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Java, Singapore, Europe, around world (twice). Dir. desc. Nathaniel Merrill, Ipswich and New- buryport, Mass., about 1636. Republican. Office: Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain. lTome: 960 Centre St., Jamaica Plain.
VMERIOILL,, Frank Heber, paper merchant; b. Mel- rose, Dec. 1, 1878; s. Calvin A. Merrill and Mary L. (Spencer) M .; ed. pub. schs. and high schs., Melrose; m. E. Corinne Link, of N.Y. City, Oct. 26, 1905; children-Amy, Jean. Began in paper business with Higgin, Snow Co., 1897; later with Andrews-Burr Paper Co .; became connected with Andrews Paper Co., merchants fine papers, wrap- ping papers and cordage, 1911, pres. and treas., 1931 -. Unitarian. Oflice: 54 India St., Boston. Home: 12 Gloucester St., Boston.
VMERRILL, George Anthony, clergyman; b. Pownal, Me., Nov. 6, 1870; s. Charles Henry Merrill and Statira (Whitney) M .; ed. Freeport (Me.) high sch .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1894; grad., Andover Theol. Sem., 1897; S.T.B., 1899; m. Emma Annie George of New Sharon, Me., June 11, 1901 (d. 1930); m. (2d) Alma Hope Farr of Greenfield, Oct. 5, 1932. Pastor, Cong. Chs., New Sharon and Farmington Falls, Me., 1897-1905, Dover and Foxcroft, Me., 1905-14, Union Cong. Ch., Taunton, 1914-23, Littleton, N.H., 1923-33, Montvale Cong. Ch., Woburn, 1934-37, New Salem and No. New Salem Cong. Chs., 1937 -; mem. Sch. Bd., New Sharon, Me .; tr. Pub. Lib., Littleton, N.H .; helped in recruiting, World War; mem. Masons (32°, Prelate of Commandery while in Littleton, N.11.), O.I.S. (Patron, Littleton). Author: History of Foxcroft, Me. (hist. address) ; other addresses and sermons. Travel: Can., U.S. Congregationalist. Republican. Office and home: New Salem.
VMERRILL,, Helen Abbot, professor of mathematics (retired) ; b. Orange, N.J., Mar. 30, 1864; d. George Merrill and Emily Dodge (Abbot) M .; ed. New- buryport and New Brunswick (N.J.) high schs .; A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1886; student, Univ. Chi- cago, Univ. Göttingen; Ph.D., Yale, 1903; unmar- ried. Teacher, pvt. schs., N.Y. City, 1886-89, Phila., Pa., 1891-93; instr. math., Wellesley Coll., 1893-1901, asso. prof., 1901-15, prof., 1915-32, emer- itus, 1932 -; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Math. Soc., Math. Assn. Am. (tr., 1917-19, v.p., 1920), Phi Beta Kappa, etc. Author: Selected Topics in College Algebra (with C. E. Smith) ; First Course in Higher Algebra (with same) ; Mathematical Ex- cursions. Travel: Europe, U.S., Can. Gt. g.d. Or- lando B. Merrill, Newburyport, noted inventor, ship-designer, builder. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Home: 6 Waban St., Wellesley.
MERRILL,, Hiram C,, artist, engraver; b. Boston. Oct. 25, 1866; s. Willlam Merrill and Emeline W. (Symes) M .; ed. Shepard gram. sch., Cambridge, 1876-82. Kinployed as wood engraver with John Andrew & Son Co., engravers, Boston, 1882-90; with Seriber's Magazine and Harper's Magazine, N.Y. City, 1890-1900; with Century Magazine, 1900-18; also engraving for Delineator and Col- liers, 1912; with Ginn & Co., Athenaeum Press, Cambridge, 1922 --; engraver, mostly on half tone plates, improving the illustrations, 1893 to 1912; wood engravings on permanent display in Car- negie Museum, Pittsburgh, l'a .; awarded bronze medals for wood engraving by World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo., 1901 and Pan-American Expn., Buf- falo, . N.Y., 1901. Club: New York Water Color. Office: 215 First St., Cambridge. Home: 1800 Mas- sachusetts Av., Cambridge.
V MERRILL,, Leverett Bradbury, teacher of singing; b. Wenham, Oct. 11, 1869; s. Charles Leverett Merrill and Sarah ( Bradbury) M .; ed. Salem and Beverly high schs .; A. B., Williams Coll., 1892; studied singing in Italy, London, Boston; m. Lu- cina Shipman Cutler of Essex, Aug. I, 1893; chil- dren-Bernice Cutler, Ruth Appleton, Frances doy. Teacher of singing, Boston, 1892 --; mem. Temple Quartette Concert Co., 4 yrs., Bostonian Opera Co., 1 yr., Am. Opera Co., 1 yr .; bass soloist, lead- ing choral socs., N.E., N.Y., Pa .; Boston Syin- phony Orchestra; Handel & Haydn; Cecilia Soc., 25 yrs .; soloist, King's Chapel, 8 yrs., Old South Ch., Boston, 5 yrs., Eliot Ch., 7 yrs, Temple Ohabei
Shalom, 19 yrs .; mem. Masons. Clubs: Apollo Men's Singing, Puddingstone (Boston), Ionlc ( Swampscott). Travel: Europe 2 yrs., twice; Calif. 3 mos., twice. Wife is gt. gt. g.d. Menassah Cutler and 2d cousin to ex-v.p. Charles Dawes. Prot- estant. Republican. Office: Room 417, 12 Hunt- ington Av., Boston. Home: 21 Estabrook Rd., Beach Bluff P.O., Swampscott.
MERRILL, Marian Dyer, librarian; b. Guilford, Me., Dec. 26, 1898; d. 12. Delmont Merrill, M. D., and Lora Mae (Dyer) M .; ed. Foxcroft Acad., Dover- Foxcroft, Me .; A.B., Wheaton Coll., 1922; B.S., Simmons Coll., 1923. Librarian, State Normal Sch., Danbury, Conn., 1923-26; head of circula- tion dept., Wheaton Coll. Lib., Norton, 1926-28; head lib., Wheaton Coll., 1928 -. Travel: Enrope, 1924, far western U.S., 1934. Congregationalist. Republican. Address: Wheaton Coll., Norton. Home: Wheaton Inn, Norton. Summer res. : 5 Win- ter St., Dover-Foxcroft, Me.
MERRILL, Ruth Atherton, educational administra- tor, teacher, personnel worker; b. Somerville, Sept. 23. 1894; d. Ernest Wright Merrill and Helen ( Hersey) M .; ed. Somerville Latin sch .; A.B., Rad- cliffe Coll., 1915; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1925; Ph.D., Univ. Minn., 1937: Boston Univ .; Colo. Coll .; Social worker, Avon Horne, Cambridge, 1915-17, sec. Butterick Pub. Co., 1917-19; asso. ed., Boot & Shoe Recorder, foreign pubs., 1919-21; asst. dean, Colo. Coll:, 1921-22, 1923-24; asst. prin. and teacher, Barstow Sch., Kansas City, Mo., 1922-23; asst. dean, Radcliffe Coll., 1926-30; instr., Univ. Minn., 1930-33; dir. Cutler Union, Univ. Rochester, 1933 -; N.Y. State Edn. chmn., Am. Assn. Univ. Women; mem. League Women Voters (dir.) Fed- eration Ch. Women (dir.), Am. Coll. Personnel Assn. (dir.), Nat. Assn. Deans of Women (dir.), Nat. Vocational Guidance Assn (dir.), Am. l'sychol. Assn. (dir.), Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Pi Lambda Theta (past chap. pres.). Club: Zonta (dir.). Author: articles and pamphlets on guidance and personnel work. Travel: Europe, Scan., W.I., U.S., Can. Interested in collecting carly American text- books. Unitarian. Independent Republican. Of- fice: Univ. Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. Home: 35 Strathallan Park, Rochester, N.Y. Summer res .: (also permanent home) 73 Cherry St., Gardner. -
V/MERRIMAN. Roger Bigelow, teacher of history; b. Boston, May 21, 1876; s. Daniel Merriman and Helen (Bigelow) M .; ed. Harvard; John Harvard fellow in Europe, 1900-02; A.B., Harvard, 1896, A.M., 1897, Ph.D., 1902; Balliol Coll., Oxford Univ., Eng., 1897-99, B.Litt., 1899, 1). Litt., 1922; hon. 1.1 .. 1)., Univ. Glasgow, 1929; hon. Litt.D., Cam- bridge Univ., 1935; m. Dorothea Foote, Boston, June 2, 1904; children-Roger Bigelow, Jr., Daniel, Frances Eliot (d.), Dorothea Foote, Helen Pru- dence. Instr. hist., Harvard, 1902-08, asst. prof., 1908-18, prof., 1918-29, Gurney prof. hist. and polit. sei., Sept. 1, 1929 -; Harvard Univ. exchange prof. at the Sorbonne, 1925-26; David Murray lecturer, Univ. Glasgow, 1937; capt. U.S. Army, May-Dec., 1918; decorated Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, 1936; mem. Am. Acad. Arts and Sclences, Mass. Hist. Soc., Royal Hist. Soc .; corr. mem. Academia de la Historia (Madrid). Clubs: Somerset, Athen- aeum (London). Author: Life and Letters of Thomas Cromwell (2 vols.), 1902; Gomara's Annals of Charles V., 1912; Rise of the Spanish Empire () vols.), 1918, 1925, 1934; Six Contemporaneous Revolutions, 1938; articles in current hist. revs. Republican. Office: Master's Lodgings, Eliot llouse, Cambridge.
VMERRITT, Arthur Henry, advertising agent, teach- er; b. Boston, Sept. 21, 1872; s. George Henry Mer- ritt and Emma Florence (Shumway) M .; cd. Bos- ton pub. schs .; Bryant & Stratton Bus. Sch., 1889- 90; m. Nellie M. Frost of Boston, Jan. 9, 1907. Clk, and teller, Eliot Sav. Bk., Roxbury, 1890-95; mem. Chapin & Co., grain brokerage, Boston, 1895- 1911; with Franklin P. Shumway Co., adv. agency, 1911-, dir., asst. treas., 1912 -; tr. N.E. Kurn Hattin Homes, Mass. Bible Soc., Am. Cong. Assn .; mem. Masons. Clubs: Explorers (N. Y.), Congre- gational (Boston). Travel: U.S., Can., N.F., Lab- rador. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 453
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MERRITT, Arthur Tillman, teacher; b. Calhoun, Mo., Feb. 15, 1902; s. Milton Edwin Merritt and Ruby (Tillman) M .; ed. Clinton (Mo.) high sch .; A.B., Univ. Mo., 1924; A.M., Harvard, 1927; un- married. John Knowles Paine traveling fellow, 1927-29; asst. in music, Harvard, 1929-30; asst. prof, music, Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., 1930-32; instr. music, Harvard, 1932-36, asst. prof., 1936 -. Author: Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint. Office: Music Bldg., Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: Eliot House, Cambridge.
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MERRITT, Edward Lester, physician; b. Fall River, May 3, 1894; s. William Parker Merritt and Cora Mabelle (Westgate) M .; ed. Fall River pub. sehs .; grad. B.M.C. Durfee high sch., 1913; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1917; in. Lois Roth Ramsay of Fall River, July 14, 1917; children-Mary Elizabeth, Vir- ginia Parker, Lois Winslow. Began practice Fall River, 1919, specializing in urology and urologieal surgery ; mem. staff Union Hosp., Fall River Gen. Hosp., St. Anne's Hosp .; consultant Newport Hosp., Cape Cod Hosp .; apptd. acting asst. surgeon U.S.P.H.S., Fall River; attending phys. Home for Aged People; commd., lt. (j.g.) 1917, U.S. Naval Res., serving at U.S. Naval Hosp., Newport, R.I., promoted to It., 1918; relieved from active duty, Dee., 1919; now It. commr. Med. Corps, U.S. Naval Res. for special duty; mem. bd. dirs. Internat. Soc. for Crippled Children; mem. exec. com, and chmin. civic service com., Fall River Boy Scouts of An .; chief Fall River Pub. Health Clinic since 1927; mem. bd. trs. Tufts Coll .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., South Bristol County Med. Soc. (ex-pres.), Fall River Med. Soc. (ex-pres.), Neisserian Med. Soc. of Mass. (pres.), New England Urol. Assn., Am. Urol. Assn., Mil. Surgeons of U.S., New Eng- land Dermatol. Soc., Am. Pub. Health Assn., Am. Ncisserian Med. Soc., Fall River Chamber of Com- merce (ex-pres.), Fall River Hist. Soc., Mass. Safety Council, Am. Museum Nat. History, U.S. Naval Officers' Res. Assn., Narragansett Bay Chap- ter No. 14 of Nat. Sojourners, Am. Legion (past commdr. Frank Allen Wilcox Post No. 126, Fall River, mem. State exec. com. Dept. of Mass., Past Commdr. 9th Dist. Dept. Mass.), Salvation Army (chmn. advisory bd.), Phì Chi; mem. bd. deacons, First Congregational Church, Masons, Rotarians (ex-pres., of Fall River Club, served as gov. 31st dist. Eastern Mass. and R.I., 1933-34). Clubs: Quequechan, Adams (Fall River), Army and Navy ( Boston and Washington, D.C.), East Chop Beach ( Martha's Vineyard), Tufts of Southern New Eng- land. Travel: extensive. Desc. of William Mer- ritt, who came to this country from London in 1730 and settled at Union Furnace in Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. Republican. 'Office: 130 Rock St., Fall River. Home: 2123 Highland Av., Fall River. Summer res. : East Chop, Martha's Vineyard Island.
MESERVE, Harrison Gowell, teacher; b. Charles- town, Nov. 4, 1888; s. Alonzo Meserve and Abbic M. (May) M .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1911; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1923; m. Ruth Louise Blacker of Boston, Apr. 12, 1916 (d. 1935) ; children-Emily R., Helen N .; m. (2ud) Elinor J. Fowle, July 25, 1939. Teacher mathe- maties, Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn., 1912-14; Melrose high seh., 1914-18, Girls' Latin seh., Bos- ton, 1919 -; pvt., corpl., sergt., 2d lt. Engrs., U.S.A., Jan. 15, 1918-Apr. 18, 1919, now capt. Engrs. Res .; mem. Boston Schoolmen's Econ. Assu., Assn. Teachers of Math. in N.E., Soc. Am. Mil. Engrs., Am. Legion, Mil. Order World War, N.E.A. Clubs: Boston Congregational, Appalachian Mt. Travel: Eng. and Continent. Congregationalist. Repub- lican. Offiec: Girls' Latin School, 615 Huntington Av., Boston. Home: 25 Puritan Rd., Newton High- lands.
VHIESICK, Jane Louise, asst. professor of English, dean; b. Claverack, N.Y., May 19, 1884; d. Jacob I'. Mesick and Jane ( Miller) M .; ed. Hudson (N.Y.) high sch .; A.B., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1909, Litt.D., 1930; A.M., Columbia, 1913, Ph.D., 1921; unmar- ried. Dept. of Eng., Glendale Coll., Glendale, O.,
1909-11; head, dept. of Eng., Drum Hill Sch., Peekskill, N.Y., 1913-15; instr. Eng., Wells Coll., 1917-19; instr. Eng., Simmons Coll., 1920-23, asst. dean and instr. in Eng., 1923-25, dean and asst. prof. of Eng., 1925 -; tr. Women's Edul. & In- dustrial Union, Boston; Women's Advisory Com., Mass. Gen. Hosp .; dir. Mass. Soc. For Univ. Edn. Women; holder of Mary E. Woolley grad. fellow- ship, 1916-17; mem. Phi Beta Kappa Assn. Greater Boston, Nat. Assu. Deans of Women, Am. Assu. Univ. Women, N.E.A. Clubs: National Travel, College (Boston). Author: The English Traveller in America; 1785-1835, 1921; speeches and articles. Travel: Europe, csp. Brit. Isles, It. (several sum- mcrs). Mem. Dutch Reformed Church. Office: Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston. Ilome: 21 Forsyth St., Boston. Summer res .: South- port, Me.
MESSER, Dou Viual, business executive; b. Easton, Mc., Nov. 23, 1882; s. Chester A. Messer and Ad- die L. (Farnham) M .; ed. common sch .; corr. sch .; pvt. tutors; Possélt's Pvt. Textile Sch., Phila., Pa .; m. Vada P. Moore of East Madison, Me., July 7, 1908. Textile designer, Huntington Textile Co., 1908-10, supt. of plant, later gen. mgr., 1911- 29, pres., 1932 -; dir. Huntington Textile Co., Inc .; mem. Prudential Com. Fire Dist .; sch. com .; tr. pub. bequests to Town of Huntington; mem. Ma- sons, Grange, Ind. Order Foresters, O.E.S. Prot- estant. Republican. Office and home: Huntington. Y*METCALF, George Putnam, vice-president, troas- urer; b. Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 29, 1876; s. George Reuben Metcalf and Julia (French) M .; cd. Phillips Exeter Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1898, L.L. B., 1901; in. Margaret Carter of West Newton, May 11, 1905; children-George Reuben, Richard Carter. Pri(- ticed law, St. Paul, Minn., 1902-27; v.p., Carter Ink Co., Cambridge, 1927 -; mein. Am. Bar Assn. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston, N. Y., Concord), Concord Country. Travel: Europe, all U.S., Can., Mcx. Au- thor: articles in legal mags. Unitarian. Repub- lican. Office: 239 First St., Cambridge. Home: "Westwinds", Garfield Rd., Concord. Died June 10, 1939.
METCALF, Keyes De Witt, librarian, director; b. Elyria, O., Apr. 13, 1889; S. Isaae Stevens Metcalf and Harrict (Howes) M .; ed. A. B., Oberlin Coll., 1911; m. Martha A. Gerrish of Oberlin, 1914; chil- dren-Margaret Gerrish, William Gerrish. Page and student asst., Oberlin Coll. Lib., 1905-11, CXe(. asst., 1912, acting lib., 1916-17; asst., main read- ing room, N.Y. Pub. Lib., 1913, in charge of stacks, 1913-18, chief of acquisition div., 1919, exec. asst., 1919-27, chief of preparation div., 1927-29, chief of reference dept., 1928-37; dir. Harvard Univ. Lib. and Librarian of Harvard Coll., 1937 -; mem. A.L.A., Assn. Research Libraries (exec. sec.). Clubs: Odd Volumes (Boston), Faculty (Can- bridge), Grolier (N.Y.). Congregationalist. Oflice: Harvard College Library, Cambridge. Home: 68 Fairmont St., Belmont.
METCALF, Maynard Mayo, professor of zoology (retired ) ; b. Elyria, O., Mar. 21, 1867; s. Eliab W. Metcalf and Maria (Ely) M .: ed. Oberlin ((.) Acad .; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1889; Ph.D)., Johns llop- kins, 1893, D.Sc., 1914; m. Ella May Wilder of Elgin, Ill., 1890; children-Fern W., Mrs. Mildred Metcalf Bectham. Asso. prof., prof. biology, Women's Coll., Baltimore, Md., 1892-1906; prof. zoology, Oberlin Coll., 1906-14; research asso .. prof. zoology, Johns Hopkins, 1925-36; connected with Marine Blol. Lab., Woods Hole; collaborator, marine invertebrates, U.S. Nat. Mus .; tr. Marine Biol. Lab., Nat. Research Council (chmn. biol. and agr., 1924-25) ; fellow A.A.A.S. (v.p.), O. Acad. Sci. (past pres.); mem. Am. Soc. Zoologists (past pres.), Am. Soc. Naturalists, Biol. Soc. Washing- ton, Am. Genetic Assn., Washington Acad. Sci- ences, Helminthol. Soc. Washington, Soc. Am. Parasitologists, Am. Soc. Tropical Med., Eugenics Com. U.S.A. (advisory council), Ecol. Soe. Am., Ray Soc. (London), Am. Geog. Soc., Child Hy- gienc Assn., Assn. Chr. Cooperation (cxec. com.), Am. Soc. Arts & Sciences, Acad. Polit. Sci., West- ern Econ. Assn., Nat. Mun. League, Nat. Econ. League (nat. council), Am. Beon. Assn., Am.
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Acad. Pollt. and Social Scl., Royal Eeon. Soc. (London, life fellow), Société de Biogéographie, Gamma Alpha, Pi Gamma Mu, Sigma Xi. Club: Authors (London). Author: tech. zoöl, articles in Am. and Ger. journals; articles on geog. distri- bution of animals and eeon, theory; An Outline of the Theory of Organic Evolution. Home: 51 An- nawan Rd., Waban. Summer res .: Woods Hole.
METCALF, Nelson Case, editor, writer; b. Medford, Mar. 3, 1872; s. Eliab Wight Metcalf and Ellen (Case) M .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Har- vard, 1896; m. Ethel llaworth of Cambridge, Ort. 9, 1909; children-Mrs. Nancy M. Lehmann, Nel- son Case, Jr. With University Press, Cambridge, 1897-1900; adv. dept., C.B.&Q. Ry. Co., Chicago, 1900-04; reporter, then eity ed. Boston Transcript, 1904-33; gen. ed. and publicity work, 1933-36; pub- licity dept., Community Fed. Boston, 1936 -; mein. Cambridge Com. Council, 1910-14; on several re- lief coms., esp. Fr. and Belg., during World War; mem. Cambridge Hist. Soc. Clubs: Harvard (Bos- ton), Newspaper, Pi Eta (Harvard). Editor: Forty Years of St. James History (Cambridge), posthumous work of Dr. Edward Abbott, rector of that church. Desc., father's side, Robert Cush- man, one of charterers of Mayflower; g.s. Charles R. Metcalf, prin, owner of University Press, Can- bridge, 1840-59. Episcopalian. Republican. Of- fice: 80 Federal St., Boston. Ilome: 11 Bowdoin St., Cambridge.
V METCALFE, George Wickham, mining engineer; b. Owego, N.Y., Oct. 26, 1872; s. George Washington Metcalfe and Nannie (Wickham) M .; ed. Owego (N.Y.) Free Acad .; Brooklyn (N.Y.) Latin sch .; A.B., Columbia, 1891; m. Edith Brownlow of Knoxville, Tenn., June 9, 1896; children-George Brownlow, Stephen Brownlow, John Brownlow. Mining and metall. engring. work in West and Alaska for Anaconda Mining Co., U.S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co., and others, 1891-1928; cons. engr., U.S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co., Boston, 1928 -; dir. Hanover Bessemer Iron & Copper Co., Niagara Mining Co., Eagle & Blue Hill Mining Co., etc .; mem. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Mining & Metall. Soc. Am., Am. Mining Congress, Alpha Delta Phi, Clubs: University (Boston), Columbia University (N.Y.), Tedesco Country. Desc. Michael Metcalfe, Dedham, 1638. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. Ilome: 92 Ocean Av., Swampscott.
MEYER, Alfred Henry, professor of music; b. Quincy, Ill., May 28, 1888; s. J. Henry Meyer and Emille (Meyer) M .; ed. Quincy (III.) high sch .; Mus. B., Oberlin Coll., 1910, A.B., 1913; student, Harvard, 1915-17; m. Antoinette Van Cleve of Ypsilanti, Mich., June 17, 1915; children-Alfred Van Cleve, Antoinette Ilunter, Kathryn Houston. Teacher hist. and theory of music, Tarkio (Mo.) Coll., 1913-15, State Coll. of. Wash,, 1917-23, Wheaton Coll., 1923-24, Wellesley Coll., 1923-25, Boston Conservatory of Music, 1924-, Boston Univ., 1929-, N.E. Conservatory of Music, 1933 -; music critic, Boston Evening Transcript, 1924-31; lecturer, Mass. Univ. Extension courses, 1928 -; organist; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Univer- sity (Boston). Author: newspaper and mag. articles. Episcopalian. Office: 25 Blagden St.,
Boston, llome: 80 Beaumont Av., Newtonville.
MEYER, George von L., hospital director; b. Bos- ton, Apr. 7, 1891; s. George von L. Meyer and Marian Alice (Appleton) M .; ed. Groton sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1913; m. Frances Saltonstall of Boston, June 20, 1919 (divorced, 1937) ; children- George von L., Jr. (Harvard, 1938), Charles A. ( Harvard, 1939), Nancy. Dir., Children's Hosp., Boston; del., Rep. Nat. Conv., 1920; capt. Inf., U.S.A., Dec., 1917-Apr., 1919, World War; now Major, Reserve Corps .; mem. Masons. Clubs: Somerset, Tennis & Racket (Boston); Harvard (N.Y.); Myopia (Hamilton), Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office: Children's Hospital, Boston. Home: 54 Beacon St., Boston. Summer res .: Hamilton.
VMEYER, Henry Herman, clergyman, educator; b. Champaign, Ill., Nov. 21, 1874; s. Frederick Wil- liam Meyer and Charlotte (Frevert) M .; ed. Los
Angeles (Calif.) high seh .; Normal seh., Los Angeles; diploma, Univ. Calif .; A.B., Baldwin- Wallace Coll., Berea, O., 1900, A.M., 1903, D.D., 1910; B.D., Drew Theol. Sem., 1903, Th. D., 1926; Ph.1)., Yale, 1927; student, Jena and Berlin, Ger .; m. Minna MeEuen of Riverside, Calif., Aug. 4, 1898; children-H. Ilarold, Gladys Eleanor. Teacher, pub. schs., Calif .; pastor, Calif., Minn., N.Y .; asst. ed., Ch. Sch. Publications M.E. Ch., 1902-14, ed., 1914-29; visiting instr., Grad. Seh., Yale, 1925-26; dean, Boston Univ. Seh. Rel. & Social Work, 1929 -; mem. Internat. Sunday Sch. Assn. (exce. com.), World's Sunday Sch. Assn. (exec. com,), Rel. Edn. Assn. Clubs: Boston City, 20th Century. Author: rel. ednl. textbooks; arti- cles in rel. and ednl. mags. Travel: Europe, Near East, Eastern Asia. Methodist. Inde- pendent Republican. Office: 84 Exeter St., Bos- ton. Home: 24 Mt. Vernon St., Boston. Summer res. : Deering, N. 1I.
YMEYERHOFF, Howard Augustus, geologist, pro- fessor; b. N.Y. City May 27, 1899; s. Augustus llenry Meyerhoff and Grace Edith (Berry) M .; ed. Townsend Harris llall (N.Y. City); A.B., Univ. Ill., 1920; A.M., Columbia, 1922, Ph.D., 1935; m. Sophie Theilen of Camp Pt., Ill., Oet. 6, 1923; 1 son-Arthur Augustus. Curator paleontology, Columbia, 1921-24; prof. geol., Smith Coll., 1924 -; geologist, Sei. Survey of Puerto Rico and Virgin Is., 1923-, Bur. Mines, Puerto Rico, 1935 -; Do- miniean Republic, 1937 -; chmn. bd. dirs., Prop- per-MacCallum llosiery Co .; pvt. S.A.T.C., World War; mem. Engring. Soe. N.E., Am. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engrs., Geol. Soc. Am., Am. Geog. Soc., Paleontol. Soc., Chamber of Commerce, A.A.A.S. (sec., sect. on geol.), N.Y. Acad. Sci., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Ill. Alumni Assn., Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Clubs: Kiwanis, Men's Faculty (Co- lumbia). Author: Geology of Puerto Rico; many prof. articles. Travel: Greater Antilles (16 prof. trips). Congregationalist. Independent. Office: Smith College, Northampton. Home: 88 Crescent St., Northampton, Summer res .: Winchester, N. 11. MICHAEL, Arthur, chemist; b. Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 7, 1853; s. John Michael and Clara (Pinner) M .; ed. pvt. and pub. schs., Buffalo, N.Y .; univs. Berlin and lleidelberg; Ecolé de Medicine de Paris; hon. A.M., Tufts Coll., 1882, ' Ph.D., 1890, I.L.D., 1910; LL.D., Clark Univ., 1910; m. llelen C. Abbott of Phila., Pa., June 1889. Prof. chem., Tufts Coll., 1882-89, 1894-1907; prof. organic chent., Harvard, 1912-36, emeritus 1936 -; mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences. Author: numerous inves- tigations on subjs. in pure organic chemistry. llome: 219 Parker St., Newton Centre.
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"MICHAELS, Joseph Jules, physician; b. Boston, June 7, 1902; s. Abraham Michaels and Kate (Weinberger) M .; ed. Proviso Township high seh., Maywood, Ill .; B.S., Univ. Mich., 1923; M.D., Univ. Mich. Med. Sch., 1926; m. Anna Cahan of N.Y. City, June 4, 1931; 1 son --- George Albert. Interne, Receiving Hosp., Detroit, 1926-27; res. neurologist, Phila. Orthopedic Hosp. & Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, 1927-28; Hilda Stick Stroock scholarship, Neuropathol. Lab., Montefiore Hosp .. N.Y. City, 1928-29; interne in neurology, Nourol. Inst., 1929-30; res. psychiatrist, State Psycho- pathic llosp., Ann Arbor, Mich., 1930-31; instr. psychiatry, Univ. Mich. Med. Sch .; asst. phys., State Psychopathic Hosp., 1931-32; Commonwealth Fund fellow in psychiatry, and research, fellow in psychiatry, Harvard Med. Sch., 1932-33, 1934-35; Boston Psychopathic Hlosp., 1932-33; Common- wealth Fund fellow, neuropsychiatrie clinic, Univ. Vienna 1933-34; training candidate, Psy- choanalytic Inst., Vienna, Aus., 1933-34, 1935-36; instr. psychiatry, Harvard Med. Sch., Boston Psy- chopathie, Mass. Gen., and Beth Israel flosps., 1936 -; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., Am. Psy- chiatrie Assn., Assn. for Research in Nervous & Mental Diseases, Am. and Boston Psychoana- lytie Soes., Mass. Soc. For Mental Hygiene. Club: New Century. Author: med. papers. Travel: Vienna (study, 216 yrs.), It., Fr., Switz., Ilun- gary. Jewish. Office: 37 Marlboro St., Boston. Home: 286 Ward St., Newton Centre.
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V MILBURN, Ulysses Summer, clergyman; b. Black Lick, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1865; s. Isaac N. Milburn and Eliza Jane (Rush) M .; ed. Pataskala (O.) high sch .; St. Lawrence Iniv. Theol. Sch., Can- ton, N.Y., 1891, D.D., 1927; m. Alice Dinsmore of Oneonta, N.Y., Oct. 9, 1910. Ordalned at Lon- don, Ohio; held pastorates in Ohlo, Maryland, N.Y., at Salem and Everett, 25 yrs .; retired Sept. 1, 1938; mem. The Essex Inst., Early Am, Glass Soc., Masons. Club: Rotary. Ilas library of 7000 vols., collector of books, manuscripts, and letters by and about Nathaniel Hawthorne. Travel: Europe (9 trips). Protestant. Indc- pendent. Home: 25 Henry Av., Melrose.
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