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ROGERS, Robert Emmons, teacher; b. Haddonfield, N.J., Apr. 12, 1888; s. Charles Merrill Rogers and Mary Ellen (Pickup) R .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, A.M., 1909; m. Marie Leahy Baer of Phila., Jan. 23, 1918; 1 dau .- Desiree Baer. Teacher, Williams Coll., 1909-10; asst. to Maude Adams, 1910-11; spl. writer, Brooklyn Eagle; instr. Eng., later prof., M.I.T., 1913 -; lecturer, Mass. Univ. Extension, 1925 -; column- ist, Boston Am., 1931-38; mem, Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Behind a Watteau Picture; The Voice of Science in Nineteenth Century Literature; The Fine Art of Reading; How to be Interest- ing. Protestant. Independent. Oflice: Mass. In- stitute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 148 Brattle St., Cambridge. Summer res .: 19 Beach St., Rockport.
ROGERS, Willlam Fordyce, newspaperman, retired; b. Gullford, Me., May 28, 1870; s. William L. Rogers and Frances (Wyman) R .; ed. Greenville, Me., pub. schs .; Coburn Class. Inst: (Waterville, Me.); A.B., Boston Univ., 1894; m. Mabel Wyman Sawyer of Dexter, Me., Oct. 14, 1897; children- Mary (Mrs. Leo Narodny), Charles. Salesman, Alden Speares Sons Co., 1894-98; advertising so- licitor, Youth's Companion Co., 1898-1900; adv. mgr., Boston Transcript, 1900-35; asso. commi., Metrop. Dist. Comins., 1928 -; moderator, Town of Braintree, 1916 -; tr. and mem. exec. com., Boston Univ .; mem. Theta Delta Chi, Masons. Clubs: Rotary, City, Advertising (Boston), Bos- ton Republican, Norfolk County Republican, Ap- palachian Mt. (past pres.). Travel: Europe (2
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trips; West Coast. Congregationalist (moderator, 1st Ch. of Braintree). Republican. Ilome: 50 Pleasant St., Braintree.
V ROGERSON, Charles Milton, lawyer; b. Fall River, Aug. 8, 1885; s. Charles Edward Rogerson and Anne Greenleaf (Johnson) R .; ed. Milton Acad., 1904; A.B., Harvard, 1909; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1911; m. Helen S. Campbell of Brooklyn, N.Y., June 22, 1911 (d.); children-John Edward, Philip Campbell, Martha, Robert, Alexander Green- leaf; m. (2d) Frances Glover of Wayland, May 18, 1937. Adm. Mass. bar, 1910; with Fish, Rich- ardson, Ilerrick & Neave, 1911-14; practiced alone, 1914-27; mem. Abbott, Drew, Rogerson and Carr, 1927 -; tr. Springfield Ry. Cos., Frank- lin Sav. Bk .; dir. Boston Safe Dep. & Trust Co., Community Federation of Boston; tr. Northeastern Univ., Milton Pub. Lib .; sec. and treas. Perma- nent Charity Fund, Inc .; mem. Milton Sch. Com., 3 yrs .; mem. Am. and Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Harvard (Boston); Milton; Eastern Yacht; Hing- ham Yacht. Episcopallan. Republican. Ofllce: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 60 Columbine Rd., Milton.
ROGERS-SHIRENK, Adele, artist; b. Mt. Vernon, N.Y., July 1, 1881; d. Conrad Bernhard Hufnagel and Marie Theresa (Lindeman) H .; cd. Mt. Ver- non (N.Y.) high sch .; m. Charles Evans Rogers (d. 1920); m. (2d) Emil Shrenk of Florida, 1922. Studied at Cooper Union and recd. 4 prizes; studied under Willlam Chase, Henri, Ury Muller, Charles Hawthorne, George Elmer Brown; life mem. Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Provincetown Art Assn. Club: Art (St. Augustine, Fla.). Travel: Europe, U.S. Unitarian. Studio: East Palatka, Fla. Home: East Palatka, Fla., and Province- town. Summer res .: 360 Commercial St., Pro- vincetown.
V ROHNSTOCK, J. Henry, stained glass artist; b. Ribe, Denmark, Sept. 20, 1879; s. August Rohn- stock and Lucia (Christophersen) R .; ed. pub. schs .; art student, Boston Latin sch., 1897- 1901; m. Alice Dadmun of Somerville, Mar. 15, 1902 (d.); children-Barbara (Mrs. Walter C. Stonc), Henry Dadmun. Came to U.S., 1887; nat- uralized citizen, 1901; apprentice, later, cutter and worker in stained glass, 1897-1920; helped to organize firm of Reynolds, Francis & Rohn- stock, mem. 1921 -; windows in Cath. St. John the Divine (N.Y.), East Liberty Presbn. Ch. (Pittsburgh), Princeton Univ. Chapel, Houghton Mem. Chapel (Wellesley), Shove Mem. Chapel (Colo. Springs), Am. Mem. Chapel (Bellcau Wood, France), St. Joseph's Ch. (Laconia, N.H.), River- side Baptist Ch. (NY.), Presb. Ch. (Glens Falls, N.Y.), Mercersburg (Pa.) Acad. Chapel, St. Paul's Ch. (Winston-Salem, N.C.), St. George's Sch. Chapel (Newport, R.I.), Nat. Episc. Cath. (Wash- ington, D.C.); gold medal, Boston Tercentenary Fine Arts Exhibn., 1980; mem. Anclent & Hon. Arty. Co .; Boston Soc. Arts and Crafts. Offlec: 1 Washington St., Boston. Ilomc: 97 Morrison Av., Somerville.
ROHR, Charles James, asst. professor of political economy; b. Baltimore, Md., Junc 3, 1905; S. Charles 11. Rohr and Elizabeth Lorenzo (Reilly) R .; ed. Baltimore City Coll., 1920-24; Ph.D., Johns Ilopkins, 1931; m. M. Elizabeth Getzendanner of Baltimore, Md., Feb. 3, 1930; 1 son-David Baker. Instr. polit. sci., Univ. Baltimore, 1929-30; instr. hist. and polit. scl , Trinity Coll. (Hartford, Conn.), 1930-31, asst, prof., 1931-36; asst. prof. hist. and govt., Unlv. Me., 1936-37; asst. prof. polit. economy and director of Govt. Research Service, Mass. State College, 1937 -; dir. and prof. govt., Hart- ford Summer Sch. of Civics, ,1933; leader of Adult Edn. Group, Hartford, 1934-36, administrative asst. to dir. Emergency Edn. Program, W.P.A.,
. Conn., 1936; research consultant, Mass. Select- men's Assn .; Mass. corr., "The New England Townsman", monthly mag, of Maine Municipal Assn .; mem. Sub-committee Conn. Tercentenary Commn., 1934-35, research consultant to the Conn. Commn. on Reorganization of State Depts., 1935-36; mem. Kappa Alpha (s.) (Alpha Lambda Chapter), Governmental Research Assn. Author:
The Governor of Maryland: a constitutional study. 1932; articles on govt. and hist. in The Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine, Baltimore Sunday Sun Magazine, Literary Digest, the Massachu- Setts Selectman, the New England Townsman Oflice: Mass. State Coll., Aniherst. Home: 9 Chest- nut St., Amherst.
ROLFE, George William, chemist, teacher, author; b. Cambridge, Feb. 10, 1864; s. William James Rolfe and Eliza J. (Carew) R .; ed. A.B., Har- vard, 1885, A.M., 1886; special graduate course, M.I.T., 1895; in. Mabel Stuart of Boston, Feb. 28. 1888 (d. 1913); 1 dau .- Dorothy Stuart R .; m. (2d) Mary E. Gifford of Boston, Sept. 1914. Chem- ist, Charles Pope Glucose Co., Geneva, Ill., 1886- 89, 1892-93; sub-master, Brookline high sch., 1889-90; chemist, Parque Alto, Cuba, 1891, Cen- tral Soledad, Cuba, 1892; chemist with sewer puri- fication engineer, George E. Waring, Newport, R.I., 1894; Instr. chem. and sugar analysis, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1895-1915; instr. chem., Franklin Union, Boston, 1913-19; chemist and factory super- visor, Central Aguirre, PR., Boston and PR., 1900-02, 1907-09, Constancia, P.R., 1906, Cortada, P.R., 1907, the Cuba Company, Jatlbonico, Cuba, 1913-14, Central Manopla, Cuba, 1921-22; expert in U.S and Can. courts on starch products; mem. Am. Chemical Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Pi Eta, Delta Upsilon (Harvard), Authors. Author: The Polarlscope, 1905; numerous sci. papers. Translator: (with Wm. T. Hall) : Claasen's Beet Sugar Mfr., 1906. Contbr. to Rogers Industrial Chemistry, first to fifth editions. Travel: Europe, West Indies, Canada, U.S. Descendant of Henry Rolfe, founder of Newbury in 1638. Unitarian. Independent. Home: Oak Bluffs (Martha's Vine- yard).
VROLLINS, Edwin Butier, professor of electrical en- gineering; b. Lewiston, Me., June 1, 1878; s. Charles E. Rollins and Emma M. (Getchell) R .; ed. Westbrook high sch., Westbrook Sem., Port- land, Me .; S B., (elec, engring.), Tufts Coll., 1901: m. Mabel T. Kalloch of Rockland, Me., Sept. 14, 1926. Asst. in elec. engring., Tufts Coll. Engring. Sch., 1901-02, Instr., 1902-09, asst. prof., 1909-30, prof., 1930-, acting dean, 1927-29; mem. Am. Inst. E.E., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Alpha Kappa Pi, Medford Ilist. Soc. Club: Republican of Mass. , Universalist. Republican. Office: Elec- trical Engineering Laboratories, Tufts College, Medford. Home: 84 Packard Av., Somerville. Summer res .: Rockland, Me.
ROLLINS, Hyder Edward, professor of English; b. Abilene, Tex., Nov. 8, 1889; s. Nathaniel G. Rol- lins and Elva (lyder) R .; ed. B.A., Southwestern Univ., 1910, LL.D., 1933; M.A., Univ. Tex., 1912; grad. student, Johns Hopkins, 1914-15; MA., Harvard, 1916, Ph.D., 1917; unmarried. Fellow in English, Unlv. Texas. 1911-12, instr., 1912-14; Sheldon travelling fellow, Harvard, in Eng. and Fr., 1919-20; asst. prof. Eng., N.Y. Univ., 1920-21, asso. prof., 1921-24, prof., 1924-26; prof. Eng., Harvard, 1926 -; J. S Guggenheim Mem. fellow, Eng. and Fr., 1926-27; enlisted as pvt., Signal Corps, U S.A., Sept. 16, 1917; 2d lt., Aug. 1918; with A.E.F., Sept. 1918-June 1919; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; mem. Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), Elizabethan (New Haven). Editor: Old English Ballads, 1920; A Pepyslan Garland, 1922; Cavalier and Puritan, 1923; A llandful of Pleas- ant Delights, 1924; A Gorgeous Gallery of Gal- lant Inventions, 1926; The Pack of Antolycus, 1927; The Paradise of Dalnty Devices, 1927; Tot- tel's Miscellany (2 vols.), 1928; The Pepys Bal- lads (8 vols.), 1929-32; The Phoenix Nest, 1931: A Poetical Rhapsody (2 vols.), 1931-32; Breton's Bower of Delights, 1933; England's Helicon (2 vols.), 1935; The Arbor of Amorous Devices, 1936; Shakespeare's Poems ( New Variorum Shakespeare), 1938. Compller: An Analytical In- dex to The Ballad Entries in the Statloners' Register, 1924. Contbr. to mags. Office: Har- vard University, Cambridge. Home: 19 Garden St., Cambridge.
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ROLLINS, Robert Waddell, electrical executive (re- tired) ; b. Newbury, Vt., Apr. 12, 1864; s. Henry G. Rollins and Jane (Waddell) R .; ed. pub. schs .; Newbury Acad .; m. Adelia Bolger of Hartford Conn., Jan. 22, 1887; 1 son-Robert Waddell; m. (2d) Grace A. Dickinson of N.Y. City, Feb. 18, 1911; ehildren-Sabra-Franees (Mrs. John Bis- sell Erickson), Wendell Seoviile (d.). With West- inghouse Elec. Mfg. Co., installing first lighting system in Havana, 1889-90; working nights be- came elec. engr .; myr., Hartford Elec. Light Co., 20 yrs ; pres. Worcester Elee. Light Co., V 1911-29, retired; tr. and mem. auditing com., Worcester Five Cents Sav. Bk .; dir. Mechanics Nat. Bk., Woreester Gas Light Co., St. Pierre Chain Corp., Worcester Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Home for Aged Men, Hahnemann Hosp .; mem. Masons (32ª). Clubs: Worcester, Economic, Congrega- tional. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 248 Salisbury St., Worcester.
VROLLINS, Weld Allen, lawyer; b. Portland, Me., Aug 11, 1874; s. Franklin Jackson Rollins and Arabella Cazenove (Jordan) R .; ed. Portland (Me ) high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1897; LIB, Harvard Law Sch., 1900; m. Isabel Ward- ner of Boston Oct. 26, 1920; 1 dau .- Mary. Prac- ticed law, Boston, 1900 -; mem. Am., Mass., and Boston Bar Assns., Assu. Bar of N.Y. City; etc. Clubs: Harvard, Appalachian Mt., Dartmouth, etc. Travel: in all continents but Australia. Author: articles on woodcraft, taxation, the application of the workmen's compensation prin- ciple to automobile accidents, population prob- lems, cte. Protestant. Republican. Office: 50 State St., Boston. Home: 94 South St., Necdham. ROMANO, Umberto, artist, art instructor; b. Braeig- liano, Italy, Feb. 26, 1905; s. Andrea Romano and Raffaella (Cerrato) R .; ed. Cenral high sch., Springfield; Am. Acad. Rome, Nat. Acad. Design; m. F. Miriam Whitlock of Springfield, July 1933. Received Peabody Prize, Chicago Art Inst .; Pulit- zer Prize, Crowninshield Award, Stockbridge; Tif- fany Foundation Medal; Atheneum Prize, Conn. Acad .; First and Portrait Prize, Springileld Art League; honorable mention, Chicago Art Inst .; represented in collections of Fogg Art Mus., Worcester Art Mus, Springfield Mus. Fine Arts, Addison Gallery, Andover, R.I. Sch. Design, Smith Coll. Mus. Art; instr. in charge, Worcester Art Mus. Sch .; one-man shows, Renn Galleries, Em- pire Galleries, N.Y., Grace Horne Galleries, Bos- ton; aiso represented in pvt. collections here and abroad; executed the murals in the Springfield Post Offiee; mural painter, lecturer, portrait paint- er; mem. Am. Artists Prof. League, No. Shore Art Assn., Gloucester Soc. Artists. Travel: Italy. Offiee: Worcester Art Museum School, Worces- ter. Home: 67 West St., Woreester. Summer res. : Gallery-on-the-Moors, Ledge Rd., E. Glouees- ter.
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V ROME, Charles Abraham, lawyer, teacher, trustee; b. Boston, Dec. 22, 1896; s. Bernard Rome and Anna (Herzberg) R .; ed. Boston high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1917; LL B. (cum laude), Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1926; m. Esther E. Rome of Brookline, June 1923; children- Bernard, Joel. Tr. Boston Univ., 1938 -; on faculty, Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1926 -; asst. U.S. Atty. for Dist. of Mass., Jan. 1934-Sept. 1938; pres. Boston Univ. General Alumi- ni Assn., 1938 -; pres. Boston Univ. Law Sch. Assn., 1938-39; v.p. Mass. Chapter, National Law- yers Guild, 1938; see. Frances Stern Nursery Sch., Brookline, 1928 -; com. on Legal Edn., Boston Bar Assn., 1938-1939; Ordnance sergt., 2d lt., Ordnance Res. Corps; mem. Mass. Hist. Soc., Mass. Civic Soc., B'nai B'rith, Masons. Clubs: llarvard, University, Twentieth Century, New Century (dir.) (all of Boston). Travel: Europe and No. Am. (extensive). Jewish. Democrat. Office: 85 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 65 Cros- by Rd., Chestnut Hill.
ROME, Miriam B., housewife; b. Syracuse, N.Y., Aug. 31, 1880; d. Hyam Bernstein and Sarah (Levin) B .; ed. Montreal Sr. Sch .; Royal Victoria Coll .; m. Nathan Rome, Aug. 23, 1910; 1 son- Herzl T. Did communal work; taught Sunday
seh., 10 yrs .; taught Hebrew in Jewish Parochial Sch., Montreal; led elass In sewing, Jewish En- deavor Soc., Montreal; organized Hadassah, Jew- ish hist. reading circles, Hebrew speaking eir- cle, Worcester; mem. Hadassah (past pres., now hon. v.p ), Council of Jewish Women, Auxiliary to Jewish Home for Aged and Orphans, Daugh- ters of Zion (pres.), Fed. Can. Zionists. Author: articles on Spaln. Travel: Europe (in Paris G mos.), Africa, Palestine (lived there a yr.), Syria. Jewish. Home: 21 Fruit St., Worcester.
ROMER, Alfred Sherwood, professor of zoology; b. White Plains, N.Y., Dec. 28, 1894; s. Harry Houston Romer and Evalyn (Sherwood) R .; ed. White Plains high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1917; Ph. D., Columbia, 1921; m. Ruth Hibbard of Columbia, Mo., 1924; children-Sally Hibbard, Robert Horton, James Henry. Instr. anatomy, N. Y. Univ., and mem. dept. comparative anatomy, Am. Mus. Nat. Illst., N.Y., 1921-23; asso. prof. vertebrate paleontology, Univ. Chicago, 1923-31, prof., 1931-34; prof. zoology, eurator of verte- brate paleontology, Harvard, 1934 -; pvt. sergt., 2d It. Signal Corps U.S.A. with A.E.F., 1917-19; mem. zoöl., anatom., geol. with paleontol. socs., American Academy, etc. Author: Vertebrate Paleontology, 1933; Man and the Vertebrates, 1933, and various sei. papers. Office: Harvard Uni- versity, Cambridge. Home: 38 Avon St., Cam- bridge.
ROONEY, Edwin Richards, banker; b. Winehester, Aug. 5, 1880; s. Danlel Rooney and Mary Agnes (Sweeney) R .: ed. Winchester high seh., 1908; m. Madeleine H. Snow of Brookline, Apr. 5, 1923; children-Jean M., Edwin R., Jr., Peter W., David HI. Clk., Middlesex County Nat. Bk. (now Win- chester Trust Co.), 1899; elk., Globe Nat. Bk., 1899, Nat Shawmut Bk., 1900-05, First Nat. Bank of Boston, 1905-, asst. cashier, 1910-19, v.p., 1919 -; charter mem. Assn. Reserve City ·Bankers, 1912, pres. 1919-20; mem. Am. Inst. Banking (Boston chap.), Bank Officers Assn., Bos- ton Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Republican of Mass, Republican of Winchester, Algonquin, Winchester Country, Essex County. Oflice: 67 Milk St., Boston. Home: 12 Sheffield Rd., Win- chester.
ROOSEVELT, James, movie theatre executive; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 23, 1908; s. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Anna Eleanor (Roosevelt) R .; ed. Groton Seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1930; m. Betsey Cushing of Brookline, June 4, 1930; children- Sara Delano, Kate. Pres. Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc., 1932-37; sec. to Pres. of U.S., 1937-39; v.p., Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., Ltd., 1939 -; dlr. United Artists Corp., motion picture distributors; del. Mass. Constl. Conv., 1932; mem. Elks, Moose, Masons. Clubs: Harvard, Bankers (N.Y.), Uni- versity, Jefferson Island, Burning Tree, Metro- politan (Washington, D.C.), llasty Pudding, Fly, Signet Soc. (Harvard), Eastern Yacht. Author: many articldes on polit. subjs. Episcopalian. Democrat. Office: 7210 Santa Monica Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif. Home: Salem End Rd., Fram- ingham Summer res .: 615 No. Rodeo Dr., Bev- erly Hills, Calif.
ROOT, Oscar Mitchell, teacher; b. Ottumwa, Ia., Nov. 26, 1898; s. Frank Lane Root and Clara Blanche (Squire) R .; ed. Ottumwa high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1922; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1925. In production dept., Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St. Louis, Mo., 1925; pvt. tutoring, 1926; teacher, Groton Sch., 1927-29; or- dler dept., Harvard Coll. Lib., 1930; teacher, Som- ers Coll, Bermuda, 1931, Salisbury Sch., Salis- bury, Conn., 1932-33, Brooks Sch., No. Andover, 1931; pvt. in Harvard Unit, S.A.T.C., Oct .- Nov. 1918; mem. Masons, Mass. Audubon Soc. Club: Brookline Bird. Travel: Eng., Fr., Italy, Switz., llol, Belg., Bermuda, Cuba. Desc. Stephen Noble Root. Interested in ornithology. Congregation- alist. Republican. Address: Brooks School, No. Andover. Summer res .: Ottumwa, Ia.
1 ROSE, Norman Sherwin, newspaper man, publicity man; b Cleveland, O .; s. Edwin G. Rose and Sarah P. (Sherwin) R .; ed. cent. high sch., Cleve-
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land, O. On ed, staff, Cleveland Leader, 1895- 98, Cleveland Press, 1898-1909; N.Y. corr., Scripps- McRae Newspapers, 1909-13; mgr., N.Y. Bur., Newspaper Enterprise Assn., 1913-15; theatrical promotion and publicity, 1916; with George Bat- ten, adv. agency, N.Y. City, 1917-21; adv. mgr., Chr. Sci. Monitor, Boston, 1922 -; mem. A.N.A.IS., A.I.A. (pres.), S.A.R. Clubs: Advertising (Bos- ton, N. Y.), Mass. Repubilcan. Author: Mrs. Jimmie Thompson, comedy, produced in N.Y. 1920; Watch the Professor, melodrama, produced 1930. Travel: Brit. Isles, Fr., Switz., It., Ger., Hol., Belg., Den., Nor., Swed., Hung., Cuba, W.I., Bra- zil, Chile, Peru, Mex. Gt.g.s. Ahlmaaz Sher- win, who enlisted from Winchendon at 15 and served throughout Revolution, went to the West- ern Reserve with son Ahimaaz 1818, is only Revolutionary soldier buried in Lakeview Cem- etery, Cleveland, O. Ofllce: 1 Norway St., Bos- ton. Home: 44 Griggs Ter., Brookline,
ROSE, William Wallace, clergyman; b. Philadel- phia, Pa., Apr. 17, 1889; s. David Ilenry Rose and Emma (Longacre) R .; cd. S.T.B., Crane Theol. Sch., Tufts Coll., 1912; (spl., Harvard Div. Sch., 1913) spl., (Yale Div. Sch., 1915) ; D.D., St. Law- rence Unlv., 1928; m. Mary Bird of Phila., Pa., Dee. 23, 1913; children-David Drew, Martha Bird. Minister, Universalist Ch., So. Weymouth, 1912-15, Bridgeport, Conn., 1915-19, Rochester, N.Y., 1919-28, 1st Universalist Ch., Lynn, 1928 -; lecturer and publicist on psychol., rel. and polit. subjs .; mem. Delta Upsilon, Masons. Club: Ro- tary. Travel: Europe, 1930. Universalist. In- dependent Republican. Office: 16 Nahant Pl., Lynn. Home: 11 King's Beach Rd., Lynn. ROSENBERG, Samuel Martin, production and tool engineer, artist; b. Wash., D.C., Dee. 16, 1891; s. Kopple Rosenberg and Bessle (Friedman) R .; ed. night school, 25 yrs .; Univ. Extension courses; Alexander Hanillton Inst .; m. Elizabeth Campbell of Suffield, Conn., 1932; children-James Alan, John Robert. Tool maker, production foreman and supervisor, time study man; now tool and plant layout engineer, A. G. Spalding Bros., Inc., Chicopee, 1939 -; first prize for best painting, Springfield Art League, 1927; served on jury, Springfield Art League; mem. Artist Guild, Springfield (formerly v.p., treas., see.), Masons (Royal Arch). Travel: Cuba. Interested in
painting. Independent. Office: A. G. Spalding Bros., Inc., Chicopee. Home: 767 Armory St., Springfield. Summer res,: Lake Congmond, Suf- field, Conn.
ROSENBLOOM, Carl Webber, physician; b. Wilki, Lithuania, May 1, 1884; s. Abraham H. Werbalsky and Rachel (Rosenbloom) R .; ed. Ballou & Hobi- gant Prep. Sch .; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1909; m. Lana R. Berinstein of Springfield, May 18, 1919; children-Arthur H., Sally R. Interne, Farren Mem. Ilosp., Montague City, House of Providence, Holyoke; post grad. courses, Univ. Vienna, 1914, 1925-26; in gen. practice, cye, ear, nose and throat, Holyoke, 1909 -; mem. eye and ear staff, Providence Hosp., Holyoke; courtesy staff, Holyoke Hosp .; parks & recreation commn., Holyoke, 1935-38; mem. Holyoke Med. Assn., Y.M.H.A., Zionist Orgn. Am., A.M.A .; past mem. Elks, B'nai B'rith. Club: Harmony. Author: ned. papers. Jewish. Independent. Office: 276 High St., Holyoke. Home: 1840 Northampton St., Holyoke.
ROSENBLUETH, Arturo Stearns, assistant profes- sor; b. Chihuahua, Mex., Oct. 2, 1900; s. Julio Rosenblueth and Mary (Stearns) R .; ed. Mon- terrey (Mex.) high seh .; student, Univ. Mex,, D.F .; M.D., Univ. Paris, 1927; m. Virginia Thomp- son of Portland, Ore., 1931. Practiced med., Mex- Ico, 1927; asst. prof. physiology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1933 -; mem. Am. Physiol. Soc., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences. Author: Autonomic Neuroeffec- tor Systems (with W. B. Cannon), 1937. Office: Harvard Medical School, Boston. Home: 26 Mid- dlesex Rd., Watertown.
ROSENSTEIN, Arthur, architect; b. Boston, April 15, 1890; S.B., Harvard, 1912. On archtl. staff, Peabody & Stearns, Boston; Stone & Webster;
own' practice Boston and Salem or asso. with Krokyn, Browne & Rosenstein, Boston, 1919 -; In charge of the design of theaters, public bldgs., commercial structures in all parts of Mass .; tr. Nat. Farm Sch., Doylestown, Pa .; on archtl. staff, Bur. of Yards and Doeks, U.S. Navy Dept., during World War; pres. West End Community Center, Boston; pres. Dorchester Y.M.H.A., Bos- ton. Author: articles in archtl. mags. Travel: Europe, Africa, Asia. Office: 120 Milk St., Bos- ton. Home: 100 Geneva Av., Dorchester.
VROSENTHAL, James M., lawyer; b. Pittsfield, Oct. 26, 1886; s. Max G. Rosenthal and Fanny (Rosen- feld) R .; ed. Pittsfield high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1909; LL. B., Harvard Law Sch., 1911. Pres. Berk- shire Bar Assn., 1937-38; pres. bd. trs. Berkshire Atheneum (Pittsfield pub. lib.), 1937 -; elk., bd. dlrg. Boys' Club of Pittsfield, 1918-39; ehmn. Pittsfield Appeal Bd. under Zoning Ordinance, 1928-38; Pittsfield City Solicitor, 1938 -. Author: various articles on Mass. law. Jewish. Demo- crat. Office: 145 North St., Pittsfield. Home: 37 Spadina Parkway, Pittsfield,
ROSENZWEIG, Saul, psychologist; b. Boston, Feb. 12, 1907; s. David Rosenzweig and Etta (Tuttle) R .; ed. Malden high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1929, A.M., 1930, Ph.1)., 1932; unmarried. Research fellow, Harvard, 1933; psychologist, Worcester State Hosp., 1934 -; fellow Am. Orthopsychist Assn., A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Psychol. Assn., Am. Psy- chopathol. Assn., Soc. for Psychol. Study of Social Issues. Author: articles on motivation and abnormal psychology. Office and home: Worcester State Hosp., Worcester.
ROSS, Charles Martin, chemical engineer; b. Ft. Thomas, Ky., May 5, 1906; s. Albert G. Ross and Fannie L. (Armstrong) R .; ed. Norwood (O.) high sch .; Univ. Cincinnati; m. Lois A. Chapman of Mansfield, 1934; children-Priscilla A., Charles M., Jr. Laequer supt., Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Evansville, Ind., 1927-30; plant supt., John D. Lewis, Inc., Mansfield, 1931-39; mech. main- tenance, Talbot Wool Combing Co., Norton, 1939 -; mem. A.F.&A.M. (St. James Lodge, Key- stone Royal Arch Chap.). Wife dir. desc. Gen. Warren. Methodist. Republican. Home: Mans- field.
ROSS, Gilbert, professor of music, concert violin- ist; b. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 30, 1903; s. Edward Alsworth Ross and Rosamond Comstock (Simons) R .; studied violin with Leon Sammetini, har- mony with Louis Victor Saar, at Chicago Musical Coll .; won diamond medal at age of 13, and played Ernst Concerto with Chicago Symphony Orchestra; studied violin with Professor Leo- pold Auer, and composition with Rubin Goldmark, 1918-22; m. Gertrude Helen Tuthill of Chicago, Sept. 21, 1927; children-Gilbert Jr., Suzanne. Professional concert debut, Berlin, 1922, Lon- don debut, 1925, New York debut, 1923; concert- ized extensively in this country and abroad, 1922-31; asst. prof. music, Cornell, 1931-35; prof. music, Smith Coll., 1935 -; has appeared as solo- ist with Chicago Symphony, Minneapolis Sym- phony, Berlin Philharmonic, etc .; has given re- citals in most principal cities of this country and music centers abroad. Club: The Bohemians (N.Y.). Author: many transeriptions for violin and piano. Travel: Ger., Eng., Scot., W.I., Cent. Am. Independent Democrat. Office: Sage Hall, Smith Coll., Northampton. Home: 146 Elm St., Northampton.
ROSS, Haroid Salicath, horticulturist, seedsman, trustee; b. Jamaica Plain, Feb. 25, 1891; s. John Hamilton Ross and Catharine (Salicath) R .; ed. Noble and Greenough's Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1913; m. Lydia G. DeCamp of Medford, Mar. 31, 1916; children-Mary, Sarah Baker, Catharine Sallcetti, Josephine DeCamp. Traveled and lived in flax producing countries of Europe, returning in 1914; with Linen Thread Co. in conjunction with World War, becoming dir., resigned 1920; then in seed and nursery bus .; now v.p., sec, and advertising mgr., Joseph Breck & Sons Corp .; dir. Mercan- tile Wharf Corp .; tr. Mass. Hort. Soc. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), Horticultural (Boston).
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