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Soe., Masons. Club: Harvard (Boston). Office: 319 Longwood Av., Boston. Home: Harvard Club, Boston.
VI LEGGE, Elmer Earle, engineering and steel special- ist; b. Brockton, June 26, 1895; s. Alfred George Legge and Rena Atherton (Gilson) L .; ed. Brock- ton high sch .; B.S., Harvard, 1917, M.I.T., 1918; m. Helen Louise Sheary of Troy, N.Y., Sept. 3, 1919; children-Louise Irene, Gertrude Atherton, Al- fred George. Employed as cannon insp., U.S. Arsenal, Watervliet, N.Y., 1917-18; steel specialist for Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 1919-20; with Am. Steel & Wire Co., Worcester, 1920-, mem. mgrs. staff and head of phys. labs. to 1928, dir. Research Dept., 1937 -; mem. Am. Soc. Metals, Am. Inst. Mining and Metall. Engrs., Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Brit. Iron and Steel Inst., Chi Phi. Travel: Swed., Nor., Ger. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Worcester. Home: Leicester. 1 LEICIPPENTRIFT, Hugo, lecturer, composer; b. Plesehen, Poland, Jan. 1, 1874; s. Gerson Leichten- tritt and Frances C. (Wax) L .; ed. Somerville high sch .; A.B., llarvard, 1894; studied musie in Paris; Royal high sch. for music, Berlin, Ger .; Ph.D., Univ. Berlin, 1901. Composer, teacher of composition and hist. of music, critic, writer, Ber- lin, Ger., 1895-1933; lecturer on musicology, Har- vard, 1933 -; also connected with N.Y. Univ. and Radcliffe Coll .; ed .- in-chief firm, "Books and Music," N.Y., 1938 -; served in Ger. Army, 1917- 18; mem. Am. Musicol. Soc., Beethoven Assn. (N.Y.). Club: Harvard Faculty. Author: about a dozen German books on music; (in Eng.) Musie, History, and Ideas, 1938; Everybody's Little His- tory of Music, 1938. Composer: 2 operas, much chamber and symphonic music, songs, etc. llome: 993 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.
LEIGHTON, Amy Crocker, poet; b. Salem; d. Josiah Morse Crocker and Matilda Felton (Wyman) C .; ed. Salem high sch .; N.E. Conservatory Music; in. Orlando Sturtevant Leighton, 1907; children- Constance Crocker, Elizabeth Crocker. Five yrs. under Mme. Helen Hopekirk, the noted com- poser and pianist; twelve yrs. of illness and the development of poetry. Author: Candles in the Night, 1931; contbr. numerous mags., papers and anthologies. Editor: (contrib. ed.) Con- temporary Vision; Poetry World; (asso. ed.) Better Verse; (Mass. ed.) North America Book of Verse. Desc. John lowland, Mayflower; Daniel Davis, judge, Probate Ct., Barnstable; Samuel Skelton, first minister to Salem; Capt. Joshua Walker, brother to Pres. Walker of llarvard Univ. Interested in philosophy, music, poetry. Independent. Address: 41 Summer St., Salem.
VLEIGIPTON, Leonard F., wholesaler in coal and coke; b. Melrose, Aug. 14, 1884; s. Leonard Serrat Leighton and Mary lleald (Shumway) L .; ed. Melrose high sch .; m. Florence May Child of Melrose, Oct. 12, 1910; children-Barbara (Mrs. Roger Gay), Leonard Franklin, Jr., Harriet Eliza- beth. Salesman and mgr., Win. A. Jepson, whole- sale coal, Boston, 1905-13; v.p. The Carbon Coal & Coke Co. of Boston, 1913-19, pres. and dir. 1919 -; v.p. N.E. Wholesale Coal Assn. (pres. 1920-23); dir. Melrose Y.M.C.A .; tr. Boston Bapt. Social Union; mem. Am. Wholesale Coal Assn., (v.p. 1923-24). Club: Mt. Hood Golf & Recrea- tional Assn. ( Melrose, pres. ). Baptist. Inde- pendent Republican. Office: 80 Federal St., Bos- ton. llome: 54 Gooch St., Melrose. Summer res .: Goodwin's Landing, Marblehead.
YLERBERG, Carl Henry, business executive; b. Worcester, Oct. 5, 1882: s. Carl Ludvig and Emma Fredericka (Schultz) 1 .; ed., Worcester English high sch .; B.S., Univ. Me., 1907; m. Jennie Blanche Parker of Worcester, July 14, 1906; children- Howard Parker, Mildred Emmeline (Mrs. Donald Putnam), Martha Alice, Richard Henry. Engr. and draftsman, Crompton & Knowles Loom
Works, 1907-11; instr. mech. engring., Univ. Me., 1911-18; mem. Research Staff, Nat. Industrial Conf. Bd., 1918-20; civilian engr., Chemical War- fare Service, 1918; supt. Worcester Envelope Co., then v.p., sec., and dir., 1920 -; mom. Sigma Chi, Masons. Congregationalist. Republican. Office:
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110 Foster St., Worcester. Home: 492 Granlte St., Worcester. Summer res .: Douglas.
LELAND, Elizabeth, sculptor; b. Brookline, Apr. 6, 1905; d. Edmund Francis Leland and Eliza Stevens (Smith) L .; ed. Miss Winsor's Sch., Boston, 1917- 23; Miss Hall's Sch., Pittsfield, 1923-25; Jullan Acad., Paris, Fr., 1926-27, Ecole Nationale Supe- rieur des Beaux Arts, Paris, Fr., 1927-28, 1930-32, Fontainebleau Sch. Fine Arts, Fontainebleau, Fr., 1927-28. Hlas followed profession as sculptor since 1932; exhibited at Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Merrimack Valley Art Assn., Gloucester Soc. Artists, Junior League of Boston, Boston Soc. Independent Artists, Fontainebleau Assn. Boston Exhibit, etc .; 2 One Man Shows; represented In privately owned collections; dir. Merrimack Val- ley Art Assn .; awarded First Prize, Junior League Regional Exhbn., 1935; hon. mention, Junior League, Nat. exhbn., San Francisco Mus., 1935. Clubs: Junior League, Allied Arts (Boston). Home: 30 Prescott St., Brookline.
Y LELAND, Forrest LeRoy, physiclan and surgeon; b. Marlboro, Nov. 28, 1880; s. Stark Leland and Ella Josephinc (Kimball) L .; ed. Calals (Me.) high sch., 1896-1900; M.D. (cum laude), Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1908; m. Avis Janctte Dwelly of Fall River, June 20, 1910; children-Avis Janette (Mrs. Bur- ritt F. Smith), Marion Contencc (Mrs. Paul L. Lefebvre), Margaret Louise, Barbara Jacqueline. Interne, Worcester City Hosp., 1908-10; staff surg. Holyoke Hosp., 1924 -; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass, Med. Soc., Springfield Acad. Med., Holyoke Med. Soc .. Alpha Kappa Kappa, Masons (32°), Shrine. Congregationallst. Republican. Ilome: 21 Bardwell St., South Hadley Falls.
Y LELAND, George Adams, Ir., surgeon; b. Boston, May 19, 1886; s. George Adams Leland and Allce Pierce (lliggins) 1 ..; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1907; M.1)., llarvard Med. Sch., 1911; m. Letitia G. Brookins of Boston, May 6, 1916; 1 dau .-- Letitia Adams. Asso. in surgery, Harvard Med. Sch .; visiting surg., Mass. Gen. Ilosp .; surg. Collls P. Huntington Mem. and Palmer Memorial Hosps .; cons. surg. Mass. Charitable Eye and Ear In- firmary, Addison Gilbert Ilosp. (Gloucester); con- sultant, N.Il. Mem. llosp. (Concord); First It., Med. R.C., assigned to Base Hosp. No. 6, July 1917, pro- moted to capt., Sept. 1918, detailed to Base Hosp. No. 220, as comdg. officer, hon. disch. Apr. 1919; Officer d'Academie of Pub. Instrn. and Fine Arts (France); fellow Am. Surg. Assn., A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Am. Bd. Surgery, N.E. Surg. Soc., N.E. Obstet. and Gynccol. Soc., N.E. Roentgen Ray Soc., Boston Surg. Soc., Boston Orthopedic Club. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston, N.Y.), Country (Brook- line). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 1101 Beacon St., Brookline. Ilome: 191 Buckminster Rd., Brookline.
YLELAND, Harold Leander, surgeon; b. Lowell, Sept. 27, 1893; s. Clarence llenry Leland and Emma Janc (Daggett) L .; ed. Lowell high sch .; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1917; m. Sally M. Clark of Brookline, May 13, 1918; 1 dau .- Barbara Clark. Interne, Mass. Memorial llosps., 1917-18, urologist, out-patient dept., 1920-, 2d asst. genito-urinary surg., 1924-29; 1st asst. genito-urinary surg., 1929-30, visiting surg., 1930, genito-urinary surg., 1930 -; urologist, Lowell Gen. Hosp., 1923-, St. Josephi's Hosp., 1927-, St. John's Hosp., 1935-, Lowell Cancer Clinle, 1930-, Lowell Isolation Ilosp., 1930 -; cons. urologist, Tewksbury State Infirmary, 1933 -; instr. genito-urinary surgery, Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1927-32, asst. prof., 1932 -; dir. Mass. Soc. for Social Hygiene, Battles Home for Aged Men: certified diplomate, Am. Bd. Urology, 1936; 1st It., Med. Res. Corps, U.S.A., with
A.E.F. in France, 1918-19, now capt., Med. Res. Corps; mem. A.M.A., Am. Urol. Soc., Am. Social Hygiene Soc .. Am. and Mass. (pres;, 1937) Nels- serian Socs., N.E. Urol. Soc., Mass. Med. Soc., Mid- dlesex No. Dist. Med. Soc., Alpha Sigma, Phl Chl, Masons (32°). Clubs: Yorlc, Vesper Country (Lowell). Office: 226 Central St., Lowell. Home: 635 Andover St., Lowell. Summer res .: Malne.
V LELAND, Joseph Danlels, architect; b. Brookline, June 16, 1885; s. Joseph Daniels Leland, Jr. and
Grace Adams (Rogers) L .; ed. pvt. tutors; Brook- line high sch., 1905; Lawrence Science Sch., 1906; Harvard, 1906-09; Ilarvard Grad. Sch. of Applied Sclence, 1911-12; spl. study under Desire Despra- celle, 1906; Beaux Arts Atelier of Chifflot, Paris, 1909-10; m. Ielsa Tudor de Pierrefeu of Boston, Sept. 4, 1917 (div.); 1 son-Surya Tudor. Archi- tect, Boston, 1912 -; partner, Loring & Leland, 1913-19; sr. mem. firm J. D. Leland & Co., archi- tects and engrs., 1919-34, Leland & Larsen, 1934 -; architect of many outstanding blogs. throughout the country, among them the Am. Art Assn. Bldg., 57th St. and Madison Av., N.Y., winner of prize from Fifth Av. Assn .; chmn. Town Planning Bd., Milton, which has Introduced a new set of Zoning laws; asst. dir. Bur. Industrial Housing and Transportation and v.p., U.S. Housing Corp., Waslı., D.C., 1918-19; tr. 81 Beacon St. Trust; mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Boston Soc. Architects. Clubs: Tennis and Racquet (Boston), Myopia Hunt (Hamilton), Hoosie-Whisick ( Canton). Au- thor: numerous professional articles; lecturer on architecture and related subjects; inventor of a patented color harmony indicator. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 814 Statler Bldg., 20 Provl- dence St., Boston. Ilome: 823 Brush 11lll Rd., Milton.
LEONARD, Edward DeWitt, surgeon; b. Brattle- boro, Vermont, Oct. 20, 1886; s. Ira Leonard and Cora Genevieve (Baker) L .; ed. Brattleboro high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1909; M.D., Ilarvard Mea. Sch., 1913; in. Grace Kyle Richardson of Newton Centre, June 1915; 1 son-Eward DeWitt, Jr. Prac- tice of surgery, Chestnut Hill; jr. surg., Newton Hosp., 1916-22, sr. surg., 1922-32, surg .- in-chief, 1932 -; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Phi Kappa Psi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Masons. Clubs: Aesculapian, The Villagers, Rotary. Au- thor: med. articles. Methodist (tr. Methodist Ch. of Newton Centre). Home: 129 Monadnock Rd., Chestnut Hill. Summer res .: Spruce Point, Booth- bay Harbor, Me.
Y LEONARD, John James, lawyer, certified publle ac- countant; b. Lynn, Mar. 4, 1894; s. John J. Leonard and Margaret A. (Waterson) L .; ed. Gardner high sch .; Bently Sch. of Accounting & Finance; LL. B. Suffolk Law Sch., 1924; m. Clara I. Gates of Worcester, Dec. 9, 1914; children-John Gates, WII- liam James, Patricia Ryecroft; dir. Mirs .- Cent. Nat. Bk., Lynn; mem, Mass. and Am. Bar Assns., Am. Inst. Accountants, Masons (all degrees but 33d), Shrine. Clubs: Tedesco Country, Beach Bluff, Oxford. Travel: domestic only. Protestant. Re- publican. Office: 7 Willow St., Lynn. Home: 106 Eastern Av., Lynn. Summer res .: Bristol, N. Il.
LEONARD, Merton Suwyer, mechanical engineer; b. Foxboro, June 25, 1878; s. James W. Leonard and Isabel (Sawyer) L .; cd. Foxboro high sch .; Burdett Bus. Coll., 1895; m. Mabel L. Whitehead of New London, P.E.I., Feb. 24, 1899; children-Earle S., John S. Bookkeeper, commercial telegrapher, ins. salesman, draftsman, 1900-10; chief engr., B. F. Sturtevant Co., Hyde Park, 1910 -; civilian official of draft bd., in charge of design of much machinery for Navy and Shipping Bd., World War; mem. Am. Soc. M.E. (1913-33), Engring. Soc. N.E. Clubs: Plant Engineers (charter mem.); formerly Engi- neers, Phillips Brooks. Author: articles in trade papers; sects. of engring. hand and corr. schs. text- books. Travel: U.S. (extensive), Can. Families of all 4 grandparents settled In N.I .. before 1650. Protestant. Generally Republican, sometimes In- dependent. Office: 26 Damon St., Hyde Park. Home: 20 New Bedford St., Ilyde Park. Summer res .: The Birches, East Weymouth.
LEONARD, Nellie Mabel, writer, b. Brookville, Oct. 31, 1875; d. Charles Melvin Leonard and Mary Emma (Hobert) L .; ed. Holbrook high seh. Began writing in 1895; used pen name "Fay Stuart" until 1911; 6 published juvenile books, over 300 short storles, poems; some adult fiction; recent work, poetry. Author: Graymouse Family; Uncle Squeaky's Vacation; Llmpytoe's Attle Home; Grand-daddy Whiskers, M.D .; Uncle Squeaky's Country Store; The Mouse Book. (All pub. by
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Crowell.) Baptist. Republican. Home: 997 South Franklin St., Brookville.
VLEONARD, Ralph Davis, physician; b. Westfield, Aug. 6, 1886; s. Joel Marvin Leonard and Mary True (Mason) la .; ed. Melrose high sch., 1899-1901; Tilton Acad., 1901-02; Boston Latin sch., 1902-03; Wesleyan Univ., 1903-04; A.B., Harvard, 1907; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1910; m. Florence E. Sinclair of Hamilton, Ont., Apr. 22, 1914; 1 dau .- Ruth. In- terne, Boston City Hosp., 1910-12, asst. phys. X-ray dept., 1912-15, engaged in pvt. practice of medicine, specializing in X-ray, Boston, 1915 -; tr, and mem. investment com., Melrose Sav. Bk .; served in Mass. State Guard, 1916-18; mem. Melrose Sch. Com., 1930-38; tr. Fitch Home, Masonic Bldg., Y.M.C.A. ( Melrose); fellow Amn. Coll. Radiology; mem. A.M.A., Am. X-ray Soc., Am, Bd. Radlology, N.E. X-ray Soc., Mass. Med. Soc., Trudeau Soc., Soc. Y Examining Physicians, Psi Upsilon, Alpha Omega Alpha, Masons (K.T.32°). Clubs: Harvard (Bos- ton), Bear Ilill Golf (Stoneham). Methodist (tr. Melrose M.E. Church). Republican. Office: 43 Bay State Rd., Boston. Home: 177 Bellevue Av., Melrose.
V LEONARD, Russell 11., manufacturer; b. Somerset, Oct. 4, 1888; s. Henry B. Leonard and Annie A. (Hood) L .; ed. Lawrenceville (N.J.) Sch .; A.B., Har- vard, 1910; m. Helen E. Case of Springfield, Sept. 19, 1911; children-Mrs. Helena C. Brownell, Field C., Joan C. Field agt., U.S. Tariff Bd., 1911-12; asst. agt., Ludlow Co., 1912-13; treas., Wampanoag Mills, 1914-22; Ipswich Mills, 1922-26; pres., Pepperell Mfg. Co., 1924 -; dir., 1st Nat. Bk., Boston; Mass. Soc. Ilygiene. Clubs: Harvard, Union, Exchange ( Boston), Merchants, Univ., Harvard (N.Y.), Coun- try (Brookline), Woods Hole Yacht. Leonard fam- ily in iron bus, in Raynham, Taunton, and Somer- set, since colonial days. Republican. Office: 160 State St., Boston. Home: 388 Beacon St., Boston. Sinnmer res .: Falmouth.
LEONE, Joseph Peter, physician, hospital superin- tendent; b. Rochester, N.Y., Mar. 7, 1902; s. Gul- seppi Leone (d.) and Maria Antonia (Mondo) L. (d.); ed. East high sch., Rochester, N.Y .; A.B., Univ. Rochester, 1925; M.D., Univ. Rochester Med. Sch., 1929; unmarried. Asst. dir. Strong Mem. Hosp., Rochester, N.Y., 1929-30; asst. supt., R.I. Ilosp., 1930-35; med. supt,, Quiney City ITosp., 1935 -; mem. Hosp. Inst., Univ. Chicago, 1933; mem. Am., N.E. and Mass. (tr.) Hosp. Assns., Mass. Med. Soc., Quincy Hist. Soc., Am. Coll. Hosp. Ad- ministrators, Norfolk Tuberculosis Assn. (dir.), Boy Scouts (Quincy, tr.), Am. Red Cross (Quiney Chap., dir.). Clubs: Kiwanis (Quiney, v.p. and' dir.), Med. Supts. of N.E., University (Boston), Neighborhood (Quincy), Wollaston Golf. Author: articles on Hospital Publicity, 1937. Travel: Ber- muda, U.S. Episcopalian. Office and home: Quiney City Hospital, Quincy.
VLOPAGE, Samuel Maynard, clergyman, teacher; b. Cumberland, O., Sept. 28, 1884; s. Peter Marquin LePage and Leah Jane (Downey) LeP .; ed. Cum- berland (O.) high sch .; A.B., O. Wesleyan, 1909; S.T.B., Boston Univ., 1911, Ph.D, 1915; Univ. Mich .; Univ. Berlin; m. Rosette P. Jones of Hamilton, Jan. 29, 1912; 1 son-Clifford Bennett. Pastor, Ray, N.D., 1912-13, Charleston, O., 1914-15, Tallmadge, O., 1915-18, Salineville, (., 1918-20, Holliston, 1920- 22, Arlington Hgts., 1922-23; prof. hist., Ia., Wes- leyan Coll., 1923-25; prof. govt. and hist., Ottawa (Kan.) Univ., 1925-31; prof. hist., Pa. Coll., la., 1931-33; minister, Byfield Parish, 1934 -; mem. League of Nations Assn. (contest com.), Am. Geog. Soc., Nat. Econ. League, Masons, 1.0.0.1., K.P., Pi Gamma Mu, Ia. Hlst. Soe., Conseil Ilistorique et Heraldique de France. Travel: U.S., Europe; travel and study, Eng., Fr., It., Ger,, Switz., Rus. Author: A Short History of Ottawa University; Lo! the Poor Indian; Memories of John Brown; John Brown Leaves Kansas; Russia's War Against Religion. Desc., lluguenot stock of Guernsey, Am. 1837; Scotch-Irish (mother's side), Am. 1774. Congrega- tionalist. Non-partisan.
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LERNER, Max, professor of government; b. Minsk, 1 Rus., Dee. 20, 1902; s. Benjamin Lerner and Bessie
(Podel) L .; ed. A.B., Yale, 1923; A.M., Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo., 1925; Ph.D., Robert Brook- ings Grad. Sch., 1927; m. Anita Marburg of Phila., P'a., July 20, 1928; children-Constance, Pamela, Joanna. Asst. ed., Ency. of Social Sciences, 1927- 28; mag. ed., 1928-32; instr. social sci., Sarah Law- rence Coll., 1932-35; elmn. faculty, Wellesley Summer Inst., 1933-35; lecturer, dept. govt., Har- vard, 1935-36; ed., The Nation, 1936-38; prof. polit. sci., Williams Coll., 1938 -; dir. Consumers' Div., Nat. Emergency Council, 1934. Author: It is Later Than You Think; Ideas are Weapons; several works on social sei. problems (with others); ar- ticles in various publs. Jewish. Mem. American Labor Party. Oflice: Williams College, Williams- town. Home: Chapin Ct., Williamstown. Sum- mer res. : Martha's Vineyard.
LESLIE, Eimer Archibald, clergyman, professor of Hebrew and Old Testament literature; b. Tolono, Ill., Apr. 8, 1888; s. Robert Leslie and Mary ( Camp- bell) L .; ed. Tolono (Ill.) high sch .; A.B., Univ. 111., 1910; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1913; Ph.D., Boston Univ., 1916; Jacob Sleeper fellow, United Free Ch. Coll., Glasgow, Scot., 1914-15; Unlv. Glasgow, 1914-15; Univ. Berlin, 1929-30; Oxford Univ., Univs. of Leipzig and Halle, summer courses; m. llelen Fay Noon of Lunenburg, June 26, 1913; children-Jean Taylor, Robert Campbell, Donald William (d.), James Stewart. Student pastor, First M.E. Ch., Kittery, Me., 1910-13; ordained min- ister, M.E. Ch., 1911; pastor, Arlington Heights, 1913-14, Medford Hillside, 1915-16, Epworth Ch., Cambridge, 1916-21; founder and 1st dir., Wesley Foundation at Harvard Univ., 1917-21; pastor, Brookline, 1921; prof. Hebrew and O. T. lit., Bos- ton Unlv. Sch. Theol., 1921-, head sub-dept. Bibl. lit., Boston Univ. Grad. Sch., 1934 -; dean, Lasell Epworth League Inst., Auburndale, 1924-28; min- ister, Am. Ch., Berlin, 1929-30; mem. Soe. Bibl. Lit., Nat. Assn. BIbl. Instrs., Theta Phi, Chi Beta. Clubs: Ministers', Itinerants', Clerics' (all of Bos- ton). Author: Acquainting Youth with Christ, 1927; The Comradeship Hour, 1928, 1929; Old Testa- ment Religion, 1936; Chronology of the Old Testa- ment and Psalms 1-72 in Abingdon Bible Commen- tary, 1929; weekly page Young l'eople In Zion's Ilerald, 1920-35. Methodist. Republican. Office: 72 Mt. Vernon St., Boston. Home: 228 Mason Ter., Brookline.
YLESLIE, Frank EHliod, psychiatrist; b. Woburn, July 21, 1873; s. Freeman F. Leslie and Sarah Jane (Russell) L .; ed. pub. sehs., Mass .; Univ. N.Y .; Mass. Coll. Pharm., 1893 and 1894; M.D., Bowdoin Coll. Med. Sch., 1901; post-grad. work, N.Y. Post Grad. Hosp., 1902, St. Elizabeth's Govt. Hosp. for Insane (Wash., D.C.), 1917, U.S. Vets' Post Grad. Sch. (N.Y. City), 1927; m. Nellie V. Ripley, 1902. Hosp. steward, Mass. Soldiers' Ilome, 1896-99; gen. practice of med., 1901-04; supt., Glenellis Sani- tarium for Neuro-Psychlatrie cases, Andover, Me., 1905-17; commd. 1st It. M.C., U.S.A., July 10, 1917, capt., Oct. 15, 1917, maj., Feb. 15, 1918, resigned Oct. 25, 1919; commd. surg., U.S. Pub. Health Serv- ice, Sept. 15, 1919, sr. surg., Feb. 1, 1920; organized neuropsychiatrie bds. and examined commands at many forts and camps during World War; after Armistice organized neuropsychiatric services at It. Benj. Harrison (Ind.), Ft. Sam Houston (Tex.), U.S. Pub. Health Service (W. Roxbury), 1920, Au- gusta (Ga.), 1921, Perryville (Md.), 1922, U.S. Vets. Bur. (Ft. MeKenzie, Wyo.), 1922, Palo Alto (Calif.), 1923, Camp Custer ( Mich.), 1924; neuropsychiatrist, Cent. Bd. Appeals, U.S. Vets. Bur., N. Y. City, 1925- 26; asst. med. officer and clin. dir., U.S. Vets. Hosp. No. 49, Phila., Pa., 1926-27; med. officer, U.S. Vets. llosp., Perry Pt., Md., 1927-33; myr. Vets. Adm. Facility, Northampton, 1933-39, Mendota, Wis., 1939 -; lt. col. M.R.C., inactive; mem. A.M.A., Am. Psychiatric Assn., U.S. Mil. Surgeons, N.E. Psy- chiatric Assn., Am. Legion, Mil. Order World War, A.F.&A.M. (St. John's Lodge, Boston), U.S. Res. Officers Assn .; Diplomate (specialist in psychiatry ) of Am. Bd. of Psychiatry & Neurology. Unitarian. Address: Veterans Administration Hospital, North- anipton.
LESLIE, William Robert, clergyman; b. Tolono, Ill, Nov. 22, 1885; s. Robert Leslie and Mary (Camp-
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bell) L .; ed. grad., Tolono (Ill.) high sch., 1902; Northwestern Univ. Acad., 1904; A.B., Northwest- ern Univ., 1908; Garrett Bibl. Inst., 2 yrs .; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Seh. Theol., 1912; D.D., Cent. Wes- leyan Coll. (Warrenton, Mo.), 1928; summer course, Univ. Cambridge, Eng., 1926, Oxford, 1927; m. Marie Rutenber of Champaign, Ill., Aug. 17, 1918. Student pastorates in vicinity of Chicago while in seh .; pastor, Gorham, Me., 1910-13; High St. (Auburn, Me.) M.E. Ch., 1913-15; Ill. Conf., 1915-21; St. Mark's Meth. Ch., Brookline, 1921 -; dir. Greater Boston Fed. Chs .; pres. Sustentation Fund Soc., N.E. Annual Conf .; past pres., Boston Meth. Preach- ers' Meeting; Brookline town meeting mem., 1928 -; spoke for Liberty Loan drives, ete., World War; chaplain, Brookline Fire Dept., Shawmut Masonie Lodge (Boston); mem. Boston Univ. Seh. Theol. Alunmi Assn. (past pres.), Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Phi, Friends of China, Inc. (v.p.). Clubs: Itinerants (past pres.), Brookline Kiwanis (v.p.), Cleries (Boston, past pres.). Author: many arti- eles. Travel: Europe (9 summers), Orient, So. Am., Mex., Can. Methodist. Republican. Office: 90 Park St., Brookline. Home: 1455 Beaeon St., Brook- line.
Y LE SOURD, Howard Marion, clergyman, college dean; b. Cincinnati, O., Nov. 18, 1889; s. Marion Le Sourd and Edith May (Thompson) Le S .; ed. Mil- ford (O.) high seh .; A.B., Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1911; A.M., Columbia, 1913, Ph.D., 1929; grad., Un- ion Theol. Sem., 1915; m. Lucile Leonard of Tulsa, Okla., June 3, 1916; children-Leonard Earle, l'a- tricia. Dir. religious edn., Madison Av. M.E. Ch., N.Y. City, 1916-17; ordained minister, M.E. Ch., 1914; pastor, O. State Univ., 1919-22; pastor, Ben Avon M.E. Ch., Pittsburgh, Pa., also instr. rel. edn., Western Theol. Sem., 1923-26; prof. rel. edn., Duke Univ., 1926-29, nat. fellow in religion, 1927; prof. rel. edn., Boston Univ. Sch. Rel. Edn. and So- eial Service, 1929 -; dean, Boston Univ. Grad. Sch., 1933 -; mem. White House Conf. on Child Health and Protection, 1930; dir. Davis Foundation; chmn. Com. on Social Values in Motion Pictures; with Army Y.M.C.A., 1917-18; mem. Rel. Edn. Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta, Masons. Clubs: University, Lake Placid. Author: Builders of the Kingdom, 1922; Church School Methods, 1927; University Work of the United Lutheran Church, 1929; The Use of Motion Pictures for Religious Education, 1930. Travel: entire U.S., Europe, Near East. Eligible for S.A.R. on both father's and mother's sides. Methodist. Republican. Office: 84 Exeter St., Boston. Home: 206 Waverly Av., Newton.
LeSOURD, Lucile Leonard, housewife; b. Brooklyn, Ia., Nov. 10, 1893; d. O. H. Leonard and Nellie ( Ben- nett) L .; ed. Cedar Falls (Ia.) high sch .; A.B., O. Wesleyan Univ., 1915; Union Theol. Sem .; m. How- ard M. LeSourd of N.Y. City, June 3, 1916; chil- dren-Leonard Earle, Patricia. Student see., Wom- an's For. Missionary Soc., 1926-36, pres. N.E. Br., 1936 -; del. Uniting Conf. Meth. Ch., 1939; mem. P.E.O. orgn., Boston Univ. Woman's Couneil, Kappa Phi (Grand Sponsor), Kappa Kappa Gamma. Clubs: Professional Women's (dir.), Ohio Wesleyan. Tra- vel: Near East, No. Africa. Methodist. Republi- can. Home: 206 Waverly Av., Newton. Summer res .: Christmas Cove, Me.
LESPASIO, Michael S., civil engineer, lawyer; b. Boston, Feb. 9, 1901; s. Salvino Lespasio and Ade- line (Capone) L .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1926; Tufts Engring. Sch .; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1930; m. Lillian Vesee of Revere, June 1928; children-Neal A., Ralph L. Civil engr., Mass. State Highway Dept., 1926 -; admitted to Mass. bar, 1930; officer, Order of Orioles, Revere Lodge, B.P.O. Elks; mem. and dir. State Engrs. Assn .; mem. State and Fed. Engring. Soes., Mass. Bar Assn., Federal Bar Assn., Order of Sons of Italy in Am., Orioles. Interested in history, philosophy. Catholic. Office: 100 Nashua St., Boston. Home: 70 John Mooney Rd., Revere. Summer res. : Saugus.
LESSELLS, John Moyes, associate professor of mechaneial engineering; b. Dunfermline, Scot., Feb. 5, 1888; s. James Lessells and Elizabeth (Moyes) I .; ed. Dunfermline high seh .; Lauder Tech. Sch .;
Herriott Watt Coll., Edinburgh; B.Sc. (engring.), Glasgow Univ., 1915; m. Gladys Jackson of Derby, Eng. Held important engring. posts in Eng. with Armstrong-Whitworth Co. (Newcastle-on-Tyne), Brit. War Ofliee, Rolls-Royce (Derby); organized and supervised Div. of Mechanics Research, West- inghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., E. Pittsburgh, Pa., 1920- 31, engring. mgr., Steam Turbine & Diesel Engine Works, Phila., 1931-35; asso. prof. mech. engring., M.I.T., Cambridge, 1935 -; consultant for several important concerns; insp., Brit. War Office, during World War; mem. Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Soe. M.E., Am. Soc. for Testing Materials, Am. Soe. for Metals, Inst. M.E. (London), Inst. of Iron & Steel (London). Club: Woodland Golf. Author: Applied Elasticity (with S. Timoshenko). Editor: Contributions to the Mechanies of Solids (a 60th anniversary volume to S. Timoshenko) ; Journal of Applied Mechanics (Am. Soe. M.E.). Travel: Eu- rope (periodical visits). Presbyterian. Indepen- dent. Office: Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, Cambridge. Home: 1100 Beacon St., Brookline. Y LOSTAGE, Donald, manufacturing jeweler; b. Plattsburg, N.Y., Dec. 25, 1876; s. John D. LeStage and Mary (MacDonald) LeS .; ed. Manlius sch .; Brown Univ., 1897-1900; m. Jane Fisher of No. Attleboro, July 6, 1904; children-Mrs. Henrietta Clarke, Donald, Jr. Salesman, Il. D. Merritt Co., 1901-04, sales mgr., mem. firm, 1904-16; organized LeStage Mfg. Co., 1916, pres., treas., 1916 -; treas. The White Mfg. Co .; dir. Jewelers' Bd. Trade; mem. Bd. Selectmen, 1935; Elec. Light & Water Dept. Commdr., 1937-39; mem. Delta Phi, Masons. Clubs: Republican of Mass., Rotary Internat. Univer- salist. Republican. Office: 64 Elm St., North At- tleboro. Home: 267 So. Washington St., North Attleboro.
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