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PINANSKI, Viola R .; b. Boston, June 24, 1898; d. Julius Rottenberg and Fannie (Berg) R .; ed. Girl's Latin sch., Boston; B.A., Wellesley Coll., 1917; m. Abraham E. Pinanski of Boston, Aug. 10, 1920; children-Jean, Joan, Jane, June. Psycholo- gist, Judge Baker Foundation, 1919-21; mem. Town Advisory Com, and Sch. Bd., Brookline; dir. N.D. Med. Center Women's Com .; v.p. Beth Israel Hosp. Women's Auxiliary; mem. Council of Jew- ish Women. Clubs: Brookline Women's (ehmin. pub. health), Women's Republiean. Jewish. Re- publican. Home: 283 Buckminster Rd., Brookline. Summer res .: Oxford, Me.
PINCUS, Gregory, professor of biology; b. Wood- bine, N.J., Apr. 9, 1903; s. Joseph W. Pincus and Elizabeth F. (Lipman) P .; ed. Morris high seh., N. Y. City; B.S., Cornell, 1924; M.S., Sc.D., Harvard, 1927; m. Elizabeth Notkin of Montreal, P.Q., Dec. 2, 1927; children-Alexis John, Lora Jane. Nat. Research Council fellow, Harvard, 1927-29, Cam- bridge Univ., 1929-30, Kaiser Wilhelm Inst., Ber- lin, 1930; instr. and tutor, Harvard, 1930-31, asst. prof., 1931-38; research at Cambridge Univ., 1937- 38; visiting prof. exptl. zoology, Clark Univ., 1938 -; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Soc. Zoologists, Genet- ics Soc. Am., Am. Physiol. Soc. Author: Eggs of Mammals; numerous scientific papers. Editor: Experimental Biology Monographs. Address: Clark University, Worcester. Home: 60 Down- ing St., Worcester.
PINGREE, George Sunderland, dealer in invest- ment securities; b. Berlin, Vt., June 7, 1872; s. Moses Orvis Pingree and Mary Elizabeth (Sunder- land) P .; ed. dist. schs., Berlin; high sch., North- field, Vt .; m. Annie Frederica Emery of Des Moines, Ia., Apr. 21, 1897; 1 dau .- Barbara. Trav- eling passenger agt. in Boston, Des Moines and Chicago, C.R.I.&P. Ry., 1888-1901; with Fisk & Robinson, bankers, N. Y. City, 1901-06; S. D. Lor- ing & Son, Boston, 1906-08; in business for self, 1908-14; mem, Pingree, Mckinney & Co., and Pin- gree & Co., successors, 1914-30, councillor and securities, 1930 -; mem. exec. com., Vt. Assn. of Boston; hon. mem. Mount Sinai Temple No. 3, Montpelier, Vt .; mem. Masons, Shrine. Christian Scientist. Republican. Office: 31 State St., Bos- ton. Home: 1013 Beacon St., Newton Centre.
PINKHAM, Arthur Wellington, business executive; b. Lynn, Dec. 9, 1879; s. Charles Hacker Pinkham and Jennie Barker (Jones) P .; ed. Lynn Class. high sch .; Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1902; m. Ruth Marie Griffith of Glens Falls, N.Y., Nov. 11, 1911; children-Charles Hacker, H, Richard Griffith, Ar- thur Wellington, Jr. Pres. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1921 -; dir. Lynn Gas & Elec. Co., Eastern Mass. St. Ry. Co .; mem. Park Commn. and Sch. Bd., Lynn; ehmn. Div. 1, Draft Bd., Lynn,
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during World War; mem. S.A.R. Clubs: Tedesco Country, Whiting. Travel: Europe, So. Am. Uni- versalist. Republican. Office: 271 Western Av., Lynn. Home: 311 Western Av., Lynn. Summer res .: West Boxford.
PINKSOHN, Richard, insurance broker; b. Wollin, Ger., Apr. 1, 1864; s. Moses Pinksohn and Ulricke P .; ed. Dedham high sch .; grad., Comers Commer- cial Coll., 1880; m. Esther Bornstein of Boston, Feb. 10, 1892; children-Clarence N., Ethel N., Lillian (Mrs. Benjamin Parker). Bookkeeper, Mt. Vernon Nat. Bk., Boston, 1880-95; bookkeeper and actuary, U.S. Trust Co., 1895-1918; v.p. Cosmo- politan Trust Co., 1918-20; pres. Union Coop. Bk., 1911-21; ins. broker, 1920 -; treas. Mt. Sinai Hosp. 6 yrs .; sec. and treas. Temple Israel Brotherhood, 1913-27; pres. Trinity Corp., 1933-35; solc living mem. of Bank Officers Assn., chartered 1885; dir. Nat. Home for Jewish Children, Denver, Colo. Jewish. Republican. Office: 563 Atlantic Av., Boston. Home: 38 Orkney Rd., Brighton.
PINTNER, Dora, painter, stained glass artist; b. Gt. Brit .; naturalized, 1932; d. William Pintner and Irma (Millar) P .; ed. art teacher's certificate, So. Kensington, London, Eng .; grad., Glasgow (Scot.) Coll. Art, 1919; A.M., Coll. Art, Edinburgh, Scot., 1920; A.A., Radcliffe Coll., 1932; M.A., Bos- ton Univ., 1938. Exhibited paintings at N.Y., Chicago, San Francisco, Phila., Portland, Boston; miniatures shown at Tercentenary Exhibition, Chicago, and Los Angeles, Baltimore, Am. Minia- ture Soc. N.Y .; stained glass windows in Cathe- dral, Boston, and churches throughout Eastern States; mem. League Women Voters, Copley Soc. (Boston). Travel: World tour; Gt. Brit., Europe, U.S., Can., Bermuda, Cuba, Honolulu. Interested In music, travel. Unitarian. Address: 45 Cool- idge Hill Rd., Cambridge.
PIPER, Elizabeth Bridge; b. Cambridge, Sept. 19, 1883; d. William Taggard Piper and Anne Palfrey (Bridge) P .; ed. Miss Ingol's Sch., Cambridge; A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1906; A.M., 1911. Has worked for char. and ed. orgns. continuously; pres. Cambridge League Women Voters, 1930-1933; dir. Gen. Alli- ance Unitarian and other Liberal Christian Women, Cambridge Visiting Nursing Assn. (1912- 1924), Avon House (1912-22); pres. Cambridge Y.W.C.A., 1935-38; mem. Council Nat. Defense (Cambridge), 1917-19, Child Welfare Sect. (chmn.), World War; mem. Cambridge Ifist. Soc. Club: Cambridge Boat. Travel: Mex., Eng., Fr., Switz- erland, Ger. Desc. John Bridge (of Essex Co., Eng.), Cambridge, 1632-65. Unitarian. Address: 51 Brattle St., Cambridge.
PIPER, Fred Smith, physician ; b. Dublin, N.H., Nov. 21, 1867; s. Jonas Brooks Piper and Elizabeth Melville (Gowing) P .; ed. Peterboro (N.H.) high sch .; Cushing Acad .; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1890; m. Mabel M. Scott, Peterboro, N.I.I., 1891; (2d) Grace Elisc Judkins of Skowhegan, Me., 1900; children-Mrs. Walter H. Neaves, Dr. Ran- dolph. Practiced medicine, Hillsboro, N.H., 1890- 96, Lexington, 1897 -; lecturer on theory and practice of med., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1906-14; past asso. med. examiner, 4th Middlesex dist .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., K.T., Masons (32°), Aleppo Temple, Shrine, Lexington Hist. Soc. (past pres:). Travel: Alaska, Northwestern U.S., 1936; Europe, 1938. Unitarian (humanist). Republl- can. Office and home: 20 Clarke St., Lexington. Summer res .: Capitol Island, Boothbay Iiarbor, Me.
PIPER, Henry Hildreth, dentist; b. Dublin, N.H., Oct. 28, 1852; s. Henry Curtis Piper and Ilarriet Elvira (Stone) P .; ed. Appleton Acad., New Ip- swich, N.II .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1876; m. Laura Weeks Rice of Dublin, N.H., Jan. 12, 1882; 1 dau. -Mary Stone (Mrs. Samuel II. Wilkins). Prac- ticed dentistry, Winter Hill and Boston, 1889 -; instr., prof., Tufts Coll. Dental Sch., 1900-, now prof. dental hist. and dental ethics; mem. Mass. Dental Soc., Am. Dental Assn., Am. Acad. Dental Sci., Phi Beta Kappa; fellow Am. Coll. Dentists. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 411 High St., West Medford. Summer res .: Dublin, N.H.
PISILLO, Phillp, professor languages; b. Castro- nuovo di Sant'Andrea, Potenza, June 25, 1877; S. Rocco Pisillo and Eloisa Di Sario; came to U.S., 1899; naturalized, 1904; ed. Collegio Silvio Pellico, Viggiano, Italy, 1892-93; H.S., Scuola Normal Superior, Lacedonia, Italy, 1896-97; Université de Genève, 5 Août (Suisse) Département de fran- çais Dr. Gustave Michaud (1898); Am. Internat. Coll., Springfield, 1900-1902 English special, Bos- ton Univ., 1903 English Special. Prof. Italian, French, English and Spanish; instr. Ital., NE. Coll. Langs., Boston, 1906-14; Boston Prep Inst., 1901-06; teacher Eng., Boston Evening Schs., 1907; proof-reader, Ginn & Co. (sch. and coll. text books), 1909-12; Boston Post, 1912-14; official in- terpreter Fr. and Ital., U.S. Govt., Buffalo, N.Y., 1914; instr. Ital., Eng., Fr., Evening Inst., Boston Y.M.C.A., 1906-14; Fr., Camb. Y.M.C.A., 1910-12; instr. Fr., U.S. Soldiers, Fort Strong and Fort Warren, L.I., 1917; to U.S. Officers, Chaplains and soldiers and Eng. to soldiers of foreign extraction, Camp Devens, Ayer, 1918-20; teacher Eng., Fr., Ital., Civic Service House, 1916-18; translator, U.S. Immigration Service, Dept. Justice, 1918; instr. Ital., Dussault Sch. Langs., Boston, 1918- 20; Univ. Extension, State Ilouse, Boston, 1921-24; was instrumental in having teaching of Ital. in- troduced at Univ. Extension of Mass., 1921; teacher Ital., East Boston hlgh sch., 1928; mem. League for Encouragement Oral Instr. Mod. Langs. in Schs. U.S. Author: contbr. many arti- cles in Ital., Fr. and Eng. to varlous pubs. in N.E. Travei: France, Spain, England, Germany, Switz- erland. Home: 1782 Washington St., Boston.
PISTON, Walter, composer, teacher; b. Rockland, Me., Jan. 20, 1894; s. Walter Piston and Leona (Stover) P .; ed. Mechanics Arts high sch., Boston; Mass. Normal Art Sch., 1916; A.B., Harvard, 1924; m. Kathryn Nason of Boston, Sept. 14, 1920. Awarded John Knowles Paine fellowship by Har- vard, 1924-26; studied musical composition, chiefly with Nadia Boulanger, Paris; asst. prof. music, Harvard, 1926-38, asso. prof., 1938 -; Gug- genheim fellow, 1935; in U.S.N. during World War; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Nat. Inst. Arts & Letters, Harvard Mus. Assn. Club: Harvard. Au- thor: Principles of Harmonic Analysis, 1933. Com- poser: chamber music, orchestral pieces. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 127 Som- erset St., Belmont. Summer res .: So. Woodstock, Vt.
Y PITMAN, Joseph Asbury, educator; b. Appleton, Me., June 30. 1867; s. Willlam H. Pltman and Ruth Ann (Richardson) P .; ed. Me. pub. schs .; grad., Eastern State Normal Sch., Castine, Me., 1887; Clark Univ., 1895-96, Harvard, 1896-97, Columbia, 1917-21; Ed.D., R.I. Coll. Edn., 1929; m. Flora Etta Carver of Lincolnville, Me., July. 23, 1890; children-Earle Carver, Arthur Loring. Teacher and prin., common and high schs., Me., 1884-90; prin., gram. schs., Millbury and Malden, 1891-92; dist. supt. schs. in cent. Mass., 1892-97; city supt. schs., Marlborough, 1897-1906; prin., pres. Salen State Normal Sch. & Teachers Coll., 1906-37, emer- itus, 1937 -; mem. Salem Planning Bd. over 25 yrs. (chmn. half that time), N.E.A., Am. Assn. Teachers Colls., Nat. Econ. League, Nat. Council Normal Sch. Presidents & Prins. (past pres.), Mass. Supts. Assn., Mass. Normal Sch. Teachers . Assn., Am. Inst. Instrn., S.A.R. (pres. Old Salem Chap.), Phì Delta Kappa, Salem Chamber of Commerce (past pres.). Clubs: Rotary, Salem (hon. mem.), Mass. Schoolmasters (past pres.). Author: many prof. articles in mags. Travel: Europe (study of edn.). Desc. Pitman and Rich- ardson families, Salem, 1630; Mayflower desc. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 45 North- port Av., Belfast, Me. Summer res .: Lincolnville, Me.
PITRE, Thomas Palm, associate dean of students; b. Waterbury, Conn., Apr. 3, 1898; s. Michael Pitré and Johanna P .; ed. Seymour (Conn.) high sch .; B.A., Amherst Coll., 1919; in. Gladys Hester Allen of Chicopee Falls, 1923. Instr., Phillips Academy, Andover, 1919-20; instr., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1920-, asso, dean of students, 1930-39; mem. Am. Chem- ical Soc., Delta Upsilon. Congregationallst. Re-
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publican. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 26 Venner Road, Arlington.
PITTS. Kate Du Val, teacher; b. Austin, Tex., Aug. 27. 1880; d. Burr Grayson Du Val and Ella Amelia (Moss) Du V .; cd. San Antonlo (Tex.) high sch .; Bryn Mawr Coll ; B.A., Univ. Grenoble (Fr.), 1903, Cert. des Etudes Fr., 1906; m. Henry S. Pitts of St. Louis, Mo., 1908; 1 dau .- Helen Dorsey. Teacher of Eng., Am. hist., French in college prep schs., 1903-08, Brush Hill Seh., Inc., 1918-, prin. 1927 -. Travel: Europe, U.S. Episcopallan. Republican. Office: 47 Atherton St., Milton. Home: 956 Blue Hill Av., Milton.
PIUTTI-BARTH, Elizabeth, artist; b. Leipzig, Ger., July, 14, 1872; d. Carl Piutti and Helena (Sehu- macher) P .; ed. studied art in Boston and Europe; m. Carl Barth, Aug. 28, 1894; 1 dau .- Erica (Mrs. F. S. Cawley). Portrait painter; has painted European royalty, several Harvard professors, Gov. Allen of Mass., many prominent people; be- cause of inability to stand, due to arthritis, now paints "still life"; has held exhbns. in Robert C. Vose Gallerles and Symphony Hall (Boston), the Schneider-Gabriel Galleries (N.Y.), etc .; mem. Copley Soc. Cinb: Professional Women's. Travel: Europe. Protestant. Republican. Studio and home: 52 Brattle St., Cambridge.
PIZZUTO, Frank Laurel, clergyman, professor; b Campobasso, It., Oct. 7, 1896; s. Luigi Pizzuto and Angela (Josue) P .; ed. tech. sch., It .; East Green- wich (R.I.) Acad .; A.B., Boston Unlv., 1923; stu- dent, Harvard Unlv. Grad. Sch. Arts & Sci., 1923- 25; A.M., Webster Univ., 1928; Th.B., Milton Coll., 1929; m. Santina Mazzarino of Boston, Sept. 11, 1926; children-Arnold Louis, Lillian, Evelyn, Barbara. Came from Italy, 1913; attended spl. courses at Y.M.C.A., Auburn, N.Y .; instr. Italian and It. lit., Drew Univ., 1925-27; pastor, St. Paul's Meth. Ch., East Boston, 1928 -; prof. Italian, Suf- folk Univ., 1938 -; an Am. citizen; in U.S. Army 2 weeks just before Armistice, 1918; mem. N.E. Conf. of M.E. Ch., Modern Lang. Assn. Am., N.E. Modern Lang. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa (Epsilon Chap.), Boston Univ. Alumni Assn., Masons (Noddle's Island Lodge), K.P. Club: Boston Cler- ical. Author: La Religione di Dante; Catechismo Cristiano; mag. articles; as, Italians in America, Experience of an Italian Pastor, What Italians in America Think of Fascism (Zion's Herald), Fascism, Nazism, and the Church (New Age Mag.), etc. Travel: Europe, 1925. Methodist. Republi- can. Office: Suffolk University, Boston. Home: 105 Lexington St., East Boston.
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PLACE, Edwin Hemphill, physician; b. Milton, Wis., Sept. 29, 1880; s. William Francis Place and Alice (Dunham) P; ed. M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1904; m. Franees Bixby of Francestown, June 27, 1907; children-Cleone Dunham (Mrs. Henry Dyer Tif- fany), Edwin H., Jr., Frances Bixby, Thomas Bixby. Asst. physician, South Dept., Boston City Hosp., 1906-09, phys .- in-chief, 1909 -; asst. In pediatrics, Harvard Med. Sch., 1909-11, clin. instr., 1911-14, asst. prof., 1914-22, clin, prof., 1922-29; instr. med., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1915-17, instr. pediatrics, 1917-25, asst. prof., 1925-25, clin. prof., 1927 -; lecturer on pub. health, Mass. Inst. Tech .; cons. phys., Mass. Gen. Ilosp., Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston Floating Ilosp., Boston State Hosp., and others; tr. Forsyth Dental Infirmary; mem. N.E. Pediatric Soc., Mass. Med. Soc. Club: Dorchester Medical. Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: South Dept., Boston City Hospital, Boston. Home: 286 Highland St., W. Newton.
PLACE, Russell Pope, lawyer; b. Dover, N.H., Sept. 6, 1897; s. A. Converse Place and Mary Locke (Pope) P .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; Rindge Tech. sch .; S.B., Harvard, 1919 (1918); LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1922; m. Marian Lothrop Worcester of Cambridge, Junc 30, 1923; children-Russell Pope, Jr., Sally Lothrop, David Worcester. With Elder, Whitman, Weyburn & Crocker, then Shattuck & Gray, Boston, 1922-28; asst. trust officer, Lee, Higginson Trust Co., 1928-30; gen. agt., Aetna Life Ins. Co., Eastern Mass., Boston oflice, 1930- 35; gen. ins. bus., 1935 -; ensign U.S.N.R F., naval aviator #686; Jan. 21, 1918-Feb. 5, 1919, active
service; instr. flying, Pensacola, stationed at East- leigh, Eng., Moutchie-Lacanau, Fr., and lle Tudy, Fr .; mem. N.H. Soc. of Cineinnati. Clubs: Tennis & Racquet (Boston), Harvard (N.Y.), Weston Golf. Travel: around world, 1936. Dlr. desc. Thomas Pope, one of incorporators of Dartmouth (now New Bedford). Unitarian. Republican. Home: 63 Wellesley St., Weston. Summer res .: "Spindrift", Nantucket.
PLAUT, James Sachs, museum director; b. Cin- cinnati, O., Feb. 1, 1912; s. Jacob M. Plaut and Alice S. (Sachs) P .; ed. Taft Sch., Watertown, Conn .; A.B., Harvard, 1933, A.M., 1934; m. Mary Friedlander of Cincinnati, O., 1933; children- Susan, Thomas. Asst. in fine arts dept., Harvard, 1934-35; asst. in painting dept., Mus. Fine Arts, Boston, 1935-39; dir. Inst. Modern Art, Boston, 1938 -; lecturer on fine arts, Harvard and N.E. Conservatory of Mus., 1936-38; art ed, Boston Ad- vertiser, 1936; p. mem. White Mt. Ski Runners. Clubs: St. Botolph (Boston), Eastern Yacht (Mar- blehead), Badminton & Tennis. Author: articles in Burlington Mag., Art News, bulletins of Bos- ton Mus. Finc Arts and Fogg Art Mus., etc. Travel: Western Europe (extensive-20 cross- ings). Office: 270 Dartmouth St., Boston. Home: 225 Brattle St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Marble- head Neck.
PLAYFAIR, Wilfrid Ernest, journalist, lecturer on journalism; b. Playfair, Ont., Can., Apr. 1, 1882; S. William A. Playfair and Elizabeth (Mitchell) P .; ed. Almonte (Ont.) Collegiate Sch .; B.A., Queen's Univ., Can., 1903; m. Harriet Lewis Smith of Boston, June 24, 1908; ehildren-Portia, Barbara, Robert, Virginia. In newspaper work, 1903-38; with Montreal Star, Boston Ilerald, Brit. Columbia newspapers, 1903-11; founded paper in Fort George, B.C., 1911; later mem. Parliamentary Press Gallery, for Montreal Star, at Ottawa; war corr. In Orient for Can. Pres; Associated Press, 1920-28; mng. ed., Boston Transcript, 1933-35; on staff of Boston Herald, 1935-38; lecturer on jour- nalism, Simmons Coll., 1938 -; capt. C.E.F., Si- beria, 1918-19. Club: Boston Newspaper. Author: People of the Serpent (with E. H. Thompson), 1932. Episcopalian. Republiean. Office: Sim- mons College, Boston. Home: 100 Day St., Au- burndale.
PLIMPTON, Beatrice Borland, author, lecturer; b. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 21, 1906; d. Chauncey Blair Bor- land and Belle (MeCullough) B; ed. Miss Spence's Sch., N.Y .; B.A., Vassar Coll., 1928; Univ. Madrid, 1933; Sorbonne, Paris, 1934; m. Barton Fiske Plimpton of Boston, Apr. 28, 1934; children-De- borah, Audrey, Rodney Borland. Travelled ex- tensively; wrote and lectured about travelling ex- periences; no longer active, life now purely do- mestic. Author: Passports for Asia; mag. articles. Travel: Africa, Asia, Europe. Protestant. Repub- lican. Address: 25 Belknap Rd., Framingham Centre.
PLIMPTON, George Lincoln, teacher; b. Sturbridge, July 8, 1865; s. James Hervey Plimpton and Eliza- beth (Fairbanks) P .; ed. Hitchcock Free Acad., Brimfield; A.B., Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., 1891, A.M., 1899; A.M., Dartmouth Coll., 1929; m. Etta Ione Ferry of Palmer, Aug. 10, 1892 (d.); m. (2nd) Alice Pember of Springfield, Mar. 26, 1935; children-Mrs. Esther Plimpton Ilart, Theodore Ferry, George Lincoln, Jr. Master, Til- ton sch., Tilton, N.H., 1891-96, headmaster, 1896- 1929, retired 1929; teacher Latin, Wilbraham Acad., 1931 -; mem. Headmasters Am., Masons, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: University, 20th Century (Boston). Travel: Europe (many times). Methodist. Inde- pendent. Ofliee: Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham. Home: R.F.D. #1, Springfield.
PLIMPTON, Herbert M., manufacturer; b. Walpole, May 13, 1859; s. Calvin Gay Plimpton and Priscilla (Lewis) P .; ed., Walpole (Mass.) high sch .; Williston Acad .; in. Frances M. Winslow of Norwood, Mass., Oct. 8, 1889; 1 son-Hollis W. Now pres. l'limpton Press; treas. Holliston Mills, Norwood Trust; pres. Norwood Hosp .; v.D., Wheaton Coll .; Col., Gov. Gordon Brownlng's staff, Tenn .; chmin., Pub. Safety Com., World War.
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Clubs: Country (Brookline), Hingham Yacht. Travel: Europe, Palestine, etc. Congregationallst. Republican. Office: Norwood. Home: 150 Chapcl St., Norwood.
PLOTKIN, Abraham William, lawyer; b. Russia, Nov. 15, 1902; s. Jacob Plotkin and Anna R. (Starr) P .; ed. Athol high sch .; C.L.A., Boston Univ .; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1926; m. Ethel Myers of Keene, N.H., Sept. 4, 1932; children-Richard M., Toby Lee. Came to U.S., 1906; practiced law, Athol, 1927 -; dir. 1st Nat. Bk. of Athol, Athol Credit Union; Town Counsel; mem. sch. com .; mem. Ma- sons, Odd Fellows, K.P. Clubs: Republican of Mass., Exchange. Jewish. Republican. Office: 466 Main St., Athol. Home: 1450 Main St., Athol. Summer res .: Munsonville, N.H.
V PLOUGHI, Harold H(enry), professor of biology; b. N.Y. City, Apr. 5, 1892; s. Henry H. Plough and Julia (Blakely) P .; ed. Morris high sch., N.Y. City; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1913; A.M., Columbia, 1915, Ph.D., 1917; m. Frances M. Chaffec of N.Y. City, Aug. 1917; children-Irvin Chaffee, George Hewit. Unlv. fellow, Columbia, 1916-17; Instr. biology, Amherst Coll., 1917-19, asso. prof., 1919-24, prof., 1924-, Rufus Tyler Lincoln prof., 1933-, ing. ed., Amherst Books, 1924-31; research work, Stazione Zoologica, Naples, Italy, 1927-28; Marine Biol. Lab., Woods Hole, 1918 -; investigator, Tortugas Is., Fla., for Carnegle Instn., summers 1936, 1937, 1938. 2nd It. San. Corps, U.S.A., 1918; 1st It., capt., San., O.R.C .; mem. Am Soc. Naturalists, Am. Soc. Zoologists, Soc. Am. Bacteriologists, A.m. Genetics Soc., Genetics Research Assn. Clubs: Amherst (N.Y.), Faculty (Amherst). Author: many tech. papers on genetics and other biol. subjs. Asso. cd., Journal of Morphology. Travel: Ger., It., Eng., Scot., all U.S. Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office: Amherst College, Amherst. Home: 85 Dana St., Amherst. Summer res .: Woods Hole.
PLUMMER, Albert Joseph, assistant professor of pharmacology; b. Somerville, Apr. 16, 1908; son of John C. Davis Plummer and Anna J. (Mooney) P .; ed. Woburn high sch .; A.B., Boston Univ., 1929, A.M., 1930, Ph.D., 1935; unmarried. Teaching fel- low in bio-chem., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1932-35, instr. pharmacology, 1935-39, asst. prof., 1939 -; asst. on staff, Evans Mem. Hosp., engaged in bio -. chem. and pharmacol. research, 1935 -; mem. Pa- trons of Husbandry. Author: articles in med. and sci. jours. Catholic. Office: 78 E. Concord St., Boston (Evans Mem. Hosp.). Home: 70 Har- rison Av., Woburn.
PLUMMER, George 'T., travel lecturer; b. Kenne- bunkport, Me., Sept. 9, 1898; s. William A. Plum- mer and Elizabeth (Miller) P .; ed. Biddeford (Me.) high sch .; B.Th., Aurora (III.) Coll., 1923; m. Gladys Gertrude Whitney of Biddeford, Me., Dec. 4, 1918; children-Orcita Maxine, Bruce Moncrief. Min- ister, Advent Chr. Ch., 1924-26; organized and directed old N.E. whaling expdn. to get hist. moving picture record (called Capt. since), 1927; travel lecturer, 1927 -; radio speaker; has lectured con- tinually all over U.S., Mex., Can., Hawaiin Islands, 1926 -; insp. ammunition for U.S. Govt., Bridge- port, Conn., during World War; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Pan-Pacific Union (Honolulu), New Bedford Whaling Mus., Old Dartmouth Hist. Soc. Clubs: Whalemens' (New Bedford), Explorers (Los An- geles), Am. Polar (N.Y.). Author: Drama on Old New England Whaling (presented by radio); ar- ticles in papers and mags .; plans Book on Adven- ture Travels. Travel: Mex., Can., . H.I., Hudson Bay, Baffin Land, Arctic. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office and home: 570 Hathaway Rd., New Bedford.
PLUNKETT, Theodore Robinson, State Senator; b. Adams, May 10, 1882; s. William Brown Plunkett and Lyda ( French) P .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad .; Williams Coll .; m. Bessic H. Daniels of Adams, Jan. 3, 1905; children-William B., Douglas R., Theodora. Mgr., Greylock Mills, North Pownal, Vt., 1910-16; supt., Berkshire Cotton Mfg. Co., Adams, 1916-19; pres. Greylock Mill Supply Co., Adams, 1919-29; mem. Mass. Senate from Berkshire dist., 1930-38; seleetman, Adams, 1927-30; mem.
Rep. State Com., 1929, 1930; mem. Berkshire Co. Selectmen's Assn. (pres., 1927-31), Mass. Select- men's Assn. (pres., 1929), Masons (32°), Elks (past Exalted Ruler), Eagles, Moose, Kappa Alpha. Clubs: Forest Park Country (Adams), Berkshire Hunt & Country (Lenox), Automobile of Berkshire Co. (v.p.). Congregationalist. Republican. Office and home: Adams.
POKROSS, David Ralph, lawyer; b. Fall River, Dec. 31, 1906; s. Israel Pokross and Jennie (Lucks- niansky) P .; cd. B.M.C. Durfee high sch .; Fall River; A.B., Harvard, 1927; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1930; m. Muriel R. Kohn of Brookline, June 17, 1936; ch .- Joan S., Wm. R. With Gaston, Snow, Saltonstall & Hunt, 1930-32; with Peabody, Brown, Rowley & Storey, Boston, 1932-, mem. firm, 1939 -. Clubs: New Century, Newton Squash & Tennis. Jewish. Independent. Office: 201 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 120 Garland Rd., Newton Centre. V POLAND, Orville Swett, lawyer; b. Royalton, N. Y., May 1, 1889; s. Orville Cram Poland and Helen Woodbury (Swett) P .; cd. Genesee Wesleyan; A.B., Boston Univ., 1912; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1916; m. Amy C. Farlin of Boston, 1917; children- Orville Farlin, Sherman Swett, Helen Belle. Prac- ticed law as mem. Mass. bar and U.S. Supreme cts .; active in social work for civil liberties; lecturer, writer on social and ceon. subjs .; local relief ad- ministrator; ehmn. Pub. Welfare; Mem. Am. Pub. Welfare, Am. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci., N.E. Hist. & Geneal. Assn. Author: many mag articles; com- piler, hist. 1st Am. Naval expedition. Desc. Joseph Swett, founder Marblehead shipping trade; Capt. John Selman, comdr. expedition which captured Prince Edward Is. during Revolution. Democrat. Office: 40 Court St., Boston. Home: 75 Oak St., Reading.
POLLOCK, Harry Evelyn Dorr, archaeologist; b. Salt Lake City, Ut., June 21, 1900; s. James Albert Pollock and Evelyn Prince (Dorr) P .; ed. Thacher Sch., Ojai, Calif .; Hill Sch., Pottstown, Pa .; A.B., Harvard, 1923, A.M., 1930, Ph.D., 1936. Explora- tions and excavation in Guatemala, Yucatan, and Mex. for Carnegie Instn. of Washington, 1928-32, 1935-37; research work for Carnegie Instn. of Washington, 1930-, mem. staff, div. hist. research; mem. Am. Anthropol. Assn. (council, 1938-40), A.A.A.S., Soc. Am. Archaeology, Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Tavern (Boston), Harvard (New York), Harvard Travellers. Author: A Preliminary Study of the Ruins of Coba, Quintana Roo, Mexico ( with J. E. Thompson and J. Charlot), 1932; Round Struc- tures of Aboriginal Middle America, 1936. Travel: Mexican highlands, Tabasco, Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Usuinacintla River, Peten, Guate- mala highlands. Republican. Office: 10 Frisbie Pl., Cambridge. Home: 91% Pinckney St., Boston. POLLOCK, Morris Pincus, headmaster; b. N.Y. City, Feb. 12, 1907; s. Isaac Pollock and Sarah (Young) P .; ed. Lawrence high sch .; A. B., Clark Univ., 1929, Harvard, 1934; m. Miriam Shrager of Lawrence, Nov. 28, 1935. Did exptl. field work preparatory to establishing Pollock Sch., Inc., Oct. 1934, seh. devoted wholly to mental and social adjustment of retarded children. Travel: U.S. (extensive). Jew- ish. Office and home: 28 Alton Pl., Brookline. Summer res .: Camp Pollock, Gilmanton 1. W., N.H. YPOND, Bremer Whidden, landscape architect, pro- fessor; b. Boston, June 23, 1884; s. Charles Choate l'ond and Annie Louise (Whidden) P .; ed. B.S., Dartmouth Coll., 1907; M.L.A., Harvard, 1911. Em- ployed with Olmsted Bros., Brookline, 1911-14; mem. firm Pond & Robinson, Landscape architects, 1914-16; independent practice, 1916 -; instr., dept. landscape architecture, Ilarvard, 1916-26, asst. prof., 1926-28, Charles Eliot prof. of landscape architecture, 1928-, chmn. landscape architecture, Grad. Sch. of Design; served as capt., then maj. Q.M.C., U.S.A., 1917-19, constrn. div., Washington, D.C .; awarded gold medal by Archtl. League of N.Y., 1926; mem. and sec. Planning Bd., Cambridge, 1927-32, 1935-38; co-founder and tr. Cambridge Seh. of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; fellow Am. Soc. Landscape Architects (sec. and tr., 1919-36). Clubs: Harvard (N.Y.), Harvard (Boston), Laurel Brook (Uxbridge). Travel: Aus.,
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