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PORTER, Roland Guyer, professor; b. South Nor- walk, Conn., June 9, 1894; s. William L. Porter and Ella Cook (Guyer) P .; ed. Beverly high sch .; B.E.E., Coll. Engring., Northeastern Univ., 1918; M.S., Harvard Grad. Sch. Engring, 1932; m. Mil- dred C. Plummer of White Plains, N.Y .; 1 Son --- Robert G. Commercial radio operator, Marconi Co. of America, 1913-14; student apprentice, stan- dardizing & testing dept., Boston Edison Elec. Illuminating Co., 1914-16; U.S. Navy, 1917-19; instr. math, and physics, Northeastern Univ., 1919, elec. engring., 1919-23, asst. prof., 1923-29, asso. prof., 1929-37, prof. and head of dept., 1937 -; ensign, U.S.N.R.F., June 1917-Apr. 1919; 1st class naval electrician (radio), radio gunner; men. Sch. Com., Beverly, 1937-40; Mem. Harvard En- gring. Soc. (Univ. Sect.), Am. Inst. E.E. (past mem. exec. coun., Boston Sect.), Inst. Radio Engrs. (sec., treas. Boston Sect., 1933-36), Harvard En- gring. Soc., Illuminating Engring. Soc., Soc. Pro- motion Engring. Edn. Club: North Shore Har- vard. Travel: Canada, Mexico, Cuba. Desc. John Porter of England, who settled in Salem 1638, largest land holder and deputy to gen. Ct. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office: Northeastern University, Boston. Home: 19 Woodbury St., Bev- erly. Summer res .: Waterboro, Me.
PORTER, William Townsend, physiologist; b. Ply- mouth, O., Sept. 24, 1862; s. Dr. Frank Gibson Por- ter and Martha (Townsend) P .; ed. St. Louis (Mo.)
high sch .; M.D., St. Louis Med. Coll. (Washington V POTTER, Charles Webster, corporation official; b.
Univ.), 1885, Se.D., 1915; post-grad. work, Univs, Kiel, Breslau, Berlin, Ger .; LL.D., Univ. Md., 1908; unmarried. Res. phys., St. Louis City Hosp., 1886-87, in charge surg. and med. work some time; prof. physiology, St. Louis Med. Coll., 1887-93, asst. prof., 1893-98, asso. prof., 1898-1906, prof., compar- ative physiology, 1906-28; now emeritus. Author: Introduction to Physiology, 1900; Shock at the Front, 1918; monographs; papers on physiol, subjs. Home: Dover.
POST, Martin Mercillian, teacher; b. Twinsburgh, O., Sept. 25, 1877; s. Aurelian Hobart Post and Agnes (Hand) P .; cd. Clinton (N.Y.) high sch .; A.B., Hamilton Coll., 1899, A.M., 1908; A.B., Har- vard, 1901; student, Emerson Coll. of Oratory, 1912, Boston Univ., 1919; m. Charlotte Lowry Marsh of Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1904; children- Philip Malcolm, Winifred Lowry, Instr. hist., At- lanta Univ., 1899-1900; lib., Hamilton Coll., 1901- 04; teacher Eng., Yeatman high sch., St. Louis, Mo .; 1904-07, Newton high sch., 1907-08, Class. high sch., Worcester, 1908 -; Univ. Extension lee- turer in comparative drama, 1920-25; local dram- atie coach, 1915 -; pub. dramatie reader, 1895- 1925; mem. local Home Guard, World War; p. mem. Drama League Am. (founder of Worcester Cen- tre), Sch. & Coll. Conf. on Eng. Club: Schoolmas- ters. Author: 4 plays (staged in Worcester The- atre); mag. articles. Travel: extensive in Brit. Isles, Fr., Ger., and Switz. Formerly affiliated with Congregational Church; Independent Re- publican. Office: Classical High School, Worces- ter. Home: 17 Beaconsfield Rd., Worcester.
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POTE, Frank Walter, professor of physics; b. Stroudsburg, Pa., Feb. 18, 1883; s. Joseph Henry Pote and Emma (Harms) P .; ed. Albany (Ind.)
high sch .; B.S., Rose Poly. Inst., Terre Haute, Ind, 1906; M.S., O. State Univ., 1929; m. Marguerite E. Hanna of Columbus, O., Nov. 2, 1912; children- Urita Althaire, Lloyd William, Ralph Walter, Frank Robert, Douglass Allyn, Janice Mae. Tel. engr., Western Elec. Co., Chicago, Ill., 1906-07, Bell Tel. Co. of Mo., St. Louis, 1907-08; instr. physics, Rose Poly. Inst., 1908-09; fellow in phys- ics, O. State Univ., 1909-12; instr., Tufts Coll., 1912-18, prof., 1919 -; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Phys. Soc. Club: University. (Boston, charter mem.). Author: Outline of Phys- ics, 1918 (mimeographed) ; Laboratory Manual of Physics, 1918. Republican. Office: Tufts College, Medford. Home: 15 Chester Av., Medford. Sum- mer res .: No. Windham, Me.
POTTER, Albert Lovell; b. Templeton, June 17, 1867; s. Wilbur A. Potter and Georgianna R. (Rich- ards) P .; ed. pub. schs., and high schs., Templeton; m. Alına R. Foster of Troy, N.IL., Sept. 16, 1890; children-Harold W., Ethel F. M., Frank A. Con- nected with police dept., Gardner, 1900-25, retired 1925; justice of the peace; mem. Mass. Gen. Court, 1927-32; mem. Mass. Vol. Militia, Co. F, 2nd Regt. Inf., corpl. sergt., 1st sergt., 1889-1900, 2nd lt., Sept. 5, 1896, 1st lt., Apr. 14, 1897, capt. July 19, 1899, capt. Co. F, 2nd Mass. Vol. Inf., Sp .- Am. War, May 3-Nov. 3, 1898, maj. Mass. Nat. Guard, retired; past Dept. Comdr. Spanish War Vets., Dept. of Mass., 1911-12; mem. Vets. of For. Wars (county comdr. 1937), Masons, A.O.U.W. Clubs: Canopy (1898), Square and Compass (both of Boston). First ancestor in America was George Potter, who came from England about 1638 and settled at Portsmouth, R.I. Address: 22 Wasa St., Gardner. V POTTER. Arnold Stuart, financier; b. Lynn, Feb. 28, 1896; s. George Fenwick Potter and Kate Eliza (Daniels) P .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1917; m. Marion Breed Proctor of Lynn, Sept. 11, 1926. Engaged as C.P.A. with Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgom- ery, Boston, 1920-27; v.p. Investment Trust Manag- ers, Inc., 1927-29; treas. Gen. Capital Corp., 1929- 35; pres. and dir. Equitable Investment Corp. of Mass., 1935 -; pres. and dir. Equitable Manage- ment Corp., Congress Coop. Bk .; at 2nd Plattsburg Camp, 1917; served as 1st lt. Inf., U.S.A., 1917-19. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, Lynn); Tedesco Country ( Beach Bluff). Office: 82 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 31 Estabrook Rd., Swampscott.
Waltham, Sept. 21, 1878; S. James Monroe Potter and Sarah Frances (Pratt) P .; ed. Wal- tham pub. schs .; m. Edith P. Johnston, of Wal- tham, Nov. 11, 1932. Began as reporter Waltham Evening News, 1896; treas. C. W. Potter, Inc., since 1933, Atlantic Register Co. since 1932; v.p. Wal- tham Savings Bank; dir. Waltham Nat. Bank; chinn. Waltham Bd. of Survey and Planning; pres. Hovey Instit .; dir, and tr. Waltham Hosp .; Mason,' Elk. Asst. Treas. Asso. Industries of Mass. Club: Boston City. Republican. Office: 144 Moody St., Waltham. Home: 258 Beacon St., Waltham.
POTTER, David, professor biology; b. Concord, Apr. 20, 1894; s. John Sargent Potter and Adelaide (Marshall) P .; ed. Concord high sch .; B.Sc., Mass. State Coll., 1916; M.Sc., 1923; Ph.D., Harvard Univ., 1931. See. to food conservation com., City Boston, 1917; served as 2d lt., 35th M.G. Bu., 12th Div., World War; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Bot. Soc. Am., Am. Soc. Plant Taxonomists, Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Worcester Soc. Nat. Hist., Masons. Clubs: N.E. Bot., Hadwen Bot., Bohemian, Explor- ers (N.Y.), Travel. Author: Laboratory Manual for General Botany; scientific papers. Travel : Hudson Bay, Labrador, Baffinn Land, West Indies, Bahamas, So. Am., Eng., F'r., Switzerland, Italy. Protestant. Republican. Office: Clark Univ.,
Worcester. Home: 9 Church Green, Concord.
POTTER, Marie Warren, pres. junior college; b. Wakeeney, Kan., June 20, 1885; d. Albert Elijah Warren and Ilarriet Cosby Mulford; ed. I. Denver (Colo,) high sch .; Geneseo State Normal Sch., Geneseo, N.Y .; A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1907; m. Christopher Dyer Potter of N.Y. City, Sept. 25, 1912. Engaged as teacher English, Brooklyn Heights Sem., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1907-12; retired
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from prof. field, 1912-30; pres. Pine Manor Junior Coll., Wellesley, 1930 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Presbyterian. Republican. Office: Pine Manor Junior College, Wellesley. Home: 14 Denton Rd., Wellesley.
OTTER, Mary Pratt; b. N.Y. City; d. Franklin Josiah Pratt and Hannah Dlantha (Smith) P .; ed. Mme. Touterelles' Sch., New Orleans, La .; Green- field high sch .; Cowles Art Sch., Boston; Art Stu- dents League, N.Y. City; m. Arthur Devens Potter of Greenfield, Feb. 10, 1891 (d.); children-Mrs. Annah Potter Smart, Arthur Devens, Jr. Super- visor of art, pub. schs., Greenfield; past pres. Greenfield Woman's Club (hon. pres.); past pres. Hampden Co. Women's Club; past pres. Mass. State Fed. Women's Clubs; past dir. Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs; life mem. Nat. Council of Won- en; past pres. Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, Berkshire Women's Rep. Club; dir. W. N. Potter & Sons, Inc., Grenfield; past dir. Greenfield Chan- ber of Commerce; dir. Hosp. Cottages for Chil- dren, Baldwinsville; mem. advisory council, Women's Mass. State Coll. mem. Rep. State Com., alternate del., Rep. Nat. Conv., 1924, alternate del. at large, 1928, del. at large, 1932; chmn., Council Nat. Defence, Greenfield (Women's Div.), during World War; mem. D.A.R., Cent. Parent Teacher Assn., Civic League Mass., hon, life mem. Ladies of Round Table (Coupeville, Wash.). Clubs: Re- publican, Business & Professional Women's of Mass., Women's Republican of Mass. (county chmn.), Mothercraft; hon. mem. Franklin County Business & Professional Women's; Women's of Sunderland, So. Deerfield, Shelburne Falls, Tur- ners Falls; hon, pres. 15th Dist. Presidents Club. Unitarian. Republican. Office: W. N. Potter & Sons, Ine., Greenfield, Home: 486 Main St., Green- field.
V POTTER, William F., wholesale grocer; b. New Bedford, Jan. 21, 1875; s, Charles W. Potter and Alice T. (Lapham) P .; ed. New Bedford high sch .; m. Gertrude B. Allen of New Bedford, Jan. 2, 1902. Went into wholesale grocery bus. conducted by uncle, William F. Potter & Co., 1895; admitted to firm 1903; mng. partner till 1938; sold bus. and re- tired; tr. New Bedford Instn. for Sav., 1921-, mem. bd. investment, 1926-, v.p., 1935, pres., 1936 -; dir., mem. exec. com., 1st Nat. Bk .; dir., past pres. Morris Plan Co. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 174 Union St., New Bedford. Home: 27 Ar- nold Pl., New Bedford. Summer res .: So, West- port.
POULSSON, Anne Emilie, author; b. Cedar Grove, N.J., Sept. 8, 1853; d. Halvor Poulsson and Ruth Ann (Mitchell) P .; ed, grad., Kindergarten Nor- mal Class of Misses Garland and Weston, Boston, 1881; schooling interrupted on account of defec- tive vision; School for Blind, South Boston, study- ing and teaching, 1879-82; later pvt. teaching, leeturing and literary work; joint ed. Kindergar- ten Review, 1897-1904. Author: Nursery Finger Plays, 1889; In the Child's World, 1893; Through the Farmyard Gate, 1896; Child Stories and Rhymes, 1898; Love and Law in Child Training, 1899; lloliday Songs, 1901; The Runaway Donkey, 1905; Father and Baby Plays, 1907; Songs of a Lit- the Child's Day, 1910; The Joyous Travelers ( with Maud Lindsay), 1919; The Joyous Guests (with same), 1921; Rhyme-Time for Children, 1929, Translator: Johnny Blossom, 1912; Top-of-the- World Stories, 1916; What Happened to Inger Jo- hanne, 1919; Four Cousins, 1923, Inger Johanne's Lively Doings, 1926; The Friendly Playmate, 1931; Little Kari, 1938. Editor: The Children's Year in a Happy llome (by Mary Howitt), 1927. Home: 123 Gardner Road, Brookline.
POUND, Roscoe; b. Lincoln, Neb., Oet. 27, 1870; s. Judge Stephen Bosworth Pound and Laura (Bid- dleeombe) P .; ed. A.B., Univ. Neb., 1888, A.M., 1889, Ph.D., 1897; Harvard Law Seh., 1889-90; hon. LI .. M., Northwestern Univ., 1908; Univ. Mo., 1916, Univ. Chicago, 1916, Brown Univ., 1919, Harvard, 1920, Cambridge, Eng., 1922, Union, 1923, Univ. Pittsburgh, 1926, Univ. Color., 1927, George Wash- ington Univ., 1928, Univ. Calif., 1929, Univ. Cin- cinnati, 1933; 1.11.D., Boston Univ., 1933; J. U.D.,
Univ. Berlin, 1934; m. Graee Gerrard of Colum- bus, Neb., June 17, 1899 (d. 1928); m. (2d) Mrs. Lucy Berry Miller, June 30, 1931. Admitted to bar, 1890; praeticed at Lincoln, Nev., 1890-1901, 1903-07; asst. prof. law, Univ. of Neb., 1899- 1903, dean law dept., 1903-07; prof. law, North- western Univ., 1907-09; prof. law, Univ. Chicago, 1909-19; Story prof. law, Harvard Law Sch., 1910- 13, Carter prof, jurisprudence, 1913-37, dean Law School, 1916-36; dir. Botanical Survey of Neb., 1892-1903; commr. of appeals, Supreme Ct. of Neb., 1901-03; Neb. comnir. on uniform state laws, 1904-07; chmn. Sect. of Legal Edn., Am. Bar Assn., 1907; see. Neb. State Bar Assn., 1901-17; pres. Assn. of Am. Law Sehs., 1911; mem. Pres- ident Hoover's Nat. Commn. on Law Observance and Enforcement, 1929; officer and mem. many societies. Author: Phytogeography of Nebraska (with Dr. F. E. Clements), 1898, enlarged and revised edit., 1900; Readings on the History and System of the Common Law, 1904, 2d edit., 1913, 3d edit. (with T. F. T. Plueknett), 1927; Read- ings on Roman Law, 1906, 2d edit., 1915; Out- lines of Lectures on Jurisprudence, 1914, 3rd edit., 1920, 4tli edit., 1928; Lectures on the Phi- losophy of Freemasonry, 1915; The Spirit of the Common Law, 1921; Introduction to the Philoso- phy of Law, 1922; Interpretations of Legal His- tory, 1923; Law and Morals, 1924, 2d edit., 1926; Criminal Justice in America, 1930; The Forma- tive Era of American Law, 1938. One of editors of Flora of Nebraska, and of Reports of the Bot. Survey of Neb. Home: 304 Sehool St., Water- town.
POUSLAND, Edward Dudley Tibbits, linguist, au- thor, advertising counsellor; b. Salem, July 23, 1891; s. Frederic G. Pousland and Margaret Eleanor (Allen) P .; ed. Iloosae Sch., Hoosick, N.Y .; Noble & Greenough Sch,, Boston; A.B., Har- vard, 1914; Élève titulaire, École pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, 1921; Docteur de l'Univer- sité de Paris, 1934; m. Mary Eleanor Hamill of Marshall, Mo., Sept. 4, 1928. Security salesman,
1914-17; interpreter, translator, teacher of mil. French, during World War; instr. French, Har- vard, 1918-20; research in field of semantics, Paris, 1920-21; advertising . copywriter, 1923-31: research and pub. first work in field of experi- mental semantics, Paris (book chosen as a prize work, No. 12 of La Société de Publieations Ro- manes et Françaises), 1931-34; teacher, Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., 1934-37; advertising coun- sellor, Am. Letter Co. and Stentor Adv. Co., both of Boston and llartford, 1937 -; mem. Salem Marine Soc., Société Gaston-Paris. Clubs: Annis- quam Yacht (life), flartford Advertising. Au- thor: Étude Sémantique de l'Anglicisme dans le Parler Franeo-Américain de Salem (Nouvelle Angleterre), Paris, 1933; many articles in French and English, those in French mostly on seman- ties and phonetics. Collaborating editor: Le français moderne (Paris). Travel: Europe (ex- tensive), France (8 yrs.). Desc. shipping fam- ilies of Salem; g.s., mother's side, Charles Il. Allen, shipmaster and merchant, master of the Mindoro, the Sooloo, and other famous East In- diamen. Protestant. Republican. Oflice:
184 Summer St., Boston. Home: 1622 Massachusetts Av., Cambridge.
POUZENER, Bessie London, newspaper publisher; b. Boston, Mar. 27, 1890; d. Abraham London and Goldie ( Freedman) L .; ed. Girls' high sch., Boston; A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1912, A.M., 1913; m. Benjamin S. Pouzzner of N.Y. City, June 24, 1915; children-Georgianna, Frederick Dean Pow- ell. Special librarian, Boston Pub. Lib., 1913-15; collaborated with husband in Boston production of Percy Mackaye's "Caliban," 1917; succeeded husband as publisher of Lowell Sunday Tele- gram, and two other newspapers, 1926 --; dir. Lowell Ch. Commerce; mem. Women's Interna- tional League for Peace and Freedom, Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Middle- Sex Women's. Author: book reviews, critical essays, editorials, translations. Travel: Europe, 1914, 1931; W.I., 1935. Independent in politics. Office: Telegram Publishing Co., 27 Central St.,
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Lowell. Home: 20A Prescott St., Cambridge. Summer res .: 10 Avon Court, E. Gloucester. POWELL, Charles Austin, physician; b. Clinton, May 13, 1887; s. J. Wellman Powell and Mary E. (Ellis) P .; ed. Clinton pub. schs .; N.E. Sch. Theol., 1909; Ch.B .. Boston Univ. Seh. Med., 1912, M.D., 1913; m. Estella Collins, July 22, 1908; children-Marguerite Faye, Doris Estelle. Med. missionary, China, 1913; built a hospital unit and trained a native staff to operate this unit, 1913-24; served as relief for port doctors in Yangtze Valley, 1913-24; asst. supt., Mass. Mem. Hosps., 1924 -; asst. prof. tropical diseases, Bos- ton Univ. Sch. Med .; fellow A.M.A .; mem. Am., N.E., and Mass. Hosp. Assns., Mass. Med. Soc. Author: Bound Feet. Travel: China, U.S., Can. Interested in study of tropical diseases, Chi- nese literature, Confucianism and religions of China. Protestant. Republican. Office: Mass. Memorial Hospitals, Boston. Home: 310 Allston, St., Brighton. Summer res .: Alton Bay, N.H.
POWELL, Thomas Reed, professor of law; b. Rich- ford, Vt., Apr. 29, 1880; s. E. Henry Powell and Georgiana (Reed) P .; ed. A.B., Univ. Vt., 1900, LL.D., 1925; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1904; Ph. D., Columbia, 1913; D.C.L., Univ. N.M., 1930; m. Mary Lee Hale of Boston, July 27, 1915; children- Mary Lee, Georgiana Reed, Thomas Reed, Jr. Practiced law, Burlington, Vt., 1904-06; asst. treas. Univ. Vt. and State Agrl. Coll., 1904-06; lecturer in pub. law, Columbia, 1907-08, 1911-12; law, 1912-13, asso. prof. constl. law, 1913-20, prof., 1920-23; Ruggles prof. eonstl. law, Co- lumbia, 1923-25; prof. law, Harvard Law Sch., 1925-28, Langdell prof. law, 1928-38, Story prof. law, 1938-, visiting prof., Univ. Calif., 1923-24, Columbia, 1929; spl. asst. to Atty. Gen. U.S., 1936; mem. Am. Polit. Sei. Assn. (exec. council, 1918-20; 3rd v.p., 1920-21; pres., 1937), Acad. Poiit. Sci. (tr., 1913-16), Am. Bar Assn., S.C.W., Loyal Legion, Associé de l'Institut Internat. de Droit Y Publique, Delta Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), St. Botolph (Boston), Century (N.Y.). Author: Separation of Powers, 1913; Indirect Encroachment on Fed- eral Authority by the Taxing Powers of the States, 1919; The Supreme Court and State Po- liee Power (1922-30), 1932; articles in legal period- icals. Mng. ed., Political Science Quarterly, 1913- 16. Office: Harvard Law School, Cambridge. Home: 85 Sparks St., Cambridge.
POWELL, Warren Thomson, student counselor; b. Delaware, O., Nov. 28, 1884; s. Thomas Edward Powell and Eliza (Thomson) P .; ed. A.B., O. State Univ., 1907, A.M., 1911; B.D. Garrett Bibl. Inst., Evanston, Ill., 1917; post grad. study, Harvard, 1932; m. Marie Cole of Oak Park, Ill., Feb. 4, 1922. Teacher in Japanese govt. sch., 1908; instr. Eng., Univ. Minn. 1911-14, chmn. advisory bd., Cosmopolitan Student Club of Greater Boston; asso. dir., later dir. young people's work for Bd. of Edn., M.E. Ch., 1920-28, dir. student coun- seling and religious activities, Boston Univ., 1929 -; chaplain, U.S.A., World War, 1918-19; nem. Coll. Profs. of Internat. Council of Reli- gious Edn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Nat. Voca- tionai Guidanee Assn., Delta Tau Delta. Author: Recreational Leadership in Church and Commun- ity, 1923; brochures on work among young peo- ple. Editor: Recreation in Church and Commun- ity, 1938. Address: Boston University, Boston. Home: 64 Garland Rd., Newton Centre. Sum- mer res .: Warner, N.H.
POWELL, Webster Hezekiah, clergyman, b. Han- eock Co., O., Nov. 5, 1869; s. Alexander Beatty Powell and Rebecca L. (Jackson) P .; A.B., O. Northern Univ., 1893; O. Wesleyan, 1898; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1903; Ph.D., Boston Univ., 1915; m. Laurena Vanderpyi of Worces- ter, June 18, 1913; children-Ruth Gertrude (Mrs. Stuart Denton Miller), Loring Webster. Or- dained to Meth. ministry, 1898; pastor, E. Ken- ton Circuit, O., 1898-1900; in Boston Univ. Sch. Theol. and supplied Ayer Junction, 1900-03; For- est Hills, 1903-05; Dorchester, 1905-13; Water-
town, 1913-15; Lynn Dist., 1915-21; Cambridge, 1921-26; exec. sec. Preacher's Aid Soc. of N.E. Conf. Meth. Ch. and treas. Bd. Conf. Stewards, 1926 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Masons. Clubs: Itinerants, Clerical (Boston). Travel: Europe, U.S., Can. Methodist. Office: 581 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 111 Watson Rd., Belmont.
POWER, Charles Whittelsey, banker; b. Pittsfield, Aug. 11,'1869; s. John T. Power and Charlotte A. (Goodman) P .; ed. Pittsfield high sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1889; m. Sarah J. Burbank of Pittsfield, June 5, 1900; 1 son-Richard. Treas, W. E. Til- lotson Mfg. Co. tlll 1914; mayor, Pittsfield, 1923- 24; pres., Pittsfield Third Nat. Bk. & Trust Co., 1923 -; major, Ordnance Dept., U.S.A., 1918; pres., So. Mt. (Musical) Assn., Inc. Congregationalist. Independent Republican. Office: 7 North St.,
Pittsfield. Home: 575 South St., Pittsfield.
POWER, Ethel B., architect; b. Marblehead, Apr. 23, 1881; d. Stephen W. Power and Jennie (Chinor) P .; ed. Salem high sch .; Walnut Hill Sch., Natick; Boston Sch. Phys. Edn .; Cambridge Sch. Archi- tecture & Landscape Architecture; unmarried. Teacher, Havergal Coll., Toronto; worked for women's suffrage; ed. House Beautiful mag., 1921-23; archtl. ed. and writer, 1933-36; special- ized, designing and equipping service parts of house, 1936 -. Travel: Eng., Fr., Ger., It., Swed., Den., etc. Author: The Smaller American Home. Office: 8 Arlington St., Boston. Home: 112 Charles St., Boston.
asso. in pollt. sci., Univ. II., 1908-10; asso. invf POWERS, Carol Hoyt, school principal; b. Boston;
d. William G. Hoyt and Juliette M. (Merrill) H .; ed. Somerville high sch .; m. Leland T. Powers of Boston; 1 son-Haven Merrill. Principal, pvt. sch., founded 1904; interpreter of lit. Club: Charlotte Cushman. Travel: Europe (many times). Author: tech. books; articles on Expres- sion. Republican. Office: 31 Evans Way, Bos- ton. Home: 113 Commonwealth Av., Boston.
POWERS, Charles Leo, insurance executive; b. Bos- ton, Dec. 19, 1893; s. Maurice Powers and Johanna (Casey) P .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; LL.B., Northeastern Law Sch., 1922; m. Jeanette Mc- Ghee of Shamokin, Pa., Nov. 6, 1927; children- Charles L., Robert McGhee. Fire ins, and allied lines; with Simpson, Campbell & Co., 1910-14; OBrion, Russell & Co., Boston, 1914-19; N.E. agt. from Boston, later Hartford, Conn., Niagara Fire Ins. Co. of N.Y., 1919-26; Boston mgr. Travelers Fire Ins. Co., 1926 -; tr. Worcester Bldg. Trust; mem. exec. com., Boston Bd. Fire Underwriters; N.E. Ins. Exchange; on Draft Bd., World War. Clubs: 76 (Boston), Belmont Springs Country. Catholic. Independent. Office: 147 Milk St., Bos- ton. Home: 29 Benton Rd., Belmont.
-- POWERS, George Herman, physician; b. San Rafael, Calif., Dee. 13, 1877; s. George Hferman Powers and Cornelia Janet (Chapman) P .; ed. Bates Prep. Seh., San Rafael, Calif .; A.B., Univ. Calif., 1898; M.D., Univ. Calif. Med. Dept., 1902; m. Madeleine Davls of No. Andover, June 20, 1905; children-Mrs. Katherine Powers Maturin, Mrs. Madeleine Powers Kemble. Interne, S.P. Co.
Hosp., 1902-03, Mass. Charitable Eye & Ear In- firmary, Boston, 1903-04, asst. surg., 1904-17; Boston City Hosp., 1908-12; consultant, Quiney . and Leonard Morse (Natick) Hosps .; instr. otol- ogy, Harvard Med. Sch., till 1917; in partner- ship with Dr. E. A. Crockett, 1912-23; mem. Am. and N.E. Otol. Socs., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. Clubs: Tennis & Racquet, The Country (Brookline). Author: case histories; articles on ear and nose conditions. Travel: U.S., Europe. Father in Civil War. Episcopalian. Republican. Oflice and home: 316 Beaeon St., Boston. Sum- mer res .: Kennebunkport, Me.
POWERS, Harry H., biochemist; b. Hillsdale, Mich., Apr. 13, 1900; s. Henry C. Powers and Celia E. (Bates) P .; ed. Hillsdale (Mich.) high sch .; A.B., Grand Island Coll., 1923; M.A., Univ. Neb., 1924; Ph.D., Harvard, 1927; m. Hazel Stuart Cam- eron of Burlington, Vt., Dee. 25, 1926. Biochemist, E. R. Squibb & Sons, 1927-30; instr. biochemistry, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1931-35, asst. prof., 1936 -.
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Protestant. Republlean. Office: Tufts College Medical School, 416 Huntington Av., Boston. Home: 2 Claflin Rd., Brookline.
POWERS, Joseph Huntington, publisher; b. Ober- lin, O., Sept. 3, 1889; s. Harry Huntington Powers and Mary Janes (Montague) P .; ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1910; m. Clare M. Burdick, 1922; children-Helen M., Virginia B. Served in Am. Field Service, 1917, Am. Red Cross, 1918, World War. Office: 11 Boyd St., Newton. Home: 25 Farlow Rd., Newton.
VPOWERS, Leland, lawyer; b. Newton, July 1, 1890; s. Samuel L. Powers and Eva (Crowell) P .; ed. Middlesex Sel .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll .. 1910, A.M., 1911; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1914; m. Barsha C. Threewit of Denver, Colo., Dec. 20, 1913; children-Mrs. Polly Overholt, Samuel L., Barsha. Asso. with law firm of Powers & Hall, Boston, 1914-, mem. firm, 1918 -; tr. Deaconess Hosp., Garland School; rep. from Newton, Mass. Gen. Ct., 1918-19; Asst. Atty, Gen., Mass., 1919- 20; mem. Am., Mass., Middlesex, and Boston Bar Assns., Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsi- lon. Clubs: Aigonquin, Country, Exchange, Uni- versity, Mid-Ocean (Bermuda). Unitarian. Re- publican. Office: 30 Federal St., Boston. Home: 134 Chestnut Hill Rd., Newton.
V POWERS, Wallace Frank, professor of physles; b. Spencer, Mar. 27, 1889; s. Charles W. Powers and Harriet E. (Morse) P .; ed. A.B., Clark Univ., 1910, A.M., 1911, Ph.D., 1914; m. Katharine E. Wyatt of Worcester, Aug. 31, 1916; 1 son-Wallace F., Jr. Asso. prof. physics and math., Richmond Coll., 1914-16; instr. physics, Simmons Coll, 1916- 17, N.Y. Univ., 1917-20; asst. prof. physics, Wesleyan Univ., 1920-25; prof. and head dept. physics, Mass. State Coll .. 1925 -; mem. Am. Phys. Soc., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs. Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Home: 30 Fearing St., Amherst. Office: Physies Department, Mass. State College, Amherst.
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