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MILES, Gertrude Elizabeth; b. Cambridge, Apr. 30, 1860; d. Henry Clay Wilder and Sarah Elizabeth (Carr) W .; ed. Appleton Acad., New Ipswich, N.Il .; Seminary, Morristown, N.J .; Wellesley Coll .; m. Rockwood Miles, Mar. 15, 1890. Was teacher, writer and author; pseudonym, Falth Stewart Arnold; mem. Concord Unitarian Wo- man's Alliance, Eastern Star (Concord. Haw- thorne Chap.). Chibs: Wellesley College (Bos- ton), Ruskin (Boston). Author: Emancipation : The Key, 1922; Novel (life studies in fiction form) ; gen. character writing; fiction and essays. In- terested in writing, metaphysics and psychism. Home: 8 Central St., West Concord.
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MILIIAM, Willis Isbister, professor of astronomy; b. Kinderhook, N.Y., Feb. 11, 1874; s. Edmund Milham and Ellen Medora (Isbister) M .; ed. Kin- derhook (N.Y.) Acad .; Albany (N.Y.) Aend .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1894, A M., 1895; Ph.D., Univ. Strassburg, 1901; m. Betsey Morgan Fairweather of Williamstown, June 7, 1911. Instr. math. and physics, Williams Coll., 1895-98, asst. prof., math. sciences, 1898-1900; on leave of absence, 1900- 02, Field . mem. prof. astronomy, 1902 -; taught navigation and meteorology during World War; fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Phys. Soc., Am. Meteorol. Soc., Royal Astron, Soc .; mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Soe. Belge d'Astronomie, Soc. Astron. de France, Phi Beta Kappa. Author: How to Identify the Stars, 1909; Meteorology, 1912; Time and Time- keepers, 1923; Early American Observatories, 1938; articles in sci. mags. Travel: over half the world. Protestant.
Republican. Office: Williams College, Williamstown. Home: 21 Hox- soy St., Williamstown. Summer res .: Second Cliff, Scituate.
Y MILL, Victor J., engineer; b. Poland, Aug. 23. 1887; s. John Mill and Teoflla (Wisniewski) M .; ed. pvt. tutors; Ph.B., Yale, 1910; m. Josephine C. Nowinski of Schenectady, N.Y., Oct. 14, 1914; 1 son -- Victor I., Ir. Engring. work, James Stow- art & Co., Standard Oil Co., Morris Machine Works, Lawrence Machine & Pump Corp .; pres., treas. Lawrence Machine & Pump Corp .; It. Engrs., 18 mos. World War; mem. Am. Soc. C.D., Am. Legion. Clubs: Kiwanis, Andover Country. Author: tech. papers, Engring. News Record, Rock Products, Pit and Quarry, etc. Travel: widely In U.S., Europe, Mex., Panama. Catholic. Republlean. Office: 371 Market St., Lawrence. Home: 1 William St., Andover.
V MILLARD, Earl Bowman, professor of physical chemistry; b. Central City, Neb., July 17, 1888; s. Howard Bruce Millard and Elizabeth ( Hays) M .; ed. State Prep. Sch, Boulder, Colo .; A.B .. Univ. Colo., 1910; A.M., Univ. Wis., 1911; Ph. D., ITniv. 111., 1914; m. Elizabeth Aun Chapman of Painesville. (., June 21, 1924; children -- Janet, Richard. Instr. inorganic chem., M.I.T., 1914-16, asst. prof., phys. chen., 1916-23, asso. prof., 1923- 30, prof, 1930 -; mem. Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Physical Chemistry for Colleges. Of- fiee: 77 Mass. Av., Cambridge. Ilome: 255 Mill St., Newtonville.
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MILLER, Alton Lombard, general manager; b. Som- erville, Apr. 10, 1890; s. Charles Nahum Miller and Lula E. (Lombard) M .; ed. Somerville Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1911, A.M., 1913, Ph.D., 1916; Univ. Turin, Italy; m. Mary E. Mason of Cam- bridge, Dee. 23, 1911; children-Ruth Pearl, Mary Evangeline. Teacher math., Ilarvard, 1911-13,
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dir. now; dlr. Pilgrim Trust Co .; tr. Ilome Sav. Bk .; alternate del., Rep. Conv., 1932; chmn. bd. mgrs., Am. Bapt. For. Mission Soc .; past pres., Northern Bapt. Conv .; taught math., R.O.T.C. units, Harvard, World War; mem., Bapt. Social Union, A.F.S.A.M. ( Bethoron Lodge, past master), Aleppo Tem- ple, Am. Math. Soc., A.A.A.S., Math. Assn. Am., Ilarvard Mus. Assn. Clubs: University, Boston City, Harvard, Hatherly Country, Appalachian Mt. Travel: U.S., It., Fr., Switz. Baptist. Re- publican. Office: 160 Washington St., N., Bos- ton. Ilomc: 25 Clinton Rd., Brookline. Summer res. : Scituate.
YMILLER, Harnette, professor of history; b. Char- lotte, N.C .; d. James Meek Miller and Jane Bax- ter (Davidson) M .; equivalent A B., Columbia, 1902, A.M., 1903, Ph.D. 1909. Prof. hist., Con- stantinople Coll., 1909-13, 1916-19; Wellesley Coll., 1920 -; fellow Royal Geog. Soc. of Lon- don; mem. Am. Counell of Inst. of Pacifle Relat- tions, Council of For. Policy Assn. (Boston ), Am. Ilist. Assn. Club: Cosmopolitan (N.Y.). Author: Relations of Leigh Hunt with Byron, Shelley and Keats, 1909; Beyond the Sublime Porte, 1931; articles in periodicals. Episcopalian. Democrat. Home: Wellesley College, Wellesley. V MILLISR, Hertha Mahony, editor; b. Rockport, Mar. 13, 1882; d. Daniel Mahony and Mary Lane (Everett) M .; ed. Gloucester high sch; student, Simmons Coll, 1902-03; m. William D. Miller of Ashburnham, Sept. 7, 1932. Organized Book- shop for Boys and Girls. Women's Ednl. and Industrial Unlon, 1916, directed it until 1934; published first copy The Horn Book (bi-monthly on books and reading for young people) with Elinor Whitney, 1924; pres. The Horn Book, Inc .; hon. fellow Am. Booksellers Assn .; mem. Women's Ednl. and Industrial Union, Mass. Ll- brary Club. Clubs: Women's City ( Boston ),
Cosmopolitan (N. Y.). Compiler (with Elinor Whitney): Realms of Gold in Children's Books, 1929; Contemporary Illustrators of Children's Books, 1930; Five Years of Children's Books, 1936. . Congregationalist. Office: 261 Boylston St., Boston. Home: Ashburnham.
MILLER, Carl Danforth, physicist; b. Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 30, 1888; s. Charles Ilenry Miller and Florence Eliza ( Phelps) M .; ed. Dover (N.11.) high sch .; BS., Richmond Coll., 1910; Ph. D) .. Univ. Chicago, 1916; m. Ruth Evelyn West of Boston, Aug. 25, 1936; daughter -- Alice Wood Mil- ler, b. July 15, 1939. Research physicist, West- inghouse flec. Co., 1916-17; tech. adviser, Wi. Gaertner & Co., 1919-20; asst. prof. physics, Univ. Manitoba, 1920-21; prof. physics, Wash- ington Coll., 1926-30; independent work in vis- cometry, intermittently, 1922 -; inventor of prac- tical mech, improvements in equipment; 1st lt. Ordnance Dept., U.S.A., 19 mos., World War, assigned to office of Chief of Ordnance on de- sign of anti-Zeppelin incendiary shell and other spl. projectiles; mem. Soc. Rheology. Desc. Eb- enezer Smith Phelps, surgeon's mate, War of 1812, practiced med. in Middleton. Unitarian. Republican (not Old Guard), Home: 327 Salem St., North Andover.
MILLER, Charles Edwards, manufacturing chem- ist; b. Boston, Dec. 9, 1861; s. Jamies Lloyd Mil- ler and Sarah M. (Smith) M .; ed. Boston. Eng. high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1884; m. Lillian A. Wilcox of Medford, Apr. 25, 1895; children- Lloyd Wilcox, Alden Williams. With Three Mil- lers, Ine., 1877-, pres. dir., 1935 -; treas. Med- ford Singers Soe. many yrs., (Medford) Church Bowling League 15 yrs .: mem. Mystic Church (Medford) 1895-, (clk. 37 yrs.). Desc. John Al- den, Miles Standish. Congregationalist. Repub- liean. Offlee: Three Millers, Inc., 39 Sudbury St., Boston. Ilome: 16 Chestnut St., Medford. Summer res .: Centerville.
MILLER, Donald WIlson, college dean, educational psychologist; b. Bluffton. Ind., June 15, 1902; s. Rev. Clarence Gibson Miller and Nellie Louise (Breckenridge) M .; ed. New Lyine (O.) Inst.,
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1921; S.B., Colby Coll., 1925; A.M., George Pea- body Coll. for Teachers, 1926; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Sch. Edn., 1927, Ed.D., 1929; m. Emma May LeShane of Cambridge, Apr. 16, 1938. Instr. sei. and math., New Lyme (O.) Inst., 1920-21; instr. academy phys., Tusculum Coll, Greene- ville, Tenn., 1921-22; prin., Stuart Robinson Sch., Blackey, Ky., 1923-24; instr. Ger., phys. and hist., Trevecea Coll., Nashville, Tenn., 1925-26; in- struetor psychology and edn. . Fisk Univ., Nash- ville, Tenn., summer quarter, 1926; pres., Lees Coll., Jackson, Ky., 1927-28; instr. psychology and edn., Bouvé Sch. Phys. Edn., Boston, 1929-30; asst. in edn., Harvard, summer sessions, 1930, 1931; prof. psychology and edn., Eastern Nazarene Coll., Wollaston, 1934-35; Instr. psychology and edn., The Lesley Sch., Cambridge, 1929 -; dean of Coll. Lib. Arts and head of dept. psychology & edn., Suffolk Univ., Boston, 1936 --; mem. Phi Delta Kappa, N.E. Assn. Colls. & Secondary Sehs., A.A.A.S. Author: An Orientation In Educational Psychology; articles on edn. In various ednl. jours. Presbyterian. Democrat. Office: 20 Derne St., Boston. Home: 122 Bowdoin St., Boston.
- MILLER, Edward Franklin, clergyman; b. Decatur, Ind., Feb. 21, 1882; s. Joseph Miller and Tena (Furthmiller) M .; ed. Taylor Acad., tipland, Ind .; A.B., Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kan., 1909, D.D., 1931; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1911; m. Gertrude Jones of Upland, Ind .; 1 son-Waldo B. (d.). Pastor. M.E. Ch., Contoocook, N.II., Keene, N.IL .; Waltham, 1917-21; circuit dir., lee- turer, Swarthmore Chatauqua, 1921-25; pastor, Union Ch., E. Boston, 1925, Cent. Ch., Lawrence, 1926-31; dist. supt. Meth. Chs., Northern N.H., 1931-37; pastor, Chicopee Falls, 1937 -; rep. to Gen. Ct. of N H. from Keene, 1915-16; mem. Ma- sons. Club: Kiwanis. Methodist. Republican. llome: 24 Summer St., Chicopee Falls. Sum- mer res .: The Weirs, N. Il.
MILLER, Erwin Curtis, physician; b. Malone, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1897; s. Henry A. Miller and Mary (Par- lin) M : ed. Franklin Acad .; S.B., Dartinouth Coll., 1920; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1925; m. Harriet Prescott Wright of Shrewsbury, June 14, 1939. Research work, Marine Biol. Labs., Woods Hole; leeturer on anatomy and histology, Dartmouth Med. Sch., 1920-23; Austin teach- ing fellow, histology and embryology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1921-25; med. house officer, N.E. Doa- coness flosp., Mass. Gen. llosp., Boston, 1925-27; res. phys., Mem. llosp., Worcester, , 1927-28; lecturer on histology, Clark Univ., 1927-30; prie- tired internal med., Worcester, 1998 -; phys. In- ternal med., Mem. Ilosp .; consultant, internal med., Worcester State, Grafton State, Ilarring- ton Mom. (Southbridge), and Day Kimball (Put- nam, Conn.) llosps .; med. dir .. Worcester Soc. for Dist. Nursing; tr. Metrop. State llosp., Wal- tham; active service, U.S.N., Apr. 19, 1917-Nov. 28, 1919; fellow A.C.P .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Worcester Dist. Med. Soc. (sec., 1929- 38), NII. Acad. Sci, A.A.A.S., Boylston Med. Soc. (Boston), A.F.&A M. (Bezaleel Lodge, Han- over, N.H.), R.A.M. (St. Andrew's Chap., Leb- anon, N.IL.), R.&S.M. (Washington Council #10, Lebanon, N.H ), S.A.R., A'm. Legion, Sigma Al- pha Epsilon, Gamma Alpha (past pres.), Alpha Kappa Kappa. Clubs: Worcester, Harvard ( Worcester), Dartmouth (Worcester, Boston), Tatnuck Country, Harvard Square and Compass. Author: several articles on internal med .; has dellvered over 1200 lectures in field of medicine and related sciences. Roe'd. Grimes prize at Dartmouth Coll. Travel: extensive in No Amer- iva. Congregationallst. Republican. Office: 27 Elm St., Worcester. Home: 25 Somerset St., Worcester. Summer res. : Malone, N.Y.
V MILLER, Moya L. advertising agent; b. Fort Plain, N.Y., Sept. 30. 1883; s. Albert Alonzo Miller and Lucy E. (Weller) M .; Ph.B., Union Coll., 1906; m. Clara I. Schroder of Akron, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1909; children -- Albert Duane, Craig Dale. En- gaged in teaching, 1906-09; with Switzer Ad- vertising Agency, 1909; with General Elec. Co., 1909-10; asso, with Barta Press, 1916-, dir., Phi. Clubs: University, 1927 -; men. Delta
Stony Brae Golf (Wollaston), Boston Advertis- ing. Republican. Office: 209 Massachusetts Av., Cambridge. llome: 72 Prospect Av., Wollaston. MILLER, Fred, educator, lecturer; b. Dublin Mills, Pa., June 2, 1890; s. Jacob R. Miller and Minnie (Corbin) M .; ed. Antis high sch., Bellwood, Pa .; B S., Univ. Pa., 1914; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1923; B.Litt., Oxford, 1921; m. Mar- guerite Lorey of Jamaica Plain, 1923; teaching, business, research, etc., U.S. Naval Repair, Brest, France, in World War. Author: The Middle- burgh Style, The Early English Wool Customs, The Early English Woolen Trade and Industry. Travel: U.S., Gr. Brit., Fr., Ger., Belg. Metho- dist. Republican. Office: 33 Washington Av., Cambridge. Ilome: 33 Washington Av., Cam- bridge. Summer res. : Meredith, N. II. //MILLER, George C .; b. East Orange, N.J., Jan. 8, 1891; 8. George C. Miller and Katherine A. (Brown) M .; ed. Newark high sch .; N.Y. Univ .; mi. Julia C. Read of Boston, April 28, 1912; chil- dren-George C., Harold F., Reed C., Katherine, Beverly, Keith L. Pres. Miller & Hollis, Inc., Excelsior Machine Co., Inc .; mem. Beacon Soc. of Boston, Masons. Clubs: Algonquin, Brae Burn Country. Republican. Office: 65 Beverly St., Boston. Home: 24 Lanark Rd.
VMILLER, George Stewart, coll. vice-pres, faculty dean; b. lawrence, May 12, 1884; s. James B. Miller and Katherine (Stewart) M .; ed. John- son high sch, N. Andover; Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B., Tufts Coll, 1906, A.M., 1907; m. Marion F. Stratton of Hudson, Aug. 14, 1913; children-Ruth Stratton, Doris Folsom. Teacher, Concord high sch., 1907-09; Monson Acad., 1909- 12; Medford high sch., 1912-16; prof. govt., asst, to pres., Tufts Coll., 1916-37, acting pres., 1937-38, asst. to pres., 1938-39; v.p., dean of l'ac- ulty, 1939 -; dir. Medford Hillside Coop. Bk .; mem. Corp .. Medford Sav. BR .; Medford sch. com., 1920-27 (chmn. 1924-27); tr., Monson Acad .; del., Rop. Nat. Conv., 1932; mem. N.E. Assu. Colls. & Secondary Schs. (Sec. - treasDJ, Mass. Civic League, For. Policy Assu., Masons Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Beta Kappa, Clubs: ships. Repub- lican, University (Boston), Appalachian Mt. Au- thor: Brief History of Medford. Congregation- alist. Republican. Office: Tufts Coll., Medford. Home: 26 Hillsdale Rd., Medford.
VMILLER, John Homer, clergyman; b. Broadtop, Pa., May 23, 1904; S. Jacob R. Miller and Minnie 12. (Corbin) M .; ed. Altoona (Pa.) high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1926; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1929; D.D., Fla. Southern Coll., 1937; m. Frances I. Van Avery of Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 23, 1926; children-Mary Frances, John llo- mer, Jr. Minister, ist Cong. Ch., Kingston, N.H., 1927-29, Stoneham, 1929-35, llope Cong. Ch., Springfield, 1935 -; dir. Cummings Memorial, Springfield; v.p. Cong Union of Springfield. Clubs: Congregational of Conn. Valley (V.D.), Springfield City, Kiwanis, Ludlow Country. Au- thor: The Church of We; articles in rel. mags. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: llope Congregational Church, Springfield. llome: 20 Buckingham St., Springfield.
Y MILLER, Lawrence Kelton, newspaper editor; b. Pittsfield, July 30, 1907; s. Kelton Bedell Miller and Eva (Hallenbeck ) M .; ed Pittsfield high sch .; Berkshire Sch .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1931; spl. courses, Columbia, 1932; m. Amy Bess Wil- liams of Worcester, Oct. 11, 1933; children- Margo, Kelton Bedell, II. Served newspaper ed apprenticeship, Worcester Gazette, Waterbury (Conn.) American, Springfield Republican, United l'ress Burs., Geneva, Switz., and Washington, D.C .;. ed. Berkshire Evening .Eagle, Pittsfield, 1933 -; mem. Legislature Recess Com. on Con- servation, 1939, Planning Bd .; Pittsfield. Office: Berkshire Evening Eagle, Pittsfield.
MILLER, Lloyd Wilcox, business man; b. Medford, June 27, 1896; s. Charles Edwards Miller and Lillian Agnes (Wilcox) M .; ed. Medford high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1919; student, Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm .; m. Ruth Richards of Med- ford, May 12, 1928. With Three Millers, Inc.,
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food splty. mfg., Boston, 1919-, treas., 1937 -; dir. Three Millers, Inc .; asst. registrar, North- ern N.E. Sch. Rel. Edn .; sec. Fellsland Coun- cil, Inc., Boy Scouts Am .; in U.S.A. Ambulance Servlee with French Army, Seet. 539, June 6, 1917-Apr., 1919; awarded Crolx de Guerre (Fr.) ; mem. Mt. Ilermon Lodge, A.F.&A.M .; past mem. Am. Legion, Medford Singers Soc. Desc. John Alden, Miles Standish. Congregationalist. In-
dependent Republican. Office: 39 Sudbury St., , Boston. Home: 16 Chestnut St., Medford. Sum- mer res .: Centerville.
MILLER, Richard E., artist; b. St. Louis, Mo., Mar. 22. 1875; S. Richard L. Miller and Esmeralda (Story) M .; ed. student, St. Louis Sch. Fine Arts, 1885-89; Julien Acad., Paris, 1899-1901; dept. fine arts, Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo .; m. Harriet Adams, 1910. Painter, 1901 -; paintings in museums In Europe and U.S .; murals, Mo. State Senate, Jefferson City, Mo. Awards: gold medal, Salon, Paris, Fr., 1901, 1904; medal, Buf- falo Expn., 1901, St. Louis Expn., 1904, Liege (Belg.). 1905, Portland (Ore.) Expn., 1905; Tem- ple Gold medal and $1000 prize, Art Inst. Chi- cago, 1914; Thomas B. Clark prize, N.A.D., 1914; gold medal of honor, San Francisco Expn., 1915; Knight, French Legion of Honor; N.A.D. Club: Salmagundi (N.Y.). Independent in politics. Of- fice and home: 200 Bradford St., Provincetown.
V MILLER, Robert Talbott, Jr., surgeon (retired) ; b. Covington, Ky., Apr. 20, 1878; s. Robert Tal- bott Miller and Eliza Wills (Hamilton) M .; ed., A.B., Amherst Coll., 1899; (hon.) Sc.D., 1925; M.D., Johns Hopkins Med. Seh., 1903; m. Mary Edes Hooper of Bridgewater, Mass., Apr. 15, 1909; children-Robert Talbott, III, Mitchell Hooper, John Hamilton, II. Interne 4 yrs., res. surgeon 3 yrs., Johns Hopkins llosp., Baltimore, Md .; practleed in Pittsburgh, Pa., 1909-21; prof. surg., Univ. Pittsburgh, 1915-21; asso. prof. surg., Johns Ilopkins Med. Sch., 1922-25; elin, surg., 1925- 35; retired 1935. Lt. Col., U.S.A., Aug., 1917- Jan., 1919; with A.E.F. in France; men., Am. Surg. Assn .; Am. Soe. Thoracic Surg .; Interur- ban Surg. Soe .; Eclat Soc .; A.M.A. Clubs: Dux- bury Yacht, Marshfield Country. . Elkridge ( Bal- timore). Episcopalian. Republican. Home: Duxbury.
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MILLER, Walter MeKinley, professor of mathe- maties; b. llazleton, Pa., Oet. 8, 1896; s. Conrad Frank Miller and Mary (Kuhn) M .; ed. Hazleton (Pa.) high sch .; Ph. B., Lafayette Coll., 1918; M.A., Pa. State Coll., 1922; Ph.D., Univ. 111., 1927; unmarried. Instr., Pa. State Coll., 1920-23; Univ. Ill., 1924-27; asst. prof. math., Bowdoin Coll.,
1927-29, Marquette Univ., 1929-31; Tufts Coll., 1931-35, Mass. State Coll., 1935 -; pvt. 188th Engrs., U.S.A., World War; mem. Am. Math. Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi. Club: Faculty (Am- herst). Travel: Europe, Can., U.S. Republican. Office: Mass. State College, Amherst. Home: 38 Kellogg Av., Amherst.
ILLER, Warren Hastlugs, author; b. Honesdale, Pa., Aug. 21, 1876; s. Rev. Everard P. Miller and Soplie Degen (Hastings) M .; ed. Pingry Sch., Elizabeth, N.l .; M.IC., Stevens Inst. Tech., 1898; m. Susan Barse of N.Y. City, Nov. 19, 1899 (d. 1935); children-Barse, Adelaide, Purviance, Beatrice (d.) ; in. (2nd) Elizabeth White of Scars- dale, N.Y., May 10, 1937. Collector and student of nat. hist., 1888-94; studied engring., 1894-98; ensign, U.S.N., Sp. War, 1898; engring., 1899- 1910; ed., Field and Stream, 1910-17; career as author, Gloucester, 1919 -; It., Class 1, U.S. N.R.I., Apr. 1918-Apr. 1019; mem. Ami. Forestry Assn. (life), MeKinley Camp No. 26, of Sp. War Vets., Scarsdale Post of Am. Legion, World War Vets. Club: Camp Fire. Author: 30 books of outdoor adventure and travel, 6 in defence of Am. In- dians, incl. Boys of '17, published 1939; sev- eral hundred mag. stories and articles. Travel : Far East, Near East, No. Africa, W.I., Europe. Desc. Thomas Hastings, Watertown, 1641; Abijah Warren, about 1710, Ist surveyor of roads to
Northampton, etc. Episcopallan. Republican. Home: Grapevine Rd., E. Gloucester.
MILLER, Wilburn Beach, clergyman; b. Portland, Me., Feb. 28, 1907; s. Rev. Chester Gore Miller and Edith Gore (Mitehell) M .; ed. South Parls (Me.) high sch .; B.S., Tufts Coll., 1930; S.T.B., Crane Theol. Sch., 1931; student, Harvard Div. Seh .; Manchester Coll .. Oxford, Eng .; m. Helen Elizabeth Frame of Rockland, 1939. Minister, 1st Parish Ch. (Unitarian), Stow, 5 yrs., Unity Ch., Brockton, 412 yrs., Fairhaven Mem. Ch., Sept. 1, 1939 -; mem. Zeta Psi. Club: Kiwanis (Brockton). Travel: Rus., Sean., cent. Europe, Sp., It., Eng. Related on both sides to family of Gov. Christopher Gore. Unitarian. lome: 47 Centre St., Fairhaven. Summer res .: South Paris, Me.
MILLER, William Corwin, secretary; b. Hamilton, O., Nov. 25, 1889; s. William Christian Miller and Erin Augusta (Corwin) M .; ed. Hamilton (O.) and Los Angeles (Calif.) schs .; Miami Univ., Oxford, O .; A.B., Harvard, 1911; unmarried. Did journalistic work 2 yrs .; teacher of Latin and hlst., sometimes French and Ger., in high schs at Huntington, Ludlow, Northampton, and Fal- mouth, Lawrence Acad., Groton; now secretary in Publications Department, Fogg Museum of Art. Cambridge; gives an illus. lecture on hist. of civilization, beginning with views of geol. and prehist. relies and tracing development of civ- ilization from Egypt and Mesopotamia through Europe and other continents to present; (views include archtl. monuments of Greece and Rome, cathedrals and castles of Middle Ages, dis- coveries and explorations, inventions and pro- gress in 20th century); ordnance work during period of World War, clerical work at Gen. Elee. plant, Pittsfield. Travel: U.S. (extensive). Desc. Judge Jonathan Corwin of Salem, who lived in the "Witch House" and passed sentence on those accused of witchcraft, 1692; he and wife were among first to see folly of the practice and end it; earlier Corwins in Ipswich, 1634. Epis- copalian, (High Ch.). Republican. Office: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 36 Quint Av., Allston.
MILLET, Wilfrid A., physician; b. St. Dominique, Que., Can., Oct. 30, 1869; S. Elie Millet and Ste- phanie (Chagnon) M .; A.B., Sem. of St. Ilya- cinthe, Can .. 1890; M.D., Univ. Vt. Med. Sch., 1893; studied in Paris, 1905-06; m. Helene Louise Roy of St. Pie, Can., Oct. 11, 1904; children- Marie Helene, Louise Stephanie, Wilfrid Jacques, Marguerite Therese, Charles Eugene, Jeanne Co- cile, Lorrain Marcel. Came to U.S., 1890, natural- ized, 1900; practicing phys., Fall River, 1903. Frenchtown, Mont., 1904; followed clinics in Paris, 1905; engaged in med. practice, Pitts- field. 1906 -; men. staff St. Luke's and Hillerest llosps .; city phys., Pittsfield, 1904-11, phys., Berk- shire Co. llo. of Correction, 1919 -; U.S. pension examining phys., 1911 -; mem. Mass. and Berk- shire Med. Soes. Catholic. Republican. Office: 255 North St., Pittsfield. Home: 131 Bradford St., Pittsfield.
VMILLETT, Frank Alburtus, physician and surgeon; b. Charlestown, Sept. 29, 1878; s. Charles 11. Blesdell Millett and Hattie (llamblen) M .; ed. Rindge Tech, high sch., Cambridge; M.D., Tufts Med. Sch., 1912; post-grad. student, Harvard, 1920. Carried papers at 12 yrs. of age; worked for grandfather in wholesale produce bus .; worked way through med. sch. while carrying on small bus .; chief of oral and ophthalnic serviee, Franklin Co. and Farren Mem. losps .; 1st It., overseas, World War, promoted to major in Med. Res .; Fellow A.C.S., Am. Acad. Ophthal- mology & Otolaryngology; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Ophthalmol. Soc., N. B. Otol, and Laryn- gol. Soc., Masons, K.T., Shrine. Clubs: Green- field Country, Rotary, Barnstable Yacht. Direct desc. of King Philip of Massasoits. Protestant. Republican. Office: 58 Federal St., Greenfield. Summer home: Harbour Heights, Barnstable.
MILLIGAN, Lowell Haines, research engineer; b. Columbus, O., Aug. 5, 1894; S. James Porter
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Milligan and Clara (Fisher) M .; ed. North high sch., Columbus, O .; B.Ch.E., O. State Univ., 1916, M.Sc., 1917; Ph.D., Cornell, 1923; m. Katharine A. Bryan of New Rochelle, N.Y., Dec. 28, 1925; 1 dau .- Mary Clare. Fellow, Mellon Inst., 1917; Junior gas chemist, U.S., Bur. Mines, 1917-18; eons. chemist, 1919-22; research chemist, Alumi- num Co. of Am., 1919-20; fellow, Cornell Univ., 1921-23; research engr., Norton Co., Worces- ter, 1923 -; 1st It. C.W.S., U.S.A., Edgewood Ar- senal, Md., 1918; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Ceramic Soc., A.A.A.S., Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Xi. Episcopalian. Office: Norton Co., Worces- ter. Home: One Howatson Way, Worcester.
MILLIKEN, Gertrude Cornish, principal of a pri- vate school; b. Worcester, Jan. 28, 1880; d. Car- loss H. Cornish and Ella Jane (Bryant) C .; ed. Class. high sch., Worcester; B.S., Middlebury Coll., 1901; grad. work, Clark Univ .; hon. M.A. Middlebury Coll., 1927; m. Joseph Knowles Mil- liken of North Dighton, Dec. 21, 1935. Teacher, Castleton Normal Sch., Vt., 1901-03, Wheaton Sem., Norton, 1903-08, Miss Porter's Seh., Farm- ington, Conn., 1909-11; founder and prin., Ilouse in the Pines, Norton, 1911 -; chmu. advisory com., Women's Coll. of Middlebury, Vt .; chnin. reforestation com., Norton; mem. Headmistress Assn. of the East, Nat. Assn. Prins. of Schs. for Girls, Pvt. Sch. Assn. of Boston, Nat. Assn. Sch. Administrators, Am. Assn. Unlv. Women, Mass. Forest and Park Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Address: House in the Pines, Nor- ton. Ilome: North Dighton.
MILLS, Charles F., banker; b. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 23, 1888; s. Alfred IS. Mills and Elizabeth (Stiles) M .; ed. Taft Sch., Watertown, Conn .; Yale, 1906- 09; m. Clare Quintard Nichols of San Francisco, Calif., June 2, 1910; children-William N., Eliza- beth G. With Southern States Phosphate & Fer- tilizer Co., Savannah, Ga., 1910-11; various posi- tions, San Francisco, Calif., 1911-15; with Sav. Union Bk. & Trust Co., 1915-17; Ist Nat. Bk., Boston, 1919-, v.p., 1923 -; dir. Mass. Fire & Marine Ins. Co., Saco-Lowell Shops; tr. Tatt Sch., St. Paul's Cath .; It., Air Service, U.S.A., Dec. 1917-Jan. 1919. Clubs: Country (Brook-
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