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PRESTERA, Frank, lawyer; b. Missanclli, It., June 20, 1894; s. John Prestera and Teresa (Pepe) P .; brought to U.S., 1907, naturalized citizen, 1911; ed. North Uxbridge pub. schs., 1907-11; Uxbridge high sch., 1911-15; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1921; in. Jeannette M. Van Eynde, Apr. 24, 1924. Gen. practice of law, Whitinsville, 1921 -; commr., In- dustrial Accident Dept. of Mass., 1935-40; atty., Uxbridge Coop. Bk .; mem. Finance Com., Town of Uxbridge, 1927-33; dir. Uxbridge Coop. Bk .; clk. in U.S.A., with A.E.F., 1918-19; mem. Mass. Law Soc., Worcester Co. Bar Assn., Southern Wor- cester Co. Bar Assn., Suffolk Law Sch. Alumni
Assn., B.P.O.E., F.O.E., A.O.U.W. Club: Southern Worcester County Democratic. Catholic. Demo- crat. Office: 85 Church St., Whitinsvilic. Home: 30 Homeward Av., Uxbridge.
PRESTON, Alice Bolan, artist; b. Malden, Mar. 6, 1889; d John Joseph Bolam and Jeannette Eliza- beth (Wilson) B .; ed. Mass. Sch. of Art 1906-10; student, Amy Sacker's Sch. Interior Decoration, Vesper L. George Sch. of Design; pupil of Anson K. Cross, Albert A. Munsell, Felicie Waldo How- ell, Harry B. Snell; studied abroad with Harry B. Snell, 1928; m. Frank I. Preston of Beverly Farms, June 25, 1912. Illustrator and designer since 1910; illustrator of fairy tales ineluding "The Valley of Color Days", "Seven Peas In the Pod", "Green Forest Fairy Tales", "Adventures in Moth- er Goose Land", "Little Man With Onc Shoe"; also illustrated "Old Days in Beverly Farms", "Historic Beverly"; in House Beautifui Competi- tion for Cover Designs, awarded 1st prize ($500), 1924 and 1925, 2nd prize ($250), 1926, special prize ($200), 1927; dir. Beverly Improvement Soc., Bev- eriy Old Ladies Home; mem. Beverly Farms Im- provement Soc., Guild of Beverly Artists (v.p.), North Shore Arts Assn., Rockport Art Assn., Cop- ley Soc., Beverly Hist. Soc., Soc. Preservation N.E. Antiquities. Club: Art (Boston). Travel: Portu- gal, Sp., Fr. Episcopalian. Republican. Home: 807 Ilale St., Beverly Farm's.
PRESTON, Elwyn Greeley, business executive; b. Burlingame, Kan., Aug. 11, 1866; s. Hiram D. Preston and Emily F. (Greeley) P .; ed. pub. schs. of Nashua, N.H .; m. Emily H. Brown of Woburn, Oct. 6, 1897; children-Richard G., Jerome, Roger, Elwyn G. With B.&M.R.R., 1883-92; scc. Boston Chamber Commerce, 1892-1905; treas. R. H. White Co., 1905-11, S. S. Pierce Co. 1911 -; dir. John Hancock Life Ins. Co., Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., S. S. Pierce Co., Second Nat. Bk., West Point Mfg. Co., Chatahoochee Valley R. R .; tr. Home Sav. Bk. Clubs: Union, Exchange, Boston City. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 133 Brookline Av., Boston. Home: Lexington.
PRESTON, Roger, business executive; b. Woburn, June 21, 1900; s. Elwyn Greeley Preston and Emily Hunter (Brown) P .; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1922; m. Anita Lyon Bow- ditch of Brookline, 1927; children-Frederic B., David, Philip. Asst. trcas., S. S. Pierce Co., Bos- ton, 1922 -; treas., dir. S. S. Pierce Realty Co .; dir. S. S. Pierce Co., Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., Lexington Trust Co., Boston Chamber of Commerce, Merchants Credit Bur .; 2d lt. C.A.C., World War; mem. Kappa Alpha. Clubs: Union, Brae Burn Country, Rotary (Boston), Willlams (N.Y.). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 133 Brookline Av., Boston. Home: 36 Metacomet Rd., Waban. Summer res .: "Boulderwood", Lake As- quam, N.H.
PRICE, Forrest, journalist; b. New Hagerstown, O., Jan. 2, 1862; s. Josiah D. Price and Sarah Jane (Waggoner) P .; cd. Wooster (O.) high sch .; Ph.B., Coll. of Wooster (O.), 1888; m. Grace Slagle of Defiance, O., Sept. 14, 1893; children-Dorothy Margaretta, Mrs. Mildred Price Beal, Mrs. Sara Louise Price Cooledge. Associated with Eau Ciaire (Wis.) Daily Frec Press; reporter, Pitts- burgh (Pa.) Chronicle Telegraph; polit. writer, Pittsburgh Press; returned as polit. reporter, later polit. ed., Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph; 1st financial cd., Chr. Sci. Monitor, Boston, 1908-33; now asso. with Publication Com. of Chr. Sci. Ch., Boston; mem. Masons (Columbian Lodge), Phi Delta Theta. Travel: Azores, It., Switz., Belg., Ger., Fr., Eng., Can., western U.S. Christian Scientist. Republican. Office: 107 Falmouth St.,
Boston. Home: 111 Fuller St., Brookline.
VPRICE, Frank Shreve, electrical supplies merchant (retired) ; b. Saleni, Nov. 8, 1875; s. Charles H. Price and Fannie (Pettingell) P .; ed. Governor Dummer Acad., South Byfield, 1891-92; m. Elisa- beth Marshall of Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 12; 1899; children-Marshall Shreve, Elinor (Mrs. James W. Ricker). Asso. with Pettingell-Andrews Co .. wholesale ciec. supplics, Boston, continuously, 1894-, sec., 1897-1913, pres., 1913-1927; pres. Gen.
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Elec. Supply Corp. of Boston, successors to Pet- tingell-Andrews Co., 1927-30; sold Interests in Gen. Elec. Supply Corp of Boston and bought back. name of Pettingell-Andrews Co. and that part of business pertaining to elec. lighting fix- tures and equipment, Nov. 1929; pres Pettingell- Andrews Co. 1929-34, chin. of bd., 1934 -; chmn. of bd., Hlram Ricker & Sons, Poland Springs, Me., 1934-37; retired from active work 1937, remaining as chmn. of bd. Pettingell-Andrews Co. Club: University (Boston). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 378 Stuart St., Boston. Home: South Po- land, Me.
VPRICE, (Junius) Lucien, journalist, author; b. Kent, O., Jan. 6, 1883; s. Emmet Willen Price and Lucia Augusta (Deming) P .; ed. Kent (O.) high sch .; Western Reserve Acad., Iludson, O., 2 yrs .; Ober- lin (O.) Acad., part year, 1903; A.B., Harvard, 1907; unmarried. Reporter, asst. revlewer of music and drama, ed. writer, Boston Evening Transcript, 1907-14; ed. writer, Boston Globe, 1914-22 and at intervals yearly since; study for authorship and journalism, 1922 -. Author: hn- mortal Youth (privately printed, 1919); Prophets Unawares, 1924; Winged Sandals, 1928; We North- men, 1936. Travel: U.S., 1924; Europe, 1926-27, 1933, 1937. Price famlly came first to New Lon- don, Conn., then went west; Deming family went from Conn. to O. early 19th century. Hellenist. Liberal. Office: Boston Globe, Boston. Home: 75 Hancock St., Boston. Summer res .: Nahant.
PRICE, Samuel, rabbi; b. Kroz, Lithuania, Nov. 21, 1886; s. Joseph Price and Rebecca (Wilensky ) P .; ed. local Hebrew schs., rabbinical colls .; Berlin (Ger.) Univ .; grad., Rabbinical Sem., 1907; m. Fanny Hailperin of Newark, N.J., Feb. 20, 1912; children-Lillian, Miriam. Came U.S. 1907; com- pleted study in Eng .; rel, dir., Jewish Agr. Coll., Woodbine, N.J .; rabbl, Torass Emeth Synagogue, Newark, N.J., 1912-13; Beth El Synagogue, Spring- field, 1913 -; chaplain, U.S. Vet. Hosp., Northamp- ton; Bible scholar, lecturer, comunal worker; mem. United Synagogue Am., Rabbinical Assem- bly; chmn. Springfield Chap., Jewish Welfare Bd .; mem. Nat. Zionist Orgn. Am .; dir. Council of Churches, local Orgn. Clubs: City, Rotary
(Springfield). Author: mag. articles, rel. plays, pageants, etc. Travel: Europe and Orient, 1935. Jewish. Non-partisan. Office: 150 Ft. Pleasant Av., Springfield. Ilome: 67 Ft. Pleasant Av., Springfield.
PRICE, Wilfred Ilorace, superintendent of schools; b. Gilminton, N.H., Sept. 13, 1871; s. E. Sewell Price and Mary Jane (Clay) P .; ed. Dorchester high sch., 1890, post grad. student, 1890-91; B.S., Harvard, 1895; m. Emma B. Chase of Laconia, N.H., Apr. 4, 1900; children-Barbara (Mrs. J. Wesley Hodsdon), Carol. Supt. of Holliston schs., 1902-08; supt. schs., Watertown, 1908-38; retired Jan. 1, 1939; mem. Masons; mem. Mass. Sch. Super- intendents' Assn., N.E. Sch. Superintendents' Assn. Club: Rotary. Congregationalist. Home: 92 Mar- shall St., Watertown.
VPRINCE, Arthur Dow, business executive; b. Law- rence, July 5, 1867; s. George Caleb Prince and Emma Ann (Dow) P .; ed. Lowell high sch., m. Bertha Inez Bass, Waterville, Me., Oct. 17, 1894. Entered business with father on finishing sch. and ever since connected with same organiza- tion; treas. G. C. Prince & Son, Inc., and Prince Cotter Co., Inc .; tr., Central Sav. Bk. of Lowell, Masonic Edn. and Charity Trust. Clubs: Engi- neers (Boston), Yorick (Lowell). Travel: Europe, Orient. Ancestors settled in Salem Village (1);un- vers) about 1640. Protestant. Republican. Of- fice: 108 Merrimack St., Lowell. Home: 1 Simp- son St., Lowell. Summer Home: South Acworth, N.H.
PRINCE, Thomas Wallace, lawyer; b. Poland, Me., Jan. 6, 1887; s. Maurice C. B. Prince and Hattie Augusta (Pratt) P .; ed. Mechanic Falls gram sch., 1902, high sch., 1906; m. Hazel Loulse Attwood of Mlnot, Me., Aug. 13, 1914; children-Thomas Wallace, Robert Stephen, Dorothea Jean, Doug- las Attwood, Philip Bonney, Janice Louise, Rich- ard Maurice. Studied law, Hon Jesse M. Libby,
Mechanic Falls, 1906-11; adm. to Me. Bar, 1911, Mass.' Bar, 1915, U.S. Dist. Ct. Bar, 1921; gen. practice of law, Mechanic Falls, 1911-15; Brockton, 1915 -; judge Mechanic Falls Mun. Ct., 1911-15; pub. prosecutor, Brockton Police Dept., 1925-26; asst. dist. atty., S.E. Dist., 1936-39; city solicitor, Brockton, 1929-33; legal advisor, Selective Service System, 1917-18; clk. and dlr. Onset Grove Assn .; mem. Plymouth Co. Bar Assn., Silver Beach (Falmouth) Improvement Assn., Brockton Sports man Assn., Mechanic Falls Alumni Assn., Masons. Club: Republican (Brockton). Unitarian. Re- publican. Office: 106 Main St., Brockton. Home: 300 Forest Av., Brockton. Summer res .: Silver Beach, North Folmouth.
VPRINCE, Walter Everett, professor of English; b. Norwich, Conn., July 18, 1881 ; s. Benjamin Moulton Prince and Lillian Flora (Bixby) P .; ed. Worees- ter Eng. high sch .; Ph.B., Brown Unlv., 1904, A.M., 1905; in. Mary Adelaide Lynch of Orono, Me., Mar. 16, 1907 (teacher in Me., and Cripple Creek, Colo .; (. 1932). Instr. Eng., Univ. Me., 1905-12, pub. speaking, Bangor Theol. Sem., 1905-06; mem. dept. langs. and lit., Mass. State Coll., 1912 -; prof. Eng., 1933 -; visiting prof. Eng., summer ses- sion, Mich. State Coll., 1937. Within the state speaker on war issues during World War; mem. Shakespeare Assn. Am., Nat. Assn. Teachers of Speech, Phi Kappa Phi; charter mem. Sphinx (Brown Univ.). Club: Faculty (Mass. State Coll.). Desc. Robert Prince, Danvers, mid. 17th century; Huguenot strain 18th
century. Independent in religion and politics. Office: Mass. State Col- lege, Amherst. Home: 151 Amlty St., Amherst.
PRIOR, Roscoe Henry, terminal operator; b. Re- vere, Feb. 23, 1885; s. Roscoe H. Prior and M. Mary E. (Gallagher) P .; ed. East Boston high sch., 1900- 03. Began career as clk. in bank, 1903; had been engaged in motor trucking, automobile distribu- tion, hotel propr., stevedoring, travel bureau and fisherles; pres. American Stevedoring Corp., Ma- rine Service Co., Marine Terminals Co., Marine Equipment Co., Lenox Hotel, United Despatch, Shoalwater, Inc .; treas. Temple Tours; served in Mass. N.G. 6 yrs .; in Motor Transport Corps, U.S.A., in
Washington, D.C., 1918-19. Clubs: Yacht (Boston); Corinthlan Yacht (Marblehead). Epis- copalian. Republican. Office: 131 State St., Bos- ton.
PROCTOR, Charles Walters, lawyer; b. Beverly, July 17, 1890; s. Nathan Putnam Proctor and Ellen Tucker (DuBois) P .; cd. grad., Thayer Acad., 1909; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1912; m. Myra Celinda Clark, June 25, 1914; 1 son-Nathan Iloward. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1912; practiced at Boston, 1912-13; mem. Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1914; legal ed., Am. Law Book Co., 1915-16; asso. com- piler, Gen. Laws of Mass., 1918-20; returned to private practice, Boston, 1916; practiced at Wor- cester, 1920 -; mem. law firm McDonald & Proc- tor 1920-23; asst. counsel Mass. State Senate, 1923; mem. firm Proctor & Walker 1928-33, since alone; clerk Worcester Finance Corp., Prescott's Bus Lines, Inc .; prof. law, Northeastern Univ., Worcester Div .; mem. Holden Sch. Com., 1922-25; moderator, Holden, 1936 -; dir. Worcester Finance Corp., Prescott's Bus Lines, Inc .; mem. Am., Mass., and Worcester County Bar Assns., Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Masons, Patrons of Husbandry. Clubs: University (Worcester), Holden Trowel, Ex- change, Bancroft Automobile (sec. and dir.). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 390 Main St., Worcester. Home: Bancroft Rd., Ilolden.
PROCTOR, Edward Otis, lawyer; b. Portland, Me., Feb. 14, 1887; s. Edward E. Proctor and Grace (Otis) P .; ed. Wakefield pub. and high schs .; A.B., Yale, 1909; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1912; m. Fernande Girod of Annecy, Fr., Sept. 30, 1918; children-Madeleine, Jacqueline, Edward O., Jr. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1912; in gen. practice of law, Boston, 1912 -; asso. with Sherman L. Whip- ple, 1912-30; mem. firm Withington, Cross, Proc- tor & Park, 1930 -; asst. atty. gen., Common- wealth of Mass., Jan. 1937 -; sr. asst., July 1938 -; dir. Boston Legal Ald Soc .; served as 1st lt. Inf., U.S.A., attached to gen. hdqrs., A.E.F., Chaumont,
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Fr., 1917-19; mem. Massachusetts and Boston Bar Assns., Beta Theta Pi, Elk. Clubs: Elihn, . City, Yale (Boston). Episcopalian. Democrat. Office: 73 Tremont St., Boston. liome: 78 Glen Av., Newton Centre.
Y PROCTOR, Robert, lawyer; b. Newton, Dec. 1, 1898; s. Thomas W. Proctor and Anne Louise (White) P .; ed. A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1919; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1924; m. Nathalle B. Merroll, Southboro, May 20, 1939. Dir. the Second Nat. Bk. of Bos- ton; dir. and mem of exec. com., Am. Red Cross, Boston Metrop. Chapter; dir. Roxbury Neighbor- hood House, Boston; comm'd. 2nd lt. Inf., U.S.A., Aug. 1918; mcm. Mass. and Boston Bar Assns. trustee Provident Institution for Savings, Boston; Clubs: Country (Brookline), Tennis and Racquet (Boston), Somerset, Tavern and Curtis (Boston). Office: 30 State St., Boston. Home: 11 Lime St., Boston.
PROPERZI, Nazareno, Catholic priest; b. Italy, Feb. 5, 1890; s. Liberato Properzi and Domenica (Co- rona) P .; ed. Instituto Cristoforo Colombo, Placen- za, It .; Collegio Angelico-Roma, Rome, It., B. Theol. and S.T.L., 1914. Founder, St. Anthony's Ch., Somerville, pastor 24 yrs., chmn. bd .; mem. Recreation Commn., Somerville; bd. dirs., Home of Italian Children, Boston; painted several rel. pictures for churches in Boston ; past mem. Italian Hist. Soc., Boston Art Club. Author: ocasional articles, llt. and poctical, in mags. Travel: Eur- ope (extensive), U.S. Catholic. Office and home: 12 Vine St., Somerville.
PROSSER, Clifford Ludd, asso. professor of physiol- ogy; b. Avon, N.Y., May 12, 1907; s. Clifford James Prosser and Izora (Ladd) P .; ed. Avon high sch .; A.B., Univ. Rochester, 1929; Ph. D., Johns Hopkins, 1932; m. Hazel Blanchard of Stoneham, Aug. 25, 1934. Parker fellow, Harvard, 1932-34; Cambridge and Oxford, Eng., 1934; research asso., Clark Univ., 1935-36, asst. prof. physiology, 1936-38; asso. prof., 1938 -; mem. physiology staff, summers, Marine Biol. Lab., Woods Hole; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Physiol. Assn., Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha, Clark Scientific Soc. (sec .- treas.). Author: numerous sci. papers dealing with nervous systems. Travel: Europe, Mex. Office: Clark University, Worcester. Home: 53 Maywood St., Worcester. Summer res .: Woods Hole.
PROUTY, Lewis Isaac, manufacturer, trustee; b. Spencer, Jan. 10, 1872; s. Charles Newton Prouty and Jane Azubah (Richardson) P .; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1894; m. Olive Cha- pin Higgins of Worcester, June 12, 1907; children -- Mrs. Jane Prouty Smith, Richard. Engaged in mfg. men's shoes, 1894-1916; treas., dir., Isaac Prouty & Co., till 1916; dir., later treas., Carr Fastener Co., 1916-29; trustee., pvt. trusts and estates, 1929 -. Clubs: Union (Boston), Country (Brookline), Ilarvard (Boston, N.Y.). Desc. Richi- ard Prouty, Scituate, Plymouth Colony, 1667, a soldier in King Philip's War. Unitarian. Of- fice: 201 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: Brook-
line. Summer rcs .: East Marion.
V PROUTY, Olive Iliggins, author; b. Worcester; daughter of Milton Prince Higgins and Katherine (Chapin) I .; ed. B. 1., Smith Coll., Northampton, 1904; m. Lewis I. Prouty of Brookline, June 12, 1907; children-Jane Chapin, Richard, Anne (d.), Y PUGH, Roger Vaughan, investments; b. Cambridge, Olivia (d.). Author: Bobbie, General Manager, 1913; The Fifth Wheel, 1916; The Star in the Win- dow, 1918; Good Sports, 1919; Stella Dallas, 1922; Conflict, 1927; White Fawn, 1931; Lisa Vale (sc- rally in Am. Mag.), 1938. Club: Chilton (Boston). Unitarian. Republican. Home: Brookline.
PROVINE, William Kolb, professor of German; b. Columbia, Tenn., Oct. 24, 1897; s. Rev. William Alexander Provine and Christine (Kolb) P .; ed. pub. and pvt. schs., Nashville, Tenn .; A.B., Van- derbilt Univ., 1920, A.M., 1922; Univ. Berlin; A.M., Harvard, 1927; m. Katharine Pollett LeSueur of Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 6, 1926. Master of French and Latin, Cathedral Choir Sch. of St. John the Divine, N.Y. City, 1924; instr. Ger., Harvard, 1925; instr. Ger., Tufts Coll., 1926, asst. prof., 1929 -; studied organ under Fritz Heitmann, Berlin; or-
ganist in several Greater Boston churches; organ- ist and cholrmaster, No. Cong. Ch., Cambridge, 1935 -. Presbyterian. Democrat. Office: Tufts College, Medford. Home: 9 Hurlbut St., Cam- bridge.
PROWSE, Montague W. W., trustee; b. London, Eng., Oct. 15, 1891; s. Col. Thomas W. W. Prowsc and Clara (Fox) P .; ed. Eastbourne (Eng.) schs .; m. Martha Peabody of Milton, Sept. 18, 1923. With Lee, Iligginson & Co., investment bankers, Bos- ton, 1921-32; trustce of estates, 1932 -; dir. Houston Elec. Co., Sharon Sanatorium; major, Brit. Army during World War, service 10 yrs. Clubs: Somerset, Exchange. Episcopalian, Of- fice: 10 State St., Boston. Home: "Marcsfield", Canton.
VPUFFER, J(oseph) Adams, florist, writer; b. Ilar- rington, Me., Feb. 13, 1872; s. William Henry Puffer and Susannah Wood (Coffin) P .; ed. Kent's Hill (Me.) Acad .; A.B., Wesleyan Univ., Conn., 1896; S.T.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Theol., 1900; Clark Unlv., 1905-07; Univ. Ill., 1913-14; Harvard Sch. Edn., 1925; m. Emily Hope Rice of Berlin, Oct. 1, 1903; children-Evelyn Hope, Ruth' Rice, Stan- wood Adams, Marjorie. Teacher, Harrington, Me., 1888-89; pastor, M.E. Ch., Biddeford Pool, 1900-01; prin. high sch., Richmond, 1902; Mass. Industrial Sch. for Boys, Westboro, 1902-05; pas- tor, 1st Unitarian Ch., Gardner, 1905-08, 1st Parish Ch., Needham, 1908-11; probation officer, Juvenile Ct., Boston, 1907-10; dir. Bcacon Voca- tion Bur., Boston, 1910-18; instr., teachers' inst., 1910-13; lecturer, farmers' inst., Univ. Ill., 1913- 14; lecturer on vocational problems, normal schs. and colls., 1914-18; fleld sec., Nat. Pub. Welfare League, Kansas City, Mo., 1918-20; asso. ed., Pub. Welfare, 1918-20; field sec., Nat. Child Wel- fare Assn., N.Y., 1920-21, Nat. Pub. Welfare League, Kansas City, Mo., 1921-23; Field dir., Coop. Club Internat .; dir. Beacon Boys' Bur., Boston; volunteer Y.M.C.A., Camp Devens, voca- tional worker, Y.M.C.A., camps in South, during World War, Club: Rotary. Travel: Eng. (stu- dicd reform schs.). Author: The Boy and His Gang; A Study of Boys' Gangs; Vocational Guid- ance (2d book pub. on vocational guldance, the first being by Parsons); Vocational Counselors (with Herbert H. Helble, prin, high sch., Ap- pleton, Wis.). Desc. Puffer and Coffin familles, 1640. Office: Berlin. IIome: Walnut St., Berlin. PUFFER, William Lewis, consulting engineer; b. So. Sudbury, July 15, 1860; s. Dexter Rich- ardson Puffer and Mary I. (Thomas) P .; ed. Chauncy Hall Sch., Boston; S.B., M.I.T., 1884; m. Anna Wynkoop Bailey of Trenton, N.J., 1888; children-Lewis Richardson, Isabella Wynkoop, Dorothy Haynes, Frances Bailey. Mem. faculty, M.I.T., 1884-1906; cons. engr. and court expert, Boston, 1906 -; retained by several Mass. Pub. Service Commns .; fellow Am. Inst. E.E. Author: numerous prof. pamphlets and tech. papers. Travel: Europe, U.S. Desc. several lines of May- flower settlers; family name first appears on large grant of land where Fore River ship- yard now is. Interested in experimental in- vestigations. Protestant. Independent. Office: 729 Boylston St., Boston, Home: 38 Chestnut St., Wellesley Hills. Summer res .: Meredith, N.I.
Nov. 15, 1904; s. James Thomas and Anna Mabel (Vaughan) Pugh; ed. A.B., Harvard Univ., 1925; m. Rosamond Tucker, of Brookline, June 11, 1927; children-Roger, Jr., Rosamond Randall. Asso. with John Babcock Howard & Co., investment counsel and management, Boston, since 1932, vice pres. and treas. Commodity Corp., Commodity and Security Managers, Inc., pres. Security Agen- cy, Inc .; dir. Commodity Corp., Commodity and Security Managers, Inc., dir. Security Agency, Inc. Unitarian. Office: 82 Devonshire St., Bos- ton.
PULLING, Howard E., professor of botany; b. Wau- sau, Wis., Fcb. 3, 1886; s. Bradley W. Pulling and Emma D. (Bouldrie) P .; cd. A.B., Beloit Coll., 1910; Ph.D. Univ. Wls., 1915; m. Mildred B. Hosler of Reedsburg, Wis., 1915; 1 son-
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Nathan H. Fellow, Univ. of Wis., 1912-13, Instr. botany, 1913-15; instr. plant physiology, Johns Hopkins, 1915-19; asst. prof. botany, Wellesley Coll., 1919-20, asso. prof., 1920-23, prof., 1923 -; inem. A.A.A.S., Bot. Soc. Am., Am. Soc. Plant Physiologists. Clubs: N.E. Botanical, Torrey Bo- tanical. Episcopalian. Home: 14 Winthrop Rd., Wellesley.
PULSIFER, Leon Wilson, teacher; b. Conway, June 6, 1888; s. William B. Pulsifer and Nettie C. (Wil- son) P .; ed. DeWitt Clinton high sch., N.Y. City; Univ. Vt., 1 yr .; Burlington (Vt.) Bus. Coll., 1914; m. Edith. M. Nelson of Norton, Vt., Sept. 1, 1915. Worked in gen. store, Norton, Vt., 1 yr .; teacher, Vt. dist. schs., 2 yrs., Burlington Bus. Coll., 3 yrs., Burdett Coll., Boston, 20 yrs., now head Bus. Dept .; mem. Eastern Commercial Teachers' Assn. Family in Mass. since colonial times. Baptist.
Republican. Office: Burdett erville.
College, Boston. Home: 74 Raymond Av., Som-
PURDY, Stanley Blanchard, portrait photographer; b. Wakefield, Jan. 23, 1881; s. James Edward Purdy and Carrie (Blanchard) P .; cd. Wake- field pub, sch. and high sch .; Harvard, 1900-01; m. Edna Anderson of Revere, June 27, 1907; chil- dren-Ruth Alma (Mrs. John Beebe North), Frances, Robert Edward. Engaged in portrait photography continuously, 1901-, pres., treas. J. E. Purdy Co., Inc., Boston, 1934 -; mem. Pho- tographers' Assn. Mass., Photographers' Assn. Am., Masons. Republican. Oflice: 160 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 25 Sheffield Rd., Wakefield. PURINGTON, Florence, college dean (emeritus) ; b. Burnt Hills, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1862; d. Lewis Madison Purington and Emily (Sherman) P .; ed. Walton (N.Y.) Acad .; Delaware Acad., Delhi, N.Y .; diploma, Mt. Holyoke Sem., 1886; S.B., Alt. Holyoke Coll., 1896, Litt.1)., 1912; student, summers, at Harvard and Univ. Mich,; unmar- ried. Teacher, Waterford, Conn., 1886-87, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1887-1905, appointment sec., 1902- 07; dean (first at Mt. Holyoke), 1907-29; retired 1929; tr. Mt. Ilolyoke Coll., 1925 -; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Nat. Assn. Deans, For. Policy Assn., mem. Bd. Dirs. Women's Christian Coll. (Madras), Am. Assn. Univ. Women. Clubs: College (Bos- ton), Mt. Holyoke Alumnae, Congregational. Au- thor: newspaper and mag. articles. Travel: U.S., Can., Europe (3 times), around world (with sev- eral weeks each in Japan, China, India, Egypt). Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 25 Sil- ver St., So. Hadley.
PURVES, Clifford Burrough, research worker in carbohydrate and cellulose chemistry; b. Cupar, Fife, Scot., Feb. 6, 1902; s. Alexander Murray Purves and Elizabeth (Burrough) P .; ed. Bell Baxter Sch., Cupar, Fife, Scot .; B.Sc., St. An- drews Univ., Scot., 1923, Ph.D. in chem., 1929; m. Doris Elizabeth Ferry of Chicago, 1934; chil- dren-Elizabeth Burrough, John Montague. Com- monwealth Fund fellow, U.S. Bur. Standards, 1926- 29; research asst., Dept. Physiology, Marischal Coll., Aberdeen, Scot., 1929-31; research asso., U.S. Nat. Inst. Health, 1931-36; asso. prof. organic chem., M.I.T., 1936 -; mem. Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Chem. Soe., Brit. Chem. Soc. Au- thor: sundry articles on chemistry of carbo- hydrates in Am. and Brit. chem, jours. Protestant. Office: Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 31 Grozier Rd., Cambridge.
V PUTNAM, Alfred W., lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1870; s. Alfred P. Putnam and Eliza K. (Butt- rick) P .; ed. Concord high sch .; M.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1896; m. Rebecca Crowinshield of Salem, Dec. 8, 1900; children-Katherine, Al- fred P. Admitted to Mass. Bar, 1896; practiced law, Boston and Salem, 1896 -; served with the Salem Common Council and on Salem Sch. Bd .; mem. Bar Asyn. City of Boston, Essex Bar Assn. Clubs: City (Salem); Appalachian Mt. Travel: Eng., Fr., U.S. West. Desc. Gov. John Endi- cott. Protestant. Democrat. Office: 34 Sum- mer St., Salem. Ilonie: Salem.
PUTNAM, Augustus Lowell, merchant; b. Brook- line, June 25, 1899; S. William Lowell Putnam
and Elizabeth (Lowell) P .; ed. Noble and Green- ough Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1920; m. Anne Lockwood Lackey of Washington, D.C., Mar. 1, 1924; m. (2d) Lucy Balch-twitchell of Boston, 1938; children -- Anne L., Augustus L., Jr., Oliver deM., Lawrence L. Clk., 1st Nat. Bk., Boston, 1920-22; salesman, then v.p., pres. Multibestos Co., Walpole, 1922-29; consultant on careers, Har- vard, 1929-35, dir. personal relations, 1931 -; treas., v.p. Fellowcrafters, Inc., 1935 -; dir. Dewey Almy Chem. Co., Children's Aid Assn. (Boston) ; treas. Browne & Nichols Sch. (Cambridge), Longy Sch. Music, N.E. Town Planning Assn. (Boston) ; tr. Free Hosp, for Women, Brookline; 2d lt. F.A. U.S.A., 4 mos., World War. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), Country (Brookline), Essex Co., St. Botolph. Travel: U.S. (extensive), Eng., Fr., Italy. Gt. nephew, Isracl Putnam; related to famous Lowells. Unitarian. Democrat. Office: 64 Stanhope St., Boston. Home: 79 Beacon St., Boston. Summer res .: Beverly Farms.
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