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REED, Jacob, investment banker; b. Worcester, Sept. 10, 1890; s. Samuel Reed and Leah (Bern- stein) R .; ed. Class. high sch., Woreester; m. Ann Putnam of Woreester, April 7, 1927. With Kings- ley and Adams, Worcester, till 1928; established own firm 1928; pres. Southwell Mills, Woreester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co., Reed and Co .; v.p. and treas. Bancroft Hotel Corp .; dir. #711 Fifth Av. Corp. and Clemence Lumber Corp., It., U.S. Naval Flying Corps, Mar. 1917-Mar. 1919; mem. Boston Stock Exchange, Am. Legion, U.S. Naval Reserve Officers' Assn., Military Order World War, For. Poliey Assn., Masonie Orders (Thirty-second Degree and Shrine). Clubs: Wor- eester Country, Commonwealth, Economie, Bos- ton City, Army and Navy (Boston). Collects fine editlons, MSS (contemp.), etchings. Jewish. Re- publican. Office: 8 Foster St., Woreester. Home: 30 Roxbury St., Woreester. Summer res .: "Reed- wood", 300 Fowler St., Woreester.
V REED, John Averill, publisher; b. Olean, N. Y., Apr. 17, 1897; s. Newton Luther Reed and Eleanor Letchworth (Smith) R .; ed. B.S., Harvard, 1920; m. Winifred Whittlesey of West Newton, Apr. 22, 1924; children-Eleanor, Winslow. Retail book business, 1920-30; book publ., 1930 -; v.p. and dir. Little Brown & Co., 1934 -; served with U.S. Army Ambulance Service, June 1917-June 1919, with A.E.F., Jan. 1918-May 1919; reed. Croix de Guerre (3 eitations). Club: St. Botolph (Boston). Office: 34 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 76 Chestnut St., West Newton.
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REED, Mary Gertrude, pianist, teacher, author; b. Canton; d. George Henry Snow and Abby Jane (Ellis) S .; ed. Canton, high seh .; m. Alexander Hamilton Reed of Canton, July 29, 1885; ehil- dren-Kenneth Ellis, Lesley Endicott (d.). Teaeh- er piano since graduation from school; studied with Harold Bauer and Thuel Burnham, Paris, Helen Hopekirk and Heinrleh Gebhard, Boston; played professionally in concerts; organist in
ehs .; leeturer and reeitalist to elubs; lecturer on musie appreciation for Mass. Dept. Edn .; ed., musieal mag. "Libretto", 1931-38; Hon. pres., Mass. Fed. of Musie Clubs (pres. 1923-30) ; founder and ehmn., Crescendo Club; chmn. Nat. Piano League; mem. and chmn. Professional Women's Club; for- mer dir., Nat. Fed. of Musie Clubs; mem. Chro- matle Musie Club, London Poetry Assn., Eugene Field Poetry Assn., Nat. Poetry Council, Women's Press Assn .; patroness Sigma Alpha Iota. Au- thor: poems in volume "Musie and Other Poems," 1937; many magazine articles and short stories. Travel: Eng., Seot., Ger., Nor., Swed., Fr., Amer- iea. Dese. James Endicott, Revolutionary War leader and early settler. Universalist. Republi- can. Office: 88 Exeter St., Boston. Home, 1044 Washington St., Canton,
REED, Montgomery, lawyer; b. Boston, May 20, 1879; s. Charles Montgomery Reed and Maria Ames (Carlisle) R .; ed. Boston Prinee seh., 1884- 90; Boston Latin seh., 1890-94; Noble & Green- ough Seh., 1894-96; A.B., Harvard, 1900; LL.B., Harvard Law Seh., 1903; m. Harriet Cunningham Stimson of Cambridge, Aug. 31, 1937. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1904; engaged in gen. practice of law, Boston, 1904 -; dir. and elk. Wheeler Reflee- tor Co .; served as mem. Legal Advisory Bd. and Mass. State Guard, 1917-18; elerk Boston Soc. of New Jerusalem (ehureh); see. Mass. New Church Union; dlr. New Church Theol. Seh .; mem. Am. Bar. Assn., Mass. Sons of Revolution (2nd v.p.), Mass. Soe. of Founders and Patriots of Am., The Omar Khayyam Club of Am. (v.p.). Club: Har- vard. New Church (Swedenborgian). Republi- ean. Office: 85 Ames Bldg., Boston. Home: 3 Concord Av., Cambridge.
REED, Victor'A., physician; b. Dixmont, Me., Feb. 12, 1869; s. William B. Reed and (Ferguson) R .; ed. Hampden Aead .; Colby Coll. 2 yrs .; M.D., Har- vard Med. Seh., 1897; m. Josephine Barlow of Lawrence, June 18, 1901; 1 dau .- Alice. Praetieed nied., Lawrenee, 1898 -; visiting phys., Lawrence Gen. Hosp .; med. examiner, 1921-36; 1st lt. Mass. Nat. Guard; eapt. M.C., U.S.A., World War; mem. A.M.A .; Mass. and Lawrenee Med. Soes. Club: Phillips (Andover). Protestant. Republican. Of- fice: 477 Essex St., Lawrence. Home: 10 Quiney St., Methuen.
VREED, William Male, journalist; b. Taunton, Feb. 17, 1874; s. Willlam Reed and Katharine Tracy (Hale) R .; ed. Taunton high seh .; A.B., Harvard 1895; m. Emma Belle Robinson, Oet. 8, 1903; chil- dren-William Robinson, Thomas Hale, Milton, Sarah, George Hall, Edward Waldo. Ed. and treas., Taunton Daily Gazette; dir., treas., clk., William Reed & Sons; tr. Taunton Sav. Bk., Mor- ton Hosp. (Taunton); served on common council 1 yr., 1 yr. Bd. of Aldermen 1 'yr., Taunton seh. com. 7 yrs .; Men, of Code Authority for Daily Newspapers under N.R.A .; mem. Committee on Fred. Laws, A.N.P.A., mem. Com. Pub. Safety dur- ing World War, dir. Sale of War Savings Stamps (Taunton); mem. Am. Newspaper Publishers Assn., N.E. Daily Newspaper Assn., Nat. Senior Golfers Assn. Clubs: Bristol, Segregansett Coun- try, Harvard (Taunton). Unitarian. Republiean. Office: 5-9 Cohannet St., Taunton. Home: 44 Sum- mer St., Taunton.
V REED, William Howeil, professor of German; b. Boston, April 30, 1876; s. William Howell Reed and Ielen (Messinger) R .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1898, A.M., 1899. Teaching positions at Harvard, 1901-04; Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1902-03; Instr., Tufts Coll., 1904-10, asst. prof., 1910-26, prof., 1926 -; chief work in German; some elasses in Spanish at intervals, 1907-26; dir. Norfolk House Center (Roxbury), N.E. Grenfell Assn .; inen. Mod. Lang. Assn. Am., N.E Mod. Lang. Assn. Clubs: Friday Evening, Harvard (Boston ). Travel: Europe, mainly Ger. (study and travel), 10 summers. Dese. Franeis Cooke of Mayflower; Gov. Thomas Ilinekley, grandson of David Reed, founder of the "Christian Register." Author: A Vocabulary of German Words and Idioms. Unt- tarian. Republican. Office: Tufts College. Home: 81 Walnut Av., Roxbury.
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REES, Henry Maynard, economist and statistician; b. Cleveland, O., Nov. 17, 1890; s. William David Rees and Cornelia Louise ( Maynard) R .; ed. Univ. Sch. of Cleveland, O .; A B., Yale, 1913; A.M., Western Reserve Univ., 1922; M.D.,, Harvard Med. Sch. 1921; m. Eliza Pugsley MeKeehan, Sept. IS, 1920; children-William Davld, Henry Maynard, Homer McKeehan, Morgan Van Allen, Elihu. Re- search in ined., Western Res. Med. Sch., 1921-23; treas. and later pres. Bearium Bearings, Inc., 1923-29; asst. in bus. research, Harvard Grad. Bus. Sch. Adm., 1931-35, now economist and statis- ticlan; 2nd it., Ist it., eapt. F.A., 3rd Div. A.E.F., 1917-19; Croix de Guerre (French), Civil Merit Medal (Polish); Mem. Aesculapian Soc., Beacon Soc. Clubs: Country (Brookline), Yale (N.Y.) Author: various articles on med. and econ. subjs. Direct desc. Rev. John Eliot, apostle to Indians. Office: 84 State St., Boston. , Home: 305 Walnut St., Brookline.
REGAN, John W., headmaster; b. Boston, Dec. 23, 1872; s. John W. Regan and Catherine A. (Hluriey) R .; ed. English high sch., Boston; S.B., M.I.T., 1903; A.M., llarvard Univ., 1901; in. Mary V. Sui- livan of Camb., June 30, 1909; children-John W., Mary J., Robert W. Engr., Boston Street Dept., 1896-1905; head math. dept., Charlestown high sch., 1905-25; headmaster, Dorchester high sch. for Boys, 1925 -; lecturer at colleges and before many socs. Author: various articles on teaching of math. Travel: U.S., Can., Mex., Europe, Afr., Asia Minor, India, China, Japan. Interested In reading and art. Catholic. Demoerat. Oflice: Dorchester High
Sch. for Boys, Dorchester. Home: 61 Oriole St., West Roxbury. Summer res .: Minot.
REIDER, Alfred, botanist; b. Waidenburg, Sachs., Ger., Sept. 4, 1863; s. Paul Julius Rehder and Thekla (Schmidt) R .; ed. gymnasium at Zwickau, Ger .; Univs. Berlin and Goettingen; hon. A.M., llarvard, 1913; in. Anneliese Hedvig Schrefeld of Dresden, Ger., Mar. 31, 1906; children-Harald Alfred, Gerhard Oskar, Sylvia Sophia. Came to America, 1898; asst., Herbarium of Arnold Arbo- retum ( Harvard), 1898-1918, curator, 1918-, asso. prof. dendrology, Harvard, 1934 -; awarded gold medal by Mass. Hort. Soc .; 1937; hon. fellow Bot. Soc. of Edinburgh, Royal Ilort. Soc. (London) ; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, A.A.A.S .; inem. Soc. Hort. Sci., Deutsche Botanische Gesell- schaft, Boston Nat. Hist. Soc., N.E. Bot. Club, Bot. Soc. Am .; hon. mem. Deutsche Dendrol. Gesell- schaft, Dendrol. Soe. of Czechoslovakia, Rhododen- dron Soc., Pa. Ilort. Soc .; corr. mem. Peking Soc. Nat. Hist., Bot. Soe. Japan; for. mem. Linnean Soc. of London. Author: Synopsis of the Genus Lonicera, 1903; Bradley Bibliography (5 vols.), 1911-18; Monograph of Azaleas (with E. II. Wil- son), 1921; Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs, 1927, ed. 2, in press. Editor: "Journal of Arnold Arboretum." Collaborator of Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture and of Cultivated Evergreens with I. H. Bailey; of Plantae Wilsonianae and Trees and Shrubs, with C. S. Sargent; of Species of Rhododendron. Has published many papers on woody plants in bot. and hort. jours. Unitarian. Office: Arnoid Arboretum, Jamalca Piain. Home: 62 Orchard St., Jamaica Plain.
REHMANN, Elsa, writer; b. Newark, N.J., Apr. 11, 1886; ed. B.A.,Barnard Coll .; student, Wells Coll .; unmarried. Formerly Draftsman and asst. to various landscape architects; lecturer and writer on garden subjeets. Author: The Small Place; Garden Making; numerous articles. Co-author: American Plants for American Gardens. Repub- lican. Home: South St., Rockport.
REHOR, Charles William, business executive; b. N.Y. City Mar. 29, 1893; s. Bohumil Rehor and Magdelena (Novotny) R .; ed. Westfield high sch .; Bay Path Inst .; m. Gertrude Helen Hall of South- bridge, Oct. 16, 1915; children-Don Hall, Douglas Charles, Robert Maleolm, Ernest Irving. Ma- chinist; accountant; studied engring. and bus. adiniinstration; asst. Jabor supt., Bosch Magneto Co., 1914-16; employment mgr., several industrial plants; labor supt., Viscoloid Co., Leominster,
later dir. mfg., 1923-31; gen. mgr., Gen. Products Div., U.S. Rubber Co., 1931-33; gave up work 2 yrs. because of illness; dir., gen. mgr., Merchants Credit Bur., Inc., 1935 -; dir., v.p., Mass. Sav. Bk. Ins. League, Inc .; dir. N.E. Credit Bur., Ine., Leomin- ster Coop. Bk .; exec. com., Asso. Industries; former mem. Playground Commn .; mem. Asso. Credit Burs. Am. Nat. Retaii Credit Assn. Clubs: Boston City, Oak Hill Country. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 52 Chauncy St., Boston. Home: 72 Cottage St., Leominster. Summer res .: Gloucester.
REICHERT, Donald, artist; b. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 10, 1912; s. Otto J. Reichert and Hettie Emiley (Shcaring) R .; ed. Class. high sch., Springfield; Mt. Hermon Seh .; Am. Internat, Coll .; Internat. Acad. Design; unmarried. Landscape artist; rep- resented in Mus. Fine Arts (Springfield), Berkshire Mus. (Pittsfield), Internat. Sch. Design (VIenna), many pvt. collections; mem. Springfield Art League, Artist Union Western Mass., Stockbridge Art Assn., Conn. Acad., Am. Artists Congress, Inc. Awards: Springfield Art League prize, 1936, Barstow Land- scape Award, 1937. . Episcopalian. Republican. Home: 19 Mapledeli St., Springfield. Summer res .: Stockbridge.
VREID, William Duncan, physician, professor of med- icine; b. Newton, Dec. 30, 1885; s. Robert Alex- ander Reid and Carrie (Stickle) R .; ed. Newton high sch .; Allen Sch., West Newton; A.B., Harvard, 1906; M.D. (cum laude), Harvard Med. Sch., 1909; student, Berlin, Ger., 1911-12; m. Blanche Adeline McDonald of Tara, Ont., Can., Sept. 23, 1913; chil- dren-William Duncan, Claire MeDonald, James Alexander. Interne, Boston City Hosp., 1909-11; gen. practice in Newton, 1912-17; on staff, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1916-20; chief of heart elinic, Boston Dispensary, and jr. asst. phys. in charge of heart lab., Boston City Hosp., resigned 1923; now asst. prof. cardiology, Boston Univ. Sch. Med .; cardiolo- gist, Mass. Mem. Hosp .; heart consultant Waitham Ilosp .; capt. M.C., U.S.A., 1917, with A. D.F. in France 17 mos., 1917-18; fellow A.C.P .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. (councillor), N.E. Heart Assn., Am. Heart Assn., N.E. Med. Soc., Alplia Omega Alpha. Clubs: Harvard ( Boston), Hunne- well (Newton). Author: The Heart in Modern Practice, 1923, 2nd edit., 1928; . Diseases of the Heart, 1933; Teaching Methods in Medicine, 1933; numerous articles on diseases of the heart in medi- cal periodicals. Travel: Berlin, Ger. (for study), 1911-12; Europe, 1937. Father was editor for 40 years of Mass. Med. Journal (now discontinued): Congregationalist (deacon Eliot Congregational Ch., Newton). Republican. Office: 750 Harrison Av., Boston. Home: 36 Hlyde Av., Newton. Sum- iner res .: Port Elgin, Ont., Canada.
YREID, William Thomas, Jr., investment banker; b. San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 25, 1878; s. William Thomas Reid and Julia (Reed) Reid; ed. Belmont (Caiif.) Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1901, A.M., 1902; m. Christine W. Lincoln of Brookline, July 2, 1902; children-William Thomas, III, Edith Williams (Mrs. Henry Crosby Stetson), Christine Lincoln, Charles Willard; in. (2nd) Mrs. Cornelia Hinchman Hughes of Oakland, Calif., Aug. 20, 1931. Asst. headmaster, Belmont Sch., 1902-04, 1907-10; sales- man, Wm. A. Read & Co., investment bankers, 1910- 21; sales mgr. and N.E. rep., Dillon, Read & Co., Boston, 1921-33; partner, Riter & Co., 1933-1937, retired; mem. Brookline Seh. Com., 9 yrs., chairman, 3 yrs .; mem. Inst. of 1770, Hasty Pudding, Digam- ma (Fox Club) ; Harvard baseball team 4 yrs., capt. 1900-01, head coach, 1902; Part of 1919 Harvard football team, 1898, 1899, head coach, 1901, 1905-06. Clubs: First Parish ( Brookline), Harvard, Bond, Unitarian (Boston), Cohasset Golf, Harvard Var- sity (Cambridge). Travel: Europe, U.S. (exten- sive), Can., Bermuda, Jamaica. Desc. William Bradford; father was pres. Univ. Calif., 1881-85. Unitarian. Republican. Home: 14 Hawthorn Rd., Brookline.
REMY, Maurice Francis, real estate broker; b. Wor- cester, July 17, 1876; s. John M. Reidy and Mary (O'Brien) R .; ed. St. John's; M.A., Hoiy Cross Coll., Worcester, 1926; m. Eunice M. Darney of Worces- ter, June 17, 1912; children-Maurice F., Robert C.,
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James, Philip. Clerk, Worcester Gas Light Co., 1896-1902; B.&M. R.R. Ticket Agency, 1902-09; started real estate office; 1909; formed insurance partnership with John D). Coe in 1914 under name oť Reidy, Coe and Company; active in real estate sinee; dir. Worcester County Elec. Co .; mem. Adv. Bd., Reconstruction Finance Corp. and the State Adv. Com., Home Owners' Loan Corp .; tr. St. Vin- cent's Hosp., Nat. Real Estate Foundation for Research; mem. Worcester Sch. Com., 1909-10; alderman, Worcester, 1911-12; lecturer on econom- ics of real estate, Boston Univ. and Columbia; awarded Sovereign Mil. Order Knights of Malta; mem. exec. com., Am. Red Cross; dir. Community Chest, S.P.C.C .; past pres. Am. Inst. Real Estate Appraisers; mem. K.C., Knights of Malta. Clubs: Worcester Country, Worcester Economic. Author: Many articles on real estate economies. Travel: extensive. Catholic. Democrat. Office: 2 Foster St., Worcester. Home: 14 Montvale Road, Worces- ter.
Y REILLY, Frank William, electrical engineer; b. Albany, N.Y., Nov. 20, 1895; s. John Reilly and Ellen D. (O'Brien) R .; ed. Albany (N.Y.) high sch .; Sandwich high sch .; E.E., Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N.Y., 1918; m. Kathryn A. Shyne of Schenectady, N.Y., Sept. 30, 1922. Student engr., Gen. Elec. Co., switchgear engr .; chief engr., G and N Engring. Co., Boston, dir. and treas .; prof. engr., states of N.Y., Conn., Me .; 2nd It., Signal Corps, U.S.A., 11 mos. in World War. Club: Engineers (Boston). Catholic. Office: 252 Dover St., Boston. Fome: 92 Evergreen Av., Auburndale.
REILLY, Gerard Denis, lawyer; b. Boston, Sept. 27, 1906; s. Thomas F. Reilly and Anne C. (O'Reilly) R .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1927; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1933; m. Eleanor Fahey, July 15, 1939. Admitted to practice, Mass., 1933; asso. with Goodwin, Procter & loar, Boston, 1933- 31, reviewing atty., 11.O.L.C., Jan .- June 1934; apptd. atty. in U.S. Dept. Labor, July 1934, asst. solicitor, Sept. 1935, adminstr. Pub. Contracts ( Walsh-Hea- ley) Act, July 1935-Feb. 1937; acting solicitor, Mar .- Aug. 1937, solicitor, 1937 -; previously jour- nalist, Pawtucket ( R.L.) Times, Providence Jour- nal, Boston Traveler, Mass. State House News Serviee, 1927-30; solicitor of labor (appointive) ; mem. Boston Bar Assn., Nat. Lawyers Gnild. Club: Harvard (Washington). Catholic. Demo- crat. Office: Dept. of Labor, 14th St. & Constitu- tion Av., Washington, D. C. Home: 12 Lindsey St., Boston.
REILLY, Russell G., printing executive; b. Summer- side, P.E.I., Can., Aug. 20, 1881; s. William Frank- lin Reilly and Janet (Mollison) R .; ed. high sch .; m. Sophronia Louise Fairfield of Boston, Mar. 12, 1913; children-Douglas Fairfield, Hamilton Gar- field, Martha Louise. Came to Boston, Aug. 1899; drove milk team 9 mos .; with Hovey & Harding, novelty mfrs., 1 yr .; with C. H. Buek & Co., later Buck Printing Co., 1901-, bought control, July 1913, and still retains it; dir. Buck Printing Co .; tr. Gordon Coll. Theol. & Missions, N.E. Bapt. Hosp .; mem. Masons (Blue Lodge and Chap.). Baptist. Republican. Office: 145 Ipswich St., Bos- ton. Ilome: 175 East St., Hingham.
REILLY, William Arthur, Fire Commissioner, City of Boston; b. Roxbury, Mar. 6, 1903; s. James Al- fred Reilly and Katherine Elizabeth (Murphy) R .; ed. high seh. commerce, Boston; Boston Coll. high sch .; A.B., Boston Coll., 1925; m. Kathryn Mary McElroy of Brookline, Aug. 27, 1933; children- William Arthur, Jr., Ilarriet Anne, James Alfred. Leather bus., 1918-19; Mclaughlin & Reilly Co., pubs. ch. music, 1921-25, mgr., 1925-37, now also clk. of corp .; dir., Mass. Safety Council, Vols. Ain., Mary E. Curley Sch. Centre; mem. Boston Sch. Com., 1930-34 (chmn., 1933-34); Boston Finance Commn., 1935; Recess Com., Mass. Legislature, 1937; Fire Cominr., 1938 -; past mem. Rapid Tran- sit Extension; Ward chmn. Emergency Relief Drive; treas. Roosevelt for Pres. Campaign Com., 1930; etc .; mem. K.C. (Bishop Chevrus Assembly), Boston Coll. Alumni Assu. (sec., 1926), Vets. For. Wars (dir.), Metrop. Chap. of Red Cross (past dir.), Boy Scouts Am. (dist. dir.), N.E. Fire Chiefs Assn.
Club: Clover (Boston). Catholic. Democrat. Of- tice: 60 Bristol St., Boston. Home: 14 Arborway, Jamaica Plain.
REISNER, George Andrew, Egyptologist; b. Indi- anapolis, Nov. 5, 1867; s. George Andrew Reisner and Mary Elizabeth ( Mason) R .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1889, A.M., 1891, Ph.D., 1893, Litt.D. (hon.), 1939, grad. courses in Semitic lang .; m. Mary Putnam Bronson, Nov. 22, 1892. Asst., Egyptian dept., Royal Mus., Berlin, 1895-96; instr., Ilarvard, 1896- 97; mem. Internat. Cominn. on Catalogue Khedivial Mus., Cairo, 1897-99; Hearst lecturer in Egyptology and dir. Hearst Egyptian Expdn. from Univ. of Calif., 1899-1905, asst. prot. Semitie archaeol. 1905- 10, asst. prof. Egyptology, Harvard, 1910-14, prof., 1914-(leave of absence); dir. Egyptian expdu. of Harvard and Boston Mus. Fine Arts, 1905 -; cura- tor Egyptian dept., Boston Mus. Fine Arts, 1910 -; archaeologist in charge of excavations of Egyptian Govt. in Nubia in preparation to flooding lower Nu- bia by raising the Assuan dam, 1907-09; dir. Har- vard Palestinian Expdn., conducting excavations at Samaria, 1907-10; has excavated at Bersheh, Girga, Giza Pyramids, Samaria, in Lower Nubia, in Halfa, Dongola and Berber Provinces in the Sudan and tomb of Hetep-heres I, mother of Cheops; del. to Archaeol. Congress, Cairo, Egypt, 1909; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; corr. mem. Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Phil. Hist. Klasse), 1929. Author: Sumerisch-Babylonische Hymnen, nach thontafeln Griechischer Zeit, 1896; Tempel- urkunden ans Telloh, 1901; Hearst Medical Papy- rus, 1905; The Early Dynastic Cemeteries of Naga- ed Der, Part 1, 1907; First Annual Report, Nubian Archaeol. Survey, 1910; Models of Ships and Boats, 1913; Excavations at Kerma (2 vols.), 1923; Har- vard Excavations at Samaria (2 vols.), 1924; My- cerinus, The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza, 1931; A Provincial Cemetery of the Pyramid Age, Naga-ed Der INI, 1932; The Development of the Egyptian Tonib, 1935. Address: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
REMICK, Grace May, author; b. Chelsea; d. William Barker Remick and Sarah Baker (Thompson) R .; ed. Chelsea high sch .; Boston Normal Sch .; under tutors; studied English at Oxford, Eng., 1889-90, French in Switzerland and Paris, German in Ger- many. Began as writer, Boston, 1897. Author: Glenloch Girls, 1909; Glenloch Girls Abroad, 1910; Glenloeh Girls' Club, 1911; Glenloch Girls at Camp West, 1912; Jane Stuart-Twin, 1913; Jane Stuart's Chum, 1914; Jane Stuart at Rivereroft, 1915; Jane Stuart-Comrade, 1916; The Sheldon Six Series. Home: Sharon.
REPPER, Charles Brashear, composer; b. Alliance, O .; s. Charles William Repper and Nina Brashear R .; ed. Germantown Academy, Phil., Pa .; A.B., Ilar- vart, 1910; unmarried. Mem. ed. staff, Boston Music Company, 1913-18; Boston rep., Musical America, 1918-20; mem. ed. staff, C. C. Birchard & Co., music pubs., Boston, 1925 -; composer, teher., pianist in Boston for many years; mem. Copley Soc. of Boston, Musical Guild of Boston, Boston Pianoforte Teachers Soc., Am. Soc. Com- posers, Authors and Publishers, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Boston Art, Charlotte Cushman. Composer: (operettas) The Dragon of Wu Foo, Penny Buns and Roses; (pageants) Centennial Pageant, Alle- gheny Coll., Meadville, Pa., 1915; Anniversary Pag- eant Lexington, 1925; many piano pieces, songs, and short orchestral works. Office and home: Trin- ity Court, Boston.
REVERE, Edward H. R., trustee; b. Boston, Oct. 12, 1867; s. John Revere and Susan (Torrey) R .; ed. Nobles School. Revere Copper Co., 1885-1900; W. O. Gay & Co., 1900-28; Taunton-New Bedford Cop- per Co., pres., 1927-28; dir. Revere Copper & Brass Inc., Am. Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Allied Am. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Norfolk-Dedham Mut. Fire Ins. Co .; tr. Canton Instn. for Sav .; pres. Boston Home for Aged Men. Clubs: Somerset (Boston), Hoosie- Whisick (Canton). Unitarian. Republican. Offiee: 111 Devonshire St., Boston. Ilome: Canton.
REYNOLDS, Arthur Warren, Jr., educator; b. Derry, N.H., Nov. 18, 1906; s. Arthur Warren Reynolds and Alice Gertrude (Ilutchings) R .; ed. Pinkerton
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Acad., Derry, N.H .; A.B., Harvard, 1927; m. WIni- fred Blackmer of Sudbury, 1938; 1 dau .- Martha. Teacher, Sudbury high sch., 1927-29; Stoneham high sch., 1929-36; Worcester Acad., 1936-38, Mel- rose high sclr., 1938 -. Desc. Robert Reynolds, Boston, 1632. Congregationalist. Office: Iligh School, Melrose. Home: 11 Spruce St., Waltham. Summer res .: Lamoine, Me.
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REYNOLDS, Charles Vaughn; b. Canton, July 21, 1891; s. William P. Reynolds and Ellen M. (Cotter) R .; ed. Canton high sch., 1908; Mass. Inst. Tech., 1912; Pace & Pace Seh. of Accountancy; ni. Eileen E. Kenally of Dorchester, Feb. 20, 1924; children- William P., Mary E., Charles V., Jr., Margaret E. Civil engr., 1911-15; purchased interest in local grain and supply bus., 1914; purchased engring. bus., 1915; with brothers acquired three local fucl cos., 1919, 1921, 1929; sold grain and supply bus. and curtailed contracting bus., 1931; with brothers purchased three additional fuel cos .; dir. Canton Trust Co., 1919-, pres. 1930 -; dir. Norfolk Co. Trust Co., Brookline, 1935 -; chmn. bd. dirs., God- frey Coal Co., Milton; pres. Reynolds Bros., Inc., Deane Coal Co., Ine. (Canton), Sawtelle Coal Co., Inc. (Dedham), South Shore Coal Co., Inc. (Hing- ham), Ponkapoag Realty Corp. (Canton); treas. Charles T. Leavitt, Inc., fuel mchts. (Weymouth), Cummings Fuel Co., Inc. (Worcester); mem. Rey- Holds & Co., investments; mem. Mass. Emergency Pub. Works Commn .; mem. K.C., Elks. Clubs: Bankers' of America (N.Y.), Clover (Boston), Blue Hill Country (Canton). Catholic. Office: 10 Post Office Sq., Boston. Home: 756 Washington St., Canton.
REYNOLDS, Fordyce Thomas, superintendent of sehools; b. Hadley. Aug. 26, 1875; s. Charles Dick- inson Reynolds and Sophia Louisa (Knapp) R .; ed. Hopkins Acad., Hadley; Williston Acad., East- hampton; Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1900; A.M., Columbia, 1921; m. Emily B. Hayward of North Easton, 1916 (d.); children-Charles Fordyce (d.), Thomas Wil- liam John (d.). Supt. schs., Stafford, Kan., 1900- '03; teacher scl., Leavenworth, Kan., 1903-04; teacher French, Minneapolis, Minn., 1904-05; prin. gram. sch., Portsmouth, N.H., 1905-07; supt. schs., Woodsville, N.H., 1907-11, Randolph, 1911-13, Gard- ner, 1913 -; tr. Gardner Pub. Lib., Hopkins Acad. (Hadley); chmn. War Labor Bd., Gardner, World War; mem. N.E.A. (life), Am. Assn. Sch. Adminis- trators, N.E. Sch. Supts., Mass. State Supts. Assn. (v.p.), Worcester Co. Teachers Assn., Beta Theta Pi, Pi Gamma Mu, Masons. Clubs: Rotary, Con- gregational Men's (Gardner). Author: Book for Prospective Citizens. Travel: Europe, '1899. Desc. one of first families settling in Hadley. Congre- gationalist. Republican. Office: City Hall, Sehool Dept., Gardner. Home: Gardner. Summer res .: Hadley and Provincetown.
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