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SEARS, Francis Philip, life insurance executive; lawyer; b. Waltham, Oct. 30, 1869; s. Philip Howes Sears and Sarah Pratt (Lyman) S .; ed. Noble and Greenough Sch., Boston, till 1886; spl. course, Mass. Inst. Tech, 1887; A.B., llarvard, 1891; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1895; m. Marie Musgrave Merrill of Duluth, Minn., Mar. 27, 1915; children-Francis P., Elizabeth M., Sarah L. In law practice, Bos- ton, oflice of Solomon Lincoln, counsel for B. & M. R.R. and Travelers Ins. Co., 1895-98; in prac- tice individually, 1899-1902; treas. Columbian Nat. life Ins. Co., 1902-05, v.p., 1905-33, comptroller, 1906-33, pres., 1933 -; pres. and dir. Workingmen's Loan Assn., Commercial Acceptance Co., T.1). & R. D. Merrill, Inc .; treas, and dir. Am, Invest- ment Securities Co .; v.p. and dir. Merrill & Ring Lumber Co .; mem. bd. aldermen, Waltham, 1900- 03. Clubs: Harvard, Union (Boston) ; The Coun- try (Brookline); Myopia Ilunt (South Hamilton). Travel: Europe and No. Am. (extensive). Desc. (father's side) Richard Sears, Pilgrim to Ply- mouth, 1630, Gov. Bradford and Elder Brewster, Plymouth (Mayflower); (mother's side) Col. Rich- ard Lyman, Charlestown, 1630. Unitarian. Re- publican. Office: 77 Franklin St., Boston. Home: 83 Mt. Vernon St., Boston.
1 SEARS, Fred Coleman, professor of pomology (emer- Itus); b. Lexington, May 11, 1866; s. Thomas Bart- lett Scars and Mary Catherine ( Wellington) S .; ed. B.S., Kan. State Coll., 1892, hon. Se.D., 1937; M.S., 1896; Ilonorary degree Doctor of Science, Kan. State College 1937; m. Ruth T. Stokes of Garnet, Kan., Oct. 19, 1897; children-Florence Hart, Elizabeth Kent. Foreman, Hort. Dept., Kan. State Coll., 1892-94; asst. horticulturist, Kan. Expt. Sta., 1894-97; prof. hort., Ut. Agrl. Coll., 1897; dir. N.S. Sch. Hort., 1897-1904; prof. hort., N.S. Agrl. Coll., 1904-07; prof. pomology, head of dept., Mass. State Coll., 1907-36; retired 1936; worked with Sir Wil- fred Grenfell and his Mission in Labrador 'to de- velop agr. of coast as aid to better health, 1928-39; mem. N.E. Grenfell Assn. (dir.), Mass. Fruit Grow- ers Assn. (v.p.), Mass. State Cong. Conf. (dir.), Masons. Author: Productive Orcharding, 1914; Productive Small Fruit Culture, 1920; Fruit Grow- ing Projects, 1928. Congregationalist. Republi- can. Home: Amherst.
SEARS, George Bowman, lawyer, justice; b. Dan- vers, June 5, 1865; s. John A. Sears and Sarah L. (Simonds) S .; ed. Halten high sch., Danvers; Gov. Dummer Acad .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1890, A.M., 1935; LL.B., Boston Unlv. Sch. Law, 1895; m. Jen- nie Porter White of Danvers, Oct. 31, 1899; chil- dren-Mrs. Ruth Sears Cromwell, Miriam White, Clark Simonds. Practiced law, Boston, 1895-1905; in office of Gen. Edgar R. Champlin, 1895-98; In practice alone, Salem, 1905 -; justice, Ist Dist. Ct. of Essex, Salem, 1905 -; v.p., tr. Danvers Sav. Bk .; tr. 'Peabody Inst .; chmn. Legal Advisory Bd., Pca- body and Danvers, during World War; mem. Chamber of Commerce (Salem), Essex Inst., Ma- sons, Odd Fellows, K.P., Salem, Essex Co., Mass., and Am. Bar Assns. Clubs: Appalachian Mt., Salem Rotary, Country. Congregationalist. Dem- ocrat. Oflice: 70 Washington St., Salem. Home: 37 Cherry St., Danvers.
V SEARS, George Gray, physiclan; b. Boston, Oct. 22, 1859; s. George O. Sears and Sarah G. (Richards) S .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1880, D.Sc., 1925; M.D. Harvard Med. Sch., 1885; LL.D., Harvard, 1926; m. Ruth Williams of Boston, Feb. 2, 1904; children- Ruth, Esther. Practiced med., Boston, 1886 -; visiting phys., Boston Clty llosp., 1902-19, cons. phys., 1919 -; instr., Harvard Med. Sch., 1897, asst. prof. elin. medicine, 1901, clin. prof., 1911, prof. clin. med., 1912, prof. emeritus, 1919; v.p. Boston Med. Lib., 1928-35; tr. Boston City Hosp., 1918-39,
Forsythe Dental Infirmary, 1924 -; mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Assn. Am. Physicians, Boston Soc. Med. Improvement, Mass. Med. Benevolent Soc. (pres. 1928-30). Clubs: Harvard, Brookline Country. Republican. Address: 426 Beacon St., Boston.
SEARS, Harold C., broker; b. West Newton, Apr. 12, 1868; s. Joseph llenry Sears and Rosa Fanny (Carney) S .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; Highland Mil. Acad., Worcester; m. Jcanette Denton Hay- den of Great Neck, L.I., N.Y., Sept. 16, 1893; children-(Capt.) Hayden Adriance, Katharine Sears Cummings, Harold Bright. Broker; mem. firm Bright, Sears & Co., founded 1897; Brookline town meeting mem .; mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Clubs: The Country ( Brookline), Exchange, Com- mercial-Merchants, llome Market, Republican (Boston), Bankers (N.Y.). Travel: Europe, China, Japan, Rus., Cent. Am., Cuba, Bermuda, Nassau, Newfoundland, Labrador. Protestant. Republl- can. Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: 15 Cir- cuit Rd., Chestnut Ilill.
SEARS, Herbert Mason, trustee; b. Boston Nov. 12, 1867; s. Frederick Richard Sears and Albertina Homer (Shelton) S .; cd. A.B., Harvard, 1889; m. Caroline Bartlett of Boston June 2, 1891 (d. 1908) ; children-Mrs. Elizabeth Scars Warren, Mrs. Phyl- lis Scars Tuckerman, Clk., Lee Higginson & Co., bankers, Boston, 1890-95; mem. Curtis & Motley, 1895-1900; trusteeships, 1900; pres. Fifty Assos. (real estate); v.p. Suffolk Sav. Bk .; dir. N.E. Trust Co .; Boston & Albany R.R .; did Red Cross work with French Red Cross in Belgium 8 mos., World War; recd. croix de guerre and Reconnaissance Française. Clubs: Tennis & Racquet, Somerset (Boston ), Eastern Yacht (Marblehead), N.Y. Yacht. Protestant. Republican. Office: 53 State St., Boston. Flome: 287 Commonwealth Av., Bos- ton.
SEARS, Philip S., tr. Riggs Foundation, Floating losp .; mgr., Farm & Trades Sch .; major, Adj. Gen. Dept., 10 mos., World War; asso incm. Nat. Soc. Sculptors; Gulld Boston Artists; North Shore Arts Assn .; Am. Legion. Clubs: Somerset, Tennis & Racquet, Myopia, Varsity (Harvard), Republican. (Mass. ). Sculptor. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: Boston. Home: Brookline. .
SEARS, Thomas Everett, ins .; b. Honolulu, T.H., July 15, 1882; s., Benjamin Warren Sears and Louisa Thompson (Cornish) S .; S.B., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1903; m. Helen Jane McCarthy of Halifax, N.S., Oct. 27, 1908; children-Thomas Everctt, Richard Warren, Helen Jane, Victoria Louise. Be- gan as engr. 1903; successively with Chicago, Minn., and National bds. of fire underwriters, Continental Ins. Co., Asso. Factory Mut. Fire Ins. Cos .; pres. Thomas E. Sears, Inc., 1919 -; mem. N.E. Water Works Assn .; water commr., Town of Braintree. Clubs: University (v.p., Boston) ; En- gineers, Drug and Chemical (N.Y.). Travel: throughout U.S. and Can. (bus. trips). Desc. Richard Warren of Mayflower. Congregationalist. Republican. Office: 31 St. James Av., Boston. Ilome: 80 Monatiquot Av., Braintree.
SEARS, Winslow, investment banker; b. Quincy, Sept. 5, 1893; s. Russell A. Sears and Jane (Crock- er) S .; ed. Milton Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1916; m. Adele M. Towle of Brookline, Nov. 15, 1916; chil- dren-Winslow W., Nancy Adele, Jane. With Estabrook & Co .; partner, Arnold Sears & Co., 1916-, pres., 1932; dir. Sears & Co., Inc., Croft Brewing Co. Sears Corp .; yeoman, U.S.N., during World War. Clubs: Union (Boston), Brewster Country. Mayflower desc. Unitarlan. Repub- lican. Office: 68 Devonshire St., Boston. llome: Old Orchard Rd., Chestnut Hill. Summer res .: Dennis.
SEASHORE, Harold Gustav, professor of psychol- ogy; b. Iowa City, Ja., Aug. 4, 1906; s. August T. Seashore and Jennic (Rose) S .; cd. Luther Acad., Wahoo, Neb. F., B.A., Gustavus Adolphus Coll., 1929; M.A., State Univ., 1931, Ph.D., 1933; m. Ruby Idstrom of Carver, Minn., 1933; ch .- Anne Carolyn, John H. Prin., high sch., Minn., 1929-30; Eastman fellow, State Unlv. Ia., 1931-35; prof. psychology, Springfield Coll. 1935 -; asso. Am. Psychol. Assn. and Amn. Assn. for Applied Psychology; hon. mem.
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Sigma Xi, Pi Kappa Delta, Pi Gamma Mu. Au- thor: numerous research papers in psychology and music. Lutheran. Ofilee: Springfield College, Springfield. Home: 97 Albemarle St., Springfield. SEAVER, Charles Joseph, banker; b. North Dana, Jan. 23, 1872; s. Rev. Charles E. Seaver and Emma (Clough) S .; ed. Chicopee Fails high sch .; m. Georgiana E. Ayers of Granville, N.Y., Sept. 1, 1903; children-Azuba Ruth Ward (Mrs. Frank Garrett Ward), Charles William, Beatrice Louise (Mrs. Paul Sumner Gage). Began as clerk in ay cotton mill, 1890; transferred to Springfield Instn. for Savs., Springfield, 1890, started as "runner", later note teller; accepted position of treasurer in Chicopec Sav. Bk., Chicopee, 1910, holding posi- tion ever since; aiderman, City of Chicopee, 6 yrs., pres, bd., 3 yrs .; mem, sch. comm. 9 yrs .; tr. and treas., Chicopee Falls Cemetery Assn .; mem. Ma- sons, K.T. Clubs: Kiwanis International, Savings Bank Officers of Mass. Methodist. Republican. Office: 36 Center St., Chicopee, Home: 302 Grove St., Chicopee Falls.
Y SEAVER, Edwin Pliny, Jr., physician; b. Waban, Y Sept. 24, 1880; s. Edwin Piiny Seaver and Margaret Wiley (Cushing) S .; ed. Newton high seh .; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1905; m. Jinnet Christine Kiel- land of Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1910; children-Jinnet Cushing (d.), Dorothea Munch, Edwin Pliny, III, Margaret Cushing, Johanna. Interne, Springfield Hosp., 1904-05; 1st surg. service, Boston City Hosp., 1905-07; gen. practice, mainly surg., 1907- 17, spl. practice, otolaryngology, 1918 -; asst. surg., St. Luke's Hosp., New Bedford, 1910-17, asst. otolaryngologist, 1918-19, sr. otolaryngologist, 1919 -; instr. otolaryngology, St. Luke's Hosp. Tr. Sch. for Nurses; sch. phys .; 1st It. M.C., Mass. Militia, 1907 -; feliow A.C.S .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. (pres., Bristol So. Dist.), New Bedford Med. Soc. (past pres.), Am. Laryngol., Rhinol. & Otol. Soc., N.E. Otol. & Laryngol. Soc. (past v.p.), Nonquit Yacht Racing Assn. Club: Harvard (New Bedford, past pres.). Author: med. papers in otolaryngol. journals. Travel: Eng., Fr., Belg., Scand., 1923. Unitarian. Republican. Office and home: 116 Bedford St., New Bedford.
Y SEAVER, Esther Isabel, professor of art; b. Boone County, lil., Dec. 16, 1903; d. William Seaver and Annie O. Seaver; cd. Beloit high sch., A.B., Beloit Coll., 1924; A.M., Radcliffe Coll., 1926, Ph.D., 1930; Univ. Stockholm, Sweden, 1928-29. Instr. Wheaton Coll., Norton, 1930-31, assoc. prof., 1931-36, prof. art, 1936-, head art dept., 1931 -; del. Internat. Congress Hist. of Art, 1933; Carnegie fellow in fine arts, 2 yrs .; incm. Coll. Art Assn., Am. architl. Assn., Medieval Acad. Am., Am. Assn. Univ. Wom- en, Mus. Modern Art, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Coi- lege (Boston). Author: articles on Scandinavian art. Office: Wheaton Coll., Norton. Home: 1118 Central Av., Beloit, Wis.
V SEAVER, Henry Latlmer, professor of history; b. Boston, Jan. 16, 1878; s. Latimer Small Seaver and Minnie (Church) S .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1900, A.M., 1914; in. Susan Russell Sca- ver of Boston, Sept. 14, 1908. Instr. Eng., Har- vard, 1900-01; instr. dept. Eng. and hist., M.I.T., 1901-33, prof. hist. dept. of arch. 1933 -; Sunday docent, Boston Art Museum, 1907-33; mem. Mod. Lang. Assn. Am., Soc. Promotion Engring. edn., Am. Assn. for Labor Legislation, Mass. Hist. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa, Am, Assn. Univ. Profs. Author: The Great Revolt in Castile. Office: Mass. Insti- tute of Technology, Cambridge. Home: 97 Mer- riam St., Lexington.
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V SEAVER, William Nathanael, librarian; b. Melrose, Nov. 8. 1877; s. Rev. Nathanael Seaver and Mariet- ta Mills (White) S .; ed. Worcester Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1900; m. Inez Mildred Waite of Wood- stock, Vt., Sept. 23, 1922; children-Priscilla W., Anne C., Martha L. Sec. to R. R. Bowker, propr. of Publishers' Weekly, N.Y. City, 1901-07; ed. work, Bowker's State Publications, 1908-09; on staff, N.Y. Pub. Lib., 1910-18; lib., Woburn Pub. Lib., 1920-24; asst. lib., M.I.T., Cambridge, 1924- 25, lib., 1925 -; in Lib. War Service, Edgewood Arsenal, Md., Jan .- Feb., Newport News, Va., Mar .- Sept., 1919; meni. A.L.A., Spl. Lib. Assn., Mass. Llb.
Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Unitarian Laymen's League. Club: Faculty (M.I.T.). Compiled Parts 3 and 4, Bowker's checklist of State Publications N.Y., 1909. Travel: So. Am., 1909. G.s., mother's side, Rev. William H. White, Littleton, introducer of lyceum system of popular lectures in Mass .; desc., father's side, John Alden and Mary Chilton. Unitarian. Independent, Office: Mass, Institute of Technology, Cambridge. llome: 141 Warwick Rd., Melrose.
SEAVERNS, Clarence Phelps, chemical manufac- turer and distributor; b. Jamaica Plain, Oct. 3, 1871; s. Thomas White Seaverns and Jennie D. (Parker) S .; ed. Roxbury Latin and Eng. high schs .; m. Ada W. Burgess of Everett, Nov. 3. 1898; 1 dau .- Mrs. Alma P. Wiendieck. With Howe & French, 1889-1901; C. P. Seaverns & Co., 1901-04; Howe & French, 1904-, now pres., mng. dir .; mem. Boston Athletic Assn. Clubs: Exchange, Belmont Country, Oak Hill Country (Fitchburg). Travel: general. Office: 99 Broad St., Boston. Home: 138 St. James Av., Boston.
SEAVEY, Warren A., lawyer, teacher; b. Boston, Aug. 14, 1880; s. Jeremiah F. Seavey and Lydia A. (White) S; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Har- vard, 1902; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1904; LL.D., Neb. Univ., 1928; m. Stella K. Crowell of Seneca Falls, N.Y., June 27, 1914; children-Gordon C., Robert W., Barbara J. Practiced law in Boston, 1904-06; prof. law, Imperial Pei Yang Univ., Tient- sin, China, acting as head of law sch., 1906-11; lecturer, Harvard Law Sen., 1911-12; prof. law, Okla. State Univ. Law Sch., 1912-14, Tulane Univ. Law Sch., 1914-16; Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1916-20; dean, Univ. Neb. Coll. of Law, 1920-26; prof. law, Univ. Pa., 1926-27; Harvard Law Sch, 1927 -; capt. Inf., U.S.R., Aug. 15, 1919; assigned to 334th Inf .; active duty in U.S. and France 2 yrs .; dir. Coll. of Law, A.E.F. Univ., Beaune, Fr., 1919; decorated Order of the Double, Dragon (China), 1911, Officer d'Academie (France) 1919; mem. Am. and Mass. Bar Assns., Am, Law Inst .; Masons; gen. editor, Am. Case Bk. Series; reporter, Am. Law Institute, Restatement of Agency, 1934; Restate- ment of Restitution, 1937; Restatement of Torts, 1939. All known ancestors arrived in Mass. be- tween 1630 and 1640. Republican. Office: Harvard Law School, Cambridge. Home: Arlington. Sum- mer res .: Alton, N.H.
SEDGWICK, Ellery, editor; b. N.Y. City, Feb. 27, 1872; s. Henry Dwight Sedgwick and Henrietta (Ellery) S .; ed. A.B., Harvard, 1894; Litt. D., Tufts Coll., 1920, Dartmouth Coll., 1921; L.II.D., Tufts Coll., Dartmouth Coll., Syracuse Univ .; m. Mabel Cabot,Sept. 23, 1904 (d.) ; children-Henrietta E. S. Lockwood, Eilery Jr., Cabot, Theodora. Teacher, Groton Sch., 1895-96; asst. ed. The Youth's Com- panion, Boston, 1896-1900; ed. Leslie's Monthly Mag., 1900-05; Am. Mag., 1906-07; with MeClure's Mag., 1907; D. Appieton & Co., 1908; ed. Atlantic Monthly, pres. Atlantic Monthly Co., 1909-38; tr. Boston Pub. Lib .; mem. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci- ences, Mass. Ilist. Soc. Clubs: Tavern, Somerset, Harvard (Boston), Century (N.Y.), Athenaeum (London). Office: 8 Arlington St., Boston. Home: 14 Walnut St., Boston. Summer res .: Long Hill, Beverly.
SEDGWICK, Henry Dwight, author; b. Stockbridge, Sept. 24, 1861; s. Henry Dwight Sedgwick and Ilenrietta Ellery (Sedgwick) S .; ed. Adams Acad. Quincy; attended Harvard, 1882; m. Sarah Minturn of N. Y. City, Nov. 7, 1895 (d. Jan. 26, 1919) ; chil- dren-Robert Minturn, Francis Minturn. Adm. to bar, 1884; practiced law in N.Y. City, 1885-98; asst. dist. atty., So. Dist. of N.Y., 1895-98; engaged in writing, 1900 -; mem. Acad. of Arts and Letters, Mass. Hist. Soc., Am. Acad. of Arts and Sciences. Club: Tavern. Author: Letters of Captain Cuch- ler, 1896; Life of Father Hecker, 1897; Life of Samuel Champlain, 1901; Esays on Great Writers, 1902; Life of Francis Parkman (American Men of Letters Series), 1904; A Short llistory of Italy, 1905; The New American Type and Other Essays, 1908; Italy in the Thirteenth Century, 1912; An Apology for Old Maids, and Other Essays, 1917; Dante, 1919; Marcus Aurelius, 1921; Pro Vita
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Monastica, 1923; Life of Ignatius Loyola, 1923; A Short History of Spain, 1925; Cortes, 1926; Life of Lafayette, 1927; Short History of France, 1928; Henry of Navarre, 1930; Alfred de Musset, 1931; The Black Prinee, 1932; The Art of Happiness, 1933; Dan Chaucer, 1934; In Praise of Gentlemen, 1935; The House of Guise, 1937; Vienna, 1939. Travel: Europe (many times). Home: Dedham. Summer home: Murray Bay, Canada.
SEDGWICK, Robert Minturn, investment counsel; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 27, 1899; s. Henry D. Sedgwick and Sarah (Minturn) S .; ed. Groton Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1921; M.B.A., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Admn., 1923; m. Helen Peabody of Groton, Nov. 25, 1924; children-May Minturn, Henry D. Il, l'ranees Helen. Worked in Nat. Shawmut Bk. of Boston; teacher, Groton Sch., 2 yrs .; with Scudder, Stevens & Clark, investment counsel; dir. State St. Investment Corp., Collateral Loan Co., First In- vestment Counsel Corp .; tr. Mass. S.P.C.C., Gro- ton Seh., Boston Dispensary, 2nd It. Inf. for a short time, 1918. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), City (mem. corp.). Travel: western Europe, U.S. Dese. Robert Sedgwick of 17th century, one of early Colonial leaders, instrumental in forming Ancient & Honorable Artillery Co .; Judge Theo- dore Sedgwick, 3rd. Senator for Mass. Episco- palian. Democrat. Office: 10 P.O. Sq., Boston. Home: Dedham. Summer res .: Pointe au Pic, P.Q., Can.
SEEGAL, Samuel Melbourne, business executive; b. Chelsea, May 18, 1902; s. Morris Seegal and Rose (Beerman) S .; ed. Chelsea high sch .; B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech .; A.M., Harvard; m. Martha Paula Lewenberg of Brookline, June 8, 1933; ch .- l'aula A., Joan L. Upon completion of schooling be- eame statistician and economist in office of Her- bert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce; spl. instr. Boston Univ. Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm .; mem. Cham- ber of Commerce, etc., Sigma Alpha Mu. Jewish. Republican. Office: Win. Filenes Sons Co., Boston. Home: 636 Dedham St., Newton Center.
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SEELYE, Nelson Hovey, manufacturer; b. Cam- bridge, Feb. 4, 1865; s. Norman M. Seelye and Eliz- abeth A. (Hovey) S .; ed. Cambridge high sch .; Bryant & Stratton Bus. Coll., 1882-83; unmarried. Bookkeeper, then clk .; and asst. treas. Cutter Tower Co., stationers, Boston, 1883-89; mem. llaw- kins Machine Co., 1889-95; bought out partner and changed name to Seelye Mfg. Co., 1895; propr., 1895 -; v.p. Winchester Sav. Bk .; dir. Industrial Credit Corp. N.E .; past pres. Aged People's Home, Winehester. Club: Country (Winchester). Mcthi- odist. Republiean. Office: 121 First St., Cam- bridge. Ilome: 3 Lewis Rd., Winchester.
SEELYE, Walter Clark, surgeon; b. Amherst, Jan. 3, 1873; s. Laurenus Clark Seelye and Henrietta (Chapln) S .; ed. Williston Sem., Easthampton, 1891; A.B. Amherst Coll., 1895; M.D., Harvard Med. Seh., 1899; m. Anne I. Barrows of Providence, R.I., June 14, 1904; children-Arthur C., Edwin B., Harriet (Mrs. Perry), Laurenus C., Mary B. In- terne, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1900-01; studied in Vienna 3 mos., 1901; opened practice in Worcester, 1901; Mem. Hosp. O.P.D., 1902, house staff, 1904-, chief of surg. serviee, 1931 -; mem. Volunteer Medieal Reserve Corps during the War; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Surg. Soc., N.E. Gyn. & Obs. Soc., Am, Bd. Surgery, Alpha Delta Phl, Woreester Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Bohemian, Tat- nuek Country, Worcester, Republican. Travel: extensive in Europe, So. Am., U.S. Congregation- alist. Republican. Offiee: 390 Main St., Worces- ter. Home: 66 William St., Worcester. Summer Home: Isleford, Me.
Y SEGAL, Samuel, Jr., surgeon; b. Haverhill, Nov. 30, 1894; s. Samuel Segal and Anna (Freiberg) S .; ed. Haverhill high sch .; M.D., Tufts Coll. Med. sch., 1917; m. Dorothy Legum of Norfolk, Va., Dec. 12, 1920; children-Iloward Nowell, Allan Legum. In practice, Springfield, 1921-, specialized In eye, ear, nose and throat, later ineluded peroral endoscopy and plastle nasal surgery; dld post grad. work in Vienna, Univ. Rochester, Univ. Pa., Harvard, Univ. Cincinnati, George Washington Univ .; It. Med. Corps, U.S.N., 1917, resigned 1919; now mem.
staff, Health Dept. Hosps., Springfield; mem. A.M.A., N.E. Med. Soc., N.E. Oto-laryngol. Soc., Am. Acad. Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology, Mass. Med. Soc., Springfield Acad. of Med., Maimonides Mcd., Masons (32º), Shrine, Am. Legion, Vets. For. Wars, Jewish War Vets. Clubs: Probus, Soujourn- er. Jewish. Republican. Office: 14 Maple St., Springfield. Home: 117 Daviston St., Springfield. Summer: Worthington.
SEIDENBERG, Harold, lawyer; b. Boston, Aug. 8, 1894; s. Jacob Scidenberg and Sarah (Ranen) S .; ed. Boston Eng. high sch .; LL B., Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1920; B.B.A., Boston Univ. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1921; grad. student, Harvard Sch. Bus. Adm .; m. Anne C. Gordon of Boston, June 4, 1924; children-Philip Nelson, Sherman Bernard. With Boston Evening Record, 1909-16; N.E. Construc- tion Co., 1916-17; practiced law, Boston and Cam- bridge, 1921 -; former mem. Revere Hist. Commn .; counsel to City 'Treas .; sergt., U.S.A., Sept. 7, 1917- Feb. 28, 1919, now maj. Aux. Res., attached to 1st Corps Area Hdgrs .; mem. Cambridge Rep. City Com. (mem. exec. com.), Cambridge Rep. Council (sec.), Independent Order Brith Abraham (past pres., Revere Lodge, past Dist. Dep. Grand Mas- ter), Revcre Y.M.H.A. (past pres. ), Asso. Y.M.II.A.'s N.E. (past dir. publicity), Jewish War Vets. U.S. (Past National Commander; judge advocate, Cam- bridge Post #35), Disabled Am. Vets. World War (judge advocate, Cambridge Chapt. 16), Am. Le- gion (Cambridge Post #27), V.F.W. (Russell E. lloyt Post #1299), G.A.R. (hon. mem.). Jewish (past pres., Congregation Ashkenaz). Republican. Office: 201 Cambridge Savings Bank Bldg., Cam- bridge. Home: 156 Ilancock St., Cambridge.
SEILER, Andrew S., caterer and restaurateur; b. Boston, Fcb. 12, 1887; s. Henry John Seiler and Charlotte J. (Weinz) S .; ed. Natick pub. sch., 1897-1900; Boston Eng. high sch., 1901-05; m. Elva Shalleen of Chicago, Ill., Jan. 17, 1925; children -John Andrew, Ann. Caterer, 1905; pres. H. J. Seiler Co., 1920 -; Seiler's Inc. (Wellesley), 1930-, Seiler's 1812 House (Framingham), 1933-, C. C. Whittemore Co., 1935 -; senior grade master engr. ehem. warfare service, 2 yrs. (20 mos. A.E.F.); mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce, Newton Chamber of Commerce, Masons (32º), Shrine, Elks, Ancient & Honorable Arty. Co. (Boston), adv. council of Salvation Army, chmin. community Fed. Restaurateur Grp., Internat. Restaurateurs Assn., Internat. Stewards Assn. (dir.); Mass. Res- taurateurs Assn. (dir.). Club: Rotary (Boston) past pres. ). Office: 110 Norway St., Boston. llome: 23 Burr Rd., Newton Ctr.
SEIWELL, Harry Richard, research scientist; b. Hazelton, Pa., Nov. 29, 1904; s. Harry Miehacl Sei- well and Gertrude Anna (Miller) S .; cd. Hazelton (Pa.) high sch .; Sc.B., Univ. N.C., 1927; Se.D., M.I.T., 1938; m. Gladys Harris Eddy of La Porte, Pa., Dec. 23, 1926. Biologist and chemist, seventh world eruise of Research Yacht, Carnegie, 1927- 29; curator of oceanography, Buffalo Mus. Science, 1930; research investigator in oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanog. Instn., 1931 -; special lec- turer on oceanography, M.I.T., 1936 -; European study, Norway, Eng. and Ger., 1931-32; 1st lt., U.S.A. Med. Res. Corps .; mem. Soc. Am. Mil. Engrs., Am. Geophys. Union, Internat. Soc. Geophys., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Author: sci, papers on geophysics and math. statistics pub. in Internat. Geophysical Journals; papers in physical oceanography and meteorology. Travel: Europe, So. Am., No. and So. Atlantie and No. and So. Pacific, W.I., South Sea Islands. Interested in photography. Office: Woods Hole Oceanograph- ic Instn., Woods Hole. Ilome: Box K, Woods Hole. SISUBY, Howard Williams, business manager; b. Phila., Pa., Mar. 28, 1891; s. Joseph W. Selby and Alice ( Williams) S .; ed. Sc.B., Dickinson Coll., 1913; studied at Princeton Theol. Sem .; m. Ethel Wagg of Collingswood, N.J., Jan. 1, 1916; children-Howard W., Jr., John Horaee. Organ- izer and mgr., Eastern States Farmers' Ex- change, 1918-25; pres. Cent. Farmers Trust Co., lela., 1926-32; v.p. Wagg, Inc., Fla., 1925-34; gen. mgr., United Farmers' Coop. Creamery Assn.,
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. 1934 -; tr. Boston Univ., Deaconess Hosp., Am. Dairy Sel. Assn .; mem. Alpha Chl Rho. Clubs: Rotary International, Brae Burn Country. Travel: Europe, 1921, 1931. Methodist. Republican. Of- fice: 86 Cambridge St., Charlestown. Home: 350 Chestnut St., West Newton. Summer res .: Ocean Grove, N.J.
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SELEKMAN, Benjamin Morris, executive director; b. Bethlehem, Pa., Mar. 26, 1893; s. William Sel- ekman and Esther (Cohen) S .; ed. S.B, Univ. Pittsburgh, 1914; N.Y. Sch. Social Work, 1915- 16; A.M., Columbia, 1917, Ph.D., 1927; m. Sylvia Kopald of N.Y. City, Oct. 12, 1924. Mem. research staff, Dept. Industrial Studies, Russell Sage Foundation, 1916-17, 1919-27; dir. Am, office, IIe- brew Univ., . Palestine, 1928-29; exec. dir. Asso. Jewish Philanthropies, Boston, 1929 -; lecturer on urban industrial problems, Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1935 -; tr. Hebrew Teachers Coll., Boston; mem. advisory com., Simmons Sch. Social Work; nem. Am. Assn. Social Workers, Am. Sta- tis. Assn., Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Sociol. Assn., Am. Assn. for Labor Legislation, Am. Assn. for Social Security, Am. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. Club: Boston City. Author: Employees Repre- sentation in Steel Works, 1924; Sharing Man- agement with the Workers, 1924; Employees Representation in Coal Mines (with Mary Abby Van Klecck), 1924; Postponing Strikes, 1927; British Industry Today (with Sylvia Kopald Seekman), 1929; Law and Labor Relations, A Study of the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of Canada, 1936. Jewish. Independent. Of- fice: Philanthropics, 24 Province St., Boston. Home: 70 Francis Av., Cambridge. Summer res .: Harvard.
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