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PARK, Edward Cahill, lawyer; b. Detroit, Mich., Apr. 24, 1895; s. Robert E. Park and Clara (Ca- hill) P .; ed. Quincy high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1915; grad. work, Univ. Chicago, 1916; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1922; m. Fentress Saurin Kerlin of Forestville, Va., Apr. 7, 1917; children -Carla Elizabeth, Darthea Fentress, Edward Ca- hill, Jr., George Kerlin. Gen. practice of law, Boston, 1922 -; with Sherman L. Whipple, Esq., 1922-30; mem. Withington, Cross, Proctor & Park, 1930 -; 2d lt. Inf., U.S.A., 1917-19; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns. Club: Harvard (Boston). Democrat. Ofllce: 73 Tremont St., Boston. llome: 161 Summit Ay., Wollaston.
PARK, Francis E., Jr., investment manager; b. Stoneham, Feb. 24, 1901; s. Francis E. Park and Etta Richardson (Parker) P .; ed. Stoneham high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1922; m. Catherine llarlcy Pierce of Chicago, Ill., June 20, 1928; children- Francis E., IHI, Harley Pierce, Catherine Pierce. With J. G. White & Co., investment bankers, 1922-29; Brookmire Economic Service, 1929-32; partner, Lagerquist & Park, investment counsel, 1932-33, Vance Lagerquist Assos. (successor), 1933-35; Ward, Osgood & Park, 1936 -; mem. S.A.T.C., 1918. Club: Harvard (Boston). Author: articles on finance. Congregationalist. Repub- lican. Office: 50 Congress St., Boston. Home (temporary ) : Francestown, N.Il.
PARK, John Edgar, clergyman, eollege president; b. Beifast, Ire., Mar. 7, 1869; s. William Park and Susan (Edgar) P .; ed. Belfast (Ire.) Royal Aead .; Campbell Coll., Queens Coll., Belfast; Edinburgh, Oxford, Munich, Leipsig, Princeton Univs .; A.B., Royal Univ. Ire. (Dublin); D.D., Tufts Coll., 1923; Ll .. D., Wesleyan Univ., 1927, Middlebury Coll., 1937; m. Grace L. Burtt of Andover, Apr. 28, 1906; children-Rosemary, William Edgar, Eileen Elizabeth, Beatrice Grace. Ordained, 1903; at Stark & Sterling Pond, N.Y., 1903-041; pastor, West
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Parish Ch., Andover, 1904-07, 2nd Ch. of New- ton, W. Newton, 1907-26; pres. Wheaton Coll., 1926 -; Lyman Beecher lecturer, Yale, 1936;
lecturer and preacher, Harvard, Princeton, Cor- nell, Amherst, Williams, Wellesley, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe, Smith, etc .; mem. Phi Beta Kap- pa. Clubs: Winthrop, University, Authors (Bos- ton). Author: The Keen Joy of Living, 1907; The Sermon on the Mount, 1908; The Man Who Missed Christmas, 1911; The Dwarf's Spell, 1912; How I Spent my Million, 1913; The Rejuvena- tion of Father Christmas, 1911; The Bad Results of Good Habits and Other Lapses, 1920; The Christmas Heretic, 1926; The Miracle of Preach- ing, 1936; etc .; articles in Atlantic Monthly and other mags. Congregationalist. Office and home: Wheaton College, Norton. Summer res .: Oster- ville.
PARKE, Jessie Burns, artist; b. Paterson, N.J .; d. Harwood Burns Parke and Lavinia (Van Blar- com) P .; ed. Mary Brigham Inst,; N.Y. Sch. Ap- plied Design for Women; Seh. Boston Mus. Fine Arts, 1920; won Paige traveling scholarship giv- ing 2 yrs. study abroad; unmarried. Painter of portraits and miniatures; portraits of Dean Roscoe Pound (owned by Northwestern Univ.), Baroness De Bistram (Paris), Jessie Allen Fow- ler (v.p. Am. Inst. Phrenology); exhibited at Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, in N.Y. City, Boston, Buf- falo, Paris (spring Salon); mem. Pa. Soc. Min- iature Painters. Clubs: Boston Art, Arlington Woman's. Travel: Europe (3 times, to fill com- missions). Parke family came to Mass. on Ar- bella, 1630. Presbyterian. Studio and home: 83 Robbins Rd., Arlington Heights.
V PARKER, Cornella Stratton, author; b. Oakland, Calif., Sept. 1, 1885; d. Frederick S. Stratton and Alice Tasheira (Lee) S .; ed. A.B., Univ. Calif., 1907; post-grad. work, Univ. Calif., Univ. Wash., New Sch. Social Research (N.Y.); m. Carleton Hubbell Parker of Vacaville, Calif., Sept. 7, 1907 (d. Mar. 17, 1918); children-Carleton Hubbell, James Stratton, June. Asst., dept. of economics, Univ. Calif., 1918-19; moved to N.Y., 1919; worked in factories, writing articles on same for Har- pers Mag .: lectured on labor problems; mem. Kappa Alpha Theta, Author: An American Idyll, 1919; Working with the Working Woman, 1922; Ports and Happy Places, 1924; Vol. Il, More Ports and Happy Places, 1926; Jenny the Joy- ous, 1924; Daughter of Pan, 1926; Watching Europe Grow, 1930; English Summer, 1931; Ger- man Summer, 1932; Wanderer's Circle, 1931. Ed- itor: The Casual Laborer (by Carleton II Par- ker), 1920. Address: Swiss Meadows, Willlams- town.
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PARKER, Cornelius Alpheus, lawyer; b. Greenfield, July 25, 1870; s. Alpheus Brown Parker and Augusta Cornelia (Shearer) P .; ed. Powers Inst., Barnardston, 1889; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1896; spl. student, Harvard, 1909-10; m. Grace Linwood Coolidge of Irving, Aug. 29, 1894; chil- dren-Francis Alpheus, Cornelius Linwood, Mir- iam (d.), Kenneth Coolidge. Teacher, 1889-91; admitted to Mass. bar, 1896; mem. U.S. Dist. Ct., U.S. Customs Ct., U.S. Supreme Ct .; mem. Carpenter & Parker, North Adams, 1897-1903; practiced law, Boston, 1903 -; pres., dir., Som- erville Cream Co., Inc .; treas., dir., Notchland Development Co .; registrar of voters, No. Adams, 1899-1903; mem. Mass, Homestead Commn., 1912- 20 (sec., 1919-20); pres. Mass. Universalist Conv., 1927-33; pres., dir., Universalist Pub. House; tr. N.E. Deaconess Hosp., Grand Army Hall, Dor- chester; dir. Boston llousing Assn .; mem., Frank- lin Sq. House Corpn .; served on Advisory Selec- tive Service Bds. and Four Minutemen during World War; mem. 20th Century Assn. (pres.), Mass. Civic League (exec. com.), Mass. Coun- eil for Abolition of Death Penalty (treas. ), Mass. Council of Fed. Chs. (dir.), Alumni Assn, Powers Inst. (pres.), Am. and Boston Bar Assus., A.F.&A.M. (Blazing Star Lodge #23, Townsend, Vt., St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chap., Boston), Boston Univ. and Boston Univ. Sch. Law Alumni Assns. Clubs: Boston City, Puddingstone. Uni-
versalist. Democrat. Office: 68 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 726 Washington St., Dorchester. PARKER, E. F., banker; b. Reading, Sept. 29, 1882, s. Edward F. Parker and Anna Frances (Ken- dall) P .; ed. Reading high sch., grad. 1900; B.S. Mass. Inst. Tech., 1904; m. Elsie M. Tuttle of Reading, June 12, 1906; 1 son-Philip G. Bank Clerk, 1904-16; Nat. Bank Examiner, 1916-33; pres. First Nat. Bank of Reading; dir. First Nat. Bank of Reading and Reading Masonic
Temple Corp .; mem. Masons.
Club: Meadow
Brook Golf. Desc. Thomas Parker, Thomas Bancroft, and Thomas Kendall, all among first settlers of Reading. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: First National Bank, Reading llome: 34 Woodward Av., Reading.
PARKER, Foster H., business executive; b. Medford, Sept. 8, 1888; s. Edward 11. Parker and Laura Abbey (Foster) P .; ed. Hackley Sch., Tarrytown, N.Y .; A.B., Harvard, 1910; m. Anna M. Pick- ering of Salem, Mar. 20, 1912; children-Edward P., Barbara W. Insurance bus., home office and broker, 1910-14; farming in Maryland, 1911- 19; with Parker Brothers, Inc., 1919-25; Chevro- Iet agency, Beverly, 1927-35; see .- treas. Parker Brothers, Inc., 1935-, dir .; mem. A.F.&A.M. (Es- sex Lodge, Washington Chap., Salem), Travel. U.S. G.s. Joshua T. Foster, builder of clipper ships on Medford marshes. Unitarian, Repub- lican. Office: 190 Bridge St., Salem. Ilonie: 1.1 Clifton Av., Salem.
- PARKER, Frederick L,, manufacturer; b. South Livonia, N.Y., Mar. 13, 1874; s. Robert F. Parker and Elizabeth E. (Chapin) P .; ed. East Green- wich (Conn.) Acad .; Wesleyan Univ .; m. Mary Myers of Ashland, O., Jan. 19, 1909. Pres., U.S Whip Co., U.S. Line Co .; dir. F. E. Myers & Bro. ('o., Faultless Rubber Co., 3rd Nat. Bk. & Trust Co., Ilampden Nat. Bk. & Trust Co .; tr. Woro- noco Sav. Bk., Westfield Sav. Bk., Deerfickt Westfield Atheneum; mem. Delta Kappa Epsi lon. Clubs: Colony, City, University (Springfield ). Men's, Get-to-Gether, Tekoa ( Westfield). Meth- odist. Republican. Otlice: 22 Main St., West- field. llome: 91 Court St., Westfield.
JPARKER, George Alanson, lawyer; b. Lancaster. Oct. 8, 1887; s Herbert Parker and Mary Carney (Vose) P .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1910: Harvard Law Sch., 1910-13; m. Anne Holden of New Bedford, 1927. Gen. law practice, 1913 -; pro- hibition administrator, N.E .; registrar, motor ve- hicles, Mass .; tr. Estate Lotta M. Crabtree; mem Mass. Ho, of Rep., 1936-8; tr. Bradford Junior Coll., Boston City Hosp .; capt., Mass. State Police; capt. 101st f.A., U.S.A., major 102d F.A., 26th Div., July 1917-Apr. 1919; awarded Purple Heart; mem. Am. Legion, Mil. Order World War. Club: Union (Boston). Unitarlan. Republican. Office: 910 Barristers Hall, Boston. Home: 71 Mt. Ver- non St., Boston.
VPARKER, George Howard, professor of zoology (emeritus) ; b. Phila., Pa., Dec. 23, 1864; s. George Washington Parker and Martha (Taylor) P .; ed. Friends' Cent, high sch., Phila .; S.B., Harvard, 1887; S.D., 1891, Colby Coll., 1935; student at Univs. Leipzig, Berlin, Freiburg, 1891-93; in. Louise Mor- ritt Stabler of Brooklyn, N.Y., June 15, 1894. Asst. and Instr. zool., Harvard, 1889-91, Parker fellow, Europe, 1891-93, instr. zool., Harvard, 1893-99, asst. prof., 1899-1906, prof., 1906-35, prof. emeritus, 1935-, dir., llarvard zool. lab., 1921-34; Clark lecturer, Amherst Coll., 1914; exchange prof., Western colls., 1921; sent by U.S. Govt. to investigate Pribilof seal herd, 1914; fellow. A.A.A.S. (v.p., 1916), Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences (pres., 1933); mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Am. Philos. Soc., Am. Zool. Soc. (pres. 1903), Mass Med. Soc., Am. Soc. Naturalists (pres., 1929), etc. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston), Faculty (Cambridge ). Author: Biology and Social Problems, 1914; The Elementary Nervous System, 1919; Smell, Taste and Allied Senses, 1922; What Evolution is, 1925; llumoral Agents in Nervous Activity, 1932; Color Changes in Animals, 1936; some 250 papers in tech. sci. journals, Travel: Europe, Alaska, Pan- ama, China, Japan. Independent. Office: Harvard
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Blological Laboratories, Cambridge. Home: 16 Berkeley St., Cambridge.
VPARKER, George Swinnerton, business executive; b. Salem, Dec. 12, 1866; s. George A. Parker and Sarah HI. (Hegeman) P .; ed. Medford high sch .; m. Grace E. Mann of Salein, June 15, 1896; children -Bradstreet, Richard P., Sally (Mrs. R. B. M. Barton). Founded Parker Brothers, Inc., as Geo. S. Parker & Co., 1883; dir. Pequot Mills, Namus- keag Trust Co .; v.p. Essex Inst .; mem. Salem Marine Soc. Club: Union (Boston). Travel: Europe (15 trips). Unitarian. Republican. Of-
fice: Parker Brothers, Inc.,
Salem. Home: "Brookwood," Peterborough, N.Il.
PARKER, Henry McBurney, merchant; b. Boston, Apr. 11, 1893; s. Frederic Parker and Mary (Mc- Burney) P .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch., 1903-04; St. Paul's Sch., 1901-11; Harvard, 1911-13; m. Mar- garet Pope Ilinckley of Boston, July 20, 1935. Salesman, Hunt, Spiller Mfg. Corp., So. Boston; with Submarine Signal Co., Boston, 1916-17, 1919- 23; with Hanson & Parker, 1923-28; with Burton Furber Coal Co., Boston, 1928-, v.p., treas., dir., 1930 -; dir. Submarine Signal Co., Bowers Can Seal Co., Batchelder Whittemore Coal Co .; ensign with Destroyer Flotilla, U.S.N., 1917-19; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce, Apartment House Owners Assn., Boston Real Estate Exchange, N.E. Coal Dealers Assu. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), The Country (Brookline). Episcopalian. Repub- lican. Office: 10 High St., Boston. Ilome: 573 Hammond St., Chstnut Hill.
PARKER, Herbert, lawyer; b. Charlestown, Mar. 2, 1856; s. George Alanson Parker and Harriet New- ell (Felton) P .; ed. pyt. schs., Phila., Pa .; pvt. tutors, Lancaster and Cambridge; A.B., Harvard, 1878; LI.D., Tufts Coll., 1905; m. Mary Carney Vose of Lowell, Sept. 22, 1886; children -- George Alanson, Katherine Vose, Mrs. Edith Parker Ross, Mrs. Mary Parker Milmine, Haven, Harriet Felton. Practiced law, Boston, 1884 -; asso, justice, 2nd
Dist. Ct., Eastern, Worcester, 1886-87; asst. dist. atty. and dist. atty., Worcester Co., 1887-99; Atty. Gen. Mass., 1901-05; mem. Mass. Constl. Conv., 1917-19; chmn. Mass. Bay Colony Tercentenary Commn .; dir. State Mut. Life Assurance Co .; pres. bd. trs., Clark Univ .; . mem. Cent. Legal Advisory Com. for Selective Service, Perm. Legal Advisory Bd. No. 11, Mass. State Guard during World War; mem. Am., Worcester (past pres.), Mass. (past pres.), and Boston (past pres.) Bar Assns., Am. Judicature Soc., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Trs. Pub. Reservations (past pres., mem. standing com.), Mass. Audubon Soc., Nat, Assu. of Audubon Soes., Ain. Mus. Nat. Ilist., N.Y. Zool. Soc., Boston Soc. Nat. Ilist., Am. Ornithol. Union, N.E. Ilist. Geneal. Soc., Sentinels of Republic. Clubs: Union (Boston, past pres.), Nutall Ornith- ological. Author: Courts and Lawyers of New England. Unitarian.
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PARKER, Herman W., business man; s. George B. Parker and Fannie (Wheeler) P .; ed. Worcester Acad .; Actou schs .; m. Susan C. Conant of Acton, Oct. 7, 1896; 1 dau .- Augusta Conant, (d.). In wholesale hardware bus., 4 yrs .; dir. E. L. Patch Co., drugs, 35 yrs .; pres. Stoneham Five Cents Sav. Bk .; dir. Ilome for Aged People, Stoneham; inem. Masons, Odd Fellows. Travel: all U.S. incl. Alaska; Can .; Mex. Congregationalist. Republi- can. Office: 359 Main St., Stoneham. Ilomc: 215 Hancock St., Stoneham.
PARKER, James Phillips, Jr., busines man; b. Bos- ton, Jan. 8, 1906; s. James P. Parker and Emme- linc E. (Willlams) P .; ed. Browne & Nichols sch., Cambridge, busines coursc, 2 yrs .; m. Margery T. Cole of Salem, Oct. 1, 1927; children-Joseph S. W., Albert C. Entered ins. bus., U.S. Fidelity & Guar- antee Co., Boston, 1926-35; paint mfr., with Ster- ling Paint & Varnish Co., 1935 -; dir., treas .; mein. Mayflower Soc., Mass. Fish & Game Soc., Family Welfare Soc. (Salem). Clubs: Eastern Yacht, Y PARKER, William Amory, investment banker; b.
North Shore Kennel, Irish Setter (N.E.), Paint & Oil (N.E.). Dese. Richard Warren and William White, Mayflower, first trip. Active in yacht rac-
Ing, N.E .; showing pure bred dogs; owner, Bo Forte Kennels; breeds Irish setters for show pur- poses. Unitarian. Republican. Oflice: 184 Com- mercial St., Malden. llome: Bo Forte, Fort Glover, Marblehead.
Y PARKER, J(ohn) Earte, business executive, manu- facturer; b. W. Rutland, Vt., May 10, 1880; s. Calvin Joseph Parker and Isabelle Thompson (Dennison) P .; ed., W. Rutland (Vt.) pub. schs .; Rutland Inst .; B.S., Middlebury (Vt.) Coll., 1901; LL.B., Nat. Univ., Washington, D.C., 1903, LL M., 1904; m. Carrie Mason Burditt of Pittsford, Vt., Dec. 28, 1904; children-Elizabeth Burditt, John E., Jr. Pvt. see. to U.S. Senator Redfield Proctor, 1901-05; to Hon. Frank Plunley, umpire Claims Commns., Caracas, Venez., 1903; to William Whit- man, mcht. and mfr, Boston, 1905-13; with Wil- liam Whitman Co., Inc., 1913-22; treas., dir., Aca- dia Mills, Lawrence, 1922-, pres., 1930 -; dir. Tallapoosa (Ga.) Mills, 1929-, treas., 1932 -; dir. elk., Nonquitt Mills. New Bedford, 1937 -; clk., Nashawena Mills, 1937-, Monomac Spinning Co., Lawrence, 1937-, William Whitman Co., Inc., Boston, 1937 -; dir. Newton South Coop. Bk., New- ton llighlands, 1913 -; tr. Newton Centre Sav. Bk., 1920-, Union Ch., Waban, Middlebury (Vt.) Coll., 1930 --; pres., Waban Lib. Assn., 1930 -; alderman, Newton, 1923-25 (v.p., 1924-25; pres., 1925); mem. Bd. Health, 1935 -; mem. Delta Up- silon, Sigma Nu Phi, Masons, K.T., Shrine, Vt. Assn. (Boston), Nat. Assn. Cotton Mfrs. Club : Neighborhood ( Waban), Protestant ( Union Ch. ). Republican. Office: 78 Chauncy St., Boston. Home: 27 Metacomet Rd., Waban.
PARKER, John Albert, architect, school director; b. Kentville, N.S., Mar. 27, 1909; s. Percy N. Parker and Mary Kathleen (Smith) P .; ed. King Edward high sch., Vancouver, B.C .; Univ. BC .; S.B., M.I.T., 1932, M.Arch., 1933; m. Jane Curtis of Bos- ton, Aug. 27, 1932; children-John Curtis, Robert Curtis. Instr. architecture, Lowthorpe Sch. Land- scape Architecture, Groton. 1933-34, dir., 1934 ---. Episcopalian. Office and home: Lowthorpe School, Groton.
PARKER, Robert Chapin, lawyer; b. South Livonia, N.Y., Jan. 19, 1871; s. Robert F. Parker and Eliza- beth E. (Chapin) P .; ed. A.B., Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., 1893; LL.B., Law Dept., S.C. Coll., Columbia, S.C., 1895; m. Mary Elizabeth Snow, Oct. 14, 1908. Practiced law, Westfield, 1896 -; mem. Westfield sch. com., 1901-07 (sec. 2 yrs., chmn. 4 yrs.); elk. Dist. Court of Western Hampden, 1896-1901, spl. justice, 1902-32, justice 1932 -; lay del. to Gen. Conf., 1904. Methodist. Address: Westtield.
PARKER, Samuel Dann, real estate and insurance agent; b. Milton, Sept. 9, 1868; s. Charles Ilenry Parker and Laura Wolcott (Jackson) P .; ed. Ilop- kinson Sch .; Harvard, 1891; unmarried. In real estate and insurance bus., Boston, 1891 -; pres. Home for Aged Women; treas. N.E. Home for Little Wanderers; Fire Commr., City of Boston, 1908; brig. gen., Mass. Nat, Gnard (retired) ; comdg. officer during police strike, Boston. Clubs: Union, Harvard (Boston). Episcopalian. Repub- lican. Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 104 Chestnut St., Boston. Summer res .: Brookwood Farm, Canton.
1 PARKER, Torrance, lawyer; b. Richmond, Va., Apr. 22, 1872; s. David B. Parker and Victoria Anna (Howe) P .; ed. Emerson Inst., Washington, D.C .; A.B., Harvard, 1895; m. Jessie Southard of Boston, Oct. 22, 1896; children-Mrs. Katherine P. Res- wick, Torrance, Jr. (d.). Practiced law, Boston, 1896 -; gen. counsel, First Ch. of Christ, Scientist, Boston, 1930 -; mem. Boston Bar Assn., Mil. Order Loyal Legion, A.F.&A.M. (Beaver Lodge and Bel- mont Chap.). Club: Harvard (Boston), Editor: A Chatauqua Boy in '61 and Afterward; The Reminiscences of David B. Parker. Christian Scientist. Republican. Office: 107 Falmouth St., Boston. Home: 32 Clifton St., Belnont.
Boston, Dee. 31, 1892; s. Francis Stanley Parker and llarriet Amory (Anderson) P .; ed. Groton Sch .; Ilarvard, 1915; m. Elise Ames of No. Easton,
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Aug. 17, 1917; children-Amory, Oliver Ames. With Boston Journal, 1914-17; in investment banking bus. with Spencer Trask & Co., Boston, 1920-24; pres., dir. Incorporated Investors, 1925 -; dir. Parker Corp., Consolidated Equities, Inc., Ames Baldwin Wyoming Co., Fisher Mfg. Co., Easton Land Co., Loew's, Inc., Old Colony R.R. Co .; treas., dir. Boston Mun. Research Bur .; tr. Provident Instn. Sav .; treas. Mass. Assn. Promot- ing Interests of Adult Blind; mem. bd. ingrs., Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary; 2nd It. 302nd. F.A .; U.S.A., May 1917-Feb. 1919. Clubs: Harvard, Country (Brookline), Somerset. Episcopalian. Republi- can. Office: 1 Court St., Boston. Ilome: North Easton.
PARKER, WIIllam Stanley, architect; b. Boston, Oct. 28, 1877; s. Charles E. Parker and Mary Til- den (Phillips) P .; ed. B.S. (architecture), Ilarvard, 1899; in. Elizabeth S. Porter of Boston, Mar. 18, 1920. Architect, Boston, 1902 -; chmn. Boston City Planning Bd .; p. mem. Mass. State Planning Bd .; mem. Am. Inst. Architects (1935-38; past sec.); Construction League U.S. (gen. chmn.). Clubs: Tavern (Boston), Footlight. Author: short articles, plays, etc. Travel: Europe, 15 mos. 1901- 02. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 120 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 148 Mt. Vernon St., Boston.
PARKHURST, Lewis, publisher (retired) ; b. Dun- stable, July 26, 1856; s. Thomas II. Parkhurst and Sarah (Wright) P .; ed. Green Mt. Perkins Acad., So. Woodstock, Vt .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1878, A.M., 1908, LL.D., 1928; m. Emma J. Wilder of Weston, Vt., Nov. 18, 1880; children-Wilder L. (d.), Richard (v. chmn., exec. mgr. Port Authority Boston). Prin. High St. gram. sch., Fitchburg, 1878-80. Athol high sch., 1880-81, Winchester high sch., 1881-86; in Agency Dept., Ginn & Co., pubs. 1886-8, partner, 1888-1933, spl. charge of mfg. and bus. administration, treas., bus. mgr., 1908-33, retired 1933; tr. Winchester Sav. Bk., Pub. Lib .; past mein. sch. com .; alumni tr. Dartmouth Coll. (1915, for life); rep. to Gen. Ct., on Joint Senate & llouse Com. on R.R.'s, 1908; del. Rep. Nat. Conv., Chicago, 1920; mem. Mass. Senate, 1921-22; had important influence on building of Norfolk Prison; mem. Water Bd .; chmn. Com. Pub. Safety, Winchester, during World War. Clubs: Union, University (Boston), Dartmouth (N.Y.), Win- chester Country, Rangeley (Me.) Country. Trav- el: all U.S., all European countries, Mex., Hawaii, W.I. Two ancestors in Revolution. Unitarian. Independent Republican. Office: 15 Ashburton Pl., Boston. Home: Oak Knoll, Winchester.
PARKHURST, Richard, public official; b. Winches- ter, Nov. 15, 1891; s. Lewis Parkhurst and Emma (Wilder) P .; ed. Winchester high sch .; Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1916; m. Katharine F. Ryder of Bellows Falls, Vt., Feb. 19, 1924; children-John Wilder, Roger Lewis (d.), Margaret, Stephen Ryder. Asst. to mgr. and asst. mgr., Ginn & Co., publishers, Boston, 1919- 29; v. chinn., sec., Boston Port Authority, 1929 --- (apptd. by Gov. Allen, 1929, Gov. Ely, 1934, Gov. Saltonstall, 1939); mem. Winchester Bd. Health, 1920 -; chief petty officer, U.S.N.R.S., Aug. 1917- Jan. 1919; mem. Chi Phi, Am. Legion. Clubs: Win- chester Country, Union (Boston). Unitarian. Re- publican. Office: 1600 Custom House, Boston. Home: 30 Grove St., Winchester.
Y PARKMAN, Francis, educator; b. Boston, Feb. 25, 1898; s. Ilenry Parkman and Mary Frances (Par- ker) P .; ed. St. Mark's Sch., Southborough; A.B., Harvard, 1919, A.M., 1929, Ph.D., 1930; m. Eleanor M. Bremer of Brookline, June 11, 1921; children- Henry, III, Francis, Jr., Theodore B., Eleanor Brooks, Samuel. With 1st Nat. Corp., banking, Boston, 1919-20; Am. Felt Co., 1920-23; Tucker Anthony & Co., banking, 1923-25; grad. student, asst. dean, instr. and tutor, Harvard, 1925-30; head master, St. Mark's Sch., Southborough, 1930 -; pvt. U.S. Marine Corps, June-Dec. 1918, 2nd lt., Dec. 1918-Feb. 1919; mem. Colonial Soc. Mass., Mass. Hist. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard, Unlon Boat, Tavern. Travel: Europe (ocasion-
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Episcopalian.
Republican.
Office and
lome: St. Mark's School, Southborough. Summer res .: Seal Cove, Me.
PARKMAN, Henry, Jr., lawyer; b. Boston, Apr. 26, 1894; s. Ilenry Parkman and Mary Frances (Par- ker) P .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch., Boston; St. Mark's Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1915, A.M., 1916; m. Doris Montague of New Rochelle, N. Y .; children -Penelope, Deborah. Admitted Mass. Bar, 1924; mem. Boston City Council, 1926-29, Mass. State Senate, 1929-36: Corp. Counsel, City of Boston, 1938 -; tr. Provident Inst. for Sav .; mem, Commrs. Uniform State Laws; overseer, Ilarvard Coll., 1938 -; capt., 320th Inf., A. IC.F., 1918-19; mem. Masons. Clubs: Union, Tavern, Union Boat, Re- publican (Mass. pres., 1928-30). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 82 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 36 West Cedar St., Boston.
yPARKS, Joseph Aloysius, lawyer, chmn. Industrial Accident Bd .; b. Preston, Lancashire, Eng, May 2, 1877; s. Joseph Parks and Martha (Biggs) P .; came to U.S., Nov., 1890, naturalized citizen, 1898; ed. Preston (Eng.) pub. schs., 1882-91; Harris Inst. (evenings), Preston, Eng., 1887-91; pvt. schs., Fall River; LL B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1917; m. Imma V. Lapham of Fall River, June 1, 1905; children-Joseph Aloysius, Jr., Henry Ignatius, William Anthony. Employed as cotton weaver, Preston Eng., 1888-93, also Fall River; engaged in bus. as ins. agt., Fall River, 1900-09; mem. Commn. apptd. by Gov. Draper to draft a workmen's com- pensation act, 1910-11; apptd. by Gov. Foss, 1912, to the Industrial Accident Bd., which administers the Workmen's Compensation Act, reapptd. to six different govs. for 5-yr. terms, has served con- tinuously 1912-, oldest living commr. in point of service in U.S. and Can .; chin, Industrial Acci- dent Bd. 1932 -; admitted to Mass. bar, 1917; prof Workmen's Compensation Law, Suffolk Law Sch., 1917 -; mem. bd. Aldermen, Fall River, 1903; mein. Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1904-12; served in Mass. N.G. four yrs. and in State Guard during the World War; dir. Sch. for Occupational Therapy, Boston; pres. Internat. Assn. of Industrial Ac- cident Bds. and Commns., 1933-34; mem. K C. Clubs: Suffolk Faculty (Boston) ; Milton Bowling Green (Milton). Catholic. Democrat. Office: 272 State House, Boston, Home: 29 Hillcrest Road, Milton.
V PARSHILEY, Howard Madison, professor of zoology; b. Hallowell, Me., Aug. 7, 1884; s. John Howard Parshley and Julia Maria (Tuck) P .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1909, A.M., 1910, Sc.D., 1917; student, N. E. Conservatory Music, 1906-09; m. Nancy Fredricson of Boston, June 28, 1910; children-Thomas Fredrieson, Elsa Madison. Instr. zoöl., Univ. Me., 1911-11; research in zoöl., Bussey Inst., 1914-17; asst. prof. zoöl., Smith Coll., 1917-19, asso. prof., 1919-25, prof., 1925 --; teacher summers, Univ. Chicago, Biol. Lab. at Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y .; mem. A.A A.S., Am. Soc. Zoologists, Entomol. Soc. Am., Société Entomol. de Belgique, Sigma Xi. Club: Northampton Country. Author: Bibliography of the North American Hemipetera Heteroptera, 1925; Science and Good Behavior, 1928; Science of lluman Reproduction, 1933; many articles and revs. in gen. and tech. books and journals. Mgn. editor: General Catalogue of the llemiptera. Office: Smith College, Northampton. Ilome: 35 Crafts Rd., Brookline.
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