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RAYMOND, Leonard Jessup, advertising executive; b. Jersey City, N.J., May 17, 1898; s. F. Leonard Raymond and Eleanor Blair (Jessup) R .; ed. West- field high sch., 1912-13; Worcester Acad., 1916; m. Ruth Adelia Witinan of Malden, Oct. 19, 1918; children-Robert Witman, Barbara Elaine. Began as salesman and writer of advertising; owner Boston Advertising Service, 1917-18; mgr. direct advertising dept., Griffith Stillings Press, 1918-19, Stetson Press, 1919-21; pres. Dickie-Raymond, Inc., 1921 -; mem. Direct Mail Advertising Assn. (past pres.); Boston Chamber of Commerce; served with U.S. Marines, Harvard Univ. S.A.T.C., World War. Clubs: Advertising of Boston (dir.), Boston Yacht; Sales Mgrs., N.Y. Adv. Author various articles on direct advertising, merchandising and research. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 80 Broad St., Boston. Home: 10 Leslie Road, Winchester.
RAYMOND, Percy Edward, paleontologist; b. New Canaan, Conn., May 30, 1879; s. George Edward Raymond and Harriet Frances (Beers) R .; ed. Ithaca high sch .; A. B., Cornell, 1902; Ph.D., Yale, 1905; in. Eva Grace Mayham Goodenough of Worcester, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1904; 1 dau .- Ruth Els- petl. Asst. in paleontology, Cornell Univ., 1901-02; asst. in hist. geology, Yale, 1905; asst. curator in charge invertebrate paleontology, Carnegie Mus., Pittsburgh, 1904-10; invertebrate paleontologist, Geol. Survey of Can., 1910-12; prof. invertebrate paleontology, Univ. Pittsburgh, 1909-11; asst. prof., paleontology, Harvard, 1912-17, asso. prof., 1917- 29, prof., 1929-, curator invertebrate paleontology, Mus. Comparative Zoology, 1912 -; fellow Geol. Soc. Amn., Paleontol. Soc. (pres. 1934), A.A.A.S., Am. Acad. of Arts & Sciences; mem. Am. Assn. Museums, Conn. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Boston Soc. Nat. Ilist., Pewter Collectors Club of Am. (pres. 1934-37), Gamma Alpha, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Faculty (Cambridge) ; Harvard (Boston). Author: numer- ous articles on paleontology and geology in scien- tifie period. Awarded Walker prize for contribu- tions to natural history, 1928. Episcopalian. Re- publican. llome: 23 Revere St., Lexington.
RAYMOND, Robert Lovejoy, Jr., broker, investment banker; b. Boston, Jan. 29, 1902; s. Robert Lovejoy Raymond and Mary Minturn (Higbee) R .; ed. Mil- ton Acad., 1912-20; A.B., Harvard, 1924, A.M., 1927; m. Olivia Howard of Santa Mateo, Calif., Apr. 4, 1925; children-Olivia, Robert L., 3d, Mary Min- turn, Edward Howard. Inst., Harvard, 1926-28; customer's man, Wrenn Bros., 1929-36; partner, HI. C. Wainwright & Co., 1936 -; chmn. Red Cross Drive in Bus. Dist., 1936. Club: Somerset (Bos- ton). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 60 State St., Boston. Home: Westwood.
RAYMOND, William Lee, author, lecturer; b. Cam- bridge, Sept. 24, 1877; s. William Henry Raymond and Anna Louise (Lovejoy) R .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1899; in. Phebe Teresa Candage of Brookline, Aug. 31, 1905: 1 son-Rich- ard Candage. With N. W. Harris & Co., investment bankers, Boston, 1901-12; meni. W. L. Raymond & Co., 1912-20; lecturer in hist. and economics, Bos- ton Univ., 1929-35; served on Boston Trade Comn., U.S. Liberty Loans, 1917-18; in First Motor Corps, Boston Police strike, 1919. Author: American and
Foreign Investment Bonds, 1916; State and Mu- nicipal Bonds, 1923 (second edit., 1932); National Government Loans, 1925; America and the World After the War, 1928; Poems of Love and Life, 1928; Our Heritage, 1929; The Repudiated Debt of Mis- sissippi in Annual Report, Council of Foreign Bond- holders, London, 1931; Later Poems, 1937; nu- merous articles appearing in Barron's Financial Weekly. Travel: Europe (extensive). Desc. Wil- liam Rayment, Capt. of Beverly Co. in expedition to Can., 1690; Elijah Parish Lovejoy and Owen Lovejoy, gt. uncles. Unitarian. Democrat. Home: Wayland.
READ, Carleton Allen, professor of steam engineer- ing (emeritus) ; b. North Hanover, Apr. 23, 1868; ed. Worcester Acad .; B S., Mass Tust. Tech., 1891; m. Abbie Mitchell Creech of Woburn, Jan. 23, 1894; children-Mrs. Earl P. Chase, Eleanor Allen, Law- rence Mitchell. Instr. mech. engring., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1891-99; prof. mech. engring., N.H. State Coll., later Univ. N.H., 1899-1908; prof. steam en- gring., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1908-34; emeritus, 1934 -; holder of first class stationary engrs. li- cence in State of Mass .; mem. Am. Soc. M.E., Sigma Xi, Theta Chi. Baptist. Republican. Home: 15 Hockfeld Rd., Worcester.
READ, Edward Sears, architect; b. Cambridge, Mar. 2 1890; s. Edward Read and Ruth (Sears) R .; ed. Brown & Nichols Sch .; Noble & Greenough Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1911, A.M., 1913; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Fr .; m. Virginia Carr (div.), Oct. 5, 1926; 1 son-Edward Sears, Jr. Practicing archi- tecture with Charles Everett, successors to firm of Willard T. Sears, architects; served as 2nd lt., Air Service, with 502nd Squad., Langley Field, 498th Squad. overseas, World War; mem. Am. Le- gion (Crosscup Post). Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Union Boat, Cambridge Boat, Oakley Country. Au- thor: various articles on architecture. Travel: Eng., Fr., It. Office: 177 State St., Boston. Home: 5 Wyman Rd., Cambridge. Summer res .: Sears Point, Chatham.
V READ, Elmer C., jeweler; b. Snow Falls, Me., Oct. 6, 1873; s. William F. Read and Ella C. (Mann) R .; ed. Fitchburg high sch .; m. Alice W. Cushing of Fitchburg, Apr. 27, 1898; children-Ellsworth W., Leslie C. Clk., jewelry stores, Fitchburg and Bos- ton, 1889-98; with Kettell & Blake, jewelers, Boston, 1898-1916; mem. Kettell, Blake & Read, 1916-27, pres., treas.,. Kettell, Blake & Read, Inc., 1927-, dir. Belmont Sav. Bk .; tr. 4 Masonic bodies; mem. Masons. Club: Boston City. Unitarian. Repub- lican. Office: 387 Washington St., Boston. Home: 11 Highland Rd., Belmont. Summer res .: Dennis- port.
READ, Everett Prestou, retired; b. New Bedford, Apr. 25, 1887; s. William Francis Read and Eleanor (Marsters) R .; ed. Moshers Sch., St. George's Sch .; Stone Sch .; Benton's Bus. Prep. Sch .; in. Pauline Mowry of Rome, N., Nov. 14, 1914; children-Mrs. Nancy Read Sherman, Georgianna Mowry. Tr. I''ive Cents Sav. Bk .; former dir. Friends' Acad .; pres. Cachalot Council, Boy Scouts of Am., chin. Boy Scouts governing bd. and Ct. of Honor com., awarded Silver Beaver mein. Nat. Council, past pres. and chinn. New Bedford Chamber of Com- merce; dir. New Bedford Bd. of Commerce, New Bedford Bd. of Commerce Industrial Div.,, North End Guild, New Bedford Protective Soc., N.E. Regional Bd. of Boy Scouts Am .; mem. Mass. State Guard, Masons. Clubs: New Bedford Yacht (pres., past commodore), Wamsutta (New Bedford), Rod and Gun. Unitarian. Republican. Office: First National Bldg., New Bedford. Home: 191 Haw- thorn St., New Bedford.
VREAD, Harold Comer, insurance broker; b. Boston, Dec. 2, 1888; s. Charles French Read and Mary Bickerstaff (Comer) R .; ed. Brookline high sch., 1908; m. Margaret Frances Scudder of Hingham, May 8, 1915; children-Robert Scudder, Charles Marshall. Began active career, 1909, as ins. broker; with Hinckley & Woods, 1909-12, Equitable Surety Co., 1912-13; assisted in organizing firm of Read & Potter, Apr., 1913, firmi name changed to Read, Burrage & Co., and held position of partner, 1915- 20; partner Jordan Read & Co., 1920 -; sec. Mass.
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Charitable Fire Soc .; dir. and treas. Paul Revere Memorial Assn .; mem. 1st Corps Cadets, Mass. Vol. Militia, 1908-13; served with 1st Motor Corps, Mass. State Guard, 1917-19; mem. Boston Bd. Fire Underwriters, Boston Chamber of Commerce, Mass. Soc. S.A.R., Soe. War of 1812, Bostonian Soc., A Republican Institution, British Charitable Soc .; hon. life mem. Insurance Soc. of Mass. Club: Wellesley Country ( Wellesley Hills). Episco- palian. Republican. Office: 145 Milk St., Boston. Home: 9 Ordway Rd., Wellesley Ilills.
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READ, Warren Kempton, business executive; b. New Bedford, Aug. 18, 1883; s. William Francis Read and Eleanor (Masters) R .; ed. St. George's Sch., 1898-1903; Harvard Coll., 1903-05; m. Jessie A. Sawyer of Sharon, Oct. 22, 1907; children-War- ren K., Mrs. Cynthla Potter Dickenson, William Sawyer (d. 1928). Began as mill hand to learn bus. of Kilburn Mill, 1905, advancing to v.p .; dir. and mem. Investment com., Merchants Nat. Bk .; tr. and mem. bd. of investment, New Bedford Five Cent Sav. Bk .; dir. Gosnold Mills, Union St. Ry. Co .; chmn. Unemployment Commn., 1931; pres. bd. trs., St. Luke's Hosp .; v.p. Union for Good Works; v. chmu. bd., Sol-E-Mar Hosp .; pres. New Bedford Boys' Club, chmn. New Bedford Chapter, Am. Red Cross; mem. Masons, K.T. Clubs: Wamsutta, New Bedford Yacht, Harvard. Republican. Office: First National Bank Bldg., New Bedford. Home: 196 Hawthorn St., New Bedford.
REARDON, Harriman Apsley, insurance executive; b. Hudson, Jan. 9, 1895; s. George A. Reardon and Blanche C. ( Harriman) R .; ed. Hudson pub. schs .; grad., Cushing Acad., Ashburnhamn, 1912; m. Flora A. Duran of Hudson, June 14, 1917. Clk., Ins. ofliee, 1912; founded Ilarriman A. Reardon & Co., 1914; firm merged with L. B. Brigham (successors to Joslin Agency, estab., 1860) and incorporated as Harrlman A. Reardon & Co., Inc., 1921, pres., treas., dlr .; pres., dir. Co-op. Bk., tr. Sav. Bk., dlr., Nat. Bk., Hudson; pres., dir. Factory Realty Corp .; treas., dir. Boston Poultry Expn., Inc .; tr. Hudson Boy Scout Assn., various charity funds, Town of Hudson, Hudson M.E. Ch .; 2d class seaman, later 1st class storekeeper, U.S.N.R.F., 1917-18; mem. Am. Leglon, Sons Unlon Vets. Civil War, Hudson Chamber of Commerce, Masons. Club: Game Fowl (sec. and treas.). Methodist. Independent Repub- lican. Office: 141 Milk St., Boston. Home: 2 Brigham St., Hudson.
REBBOLI, Mary Downey, lecturer; b. Worcester; d. James Downey and Eliza V. (Maher) D .; ed. A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1903, A.M., 1908 ; Ph.D., Clark Univ., 1919; fellowship in Hlst. and Internat. Relations; m. Ralph C. Bebboli, Jan. 5, 1911. Volunteer Amer- icanization work, 1912-20; lecturer on Internat. Relations; mem. A.A.U.W. (nat. com. on internat. relations, 1932-35; chmn. internat. relations, Mass. W br., 1932-35); League of Women Voters (chimn. com. on internat. relations, Worcester, 1931-32); World Friendship among Children Group (bd. dirs., 1932-35); Open Forum (Worcester, exec. com., 1932-34); Clark Unlv. Almni Assn. (past v.p. and sec.). Clubs: Worcester Wellesley (pres., 1930- 32); Worcester Coll. (chmn. internat. relations, 1927-35); Mass. Fed. of Women's; Worcester Wom- en's (chmn. Americanization com., 4 yrs., dir. of Community House, 1917-20). Author: articles on Lithuania. Mem. of group preparing Information on German colonles in the Pacific for Peace Conf. at Versailles. Rec'd. Order of Grand Duke Gedy- minas from Lithuanian Govt., 1930. Home: 10 Trowbridge Rd., Worcester.
RECCHIA, Kitty Parsons, writer; b. Stratford, Conn .; d. Henry Chapman Parsons and Catherine Davis (Leavitt) P .; ed. St. Mary's Sch., Garden V City, N. Y .; Staten Is. (N.Y.) Acad .; Teachers Coll., Columbla; Pratt's Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y .; Boston Univ., 1923; m. Richard HI. Recchia (sculptor) of Boston, June 30, 1927; step-children-Richard Ed- mund, Anita Felicia (d.). From editing yearbook, St. Mary's Sch., worked way up to free lance writ- ing, much of it for newspapers; on ed. staff, Every Child's Mag., Omaha, Neb., 1922-27; talks on chil- dren's books at parent-teachers meetings; revlews books for Women's Clubs; during World War gave
performances of original monologues in army camps and naval bases in the east; mem. Authors' League Am. Travel: Europe, Eng., Can. Author (pen name Kitty Parsons) : Do You Know Them ?; Stories of People Worth While (for children) ; Dog- town Common; humorous essays and gen. articles. Episcopalian. Republican. Office and home: 6 Summer St., Rockport.
VRECCHIA, Richard H., sculptor; b. Quincy, Nov. 20, 1885; s. Francesco Recchia and Louise (Dondero) R .; student, Sch. Mus. Fine Arts, Boston, 1904-07; pupil of Bela Lyon Pratt, later asst. to same, 1906- 14; studied in Paris and Italy, 1911-12; m. Anita Diaz of Chili, Oct. 12, 1911 (d.); children-Richard Edmund, Anita Felicia (d.); m. (2d) Kitty Parsons of New York, June 30, 1927. Represented by panel figures symbollzing architecture, facade of Boston Mus. Fine Arts; Gov. Curtis Guild bas-relief, Bos- ton State House and Boston Common; Gov. Oliver Ames memorial, Northeastern Univ .; bas-relief por- traits of Sam Walter Foss and Robert Brown, Brown Unlv., George C. Purdue, Purdue Univ .; Red Cross Disaster Relief model, Red Cross Mus., Wash., D.C .; Phi Beta Kappa tablet, Harvard Univ .; Civil War portrait memorial of Gen. George Wells placed In Shenandoah Valley, Va .; sculptures in Brook Green Gardens Mus., S.C., and in J. B. Speed Mus., Louisville, Ky .; numerous garden figures and abstract works, fountain and ideal works in pvt. gardens and pub. parks; awarded bronze medal, Panama-Pacific Expn., 1915; gold medal and cross of honor, Internat. Expn., Literale, Italy, 1931; founded Boston Soc. of Sculptors, 1923; mem. Guild of Boston Artists, Copley Soc. of Boston, Nat. Sculpture Soc., Art Alliance of Philadelphia, North Shore Art Assn. Republican. Home and studlo: 6 Summer St., Rockport.
V REDFIELD, Alfred Clarence, professor of physiol- ogy; b. Phila., Pa., Nov. 15, 1890; s. Robert Stewart Redfield and Mary Thibault (Guillou) R .; ed. Hav- erford Sch .; Ilaverford Coll. 1909-10; B.S., Harvard, 1913, Ph.D., 1917; Cambridge Univ., England; . Unlv. Munich, Ger .; m. Martha Putnam of Boston, June 7, 1921; children-Elizabeth, Martha Wash- burn, Alfred Gulllou. Instr. physiology, Harvard. 1918-19; asst. prof. physiology, Univ. Toronto, 1919-20; asst. prof. physiology Harvard, 1921-30, asso. prof., 1930-31, prof., 1931 -; mng. ed., Bio- logical Bulletin, 1930; dir. Harvard Co-operative Soc .; tr. Marine Biol. Lab. (Woods Hole), Woods Hole Oceanographic Instn., Bermuda Biol. Sta. for Research, Elizabeth Thomson Sci. Fund, Boston Soc. Nat. Hist .; mem. Am. Physiol. Soc., Am. Soc. of Zoologists, Am. Acad. Arts & Selences, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Appalachian Mt. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 21 Berke- ley St., Cambridge.
REDMAN, Ralph W., merchant-banker; b. North Islesboro, Me., June 15, 1868; s. Benjamin R. Red- man and Chestina E. (Gilkey) R .; ed. in country schools; m. Grace Derby Parker of Quincy, July 2, 1895; children-Mrs. Chestina Redman Batchelder, Mrs. Grace Redman Warren. Began as grocery clerk, 1883; in real estate office San Diego, Calif. 1888-1889; lumber yard foreman, 1890-1891; pres. & treas. Fisher-Churchill Co., Dedham, 1892; tr., mem. exec. bd., Dedham Institution for Savings; treas. of Dedham Pottery; dir. Dedham Nat. Bank, 1914, eleeted pres., 1928, and served in this ea- pacity until bank merger, with Norfolk County Trust Co .; now dir, in same; treas. Highland Co .; mem. City Club (Boston), Masons & I.O.O.F. Travel: U.S. Unitarian. Independent Republican. Office: corner Eastern Av. & Providence Pike. Home: 27 Spruce St., Dedham.
REDMOND, Margaret, artist; b. Philadelphia, Pa .; d. Henry Redmond and Jane (Burns) R .; ed. pvt. schs .; Pa. Acad. Fine Arts (under Thos. Eakins and Thos. Anshutz); Paris (under M. Simon and M. R. Menard); Cambridge (under Denman W. Ross); N.Y.C. (under John Twactman). Painter, designer, worker in loaded glass, 1905 -; oil and water color pictures, decorations and murals ex- hibited In Boston, N.Y. City and Phila, at annual exhbns .; stalned and leaded glass In Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston, and in Metrop. Museum, N.Y. City;
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windows designed and executed: Trinity Ch., Bos- ton; Chancel St. Peter's Episcopal Ch., Beverly ; St. Paul's Ch., Englewood, N.J .; Pub. Lib., Engle- wood, N.J .; St. Paul's Ch., Ft. Fairfield, Me .; St. Paul's Ch., No. Andover; All Saints Ch., Peter- borough, N.H .; established own studio in Boston, 1911; mem. Phila. Water Color Soc., Fellowship Soc. (Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts), Copley Soc. of Bos- ton, Stained Glass Assn., Arts and Crafts Soc. Clubs: Monadnock Garden, Garden Club of Amer- ica. Awards: Master Craftsman, Arts and Crafts Soc .; gold medal, Tercentenary Fine Arts Exhbn., Boston, 1930; bronze medal, Garden Club of Amer- ica, N.Y. City, 1931. Episcopalian. Republican. Studio: 45 Newbury St., Boston. Home: 45 New- bury St., Boston. Summer Home: Chesham, N.H.
REDSTONE, Edward II., library worker; b. St. Johns, N F., June 22, 1882; s. George Redstone and Lucy (Flect) R .; ed. St. Johns (N.F.) high sch .; Boston Y M.C.A .; Methodist Coll., St. Johns, N.F .; m. Alice E. Hitchcock of Springfield, Jan. 15, 1908; ehildren-Mrs. Barbara B. Smith, Constance B. Asst., Harvard Law Sch. Lib .; asst., Social Law Lib., 1913-19; State Librarian, Mass., apptd. by Gov. Coolidge, Feb. 1919-May 1, 1936; supervisor, spl. reference depts., Boston Pub. Lib., 1936 -; tr. N.E. Deaconess Hosp .; v.p., dir. Commonwealth Coop. Bk .; former tr. Cambridge Pub. Lib .; mem. A.L.A., Mass. Lib. Assn., Nat. Spl. Libs. Assn. (for- mer pres.), Nat. State Libs. Assn. (former pres.), Boston Chap. Spl. Libs., N.E. Edn. Soc. Clubs: Boston City, Highland (W. Roxbury), Mass. Lib. (former pres.). Compiler: Mass. Citations, Table of Eng. cases construed or cited by Supreme Jud. Ct., Mass., Mass. 133-220; Fuller, Alvan Tufts, ad- dresses and messages to Gen. Ct., Mass. (1925- 28). Office: Public Library, Boston. Home: 187 Park St., West Roxbury. Summer res .: Brier Neck, Gloucester.
Y REECE, Robert Henry, business executive; b. Brookline, Aug. 30, 1888; s. John Reece and Mar- ietta (Shea) R .; Noble and Greenough Sch., Bos- ton; Harvard, 1911; m. Esther Anderson of Boston, Jan. 23, 1936; 1 dau .- Marietta Taylor. Bonds salesman, Jackson & Curtis, 1911-15; traveled, 1919-25; with Reece Folding Machine Co., 1925 --- , becoming pres. 1930; It. Royal Flying Corps, 1916- 18, Royal Air Force, 1916-19; awarded British Distinguished Flying Cross. Clubs: Royal Aero (London, Eng.) Author: Night Bombing with the Bedouins. Travel: Eng., Ger., Fr., Switz. Prot- estant. Republican. Office: Reece Folding Ma- chine Co., 169 Bridge St., E. Cambridge. Home: Winter St., Holliston.
REED, Arthur Minot, editor; b. Boston, Mar. 7, 1894; s. Arthur Reed and Mary (Hunt) R .; ed. Country Day Sch. for Boys of Boston, Newton; A.B., Harvard, '1916; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1921; m. Katherine Taylor of Montgomery, Ala- bama, July 5, 1919; children-Mary Minot, John, Dana. Practiced law, asso. with Boston Legal Aid Soc. and several well known firms, and as asst. State Counsel, Ilome Owners Loan Corp., Boston, 1921-36; left law and became. asso. ed., Open Road for Boys ( monthly mag.), 1937; commd. capt. Inf. Res., Plattsburg, Aug. 1917, served with 151st. Depot Brigade, 301st Am. Train, and 85th Acro Squadron, A.E.F., 1917-19; propr. Boston Athen- acum; past pres. Belmont Tennis Club. Travel: Western Europe, 1913, 1918-19, 1936. Desc. Hon. John Reed, It. gov. Mass., mem. Congress from Barnstable Dist. Unitarian. Independent. Office: 729 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 88 Hillcrest Rd., Belmont.
REED, Byron William, business executive; b. Palis- ades, N.Y., July 30, 1884; s. Newton Luther Reed and Ella Letchworth (Smith) R .; ed. Olean (N.Y.) high seh., 1902; A.B, Union Coll., 1906; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1911. On faculty of high sch., Poncé, Puerto Rico, 1906; dir. of music, Univ. Puerto Rico, 1907; compiled original card index of Harvard Univ. Funds, 1911-12; practiced law, Boston, 1911-34; tax counsel, Am. Trust Co, 1917- 19; pres. Hygienic Phone Service, Inc., Boston, 1937 -; pres. Sandwich Pub. Co., Inc., Boston, 1930 -; town meeting mem., Belmont, 1924-30,
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mem. seh. eom., 1926-29; lecturer on Puerto Rico and on West Indian music throughout N.E. & N.Y .; organist in churches of 10 denominations; mem. Ilarvard Alumni Chorus, 1937 -; pianist, Cam- bridge Rotary Club, 1922-, Belmont Rotary, 1937 --; official musician, Vets. Unit of Motor Corps, Boston; past mem. Newspapermen's Post Legion Band; bugler Co. F., 11th Regt., M.S.G., 1917-19, bugler Co B, Motor Corps, 1919-20; vet. original Boston Police Traffic Squad; mem. Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa (charter mem. Boston Alpha). Author: Union College Song Book, 1904; Delta Upsiion Songs, 1906; Poncé High Sch. Song, 1907, Taft's Campaign Song, 1909, West Indian Folk Music Arrangements, 1912, Rotary Good Will Song, 1938, etc. Congregationalist, (mem. Payson Park Cong. Ch., Belmont). Republican. Office: Little Bldg., Boston. Home: 9 Cortes St., Boston. Sum- mer res .: Bass River, Cape Cod.
REED, Clarence Crocker, lawyer; b. Brockton, Aug. 30, 1889; s. Warren A. Reed and Nellie N. (Crock- er) R .; cd. grad. Brockton high sch., 1906; A.B., Harvard, 1910; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1913; m. Clara E. Dunham of West Bridgewater, July 7, 1913; children-Robert D., Richard C .; m. (2nd) Lenore E. McLean of Cambridge, July 11, 1936. Practice law, Brockton, 1913 -; mem. Keith & Reed, 1928 (firm name changed to Keith, Reed and Wheatley, 1930); pres. Brockton Edison Co .; pres., tr. and mem. bd. investment, Peoples Sav. Bk., Brockton; dir. Brockton Nat. Bk., Montello Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn. of Brockton, C. S. Pierce Co .; dir. and mem. exec. com., Brockton Morris Pian Co .; past pres. Brockton Hosp. Co .; pres. bd. trs., Home for Aged Men in City of Brockton; v.p. bd. trs., Howard Funds (West Bridgewater); tr. Brockton Y.W.C.A .; dir. Brockton Y.M.C.A., Am. Red Cross (Brockton Chapt.); mem. advisory bd., Brockton Visiting Nurse Assn .; mem. Brockton Social Serv. Council (exec. com.), Community Chest, Am., Mass, and Plymouth County Bar Assns. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 231 Main St., Brockton. Home: 1531 Main St., Brockton.
REED, Everett Lenox, research metallurgist; b. Somerville, Sept. 1, 1892; s. Edward E. Recd and Julia E. (Carr) R .; ed. Somerville high sch .; S.B., Tufts Coll., 1916; S.M., Harvard, 1929; Sc.D. (met- allurgy), Harvard Engring. Sch., 1930; m. Leah K. Brown of Georgetown, Sept. 15, 1923; 1 son-Ever- ett L., Jr. Chemist, Sanford Mills, Reading, 1916- 17; asst. metallurgist, Boston Navy Yard, 1917-20; metallurgist, Sauveur & Boylston, Cambridge, 1920-21; instr. metallurgy, Harvard Engring. Sch., 1921-28, grad. student, 1928-30; metallurgist, Am. Sheet & Tin Plate Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1930-35, in charge of armor plate research, Watertown Ar- senal, 1935 --; mem. Am. Soc. Metals, Am. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engrs., Iron & Steel Inst. of Gt. Brit , Masons. Author: Photomicrographs of Iron and Steel. Protestant. Republican. Office: Wa- tertown Arsenal, Watertown. Home: 11 West- moreland Av., Arlington Heights. Summer res .: 3 Norway Av., Old Orchard Beach, Me.
REED, Fred Leon, owner, Reed Teachers' Agency; b. Malden, Jan. 23, 1887; s. William R. Reed and Flora (Merrill) R .; ed. Malden high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1909; Harvard Univ .; m. Leslie Payson of Malden, Aug. 28, 1911; 1 son-William P .; m. 2d, Grace Hill of Cleveland, O., Mar. 26, 1926. Teacher, Reading high sch., 1909-10; Bel- mont, Calif, 1910-11; Newton, 1911-13; salesman, Iloughton Mifflin Co., publishers, 1913-17; sales mgr., Burnett & Sherman, Ford agts., Boston, 1917-20; gen. sales mgr., Westinghouse Shock Ab- sorber Co. of New Haven, 1920-22; dist. saies mgr., Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, O., 1922-24; gen. sales mgr., C. Hf. Alden Shoe Co., Abington, 1924-1927; owner Reed Teachers' Agency, Boston, 1927 -; mem. Egypt Civic Assn., Kappa Kappa Kappa, Kappa Phi Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa (Har- vard Chapt.). Author: articles in educational mags .; sales manual for Westinghouse Co. Trav- el: U.S., Can. Desc. William Recd, Dorchester, 1635-39, moved to Scituate, 1639; Jonathan Reed, capt. of militia, Revolutionary War. Office: 120 Boylston St., Boston. Ilome: 24 Curtis St., Egypt.
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REED, Fredda Doris, asso. professor of botany; b. Parker, Ind., Aug. 15, 1894; d. Levi James Reed and Enola M. (Cox) R .; ed. Parker high seh .; A.B., Earlham Coll., 1918; M.S., Univ. Chicago, 1923, Ph.D., 1924; unmarried. Instr. botany, Earl- horn Coll., 1924-26; asst. prof. bot., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1928-32, asso. prof., 1932 -; studied in Brit- ish Museum Nat. History, London, 1937; fellow A.A.A.S., mem. Bot. Soe. Am., Ind. Aead. Sel., Torrey Bot. Club, Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Epsilon. Author: articles on Paleobotany. Quaker. Re- publican. Office: Mt. Holyoke Coll. Home: 1 Jew- ett Lane, South Hadley. Summer res .: Parker, Ind.
Y REED, George Hale, clergyman; b. Taunton, June 26, 1877; s. William Reed and Katharine Traey (Hale) R .; ed. Taunton high seh., 1895; A.B., Har- vard, 1899; S.T.B., Harvard Div. Seh., 1902; m. Mary Eleanor Eddy of Newton, June 26, 1917; ehil- dren-Judith, Suzanne. Ordained to Unitarian ministry, 1902; pastor, Belmont, 1902-14, Fair- haven, 1914-20, Winchester, 1920 -; pres. William Reed and Sons Publ. Co., Taunton; mem. Masons. Clubs: Winchester Rotary, Sakonet Golf. Repub- lican. Home: 8 Ridgefield Rd., Winchester.
REED, Grace Corbett, weaver, teacher of weaving; b. Brattleboro, Vt .; d. Leroy Corbett and Alice (Maeomber) C .; ed. Stoneham high seh .; A.B., Boston Univ., 1916; Lowell Textile Inst., 3 semes- ters; m. Harold Whitman Reed of Whitman, Oet. 12, 1919. Teacher sci. and math., 1916-19; began weaving as hobby, 1924; made mastercraftsman, Boston Soe. Arts & Crafts, 1927, reed. medal, 1933; wove banquet tablecloth and napkins for Ralelgh Tavern, Williamsburg, Va., 1933, upholstery for House of Burgesses, 1935-39, co-designer of Reed- Macomber modern looms for handweavers; teach- er of weaving, Boston Sch. Occupational Therapy, 1936 -; mem. Weavers' Guild of Boston, Boston Soe. Arts & Crafts, Reading Soc. Craftsmen. Club: Reading College. Author: Handbook of Weaving (now in preparation). 2 ancestors on mother's side arrived on Mayflower. No denomin- ational affiliation. Non-partisan. Offee and home: 9 Beacon St., Reading.
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