk., Boston; v.p. N.E. Council, Essex County Corp. Farm Co. Clubs: Somerset, Harvard (Boston), Myopia Hunt, Eastern Yacht, Corinthian Yacht. Office: 50 Congress St., Boston. llome: Topsfield.
LAWRENCE, William, bishop; b. Boston, May 30, 1850; s. Amos Adams Lawrence and Sarah E. (Appleton) L .; ed. Dixwell's Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1871; S.T.B., Episc. Theol. Seh., 1875, D.D., 1923; S.T.D., Hobart Coll., 1890, Harvard, 1893; LL.D., Princeton, 1904, Cambridge Univ., 1908, Lawrence Univ., 1910, Boston Univ., 1923, llarvard, 1931; D.D., Durham Univ., 1908, Yale, 1909, Columbia, 1911, Trinity Coll., 1925, Williams Coll., 1930; m. Julia Cunningham of Boston, May 19, 1874; children-Marian (Mrs. Harold Peabody), Julia (Mrs. Morton L. Fearcy), Sarah (Mrs. Charles L. Slattery), Rosamond (d.), Ruth (Mrs. Lansing P. Reed), William Appleton, Eleanor (Mrs. Lewis Hunt Mills), Frederic Cunningham. Deacon, 1875, priest, 1876, Prot. Episc. Ch .; curate, then rector, Grace Ch., Lawrence, 1877-81; prof. homiletics and pastoral care, Episc. Theol. Sch .. Cambridge, 1884-93, dean, 1886-93; bishop of Mass., Oct. 5, 1893-May 30, 1926; pres. Ch. Pension Fund of Prot. Episc. Ch., having raised $8,700,000 for accrued liabilities, 1917; former pres., Ch. Hymnal Corp. and Ch. Life Ins. Corp .; chmu. Ch. War Comin., Prot. Episc. Ch., raising large sums of money for equipment of chaplains, camp con- ditions, etc., and v.p. Gen. (interdenom.) War Time Commn., 1917-18; chmn. bd. trs., Groton Sch .; preacher, Harvard Univ .; overseer, Harvard Univ., 1895-1913, fellow of corp., 1913-30; pres. Harvard Alumni Assn., 1904-05; chmn. com. which raised over $2,000,000 for endowment of Harvard instructors' salaries; chmn. com. to extend service of llarvard Univ., 1924-25, raising $10,000,000 for Depts. of Business, Chemistry, and Art; chmn., tr. Peabody Įdn. Bd. and organizer Geo. Peabody Coll. for Teachers; former tr. Smith and Wellesley Colls .; as chmn. of trs., Wellesley, raised $3,000,- 000 fund for restoration after fire; mem. many ac- tive and advisory coms. for rel., ednl., and phllan- throple purposes; mem. Mass. Hist. Soc., N.E. llist .- Geneal. Soc., Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences. Club: Union (Boston). Author: Life of Amos A. Lawrence, 1889; Proportional Representation in the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies; Visions and Service, 1896; Life of Roger Wolcott, Gov- ernor of Massachusetts, 1902; Study of Phillips Brooks, 1903; The American Cathedral, 1921; Fifty Years, 1923; Life of Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Sen- ator, 1925; Memories of a flappy Life, 1926; The New American, 1929; Life of Phillips Brooks, 1930. Desc. John Lawrence, Watertown, 1630; s. Amos A. Lawrence, founder of Lawrence Univ., Appleton, Wis., treas. of Harvard, nom. Union ticket for gov., 1861, active in keeping Kansas free state. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 1 Joy St., Boston. Home: 122 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Summer res .: Bar Harbor, Me.
LAWRENCE William Appieton, bishop; b. Cam- bridge, May 21, 1889; s. Bishop William Lawrence and Julia (Cunningham) L .; ed. Noble and Green- ough Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1911; Union Theol. Sem., 1911-12; B.D., Epise. Theol. Sch., Cambridge, 1914; D.D., Lawrence Coll., Appleton, Wis., 1929, Amherst Coll., 1937, S.T.D., Trinity Coll., 1938; L.H.D., Springfield Coll., 1938; m. llannah Wheelright Cobb of Chestnut Hill, June 1, 1912; children-Susan, William, Charles Kane Cobb, Elizabeth Codman, Sarah, Hannah, Samuel Appleton. Deacon, Prot. Episc. Ch., 1914; priest, 1915; curate, Grace Ch., Lawrence, 1914-15; rector, St. Stephen's Ch., Lynn, 1916-26, Grace Ch., Provi- dence, R.I., 1926-36; bishop of Epise. Dioe. of
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Western Mass., Jan. 13, 1937; mem. Nat. Council, Prot. Episc. Ch., 1936 -; tr., Lenox Sch., Wellesley Coll. Clubs: Fly, Longmeadow Country. Author: Christian Marriage, 1929. Episcopalian. Repub- lican. Office: 37 Chestnut St., Springfield. Home: 83 Ridgewood Ter., Springfield. Summer res .: Tevlot Cottage, 21 Kebo St., Bar Harbor, Mc.
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LAWRENCE, William Henry, professor of archl- tectural engineering; b. Boston, Sept. 4, 1868; s. Charles Henry Lawrence and Isebel Matilda (Restleaux) I .; ed. Boston English high sch .; B.S., M.I.T., 1891; m. Alice Gertrude Emerson of Stoneham, Sept. 7, 1921. Instr. in architecture, M.I.T., 1891-1901, asst, prof., 1901-09, prof., 1909-, in charge course of architectural engring., 1927-, now emeritus; curator Lowell Inst., 1921 -; lec- turer on archtl. constrn., Harvard, 1924-25; mem. Am. Inst. of Architects, Am. Acad. Arts and Sci- ences. Protestant. Republican. Office: Boston Public Library, Copley Sq., Boston, or Mass. Inst. Tech., Cambridge. Ilome: 811 Centre St., Jamaica Plain. Summer res .: Intervale, N.I.
LAWRENCE, William Henry, Jr., advertising; b. Clarksville, Tenn., Jan. 22, 1908; s. William Ilenry Lawrence and Sally (Neblett) L .; ed. Louisville Male high sch .; Mass, Sch. Art; A.B., Harvard Coll., 1929, With Lever Bros. Co., mfrs. soap and edible products, 1929-, asst. to advertising management, 1936 -; mem. Ilarvard Musical Assu. Travel: U.S., Venezuela, Mex., Cent. Am., Baha- mas, Can., Bermuda, Cuba. Interested in music, reading, art, particularly Chinese. Democrat. Office: Lever Bros. Co., Cambridge. Home: 95 Prescott St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Mt. Pleas- ant St., Marblehead.
Y LAWSON, W(Illum) Elsworth, clergyman; b. Otley, Yorks, Eng., Aug. 17, 1868; s. Emanuel Lawson and Annie (Elsworth) L .; ed. pub. schs .; pvt. tu- tors; theol. course, Rochdale, Eng., 1889-92; m. at El Paso, Tex., Florence Alice Shera of Boyle Co., Roscommon, Ire., Oct. 28, 1897. Lay evangelist and Methodist minister in Ireland, 1892-97; came to America, 1897; ordained to Cong. ministry, Montelair, N.J., 1897; pastor Union Evang. Ch, Mexico City, 1897-1909, Pilgrim Ch., Oakland, Calif., 1909-12, Bethany Ch., Foxboro, 1913-20. Author: Euphrosync and Her Golden Book, 1901; From the Unvarying Star, 1903; An Anonymous Confession, 1911; The Master Light, 1915. Lit. editor: Foxboro Reporter, 1925-32; now devoting entire time to writing. llome: Foxboro.
LAWSON, Wilbur Fulton, banker; b. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 18, 1890; s. Fulton Q. Lawson and Sarah E. (Clark) L .; cd. Hartford (Conn.) high sch., 1905-08; Am. Inst. of Banking, 1912-15; m. Mabel M. Slocum of Hartford, Conn., Oct. 11, 1913; 1 dau .- Marian Elizabeth. In employ First Nat. Bk., Hartford, Conn., 1908-16; asst. nat. bank examiner, 1916-17; with First Nat. Bk., Boston, continuously, 1919-, auditor, 1921-26, comptrol- ler, 1926-, vp. and comptroller, 1932 -; comp- troller, Old Colony Trust Co .; dir. and comptroller, First of Boston Internat. Corp., N.Y. City; dir. and v.p. Security Safe Deposit Co .; pres. Hartford (Conu.) chap. of Am. Inst. Banking, 1915-16, Bank Officers Assn., Boston, 1934-35; served in U.S. Army, 1917-18, 2d It., 1918, capt. O.R.C., 1924- 27; mem. Masons, O.E.S. Club: Oakley Country (Watertown). Republican. Office: 67 Milk St., Boston. Home: 28 Temple St., Belmont.
V LAWTON, Alice, writer; b. Boston; d. William Henry Lawton and Alice M. (Follansbce) I ..; cd. Boston Unlv .; Univ. Lausanne (Switz.); Sorbonne, Ecolo des Beaux Arts and Ecole du Louvre (Paris). Reporter, N.Y. Evening Sun, 1 yr .; lit. ed., N.Y. corr., Chr. Sei. Monitor; writer of feature articles for Boston Evening Transcript and mags .; lec- turer on art appreciation for Mass. Univ. Exten- sion Div .; art ed., Boston Post, 1928 -; mem, Au- thor's League Am., Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Phi. Clubs: College, Women's City (Boston), Pen and Brush (New York). Author: Goose Towne Tales, 1927. Republican. Address: Art editor, Boston Post, Boston. Home: 88 Mt. Vernon St., Boston.
Y LEACH, George Henry, shoe manufacturer; b. Mal- . den, Apr. 14, 1877; s. George Henry Leach and
Elizabeth (Damon) L .; ed. Brockton high sch., 1892-96; Mass. Inst. Tech., 1896-97; in. Mary E. Porter of Bowling Green, Ky., Apr. 28, 1910; children-Richard Porter, Janet, George Henry, Ir. Employee George E. Keith Co., shoe mfrs., 1897-, exec. v.p., 1933 -; v.p. and dir. Brockton Morris Plan Bk .; dir. D. Armstrong & Co., Inc., Brockton Nat. Bk., Liberty Mut. Ins. Co .; tr. Brockton Nat. Bk. (past), Liberty Mut. Ins. Co .; former tr. Brockton Pub. Lib .; past pres. Brockton Hosp .; chmn. Brockton War Mem. Bldg., Pilgrim Foundation; mem. Masons, K.T. Clubs: Commer- cial Country (both of Brockton). Congregation- alist. Independent. Office: 125 Perkins Av., Brock- ton. Home: 50 South St., Brockton. Summer res .: Monument Beach.
V LEACHI, Robert Milton, manufacturer; b. Franklin, N.11., Apr. 2, 1879; s. Edward Giles Leach and Agnes Amelia (Robinson) L .; cd. Franklin (N.H.) pub. schs .; Phillips Acad., Andover; Dartmouth Coll., 1898-1900; in. Mary E. Walker of Taunton, Nov. 28, 1900; children- Walker, Malcolm, Vir- ginia ( Mrs. Stafford Congdon). Divorced in March -1939. Salesman of stoves and ranges, Glenwood Range Company, Taunton, 1900-10, gen. sales mgr., 1910-20, treas. 1920 -; dir. Atherton Furni- ture Co. (Brockton, Lewiston, Me., Portland, Me., llaverhill), Burpee Furniture Co. (Rockland, Me.), National Shawmut Bank of Boston, 1930 -; served as a dir. of The Am. Gas Assn., 1926-27; mem. 68th Congress, 15th Dist. Mass., 1924-25; capt. Ordnance Dept., U.S.A., 1917-19; mem. Psi Upsilon, Masons (32°). Clubs: Congressional Country (Wash., D.C.), Brae Burn Country ( West Newton). Unitarian. Republican. Home: Taunton. Sumi- mer home: Franklin, N.H.
LEACH, Walter Barton, professor of law; b. Bos- ton, Jan. 6, 1900; s. Walter Barton Leach and Grace Winifred (Wise) L .; cd. Brookline high sch .; A.B. (cum laude), Harvard, 1921; Univ. dc Grenoble, summer 1920; LL.B. (cum laude), llar- vard Law Sch., 1924; m. Florence T. Malcolm of Newtonville, June 14, 1924; children-Barbara, Richard Malcolm. Sec. to Justice Oliver Wendell Ilolmes, U.S. Supreme Court, 1924-25; admitted to Mass. bar, 1925; practicing lawyer with firm, Warner, Stackpole & Bradlee, Boston, 1925-30; instr., Northeastern Univ., 1925-30; instr., Ilar- vard Law Sch., 1929-30, asst. prof., 1930-31, prof. law, 1931 -; advisor and reporter of Restatement
of Property, Am. Law Inst., 1931 -; pvt. Inf., U.S.A., 1918; mem. Am, and Mass. Bar Assns., Pi Ita Soc., Lincoln's Inn Soc. Clubs: Ilarvard ( Boston), Golf (Weston). Author: Cases on Fu- ture Interests, 1935; Cases on Massachusetts Law of Evidence, 1935; many articles in legal periodi- cals. Universalist. Independent. Office: Harvard Law Sch., Cambridge. Ilome: 12 Wellesley St., Weston.
VLEAHEY, Brendan Dempsey, physician; b. Lowell, 1905; s. George A. Lealrey and Alice (Dempsey ) L .; ed. Lowell high sch., 1918-22; A.B., Harvard, 1926; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1930, interne, St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago, III., 1930-31; house surg., Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1931-33; In pvt. practice, specializing in eye work, Boston and Lowell, 1933 -; on staffs of St. John's, St. Joseph's, and Lowell Gen. Ilosps., Mass. Eye and Ear In- firmary; instr. ophthalmology, Harvard Med. Sch .; dir. Lowell Coop. Bk .; tr. Washington Sav. Instn .; capt. U.S.A. Med. Res. Clubs: Harvard, Vesper Country, Long Meadow Golf (pres.). Office: 9 Central St., Lowell. Ilome: 25 Adam Ter., Lowell. YLEAHEY, George Aloysius, ophthalmic surgeon; b. Lowell, March 31, 1870; s. Daniel E. Leahey and Alice ( Donnelly) L .; ed. Lowell Class, high sch., 1888; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1892; student under Fuchs, Schnabel and others, Univ. Vienna; m. Alice Dempsey of Lowell, June 29, 1900; chil- dren-George A. (It., U.S.N.), Brendan D. (M.D.), Garret D. Interne, Boston City Hosp., 1892; eye and car surg., St. John's Hosp., Lowell Gen. Hosp., 1893 -; cons. eye surg., U.S. Vets. Ilosp., Bedford; cons. surg., Mass. State llosp., etc .; tr. Washing- ton Sav. Instn .; mem. Med. Adv. Bd., Selective Service, 1917-18; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Am. Oph-
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thalmol. Soc., Am. Acad. Ophthalmology, N.E. Ophthalmol. Soc. Club: Vesper Country (Lowell). Author: monograph, Orbital Actinomyces. Travel : U.S., Can., Europe, So. Am. to Buenos Aires. Catholic. Office: 128 Merrimack St., Lowell. Ilome: 120 Fairmount St., Lowell.
LEAHY, Joseph Thomas, insurance; b. Randolph, May 20, 1867; s. Daniel Leahy and Bridget (Fitz- patrick) L .; ed. Randolph pub. schs., 1872-80; Stet- son high sch., 1880-84; m. Sarah A. Farquhar of Randoiph, Jan. 21, 1892; children-Mary A. (Mrs. Dennis W. Buckley), William J., Anna J. Farmer, grocer's clk., coal dealer, 1884-1907; shoe mfr., 1907-27; town clk. and treas., Randoiph, 1896- 1910; agt. for insurance of all kinds at Randolph, 1896 -; pres. Randolph Trust Co .; tr. Randolph Sav. Bk .; dir. Randolph Coop. Bk., treas. Proper- ties Development Trust; mem: K.C. Travel: U.S. (bus. ), Ire., Eng., Can. Catholic. Democrat.
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VLEAHY, Willlam Augustine, author; b. Boston, July 18, 1867; s. John Leahy and Mary Elizabeth (Drls- coll) L .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Ilarvard, 1888, grad. student, 1 yr. Teacher Milton Acad., 1889-90; lit. ed., Boston Traveler, 1893-94; gen. lit. work, 1894 -; see. Music Dept., City of Boston, 1902-10, sec. to mayor, 1910-12. Author: The Siege of Syracuse, 1889; The Incendiary (Chicago Rec- ord Prize Story), 1896; History of the Catholic Church in New England, 1899; A Little Book for Immigrants, 1921; A Compendium of Reports and Studies Relating to the Commerce and Industries of Boston, 1924. Editor: The Story of Films, 1927. Asso. editor: Fifty Years of Boston (Ter- centenary Memorial Vol.). Ilome: 523 Fourth St., South Boston.
LEARNARD, Henry Heath, business executive; b. Brighton, Nov. 13, 1871; s. Edward H. Learnard and Susan Elizabeth (Dearborn) L .; ed. Boston pub. schs .; Bryant & Stratton Commercial Sch., Boston; m. Anne E. Mitchell of Boston, Nov. 16, 1898; children-Eunice E., Edward H. At Faneuil Hall Market, 1895 -; dir. U.S. Trust Co., Pattens Restaurant Co., Exless Ins. Co., Citizens Mutual Ins. Co., Mass. Realty Commercial Co .; pres. S. S. Learnard Co., N.E. Rendering Co., Butchers Siaughtering Melting Assn .; mem. Boston Cham- ber of Commerce. Clubs: Boston City, Hunnewell. Republican. Office: 50 Faneuil Hall Market, Bos- ton. Home: 259 Waverly Av., Newton. Summer res .: 14 Malcoim St., Crow Point, Hingham.
LEARNED, Edmund Philip, professor of market- ing; b. Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 24, 1900; s. Samuel Stanley Learned and Aiice ( Preisach) L .; ed. Law- rence (Kan.) high sch .; A.B., Univ. Kan., 1922, A.M., 1925; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1927, D.C.S., 1930; m. Zella M. Rankin of Albuquer- que, N.M., Aug. 30, 1922; children-Betty L., Don R. Instr. economics and commerce, Univ. Kan., 1922-1925; instr. marketing, Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1927-29, asst. prof., 1929-34, asso. prof. 1934-39, prof., 1939 -; mem. Am. Marketing Assn., Am. Econ. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Prob- lems in Marketing, 1936; State Gasoline Taxes, 1925; many articles in Harvard Bus. Rev. Congre- gationalist. Democrat. Office: Morgan Hall, Sol- diers' Field, Boston. Ilome: 187 Common St., Bel- mont.
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