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VMISLZAR, Harold Eber, treasurer; b. Boston Feb. 20, 1889; s. Eber Parker Melzar and Georgianna E. (Green) M .; ed. Mechanic Arts high sch., Bos- ton; m. Edna F. MeKusick of Somerville, June 7, 1916; children-Marjorie, Frederic P., Elliot P., Eugenia, Elizabeth. With Old Colony Trust Co., Boston, 1905-15; Amoskeag Mfg. Co., Manchester, N.11., 1915-28; treas. Eastern S.S. Lines, Inc., Bos- ton, 1928 -; offleer or dir., Eastern S.S. Lines, Inc. and subsidiary cos .; former selectman (chmn. several yrs.), Wilmington. Christian. Office: In- dia Wharf, Boston. Home: Wilmington. Sum- mer res .: North Edgecomb, Me.
MENDENHALL. Walter Leslle, professor of phar- macology; b. Garfield, 111., Nov. 13, 1881; s. Amer- icus Luther Mendenhall and Louisa Catherine (Smith) M .; ed. West Des Molnes (la.) high seh .; M.D., Drake Univ. Med. Sch., 1906; spl. courses, Harvard Med. Sch., 1907-08; B.S., Drake Univ., 1909; m. Jean Clements of Des Moines, la., June 13, 1907. Gen. practice, Des Moines, la., 1906-11; lecturer, instr., prof. physiology, Drake Univ., 1908-13; teaching fellow, Harvard Med. Sch., 1913- 15; lecturer, instr. physiol., Sargent Sch. Phys. Idn., 1914-15; asst. prof. and prof. pharmacology, Dartmouth Med. Sch., 1915-19; prof. physiol., and pharmac., Univ. So. Callf., 1919-20; asst. prof. pharmae., Univ. Pa .. 1920-21; prof., Boston Univ. Sch. Mod., 1921 -; instr. physiology, Sargent Sch. Phys. Edn., 1929 -; pharmacologist, Mass. Mem. Hosps .; research pharmacologist, Evans Mem. Hosp .; physiologist, U.S. Pub. Health Service, 1918; fellow A.A.A.S., Internat. Coll. Anesthetists; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Pharmacol. Soc., Am. Physiol. Soc., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Asso. Anesthetists U.S. & Can., Internat. Anesthesia Research Soc. Clubs: Cambridge Boat, Okoboji Yacht (commo- dore). Author: many med. articles in med. and sci. journals on such subjs. as Factors Affecting
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the Coagulation Thne of Blood, A Study of To- bacco Smoking, The Evaluation and Treatment of Disturbed Liver Function, The Abdominal Win- dow, The Thoracic Window, Pharmacological Ef- fects of Impurities in Ether, etc. Awarded scroll for meritorious research on anesthesia by Inter- nat. Anesthesia Research Soc. Congregation- alist. Republican. Office: 80 East Coneord St., Boston. Home: 9 Aeacia St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Milford (Lake Okoboji), la.
MENKIN, Valy, medical research worker, experi- mental pathologist; b. Feb. 26, 1901; s. Luba Men- kin; ed. Townsend Harris Hall, N.Y .; B.S., Coll. City of N.Y., 1922; M.A., Columbia, 1923; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1928; m. Miriam Friedman of N.Y. City, Feb. 7, 1924; 1 son-Gabriel Abner. Teaching fellow in physiology, Harvard, 1927-28; fellow Nat. Research Council, Univ. Pa., 1928-30; Internat. Congress fellow, representing Am. Soc. Exptl. Pathology, XIVth Internat. Physiol. Con- gress, Rome, 1932; mem. dept. pathology, Har- vard Med. Sch., 1930 -. Author: about 60 papers and monographs on various sci. subjs., dealing esp. with inflammation, mechanisms of infection, tu- berculosis, iron metabolism and splenic physiology. Office: Harvard Medical School, Boston. Home: 15 Aeron Rd., Brookline.
MENSEL, Ernst Heinrich, philologist; b. Lunden, Ger., Mar. 12, 1865; s. Johann Jakob Mensel and Margarete (Siercks) M .; prep, edn. Germany; A.B. Carthage Coll., 1887, A.M., 1890, Litt.D. 1920; Ph.D. Univ. Mich., 1896; m. Sarah L. Hyde of Carthage, June 11, 1890 (d. Aug. 21, 1914); chil- dren-Ernst Edmund, Margaret Lucinda, John Flyde, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Harriet, Gertrud Hyde; m. (2d) Aun Elizabeth Chaney of Weymouth, England, July 26, 1935. Instr. ancient langs., Carthage Coll., 1886-1888, prof. ancient langs, and German, 1888-92; instr. German, Univ. Mich., 1892- 98, asst. prof., 1898-1901; prof. Germanie langs. and lits., Smith Coll., 1901-33; emeritus; leeturer on Germanic philology, Harvard, 1904-05; mein. Mod- ern Lang. Assn., Linguistic Soc. Am. Author: Die erste deutsche Romeo-Uebersetzung, 1933; articles on German philology and edn. and reviews to sci. jours. Travel: repeatedly in various European countries. Lutheran. Home: 262 Bridge St., Northampton,
MENZEL, Donald H(oward), astrophysicist; b.
Florence, Colo., Apr. 11, 1901; s. Charles Theodore Menzel and Ina Grace (Zint) M .; ed. Leadville and Denver, Colo., high schs .; A.B., Univ. Denver, 1920, A.M., 1921; A.M., Princeton, 1923, Ph.D., 1929; m. Florence Elizabeth Kreager of Columbus, O., June 17, 1926; children-Suzanne Kay, Eliza- beth Ina. Instr., math., Univ. Denver, 1920-21; teacher, Denver high schs., 1921; Field Scout ex- ecutive, Denver, 1921; Thaw Fellow, Princeton, 1922-23; Proctor Fellow, 1923-24; instr., Univ. I., 1924-25; asst. prof., Ohio State Univ., 1925-26; asst. astronomer, Lick Obs., 1926-32; exchange prof., Univ. Calif., 1928, 1931; asst. prof., Harvard, 1932-35, asso. prof., astrophysics, 1935-39, prof., 1939 -; R.O.T.C., Univ. Denver, 1917-18; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Assn. Variable Star Observers, Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Astron. Soc. (councillor, 1938), Internat. Astron. Union, Astron. Soe. Pacific, Sigma Xi, Phi Lamda Upsilon. Club: Bond AS- tronomical. Author: Stars and l'lanets, 1931 2d ed., 1938); A Study of the Solar Chromosphere (Lick Obs. Publ., Vol. 17), 1931; many papers in official astron. journals. Travel: mem. Lick- Crocker Eclipse Expdns., Calif., 1930, Maine, 1932; dir. Harvard-M.I.T. Eclipse Expan., Ak Bulak, U.S.S.R., 1936. Research in astrophysics, chiefly on the sun, solar atmosphere, interpretation of spectra of stars, planets, and nebulae, astro- physical theory; awarded A. Cressy Morrison prize, N.Y. Acad. Sciences, 1926, 1928. Office: Har- vard Observatory, Cambridge. Home: 32 Hub- bard Park, Cambridge. Summer res .: Oak Ridge, Harvard.
V MERCER, Samuel Alfred Browne, professor of Semitic languages; b. Bristol, Eng., May 10, 1880: s. Samuel Mercer and Elizabeth ( Browne) M .; ed. Bay Roberts (N.F.) Acad .; B.D., Nashotah
House, Wis., 1904; D.D., 1917, L.L.D., 1932; A.B., Harvard, 1908; student, Semitic langs., Göttingen, Heidelberg, the Sorbonne (Paris) ; Ph.D., Univ. Munich, 1910; Th.D., Paris, 1938; in. Genevieve Magee of Duxbury, Ang. 15, 1910; 1 dau .- Har- riette Martha. Prof. Hebrew and O.T., Western Theol. Sem., Chicago, 1910-22; dean, Bexley Hall, Gambier, O., 1922-23; prof., Semitie langs. and Egyptology, Trinity Coll., Univ. Toronto, 1923 -; mem. Am. Oriental Soc., Orient Gesellschaft, In- ternat. Soc. Apocrypha (v.p.), Royal Asiatic Soe., Royal Geog. Soc. (fellow), Soe, Oriental Research (rector). Club: University (Chicago). Author: 128 books and long articles, incl. The Oath in Babylonian and Assyrian Literature, 1911, The Book of Genesis, 1919, Growth of Religious and Moral Ideas in Egypt, 1919, The Recovery of For- gotten Empires, 1925, Egyptian, Ethiopic and As- syrian grammars, etc., etc .; articles and book revs. in many Oriental journals; founder and ed., Journal of Soc. of Oriental Research, Anglican Theol. Rev., Egyptian Religion. Editor: Egyptol- ogy in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Decorated by Freneh Govt. as Officier de l'instruction Pub- lique; by Emperor Hailie Selassie with Order of the Trinity. Travel: Near East (often, esp. Egypt), Europe. Episcopalian, Republican. Office: Trin- ity College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Can- ada. Home: Grafton.
MERCIER, Louis Joseph Alexandre, asso. profes- sor of French; b. Le Mans, Fr., June 19, 1880; s. François Mercier and Marie (Valliot) M .; ed. A.B., St. Ignatius Coll. (now Loyola Univ.), Chi- cago, 111., 1900, A.M., 1902; Litt.D., Loyola Univ., 1932; L.H.D., St. Benedict, Atehison, Kan., 1937; m. Zoé Lassagne, Chicago, Ill., Sept. 25, 1909; children-Marie-Zoé Eglantine, Evangéline Berna- dette, Louis Francis Valliot, Jeanne d'Are, Made- leine Marthe, Marie Louise Emille, Edmond Charles. Instr., St. Ignatius Coll., 1900-03; fel- low, Romance langs., Univ. Chicago, 1903-04, Co- lumbia, 1904-05; head, French dept., Francis W. Parker Sch., Chicago, Il1., 1906-10; instr. Romance langs., Univ. Wis., 1910-11; instr. French, Har- vard Univ. and Radcliffe Coll., 1911-18, asst. prof., 1918-27, asso. prof., 1927-30, asso. prof., French and edn., 1930 -; lecturer, edn. and modern F'r. Cath. lit., Fordham Univ., 1939; instr. French, sum- mers, U.S. Mil. Acad., West Point, 1917, Boston Univ., 1918, Harvard, 1911-14, 1918 -; chni. Modern Lang. Div., Tutorial Bd., 1927-30; inter- preter, B.E.F., 1914-17; instr., Harvard R.O.T.C., 1917-18; mem, Modern Lang. Assn. Am., Soc. Profs. en Amérique, Am. Assn. Teachers French (pres., Boston Chap., 1933, 1936; nat. v.p., 1930; nat. pres., 1933-35), Am. Cath. Hist. Assn., Am. Philos. Assn., An. Cath. Philos. Assn. (exec. com., 1935-37), N.E. Modern Lang. Assn. (pres., 1927), Boston Cath. Alumni Sodality (pres., 1935). Hon- ored as Lauréat de l'Academie Francaise, 1929; Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, 1932; Fellow, Royal Soc. Arts (London), 1937; Charlemagne Day orator, St. Mary's Coll., Calif., 1936; Boston I- dependenee Day orator, Faneull Hall, 1937. Au- thor: Le Mouvement Humaniste aux Etats-unis, 1928; The Challenge of Humanism, 1933; Prin- ciples and Progress, 1937; Junior French, 1927; College French, 1935; ete .; articles in French and Am. mags. Asso. ed .: The French Review, 1927- 30; Education, 1935 -; The New Scholasticism, 1937 -. Travel: Fr., Eng., It., Sp. Catholic: Of- fice: Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 134 Brattle St., Cambridge. Summer res .. Standish Shore, South Duxbury.
MEREDITH, Ernest Sidney, clergyman; b. Canton, O., May 26, 1879; s. William Davis Meredith and Sarah (Kee) M .; ed. grad., Mt. Union Prep. Sch., 1897; B.S., Mt. Union Coll., 1900, Ph.B., 1902; M.A., Harvard, 1904; LL.B., Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1921; student, Oxford, Eng., 1911, Harvard Law Seh., 1922; m. Florence Lyndon of Brookline, June 27, 1905. City ed., Canton (O.) News, 1902; asst. pastor, Harvard Ch., Brookline, 1902-05; ordained to Unitarian ministry, 1905; minister, 1st Parish, W. Roxbury, 1905-12, 3rd Rel. Soc. of Dorchester 1912-16, 1st Parish, Watertown, 1916 -; chaplain, Ancient & Hon. Arty. Co., 1906-07;
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pres. Mass. Conv. Cong. Ministers, 1923-25; pres. So. Middlesex Conf. Unitarian & Other Liberal Chs., 1928 -; pres. Ministerial Union of Unitarian Denomination, 1930 -; pres. Unitarian Sunday V Sch. Soc., 1931 -; mem. Harvard Univ. Visitation Com. of Div. Sch., 1931 -; It., chaplain, Camp Zachary Taylor, 1918-19, capt., chaplain, U.S.A.R., 1919, attached to Ildars, Boston, 1937 -; mem. Harvard Div. Sch. Alumni Assn. (v.p., 1929-31, pres., 1931-), Sons of Vets. of Civil War (chap- lain, Mass. Div., 1930-31), Masons, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: University, Jlarvard Faculty, Boston Unitarian, Oakley Country. Home: 74 Russell Av., Watertown.
V MEREDITHI, Florence Lyndon, physician, profes- sor of hygiene; b. Boston; d. Weston H. Lyndon and Florence ( Emmons) L .; ed. student, Radcliffe Coll., Boston Univ., Oxford Univ., Eng .; B.S., Tem- ple Univ .; M.D., Tufts Med. Sch., 1916; post-grad., Harvard Grad. Sch. Med., 1916-17; Harvard-Tech. Sch. Pub. Icalth, 1920; m. Rev. Ernest S. Mere- dith, Boston, 1905. Instr. surgery. Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1916-20; phys. for women, Hood Rub- ber Co., Watertown, 1916-18; in gen. practice; lec- turer for War Dept., Commn. on training camp activities, 1918-19; dir., N.Y. Health Center for Women and Girls, 1919-20; regional consultant, U.S. Pub. Health Service, 1919-21; prof. hygiene and preventive med, and physician to students, Woman's Med. Coll. of P'a., 1920-23; mem. Surg. Gen. Women's Advisory Com., 1921-23; mem. bd. dirs., Phila. Health Council, 1923; lecturer, Smith Coll. Sch. for Social Work, 1921-26, N.Y. Sch. Social Work, 1921-22, Phila. Sch. for Social Work, 1922-23; coll. phys., prof. hygiene, and chmn. dept. hygiene and phys. edn., Smith Coll., 1923-27, leave of absence, 1926-27; mem. med. staff, Boston Psy- chopathic Hosp .; prof. hygiene and mental hy- giene, and consultant in physical and mental hy- giene, Tufts-Jackson Coll., 1928 -; gen. practice of medicine, with emphasis on phys. and mental hygiene; mem. A.M.A., Am. Pub. Health Assn., Assn. Women in Pub. Ilealth (pres. 1922-25), Nat. Com. for Mental Hygiene, A.A.A.S., Am. Assu. Univ. Women, Am. Psychiatric Assn., Zeta Phi, Pi Gamma Mn. Anthor: Ilygiene (text book for college students), 1926, revised edit., 1932; The Health of Youth, 1928; Twelve Hours of Hygiene, 1935. Protestant. Republican. Office: 466 Com- monwealth Av., Boston. Home: 74 Russell Av., Watertown.
MERGENDAHIL, Charles Henry, head of mathe- maties dept., adviser to boys; b. Kingston, N. Y,. Aug. 16, 1887; s. Joseph Mergendahl and laicy (Vredenburgh) M .; ed. Kingston (N.Y.) Acad .; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1911; Rd.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1922; Boston Univ .; m. Alice Brockway of Worcester, July 1, 1916; children-Charles Henry, Jr., Marguerite, Doris Brockway, Winifred, Roger Page. Sub-master, Orange high sch., 1911-12; head sei. dept., New Britain (Conn.) high sch., 1912-13; head math. dept., Lynn Class. high sch., 1913-20; head math. dept., adviser to boys, New- ton high sch., 1920 -; instr., Harvard Univ. Sim- mer Sch. Edn., 1928 -; dir: Manter Hall Sch., Cambridge; mem. Harvard Teachers Assn., Masons ( Dalhousie Lodge), N.E. Assu. Math. Teachers, Tufts Coll. Teachers Assn., Nat. Council Teachers Math. Author: (co-author) Algebrale Problems; Second Course in Algebra; One Hundred Problems in Consumer Credit. Congregationalist. Repub- lican. Office: Newton High Sch., Newton. llome: 75 Lowell Av., Newtonville.
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YMERGENDAHIL, Titus Eugene, professor of mathe- matics; b. Kingston, N. Y., Mar. 2, 1885; s. Josephi Mergendahl and Lucy ( Vredenburgh) M .; ed. King- ston (N.Y.) Acad .; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1907, S.M., 1913; student, Univ. Chicago; m. llelen Maciel of Fairhaven, Aug. 2, 1913; children-Mary Helen, Titus E., Jr., Richard. Instr. math., Ripon Coll., 1907-09, asst. prof., 1909-11; prof., head of dept. math., Coll. of Emporia, 1911-18; asst. prof., Tufts Coll., 1919-35, prof., 1935 -; dir. Somerville Y.M.C.A .; mem. Math. Assn. Am., Assn. Teachers Math. in N.1C. Congregationalist. Republican.
Office: Tufts College. Home: 128 Professors Row, Tufts College. Summer res .: Ogunquit, Me.
MERIGOLD, Benjamin Shores, professor of chem- istry; b. Taunton, July 24, 1873; s. Samuel Meri- gold and Amelia (Shores) M .; A.B., Harvard, 1896, A.M. 1897, Ph.D., 1901; m. Mary Edith Sayward, July 10, 1930. Asst. in chem., Harvard, 1896- 1900; instr. in chen., Worcester Poly. Inst .; asst. prof., 1903-08, prof. 1908-, Clark Univ .; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., A.A.A.S. Home: 17 Charlotte St., Worcester.
MERK, Frederick, professor of history; b. Milwau- kee, Wis., Aug. 15, 1887; s. Frederick Merk and Katharine (Klein) M .; ed. A.B., Univ. Wis., 1911; Ph. D., Harvard, 1920; m. Lois A. Bannister of Web- ster, June 21, 1931; children-Katharine Louise, Frederick Bannister. On ed. staff, State Hist. Soc. Wis., 1911-16; Edward Austin fellow, Harvard, 1916-18; Sheldon traveling fellow, 1920-21; tutor in hist., govt., and econ., 1918-20; instr. Am. hist., 1921-24, prof., 1936 -; exchange prof., Carleton,
. Grinnell and Pomona Colls., 1927-28; awarded Toppan prize, Harvard, 1920; mem. Am. Hist. Assn. (council, 1937-), Agrl. History Soc. (v.p., 1937), Am. and Miss. Valley Hist. Assus., Mass. Ilist. Soc., Phl Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho. Club: Harvard Faculty. Editor: Civil War Mes- sages and Proclamations of Wisconsin War Gov- ernors, 1912; Fur Trade and Empire-George Simp- son's Journal, 1931. Author: Economic History of Wisconsin during the Civil War Decade, 1916; (with frederick J. Turner) List of References on the History of the West, 1922; contr. to re- views. Travel: Western Europe, 1920-21; 1929-30. Nome: Belmont.
MERLINO, Camillo Pascal, professor of modern languages; b. Windsor Loeks, Conn., Aug. 1, 1900; s. Giuseppe Merlino and Margherita (Leali) M .; ed. Cambridge high & Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1923; A.M., 1926; Ph.1)., 1928; m. Teacher, ro- mance langs., lecturer on faculties of Jlobart Coll., Bryn Mawr Coll., Univ. Calif., Univ. Mich .; tutor, Div. Modern Langs., Harvard, Radcliffe; prof. Ro- mance langs., Boston Univ., 1937 -; dir., Seuokat Italiana, Middlebury Coll., 1939 -; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Assn. Teachers of Italian (sec .- treas., 1932-), Nat. Fed. Modern Lang. Teachers (past v.p.), Internat. Inst. ( Boston mem. Adv. Council). Clubs: Circolo Italiano di Boston (pres.), University ( Boston). Anthor: The French Studies of Mario Equicola, 1929; A Bibliography of Italian Homage Volumes, 1930; References to Spanish Literature in Equicola's Natura de Amore, 1934; efc. Travel: U.S., Mex., Europe, Africa. Congregationalist. Independent Republican. Of- fice: Boston University, Boston. lome: 28 Con- color Av., Newton. Summer res .: North Plymouth. V MERRIAM, Burr J., educator; b. Lisle, N.Y .. Jan. 11, 1879; s. Ichabod Merriam and Lucinda ( Wheel- er) M .; B.S., Columbia, 1916; Ed.M., Ilarvard Grad Sch. Edn., 1926; m. Corinne E. Pease of Wilbra- ham, Sept. 29, 1906; children-Josephine Lucinda, Wheeler Godfrey, Brewer Jay. Educator, 1903 -; supt., Framingham sehs., 1922 -; lveturer on edn .; former pres. and now permanent sec. and treas., N.E. Assn. Sch. Supts., Mass. Sch. Supts. Assn .; former pres. Mass. Sch. Masters Club; served as food production administrator in North Adams, World War; mem. Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Phi, Masons. Desc. colonial Mass. settlers. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Home: 19 Maple St., Framingham.
Y MERRIAM, Charles Wolcott, clergyman; b. Roches- ter, N.Y., Jan. 5, 1876; s. Henry Homer Merriam and Elizabeth Georgiana (Wolcott) M .; ed. Spring- field high sch. (now class. high seh.); B.S., Am- herst Coll., 1898; student, Hartford Theol. Sem., 1898-99; B.D., Yale Div. Sch., 1901; D.D., Ollvet Coll., 1917; m. Julia Bemis Sturtevant, Sept. 5, 1900; children-Warren Sturtevant, Charles Wol- cott, Jr., Mrs. Julia Merriam Bjorncrantz. Pastor, 2d Cong. Ch., Cohasset, 1901-04, Greenfield 2nd Cong. Ch., 1904-16, Park (1st) Cong. Ch., Grand Rapids, Mich., 1916-33, United Ch., Old Deerfield, 1933 -; preacher, Deerfield Acad .; chaplain, Eagle- brook Sch .; tr. l'aul Pratt Mem. Lib., Cohasset,
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1901-04, mem. sch. com. 7 yrs. (chmn. 4 yrs.); tr. Pub. Lib. 9 yrs. (chmn. 5 yrs.); mem. Playground Commn., Greenfield, Bd. Overscers, Amherst Coll., 1908-16, Social Service Commn .; Gen. Council Cong. Chs. U.S., 1 yr .; with Army Y.M.C.A., 4 mos. at Waco, Tex., 1917, 6 mos. in Eng. and Fr., 1918; on S.S. Oronsa when torpedoed and sunk in Cardigan Bay; publicity mgr., W. Mieh. war drive of A.L.A .; war speaker and leeturer. Mem. Pocum- toek Valley Mem. Assn., Past Masters' Assu., Am- herst Coll. Alumni Assn., Chi Phi. Clubs: Green- field Country, Franklin Co. Congregational, Frank- lin Co. Men's. Author: Church Worship Book. Desc. Oliver Wolcott, signer of Declaration of Independenec; Roger Wolcott, gov. Mass. Congre- gationalist. Republican. Office and home: Old Deerfield.
Y MERRIAM, John Mckinstry, lawyer; b. South- bridge, Sept. 20, 1862; s. Adolphus Merriam and Caroline (MeKinstry) M .; ed. Framingham high sch .; Phillips Excter Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1886; A.M., Harvard Law Sch., 1888; m. Annle Chapman of Framingham, Feb. 4, 1888; children-Paul Adams, Mrs. Emily Merriam Guild, Mrs. Constance Merriam Kingsbury, (Dr.) Joseph C., Mrs. Caro- line Merriam Stuart Smith. Gen. practice of law, trustee, Boston, 1890 -; pvt. sec. to Hon. George F. Hoar, 1888-89; dir. Framingham Nat. Bk .; v.p., So. Middlesex Coop. Bk .; pres., dir., Butters Lum- ber Co .; chin. trs., Framingham Union llosp .; treas., Home for Aged Men and Women; mem. Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1897; del. Mass. Constl. Conv., 1917, 1918, 1919; sec. Class 1886, Harvard; mem. Exemption Bd., Mass. Dist. 32, during World War; mem. Am. Antiq. Soc. Clubs: Ilarvard, Union, Exchange (Boston). Unitarian. Republican. Of-
fice: 50 Congress St., Boston. llome: Prospect St., Framingham. Summer res .: Scraggy Neck, Cat- aumet.
Y MERRIAM, Joseph Chapman, physician; b. Fram- ingham, Sept. 20, 1894; s. John McK. Merriam and Annic (Chapman) M .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1910-12; A.B., Harvard, 1916; M.D. (cum laude), Harvard Med. Seh., 1923; m. Dorothy M. Heaffeld of Chicago, Ill., June 8, 1920; children-Joseph Chapman, Jr., Susan, Stephen Spencer Heafield. After usual Interneships engaged in pvt. practice of medicine at Framingham, 1925 -; mem. visit- ing staff, Framingham Union Hosp .; visiting pedi- atrician, Mass. Reformatory for Women; sec. Fram- ingham Bd. Health, 1932 -; attending phys., In- fant Welfare Clinic; served as sergt. through grades to 1st It., 101st F.A., 26th Div., U.S.A., 1917- 19, with A.E.F .; fellow Am. Acad. Pediatrics; mem. A.M.A., N.E. Pediatrics Soc., Mass. Med. Soc. Office: 198 Union Av. Home: Belknap Rd., Fram- Ingham.
MERRIAM, Kenneth Gerald, professor of aero- mechanies; b. Belfast, Me., Nov. 11, 1901; s. Eli Carr Merriam and Addic Moore ( Ranger) M .; ed. Belfast (Me.) high sch .; S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1922; M.S., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1935; m. Alice Eugenia Blandin of Natiek, July 24, 1929; chil- dren-Janet Merriam, Joyce Merriam. Instr., Univ. Me., 1922-23; Woreester Poly. Inst., 1923- 29, asst. prof., 1929-39, prof., 1939-, in charge acronantical engring. instruction, 1929-, chmn. research con., 1937 -; capt. Coast Arty. Res. Corps, arms and service assgt. group, 1929 -; asso. fel- low Inst. Aeronautical Sciences; mem. Am. Soc. M.IC., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn. (Ilfe), Sigma XI, Worcester Eng. Soe., Sigma Phi Epsilon, Royal Arch Masons ( Worcester, Eureka Chap.). Author: several technical papers. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester. Home: 56 Havelock Rd., Woreester.
V MERRILL, Boynton, clergyman; b. Lowell, July 21, 1891; s. Otis A. Merrill and Anna (Boynton) M .; ed. Mt. Hermon sch .; A.B., Dartmouth, 1915, D.D., 1928, Union Theol. Sem., 1918; m. Virginia Y. Worsham of Henderson, Ky., June 26, 1919; ch .- Mariam Barret, Boynton, Jr., Elizabeth Clarkson. Minister, 2d Ch., Putnam, Conn., 1919-21; asso. minister, Old South Ch., Boston, 1921-27; minister, 2d Ch. in Newton, West Newton, 1927 -; tr. Welles- ley Coll., 1925-, Northfield Schs., 1934 -; chaplain,
U.S.N., It .. (j.g.), U.S.S. Pennsylvania, flagship of Atlantic fleet, 1918-19; men., Sigma Chi, P'hi Beta Kappa. Author: From Confusion to Cer- tainty; Arrows of Light. Congregationalist. Rc- publican. Offiec: The Second Church in Newton, West Newton. Home: 3 Winthrop St., West New- ton. Summer res .: Lake Wentworth, E. Wolfeboro, N. H.
Y MERRILL, Charles Clarkson, clergyman, denomi- national official; b. Marlborough, N.IL., Mar. 3, 1872; s. John Leverett Merrill and Mary Louisa (Murphy) M .: ed. Cushing Acad .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1894, D.D., 1922; B.D., Yale Theol. Sch., 1897; 1.1 .. D., Middlebury Coll., 1932; m. Bessie Louise Nichols of Winchendon, Oct. 8, 1907; chil- dren-John Leverett, Vincent Nichols. Pastor, Cong. Ch., Steubenville, O., 1897-1902, North Cong. Ch., Winehendon, 1902-11; see., Nat. Council Ap- portionment Commn., Cong. Chs., 1911-14; N.E. sec., Laymen's Missionary Movement, 1914-17; soc., Vt. Cong. Conf., 1917-22; supt., Cong. Conf. Ill., 1922-27; exec. see., Commu. on Missions of Cong. Chs., 1927-31, of Cong. and Chr. Chs., 1931-34, see. Cong. Bd. Pastoral Supply, 1934 -; chmn. Comnin. on Ministry of Gen. Council of Cong. and Chr. Chs., 1939 -; tr. Cushing Acad., 1911-20; soc. Class of 1894, Dartmouth Coll., since grad .; mom. phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Mon- day, Fortnightly, Pilgrim. Dese. of Nathaniel Mer- rill, Newbury, 1636; John Leverett, Colonial gov., 1673-79. Congregationalist. Independent Repub- lican. Office: 11 Beacon St., Boston. llome: 83 Oak Av., Belmont.
MERRILL, Edward Clifton, chemist; b. Shelburne Falls, Mass., Jan. 7, 1881; s. George Glson Merrill and Emma (Field) M .; ed. Arms Acad., Shelburne Falls, Mass .; S.B. (chemistry), Worcester Poly. Inst., 1906; m. Gertrude Wilson of New Bedford, Junc 12, 1922; I son-Edward Wilson. Chem., Roaritan Copper Works, Perth Amboy, N.J., 1906; U.S. Navy Dept., N.Y., 1907-1909; chem. U.S. Dept. of Agr., Bur. of Chem., 1909-18; in charge food and drug statlon, San Juan, P.R., 1917-18; chief chemist, United Drug Co., Boston, 1918 -; at pres- ent dir. and chief chemist, Dept. of Research & Technology; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs., Am. Pharm. Assn. Clubs: Cosmos ( Washington), Chemists (N. Y.), Highland (W. Roxbury). Author: articles on chem. subjs. in tech. journals. Dir. dese. Capt. Josiah Johnson (Bunker Hill) ; Martin Severenee (French and In- dian War). Episcopalian. Republican. Offiec: 93 Leon St., Boston. Home: 70 Oriole St., West Rox- bury. Summer res .: South Dartmouth.
V MERRILL,, Elmer Drew, botanist, professor; admm- istrator of bot. collections, Harvard; b. East Au- burn, Mc., Oet. 15, 1876; s. Daniel Cummings Mer- rill and Mary Adelaide (Noyes) M .; ed. Edward Little high sch., Auburn, Me .; S.B., Univ. Me., 1898; S.M., 1904; Se.D., Univ. Mc., 1925, Harvard, 1936; LL.D., Univ. Calif., 1936; m. Mary Augusta Sperry of Illinois, May 21, 1907; children-Mrs. Lynne M. Morrison, Dudley, Ann. Asst. agrostol- ogist, U.S. Dept. Agr., 1899-1902; botanist, Philip- pine service, 1902-23; dir. Bur. Sci., Manila, P.1., 1919-23; dean, Coll. Agr., Univ. Calif., 1923-29; dir. N.Y. Bot. Garden; prof. botany, Columbia, 1930-35; prof. of botany, administrator of bot. collections, Harvard (dir. of Arnold Arboretum), 1935 -; tr. Lowthorpe Sch., 1938; mem. bd. mgrs., N.Y. Bot. Garden, 1930; tr. Mass. Hort. Soe., 1938 -; pres. Bot. Soc. of Am., 1933; v.p. A.A.A.S. (see- tion G), Int. Bot. Congress, Cambridge, Eng., 1930, Int. Bot. Congress at Amsterdam, 1935; mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Am. Philos. Soc., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; for. mem. Linnacan Soc. (London) ; hon. mem. Deutsche Bot. Gesellschaft, Netherlands Bot. Soc., Royal Dutch Geographic Soc., Pekin Soc. Nat. Hist., Royal Asiatic Soc. (Malayan br.); mem. Masons, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phl Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Sigma, ctc. Clubs: Century, Explorers (N.Y.), Harvard ( Boston), Fae- ulty (Cambridge). Authority on classification of plants of China, Indomalaysia, and Polynesla. Au- thor: over 350 tech. bot. papers; various inde- pendently pubd. vols. on bot. subjs. Travel: Phil- Ippines, Australia, China, Japan (several times),
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