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SARTON, George (Alfred Leon), lecturer, author; b. Ghent, Belg., Aug. 31, 1884; s. Alfred Sarton and Leonie (van Halme) S .; ed. B.Sc., Univ. Ghent, 1906, Sc. D., 1911; medallist in chemistry, 4 Belgian unlvs., 1907; L.H.D., Brown Univ., 1934; LL.D., Harvard, 1935; m. Elcanor Mabel Elwes of Lon- don, Eng., June 22, 1911; 1 dau .- Eleanor May. Came to U.S. 1915, naturalized citizen, 1924; lec- turer on hist. of sci., George Washington Univ., 1915-16, Harvard, 1916-18, 1920-, Radcliffe, 1927 -; Lowell lecturer, Boston, 1916; asso. Car- negie Instn., Washington, D.C., 1918 -; in Near Last, N. Africa, and Arabia for study of Arable and Islam, 1931-32; Ilitchcock prof., Univ. Calif., 1932; Elihu Root lecturer, Washington, 1935; founder, 1912, and ed. of Isis, internat. rev. de- voted to hist. and philosophy of sci .; founder, 1936, and ed. of Osiris, studies on hist. and philoso- phy of sci. and on hist. of learning and culture; mem. adv. bd., Yenching Univ., Peiping; mcm. Internat. Acad. llist. Sei. (Paris); fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences (v.p.), Am. Philos. Soc., Am. Oriental Soc., Am. Council Learned Socs., Am. Assn. Hist. Med. (hon.), Royal Asiatic Soc. (Lon- don), Royal Soc. of Edinburgh (hon.), Swedish Soc. Hist. Astronomy (hon.); mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Hist. Sci. Soc., India Soc., Newcomen Soc., Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Gesell- schafft für Geschichte d. Med., Soc. Statistique Paris, Soc. Histoire Médicine (Paris), Société Asia- tique (Paris), Academla de la historia (Madrid), Swedish Linnaean Soc., Gesellschaft für Ge-
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schichte der Pharmazie, Soc. Itallana di storia d. Scienza; U.S. rep. and pres., 3rd Internat. Con- gress Hlst. Sci., Portugal, 1934; awarded Prix Blnoux, Académie des Sciences, Paris, 1915, 1935. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Faculty (Cambridge), Athenaeum (London). Author: Introduction to the History of Science (Vol. I, From lomer to Omar Khayyam), 1927, (Vol. II, From Rabbi Ben Ezra to Roger Bacon), 1931; The History of Sei- ence and the New Humanism, 1931; The Study of the History of Science, 1936: The Study of the Ilistory of Mathematles, 1936; also many papers on hist. and philosophy of sci., New Humanism, Asiatic art, Arabic culture, etc. Address: Widener Library, Cambridge, Home: 5 Channing Place, Cambridge.
SARTON, May, writer; b. Wondelgem, Belgium, May 3, 1912; d. George Alfred Leon Sarton and Mabel (Elwes) S .; brought to U.S., 1915; ed. Shady Hill Sch., Cambridge; Cambridge high and Latin sch .; Institut Belge de Culture Française, Brussels. Belgium; studied Fr. theater, Paris, 1931-32. Ap- prentice actress, Eva le Gallienne's Civic Reper- tory Theatre, N.Y. City, 1929-30; mem. First Studio, 1930-31; dir. apprentice group. 1932-33; founder and dir. Apprentice Theatre, N.Y. City, 1933-34; dir. and actress, Asso. Actors, Inc., 1934- 35; founder and dir. Asso. Actors' Theatre, 1933- 36. Author: Encounter In April; The Single Hound (novel), Inner Landscape (poenis). Travel: Europe (summers). Democrat. Home: 5 Chan- ning Pl., Cambridge,
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SAUNDERS, Albert Langworthy, lawyer; b. West- erly, R.I., Apr. 3, 1878; s. William Franklin Saunders and Alzada Anna (Langworthy) S .; ed. Westerly (R.I.) high sch., 1894-98; Ph.B., Brown Univ., 1902: student, Harvard Univ. Law Sch., 1902-03; J.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1905; m. Meric 'Crowell of Wood's Hole, Sept. 12, 1907; children-Elizabeth Lua, Virginia Crowell (Mrs. Donald E. Allison), Priscilla Langworthy. Gen. practice of law, Boston, 1905 -; in practice alone, 1905-20; mem. tiri Perry & Saunders, later Perry, Saunders & Cheney, 1920 -; dir. and counsel, Medway Coop. Bk .; tr. and clk. Medway Sav. Bk .; moderator of town of Medway, 1909-16; mem. Selective Service Bd., U.S. Secret Service, during World War; Mass. Fish and Game Assn. (dir.), Kappa Sigma, Masons (32°), K.T., Shrine. Club: Rotary (Franklin, past pres.). Baptist (tr. 2nd Cong. Ch.). Republican. Office: 185 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: Village St., West Medway.
SAUNDERS, Amos T., lawyer; b. Waterford, Me .; s. Theodore Stone Saunders and Elizabeth (Plum- mer) S .; ed. Bridgton (Me.) Acad .; LL.B. (cum laude), Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1900; m. Caroline Cleaves of Bridgton, Me., Oct. 22, 1901; children- Robert Cleaves, Elizabeth (Mrs. W. Kempton Searle), Carolyn (Mrs. Stanley White), Theodore Stone, Dorothy, Mary (Mrs. Philip H. Chadbourne). Adm. to Mass. bar, 1900; since in gen. practice of law at Clinton and Worcester; surv. mem. firm Dodge and Saunders; solicitor for Clinton, 1904-06; mem. Mass. Gen. Ct., Ho. of Rep., 1909-11; commr. workmen's compensation, 1910-11; mem. Mass. Constl. Conv., 1917-18. Clubs: Economic, Worees- ter, Mass. and Worcester County Bar Assns., Unl- versity (Worcester). Protestant. Republican. Of- fice: 340 Main St., Worcester. Home: Bourne St., \ Clinton.' Summer res .: Raymond, Me.
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SAUNDERS, Frederick Albert, professor of physics; b. London, Ont., Can., Aug. 18, 1875; s. Willlam Saunders and Sarah Agnes ( Robinson) S .; ed. Can. schs .; B.A., Toronto Univ., 1895; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1899; m. Grace A. Elder of Phila., l'a., June 2, 1900; children-Anthony Elder, Margery; m. (2nd) Margaret Tucker of Newton. Oct. 21, 1925. Instr. physics, Haverford (Pa.) Coll., 1899- 1901; Instr. physics, Syracuse Univ., 1901-02, asso. prof., 1902-05; prof., 1905-14; prof. physics, Vassar Coll., 1914-19; asst. prof. physics, Harvard, 1919- 20, asso. prof., 1920-23, prof., 1923 -; research, Tübingen, winter semester, 1913-14; mem. Nat. Research Council, Washington, D.C., World War; fellow Nat. Acad. Arts & Sciences; mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Am, Phys. Soc., Acoustical Soc.
Am. (p. pres.), Am. Ornithol. Union, Northeastern Bird Banding Assn. (pres.), Am. Assn. Physics Teachers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Author: textbooks and sci. articles on spectroscopy and acoustics. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 8 Berkeley Place, Cambridge.
SAUNDERS, Sallie II., physician ; b. Cambridge, June 1, 1890; d. Edwin Allen Harding and Sarah (Brum- mitt) H .; ed. Hopedale high sch .; premedical, Tufts Coll., 1914; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med. Sch., 1919; m. Stacy Courtis Saunders of Mass., July 2, 1909; children-Marion, Ruth Phebe. Teacher, Guayama high sch., Puerto Rico, 1911-12; mother, 1913 -; physician, 1919 -; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Women's Med. Soc., Order Eastern Star. Club: Professional Womens. Travel: U.S., Can., Puerto Rico. Protestant. Office: 1 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 32 Woodside Park, Winthrop.
VSAUNDERSON, Henry Hallam, clergyman, writer; b. nr. Ottawa, Ont., Can., May 20, 1871; s. Rev. Edward Alexander Saunderson and Laura Julla (Allen) S .; ed. high sch. and normal sch., Napanee, Ont .; Ph.B., Hamline Univ., St. Paul, Minn., 1896; D.D., 1924; A.B., Harvard, 1898; A.M., 1901; m. Rosa V. Bennis Nov. 16, 1898. Ordained to Uni- tarian ministry, Waverley, 1898; pastor, Channing Ch., Boston, 1900-03, 3rd Cong. Ch., Cambridge, 1903-14, Jarvis St. Ch., Toronto, Can., 1914-15, Coll. Av. Ch., Somerville, 1915-19, 1st Parish, Brighton, 1919 -; founder Wayside Pulpit 1917, ed., 1917-31; mem. Boston Browning Soc. (pres.), N.Y. Brown- ing Soc., Boston, Cambridge, Brighton-Allston (pres.) Assns. Ministers, Masons. Clubs: Boylston Chemical (Harvard, pres.), Authors, Union-Camera, Boston Manuscript (pres.), Puddingstone. Author: The Power of an Endless Life, 1921; The Living Word-The Bible Abridged, 1924; Charles W. Eliot -- Puritan Liberal, 1928; Modern Religion from Puritan Origins, 1930; Puritan Principles and American Ideals, 1930; Pulpit and Parish Manual, 1930. Decorated by Gov. Allen, Mass., "for dis- tinguished service to the Commonwealth", 1930. Unitarian. Republican. Home: 31 South St., Brighton.
SAURWEIN, George Karl, power engineer; b. Cleve- land, O., July 8, 1884; s. George Adam Saurwein and Wilhelmina (Neubaum) S .; ed. M.E., Case Sch. Applied Sci., 1909; student, Armour Inst., 1911-14; Alexander Hamilton Inst., 1920-23; m. Celeste Vera Schneider of Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 8, 1914; chil- dren-Jean, Paul, Winifred, Carol, Martha, Asst. power supt., N.Y. State Rys., Rochester Div., 1909- 13; engr. plant design and construction, Detrolt Edison Co., 1913-23, Elec. Bond & Share Co., 1923- 26; power engr., Semet-Solvay Engring. Corp., 1926-28; supt. engring dept., Harvard Univ., 1928 -; advisor on engring. matters, N.E. Conservatory, Cambridge Hosp .; dir. llome for Aged, Y.M.C.A., Columbia Coop. Bk., Belmont Taxpayers Assn .; mem. Belmont Town Meeting; Scout Commn., Sa- chem Council, Boys Scouts Am .; capt. Ordnance Dept., U.S.A., World War; major, Ordnance Res, Corps, 1919 -; mem. Am. Soc. M.E., Am. Soc. Heat- ing & Ventilating Engrs., Nat. Dist. Heating .Assn. (chmn., research commn.). Clubs: Engineers (Bos- ton), Faculty (Cambridge), Speakers (Belmont). Congregationalist. Republican. Home: 247 Slade St., Belmont.
SAVAGE, Marguerite Downing, portrait palnter; b. Bay Ridge, L.I., N.Y., Sept. 6, 1879; d. Mary Cleve- land Downing; ed. pub. and pvt. schs., U.S. and Europe; m. Rev. Maxwell Savage of Boston, Jan. 18, 1911; children-Maxwell, Jr., David Downing, Philip Minot. Studied In Paris, Brussels, Wash- ington, D.C .; has done mag. illustrations, chiefly for Harper's Mag .; painted over 500 children In water colors, did many oil portraits of adults; portraits of gt. g.father, Samuel Hanson Coxe, one of founders of Union Theol. Sem., N.Y., of gt. unele, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Bishop, of Alfred Eels, founder of Alpha Delta Phi, of Winslow Homer. Clubs: York (N.Y.), Tatnuck Country (Worcester), Prouts Neck Country, Worcester Players, Republican of Mass. Author: short stories. Travel: Eng., Fr., Ger., Belg., Hol., It., Aus., Hung., Switz. Many times great uncle, George Downing,
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for whom Downing St., London, is named, grad. in 1st (?) elass from Harvard. Unitarian. Repub- liean. Studio and home: 41 Laneaster St., Worees- ter. Summer res .: Prouts Neek, Me.
Y SAVAGE, Maxwell, elergyman; b. Boston, June 13, 1876; s. Minot Judson Savage and Ella (Dodge) S .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch., Boston; A.B., Har- vard, 1899; S.T.B., Meadville Theol. Seh., 1903, D.D., 1924; m. Marguerite Downing of N.Y. City, Jan. 18, 1911; ehildren-Maxwell, Jr., David Down- ing, Philip Minot. Ordained to Unitarian min- istry, 1903; pastor, Redlands, Calif. (built new church), 1903-10, Louisville, Ky., 1910-16, Lynn, 1916-19, Woreester, 1919 -; tr. Worcester Poly. Inst., Art Mus .; counselor, Southern N.E. Council of Unitarian Chs .; mem. Am, Unitarian Assn. (dir.), Unitarlan Laymen's League, Woreester Fire Soe., Masons. Clubs:
University, Economie, Woreester Players, Prout's Neek Country, Tatnuek Country, St. Wulstan. Home: 41 Laneaster St., Woreester.
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SAWYER, Charles Adrian, Jr., builder; b. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 19, 1881; s. Charles Adrian Sawyer and Florence Clifton (Ames) S .; ed. Chicago Manual Training sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1902; m. Clara Lueille Zeiss of Newton, 1906; 1 dau .- Florence Elizabeth. Pres. Sawyer Construction Co., Boston; mem. New- ton Bd. Appeal; served as It., Mass. State Gnard in Boston during World War; mem. M.I.T. Alumni Assn. (v.p. 1935-37), Am. Soc. C.E., Soe. Mayflower Descendants. Clubs: Brae Burn, St. Botolph, Uni- versity, Boston Yacht (Commodore, 1934-37). Dese. Francis Cooke of the Mayflower; Thomas Sawyer of Laneaster. Office: 31 St. James Av., Boston. Ifome: 57 Dorset Rd., Waban.
V SAWYER, Charles Elbridge, lawyer; b. Rochester, N.H., Apr. 7, 1874; s. Elbridge L. Sawyer and Serena (Shaekford) S .; ed. Thornton Aead., Saco, Me .; LL.B. (cum laude), Boston Univ. Seh. Jaw, 1896; m. Elsie Dearing of Saco, Me., Feb. 12, 1895 (d.); m. (2nd) Katharine L. Pearl of Boxford, Oet. 22, 1937; children-Mrs. Mildred D. Ryan, Russell F. Practiced law, Haverhill, Jan. 1897 -; City Solieitor; now Spl. Justiee, Cent. Dist. Ct., Northern Essex; mem., Haverhill and Essex Co. Bar Assns. Universalist. Republican. Ofliee: 191 Merrimack St., Haverhill. Home: 166 Kenoza Av., Haverhill.
SAWYER, Charles Henry, eurator of art gallery; b. Andover, Oct. 20, 1906; s. James Cowan Sawyer and Mary Pepperell (Frost) S .; ed. Phillips Aead., Andover; B.A., Yale, 1929; Harvard Law and Grad. Selis .: m. Katherine Clay of Methuen, 1934. Ap- pointed curator, Addison Gallery of Am. Art, 1930; tr. Inst. of Modern Art; mem. Am. Assn. of Mu- seums, Coll. Art Assn., Century Assn. (N. Y.), Psi Upsilon. Club: Yale (Boston). Author: Art I- struetion in English Publie School, 1937; artieles in art mags. (Parnassus, Am. Magazine of Art, ete.). Independent Republiean. Office: Phillips Academy, Andover. Home: 210 So. Main St., Andover.
SAWYER, Charles Winthrop, arms engr., author (retired) ; b. Dorchester, Oct. 27, 1868; s. Albion Sawyer and Lucy ( Hill) S .; ed. pub. and pvt. schs., Boston; M.I.T .; m. Mabel L. Warren of Roxbury, June 18, 1895; ehildren-Mrs. Harrlot Wilson, Philip Warren, Albion Topliff, Mrs. Constanee Hamilton. Practiced arehlteeture, Boston, 1894- 1904; teacher, M.I.T., 1902-08, Coll. City of N.Y., 1908-09; pres., The Arms Co., Boston, 1911-17, arms engr., 1910-17; life study development of Am. firearms and owns celebrated eolleetion; served in firearms engring. and ordnanee during World War. Author: Firearms in American History, 1600-1800, Vol. I, 1910; The Revolver in American History," Vol. II, 1911; United States S.S. Martial Pistols, Vol. III, 1913; Our Rifles, Vol. IV, 1920; artieles, stories; 2 other books ready for publication. An- cestors on both sides go back to 1630 in Am .; 9tli generation born in and owning the homestead. Protestant. Republiean. Home: 41 Humphreys St., Boston.
SAWYER, George Frederick; b. Boston, Sept. 9, 1875; s. George Frederick Sawyer and Mary Eliza- beth (Carlton) S .; ed. pub. sehs., Chelsea; m.
Naomi Woodbury Babson of Roekport, Nov. 15, 1899; ehildren-Harold Babson, Edith Carlton (Mrs. Jay Danforth Edwards), Edson Woodbury, George Luere, Ruth. Began as offiee mgr., Attleboro, 1909; pres. and treas. Improved Seamless Wire Co., mfrs. rolled stoek, 1919 -; pres. Elec. Chain Co .; treas. Mirs. Refining Co .; dir. Industrial Trust Co., Pawtucket, Industrial Trust Co., Providence; mem. City Council, Quincy, 1905-07; mem. N.E. Mfg. Jewelers' and Silversmiths' Assn. (dir.), Masons (32°), Shrine. Clubs: Turks Head, Warwiek Coun- try, Rhode Island Yaeht. Dese. Edmund Sawyer from Lineolnshire Eng. to Gloucester, 1634. Re- publiean. Office: 775 Eddy St., Providenee, R.I. Home: 32 Fort Av., Edgewood, R.I.
SAWYER, Helen Alton, palnter; b. Washington, D.C., July 6, 1900; d. Wells M. Sawyer and Kath- leen Alton (Bailey) S .; ed. high seh .; The Masters' Sch., Dobbs Ferry, N.Y .; studied painting and drawing during sch. and after grad. at Nat. Aead. Schs., in C. W. Hawthorne's summer seh., J. C. Johansen's museum sch., etc .; m. Jerry Farns- worth of No. Truro, Aug. 26, 1925. Painter of landscapes, figures, still life, in oils and water colors; lithography on zinc and stone; illustrations in line and dry brush; lithograph "Amanda" in "Fine Prints of the Year", 1936; elected asso. mem. Nat. Acad., 1937; exhibited in one-man shows and the nat. and internat. exhbns. in U.S. and abroad; inem. Provincetown Art Assu., Yonkers Art Assn., Nat. Aead. Design. Club: Nat. Arts. Awards: 1st prize for portrait, Hudson River Art Inst., 1936, for landscape, 1935; 1st hon. mention, landscape, Chieago Art Inst., 1936. Author: artieles, inel. illustrated essays on travel, 1927. Travel: Europe, U.S., Mex .; esp. Fr. and Sp. Presbyterian. Repub- liean. Home: North Truro, Cape Cod.
VSAWYER, Henry Buckland, trustee; b. Lowell, Apr. 28, 1871; s. Jacob Herbert Sawyer and Mary Eliza- beth (Wentworth) S .; ed. private schs .; in. Georgia W. Pope of Boston, Apr. 28, 1906; children-Henry B., Jr., Avery, Elizabeth W. With Stone & Web- ster. engis. & mgrs. pub. service Cos., 1890, later mem. firm, then v.p. Corp., retired Apr. 30, 1931; mem. Fall River Bd. Finanee, 1932-36; dir. Chieago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Co., Home for Aged Men; pres., dir. N.E. Transportation Co .; tr. N. Y. N. I.&H.R.R., Old Colony R.R., Suffolk Sav. Uk., Boston Floating Hosp., N.E. Conservatory Music; v.p., tr, Boston Symphony Orchestra; mem. Adv. Bd., Mass. Investors Trust, Supervised Shares, Ine., Franklin Foundation; Administrative Bd., N.E. Med. Center. Club: Union. Travel: ex- tensive. Desc. William Sawyer, among first set- tlers, Newbury, 1635-50; Jacob Herbert Sawyer, inventor of Sawyer Spindle, which revolutionized spinning. Unitarian. Republican. Offiec: 494 South Station, Boston. Home: 328 Dartmouth St., Boston, Summer res .: Beaver Pond, Beverly.
SAWYER. Howard Pieree, physician; b. Coneord, N.11., Aug 13, 1892; s. William Henry Sawyer and Caroline Farr (Lane) S .; ed. Coneord (N.H.) high sch .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1915; M.D., Yale Univ. Med. Seh., 1918; m. Mary Gerrish Willard of De- troit, Mich., Nov. 6, 1920; children-Howard Pieree, Jr., Elizabeth Lane. Pvt. practice, Fall River, Jan. 10, 1920 -; splty., obstetries and gynecology; dir. Union Sav. Bk., Fall River; enlisted Med. Corps, U.S.A., June, 1917; overseas, pvt., eorp., Sergt., Ist It., Aug. 1917-Jan. 1919; fellow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., N.E. Obstet. & Gyneeol. Assn., loeal Med. Soe. Clubs: Quequechan, Lions, Fall River Country. Protestant. Republiean. Offiee and home: 68 Bigelow St., Fall River.
SAWYER, Isaac Erskine, bank executive; b Man- chester, N.11., Nov. 6, 1865; s. Isaae Sawyer, Jr., and Estella Erskine (Porter) S .; ed. Goffstown (N.H.) pub. seh .; Manchester (N.H.) high seh., part year; m. Maria Luey Kirtland of Holyoke, Oct. 18, 1893; m. (2nd) Edwina Magna (Kirtland) Bellows of Holyoke, Apr. 19, 1932; 1 dau .- Mrs. Lucy Sawyer Bosworth. Office boy to teller, Holyoke Nat. Bk., 1881-1906; asst. treas., Meehanies Sav. Bk., Holyoke, 1906-09, treas., 1909-32, pres., 1932 -: tr., pres., mem, bd. investment, Mechanies Sav. Bk .; dlr. Morris Plan Co., Mt. Tom R.R., North-
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ampton St. Ry. Co .; notary pub .; tr. local com., 3rd and 4th Liberty Loans, World War; mem. Masons (32°, Scot. rites), K.T., Shrine. Clubs: Holyoke Rotary (1st pres., 1914), Mt. Tom Golf, Holyoke Canoe. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 347 Dwight St., Holyoke: Home: 4 Brooks Av., Holyoke.
Y SAWYER, James Cowan, educator; b. Dover, N.H., Mar. 30, 1872; s. Charles H. Sawyer and Susan Ellen (Cowan) S .; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover; A.B., Yale, 1894; student, Harvard, 1894-95; M.I.T., 1895-96; m. Mary Pepperell Frost of Dover, N.H., June 10, 1897; children-George Frost, Charles HI. Treas., tr., Phillips Acad., Andover, 1901 -; past v.p., Andover Nat. Bk., Merrimack Ins. Co .; Mem. Soc. Preservation N.E. Antiq. (past v.p.), Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Key. Club: Union (Boston). Congregationalist. Republican. Office: Phillips Academy, Andover. Home: 210 South Main St., Andover. Summer res .: Durham, N.H.
Y SAWYER, Philip Brett, business executive; b. Farm- Ington, Me., July 13, 1875; s. Abel Hargrave Saw- yer and Evelina ( Belcher) S .; ed. Roxbury Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1898; m. Helen Rogers Preston of Altoona, Pa., Feb. 16, 1909 (divorced 1920); m. (2nd) Marguerite D. Funk of Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 19, 1924; children-Helen (Mrs. Horace A. Seerist), Willianı, Lucy (Mrs. Luther P. Maury). Bond salesman, 1901 -; with E. H. Rollins & Sons, Bos- ton; Crocker & Sawyer, Elmira, N.Y .; Sawyer, Noble & Co., Elmira, N.Y .; mgr., Hemphill, Noyes & Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1918-22; Sawyer, Fiske & Spencer, Boston, 1923-30; v.p.c. Frederick MacGill Assos., tax consultants; dir. Pan-Canadian Gold Mines, Ltd., Jerome B. Rice Seed Co .; mem. Co. D, 1st Corps Cadets, M. V.M., 1898-1904. Club: Har- vard ( Boston). Mem. Winchester Unitarian Soc. (tr., permanent funds). Republican. Office: 150 Congress St., Boston. Home: 2 Ridgeway, Win- chester.
SAWYER, Roland Douglas, clergyman, scholar, public servant; b. Kensington, N.H., Jan. 8, 1874; s. Stephen C. Sawyer and Phoche M. (Blake) S .; ed. Exeter (N.H.) high sch .; Rever Lay Coll .; Bos- ton Univ. Seh. Thcol .; m. Mary L. Palmer, June 29, 1898; children-Ruth, Rachel, Roland D., Jr., Rob- ert, Rosalind, Ramona. Pastor, Cong. Ch., Brock- ton, 1898-1900, Hanson, 1900-04, Ilaverhill, 1904- 1909, Ware, 1909 -; Dean, Mass. Legislature, 26 ' yrs., (record length consecutive service); mem. Mass. Constl. Conv., 1917-18; Dem. del. Nat. Conv., 1924, 1928; candidate for governor, 1912; chmn. Bd. Pub. Welfare, Ware; mem. Brookfield Cong. Assn., N.H. Hist. Soc., Grange, Odd Fellows. Author: Making of a Socialist; Walt Whitman, Prophet- Poet; Henry David Thoreau, Yankee-Philosopher; Cal Coolidge, President; many pamphlets and arti- cles on rel., polit., lit., ccon. subjs .; lectures on same subjs. Travel: Eng., Europe. Founded Anti- Profanity League, Hanson, with mems. in all states, for. countries. Has longest continuous service in any State legislature (N.Y. newspaper survey. Desc. William Sawyer, Newbury, 1640, and Jasper Blake, Hampton, 1641. Congregation- alist. Democrat. Office and home: Ware. Sum- nier res .: Kensington, N.H.
V SAWYER, Walter Fairbanks, physician, surgeon; b. Keene, N.H., Feb. 5, 1868; s. Daniel Henry Sawyer and Sarah W. (Fairbanks) S .; cd. Holderness Sch .; Cushing Acad .; Harvard, 1887-88; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1893; m. Grace E. Mossman of Fitch- burg, 1900; children-Walter Fairbanks, Jr., Mrs. Helen Mossman Ryman. House student, McLean 1891-92; surg. house officer, Boston City
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Hosp., 1892-93; visiting surg., Burbank Hosp., Fitchburg, 1901-37, now cons. surg .; treas. Fitch- burg Cancer Clinic, affiliated with Mass. Dept. Health; local surg., U.S. Employees Compensation Commu .; draft examiner, 1917-19; mem. A.M.A., Mass, Med. Soc., A.C.S., Physicians' Art Soc. (Bos- ton). Episcopalian. Republican. Office and home: 67 Prichard St., Fitchburg.
V SAWYER, William Henry, business man; b. Wor- cester, June 4, 1886; s. William Henry Sawyer and l'rances Anna (Weld) S .; ed., Worcester high sch .; Hotchkiss Sch .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1908; m. Dor-
othy Winslow of Leicester, Apr. 19, 1913; children -Mrs. Dorothy Ann Mayher, William II., HI, John E. Pres. & treas. W. H. Sawyer Lumber Co .; dir. Lumber Mut. Flre Ins. Co., Boston, Merchant & Farmers Ins. Co., State Mut. Life Assurance Co., Worcester County Trust Co., Morris Plan Co., County Inst. for- Sav .; tr. Mem. Hosp., Worcester; mem. Zeta Psi. Clubs: Williams, Worcester, Tat- nuck Country. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 66 Lincoln St., Worcester. Home: 84 William St., Worcester. Suminer res .: Oakham.
SAX, Karl, professor of botany; b. Spokane, Wash., Nov. 2, 1892; s. William L. Sax and Minnie (Mor- gan) S .; ed. B.S., Wash. State Coll., 1916; M.S., Har- vard, 1917, D.Sc., 1922; m. Hally Jolivette of La- Crosse, Wis., Sept. 22, 1915; children-Karl Joli- vette, William Peter, Edward Alan. Instr. genetics, Univ. Calif., 1919; plant breeder, Riverbank Lab., 1919-20; biologist, Me. Agrl. Expt. Sta., 1920-28; asso. prof. cytology, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard, 1928-35; prof. botany, 1935 -; served as 2nd lt. C.A.C., U.S.A., 1918-19. Travel: Berlin (Genetics Congress), 1927; Amsterdam (Botanic Congress), 1935. Unitarian. Ilome: 380 South St., Foorest Ilills.
\SAXBY, Orvis Houghton, lawyer; b. Malden, Aug. 12, 1900; s. Orvis George Saxby and Nellie May (Houghton) S .; ed. Reading high sch .; grad., Went- worth Inst., 1921; LL. B., Suffolk Univ. Law Sch., 1926; student, Boston Univ .; J.D., Blackstone Coll. Law, 1936; m. Helen Ruth Hanson of Stoneham, 1924; children-Dorothy Evelyn, Stanley Earl, Or- vis Houghton, Jr. Dir. Graphic Arts Dept., high schs., Everett, 1923-29; admitted Mass. bar, 1926, U.S. Dist. Ct., 1929, Circuit Ct. Appeals, 1930, U.S. Supreme Ct., 1935; tax consultant, State St. Trust Co., Boston, 1930-36; ins. broker, 1924 -; justice of peace, 1921-28; notary pub., 1921 -; corp. Inf., U.S.A., 1918; treas., C.&S. Systems, Inc., Boston; Rep. Town Com. (Stoneham), 1928-38, chmn., 1930-36; del., Statc Conv., 1932; moderator, First Church, Stonehamn, 1924-32; Boy Scout official, 1919-37, former camp dir .; dist, commr. instr., Mass. Div. Univ. Extension, 1938 -; mem. Am. Legion (Comdr., 1928), Odd Fellows, Nat. Grange, Am. Poetry Assn., Nat. Geog. Soc., Wentworth Inst. Alumnl Assn. (Nat. pres., 1936-38). Club: Kiwanis Internat. (Lt. Gov., N.E. Dist., 1938; pres. Stoneham Klwanis Club, 1930. Author: poems; Printshop Manual, 1926; Law Office Procedure, 1938. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 585 Boylston St., Boston. Home: Eastview Terrace, Stoneham.
SAYLES, Robert Wilcox, geologist; b. Pawtucket, R.I., Jan. 29, 1878; s. Frederick Clark Sayles and Deborah Cook (Wilcox) S .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1901; in. Adelaide K. Burton of Providence, R.I., June 1, 1904; children-Deborah W., Robert W. Began geol. work in Mont., 1899; curator, Harvard Geol. Mus., 1907-28; research asso., dept. geol., Harvard, 1928 -; one of incorporators, Children's Mus. of Boston, 1914, tr. 1914-, sec. 1914-19; past mem. Nat. Research Council, Com. on Sedimenta- tion; research work as mem. Bermuda Biol. Sta. for Research on origin of Bermuda, Islands, sea- sonal banding in rocks, glacial geol. Southern Me .; pres. Baltic Mills Co .; Fellow, Geol. Soc. Am., A.A.A.S., Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, Am. Geog. Soc .; mem. Geophys. Union, Seismol. Soc. Am., Am. Meteorol. Soc., Geol. Soc. Boston (pres., 1928- 29), Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Washington Acad. Sciences, Sigma Xi. Author: monographs and papers on glaclal geology and seismology. Travel: most of Europe, incl. Nor., Swed., Rus .; Alaska; most of U.S .; Jamaica, Bahamas, Cuba, San Do- mingo, ctc. Office: Harvard University, Cambridge. Home: 263 Hammond St., Chestnut Hill.
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