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YLEAROYD, Charles Henry, investment broker; b. Taunton, Apr. 1878; s. Charles H. Learoyd and Susan id. (Perley) L .; ed. Taunton high sch .; m. Helen W. White of Wakefield, Oct. 27, 1906; chil- dren-Charles H., Jr., Jeannette (Mrs. George M. Mattheson), Susan. Partner, Learoyd, Foster & Co., mems. Boston Stock Exchange, 1912-30; or- ganized Mass. Investors Trust, tr., 1924-30, sec., 1930-36; v.p. Slayton-Learoyd, Inc., 1928-33, Mass. Distributors, Inc., 1933-36; pres. Learoyd & Night- ingale, Inc., 1936 -; treas. The Bankette Co. Epls- copalian. Office: 50 Congress St., Boston. Home: 101 Chestnut St., Wakefield.
V LEAROYD, John Sylvester, corporation official; b. Wakefieid, July 18, 1889; s. John Sylvester Lea- royd and Harriet (Cross) L .; ed. Danvers high sch., 1904-07; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1911; m. Doro- thy Palmer of Peabody, May 26, 1917; children-
John Palmer, Benjamin Sperry. Asso. with Stone & Webster Management Assn., 1912-16, with East- ern Mass. St. Ry. Co., about 9 mos. of 1916, with Hygrade Syivania Corp., 1916-, sec. 1931 -; mem. Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants. Club: Salem Coun- try (West Peabody). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 60 Boston St., Salem. Ilome: 144 Coion St., Beverly.
Y LEARY, George Francis, lawyer, judge; b. Seitico, Conn., Aug. 24, 1886; s. Francis P. Leary and Catherine P. (Whiton) L .; ed. A.B., Amherst Coll., 1909; J.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1912; m. Catherine C. Keating of Pittsfield, Oct. 18, 1916; children-Barbara, George Whiton, Robert Keat- ing. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1913; gen. practice iaw, Springfield, 1913-34; city solicitor, 1930-31; justice, Superior Ct., 1934 -. Clubs: University (Boston), Springfield Country (Springfield). Cath- olie. Democrat. Home: 16 Eton St., Springfield.
LEARY, Theresa Genevieve, director and principal, Chamberlayne School and Junior College; b. Bos- ton; d. Edward J. Leary and Theresa Genevieve (Power) L .; ed. Cambridge-Liaskell (now The Cambridge Sch., Kendali Green); A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1927. M.A., 1928. Teacher, Lee Sch., Boston, 1929 -; with sister, Anna T. Leary, reorganized the old Chamberlayne Sch. and added The Junior College; principai and dir., The Camberlayne Sch. & Junior Coll., 1932 -; mem. Nat. Assn. Principals Pvt. Schs., Boston Pvt. Sch. Assn., Radcliffe Alumnae Assn. Clubs: The Radcliffe, The College. Catholic. Oflice: The Chamberlayne School & Junior College, 229 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 90 Fenway, Boston. Summer res .: Wayne, Nie.
VLEARY, Timothy, physician, pathologist; b. Wal- tham, Mass., May 10, 1870; s. Timothy Leary and Catherine (Rooney) 1 .; ed. Waltham high sch .; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1895; A.M., Tufts Coll., 1907; m. Adelaide Olga Cushing of Boston, Sept. 17, 1901; children-Olga Cushing, Deborah, Tim- othy, Jr. Res. asst. pathologist, Boston City
Hosp., 1895-97; asst. prof. pathology, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1897, prof. pathology and bacteriology, 1900-29, emeritus, 1929 -; acting asst. surg., U.S. U.S.A., 1898, commdg. officer, U.S.A. Gen. Hosp., Ponce, P.R .; asso. medical examiner, Suffolk county, 1908, medical examiner, 1910; research under grants from Com. on Scientific Research, A.M.A., silver medal for original work, A.M.A., 1934; Hektoen Lecture, Chicago Inst. Med., 1935; tr. Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children; prep- aration of students for laboratory service in World War, no rank; mem. Am. Assn. Patholo- gists & Bacteriologists, Internat. Assn. for Geo- graphic Pathology, A.A.A.S., Soc. Am. Bacteriolo- gists, Am. Medico-legal Assn., Mass. Med. Soc., Mass. Medico-legal Soc. (pres. 1921), Mass. Soc. Examining Physicians, Boston Med. Lib. Assn., Alpha Kappa; Asso. Colonial Soc. of Mass. Club: Liarvard. Catholic. Democrat. Office: Mallory Institute of Pathology, 784 Massachusetts Av., Boston. Home: 44 Burroughs St., Jamaica Plain.
LEASON, Edwin Everett, advertising executive; b. llyde Park, Feb. 7, 1893; s. George Edwin Leason and Emily Belie (Cooper) L .; ed. Hyde Park high sch .; Boston Univ .; m. Charlotte Mae Pickard of Dorchester, 19,
June 1922; children-Edwin Everett, Jr., Robert Wales. In adv. dept., B. F. Sturtevant Co., Hyde Park, 1910-25, adv. mgr., 1917-25 (war service excepted); v.p. F. S. Root Co., Inc., 1925-34; asst. treas. Dickie-Raymond, Inc., sales mgr. D-R Mailing Service (div. of Dickie Raymond, Inc.), 1934 -; master signal elec- trician, 491st Aero Constrn. Squadron, U.S.A., July 1917-Aug. 1919, overseas all but 5 mos., awarded victory medal; 1st reader, 3rd Ch. of Christ, Sci- entist, Boston, 1929-32; mem. Am. Legion (v. comdr. Crosscup-Pishon Post #281), Tech. Adv. Assn., A.F.&A.M. (Hyde Park Lodge), Y.M.C.A. (v. chin. bd. migrs., Iiyde Park br.). Club: Ad- vertising (Boston, v.p.). Travei: Eng., Fr. Chris- tian Scientist. Republican. Office: 80 Broad St., Boston. Home: 67 Child St., Hyde Park.
V LEAVITT, Albert Willard, investment, banking; b. Aug. 11, 1903; s. David Willard Leavitt and Bessie
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(Gaylord) L .; ed. Boston pub. schs. and Hunting- ton Sch., 1918-23; Harvard, 1923-27; m. Llllian Gill of Richmond, Va., 1926. Asso. with II. P. Wood & Company, investment bankers, Boston, 1926-, successively messenger, salesman and exec. v.p., 1934 -; v.p. N.E. Forestry Assos .; dir. Piper Frce High Sch. Fund; mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Masons. Club: Harvard (Boston). Epis- copallan. Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: Parsonsfield, Me.
VLEAVITT, Ashley Day, clergyman; b. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 10. 1877; s. Burke Fay Leavitt and Lucina Maria (Day) 1 .; ed. Cambridge Latin seh .; A.B., Yale, 1900; B D., Hartford Theol. Scm., 1903; D.D., Bowdoin . Coll., 1918; m. Myrtle R. Hart of Hart- ford, Conn., Sept. 7, 1904; children-Hart Day, Julia. Ordained to Cong. ministry, 1903; asst. to Dr. E. P. Parker, South Ch., Hartford, Conn., 1903- 04; pastor, Willimantic, Conn., Cong. Ch., 1901-08, South Ch., Concord, N.H., 1908-13, State Street Ch., Portland, Me., 1913-19, Harvard Ch., Brook- line, 1919 -; Cong. Nat. Council Preacher, 1934; chmn. prudential com., A.B.C.F.M .; pres. Greater Boston Fed. Chs., 1926-28; del. to Internat. Mis- sions Council, Jerusalem, 1928; lecturer on Gates Foundation, Grinnell Coll., Ia., 1938; mcm. Psl Upsilon, Skull and Bones (Yale), Clubs: Congre- gational (pres. 1929-30), Yale (pres. 1928), Uni- versity (Boston). Author: Jesus and the Jury, Just a Moment. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 15 Marion St., Brookline. Ilome: 35 Ver- non St., Brookline. Summer res .: Center Lovell, Me.
LEAVITT, Ernest Eastman, asst. professor of mechanical engineering; b. Brighton, Oct. 3, 1900; s. Burton Eastman Leavitt and Jessie Mary (Davis) I; ed. Dorchester high sch., 1917; B.S. (mech. engring.), Tufts Coll., 1925; m. Dorothy P. Bennett of Boston, 1927; 1 son-Ernest East- man Leavitt. Jr. Draftsman, F. S. Payne Co., Cambridge, 1917-21, Stone & Webster, Boston, 1925-27; chief engr., Peking Unlon Med. Coll., China, 1927-29; engr., Stone & Webster, Boston, 1929-32; asst. prof. mech. engring,, Tufts Coll., 1932 -; engr. for Phoenix Ventilating Co., Bos- ton; capt. F.A., Officers Res. Corps .; mem. Phi Mn Delta, Tau Beta PI, Res. Officers Assn., Ama- teur Telescope Makers Club (Boston), Masons. Travel: China and Japan, 1927-29. Desc. Hing- ham Leavitts. Protestant. Republican. Oflice: Tufts College. Home: 58 Outlook Drive, Lexing- ton.
V LEAVITT, Frederick Arthur, real estate broker, trustee; b. Abington, May 14, 1874; s. Benjamin F. Leavitt and Abbie F. (Sampson) L .; ed. Abing- ton high sch .; m. Grace B. Farquhar of Brookline, Apr. 21, 1902; children-Joseph F., Benjamin B. Asso. with A. II. French, civil engineer, 1890-24; asst. Brookline town engineer, 1891-1918; In real estate and insurance bus .. 1918-23, Norfolk County commr., 1923 -; tr. Norfolk Co. Hosp., Norfolk Co. Agrl. Sch .; dir. Norfolk and Dedham Mut. Fire Ins. Co .; mem. Brookline town meeting; mem. Masons. Travel: Alsaka, Can., Brit. Isles. Desc. John Alden and Miles Standish. Protestant. Re- publican. Office: 4 Cypress St., Brookline. llome: 166 Tappan St., Brookline. Summer res .: Catau- inet.
LEAVITT, Henry Peirce, surgeon; b. Cambridge, Dec. 19, 1887; s. Fred llayes Leavitt and Helen Frances ( Hunt) L .; ed. Rindge technical high sch .; S.B, Ilarvard, 1910; M. D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1914; m. Edna llastings of Broekton, Aug. 27, 1921; children-Ann Hastings, Donald, Robert, Peirce Ilenry, Jr. Surg., Goddard Hosp., Brockton, 1914 -; cons. surg., St. Luke's Hosp., Middleboro; treas, Goddard 'Hosp., Inc., 1919 -; tr. Peoples Savings Bk .; treas, Pilgrim Foundation; mem. 1st Harvard Unit, 1915; decorated, Mons Ribbon (Brit.), 1915, Gen. Service Ribbon; capt. Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1917-19, with A.E.F. In France; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Surg. Soc., Am. Bd. of Surgery, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Rho Sigma, Masons, K.T. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Country (Brockton). Author: surgical papers for med. jours. Swedenborgian. Repub-
lican. Office: 129 West Elin St., Brockton. Home: 162 Moraine St., Brockton. Summer res .: Monu- incnt Beach.
LEAVITT, Louis Selwyn, public utility exccutive; b. Yerington, Nev., Aug. 31, 1888; s. Grenville Irving Leavitt and Enimellne C. (Young) L .: ed. Gold Hlll (Nev.) high sch., 1904-06; B.S., Univ. Nev., 1910, E.E., 1927; m. Martha B. Nesbitt of San Jose, Calif., July 7, 1923. Student engr., Gen. Elec. Co., 1912-13, Stone & Webster, 1913-16; elec. engr., thu mines of Siam, 1916-19; sales engr., Milwaukee, 1920-22; clec. engr., Lowell Elec. Light Co., 1922-26; ed., Elec. Light & Power Mag., Chicago, Ill., 1926-29; mgr., Lowell Elec. Light Co., 1929-30; asst. mgr., Worcester Elec. Light Co., 1930 -; pres. Worcester Safety Council, 1933- 35; pres. Nat. Assn. of Leavitt Families; v.p. Worcester Engring. Soc .; mem. Am. Inst. E.E., Royal Arch Masons. Clubs: Rotary, Country (both of Worcester). Author: articles In tech. jours. 'Travel: Europe, Australia, Asia. Christian Scientist. Republican. Office .: 11 Foster St., Worcester. Home: 12 Hazlewood Rd., Worcester. Y LEAVITT, Mary Augusta, M.D .; b. Osaka, Japan, Nov. 3, 1876; d. Rev. Horace Hall Leavitt and Mary Augusta (Kelly) L .; father a missionary In Japan; ed. Wellesley Coll .; A.B., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1899; M.D., Boston Unlv. Med. Sch., 1902; postgrad. study, Harvard Med. Sch., 1904; unmar- ried House phys., Mass. Homoe. Hosp., 1902-04, chief of anaesthesla dept., Mass. Memorial Hosps., 1909-37; formerly Instr. materia medica, Boston Unlv. Sch. Med .; fellow Am. Soc. Anesthetists; mem. A M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Boston Soc. Ancs- thetists. Office: 242 Maple St., Holyoke, also 464 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 12 Mont- gomery Av., Ilolyoke.
LEAVITT, Peirce Henry, surgeon; b. Cambridge; s. Fred llayes Leavitt and Helen Frances (Hunt) L .; ed. Rindge Tech, high sch., Cambridge; M.S., Har- vard, 1910; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1914; m. Edna Hastings of Brockton, Aug. 27, 1921; chll- dren-Ann Hastings, Donald, Robert, Pelrce
Henry, Jr. Surg., Goddard Hosp., Brockton, 1914-, treas. Goddard Hosp., Inc., 1919 -; Incor- porator, Brockton Sav. Bk., Pilgrim Foundation; capt. M.C., U.S.A., 1917-19, with A.E.F. in France, decorated with Mons Ribbon (Brit.), 1915; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Surg. Coll., Am. Bd. Surgery, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phl Rho Sigma, Masons, K.T. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Country ( Brockton). Swedenborglan. Republi- can. Office: 129 W. Elm St., Brockton. Home: 162 Moraine St., Brockton.
VLEE, Charles Edward, real estate broker, executive sceretary; b. Phila., Pa .; s. Charles F. Lee and Mary (Flare) L .; ed. Boston pvt. sehs .; in. Eliza- beth Gibbs of Brookline, June 9, 1927. Real estate broker, Boston, 1907-25; corporator, tr. Bos- ton Penny Sav. Bk., 1921-35, mem. investment com., 1921-25; exec. sec., Boston Real Estate Ex- change, 1925 -; draft executive, State House, Boston, during World War. Travel: W.I., Europe and U.S. (extensive). First ancestor came to Mass. 1630. Unitarlan. Office: 7 Water St., Bos- ton. Home: 22 Dunster Rd., Chestnut 1IlIl.
LEE, Dwight Erwin, professor of history; b. Ar- ondia, N.Y., June 3, 1898; s. Henry A. Lee and Eunice (Cull) L .; cd. Newark (N.Y.) high sch., 1 yr .; Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N.Y .; A.B., Rochester Unlv., 1921, A.M., 1922; Ph.D., Ilarvard, 1928; m. Margaret Shipley of Frederick, Md., June 1928; 1 dau .- Cora Lucinda. Asst. in hlst., Rochester Univ., 1921-22, Instr., 1922-24; Bayard Cutting fellow (Harvard), studying in London and Paris, 1926-27; asst. prof. modern European hist., Clark Univ., 1927-30, asso. prof., 1930-38, prof., 1938 -; ed. writer, Worcester Telegram, 1929-30; S.A.T.C., 1918; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Hist. Assn., For. Policy Assn. Author: Great Britain and the Cyprus Convention Polley of 1878, 1934 ; articles and revs. In Jour. Modern Hist., Am. 1list. Rev. Travel: Eng. and Fr., 1926-27, summers, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1935 (travel and study). Unitarian. Office: Clark University, . Worcester. Home: 8 Shepard St., Worcester.
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LEE, Frances Cole, writer, poet, housewife; b). Haverhill, Oct. 18, 1883; d. Benjamin Franklin Davis and Annle (Coie) D .; ed. Haverhill; m. Joseph Henry Lee, Jr. of Haverhill, Feb. 10, 1915; children-Phyllis Louise, Joseph Henry, III. Be- gan writing, 1929; works have been published in most major anthologies, mags., newspapers, periodicals, poetry jours. throughout the country; poem, titled Pond Liiiies won first prize in a Tanka Sequence contest, sponsored by Mabel Natalie Erickson of Minn .; under pen-name, Louisa Saulter, wrote The Black Adonis appear- ing in Short Short Stories, 1934; poem For Love of Life on exhibit in largest book of poetry in World of Communications Bldg. at N.Y. World's Fair in Nat. Poetry Center; mem. Nat. Poetry Centre, N. Y., Poetry Forum, Pa., N.E. Federation, Fidelity Temple, I.B.P.O.E. of W. Club: Rosicru- cian. Author: brochure, Faith of Our Fathers (2d edit. ) ; a first vol. now in preparation. Bap- tist. Address: 36 Kent St., Haverhill.
LEE, George Cabot, banker; b. Chestnut Hill, Feb. 2, 1871; s. George Cabot Lee and Caroline (Has- kell) L .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1894; m. Madeline Jaekson of Boston, Nov. 17, 1898; children- George C., James J., Nelson B .; m. (2d) Mrs. Ger- trude C. Bartlett, Juiy 8, 1926. With Lee Higgin- son & Co., 1894-, mem, firm 1900 -; senior part- ner, pres., Lee Higginson Safe Deposit Co .; tr. Revere Sugar Refinery (exec. com.), Am. Agrl. Chem. Co. (flance com.), Bird & Son, Inc., Mass. Fire and Marine Ins. Co., Reed Prentiee Co., United Fruit Co. (exec. com.), U.S. Smelting & Refining Co., etc .; assisted in sale of Allied loans and in raising funds for Aiiies, for Am. Red Cross, K.C., etc., Worid War; decorated with Cross of St. Sava (Serbia). Office: 50 Federal St., Boston. Home: Westwood.
LEE, George Cabot, Jr., investment banker; b. Bos- ton, Dee. 10, 1899; s. George C. Lee and Madeline (Jackson) L .; ed. Milton Acad., 1912-17; A.B., Harvard, 1921; m. Kathieen B. Stoddart of Lon- don, Eng., July 17, 1928; children-George C., III, Madeline, David S., Kathleen B. Teacher in Santa Barbara; then with First Nat. Bk. of Boston; with Higginson & Co., London, Eng., 1927-30; with Lee Higginson & Co., Boston, 1930-32; branch of- fice mgr., W. E. Hutton & Co., 1938 -; tr. Milton Acad. Ciub: Harvard (Boston). Episcopalian. Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: High St., Westwood.
LEE, George Winthrop, librarian; b. Roxbury, Feb. 27, 1867 ; s. John Rose Lee and Lucy Marian ( How- ard) L .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1889; m. Eleanor Selden Tucker of Norfolk, Va., Sept. 24, 1907; children-St. George Tucker, Win- throp Howard. With Stone & Webster, engrs. & mgrs, pub. service corps., Boston, 1894-1929, head of their Library Dept. (abandoned 1929), 1900-29; mem. Esperanto Assn. N.A., Boston Esperanto
Soc. (pres., 1912-); rep. Internacia Esperanto- Ligo (from Boston); founded Boston Coop. In- formation Bur., 1912, and its sequel Extension Serviee of Boston Public Library, 1921; co-founder Concord community center. Club: Engineers (Boston). Writer on business library interests and allied interests. Episcopalian. Independent. Home: Concord. Summer res .: York Harbor, Me.
VLEE, Gerald Stanley, author and teacher; b. Brock- ton, Oct. 4, 1862; s. Samuel Henry Lee and Emina Chloe (Carter) L .; ed. Oberlin Coll .; A.B., Middle- bury Coll., 1885; Yale Div. Sch., 1885-88; m. Jen- nette Barbour Perry of Cleveland, O., June 26, 1896; 1 dau .- Geraldine. Ordained to cong. min- istry, 1888; pastor, Princeton, Minn., 1888-89, Sharon, Conn., 1890-93, West Springfield, 1893-96; substitute in rhetoric, Smith Coll., 1897-98, lec- turer in arts and literature in mediaeval times, 1898 -; dir. (with Jennette Lee) The Training Sehool for Balance and Coordination, N.Y. City and Northampton, 1926 -. Clubs: Authors' (Lon- don), The Players (N.Y.). Author: About an Old New England Church, 1893; The Shadow of Christ, 1896; The Lost Art of Reading, 1902; The Child and the Book, 1902; The Voice of the Machines, 1906; Inspired Millionaires, 1908; Crowds, 1913;
Crowds Junior, 1914; We, a Confession of Faith for the American People; Lonely Nation, 1917; Air Line to Liberty, 1918; The Ghost in the White House, 1920; Invisible Exercise, 1921; Rest Work- ing, 1925; Heathen Rage-How We Heathen Feel About Those Who Try to Make Us True and Beautiful and Good, 1931; Recreating Oneself, 1935. Editor: Mount Tom, Little Lookoff on the World, 1905-14. Congregationalist. Republican. Ilome: 88 High St., Northampton. Summer res .: Monhegan Island, Me.
LEE, John Carll, lawyer; D. Greenfield, Mar. 21, 1886; s. Henry Almerin Lee and Alice Augusta HI. (Carll) L .; ed. Greenfield high sch., 1898-1902; m. Maud M. Gray of Greenfield, Nov. 29, 1908; chil- dren-Dorothy Gray (d.), Jonathan Gray (d.). Admitted to Mass. bar, 1906; practising lawyer, Greenfield, 1906-14; register of Probate Ct., 1914 -; mem., Greenfield Bd. Health, 1913-19, chmn., 1915- 19; librarian, elk., dir., Franklin Co. Law Lib., 1910-39; clk., sec., tr., Stoneleigh-Prospect Hili Sch. for Girls, Greenfield, 1906 -; clk. and sec., Frankiin Co. Pub. Ilosp., 1917 -; pres., Conn. Valley Conf. of Unitarian and Chr. Chs., 1918-28, treas. 1928 -; pres. and dir., Unitarian Rowe Camp, Inc., 1932 -; mem., Mass. Bar Assn., Frank- Iln Co. Bar Assn. (sec., since 1908), Masons, Odd Fellows. Unitarian (clk., All Souis Parish). Re- publican. Office: Court House, Greenfield. ilome: 73 James St., Greenfield.
LEE, Laura, palnter, artist; b. Charlestown, Mar. 17, 1867; d. Daniel Webster Lee and Anna (Collier) L .; ed. Chelsea pub. schs .; Sch. Drawing & Paint- ing, Mus. Fine Arts, Boston; Academie Julien, Paris, Fr .; title of Master Craftsman for Dyeing silks from Boston Soc. Arts & Crafts; unmarried. Exhibited paintings in oil in leading picture shows in 7 Eastern cities, also dyed silks In arts & crafts exhbns .; held one-man shows; mem. Nat. Assn. Women Painters & Sculptors, Boston Soc. Arts & Crafts, Copley Soc. Clubs: Boston Art, Brookline Bird, Stoneham Garden, Repubii- can. Travel: Europe, 4 yrs. Desc. Mary and Henry Lee from Va., settlers in Manchester, 1650; father capt. 29th Regt. of Mass. in Civil War. Swedenborgian. Republican. Home: 220 William St., Stoneham.
Y LEE, Milton Oliver, physiologist; b. Conneaut, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1901; s. Malcolm Anthony Lee and Jennie Viola (Hazeltine) L .; ed. Dorset (O.) high sch .; A.B., O. State Univ., 1922, A.M., 1923, Ph.D., 1926; Marine Biol. Lab., 1923, 1927; in. Helen Isabel Mayhew of Charlestown, O., June 21, 1923. Asst. in zoology, O. State Univ., 1923; instr. physiology, 1923-26; instr. physiology, Ja. State Coll., 1925; research fellow in physiology, asso, and physiolo- gist of the Mem. Foundation for Neuro-Endocrine Research, Harvard, 1927 -; mem. Am. Physiol. Soe., Am. Inst. Nutrition, Soc. for Exptl. Biol. and Med., Assn. for Study Internal Secretions (v.p., 1929), Gamma Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Author: articles in sci. jours. Asso. editor: Endocrinology, 1927 -. Office: Harvard Medlcai Seh., 25 Shattuck St., Boston. Home: Sanbornton, N.H. Mass. res .: 86 Claymoss Rd., Brighton.
VLEEDS, Alfred, business executive; b. N.Y. City, Oet. 20, 1867; s. Charies llenry Leeds and Sarah Perley (Lambert) I ..; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; A.B., Yale, 1887; m. Louise Chapin Morgan of Springfield, Oet. 24, 1894; children-Sally, Mary (Mrs. M. T. Cowles, div.), Helen (Mrs. Ellis K. Heath). Paper mfr., Springfield, 1888; gen. mgr., Am. Writing Paper Co., 1912-16; treas. Morgan Reaity Co., 1925-, Springfield Cold Storage Co., 1927 -; v.p. United Elee. Light Co., 1927 -; tr. and cik. Springfield Instn. for Sav .; pres. Spring- field Taxpayers Assn .; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Wolf's Ilead. Clubs: Colony, Country (both of Springfield). Desc. early settler of Dorchester, 1634, soldiers in Colonial Wars, and one inscribed on Bunker Hill Monument. Address: 27 Ridge- wood Ter., Springfield.
LEEN, Henry Michael, lawyer; b. Dorchester, Dec. 28, 1907; s. Thomas Edward and Marie Veronica (Walsh) L .; ed. Boston Coll. high sch .; A.B., Bos- ton Coll., 1929; LL.B. (summa cum laude), Boston
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Coll. Law Sch., 1932; m. Mary Louise Mullaney of Dorchester, Junc 23, 1936; children-Henry M., William J. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1932; with William Flaherty, Esq., 1932-34; mem. firm, Ma- hony, Brennen, Dunn, & Leen, 1935 -; asst. U.S. atty. for Mass., 1935 -; lecturer, Mass. State Police Acad., 1936-37; mem. Mass. Law Soc., Boston Bar Assn., Boston Coll. Alumni Assn., Boston Coll. Law Alumni (past pres.), K.C. Club: Clover (Bos- ton). Catholic. Democratic. Office: 18 Tremont St., Boston. Ilome: 94 Alban St., Dorchester.
LEES, Chester Clarke, education; b. Fall River, June 27, 1905; s. Samuel Lees and Elizabeth (Cartledge) L .; ed. B.M.C. Durfee high sch., Fall River; A.B., Harvard Coll., 1926; A.M., Brown Univ., 1937; m. Gladys Arline Lannigan of Fall River, June 27, 1929; children-Carolyn Eliza- beth, Barbara Edith. Cost accountant, W. F. Schrafft & Sons, 1926-28; in business as mgr. Loes' Bakery, 1928-30; with Joseph Case high seh., Swansea, 1930 -; dir. Bristol Co. Teachers' Assn. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Joseph Case High Sch., Swansea. Home: Swansea. Sum- mer res .: Portsmouth, R.I.
LEET, Lewis Don, seismologist; b. Alliance, O., July 1, 1901; s. Kline Fetterman Leet and Lela Grace (Caskey) L .; cd. Shaw high sch., E. Cleveland, O .; Columbia, 1919-20; B.S., Denison Coll., 1920-23; Ph. D., Harvard, 1930; m. Frances Brokaw of Kyoto, Japan, Feb. 7, 1925; children-Nancy Anne, Robert Kline. Pvt. see. in residence, Japan, 1924- 25; student, Harvard, 1927-29; did commercial seismic prospecting, 1930; seismologist in charge, Harvard Seismograph Sta., 1930 -; now asst. prof. geology and tutor in geol. seiences, Harvard; mem. sch. com., town of Harvard; mem. Seismol. Soc. Am., Soe. Econ. Geologists. Author: Practl- cal Seismology and Seismic Prospecting; articles in sei, journals. Travel: Japan (1 yr.), Alaska. Dir. desc., 6th generation, William Leete, Ist Gov. of Conn. Colony. Republican. Office and home: Harvard.
V LEFAVOUR, Henry, college president; b. Salem, Sept. 4, 1862; s. Thomas llovey Lefavour and Caroline (Wallis) I .; ed. Salem high sch .; B.A., Williams Coll., 1883, Ph.D., 1886; Univ. Berlin, 1888-90; LI .. D., Williams, 1903, Tufts, 1905; m. Anna Burgess of Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1917. Instr., Williston Sem., 1883-84; instr., Williams Coll., 1884-88, prof. physics, 1888-1902, dean, 1897- 1902; pres. Simmons Coll., 1902-33, now pres. emer. and mem. corp .; chni. Mass. Emergency Pub. Works Commin., 1933 -; tr. Williams Coll., 1963-, Simmons Coll., Boston State Hosp., 1908- 37; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences; mom. A.A.A.S., Colonial Soe. of Mass., Mass. Hist. Soc. (pres.), N.E. Hist. Geneal. Soc. Clubs: University, Williams (N.Y.), St. Botolph, Union (all of Bos- ton). Author: Physies Lecture Notes, 1893; vari- ous addresses and reports. Congregationalist. Republican. Ilome: 119 Bay State Road, Boston. LEFFLER, Edward Gustaf, investment banker; b. Ellsworth, Wis., June 29, 1892; s. Gustav Johnson Leffler and Christine (Peterson) L .; ed. A.B., Gustavus Adolphus Coll., St. Peter, Minn., 1915; m. Anna Virginia Rose of Marine-on-St. Croix, Minn., Feb. 14, 1915; 1 son-John Edward. An originator and original tr. Mass. Investors' Trust, 1924-25; originator and dir. Incorporated Inves- tors, 1925-29; nat. distributor, State St. Investment Corp., 1932-35; nat. distributor of mutual invest- ment trusts; pres. Administered Fund Second, Inc., 1938. Office: 140 Federal St., Boston. llome: 21 Radcliffe Rd., Waban.
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V LEGG, Arthur Thornton, physician; b. Chelsea, Apr. 19, 1871; s. Charles Edmund Legg and Emily ( Ilardin ) L .; ed. Harvard, 1894-96; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1900; m. Marie L. Robinson of Gardiner, Me., Aug. 27, 1936. After usual interneship cn- gaged in practice of orthopedie surgery in Bos- ton, 1901 -; asst. prof. orthopedle surgery, Har- vard Med. Sch., 1929 -; surg., Children's Hosp., Boston; cons. surg., Chelsea Memorial and Lowell Gen. Ilosps .; consultant, Lakeville State Sana- torium; fellow A.C.S., Am. Acad. Orthopedies; mem. A.M.A., Am. Orthopedic Assn., Mass. Med.
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