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ORR, Eleanor Mason (Mrs. James Hunter Orr), miniature painter; b. Newton Centre, Aug. 15, 1902; d. Frank Atlee Mason and Lillian (Balch) M .; ed. Newton high sch .; Boston Mus. Sch. Fine Arts, grad. 1924; m. James Hunter Orr of Boston, 1927; children --- Davld Mason, James Hunter, Jr., Francis Atlee. Studied miniature painting from Annle Hurlburt Jackson, 1925-26; debut, Grace Horne's Galleries, Feb. 1, 1926; has exhibited, Grand Central Galleries, Am. Soc. Miniature Painters, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Brooklyn Soe. Miniature Painters; mem. exee. bd. Newton Safety Counell; mem. League Women Voters. Clubs: Newton Centre Woman's, Newton Clrele. Desc. Gov. John Winthrop, who arrived in Salem with Sir Rlehard Saltonstall Apr. 12, 1630, Gov. of Mass. Bay Colony, 1630-34, 1637-40, 1642-44, 1646- 49. Interested in art and educational community service, publle health. Unitarian. Republican. Address: 112 Homer St., Newton Centre.
V .ORR, Willlam, educator (retired) ; b. Phila., Pa., Nov. 16, 1860; s. William Orr and Catherine (Rled) O .; ed. Springfield Class, high seh .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1883, A.M., 1892, L.H.D., 1937; m. Charlotte Evelyn Pettls of Westfield, Aug. 7, 1889 (d. 1931); m. (2d) Margaret Clara Mabel Benson of Connor,
Co. Antrim, No. Ire., Sept. 10, 1936; children- Alan Gardner, Mrs. Helen Orr Armstrong, Philip Gardner (d.), Charlotte Rled (d.). Prin. Hopkins Acad., Hadley, 1883-85; Smith Acad., Hatfield, 1885-88; teacher sel., Class, high sch., Springfield, 1888-90, prin., 1900-10; dep. commr. edn., Mass., 1910-16; ednl. sec. Internat. Y.M.C.A., 1916-20; re- tired 1927; mem. War Work Couneil, Y.M.C.A., 1917-18; ednl. adviser in Europe for Overseas Dlv., Y.M.C.A., 1920-26; tr. Internat. Y.M.C.A. Coll., Springfield. Clubs: Puddingstone (Boston), Sat- urday Night (Sringfield). Travel: Europe, Asia, Africa. Author: ( with Esther W. Bates) Pageants and Pageantry; Manual of General Science; IIls- tory of Classical High School, Springfield, Mass. Episcopalian. Independent. llome: 5 Lafayette
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VORTON, William Aylott, professor of economics; b. London, Eng., Feb. 9, 1889; s. William A. Orton and Emma (Aylott) O .; ed Univ. Coll. Sch., Lon- don; B.A., Christ Coll., Camb., 1919, M.A., 1921; student, London Sch. of Economics; M.Se. (Eeon.), Univ. London, 1922; m. Olmen Marlals Moment of London, Dec. 6, 1917; ehlldren-Maurlce Amor, Basil Evelyn (d.). With Brit. forees, Gallipoll, Egypt, Fr., 1915-17; on Intelligence staff, 1917-18; mem. Industrial Relations Dept., Brit. Ministry of Labour, 1919-22; prof. economies, Smith Coll., 1922 -; lecturer, summers, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1925, Univ. Callf., 1926, 1929; visiting prof., Amherst, 1929-30; naturalized, 1936; mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Acad. Polit. Sei., Royal Econ. Soc. (Eng.). Author: Labour In Transition, 1921; Prelude to Eco., 1932; America in Search of Culture, 1933; The Last Romantie, 1937; Twenty Years' Armis- tlee, 1938; mag. articles. Episcopalian. Office: Smith College, Northampton. Home: 53 Harri- son Av., Northampton.
V ORVIS, Julia Swift, professor; b. Dixon, Ill., Nov. 22, 1872; d. Franklin Keese Orvis and Susan Ap- pleton (Swift) O .; ed. Dixon (111.) high sch .; A.B., Vassar Coll., 1895; student, Cornell Univ., 1895-97, Sorbonne, Paris, Fr., 1897-99; Ph. D., Cornell, 1907; unmarried. Instr. hist., Wellesley Coll., 1899- 1904, asso. prof., 1904-17, prof., 1917 -; lecturer, on European affairs, 1914-24; Alice Freeman Palmer prof. modern Europcan hist. since chair was founded, 1931; exee. sec., Soc. to Eliminate Econ. Causes of War, 1920-26; founder & pres., Hathaway llouse Book Shop (coop.), Wellesley, 1920 -; mem. Wellesley Town Meeting. Author: Brief History of Poland, 1916. Episcopallan. Democrat. Office: Wellesley College, Wellesley. llome: 8 Summit Rd., Wellesley.
OSBORN, James Edward, president Fall River Mfrs. Mut. Insurance Co .; b. Fall River, Jan. 24, 1856; S. James Monroe Osborn and Mary Buffington (Chinee) O .; ed. Fall River high sch .; m. Delia Smith Carr of Fall River, Oet. 12, 1880; children- Marion (dec.), Elizabeth O. Burchard, Richard. Treas, and agt., Am. Linen Co., 1896-1922; Merch- ants Mfg. Co., 1898-1929; chmn. bd., Investments Citizens Sav. Bk., 1929 -; Pres. Mfrs. Cotton Assn. 1922-1929 (acted as clearing house for pur- chases of cotton eloth by Govt. and Red Cross for their war orders to the Mfrs. Cotton Assn.); part- ner firm of Covel & Osborn, mill supplies & lidwe., ISS1-1929; dir. Newmarket Mig. Co., Lowell; Wor- cester Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co .; Fall River Elee. Light Co .; Boston Mfrs. Mut. Group Ins. Club: Que- quechan (Fall River). Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 84 Main St., Fall River. Ilome: 456 Rock St.,. Fall River.
Y OSBORN, Richard, banker; b. Fall River, July 22, 1891; s. James Edward Osborn and Della (Carr) O .; ed. grad., Fall River pub, sehs., 1905; student Westminster Seh., Simsbury, Conn., 1905-10; A.B., Yale, 1914; m. Eleanor Shove of Fall River, Sept. 20, 1917; ehildren-Rlehard, Jr., Mary, James Edward II, Charles Shove. Organized firm Towne, Brayton & Osborn, Ine., later Brayton & Osborn, Ine., pres., 1916-19; in employ Brown Bros. Harrl- man & Co., 1929 -; pres. Granlte Mills, 1928 -; served with 5th French Army Ambulance Serv- Ice, 1915; Plattsburg Mill Seh., Arty. Seh., Fort Monroe, Va., dlseh, for Illness, 1917; mem. Delta
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Kappa Epsilon, Skull and Bones. Clubs: Univer- sity, Yale. Mem. Central Congregational Church. Republican. Office: 10 Post Office Sq., Boston. Home: 687 Illgh St., Fall River.
OSBORNE, Harold Allen, corporation official; b. Lynn, Nov. 28, 1886; s. Addison L. Osborne and Harriet E. (Andrews) O .; ed. Lynn Class, high sch .; B.S., Dartmouth College, 1909; m. Bessle Goodridge, Lynn, Apr. 30, 1913. Dir. United Shoe Mach. Corp., United Shoe Repairing Machine Co., The Littleway Process Co., Krippendorf Kalcula- tor Co., B. B. Chemical Co., Turner Tanning Mach. Co., Campbell Bosworth Mach. Co .; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce, Chi Phi, Masons. Clubs: Algonquin ( Boston), Tedesco, Beach Bluft. Oflice: 140 Federal St., Boston. Home: 15 Bradlee Av., Beach Bluff.
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OSBORNE, Loyall Allen, mechanical engineer; b. Newark, N.J., June 22, 1870; s. Frederick Allen Os- borne and Eliza J. ( Rathbone) O .; ed. M.E., Cor- nell, 1891; m. Emma Louise Hines of Newark, N.J., Nov. 27, 1895; children-Loyall A., Nancy B., John S., Louise. Engr., Westinghouse Elec. & Mig. Co., 1891-95, asst. supt., 1895-97, asst. to v.p., 1897-99, mgr. of works, 1899-1902, 1th v.p., in charge of mfg. and engring., 1902-04, 3d v.p., same duties, 1904-06, v.p. in charge of commercial and selling dept., now v.p .; v.p. N.E. Westinghouse Co., 1015- 19; mem. Nat. War Labor Bd., 1917-19; pres. Westinghouse Elee. Internat. Co., 1920-34; now retired; tr. Stockbridge Lib. Assn .; fellow Am. Inst. E.E .; mem. Franklin Inst., Am. Soc. M.E., Council on Foreign Relations, Japan Soc. (dir.), Italy-American Soc. (dir., councillor), Nat. In- dustrial Conf. Bd. (ex-chmn. ), Kappa Alpha. Clubs: University (New York) ; Stockbridge Golf (v.p.), Stockbridge Play House (pres. and tr.). Travel: Eng., Fr., Russ., It., Ger., Austria, Ilun- gary, Scandinavian countries, Japan, China, Indo- China, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Singapore, Hong Kong, Columbia, etc., etc., 1911-33 Dese. Richard Osborne, Ilingham, 1634. Republican. Home: Stoekbridge.
V OSBORNE, Lucy Eugenla, bibliographer; b. Whit- man; d. Herbert Loring Osborne and Isabelle Warren (Leach) O .; ed. Whitman high sch .; spl. course, Sch. Lib. Sei., Simmons Coll., 1907-09; un- married. Asst. Ilb., Whitman Pub. Elb., 1903-07, asst. lib. and cataloguer, 1909-14; head cataloguer, Williams Coll. Lib., 1914-22, custodian, Chapin Lib. Rare Books, Williams Coll., 1922 -; mem. Bibliog. Soc. Am., Bibliog, Soc. London, A.L.A., Wlegen- druek Gesellschaft. Translator: Haebler's Hand- buch der Inkunabelkunde, 1933. Author: articles in Colophon and other publications relating to rare books. Compiler: A Short-Title List of the Chapin Library, 1939. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Chapin Library, Williams College, Williams- town. Home: Williams Inn, Williamstown.
VOSGOOD, AAlbert Nelll, furniture dealer; b. Calals, Me., June 11, 1898; s Charles Edward Osgood and Blanche (Potter) O .; ed. Phillips-Exeter Acad., 1915-17; A.B., Harvard, 1921; m. Dorothy Jaeger of Columbus, O., Feb. 27, 1926; children-Charles Edward, A. Neill, Jr., Dorothy Delliner. Soc. to pres. of The C. E. Osgood Co., Boston, 1921-23, asst. treas., 1923-, pres. and dir .. 1925 -; pres. and dir. Osgood-Josselyn Realty Corp .; dir. Vol- unteer Coop. Bk .; tr. Eliot Sav. Bk .; served as 2d lt., U.S.A., 1918; mem. Alpha Sigma Phl, Ma- sons (32°), Shrine. Congregationalist Repub- lican. Office: 744 Washington St., Boston. Ilome: 1152 West Roxbury Parkway, Brookline.
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OSGOOD, Edward Holyoke, banker; b. Salem, Jan. 31, 1882; s. Charles Stuart Osgood and Ellzabeth White (Batchelder) O .; ed. S.B., Harvard, 1905; m. Mary Child Nickerson of Winchester, June 5, 1915; children -- Edward Holyoke, Jr., Nancy Child, William Bradford. In stock-brokerage bus., Bos- ton, 1905-22; mem. firm, Lee, Higginson & Co., 1922-32; treas. Lee, Higginson Corp., 1932-34; N.E. mgr., Reconstruction Finance Corp., 1933-34; asst. fed. res. agt., Fed. Res. Bk., Boston, 1935; actuary, pres. and dir., Mass. Hosp. Life Ins. Co., 1937 --; dlr. 2d Nat. Bk., Boston, Stillwater Worsted Mills; tr. Old Colony Trust Assos. Clubs: Harvard
(Boston, N.Y.), India House (N.Y.), Country ( Brookline), Eastern Yacht (Marblehead), Myo- pia Hunt. Office: 50 State St., Boston. Home: 24 Chestnut St., Boston. Summer res. : Wenhanı (P.O. So. Hamilton).
YOSGOOD, Phillips Endecott, clergyman; b. No. At- tleboro, Mass., May 11, 1882; s. Rev. George Endi- cott Osgood and Helen Frances ( Reed) O .; ed. No. Attleboro (Mass.) high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1901; B.D., Epise. Theol. Sch., Cambridge, 1907; D.D., Seabury Div. Sch., Minn .; L.l.D., Carleton Coll .; m. Marion Curtis Stone of Wrentham, Sept. 7, 1907; children-Mrs. Marjorie E. Ross, Catherine, Endecott. Curate, Ch. of the Ascension, Emman- uel Parish, Boston, 1907-09; rector, Ch. of the Savior, Roslindale, 1909-14; vicar, Chapel of the Mediator, Holy Apostles' Parish, Phila., 1914- 21; rector, St. Mark's Ch., Minneapolis, 1921-33; Emmanuel Ch., Boston, 1933 --; lecturer, homilet- ies, Episc. Theol. Seh., Women's Clubs, etc .; mem. Draft Bd., whole World War, Phila .; chmn. Nat. Commm. Ch. Drama, Episc. Ch .; chmin. exec. com., Wellesley Conf .; dir. Gen. Theol. Lib., Ch. Fed. Mass., Ch. Home Soc. Mass., Evangelical Edn. Soc .; deputy, Gen. Conv. Episc. Ch .; mem. Cathedral Chap. (Mass.) Diocese Mass., (Youth Dept. ), Inter- prof. Instit. (Minneapolis), Westminster Conf., Copley Soc. Clubs: St. Botolph, Annisquam Yacht, Attic ( Minneapolis), Clerical, Clerieus, Ministers'. Author: Old The Church Drama Adapted; Pulpit Dramas; The Sinner Beloved; Church Year Ser- mons for Children; Solomon's Temple; several study courses for Epis. Ch .; rel. plays; The Creed and Christian Convictions. Travel: exchange preacher, France, Eng., Scotland, 1936. Desc. Gov. Endecott, John Osgood (a founder of Andover). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Emmanuel Church, Boston. Home: 116 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Summer res. : Annisgnam.
V OSGOOD, Robert Bayley, orthopedic surgeon; b. Salem, July 6, 1873; s. John C. Osgood and Martha E: (Whipple) O .; ed. Salem high sch .; A.B., Am- herst Coll., 1895; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1899; Se.D. (honoris causa), Amherst Coll., 1935; m. Margaret L. Chapin of Brookline, Apr. 29, 1902; 1 dan .- Ellen. Practiced surgery, Boston, 1899 -; chief, orthopedle service, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1919- 22, Children's Ilosp., 1922-30; now John B. and Buckminster Brown prof. (emeritus) orthopedic surg., Harvard Med. Sch .; cons. surg, Children's Hosp .; mem. Cons. Bd., Mass. Gen. Hosp .; tr. Mass. Ilosp. Sch., Canton; major Med R.C., 1917; chief, surg. service, Base Ilosp. #5, May 30, 1917; Med. War Office, London, Sept. 21; one of detailed Ildars. Med. & Surg. Consultants, Neufchateau, France, Feb., 1918, Tours, Apr. 1, orthopedic con- sultant, office of Surg. Gen., Washington, June, It. col., July 29, 1918; discharged colonel, June 27, 1919, commd. Med. O. R.C., 1919; fellow A.C.S .; mem., Am. (past pres.) and Internat. Orthopedic Assns., Ligue Internationale contre le Rhuma- tisme, Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Surg. Soc. (past pres. ), Surg. Research Soc, Nat. Inst. Social Sciences, Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; Am. Com. for Control of Rheumatism (chmn.); hon. mem., Argentine League Against Rheumatism, Brit., Ital., Scandi- navian, Australian, corr. men. Belgian Orthopedic Assns. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Boston Ortho- paedie, Interurban. Author: Diseases of the Bones and Joints (with J. R. Goldthwait and C. F. Painter); Fundamentals of Orthopaedic Surgery in General Medicine and Surgery, Harvard lec- tures, ( with Nathanlel Allison) ; The Medical and Orthopaedic Management of Chronle Arthritis (with Ralph Pemberton; medical articles. Travel: Europe (many trips). Episcopallan. Office: 372 Marlboro St., Boston. Home: 60 Beacon St., Bos- ton. Summer res .: Argilla Rd., Ipswich.
OSGOOD, WIliam Fogg, professor of mathematics; b. Boston, Mar. 10, 1864; s. William Osgood and Mary Rogers (Gannett) O .; ed. Boston Latin seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1886. A.M., 1887; Göttingen, 1887-89; Ph. D., Univ. Erlangen, Ger., 1890; I.L.D., Clark Univ., 1909; m. Therese Ruprecht of Göttingen, Ger., 1890; children-William Ruprecht, Frleda Bertha Ruprecht (Mrs. Walter Silz), Rudolf Ru-
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precht; m. (2d) Céleste Phelps Morse, 1932. Instr. math., Harvard, 1890-93, asst. prof., 1893-1903, prof., 1903-33, emeritus, 1933 -; prof. math., Nat. Univ. Peking, 1934-36; mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., Am. Phil. Soc., Math. Soc. of Charkow, Göttinger Gesellschaft d. Wissenschaften, Calcutta Math. Soc., Carol. Leop. Deutscher Verein d. Natur- forscher. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: Lehrbuch der Funktionentheorie; Introduction to the 'Calculus; Analytle Geometry; Advanced Cal- culus; Madison Colloquium Lectures; Functions of Real Variables ( Peiping) ; Functions of a Com- plex Variable (Peiping) ; Mechanics. Unitarian. Independent. Office and home: 10 Dorset Rd., Belmont.
O'SHEA, John Augustine, musician (retired) ; b. Milford, Oet. 15, 1864; s. John Augustine O'Shea and Ellen (Morris) O'S .; ed. Milford sehs .; N.E. Conservatory; Dr. Mus., Boston Univ., 1935; m. Ella Elizabeth O'Brien of Boston, June 30, 1890; children-John Augustine, Jr., William Aloysius, George Gabriel, Eleanor Blanche (d.), Arthur An- brose, Norman Francis, Walter Benedict, Joseph Bernard, Dorothy Marie. Asst. dir. music, Boston pub. schs., 1901-15, dir. music, 1915-35, emeritus, 1935 -; organist, St. Joseph's (Cath.) Ch., 1883- 1902, St. Cecilia's Ch., 1902 -; drill master, Lilian Durell Opera Co .; organ soloist, Buffalo Expn., 1901; organist, St. Louis Fair, 1904, also juror on internat. awards of musical Instruments; mem. Boston Choral Soc. (dir.), Am. Guild Organists, Nat. Tennis Umpires, K.C., In and About Boston Music Educators Assn., Nat. and Eastern Music Edn. Assns., Adv. Com. of Am. Sch. of the Air. Clubs: City, Apollo (pianist), Longwood Cricket. Author: Mass in F; St. Cecilia's Mass; Songs of Purpose; Most Popular Sacred Songs; Standard Songs; Academic Method for Band and Orchestral Instruments; many other books, songs, hymns, and vocal arrangements; articles in ednl. and music jours. Awarded gold medal for composi- tion of string quartet, Boston Univ., 1887. Cath- olic. Democrat. Home: 5 Regent Circle, Brook- line.
VOTIS, Thomas, judge; b. New Bedford, Feb. 24, 1887; S. Edmund Gray Otis and Alice (Butman) O .; ed. Fairhaven pub. schs, and Friends Acad., New Bed- ford; grad. Tabor Acad., 1905; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1910; LL. B., Yale Univ. Law Seh., 1913; m. Elise W. Makepeace, Dec. 26, 1914; children-Mary, Pris- cilla, Thomas, Jr. Adm. to Mass. bar, 1913, to practice in Federal Courts, 1914; with Crapo, Chif- ford- & Prescott, New Bedford, 1914; in general practice at New Bedford, 1915; removed to Hyan- nis and since in practice there; appld. first clerk, First Dist. Court of Barnstable, 1917, reappid. 1922; resigned to accept aptmt. of asso. justice, same court, 1924; publie admr., County of Barn- . stable since 1928; pres. and dir. Hyannis Co-opera- tive Bank since incorporation, 1925; dir. Cape Cod Co-operative Bank, Hyannis Trust Co., Co-opera- tive Central Bank of Boston; mem. corp. Now Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank, New Bedford Institn. for Savings; mem. City Council, New Bed- ford, 1911; pres. and dir. Camp Viking, Inc; mem. Am., Mass., Boston and Barnstable County Bar Assns., Yale Law Sch. Assn., Ancient and Honor- able Artillery Co., Kappa Sigma (Alpha Rho Chapter), Theta Nu Epsilon, Phi Alpha Delta, Book and Gavel. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), Odd Fel- low, Elk. Clubs: Hyannis Rotary, Saturday Night (Hyannis) ; Wamisutta (New Bedford) ; University (Boston); Bass River Golf, Cape Cod Pilgrim, Osterville Yacht, The Beach, Hyannisport Golf, Shrine of Southeastern Mass., South Shore (Har- wich). Home: Hyannis.
OTTLEY, Alice M., professor of botany; b. Seneca Castle, N.Y., Nov. 20, 1882; d. Clarence Thomas Ottley and Mary Belle (Ferguson) O .; ed. A.B., Cornell, 1904: A.M., Wellesley Coll., 1906; Ph.D., Univ. Calif., 1921. Instr. botany, Wellesley Coll .. 1909-19, asst. prof., 1919-22, asso. prof., 1922-34, prof., 1934 -; exchange prof., Univ. Witwaters- rand, Johannesburg, So. Africa, 1925-26; mem. A.A.A.S., Bot. Soc. Am., Ecol. Soc., Torrey Bot. Club, Nat. Parks Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Club: Republican of Mass. can. Home: 46 Dover Rd., Wellesley. Methodist. Republi- VOTTO, Charles Stewart, clergyman; b. Waverley, N.S., Aug. 15, 1878; s. James T. Otto and Eliza A. (Blackett) O .; ed. Wilbraham Acad .; A.B., Bos- ton Univ., 1907; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1910; m. Myrtle Aline Belyea of Presque Isle, Me., Aug. 26, 1908; children-Charles Hamilton, Mrs. Marion Otto Hey, Paul Newton, Stewart. Entered East Maine Conf., M.E. Ch., Apr., 1904; pastor, Mapletom, Me .; at school, 1905-07; pastor, Swamp- scott, 1907-08, Boston, 1908-13, Winthrop, 1913-20, Wesley Ch., Salem, 1920-23, St. Paul's Ch., Lowell, 1923-29, Newton, 1929-32; supt., Boston Dist., 1932 -; tr., Wilbraham Acad., Boston Univ., N.E. Deaconess losp .; acting chaplain, Winthrop forts, during World War; mem., Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Itinerants, Clerics. Travel: Can. and U.S. (ex- tensive). Methodist. Republican. Ollice and home: 155 Robbins Rd., Watertown.
OTTO, Victor G., landscape architect; b. Detroit, Mich., Oet. 14, 1893; s. K. A. Otto and 1. (Meyer) O .; ed. Detroit Eastern high sch .; A.B., Wittenberg Coll., 1917; M.L.A., Harvard, 1928; m. Ethel Bacon of Warsaw, Ind., Dec. 25, 1921; children-Bacon, Eleanora. With Warren HI. Manning offices, 1923- 26; with Olinsted Bros., Landscape Architects, 1928-32; practicing landscape architect, West- boro, 1932 -; chin. Westboro Planning Bd .; served as sergi, construction quartermaster corps, A. E.F., World War; mem. Am. Soc. Land- scape Architects, Phi Kappa Psi. Lutheran. Re- publican. Office: Box 131, Westboro. Honie: Morse St., Westboro.
V OTTOSON, A. Henry, school principal; b. Gardner, July 22, 1904; s. Henry Ottoson and Fanni Alina (Ottesson) O .; ed. Fitchburg high sch .; State Normal Sch., Fitchburg; S.B. (Edn.), Boston Univ., 1927, ICQ.M., 1927; m. Helen K. MacDonough of Watertown, Aug. 2, 1934; ch .- Alina A., John IL. Teacher, boys spl. class, Watertown, 1923-26; math., L. F. Warren jr. high sch., Newton, 1927-29; prin., Saxonville jr. high sch., Framingham, 1929- 33; Memorial Jr. High Sch., Framingham, 1933- 38; prin., jr. high sch., Arlington, Jan. 1, 1939 -; mem. Mass. Jr. High Sch. Prins. Assn. (V.p.), Framingham Chamber of Commerce, Phi Delta Kappa, N.E.A. (Dept. Secondary Sch. Prins ). Club: Kiwanis (past pres.). Protestant. Ollice: Junior High School, Arlington. Home: 14 Centre St., Watertown. Summer res .: Fisher Rd., Fitch- burg.
VOURSLER, Grace Perkins, writer; b. Boston, Aug. 20, 1900: d. James Lamont Perkins and Margaret (Judge) P .; ed. Mesdames of the Sacred Heart, N.Y .; Columbia Sch. Journalism; m. Charles Ful- ton Oursler of Baltimore, Md., Sept. 7, 1925; chil- dren-Grace April, Charles Fulton, Jr. On stage 1919-24; writer of publicity, feature stories, com- poser of songs for children, 1919-24; newspaper reporter, 1924-25; writer of short stories and serials for mags, 1924 -. Author: Music Al, 1926; Angel Child, 1927; Ex-Mistress, 1930; Night Nurse, 1930; Promiscuous, 1931; Personal Maid, 1931; Boy Crazy, 1931; No More Orchids, 1932; Modern Lady, 1935; Public Sweetheart No. 1, 1935; Riding Iligh, 1936; The Unbreakable Mrs. Doll, 1937; Crazy Kid, 1938, Twilight Cheats, 1939. (Many books appeared under pen name of Dora Macy; many were serialized in mags .; some were made into moving pletures.) Travel: Fr., Ger., Eng., Sp., It., Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Can., China, Mex., Japan, Hawaii, So. Am. Home: West Falmouth.
Y OVERACKER, Louise, professor of political science; b. Centerville, Calif., Nov. 18, 1891; d. Howard Overacker and Louise (Matthews) O .; ed. St. Ilelena (Calif.) high sch .; A.B., Stanford Univ., 1915; A.M., 1917; Ph.D)., Univ. Chicago, 1921; un- married. In Bur. Elliciency, Washington, D.C., 1918-19; instr. polit. sci., Vassar Coll., 1920-22; prof., Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa., 1924-25; asst. prof. polit. sci., Wellesley Coll., 1925-31, asso. prof., 1931 -; mom. Am. Polit. Sei. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Nat. Mun. League, Am. Soc. Internat. Law. Author: The Presidential Primary, 1926; Primary Elections (with C. E. Merriam), 1928;
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Money in Elections, 1932; articles in prof. jour- nals. Offiee: Wellesley Coll., Wellesley. Ilome: Horton House, Wellesley. Summer res .: Palo Alto, Calif.
OVERHOLT, Richard Hollis, thoracic surgeon; b. Ashland, Neb., Nov. 8, 1901; s. Roland Donald Overholt and Lena Inness (Cole) O .; ed. A.B., Neb. State Teachers Coll., 1920; M.D., Univ. Neb. Coll. Med., 1926; m. Polly Powers of Brookline, Dec. 2, 1933; 1 dau .- Jane. Sch. supt., 1920-21; res. phys., Univ. Hosp., Phila., 1926-28; fellow in surg., Univ. Pa., 1928-31; mem, staff, Lahey Clinic, Boston, 1931-37, N. E. Deaconess and N.E. Baptist Hosps., Boston; cons. thoracic surg., Norfolk Co. Hosp., Essex Co., R.I. State, and N.I. State Sanatoria; dir. thoracie clinic, Boston Dispensary; tr. Mass. Tuberculosis Assn .; fellow A.G.S .; mem. Am. Assn. Thoracic Surgery, N.E. and Boston Surg. Socs., A.M.A., Nat. Tuberculosis Assn., Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi. Club: Dedham Tennis. Au- thor: sci. papers on thoracic surg. Protestant. Republican. Office: 1101 Beacon St., Brookline. Home: Haven St., Dedham. Summer res .: Mere- dith Neck, N.Il.
V OVESON, Raymond Hansen, lawyer; b. Newton, Ia., Mar. 24, 1876; s. Anders Oveson and Hanna Marie (Hansen) O .; ed. Kan. State Normal sch .; Hotch- kiss Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1905; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1908; student, Sorbonne, Paris, Fr., 1909; LL.D., Norwich Univ., 1925; in. Catharine Sabine of Brookline, June 11, 1908; children- Margaret, Caroline. On ranch, Kan., till 1895; teacher, 2 yrs .; asst. to Pres. Lowell of Harvard, 1906-08; practiced law, with Ropes, Gray, Boy- den & Perkins, 1909-11; mem., Ilale & Oveson, 1911-14, Hale, Oveson & Kendall, 1914-19, Oveson, Halloran, Burnham & Draper, 1919-26; pvt. prac- tice, 1926 -; tr. Lime St. Trust; v.p. Children's Art Center; see. Progressive Party Mass .; chin. bd. selectmen, Southboro, 1913-25, moderator, 20 yrs .; col. 13th Inf., Mass. Nat. Guard, 1918-19; mem. Copley Soe., Harvard Musical Assn. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Mass. Agricultural (pres. ), College, etc. Author: brochure on Riot Duty. Travel: U.S. (extensive) ; Europe (5 times), Egypt, Asia Minor. Protestant. Republican. Office: 15 State St., Boston. Home: Southboro.
Y OWEN, George William, clergyman; b. Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 5, 1873; s. Olin A, Owen and Mary C.
(Mumford) O .; ed. Utiea (N.Y.) Free Acad .; Bing- hamton Cent. high sch .; A.B., Hamilton Coll., 1899, A.M., 1903; B.D., Hartford (Conn.) Theol. Sem., 1903; D.D., Am. Internat. Coll., 1930; m. Clara Louise Booth of Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 27, 1899 (d. 1921); m. (2d) Mrs. Margaret W. Eggles- ton of Boston, Nov. 7, 1923; children-Lyman Booth, George Booth, Mrs. Margaret Owen Thomas. Pastor, 1st Ch. of Christ (Cong. ), Lynn, 1903-11, Ist Cong. Ch., Hyde Park, 1911 -; out- standing work in local rel. edn .; moderator, Suf- folk South Assn. Cong. Chs., 1916-17, 1928-29; ehmn. Com. on Rel. Edn., Mass. State Conf. Cong. Chs., 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1927; mem. Prudential Com., A.B.C.F.M., 1922-31 (mem., Home Dept. com., 1922-30; personnel & salaries, 1922-26; Africa, ehmn., 1922-30; publications, 1923-26; appropria- tions, 1927-30; for. policy, 1927-30; reinforcements, 1927-30); del., Nat. Council Cong. Chs., 1921, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1938; mem. Commn. on Missions, 1928- 31 (exec. com., 1928-29) ; mem. Hyde Park Bd. 'Trade. Clubs: Pilgrim (see., treas., pres.), Bos- ton Philosophical, Kant Gesellschaft (Ger.), Ki- wanis. Author: History of the First Church of Christ in Lynn, 1907; History of the First Congre- gational Church in Hyde Park, 1913. Office: Web- ster Sq., Hyde Park, Home: 40 Oak St., Hyde Park.
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