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V NASI, Kenneth L., judge; b. Weymouth, July 14, 1888; s. Thomas Jefferson Nash and Alice Abigail (llollis) N ; ed. grad., Weymouth high sch., 1906; Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1912; LL B., Boston Univ. Seh. Law, 1916; unmarried. Admitted to Mass, bar, 1916; mem. Mass. llo. of Rep., 1914-16, Mass. Senate, 1917-18; apptd. spl. justice, 1918 and Pre- siding Justice in 1933 of District Court of East Norfolk; v.p and dir. Shipbuilders Coop. Bk .; dir. Weymouth Trust Co., Granite Trust Co .; mem. Am. Bar Assn., Theta Delta Chi, Masons, Shrine. Clubs: University, City (Boston). Home: 19 West St., South Weymouth.
NASH, Nathaniel Cushing, Jr., lawyer; b. Cambridge, June 19, 1885; s Nathaniel C. Nash and Nellle Mun- ro (Fessenden) N .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch .; A B., Harvard, 1907; LL.B., Harvard Law Seh., 1911; m. Mary Evelyn Howe of Cambridge, Aug. 9, 1919; children-Priscilla, Nathaniel Cushing, 4th. Adm. Mass. bar, 1911; with Boyden, Palfrey, Bradlee & Twombly, 1911-12; partner, Goodale & Nash, 1912-18; practiced alone, 1920-29; partner, Jones, Nash & Birmingham, 1930 -; specialty, pro- bate law; mem. Cambridge Common Council, 1914-15; dir. Cambridge Trust Co., 1917-18; 1st Lt. Ord. Dent .. U.S.A., 1918-19; O.R. C., 1920-22; Mass. N.G., 1922-23, capt., 1923-21, major, 1921-30, lt. col., State Ord. Officer, 1930-36; col., Mass. Vol. Mil. (retired 1937) ; mem. Boston Bar Assn. (1911 -), Am. Bar Assu., (1916-), Nat. Rifle Assn. (v.p., dir.), Army Ord. Assn .; Mil. Order. For. Wars. (Past Commdr., Mass. Commandery ). Clubs: Union, Union Boat, Army & Navy (all Boston), Army & Navy ( Wash.), Eastern Yacht (Marble- head), Campfire (N.Y.), Faculty (Cambridge), Delta Kappa Epsilon and Hasty Pudding (Har- vard). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 801 Ex- change Bldg., 53 State St., Boston. Home: 1 Res- ervoir St., Cambridge. Summer res. : Marblehead Neek.
NASH, Norman Burdett, elergyman; b. Bangor, Me., June 5, 1888; s Henry Sylvester Nash and Bessie Keefler (Curtis) N .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch., 1900-05; A.B, Ilarvard, 1909; student, Harvard Unlv. Law Sch., 1910-11; B.D., Episcopal Theol. Sch., Cambridge, 1915; grad. student, Cambridge Univ., Eng., 1915-16; (hon.) S.T D., Western Theol. Sem., 1933, Trinity Coll. (Ilartford), 1939; m. Marian Noble of Auburn, N.Y., Oet. 8 1917; chil- dren-Cynthia Marian, Henry Hollister, Marianne Maury. Ordained to ministry, P.E. Ch., deacon, 1915, priest, 1916; instr., Episcopal Theol. Sch., 1916-19, asst. prof. N.T., 1919-27, prof. Chr. social ethies, 1927-39; rector St. Anne's Ch., South Lin-
coln, 1916-23; pres. Mass. Council of Chs. 1936-38; rector elect, St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.IL .; on leave from pastorate, served with Y.M.C.A., then as Ist It .- chaplain, 150th F.A., U.S.A., 1918-19, with A.E.I. in France; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Episco- palian. Home: St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H. NASON, Anna L., director of art; b. West Boxford; d. John Horace Nason and Mary Jane ( Harriman) N .; ed. Barker Acad., W. Boxford; Museum Sch. Fine Arts, Boston; grad. Mass. Sch. Art. Has ex- hibited paintings at Boston Art Club, Fitchburg Art Center, Merrimack Valley Art Assn .; dir. art, Mitelburg high seh, Fitchburg; mem. Copley Soc. (Boston), Fitchburg Art Center. Clubs: Fitchburg Woman's, Fitchburg Quota, Boston Art. Travel: Europe, IL.S. Office: 75 Creseent Apts., Fitchburg. Ilome: West Boxford. Summer res .: Dole Hill Studio, West Boxford.
NASON, George Parker, bank president; b. Charles- town, Jan. 11, 1873; s. Iliram I. Nason and Fannie R. (Fall) N .; ed. Charlestown high sch .; special course Boston Univ .; m. Ona M. Palmer, Oet. 7, 1897; 1 son, Randolph P .; m. 2d, Dora A. Mitchell, Nov. 7, 1903; children-Ruth M., David M., Doro- thy S., Donald P., Virginia L .; m. 3d, Ada G. Baker, Mar. 8, 1934. Collection clerk, Bunker Hill Nat. Bk., 1889-1904; Charlestown Five Cents Sav. Bk., 1904-, treas., 1918-39, pres. 1939 -; see. and dir. Bank Officers Assn. Boston, 1923 -; dir. and Fi- nanee Committee Medford Coop. Bk., Boston Indus- trial Ilome; Corporation, Medford City Govt., mem. Masons, all bodles, Ancient & Hon. Arty. Company; Past President of Boston Baptist Social Union, Charlestown Sch. Boys Assn. Clubs: Bos- ton City, Cashiers, Souhegan Country. Independ- ent. . Office: Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, Charlestown. Home: Medford. Summer res .: Temple, N.II.
NASON, Lonis Howard, surgeon; b. Boston, June 2, 1906; s. Abraham Nason and Anne (Ober) N .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1927; M.D., Har- vard Med. Sch., 1931; m. Jean E. Altman of N.Y. City, June 10, 1930; children-Eliot Robert, Phyllis Linda. Post-grad. study in surgery, 1931-36; Moseley Travelling fellow, Harvard Med. Seh., 1936-37; Louis E. Kirstein fellow, 1937 -; asst. in surgery, Harvard Med. Sch .; fellow A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soe. Author: artieles on surgical subjects in med. jours. Travel: Europe. Office: 330 Brook- line Av., Boston. Ilome: 31 Colwell Av., Brighton. YNASON, Thomas Willoughby, artist; b. Dracut, Jan. 7, 1889; s. William Walton Nason and Kate Julia ( Hooker) N .; ed. pub, schs .; m. Margaret Warren of Boston, May 10, 1919. Works: Willow Tree and Cottage, Edge of Pasture, Louisburg Square, De- serted Farm, The Berry Picker, Forest Road, The Leaning Silo in Art. Inst. Chicago; Lyme Farm, Landscape With Sheep, The Farm Lane in Boston Mus. Fine Arts; Ipswich Barns, The Leaning Silo, The Wheelwright's, The Berry Pleker, Woodeock in Library of Congress; Finnegan's Hovel in Brooklyn (N.Y.) Mus .; The Leaning Silo In Cleve- land Mus. Art; In New Hampshire in Victoria and Albert Mus. (London); represented in Whitney Mus. Am. Art, and Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris). Awards: Mildred Boerieket prize, Phila. Print Club, 1929-30; 2nd prize, Art Inst. Chicago, 1929; Purchase prize, Northwest Printmakers, 1932-33; City of Warsaw (Poland) prize, and Diplome D'llonneur, 1933; John Taylor Arms prize, Soc. Am. Etchers, 1935; Woodcut Soe. prize, Kansas City, 1936; hon. mention, Warsaw (Poland), 1936. With 26th Div., A. IC.F., 1917-19; participated in Meuse-Argonne offensive; Asso. Nat. Acad. De- sign; mem. Soe. Am. Etchers, Phila. Soc. Etchers. llome: 30 Spring St., Reading.
NAVEZ, Albert E (donard), in charge tutoral system and graduate work, Milton Academy; b. Brussels, Belg., Dec. 20, 1898; . s. Julien Albert Navez and M.A. (Hanssens) N .; ed. Royal Athenaeum, Brus- sels, 1916; Cd.Sc., Univ. Brussels, 1920, D.Sc., 1922; m. Jeanne H. Bauer, June 11, 1921; 1 son, Andre J. Instr., Univ. Brussels, 1922-23; did biol. work in Brazil, 1923-24; in charge course of physiology, Univ. Brussels, 1924-27; advance fellow, commn. for relief, Brussels, 1926-27; lecturer, llarvard
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Univ., 1927-35; in charge tutoral system and grad. work, Milton Acad., 1935 -; studied in Belg., Eng., Ger., Fr., Italy, Switzerland; lecturer, Techin- sehuh, Ilochschuh, Zurich, summer, 1930; mem. A.A.A.S., Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Am. Assn. Var. Stars Observ., Soc. Chim. Biol., Fr .; Bot. Soc. Belg., Pl. Physiol. Club: Bond. Author: scientific pa- pers on physiology and biology in various seien- tifle jours. Travel: Europe, So. Am., Afr. In- terested in biology, astronomy (variable stars photog. abserv.), general edn. to politics. Office: Milton Aead., Center St., Milton. Home: 15 Artwill St., Milton. Summer res .: Pond St., llopkinton; Woods Hole.
VNAWN, Hugh, contraetor; b. Roxbury, May 28, 1888; s. Henry Piekering Nawn and Elizabeth Agnes (Burns) N .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch. ; S.B., Harvard, 1910; in. Mildred Brennan of Randolph, Sept. 29, 1917; children-Harry Pickering, Jane Virginia, Hugh, Jr. With Ilugh Nawn, Ine., 1910-, pres., dir., 1922-, construction bus., largely in pub. util- ity field, also pvt. industry; dir. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., Harvard Alumni Association; tr. Instn. Sav., Roxbury, Faulkner Hosp .; consultant, Emergency Pub. Works Commn,, State of Mass .; mem. Am. Soc., C.E. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston, on bd. mgrs. ), Engineers. Author: Civilization and the Water Tap (with Richard Washburn Child), in Sat. Eve- ning Post. Catholic. Office: 77 Floydell St., Bos- ton. Ilome: 920 Center St., Newton Centre.
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VNAY, Carlton E., insurance seeretary; b. Westford, Vt., Jan. 11, 1881; s. Elisha A. Nay and Lucy V. (Maxfield) N .; ed. Milton (Vt.) high sch .; Burling- ton Bus. Coll .; m. Clara E. Brown of Jericho, Vt., Feb. 25, 1902; children-Russell B., Mrs. Lucille Nay Phelps. Stenographer and bookkeeper, Bur- lington Rendering Co., 1903-11; merchant, Under- hill, Vt., 1911-17; bookkeeper, Nayasset Club, 1917- 20; with Monarch Life Ins. Co., Springfield, (1920 -) accountant, asst. treas., treas., now sec .; dir., 1925 -; mem. Blue Lodge, Masons, and all Scot- tish rite bodies. Methodist. Republican. Office: 365 State St., Springfield. Home: 184 Rogers Av., West Springfield.
NEAGLE, Richard, parish priest; b. Bradford, July 19, 1854; s. Richard Neagle and Bridget (Barry) N .; ed. Haverhill high sch. ; A.B., Holy Cross Coll., 1873. Ordained priest, May 26, 1877; at St. Mary's Ch., Charlestown, 1877-86; chancellor of Areh- diocese of Boston, 1886-96; permanent rector, Ch. of Immaculate Conception, Malden, 1896 -; dir. Home for Destitute Cath. Children, Boston; apptd. Domestic Prelate of Pope, with title Rt. Rev., 1922. Travel: extensive, in many countries. Father and brother (David) in Union army in Civil War. Cathollc. Home: 10 Fellsway East, Malden.
Y NEAL, Forrest Irving, furrier and laundry execu- tive; b. Braintree, Aug. 21, 1883; s. James Gilbert Neal and Rebecca Ann (MaeKay) N .; ed. Braintree pub. schs., 1888-1900; n. Emma Davis Eaton of Braintree, Ang. 28, 1909; children-Forrest I., Jr., Willis Alden, Allan Bruce. Employed as commis- sion agt. laundry and cleaning business, 1902- 06; sales supervisor Old Colony Laundry, 1906-08, mgr., 1908-28, pres. and treas. Old Colony Laun- dries, Inc., since 1928; treas. So. Weymouth Laun- dry' & Cleansing Co., 1931 -; unsuccessful candi- date for mayor of Quincy, 1926; pres, Quincy Ch. Commerce, 1921-22; mem. bd. mgrs. Quincy City Hosp., 1927-32; pres. Quincy Rotary Club, 1933-34; pres. Laundryowner's Bureau of Boston sinee 1932; Mason. Clubs: Furnace Brook Golf (Quin- ey); South Shore Country (llingham). Unitarian. Republican. Ofliee: 100 Quiney Av., Quincy. Home: 20 Dixwell Av., Quincy.
NEAL, Franklin G., lawyer; b. Waltham, Oet. 8, 1885; s. Elmer E. Neal and Minnie (Trenholm) N .; cd. Springfield high sch .; Ph.B., Yale, 1908; m. Orpha Bickley of Springfield, Aug. 15, 1908; chil- dren-Franklin, Sidney, Alonzo, Martha, Carolyn. Asst. examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1908-11; prac- tieed patent law, Springfield, 1911 -; mem. Am. and Hampden Co. Bar Assns. Clubs: University (Springfield), Yale (N.Y.). Congregationalist. Independent. Office: 1387 Main St., Springfield,
Home: 385 Maple St., Springfield. Summer res. : Westhampton.
L NEAL, Harold Burnham, manufacturer; b. Bath, Me., Oct. 12, 1894; s. Ernest Bertram and Annie (Burn- ham) Neal; ed. Quiney high sch .; m. Marion ( Rand, of Wollaston, Apr. 1, 1916; children-Harold B., Jr., Persis A., Dorcas R. Draftsman with Kin- ney Mfg. Co., Boston, 1913, continuously in its employ 1913-, treas., 1928-32, gen. mgr., 1932-37, pres. and dir. 1937 -; tr. West Lebanon Acad., West Lebanon, Me .; mem. exec. council, Hydraulic Inst .; mem. bd. dirs., Boston Branch of Nat. Metal Trades Assn., mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce, Employer's Assn. of Eastern Mass. (pres. ), Ma- sons. Methodist. Republican. Office: 3529 Wash- ington St. Home: 53 Mt. Vernon Ave., Needham.
NEAL, Herbert Vincent, biologist; b. Lewiston, Mc., Apr. 3, 1869; s. John Neal and Caroline (Noyes) Neal; ed. A.B., Bates Coll., 1890, also Se.D .; A.B. Harvard, 1893, A.M., 1894, Ph.D., 1896; Univ. Mu- nich, 1896-97; m. Helen Phillips llowell of South- old, N. Y., June 8, 1899; children-Margaret, Helen, John Ilowell. Prof. biology, Knox Coll .. Gales- burg, 111., 1897-1913; prof. zoology, Tufts Coll .. 1913-, also dean Grad. Sch .; researches on the morphology of the vertebrate head; asso. dir. Harpswell Lab., South Harpswell, Me., 1908-15; dir. Mt. Desert Island Biol. Lab., 1926-32; tr. Bradford and Bates Colls .; alderman, 6th Ward, Galesburg, 1906-09; fellow A.A.A.S. (see. sect. F., 1910-20), Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences; mem. Am. Soc. Zoologists (sec. treas. Central br., 1910-11. pres. 1930), Am. Soc. Naturalists, Assn. Am. Anat- omists, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa; eor. mem. Rus- sian Nat. Acad. Sci. Author: Comparative Anat- omy of Vertebrates, 1936, Chordute Anatomy, 1939. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: Salsbury Cove. Me.
NEAL, Raymond Elwood, asst. professor of ehem- istry; b. Lynn, Oct. 21, 1896; s. Edward J. Neal and L. Edna (Noyes) N .; ed. Lynn Eng. high sch., 1911; S.B., Harvard, 1919; m. Ilelen P. Low of Lynn, Mar. 19, 1921; 1 son-Raymond E., Jr. Instr. chemistry, Simmons Coll., 1920-24, asst. prof., 1924 -; dir. and treas. East Lynn Post (1) Credit Union, Ine .; sergt., 1st class, 301st Field Signal Bn., 6th Corps, A. E.F., May 10, 1917-May 31, 1919; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., A.F. & A.M. (Golden Fleece Lodge), R.A.M. (Sutton Chap.), Am. Legion (East Lynn Post 291). Author: Short Laboratory Course in General Chemistry, 1932. Episcopalian, Ro- publican. Offiee: Simmons College, Boston. Home: 6 Westminster Rd., Marblehead.
\.NEAL, Robert Wilson, teacher, author; b. Murray- ville, Ill., Apr. 2, 1871; s. Robert David Neal and Sarah Jane (Wilson) N .; ed. grad., Columbus, Kan,, high seh .; A.B., Univ. Kan., 1898, A.M., 1899; A.M., Harvard, 1903, Yale, 1908; m. Stella May Miller of Lawrence, Kan., 1895; 1 son-Robert Miller, Rural teacher, law clk, and stenog., news- work, 1888-93; admitted to bar; asst., Univ. Kan .; teacher, high sch. (Conn.); Univ. Cincinnati; aeting head dept. Eng., Rutgers Coll., 1893-1904; on staff, World's Work, 1904-06; asst, prof. Eng. and Ger., asso. prof. Eng., dir. major in journalism, Mass. Agrl. (now State) Coll., 1906-20; head dept. journalistie writing, v.p. and dir., Home Corr. School, Springfield, 1920 -; instr. short-story, Columbia Univ., summer 1921; ed., Sunday feature page, Springfield Union, 1911-17, Boston Amer. 1912-13, New Bedford Standard, 1915-18; on book- review staff, Springfield Republican, 1920 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Amer. Assn. Teachers of Journalism (charter), Nat. Council Teachers of Eng. (charter), service on com. on O. Henry Mem. Awards, etc. Author: Thought- Bullding in Composition, 1912; Short-Stories in the Making, 1914; Today's Short-Stories Analyzed, 1918; Editorials and Editorial Writing, 1921; News and Newswriting, 1925; conduetor, Owl's Oak dept., Writer's Monthly, 1921 -; frequent eontbr. of artieles, fietion, verse to mags. and newspapers. Of pre-Revolutionary Southern stock. Indepen- dent in polities, adhering to original ideals of Am.
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Constitution and govt. Home: 473 Sumner Av., Springfield, Mass. VNEALE, Albert Edward, city auditor; b. Springfield, Dec. 15, 1889; s. Daniel Neale and Matilda (Weis- senborn) N .; ed. Springfield evening high sch .; grad., N.Y. Univ. Sch. Commerce, 1916; m. Mildred A. Bryson of Springfield, June 23, 1917; 1 dau .-- Barbara Jane, Clk., Phelps Pub. Co., Springfield, 1905-13; bookkeeper, Nat. Soc. Music (book pubs.), N.Y. City, 1913-15; jr. accountant, Price Water- house Co., N. Y. City, 1916; asst. treas., Baush Ma- chine Tool' Co., Springfield, 1917-29; city auditor, 1929 -; mem. Corp., Springfield Instn. Sav .; dir;, Springfield Y.M.C.A., mem. Nat. Council, Y.M.C.A. of U.S .; dir. Family Welfare Assn .; incorporator, Community Chest; fellow Oberlaender Trust, Phila., Pa .; mem. Mun. Finance Officers Assu. U.S. and Can. (v.p.), Nat. Assn. Cost Accountants (past pres., Springfield Chap.), Nat. Com. on Mun. Accounting. Clubs: Kiwanis (past pres. ), N. Y. University, Alumini Club of Springfield (treas.). Author: mag. articles on mun. finance. Travel: Europe, 1933 (mem, group of city officials sent to Germany by Oberlaender Trust of Phila. to study Ger. mun. methods; 6 weks in Ger., also visited Czechoslovakia, Switz., Fr., Hol., Eng.). Congre- gationalist. Republican. Oflice: Administration Bldg., Springfield. Ilome: 81 Dunmoreland St., Springfield.
NEAVES, Walter HI, banker; b. Keene, N.H., Nov. 13, 1891; s. Burpee H. Neaves and Mary ( Perham) N .; ed. Keene (N.II.) high sch .; B.S., Ilarvard, 1916; in. Dorothy Piper of Lexington, 1916. Per- sonnel dir., Schrafft Corp., Boston, 1918-31; pres. Fed. Home Loan Bk., Boston, 1932-, Clubs: Har- vard (Boston), Blue Ilill Country. Office: 111 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 167 Dudley Lane, Milton. Summer res .: Eastham.
VNEEDHAM, Daniel, lawyer; b. Groton, Feb. 5, 1891; s. Daniel Needham and Ellen Mary (Brigham) N .; ed., Groton pub. schs .; Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1913; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1916; m. Frances Sarah Topping of Ashland, O., Apr. 27, 1921 ; children-Daniel, Jr., Nathalie. Gen. practice of law, Boston, 1917 -; mem. Sherburne, Powers & Needham, 1919 -; Commr. Pub. Safety, Mass., Mar. 15, 1933-Oct. 8, 1934; dir. Newton Com- munity Chest, Norumbega Council of Boy Scouts Am .; pres., Scoutland, Inc .; mem., Newton (pres.), and Mass. (v.p., dir.) Safety Councils: Academic Bd., Mass. Mil. Acad .; Bd. Probation, Mass .; Mass. Armory Comin .; Mass. Mil. Reservations Commn. ; 1st It., capt., 26th Div., U.S.A., Sept. 9, 1917 till end of World War; 2 citations for galantry in action; maj. gen. comdg. 26th Div., Mass. N.G .; mem. Boston and Am. Bar Assus., S.R. Mass. (pres.), N.G. Assn. Mass., Am. Legion, Mil. Order World War, Boy Scouts Am. Clubs: Union, Army & Navy, YD (Boston); Neighborhood (W. New- ton). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 75 Federal St., Boston. Home: 313 Highland St., West New- ton.
NEEDHAM, Robert Francis, executive secretary, journalist; b. Cambridge, June 1, 1901 ;. s. Clarence Needham and Marie (Mathy) N .; od. Hyde Park and Arlington high schs .; B.S., M.I.T., 1925; un- married. Sec. Ferry Beach Park Assn. 1932 -; v.chmn. Universalist Laymen's Council; clk., Mass. Anti-Saloon League; tr. Universalist Pnb. House, Mass. Temperance Foundation; dir. Uni- tarian Temperance Soc .; treas, Mass. Universalist Sunday Sch. Assu .; elections officer, Town of Ar- lington; mem. World Calendar Assn. Club: Uni- versalist (Boston). Author: articles on hist., polit. economy, genealogy, and the temperance question. Desc. John Needham, born in Pres. John Adams House, Quincy, 1674. Universalist. Republican. Office: 16 Beacon St., Boston. Ilome: 10 Winthrop Rd., Arlington. Summer res .: Ferry Beach, Saco, Me.
NEELON, Thomas F., life insurance agent; b. Franklin, Nov. 17, 1882; s. Thomas Neelon and Mary A. (Doherty) N .; ed. St. Mary's sch., Frank- lin; St. John's sch., Brooklyn, N.Y .; m. Alice A. Dowd of Medway, Oct. 12, 1910; children -Robert T., Donald W., Roger W., Harold E.
With Met. Life Ins. Co., Feb., 1905 -; mgr., 1913 -; at Waltham, 1921 -; dir. Waltham Nat. Bk .; pres. Community Fund; pres. Greater Boston Mgrs. Assn., Metrop. Life Ins. Co .; past pres. & dir. Waltham Chamber of Commerce; mem. K.C., Vets. Met. Life Ins. Co .; recd. bronze medal (year- ly award of Waltham Chamber of Commerce) for outstanding community service, 1935. Catholic. Independent. Office: 267 Moody St., Waltham. Ilome: 110 Main St., Waltham. Summer res. : "Makonikey," Martha's Vineyard.
Y NEILSON, Nellie, professor; b. Phila., Pa., Apr. 5, 1873; d. William George Neilson and Mary Louise (Cunningham) N .; ed. pvt. schs., Phila., Pa .; A.B., Bryn Mawr, 1893, A.M., 1894, Ph.D., 1899; L. H.D., Smith Coll., 1938; unmarried. Instr. Eng., Bryn Mawr, 1900-02; instr. Ilist., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1902-03, prof., 1903-, head of dept., long periods abroad for study; mem. Selden Soc., Am. Hist. Assn .; fellow, Mediaeval Acad. Am. and Royal Ilist. Socs. Travel: much time spent abroad. Author: Economic Conditions on the Manors of Ramsey Abbey, 1899; Customary Rents (in Ox- ford Studies in Social and Legal Ilist.), 1910; The Terrier of Fleet; British Academy Records of Social and Economic History vol. IV, later vol. VII; The Cartulary of Bilsington, Kent; Year Book of Edward IV (Selden Soc.), 1930; Mediaeval Agrarian Economy, 1936; Victoria, Ilistory of County of Kent II (articles on Domesday Book) ; articles and reviews in hist. journals. Episcopa- lian. Republican. Oflice: Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley. Home: Open Fields, South Hadley. '\ NEILSON, William Allan, educator; b. Doune, Perth- shire, Scot., Mar. 28, 1869; s. David Neilson and Mary (Allan) N .; ed. Montrose Acad .; M.A. (hon- ors in philosophy), Edinburgh Univ., 1891; travel- Ing fellowship in US, and Can .; short periods of study at Oxford and Freiburg; A.M., Harvard, 1896, Ph.I)., 1898; D.Il.D., Williams Coll., 1925; Litt.D., Yale, 1927; 1.1 .1)., Amherst Coll. and Brown Univ., 1918, Edinburgh Univ., 1928, Harvard, 1935, Princeton, Dartmouth Coll., and Oberlin Coll., 1937, McGill Univ., 1938; m. Elisabeth Muser of Baden, Ger., June 25, 1906; children-Margaret, Caroline Louise. Eng. master, Upper Can. Coll., Toronto, 1891-95; Morgan fellow, Harvard, 1896- 98; asso. in Eng, Bryn Mawr, 1898-1900; instr. Eng., Harvard, 1900-04; adjunet prof. and prof., Columbia, lecturing also at Barnard Coll., 1904-06; prof. Eng., Harvard and Radcliffe Coll., 1906-17; pres., Smith Coll., 1917-39; lecturer, Univ. Calif., summer 1909; exchange prof., Sorbonne, Paris, 1914-15 and ree'd. medal of Univ. Paris in recogni- tion of services in war time; pres. bd. trs., Clarke Sch. for Deaf, 1930-37; chmn. bd. trs,, Carnegie Foundation, 1932; follow Am. Acad. Arts & Sci- ences; mem. Am. Folk-Lore Soc. (v.p., 1905), Mod- ern Lang. Assn. Am. (v.p., 1909), Scottish Text Soc., Eng. Assn., N.E. Assn. Teachers of Eng. (pres., 1911-12), Nat. Com. on Mental Hygiene. Rec'd. Order of Alphonso XII, 1930; La Croix de Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, 1935. Author: The Origin and Sources of The Court of Love, 1899; Essentials of Poetry, 1912; The Facts about Shakespeare, 1913; Burns, How to Know Him, 1917; A History of English Literature (joint author), 1920; articles in tech. and lit. mags. Editor: Milton's Minor Poems, 1899; Shakespeare's Complete Works, Cambridge Poets. 1906; The
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1907; Roads to Knowledge, 1932. Co-editor: The Tudor Shakespeare, 1911; The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, 1911; Tempest and Romeo and Juliet, 1914; Chief British Poets of the 14th and 15th Cen- turies, 1916. Asso. ed., The Harvard Classics, 1909; The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, 1917; Selections from Chaucer, 1921. Ed. in chief, Web- ster's Dict. Revision. Office: Smith College, Northampton.
VNEILSON, William LaCoste, business executive; b. Phila., P'a., May 2, 1879; s. William George Neilson and Mary Louise ( Cunningham) N .; ed. A. B., Hav- erford Coll., 1901; m. Dorothy Crawford of Phil:t., l'a., Oct. 30, 1907; children-William La Coste, Alan Crawford. Steel mill apprentice, Standard Steel Works, Burnham, Pa., 1901-05; supt , Chester
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Steel Casting Co., Lamokin, Pa., 1906-07; with Norton Co. 1907-, v.p., 1910 -; v.p. Norton Co. of Can., Norton Pike Co .; dir. Behr-Manning Corp., Norton Grinding Wheel Co., Ltd .; pres. Compagnie des Meules Norton, Società Anonima Mole Norton; dir. Deutsche Norton Gesellschaft; mem. Beta Rho. Clubs: Worcester, Worcester Country, Tat- nuck Country (Worcester), Royal Automoblie (London, Eng.). Episcopalian. Office: Norton Co., Worcester. Home: 254 Salisbury St., Worcester. NELSON, Arthur Fredrick, chemist; b. Shenning- ton, Wis., May 19, 1901; s. Christlan Holin Nelson and Trena Maria (Pedersen) N .; ed. Westby high sch., Westby, Mont .; Dana Acad., Blair, Neb .; A.B., St. Olaf Coll., Northfield, Minn., 1928; M.S., State Univ. Ia., 1931, Ph.D., 1932; m. Ruth Paula Rasmussen of Boston, June 23, 1934; children- Karen Ann, Alan Holm. Instr. chem., St. Olaf Coil., 1928-29, Dana College, 1929-30; research asst., Harvard, 1932-33, 35-37; prof. chem., Am. Internat. Coll., Springfield, 1933-35; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma. Author: tech. articles in jours. Unlt- ed Danish Evangelical Lutheran. Republican. Address: Lever Bros. Co., 164 Broadway, Cam- bridge. Home: 48 Woodlawn Av., Needham.
NELSON, Arthur Thomas, civil engineer, trustee of realty; b. Wakefield, July 13, 1880; s. A. H. Nelson and Katherine (Flint) N .; ed. East Boston high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1902; Harvard Grad. Sch. and Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm .; m. Gertrude Lill of Wichita, Kan., July 12, 1913; children-Emily, Gertrude L., Arthur T., Jr. Instr., C.E. Dept., M.I.T., 1902-03; engr., Boston Transit Commn .; design and supervision construction work, U.S. Army and Navy, also U.S. reclamation work in Mont. and Far West, 1903-07; design construction and sales, Trussed Concrete Steel Co., large scale bldg. construction Detroit, Mich. and Seattle, Wash., 1907-17; tr. Investment Realty Co .. Boston, 1917 -; tr. Charlestown Five Cents Sav. Bk .; supervising engr., with Corps of C.E., U.S.N., at League Island Navy Yard, Phila., 1917-19; lt. comdr. C.12. Corps, U.S. Naval Reserves; mem. Am. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. Clubs: Harvard (Bos- ton). Weston Country, Lake Placid, Longwood Cricket. Travel: extensive (Eng., Fr., It.). Uni- tarian. Republican. Office: 1 Federal St., Bos- ton. Home: 50 Dunster Rd., Chestnut Hill. Sum- mer res .: Lake Placid Club, Lake Placid, N.Y.
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