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Cos., 1938; mem. school com., Revere, 2 terms; 1st lt. Co. A, 602nd and 605th Engrs .; served In France; later maj. Corps Engrs. Res., 319th Engrs. (Combat), U.S.A .; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Nat. Fire Protection Assn., Soe. Am. Mil. Engrs., Masons, Shrinc. Club: Meadowbrook Golf and Country (Clarence, N. Y.). Mayflower desc. and from John Richmond of Taunton (1636). Congre- gationalist. Republican. Office: 60 Batterymarch, Boston. Home: 3 Chesterford Rd., Winchester.
RICHMOND, Clifford A., corporation official; b. New Bedford, Aug. 31, 1875; s. James Henry Crocker Richmond and Hannah Katharin (Courtis) R .; ed. Shullsburg (Wis.) pub. sehs .; student, Williston Acad., 1892; m. Thekla Vollrath of Sheboygan, Wis., Dee. 25, 1913; children-Frederick Vollrath, Barbara Allen, Franklin Piteher. Successively laborer, weaver, office clk., stenographer, sales- man, dept. mgr., asst. treas. and treas,, pres. and gen. mgr. George S. Colton Elastic Web Co., a div. of United Elastie Corp .; dir. United Elastic Co., First Nat. Bk. of Easthampton, West Boylston Realty Co .; pres. and dir. Easthampton Lib. Assn .; inem. Masons. Clubs: Rotary, Passacomuck. Au- thor: Coltons Radiogram (house mag.); Rich- mond's Scratch Pad, 1923 -. Republican. Office: 96 Union St. Home: 37 Park St., Easthampton.
RICHMOND, Donald Everett, asso. professor of mathematics; b. Meriden, Conn., May 23, 1898; s. Elmer E. Richmond and Elizabeth (Kinne) R .; ed. Amherst high sch .; Great Barrington high sch .; A.B., Cornell, 1920, M.S., 1921, Ph.D., 1926; m. Frances Porterfield of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1926; asst. in physics, Cornell, 1918-20, instr., 1920-22, instr. math., 1923-26; research dept., Amn. Tel. & Tel. Co., N. Y. City, 1922-23; National Research fellow, Har- vard, 1926-27; asst. prof. math., Williams Coll., 1927-36, asso. prof., 1936 -; mem. S.A.T.C., World War; mem. Am. Math. Soe., Am. Phys. Soe., Assn. Symbolie Logie, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gam- ma Alpha. Interested in history and philosophy of science. Author: Dilemma of Modern Physics, 1935. Democrat. Office: Williams College, Wil- liamstown. Ilome: Williamstown.
RICHMOND, Harold Bours, manufacturer; b. Med- ford, Mar. 22, 1892; s. Benjamin Richmond and ICilie Lonise (Libby) R .; ed. S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1914; m. Florence lloefler of Boston, Oct. 5, 1921; children-Robert Bours, Priseilla. Elee. engr., Stone & .Webster Management Assn., 1914- 15; Gen. Vehicle Co, 1915-16; instr. elee. engring., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1916-19; with Gen. Radio Co., mfrs. elee. and radio lab. apparatus, 1919-, dir., 1922-, treas. 1926 -; see. and dir. Mico Instrument Co .; dir. United Mut. Fire Ins. Co .; town meeting rep., Arlington, 1925-29; mem. aviation com., N.E. Regional Planning Commn., 1935 -; tr. Mass. Inst. Tech .; pres. Alumni Asso., Mass. Inst. Tech .; mem. advisory eom. James Jackson Cabot Foundation (Norwich Univ.); eomnid. 1st It. Coast Arty. Res. Corps, May 15, 1917; served Coast Defenses, Chesa- peake Bay, and Coast Defenses, Boston, May 1917- July 1918; comdr. Supply Co., 45th Arty., C.A.C., service In U.S. and France, July 1918-Feb. 1919; fellow Inst. Radio Engrs .; mem. Am. Inst. E. E., Radio Mfrs. Assn. of Washington, D.C. (dir. 1926- 32, pres. 1929-30); vestryman Ch. of Epiphany, Winchester, 1933-36. Clubs: University (Boston), Winchester Country, Arlington Rifle (Woburn), Technology (N.Y.). Author: A Short History of the Supply Co., 45th Arty., C.A.C. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 30 State St., Cambridge. Ilome: 30 Swan Rd., Winchester. Summer res .: Cape Cod.
V*RICHMOND, Harris Meigs, lawyer; b. Adams, Oct. 3, 1877; s. Meigs C. Richmond and Achsah M. (Car- penter) R .; ed. Adams high sch .; Phillips Exeter Acad., 1897; A.B. (cum laude), Harvard, 1901; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1904; m. Edith G. Ilall of Adams, Apr. 22, 1909. Practiced law, Boston, Aug. 15, 1904 -; engaged in or was associated with merchandising, manufacturing, land development, insurance, and banking; past dir. Winchester Nat. Bk .; mem. Rep. Town Com., 1924-32. sec., 1927-32; Town Meeting mem., 1929 -; mem. N.E. Hist. Ge- neal. Soe., Acad. Polit. Sci., Am. Judicature Soc.,
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Am., Mass. (exec. com.), and Middlesex Co. Bar Assns., Masons (Scottish Rite 32°, Past Master, Past High Priest, Past Illustrious Master, Past Dist. Dep. Grand Master, mem. Com. on Charters and By-Laws of Grand Lodge of Mass.). Club: Republican of Mass. Unitarian. Republican. Oť- fiee: 18 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 7 Grove St., Winchester. Died.
RICHMOND, Isidor, architect; b. Chelsea, Dec .. 2, 1893, s. Ilyman Richmond and Lena (Tanzer) R .; ed. Revere high sch .; spl. course in architecture, M.I.T., winner of Rotch travelling scholarship, 1923; spl. study at Am. Acad. at Rome, 2 yrs .; m. Anne Bovarnick of Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1933; 1 dau .- Jean, Was affiliated with Cram & Fergu- son, Bellows & Aldrich, Guy Lowell; estab. inde- pendent practice, 1925; buildings designed and executed include Lamson & Hubbard, Boston, and Boston English high school cafeteria; asso. architect for Newtowne Court Housing project, Cambridge; architect for Chapel for Isabella Tho- burn Coll. at Lucknow, India; former instr. in architecture, M.I.T., 3 yrs .; flyer in Naval Air Service, Naval Aviator No. 918, appointed ensign with service at Chatham Air Station, later ap- pointed It. j.g .; mem. Boston Soc. Architects (sce. 2 yrs.), Am. Inst. Architects. Club: Boston Archi- teetural (pres. 6 yrs.). Interested in painting in water color. Travel: Eng., Scot., Wales, Fr., Switz., It., Sp., No. Africa, Bermuda, Can., U.S. (extensive). Jewish. Office: 248 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 56 Baker Circle, Chestnut Hill.
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RICHTER, Herman William, chemical engineer; b. Dedham, June 26, 1891; s. Carl Theodore Richter and Louise (Solothurnman) R .; ed. West Roxbury high sch .; A.B., Ilarvard, 1913, A.M., 1916; m. Winnifred Boothby, June 26, 1918; children-Her- man William, Jr., Kenneth Irving, Robert Lincoln. Grad. work in phys. chem., Harvard, 1913-16; with William C. Durfee, dyes, 1916-17; Garhart Dental Spee. Co., 1918-22; own bus., 1923-26; prin., Bridge- water high sch., 1925-29; market research, East- ern Leatherboard Conf., 1928-29; dir. research, Geo. O. Jenkins Co., 1929 -; has developed many new types of fibreboard for use in shoe industry; consultant for fibreboard and plastics fields; v. ehmin, patents eom., Tech. Assn. Pulp & Paper In- dustry; mem. sch. com., Bridgewater, 1930 -; mem. Com. on Moral and Social Welfare, Mass. Cong. Conf. and Missionary Soc .; mem. A.F. & A.M. (Fellowship Lodge), Old Colony Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Tech. Assn. Pulp & Paper Industry. Au- thor: articles in the field of paper technology. Interested in social problems, esp. abolition of war. Congregationalist. Independent. Oflice: Geo. O. Jenkins Co., Bridgewater. Home: 33 Clarenee Av., Bridgewater.
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RICIFFER, Hibbard, lawyer; b. Boston, Apr. 12, 1899 ; s. George H. Richter and Elsie (Gordon) R .; ed. Boston Latin sch., 1916; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1921; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1925; m. Kather- Ine Elizabeth Farrar of Brookline, June 21, 1930; children-Peter Gordon, Frederick Farrar. Adm. to Fla. bar, 1926, to Mass. bar, 1926; engaged in gen. practice of law, Boston, 1926 -; mem. hirm Poland & Davis, until 1936; in individual practice 1936 -; asst. dist. atty., Norfolk and Plymouth Cos., 1935-36; prof. criminal law and constitution- al law, Northeastern Univ. Sch. Law, Boston; Dir. Bd. Home Missions, Cong. Ch., N.Y. City; mem. Brookline Rep. Town Com .; 2nd It, Signal Corps, U.S.A., 1918-19; eapt. judge advocate gen.'s dept. U.S.A .; res. since 1934; mem. Mass., Boston and Norfolk Co. Bar Assus. Congregationalist. Ro- publican. Office: 27 State St., Boston. Home: 24 Griggs Rd., Brookline.
RICKETSON, Oliver Garrison, Jr., archaeologist; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 19, 1894; s. Oliver Garrison Ricketson and Margaret (Carnegie) R .; ed. 'Mid- dlesex Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1916, A.M., 1923, Ph.D., 1933; Harvard Med. Sch., 1916-20 (no degree) ; married. Archaeologist, concentrating in the Mid- dle Am. field; on Cent. Am. field expdns., 1921-35; res. Guatemala City, 1929-36; dir. Uaxactun Pro- jeet, Carnegie Instu. of Washington, 1926-31; dir. Guatemala office, Carnegie Instn. of Washington,
1929-36; to Ariz. and N.M. for Peabody Mus., Har- vard Univ., 1920; first Beam Expdn., for Nat. Geog. Soe., 1924; Cartier Expdn. to Ariz. and Ut., for Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1920; machinist mate, 1st elass, hospital apprentice, U.S.N.R.F., World War; fellow Am. Anthropol. Assn., Am. Geog. Soe. (N.Y.), Soe. Am. Antiq., Soc. de Geog. é Hist. Guate- mala. Clubs: Tavern (Boston), Cosmos (Wash- ington), Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), Belize Polo, New Bedford Yacht, Explorers (N.Y.), Faculty, Fly (Cambridge), Author: sci, reports on Cent. An. Office: Carnegie Institution, 10 Frisbie Pl., Cam- bridge. Home: Lincoln. Summer res .: Rieket- son's Point, So. Dartmouth.
RIDDELL, Agnes Rutherford, professor of Romance languages; b. Glasgow, Scotland, July 17, 1874; d. Matthew Riddell and Agnes Traquair (Ruther- ford) R .; ed. Garnethill high sch., Glasgow, Scot .; A.B., Univ. Toronto, 1896, A.M., 1897; Ph.D., Univ. Chicago, 1916. Came to Canada, 1892, to U.S., 1912; teacher in various high schs. and eoll, prep. sehs, in Canada, 1898-1901, 1903-10, 1913-11; prof. Romanee languages and dean of women, Coll. Emporia, Kan., 1915-16; instr. French and Spanish, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1917-18, asso. in Italian, 1918-22; prof. Romance Langs. and head dept,, Wheaton Coll., Norton, 1922-39, acting dean 1923-25; corr. sec. Nat. Council of Women of Canada, 1910-12; mem. N.E. Modern Lang. Assn., Modern Language Assn. Am., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Am. Assn. Teachers of French, Am. Assn. Teachers of Italian. Club: College (Boston). Author: Flaubert and Maupassant: a Literary Relationship. Travel: Europe. Presbyterian. Address: Wheaton Col- lege, Norton.
RIDER, Henry Orne, artist, teaeher of art; b. Salem, June 17, 1860; s. Capt. Joseph James Rider and Elizabeth Hidden (Lummus) R .; ed. Salem pub. schs .; Newton pub. schs .; Allen's Eng. & Class. Acad .; studied art under Prof. Bartlett of Boston Normal Art Sch., under Tomaso Juglaus, Cowles Art Sch., under J. Wells Champney, Boston Mus. Fine Arts; at École des Beaux Arts, Acad. Julien, Atelier de Collerosi under Gerin, (Paris) under Louis Boulanger, Jules Lefebre, I. G. Pelouse, Leon Joubert, Edmond Pettijean, France; un- married. Clk., Ward 4 Newton, 32 yrs .; prof. art, Lassell Jr. Coll., 7 yrs., Mt. Ida Sch., 1 yr .; super- visor of art, Dedham pub. schs., 1 yr., many pvt. pupils; exhibited at Paris Salon, 1889, 1890, 1891, Chicago (Ill.) Art Inst., 1890-91, World's Colum- bian Expn. (Chicago), 1893, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Nat. Acad. (N.Y.), Boston Art Club, Springfield Art Assn., Providence (R.I.) Soc. Ind. Artists, 1938, Ogunquit Art Center, 1939, etc .; represented in Brooklyn Inst. Art & Sei., Bowdoin Coll., Va. Pub. Utilities Bldg. (Alexandria, Va.), Fla. Light & Power Corp. Bldg. (St. Petersburg), Boston Univ. Woman's Bldg., Donald Mackay Junior high sch. (East Boston), 2 memorial decorations in salons of U.S.S. Phelps and U.S.S. Gridley, pvt. col- lections in Boston, N. Y. City, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Franciseo, etc., pub. blogs. and high schools in Mass .; mem. Soc. Am. Artists (Paris), Provi- denee Art Asn., Springfield Art Soc. Club: Boston Art. Author: many unpub. poems. Travel: Eng., Ire., Scot., Fr., voyages to West Coast of Africa and some of the 7 seas. Desc. Asa Orne (for whom named) Capt. Com. Safety who in Revolu- tion sent Govt. at Washington a barrel of silver dollars for war expenses, his old homestead still stands at Marblehead; gr. g. father, g. father, and father were sea captains and ship, owners of Salem and Boston. Congregationalist. Repub- lican (independent ). Studio and home: 36 Isling- ton Rd., Auburndale.
RIEMER, Hugo Bruno Carl, physician; b. Germany, Mar. 5, 1876; s. Karl Titus Riemer and Agnes ( Hausler) R .; ed. Clarion Normal Sch .; Bueknell Acad .; A.B., Bucknell Univ., 1906; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1904; m. Lucile Warner, Sept. 2, 1912; children-Jeanette, Carl, Robert, Gretchen, LI- eile, Mary. In U.S. Pub. Health Service, 1905-18; post-grad. study abroad, 1912-13; instr. ophthal- mology, Ilarvard Med. Sch .; cons. surgeon, Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary; Impartial Examiner, In- dustrial Accident Bd .; consultant, U.S. Vets. Ad-
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ministration, U.S. Marine, Pondville, and Nor- wood Hosps., Canton and Wrentham State Schs., Boston Nursery for Blind Babies; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Am. and N.E. Ophthalmol. Socs., Masons (St. John's Lodge). Club: Walpole Country. Protes- tant. Republican. Office: 128 Newbury St., Bos- ton. Home: 62 Winter St., Norwood.
RIGGS, Austen Fox, M.D .; b. of Am. parents in Ger- many, Dec. 12, 1876; s. Benjamin Clapp Riggs and Rebecea (Fox) R .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1898; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg. ( Columbia), 1902; post- grad. wk. Johns Hopkins Med. Sch., 1904; D).Sc., Williams Coll., 1937; m. Alice McBurney of N. Y., Apr. 1904; children-Anne, Margaret W., Alice Behn, Benjamin Clapp. House surgeon, Presbyn. Hosp., N.Y., 1902-04; settled at Stockbridge, 1907; specializes in praetiee of neuro-psychiatry; elin. prof. neuro-psychiatry, Columbia, 1922 -: lec- turer on mental hygiene; consulting psychiatrist Vassar College and Williams Coll .; founder, pres., tr. Medical dir. Austen Riggs Foundation, Ine. (for free treatment of psychoneurotie patients without means) ; fellow Am. Coll. Phys., N. Y. Acad. Med., A.M.A .; mem. Mass, and N.Y. State med. soes., Mass. Soc. Mental Hygiene, Nat. Com. Men- tal Hygiene, Am. Psychiatrie Assn .; It. M.R.C., U.S.A .; reeruited and comd. A.R.C. Ambulance Co. 13; mem. Med. Adv. Bd. dists. 1 and 2 Se- leetive Serviee Draft. Clubs: Harvard, Univer- sity, Century (N.Y.). Author: Just Nerves; In- telligent Living; and Play. Episcopalian. Home: Stockbridge.
RIIIBANY, Abraham Mitrle, elergyman; b. El-Shi- weir, Lebanon, Syria, Aug. 27, 1869; s. Mitrie Rihbany and Marsha (Mutter) R .; ed. Am. Board- ing Sch., Suk El Gharb, Lebanon, 1886-88; eame to U.S. 1891, landing in N.Y. City with 9 cents; student, O. Wesieyan Univ., 1895-96; D.D., Mead- ville (Pa.) Theol. Sem .. 1922; m. Aliee May Slegle of Wauseon, O., Nov. 15, 1894; ehildren- Marguerite R. (d.), Edward H. Began preach- ing at Cong. Ch., Morenci, Mich., 1896; ordained to Unitarian ministry, 1900; pastor, 1st' Ch., To- ledo, O., 1902-11, Ch. of the Disciples ( Unitarian), Boston, 1911-38, now emeritus; rep. Syrian socs. in Am. at Peace Conf., Paris 1919; lecturer on contrasts and harmonies between Eastern and Western civilizations. Club: Authors' (Boston). Author: A Far Journey, 1914; Militant Ameriea and Jesus Christ, 1917; The Syrian Christ, 1916; America, Save the Near East, 1918; The Hidden Treasure of Rasmola, 1920; Wise Men from the East and from the West, 1922; The Christ Story for Boys and Girls, 1923; Seven Days With God, 1926; articles in mags. Unitarian. Republican. Home: Longwood Towers, Brookline.
RILEY, Charles Allen, physician; b. Colebrook, N.H., Sept. 8, 1881; s. John B. Riley and Fanny (Hol- brook) R .; ed. Black River Acad., Vt .; Phillips Andover Aead .; Univ. Vt., 1903; M.D., Jefferson Med. Coll., 1905; m. Olive Bennett of Bridgeburg, Ont., Can., Jan. 1, 1912; children-Olive A. Horne, John Bennett. Interne, N.Y. Lying-in and West Pa. Hosps .; phys., Boston Dispensary, 1908-15; instr. pulmonary diseases, Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1912-34; Brooks Ilosp., Boston Med. Lib .; exani- iner, tuberculosis div., City of Boston; capt. M.C., U.S.A., World War; mem. Mass. Fish & Game Assn., N.E. Mus. Nat. Hist., Alpha Tau Omega. Travel: Europe, 1937. Episcopalian. Republi- can. Office: 1277 Commonwealth Av., Allston. Home: 254 Commonwealth Av., Chestnut }lili. Summer res .: Ludlow, Vt.
RILEY, Frank Leroy, judge; b. Northampton, Dec. 10, 1880; s. James Riley and Nellie T. (Neili) R .; ed. Westfield high sch., 1896; Me. Wesleyan Acad., 1899; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1902; m. Lulu L. Lewis of Springfield, June 9, 1906; children-Heien E., James L., Lois J. Adm. Mass. bar, 1902; since in praetiee at Boston and Woreester; asst. eity solicitor, Worcester, 1918-23; spi. justice Cent. Dist. Ct., Worcester Co., 1922- 29, justice, 1929 -; pres. Mass. Assn. Justiees of Dist. Cts. 1935 -; mem. Am., Mass, and Worces- ter Co. (v.p. 1927, pres. 1928) Bar Assns., Masons.
Club: Economic. Republiean. Home: 38 Burn- coat St., Worcester.
RILEY, Katharine Elizabeth Higgins, at home; b. Worcester, Aug. 6, 1878; d. Milton Prince Higgins and Katharine Elizabeth (Chapin) H .; od. Worces- ter Class. high seh .; Mt. Vernon Sem., Washington, D.C .; spl. courses, Clark Univ .; m. Robert Sanford Riley of Winnipeg, Can., 1904; children-Rob- ert Sanford, Jr., Katharine Sanford (Mrs. Wal- ter S. Burrage), Chapin, Conrad Miiton, Rosa- mond Lavinia. Worked for Community Chest, Worcester; Nat, and local Travelers' Aid Soc .; Y.W.C.A .; Parents' League; tr. Mt. Vernon Sem., Washington; former dir. Worcester City Lib., Ban- croft seh .; worked for fatherless children of France during World War, for Red Cross, vari- ous drives; mem. Nat. Travelers' Aid, many local charitable socs., Worcester Music Festival, ete. Clubs: Worcester Woman's, Woreester Gar- den, Tatnuck Country; asso. Worcester. Players; Women's Republican. Father founded Worees- ter trade sehs .; mother was organizer, pres., Nat. Assn. Parents & Teachers. Protestant. Re- publican. Home: 228 West St., Worcester. Sum- mer res .: Norwood Heights, Annisquamn.
RINER, Lillian Cecelia, lawyer; b. Wilkes Barre, Pa .; d. Mandel Riner and Sally (Mangel) R .; ed. Technical high sch., Springfield; Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm .; LL.B., Boston Univ. Law Sch., 1927, LI.M., 1928; Cornell Univ. Law Sch. (sum- mer); Mass. State Coll. (surminer). Admitted to practice in Mass., Me., and N.Y .; assisted in in- vestigation of pvt. bankers for U.S. Senate Sub- Com. on Banking and Finance, of which Hon. Ferdinand Pecora was counsel; dir. Canadian Fur Co., Springfield; asso. with Nat. Emergency Council, during N.E. floods; served in Ordnance Dept., U.S. Govt., Wash., D.C., 1918; mem. Nat. Law- yers Guild, B'nai B'rith Auxiliary (past pres.). Club: Louis Marshall Law (Springfield). Inter- ested in music, art. Office: care Prentice llail, Ine., 70 Fifth Av., N.Y. City. Home: 17 Leyfred Terrace, Springfield; also 11 Waverly Place, N.Y. City.
RING, Barbara Taylor, psychiatrist, administrator, dramatist; b. Seotiand; d. Alexander Taylor and Barbara (Annand) T .; ed. East Maine Conf. Sem., Bucksport, Me .; Boston Univ. Coll. of Lib- eral Arts, 2 yrs .; M.D., Boston Univ. Sch. Med., 1899; Harvard Summer Sch .; 4 semesters (grad. English 47, playwrighting; psychology; story) Radcliffe Coll .; m. Arthur Hallam Ring, short M.D. of Arlington, 1900; 1 son-Hallam Taylor. Mem. staff, Ring Sanatorium & llosp., 1903-10; psychiatrist and administrator, 1910-20, psyehia- trist, treas. Ring Sanatoriumn & Hosp., Inc., 1920- 35, pres. bd. of dir., 1935-39; pres. bd. dirs., Ar- lington Training Seh. for Nurses, 1910-35; pres. bd. dirs., Ring Psychiatrie Sch. of Nursing, 1935- 39; Town Meeting mem., Arlington, 1925-28; fellow A.M.A .; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Pan-Am. League (dir.) ; hon. mem. Acad. Phys. Med., Som- erville Med. Soe., N.E. Soc. Phys. Med., Dramatie Guild (asso. mem.), Inter-Am. Artists & Writers Guild, Buenos Aires Conference, National League of Am. Pen Women, National Fed. Press Women (chmn. Pan-Am. Relations), N.E. Woman's Press Assn., Boston Univ. Women's Council. Ciubs: Professional Women's of Boston, Arlington Heights Study, Miami Beach Women's. Deco- rated by Venezuela with Order of Public In- struction, by Colombian Govt. with Order of Boyaca, by Chilean Govt. with Order of Knight- hood. Author: Borderline Mental States, Psy- chiatric Nursing, and others; Three Plays Un- der Three Flags, 1923; Aesculapius (one act), Psyche Lights Iler Lamp (three acts), 1938; six play-pageants presented during Pan-Am. Week by City of Miami: Simon Bolivar, the Liberator, 1932 (also produced and distributed by the Pan- Am. Union); White Gods, 1933, Cuba Libre, 1934, Colombian Caravan, 1935, O'lliggins of Chile, 1936, Six Americas, 1937; a drama, Whom Dreams Possess, 1939, (produced by Miami Federal The- atre), Women of Peace. Travel: Europe, incl. Brit. Isles; So. and Cent. Am., Can., Alaska,
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Mex., Caribbean, U.S. Husband's family were
settlers of Ring Island, Salisbury, 1637. P'rot- estant. Republiean. Office: 163 Ilillside Av.,
Arlington Heights. Home: 179 Hillside Av., Ar- lington Heights, and 2926 Royal Palm Av., Miami Beach, Fla. Summer res .: The Kaims, East Rindge, N.II.
RING, Gordon C., teacher physiology; b. Westfield, Oct. 26, 1901; s. Walter C. Ring and Bertha (Dan- iels) R .; ed. Westfield high sch .; B.S., Wes- leyan Unlv., 1923, M.A., 1924; Ph.D., Harvard, 1930; m. Francese Bothfeld of llarvard, June 1930; 1 dau .- Jane. Teacher, Harvard, 1926-38; O. State Unlv., 1938 -; mem. A. A.A.S., Am. Physiol. Soc., Assn. Study Internal Secretions. Author: scientific publications on endocrine effects on metabolism. Protestant. Office: Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O. Home: 384 Arcadia Av., Columbus, O. Summer res. : Harvard.
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RIPLEY, Aiden Lassell, artist; b. Wakefield, Dec. 31, 1896; s. Aiden Perham Ripley and Inez Eliza (Lassell) R .; ed. Wakefield pub. sch. and high sch .; Sch. of 'Museum Fine Arts, Boston; in. Dorls Verne of Lynnfield, June 15, 1920. Held Paige travellng scholarship from Sch. of Mus. Fine Arts, 1924-25; instr. art, Sch. of Mus. Fine Arts, 1926-32; instr. art, Harvard Sch. Architec- ture, 1928-36; specializes in freehand drawing and water color painting; exhibited at Annual In- ternat. Exh., Art Just. of Chicago, N.Y. Water Color Club, Am. Water Color Soc. and one man exhibitions; represented In Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, hist. mural painting in Winchester Pub. Lib., Chicago Art Inst., Municipal Art Gallery, Davenport, la .; pvt. 55th C.A.C., U.S.A., 1917-19, with A.E.F. in France. Home: 52 Follen Rd., Lexington.
RIPLEY, Edward Lafayette, church treasurer; b. Montague, Mich., Jan. 1, 1876; s. Lafayette Gil- bert Ripley and May Edith ( Brackney) R .; ed. Montague and Grand Rapids (Mich. ) high schs .; m. Hilda Johnstone of Brookline, Nov. 20, 1920. Clk., U.S. Post Office, Kansas City, Mo., 1894- 96; sales, railroad, mercantile activities, 1896-1916; asst. to treas., The Mother Church, The First Ch. of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, 1916-18, treas., 1918 -. Travel: U.S., Can. Christian Scientist. Republican. Office: 107 Falmouth St., Boston. Home: 143 Beaconsfield Rd., Brookline.
V+RITCHIE, John, scientist (retired) ; b. Boston, 1853; s. John Ritchie and Mary (White) R .; ed. Eng. high sch .; m. Hattie M. Malcombe of Boston, 1885. Was engaged in business with father as builder; retired since 1885; ex-pres. Alvan Clark Corp. (makers of telescopes); asst. at Harvard Univ. Obs., 1882-90; collector of shells; largest pvt. library of conchology, and one of largest collections of shells in U.S .; for 23 yrs. official in charge of collection and distribution of astron. news for U.S .; health commr., City of Boston, 1908-10; fellow Boston Sci. Soc. (pres. 1908-), Am. Meteorl. Soc., Am. Public Health Assn .; mein. Am. Statis. Assn., Mass. Charitable Mechanles Assn., Malden Tuberculosis Soc., Boston Malacol. . Soc. Club: Appalachian Mt. of Boston (mem. couneil, 1894-1903, pres. 1904). Author: (with Dr. S. C. Chandler) Selence Observer Code, 1888; has done much translating of tech. work of sci. and med. investigators into terins understood by the people, and has written hundreds of such articles for Boston, N.Y. and Phila. papers. Asso. editor: Am. Journal of Public Health, 1918-21. Book reviewer of sci. items for many papers. Home: 115 Washington St., Malden. Died, July 22, 1939.
V RITCHIE, (Mary) Lily Munsell, author; b. Bloom- ington, 111., Feb. 13. 1867; d. Rev. Oliver Spenecr Munsell (D.D., LL.D.) and Elizabeth (Whipp) M .; ed. Ill. Wesleyan Univ .; De Pauw Univ .; m. Morris Latimer Ritchie of Salt Lake City, Ut., Apr. 23, 1891; children-Mrs. Rosamond Moore, Oliver Henderson, Mrs. Elisabeth Latlmer
MeIntosh. Mem. Kappa Alpha Theta. Author: The Adventures of Chicken Little Jane, 1918; Chicken Little Jane on the Big John, 1919; Chicken Little Jane Comes to Town, 1921; In
FTis Own Image, 1921; The Man, the Woman and the University, 1923; American Ideals versus the University, 1925; Chicken Little Jane's Sum- mer in the Rockies, 1926; Pathological Realism, 1926; The Giant's Stories, 1927. Episcopalian. llome: Main St., Hingham.
RITCHIE, Walter Stuntz, research professor chemistry; b. Ludlow, Ky., Apr. 11, 1892; S. in Walter Thomas Ritchie and Mary (Stuntz) R .; ed. Madisonville (O.) high sch .; B.S. (agr.), Ohio State Univ., 1916; A.M., Univ. Mo., 1918, P.H.O., 1922; m. Maggie Lee Bell of Shreveport, La .; 1 dau .- Mary Ann. Asst. in analytical labs. of Agrl. Expt. Sta., Univ. Mo., except 1918, 1916-22; asst. prof. agrl. chem., 1922-34, in charge of courses in that subject; research in animal nu- trition; head of dept. chem., Mass. State Coll., 1934 -; pvt. U.S.A., 1918; mem. Am. Chem. Soe., Am. Inst. Chemists, Mo. Acad. Sei., Sigma Xl, Phi Kappa Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Chi Sigma. Club: Rotary (Amherst). Author: articles on animal nutrition, food, analytical chemistry. Travel: U.S. Congregationalist. Republican. Of- fice: Mass. State College, Amherst. Home: 62 Mt. Pleasant St., Amherst.
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