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SELLAR, Robert F., president of Animal Rescue League; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 10, 1884; s. Robert William Sellar and Alwilda ( Fisher) S .; ed. Roxborough (Pa.) schs., 1890-96; Phila., Pa., high sch., 1896-1900; Temple Coll., 1901-02; m. Letitia Elliott of New Wilminton, Pa., Sept. 9, 1908 (d.); children-Robert Elliott, Dorothy Kath- erine (wife of Rev. E. Irving Braden); m. (2d) Ruth Wilder of St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 31, 1933; 1 dau .- Jeanne Louise. Employed as engr. with Pencoyd Iron Works, American Bridge Co., Pitts- burgh Testing Lab., 1905-18; asso. with Erie Co. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Buf- falo, N.Y., 1919-23; with Ilumane Soc. of Mo., St. Louis, Mo., 1923-31; pres. Animal Rescue League of Boston, 1931 -; pres. N.E. Fed. Ilu- mane Socs .; dir. Am. Ilumane Assn., Eastern States Live Stock Loss Prevention Assn .; tr. Ba- xendale Foundation, Amrita Island, Cataumet, now being developed for training humane agts. and execs., also teachers for promotion of hu- mane edn. in pub. schs .; served with Y.M.C.A. in France, 1918-19. Clubs: Rotary, City (Bos- ton). Presbyterian. Republican. Office: 51 Car- ver St., Boston. Home: 246 Pine St., Dedham.
SELLER, Joseph Tennyson, hotel executive; b. Al- berton, P.E.I., July 1, 1879; s. Rev. Joseph Seller and Margaret (Ward) S .; ed. Fredericton (N.B.) high sch .; B. humanics, Springfield Coll., 1908; m. Dorothy Virginia Welles of Greenfield, Sept. 12, 1911; children-Mrs. Virginia Seller Wright, Mrs. Jane Seller Lyman, Allce Frances (d.), Welles T. Clk., 1899-1904; gen. sec., Y.M.C.A., Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 1908-11; industrial relations mgr., Greenfield Tap & Die Corp., 1911-19; dir., mgr., Weldon Ilotel, Greenfield, 1921 -; pres., treas., Weldon Hotel Co., Inc .; dlr. Storms Drop Forging Co., Springfield, Wico Elcc. Co .; mem sch. bd., Greenfield, 1918-21; mem. Nat., Mass. State (dir.) and N.E. (dir.) Ilotel Assus .; Greenfield Cham- ber of Commerce (past pres.); mem. N.I. Council, Masons, K.T. Clubs: Kiwanis (past pres.), Out- ing, Greenfield Country. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Office: 54 Iligh St., Greenfield. Home: 171 Iligh St., Greenfield.
SELYA, Hyman Philip, chemist; b. Boston, June 8, 1897; s. Julius P. Selya and Rose S. (Luric) S .; ed. Brookline high sch., 1915; B.S, M.I.T., 1919; m. Lizette Solomon of N.Y. City, June 21, 1928; children-Paul S., Jane. Chemist, F. E. Atteaux
Co., 1919-23, chief chemist, 1923-27; co-founder. Sagamore Color & Chemical Co., Boston, 1911. partner, 1927 -; mcm. Am. Assn. Textile Chem- ists & Colorists, Mystic Shrine (Aleppo Temple), A.F.&A M. (Beth-Iloron Lodge), Scottish Rite Bodies In Boston (32º). Clubs: University (Bos- ton ), Drysalters of N.E. .Jewish. Republicaa
( usually ). Office: 178 Purchase St., Boston Home: 684 Newton St., Chestnut Hill.
SEMENENKO, Serge, banker; b. Russla, Aug. 16 1903; s. Jacob Senrenenko and Marie (Temeli) S .; ed. A.B, Classical Coll., Constantinople, 1921; S.B., Robert Coll., Constantinople, 1924; M.B., Harvard Grad. Sch. Bus. Adm., 1926; unmarried With Bankers' Trust Co., N.Y. City, 1925; 1st Nat. Bk., Boston, 1926-, v.p., 1932 -; dir. United Carr Fastener Corp .; v. ehmn., Bondholders Pro- tective Com., Brown Co .; mem. Notcholders Pro- tective Com., Minn. & Ont. Paper Co. Clubs: Union Boat, Exchange, University (Boston) ; Por- eupinc (Nassau, B.W.I.). Travel: very extensive; lived In Russia, Turkey, France; traveled, Europe, esp. Scand., eent. Europe, It., Balkans, So. Am. Greek Orthodox. Office: 67 Milk St., Boston. Home: 32 Embankment Rd., Boston. Summer res .: Wianno.
SENSENEY, George Eyster, etcher; b. Wheeling, W.Va., Oct. 11, 1874; s. Charles IIenry Senseney and Anna May (Eyster) S .; ed. lAinsley Inst., Wheeling, W.Va .; Corcoran Sch. Art, Washing- ton, D.C .; Jullen Acad., Paris, Fr .; pupil of Jean T'aul Laurens and Benjamin Constant; m. Dor- othy Lucile Stewart of Paris, Oct. 25, 1912; chil- dren-Virginia, George Leonard, William Stew- art. Teacher of etching, Art Students League, N.Y. City; organized New Sch. Art, Chicago, 1916-17; asst. prof. design, Smith Coll., 1917-21; art dir., Am. Writing Paper Co., 1919-21; pres. Marvellum Co., infrs. decorative papers, Holyoke, 1921 -; etcher; represented in Lib. Congress (Washington, D.C.), N.Y. City Pub. Lib., South Kensington Mus. (London, Eng.); recd. silver medal, Panama-Pacific Expn., 1915; mem. Hol- yoke League Arts & Crafts (dir ), Société des Graveurs Originales en Couleurs (Paris). Club: Salmagundi (N.Y.). Free Thinker. Republican. Otlice: Marcellum Co., Holyoke. Ilome: Ipswich. SEREX, Paul, asso, professor of chemistry; b. N.Y. City, June 28, 1890; s. Paul Serex and Mary Ann (MacCaren) S .; ed. West Roxbury high sch .; S.B., Mass. State Coll., 1913, S M., 1915, Ph.D., 1923; Univ. Chicago, suminer 1917; Colum- bia, summer 1921; m. Bertha E. Seidell of North- ampton, June 2, 1917; children-John Paul, Wil- liam Gordon, Paul, Jr., Ilugh (d.). Grad. asst., Mass. State Coll., 1913-15, asst. in chem., 1916- 1917, instr., 1917-20, asst. prof., 1920-34, asso. prof., 1935 -; asst., Univ. N.H., 1915; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Phi Kappa Phi, Boy Scouts Am., Masons. Clubs: Northampton and Holyoke Stamp. Office: Mass. State College, Amherst. Home: 327 Lincoln Av., Amherst.
Y SERVAIS, Dieudonne A., business executive; b. Sol- ron, Belg., Oct. 8, 1873; s. Scbastien Servais and Catherine (Hasselle) S .; came to U.S. 1897, nat- uralized citizen, 1905; ed. schs. in Belgium; m. Marie Agnes Lambrette of Verviers, Belg., Oct. 28, 1899; children-Ivan D., Eugenia M., Olga J. (Mrs. Otho Wilton Tompkins), Mona 1. En- gaged in woolen textile mfg. 1885 -; served as apprentice and advanced to carder, then supt., agt. and gen. mgr. of woolen mill; pres. and dir. Belgian Spinning Co. and Reliance Garnet- ting Co., Waltham; mem. Elks. Catholic. Re- publican. Office: 169 Elm St., Waltham. Home: R.D. 2, Concord.
SERVAIS, Ivan D., business executive; b. Dison, Belg., Aug. 3, 1900; s. Dleudonne A. Servais and Marie (Agnes) S .; ed. Concord high sch .; courses in aviation, M.I.T .; courses in elce. engr. at Mullane-Kenslea; elocution at Stalcy Coll .; m. Laura P. Curley of Concord, Oct. 13, 1923; chil- dren-Jane Patterson, Suzanne Maric, Joan Bar- bara. Employed at age of 17, power dept., Strath- more Worsted Mills, supt. of branch fact. in Bedford, 1920; purchasing agt., Guerin Mills Inc.,
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1921-22; Belgian Spinning Co., 1922 -; sec .- trcas. Rellance Garnetting Mills (Waltham), treas. and dir. Belgian Spinning Co. (Waltham); selectman, Concord, 1938-41; mem. Planning Bd., 4 yrs .; pvt. 1st class, Air Service, U.S.A., Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla. until 1919; mem, Am. Legion (v. comdr., J. J. Mansfield Post), Concord Athletic Assn., Boy Scouts Am. (Sachem Council), Elks (hon. life mem. Concord Lodge), Mass. Elks Assn. (tr.). Clubs: Republican of Mass., Concord Rod and Gun. Catholic. Republican. Office: 169 Elm St., Lock Drawer 270, Waltham. Home: 1 Fran- ces St., W. Concord. Summer: Lake Winnepauket, Webster, N.H.
Y SEVER, James Warren, physician; b. Kingston, July 4, 1878; s. William Sever and Mary Caro- linc (Webber) S .; ed. Browne & Nichols Sch., Cambridge; M.D., Harvard Med Sch., 1901; m. Elizabeth C. Bygrave of Belmont, Nov. 5, 1907; children-Elizabeth, James W., Jr., John Webber. Practiced med., Boston, 1901 -; splty. orthopedic surgery; mem. staff, Children's Ilosp., Boston; asst. prof. orthopedie surgery, Harvard Med. Sch .; med. dir., Industrial Sch. for Crippled & De- formed Children; mem. Am. Orthopedic Assn., etc. Author: articles on orthopedic surgery in med. journals. Unitarian.
Republican. Office: 321 Dartmouth St., Boston. Ilome: 25 Appleton St., Cambridge.
> SEVERN, Edmund, musiclan; b. Nottingham, Eng., Dec. 10, 1862; s. Edmund Severn and Elizabeth (Thornton) S .; cd. Ilartford (Conn.) high sch .; studied violin with father in Hartford, with Bernhard Listemann in Boston, with Emanuel Wirth in Berlin, Ger., 1888, composition with Philip Scharwenka; m. Minna Sites of Spring- field, in Montclair, N.J., May, 1900 (d. 1925); m. (2d) Marion B. Woodsum of Melrose Ilighlands, Feb. 10, 1927. Composer of works for orches- tra and violin, piano solos, chamber combina- tions; works widely performed in U.S. and abroad; now teacher and lecturer; mem. N.Y. State Music Teachers Assn. (past pres.). Club: Bohemian (N.Y.) Belongs to family of musicians: father violinist and cellist, brother cellist (26 years with Philharmonic Oreh. N.Y.), both grandfathers ama- teur musicians. Believes in Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man. Office and home: 1063 Franklin St., Melrose.
SEYDEL, Irma, violinist; b. Boston; d. Carl August Theodor Seydel and Emilie Margarethe Elisabeth (Büttel) S .; ed. lessons on violin from father (mem. Boston Symphony Orchestra) at age of 3; studied with Gustav Strube 2 yrs., Charles M. Loeffler 7 yrs., composition with André Maquarre several yrs. Appeared in pub. pupils' recitals at age of 4; soloist with orchestra of mems. of Boston Symphony Orchestra at 9; appeared with Städtisches Orchestra, Cologne. Ger., 6 times; played with Philharmonic Orchestras of Berlin and Leipzig, also In Sondershausen, Wiesbaden, Heidelberg, Mayence, Homburg, Aix-la-chapelle, etc .; appeared with Boston Symphony Orchestra 8 times, and with most other leading orchestras in U.S .; concertmaster, soloist, Boston Women's Symphony Orchestra, 1927-29; hon. mem. Beta Chap., Mu Phi Epsilon. Composer: Minuet, In- dian Dirge (performed by several Am. orches- tras) ; many songs and violin solos. Home: 24 Phillips St., Boston.
SHACKFORD, Martha Hale, professor, author; b. Dover, N.H., Aug. 25, 1875; d. Charles Burnham Shackford and Caroline (Cartland) S .; ed. Dover (N.11.) hlgh sch .; A.B., Wellesley Coll., 1896; Ph.D., Yale, 1901; unmarried. Critic in Eng., Vassar Coll., 1898-99; travel and study, Eng., Fr, It., etc., 1899-1900; instr. Eng., Wellesley Coll., 1901-08. asso. prof., 1908-18, prof., 1908 -; mem. Anti-Gambling Assn., Mass .. S.P.C.A., vari- ous anti-vivisection socs., Phil Beta Kappa, Nor- folk (Eng.) Record Soc., N.E. Hist. & Gencal. Soc., N.H. ITist. Soc., Am. Friends of Lafayette, N.E. Poetry Soc., Pacific Coast Browning Foun- datlon, N.Y. Shakespeare Soc., Modern Lang. Assn. Am. Club: Boston Republican. Author: A First Book of Poetics, 1906; Masterpieces of
European Literature, 1906; English Masterpieces of the Nineteenth Century, 1906; Composition- Rhetoric-Literaturc (with Margaret Judson), 1908, 1917; Shakespeare's London, 1926: Plutarch in the English Renaissance, 1929; E. B. Brown- ing, R. H. Horne-Two Studies, 1935; articles In edul. and other publications. Ed., Spenser's Faerie Queen, Book I, 1905; Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome, 1907, 1913; Shakespeare's As You Like It (Tudor edit.), 1911; Chaucer-Selected References, 1911, 1918; Legends and Satires from Medieval Literaturc, 1913; Wellesley Verse (1875- 1925), 1925; Letters from Elizabeth Barrett to B. R. Haydon, 1939. Travel: Eng., Scot., Fr., Hol., It., Gr .. Ger., Switz. (5 trips, 26 mos.). Desc. Rev. John Hale, Beverly, 1636-1700, helped change witchcraft sentiment by his own change and his book, A Modest Inquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft. Congregationalist. Republican. Of- ficc: Wellesley College, Wellesley. Ilomc: 7 Mid- land Rd., Wellesley.
SILAIN, Rose Wies, singer, teacher, coach; b. Rus- sia; d. Isaac Wies and Hannah (Yaffe) W .; ed. pub. schs., Boston, and European schs .; B.Scl. Oratory, Staley Coll., 1935, M.A. Oratory, 1937. Rec'd mus. edn. from European and Am. teachers; was chosen "Queen of the Air" in contest con- ducted by Nat. Broadcasting Co., 1933; dean, vocal dept., Staley Coll., 1935 -; conductor of choral groups; instr., Mass. Dept. Edn .; music ed., Brookline Mag .; mem. Salon of Allied Arts, Women's Scholarship Assn. etc. Clubs: Profes- sional Women's, Music Lovers (Boston), Crescen- do. Composer of songs. Travel: U.S., Europe. Home: 7 Naples Rd., Brookline.
SHAKOW, David, psychologist; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 2, 1901; s. Abraham Shakow and Eva (Leventhal) S .; ed. High Sch. of Commerce, N.Y. City ; S.B., Harvard, 1924. A.M., 1927; m. Sophie Harap of N. Y. City, June 1, 1926; children-Alice Judith, Naomi, Alexander. Asst. psychol., Worcester State Hosp., 1924-25, Boston Psychopathic Hosp., 1925-25; grad. work in psychology, 1925-28; chief psychologist, Worcester Child Guidance Clinic, 1928-32, Worcester State llosp., 1928 -; mem. Am. Psychol. Assn., Am. Orthopsychiatric Assn., Am. Assn. of Applied Psychol. Author: numerous papers on tech. aspects of psychology and psy- chopathology. Office: Worcester State Hosp., Worcester. Home: 366 Plantation St., Worcester. SHALLNA, Anthony Oswald, lawyer, Honorary Con- sul of Lithuania at Boston; b. Scranton, Pa., Feb. 28, 1894; ed. (pres. graduating class) cent. high sch., Scranton, Pa .; A.B., Cornell, 1916; LL.B., George Washington University Law Sch., stu- dent, For. Service Sch., 1919-20; m. Susanne Pulshea. On getting out of Army, 1919, was with J. H. Brooks & Co., investment bankers, Northeastern, Pa., 1 yr .; Dept. of Justice, Wash- ington, D.C., about 2 yrs .; began to read law in of- fice ot Warren, Knapp, O'Malley, 1Hill & Harris, Scranton, Pa .; del. from Law Soc. Mass. to Inter- nat. Congress of Comparative Law, The Hague, 1932; mem. Sesquicentennial celebration com. of Am. Bar Assn .; student of internat. affairs, esp. those relating to Lithuania and Poland; p. mem. Speakers' Bur. of League of Nations Assu .; mem. Cambridge Taxpayers Assn. (v. climn. and dir.), Cambridge Y.M.C.A. (dir.), Cambridge Chamber of Commerce (com. on legislation), Internat. Inst. Boston (dir.), Law Soc. Mass. (excc. com.), Boston Bar Assn. (unlawful practice of the law com.), Cambridge Bar Assn. (past pres.), Delta Tau Delta, Gamma Eta Gamma. Clubs: Cornell of N.E. (past pres.), Boston City, Appalachian Mt., Republican. Office: 366 W. Broadway, Bos- ton. Home: 305 Ifarvard St., Cambridge.
SHALLNA, Susanne P., attorney at law; b. Llth- uania, Nov. 20, 1895; d. Thaddeus Puishea and Marion (Yaskis) P .; ed. Berkeley Prep. Sch .; LI.B., Boston Univ., 1921; m. Anthony Oswald Shallna, May 24, 1921. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1921; in gen. practice law at South Boston, 1921-, with husband, Anthony O. Shallna, A.B. and LL.B .; instr. law, Mass. Dept. Edn., Div. Univ. Extension; teacher law, Adult Edn. Centre,
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Boston Y.W.C.A .; lecturer legal topics and com- mentator current events before women's clubs; del. Internat. Congress Bus, and Prof. Women, Paris, Fr., 1936; tr. scholarship fund, Law Soc. Mass .; mem. Mass. Assn. Women Lawyers (past pres.), Mass. League Women Voters (past chmn. Legal Status of Women), Mass Civie League (mem. leg. com.), Kappa Beta Pi (past internat. pres.). Clubs: Zonta (past pres.), Bus. and Prof. Women's (past pres.), Mass. Fed. Bus. and Prof: Women's (v.p.). Author: articles in the Lithuanian Press; also contbr. to organ. jours. of which she is a member. Travel: Europe, So. Ain. Interested in history, especially the social and economic development of women and wom- en's status under the laws and the present economic development. Protestant. Republican. Oflice: 366 W. Broadway, So. Boston. Home: 305 Harvard St., Cambridge.
SHANAHAN, William Francis, lawyer, register of probate; b. Rockland, Jan. 30, 1892; s. Patriek J. Shanahan and Mary E. (Sullivan) S .; ed. St. Joseph's high sch., Manchester, N.H .; spl. courses, Boston Coll. high sch .; A.B., Holy Cross Coll., 1913; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., 1925; m. Ella Maie Harrell of Portsmouth, Va., Men. Mass. Senate, 1931-34; elected Register of Probate for Essex Co., 1934, re-elected 1936; men. Mass., Essex, and Lynn Bar Assns. Clubs: Oxford (Lynn), City (Boston), Holy Cross (Boston). Travel: U.S., Canada, Europe. Interested In music, organist 15 years at 'St. John's Ch., Swampscott. Catholic. Democrat. Ofliee: Court House, Salem. Home: Swampscott.
SHAPIRO, Harry I., lawyer; b. N.Y. City, Oct. 17, 1901; s. Philip L. Shapiro and Jeannette (Walker) S .; ed. New Haven, Conn., high sch .; A.B., Clark Univ., 1921; LL.B., Yale, 1924; m. Esther Ber- man of Springfield, Nov. 25, 1925; children- Elsa, Elaine. Practiced law, Worcester, 1924 -; mein. Tau Kappa Alpha, Alpha Mu Sigma. Club: Probus. Jewish. Republican. Office: 1022 Slater Bldg., Worcester. Ilome: 35 Brantwood Rd., Worcester. Summer res .: New London, N.H.
SHAPLEY, Harlow, astronomer; b. Nashville, Mo., Nov. 2, 1885; s. Willis Harlow Shapley and Sarah (Stowell) S .; ed. Carthage (Mo.) Acad .; A.B., Univ. Mo., 1910, A.M., 1911, LL.D., 1927; Ph.D., Princeton, 1913, Sc.D., 1933; Sc.D., Univ. Pitts- burgh, 1931, Univ. Pa., 1932, Harvard, 1933, Univ. Toronto, 1935, Brown Univ., 1933; LL.D., Ogle- thorpe Univ., 1931; m. Martha Betz of Kansas City, Apr. 15, 1914; children-Mrs. Mildred Shap- ley Matthews, Willis, Alan, Lloyd, Carl. Astron- omer, Mt. Wilson Obs., Calif., 1914-21; dir. Har- vard Obs., Cambridge, 1921 -; researches in pho- tometry and spectroscopy; lecturer, Lowell Inst., Boston, 1922; (exchange) Belg. Univs., 1926; Halley lecturer, Oxford, Eng., 1928; Ilarry Todd lecturer for Mass., 1929; lecturer, Jayne Founda- tion, Phila., 1930; Darwin lecturer, Royal Astron. Soc., 1934; life mem. corp. M.I.T .; tr. World Wide Broadcasting Foundation, Oceanographic Inst., Am. Sch. for Girls, Damascus; fellow, Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences (council, 1930, pres., 1939-), Washington Acad. Sciences (v.p.), A.A.A.S. (coun- cil); mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences (council), Nat. Re- search Council, Am. Philos. Soc. (council), Am. Astron. Soc., Pacific Astron. Soc., Royal Astron. Soc. (Can.); hon. mem. Am. Assn. Variable Star Observers; asso. mem. Royal Astron. Soc. (Eng.); for. mem. Royal Physiographic Soe. (Swed.), Lombardi Inst. (Italy), Norwegian Acad. Seience & Letters, Akademie der Wiss (Vienna), Acad. Sciences (Swed.), Internat. Astron. Union (pres., Variable Star Commn., 1925-32, Nebular Commin., 1932-); mem. council, Maria Mitchell Obs., Nantucket. Awards: Draper medal, Nat. Acad. Sciences, 1926; Univ. medal, Brussels, 1926; medal, Soc. Arts & Sciences, 1931; Janssen prix, Astron. Soc. France, 1933; Rumford medal, Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences, 1933; gold medal, Royal Astron. Soc. (Eng.), Bruce medal, Astron. Soe.
Pacific. Clubs: St. Botolph (Boston), Faculty (Cambridge), Century (N.Y.). Author: 5 books on astronomy; 200 tech. articles; a few mag. articles. Pres., Stowell Family Assn. Inde-
pendent in politics. Office and home: Harvard Observatory, Cambridge.
V SHARLOW, Myrna (Docia), soprano; . b. James. town, N.D .; d. David Andrew Sharlow and Almira Mae (Smith) S .; ed. Perry Sch. for Girls, St. Louis, Mo .; pvt. teachers, New York; voice training under Frederick E. Bristol of N.Y .: m. Edward Bering Hitchcock, July 9, 1921; 1 son-Edward Bering. First important role that of Mimi in "La Boheme", as substitute for Mme. Melba when ill, Boston; mem. Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London, Chicago Grand Opera Co. (later Civic Opera Assn.), San Carlo Opera Co. of Naples, Cincinnati Zoo Opera Co., Metrop. Opera Co. of New York. llome: "Hill- haven", 29 Gem Rd., Weston.
SHARP, Alton B., steamship line executive; b. Ben- zie Co., Mich., Apr. 5, 1892; s. llenry Alton Sharp and Chloe L. (Wells) S .; A.B. Univ. Mich., 1924; LL.B., George Washington Univ., 1923; m. Marie K. Horning of Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 25, 1919; chil- dren-Rodman Alton, Steven Burwell. Pres Eastern S.S. Lines, Ine., 1933 -; pres. Boston & Yarmouth Steamship Co., Ltd., Old Dominion Steamship Co .; It. in U.S.N., 1917-19. Clubs: Algonquin, Beacon Society, Brae Burn Country ( Boston) ; India House
(N.Y.). Office: India Wharf, Boston. Ilome: 58 Longfellow Rd., Wel- lesley Hills.
SHARP, Martha Dickle; b. Providence, R.I., Apr. 25, 1905; d. Archibald Dickie and Martha (Ing- ham) D .; ed. Ph.B., Brown Univ. 1926; grad. work, Recreation Training Sch., Chieago, 1927; A.M., Radcliffe Coll., 1931; m. Waitstill Hastings Sharp, July 13, 1928; children- Waitstill, Jr., Martha Content. Dir. girls' work, Chicago (Il1.) Commons, 1927-28; teacher drama, The Erskine Sch., Boston, 1928-1929, teacher social sci., The Tuckerman Sch., Boston, 1929-30; in charge, with husband, of Unitarian-Quaker Relief Commn. for Service in Czecho-slovakia, Feb .- Aug. 1939; mem. Nat. Council for Prevention of War (del .- at-large, 1934-36), Am. Assn. Univ. Women, Gen. Alliance Unitarian Women, Women's Internat. : League for Peace, Brown Alumnae (Boston br. treas., 1932-33), Norfolk House Center (Boston, dir., 1929-33), Young People's Religious Union (nat. climn., social serv. commn., 1929-31). Clubs: Wellesley Women's (chmn. Internat. Com., 1938- 39), Meadville Women's (pres., 1935-36). Author: articles in' church jours. Travel: Europe, 1928, 1939. Unitarian. Democrat. Ilome: 308 Wash- ington St., Wellesley Hills.
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VSHARPLES, Philip Price, trustee; b. Cambridge, July 11, 1873; s. Stephen P. Sharples and Abby M. (Hall) S .; ed. Cambridge Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1895; m. Ruth Morison of Cambridge, Feb. 21, 1911 (d. 1924); m. (2d) Eugenia Jackson Comey, Apr. 6, 1931; children-Anne, Mrs. Mary Sharples Bowden, Abby. Insp. milk, Cambridge, 1900-03, 1904-05; chemist, Nat. Coal Tar Co. and Barrett Mfg. Co., 1905-23; road engr., Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., and Los Angeles Traffic Commn., 1923-25; tr. and executor, 1925 -; tr. mem. bd. investment, Cambridge Sav. Bk .; tr. Harvard Housing Trust; treas. 1st Parish in Cambridge; mein. A.A.A.S., Am. Chem. Soc. Clubs: Harvard (Boston, N.Y.), Skating (Boston, dir.), Cambridge Skating (treas.). Travel: U.S. (extensive), Can., Eng., Fr., Ire. Unitarian. Republican. Office and home: 17 Farrar St., Cambridge. Summer res .: Peterborough, N.H.
SHATTUCK, George Cheever, physician; b. Boston, Oct. 12, 1879; s. Frederick Cheever Shattuck and Elizabeth Perkins (Lee) S .; ed. Shaw's sch., Boston; Noble & Greenough Sch., Boston; A.B., Ilarvard, 1901, hon. A.M., 1919; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1905; med. student, Vienna, 1907-08; m. Virginia Chandler Peabody of Chieago and Cambridge July 9, 1932; children-Francis W. Peabody, Grigsby. C. Peabody. Med. house of- ficer, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1905-06, teacher, Out- Patient Dept., 1908-15; alumni asst. in clin. med., Ilarvard Med. Sch., 1908-13, asst. prof., tropical med., also in Harvard Sch. Pub. Health, 1921-38, clin. prof. tropical med., 1938 -; asst.
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visiting phys., Boston City Hosp., 1921-38; vis- Iting phys., Boston City Hosp., 1939 -; con- sultant in tropical diseases, Mass. Gen. Hosp .; specialist in tropical diseases, U.S. Pub. Health Service, Marine Hosp. #2, Chelsea; mem. fac- ulty, Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard; mem. Red Cross Commn. to Serbia, 1915; gen. med. sec., League of Red Cross Socs., Geneva, 1919-21; mem. med. staff, 22nd Gen. Hosp., B.E.F., 1916- 18; awarded Serbian Order of St. Sava of III Class, 1918, Distinguished Service Order (Gt. Brit.), 1919; mem. Mass. Cent. Health Council (pres.), Boston Health League, Inc. (president), Massachusetts and Suffolk Dist. Med. Soes. Am. Acad. Tropical Med., Am. Soe. Tropical Med., Ani. Clin. & Climatol. Assn., Am. Soc. Clin. Investiga- tion. Office: Harvard Medical School, Boston. Home: 450 Warren St., Brookline.
YSHATTUCK, Henry Lee, lawyer, trustee; b. Bos- ton, Oct. 12, 1879; s. Frederick Cheever Shattuck and Ellzabeth Perkins (Lee) S .; ed. Noble & Greenough Sch., Boston; A.B., Harvard, 1901; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1904; LL.D. (hon.), Williams Coll., 1936; unmarried. Practiced law, Boston, 1904-28; with Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, 1904-19, mem. firm, 1909-19; mem. Shat- tuck & Gray, 1922-28; treas., llarvard Coll., 1929-38; dir. N.E. Trust Co. (trust com.), State St. Investment Corp., Fiduciary Trust Co. N. Y., Tampa Elec. Co., B.&A. R.R. Co., Gauley Coal Land Co., Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc., Community Fed. Boston; tr., Mut. Life Ins. Co. N.Y., Provi- dent Instn. Sav., Woods Hole Oceanographic Instn., Boston Mus. Fine Arts; pres., North Bennet St. Industrial Sch .; mem. Mass. Ilo. of Rep., 1920-30 (chmn., ways & means com., 1923- 29); now mem. Boston City Council; chmn. local bd., Selective Draft, Boston, 1918-19; mem. Am., Mass. and Boston Bar Assns., Am. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci., Nat. Mun. League, Mass. Hist. Soc., Am. Acad. Arts & Selences, Elks. Clubs: Har- vard (Boston, N.Y.), Union, Tavern, Exchange, Eastern Yacht, Country ( Brookline). Office: 50 l'ederal St., Boston. Home: 20 Charles St., Bos- ton.
SHAUB, Benjamin Martin, teacher; b. Shrewsbury, Pa., Jan. 12, 1893; s. George Henry Shaub and Emma Elizabeth (Keeny) S .; ed. Ithaca (N.Y.) high sch .; M.E., Cornell, 1925, M.S., 1928, Ph.D., 1929; m. Mary Sumner Church of Newton, Mar. 22, 1939. Telegraph operator, Lehigh Valley R.R., 1911-17; served as radio electrician, 3rd class, U.S.N., 1917-19; instr. machine design, Cor- nell, 1923-29, 1930-31; geologist, Lowanga Con- cessions, No. Rhodesla, Afr., 1929-30; teacher, Sinith Coll., 1931 -; 1st It., Ordnance Res. Corps, U.S.A .; fellow Am. Mineralogleal Soe .; mem. Am. Inst. Mining and Metall. Engrs., Can. Inst. Min- ing and Metall. Engrs., Am. Assn. Petro. Geolo- gists, Acacia, Sigma Gamma Epsllon, Sigma Xi. Author: 12 papers on scientific subjects. Travel: Eng., So. Afr., So. and No. Rhodesia. Mrs. Shaub dese. William Bradford, 2d Gov. Plymouth Col- oy. Protestant. Republican. Office: Smith Coll., Northampton. Home: 123 South St., Northamp- ton.
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