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Y SMITH, W. Harry, artist; b. Devonshire, Eng., Dec. 23, 1875; s. William H. Smith and Louisa ( Knight) S .; ed. English schs .; to U.S. 1894; m. Maude Phil- lips of Torquay, Devon, Eng., 1900; children- Henry Hugh, Mrs. Ruth Smith James, Mrs. Maude Smith Biggar, Paul Devon. Prof. artist, 1891 -; specializes In painting and etching, illustrations; represented in Nat. Gallery and Lib. Congress, Washington, D.C., Chicago Art Inst .; mem. Boston Soc. Water Color Painters, Boston Arts & Crafts Soc., Chicago Soc. Etchers. Home: Billerica.
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SMITH, Walter Arnold, executive; b. Boston, Aug. 30, 1886; s. William H. Smith and Caroline A. (Butler) S .; ed. Somerville pub. and high schs .; Stone Sch. In printing bus. since 1910; pres. and treas. Smithsonian Press, Walter A. Smith Co .; tr. Boston Penny Sav. Bk., Demolay Bros .; mem. Masons (Scottish and York rites). Club: Engi- neers (gov.). Travel: all U.S. and Can., Alaska, So. Am. Office: 74 India St., Boston. Home: 257 Dean Road, Brookline.
Y SMITH, Walter Buckingham, professor of econom- les; b. Galion, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1895; s. Hiram Egle Smith and Harriet (1'Isi) S .; ed. Galion (d.) high sch .; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1917; student, Univ. Chi- cago, 1919-21; A.M., Harvard, 1924, Ph.D., 1928; m. Dorothy Hoskins of Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 26, 1932; 1 son-Dougal llamilton. Engaged as instr. econ., Univ. Minn., 1922-23; instr. and asst. prof. econ., Wellesley Coll., 1921-29; asso. prof. econ., Univ. Calif., 1931-32; Orrin Sage prof. econ., Williams Coll., 1929-31, 1933 -; pvt. sergt. and 2nd lt. in World War, 1917-19; mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Faculty. . Joint author of "Fluctuations in Am. Bus., 1790-1860". 'Travel: Europe, Jap., China. Episcopalian. Independent. Home: 128 Main St., Williamstown.
Y SMITH, Warren Storey, music editor, teacher; b. Brookline, July 14, 1885; s. Edwin Storey Smith and Jeannette Bryant (Smith) S .; ed. Brookline high sch .; Faelten Pianoforte Seh., Boston; m. Rhodora Buckle of Billerica, Aug. 30, 1937. Men. faculty, Faelten Pianoforte Sch., 1908-19; N.E. Conservatory Music, 1922 -; asst. music critic, Boston Evening Transcript, 1919-24; music cd., Boston Post, 1924 -; teacher of theoretical, not applied, music; lecturer on musical appreciation. Author: mag. articles on music. Composer: many piano and vocal pieces. Travel: Europe, Can., Mex., U.S. Desc. Capt. Simeon Smith (Rev- olution). Office: Boston Post; New England Con- Servatory of Music, Boston. Ilome: 122 Bowdoin St., Boston.
SMITH, William Lincoln, educator (retired) ; b. Con- cord, Sept. 6, 1867; s. Henry Francis Smith and Hannah (Lincoln) S .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1890; post grad., Univ. Paris, 1891; Eng. D., Northeastern Univ., 1937; m. Grace Blanchard of Concord, June 14, 1892; children-Hilda Blanch- ard, Benjamin Lincoln, Farnham Wheeler; in. (2nd) Mary McRuer Farnham of Bangor, Me., Apr. 15, 1905; children-Phillp Loring, Elizabeth Farn- ham, Donald MeRuer. Instr. physics M.I.T., 1891 - 1901; cons. elec. engr., 1901-15; instr., Northeast- ern Univ., 1896-1912, asst. prof. Elec. Engring., 1912-17, prof. and head of dept. 1917-37, prof. emeritus of elec. engring, with hon, degree Dr. of Eng., 1937; elcc. insp. and cons. engr., Town of Concord, 1905 -; tr. and inem. elec. council, Un-
derwriters Labs., Inc., Chicago, Ill .; mem. Am. Inst. I.E., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Inter- nat. Assn. Elec. Inspectors, Mun. Elee. Inspectors Assn. of Mass., R.I. Soc. for Psychical Researchi, Masons (32°; past master Corinthian Lodge). Travel: Europe, 1890-91. Desc. Gen. Benj. Lincoln of llingham, 1st collector of Port of Boston. Unitarian. Republican. Office: Northeastern Uni- versity, Boston. Home: 4 Academy Lane, Coneord. Summer: N. Bueksport, Mc.
SMITH, William .T., business man (retired) ; b. West- field, July 30, 1858; s. Edwin Smith and Cornelia (Bailey) S .; ed. Westfield high sch .; 3 yrs. in- validism prevented coll .; unmarried. In River- side Worsted Mill, Providence, R.I .; with H. B. Smith Co., cast iron boiler and radiator ifrs., Westfield, 1895-1938, salesman, Phila, office, 1895- 1902, Westfield oflice, 1902-1938, asst. treas., 1903- 06, pres., 1907-30, chmn. bd., 1930-38; dir. Hampden Nat. Bk. & Trust Co .; former dir., Il. B Smith Co., Easthampton Rubber Thread Co .; mem. bd., Noble Hosp., Westfield, Acad. Fund, Pub. Lib .; mem. West Ilampden Ilist. Soc. (pres.). Club: Westfield Golf. Travel: Europe, 2 yrs. (6 mos., Paris; 116 yrs., Dresden and gen. travel, incl. Russia), 1887-89; bus. and pleasure trips to Den., Swed., Nor., Sp., Egypt, Palestine, Greece, Turk., Malta, W.I, Venezuela, 1894-1912. Congregation- alist. Republican. Home: 47 Broad St., Westfield.
SMITH-PETERSEN, Marius Nygaard, orthopedic surgeon; b. Grimstad, Nor., Nov. 14, 1886; s. Morten Smith-Petersen and Kaia (Ursin) S .- P .; came to U.S., 1903, naturalized citizen, 1924; student, Gymnasium, Norway, 1902-03; West Side high schr., Milwaukee, Wis., 1904-06; Univ. Chicago, 1906-07; B.S., Univ. Wis., 1910; M.D. llarvard Med. Sch., 1914; m. Hilda Dickensen of Fitchburg, Sept. 1, 1917; children-Porter Cushing, Morten, Ililda Whitney. After usual interneships engaged in practice of orthopedic surgery at Boston, 1916 -; asst. instr. orthopedie surgery, Harvard Med. Sch., 1920-30, instr., 1930-35, clin. prof. orthopedie sur- gery, 1935 -; chief of orthopedic service, Mass. Gen. Hosp. 1929 -; mem. Internat. Soc. Ortho- pedie Surgeons, Am. Acad. Orthopaedic Surgeons, Am. Orthopaedic Assn., A.M.A., Boston Surgical Soc., Mass. Med. Soc., N.E. Surgical Soc., Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Harvard ( Boston). Travel: chiefly Seand. countries. Episcopalian. Republican, Of- fice: 264 Beacon St., Boston. Ilome: 32 Farlow Rd., Newton.
SNEATII, George Mark, professor; b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 6, 1884; s. Rev. Isaiah W. Sneath and Ella J. (Mark) S .; ed. Franklin high sch .; A.B., Yale, 1907, A.M., 1910; Univ. Chleago; Ph l., Boston Univ., 1926; in. Jessie D. Fowler of New Haven, Conn., June 21, 1911; children-Martha F., Gor- don W. Instr., Univ. N.C., 1910-14; asst. prof., Goucher Coll., 1916-18; ed. staff, Baltimore Eve- ning Sun, 1918-22; prof. Eng. poetry, Boston Univ., 1923 -; 3rd v.p., Boston Center Adult Edn .; mem. Twentieth Century Assn. Club: University. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Office: Boston Uni- versity, College of Liberal Arts, Boston. Home: 78 Plainfield St., Waban. Summer res .: Orleans.
SNEATII, Isaiah Witmer, clergyman; b. Mountville, Pa., Aug. 22, 1855; s. Jacob Sneath and Elisabeth (Witmer) S .; ed. Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa .; A.B., Lebanon Valley Coll., 1881, A.M., 1884, I).1)., 1922; B.D., Yale Div. Sch., 1884; Ph.D., Bos- ton Univ., 1892; m. Ella J. Mark of Lebanon, Pa., Sept. 19, 1882; 1 son-George Mark. Ordained to United Brethren ministry, 1884; pastor, Salem U.B. Ch., Baltimore, Md., 1884-85; prof. Gr. lang. and lit., Lebanon Valley Coll., 1885-87; pastor, Wood Memorial Ch., Cambridge, 1887-99, First Ch., Franklin, 1899-1904, Grand Ave. Cong. Ch., New
llaven, Conn., 1904-12, Wollaston Cong. Cli., Quincy, 1912-33; pastor-emeritus, 1933 -; dir. Win. B. Rice Eventide Home for the Aged, Quincy; chaplain, Wollaston Lodge, A.F. & A.M .; mem. Mt. Wollaston Royal Arch Chap .; prelate, Quincy Commandery, No. 47, K.T., Quincy. Clubs: Suffolk South Assn. of Congregational Ministers, Yale Divinity (Boston), Wollaston Men's. Congrega-
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tionalist. Republican. Home: 40 Bradford Rd., Newton Highlands.
SNELL, Ada Laura Fonda, teacher; b. Geneva, N.Y., May 11, 1870; d. Marvin Snell and Sarah Ellen (Fonda) S .; grad. Geneva (N.Y.) high sch .; A.B., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1899, M.A., 1906; Ph.D., Univ. Mich., 1916; studied at Yale, Chicago and Oxford. Teacher, Morrison Sem., Danville, Ky .; pvt. sch., Phila., Pa., instr. Eng., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1900, asso, prof., full prof. and chmn. of the department, retired, 1938; mem. N.E. Assn. Teachers of Eng. (pres. 1934-35), Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., Modern Lang. Assn. Am. Author: many short studies in English. Editor: Riverside Es- says, Newman, Huxley, Pater, Bliss Perry and 2 vols. of Mt. Holyoke Coll. Verse. Travel: Europe (many trips for study and pleasure). Presbyte- rian. Independent. Office: Mt. Holyoke College, So. Hadley. Home: 14 Silver St., South Hadley.
SNOW, Bayard Francis, consulting civil and sani- tary engineer; b. Wakefield, R.I., Aug. 9, 1888; s. Rev. Theodore Sheffield Snow and Sallie M. (Boyd) S .; ed. So. Kingstown high sch .; B.S. (civil engring.), Trinity Coll., 1909; m. Mildred M. Armour of Pawtucket, R.I., Oct. 25, 1913; chil- dren-Karl R., Jean F., Sallie E., Mary Lou, Boyd S., Ward A. Registered prof. engr. Me. and Conn .; has been connected with design and constru. of pub. works such as dams, water supplies, sewer- age works, railroads, etc., in Conn., R.I., O., Ont., Ala., Pa., Me., Mass., N.H., Vt., West Africa, ete .; now gen. mgr., X. Henry Goodnough, Inc., engrs., Boston; ehmn. Planning Bd., Danvers; mem. Am. Soe. C.E., Am. and N.E. Water Works Assns., A.F.&A.M. (Essex Lodge) O.E.S. (past patron chap. 98). Author: artieles in Jour. of N.E. Water Works Assn., Sewage Works Jour., Eng. News Record, Water Works Engring., etc. Trav- el: Gold Coast Colony, W. Africa, 1922-23. Desc. Richard Snow, settler in Woburn, 1645; grand- father preached . in Howard Athenaeum, 1842. Baptist. Republican. Office: 14 Beacon Street, Boston. Home: 127 Locust St., Danvers. Summer res .: Triggs Island, Wolfeboro, N.II.
SNOW, Crocker, aviation executive; b. Boston, Feb. 26, 1905; s. Frederic Elmer Snow and Lilian (Townsend) S .; ed. Middlesex Sch., 1917-22; A.B., Harvard, 1926; unmarried. In aviation work, 1927 -; pres. and dir. Skyways, Inc., 1932 -; Ist It. U.S. Air Corps Res. Clubs: Harvard, Dedham Polo, Tennis and Racquet, Long Island Aviation Country. Republican. Address: Boston Airport, East Boston. Home: Buzzards Bay.
V SNOW, Francis S., insurance agent; b. Boston, Sept. 13, 1871; s. Edwin E. Snow and Louisa H. (Grimes) S .; ed. llopkinson Sch .; Chauney Hall Sch .; grad., Berkeley Sch., 1889; in. Annie H. Lee of Bridge- port, Pa., Feb. 5, 1910. Engaged in ins. underwrit- ing, 1889 -; mem. Cyrus Brewer & Co., 1917 --. Clubs: Algonquin, Exchange, Beacon Society (Bos- ton), Brae Burn Country (Newton). Episcopalian. Republican. Oflice: 44 Kilby St., Boston. Home: 255 Fuller St., West Newton.
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SNOW, Frank Whipple, physician; b. Newburyport, July 9, 1878; s. George William Snow (M.D.) and Lucy Anne (Luther) S .; ed. M.I.T., 1896-98; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1902; unmarried. Practiced med., Newburyport, 1904 -; mem. staff, Anna Jacques Hosp., 1905 -; city phys., 1906-12; med. ex- aminer, 3rd Essex Dist. Mass .; v.p., Community Welfare; mem. 1st Harvard Unit with Brit. Army, 1915, with A.E.F., 1917-19; now col. Med. Res. Corps, U.S.A., comdg. officer 5th Gen. Hosp .; reed. medal of honor (silver gilt), France, Meritorious Service Certificate from comdg. gen. A.F.F .; Field Med. Dir., Amn. Red Cross Commn., Poland, 1920. Mem., A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc. (council), Essex No. Dist. Med. Soc. (pres., 1920-21), Mass. Soc. Examining Phys., Mass. Commandery Loyal Le- gion (an inheritance from father), Am. Legion (1st comdr., Newburyport Post, 1919-20). Club: Oldtown Country (Newburyport). Travel: varied. Desc., Nicholas Snow, came on ship Anne 1623; Roger Williams. Unitarian. Republican. Ofliee and home: 24 Essex St., Newburyport.
SNOW, Henry Curtis, sales promoter; b. Brookline, Sept. 27, 1894; s. Daniel K. Snow and Clara (An- thony) S .; ed. St. Andrews' Sch., Concord; m. Mil- dred B. Newell of Montreal, Que., Can., Nov. 6, 1936. Salesman, A. C. Lawrence Leather Co., 1919-22, with Turner Tanning Machine Co., Pea- body, 1922-32; sales promotion, T. C. Baker Co., Brookline, 1932 --; G.M. 1/c U.S.N.R F., U.S.S. Inca, ? also Intelligence Dept., during World War. Club: Eastern Yacht. Travel: Fr., Switz., Ger., Belg., Hol., Eng., Scot. Dir. desc. Gov. Bradford of Mass. Protestant. Republican. Office: 31 Boylston St., Brookline. Ilome: 122 Riverway, Boston. Sum- mer res .: Harbor Av., Marblehead Neck.
SNOW, William Brackett, Jr., broker; b. Stoneham, July 31, 1897; s. William B. Snow and Elinor K. (Bruce) S .; ed. Stoncham high sch .; A.B., Har- vard, 1918; m. Anna U. Wheeler of Boston, 1921; children-Nancy, William B. INI. Began with Kid- der, Peabody & Co., Sept. 1918; in their employ, occupying various positions, 1918 -; dir. Am. Felt Co., Daniel Green Co., Middlesex & Boston St. Ry., United Merchants & Mfrs., Simmons Hard- ware & Paint Co., Westchester Service Co .; served as seaman, A.B., Apr. 1917-Sept. 1918; retired as It. (j.g.). Club: Country (Brookline). Unitarian. Republican. Office: 115 Devonshire St., Boston. Home: 290 Warren St., Brookline.
SNYDER, Frederic Sylvester, merchant; b. Hunt- ington, Vt., Jan. 13, 1868; s. Orvis Wellington Sny- der and Ellen M. (Stockwell) S .; ed. pub. and pvt. schs .; m. Anne Thompson Wills of Winchester, Apr. 19, 1909; children-Leonard Wellington, Char- lotte, Margaret. Pres. Batchelder, Snyder, Dorr & Doe Co. and predecessor, wholesale foods, Bos- ton, 1906-31; chin. nat. bd. dirs., Just. Am. Meat Packers, 1929-30-31; pres. Atlantie Brick & Tile Co., 1936 -; tr. Winchester Sav. Bk .; incorporator, Charlestown Five Cents Sav. Bk .; mem. U.S. Food Purchase Bd., World War; chief, Div. Coordina- tion of Purchase, also Meat Div., Cold Storage Plants Div., U.S. Food Administration; mem. Bos- ton Chamber of Commerce Realty Trust; pres., Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1922-23, 1931-33. Office: 400 Arsenal St., Watertown. Home: 27 Cabot Street, Winchester.
SNYDER, Frederick Titcomb, engineer; b. Chicago, Ill., July 5, 1868; s. Frederick Lefevre Snyder and Catherine (Titeomb) S .; ed. Chicago (111.) manual tr. sch .; S.B., M.I.T., 1891; m. Lillian Jackson of Denver, Colo., Apr. 4, 1899; children-Elizabeth (d.), Eugenia Kathryn, Eleanor. Draftsman, 1891- 93; engr., Colo. Iron Co., Denver, 1893-97; I. P. Allis Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 1897-1900; Win. Ham- ilton Co., Peterborough, Ont., 1900-04; with Fuel Engring. Co., Boston, 1926-, v.p., dir., 1927 -; dir. Fuel Research Development Co .; mem. Art Inst. Chicago (life), Am. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engrs., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Episcopalian. Democrat. Office: 19 Federal St., Boston. Home: 20 Park Dr., Brookline.
SOHIER, Alice Ruggles, artist; b. Quincy, Oct. 21, 1880; d. Frederick Huntington Ruggles and Ruthe Alice (Swan) R .; ed. Dorchester high sch .; Buf- falo Art Students League; Sch. Mus. Fine Arts, Boston; pupil Edmund C. Tarbell; Paige travelling scholarship; in. Louis Amory Sohier of Concord, 1913. Received medal, Panama-Pacific Expn. ; rep- resented in N.Y. City, Washington (D.C.), Albany (N.Y.), Worcester, State House (Boston), Camb. Theol. Sch., and pvt. collections; mem. Guild Bos- ton Artists, Concord Art Assn. Unitarian. Re- publican. Address: Concord.
SOKOLSKY, George Ephraim, author, lecturer and industrial consultant; b. Utica, N.Y., Sept. 5, 1893; s. Solomon Sokolsky and Bertha ( Rappaport) S .; ed. De Witt Clinton high sch., Utica; Sch. of Jour- nalism, Columbia Univ., 1913-17; m. Rosalind Phang of Jamaica, British West Indies, Oct. 19, 1922 (d. Oct. 6, 1933) ; 1 son, Erie Solomon; m. (2d) Dorothy Fiske of N.Y. City, May 30, 1935; 1 son, George Ephraim, Jr. Editor, Russian Daily News, Petrograd, 1917; asst. ed., N. China Star, Tientsin, 1918; dir. China Bur. of Pub. Information, 1919-20; advisor, Shanghai Students Union, 1919; Shanghai corr., N.Y. Evening Post, Phila. Publie Ledger,
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N.Y. World, London Daily Express, Japan Adver- tiser, 1920-30; pres. Shanghai Jour. of Commerce, 1921-24; editor, Far Eastern Review, 1927-30; pol. corr. No. China Daily News, 1920-30. Deco- rated 4th Class, Chiao Ilo (China). Medal for Ex- cellence Columbia University, 1938; mem. N. China Br. of Royal Asiatic Soc. Author: Tinder Box of Asia, 1932; Labor's Fight for Power, 1934; We Jews, 1935; Labor Crisis in the United States, 1938. The American Way of Life, 1939. Contrb. to N.Y. Herald-Tribune, Atlantic Monthly, American Mag., Commentator, Liberty, etc. Radio broad- casts for Nat. Assn. of Mfgrs. Clubs: American (Shanghai), Nat. Republican, Grand Street Boys, Jewish, B'nai B'rith. Republican. Address: 300 V West End Avenue, New York City. Summer res. : Otis.
SOLIDAY, Joseph Henry, lawyer, banker; b. Spring- ville, O., Apr. 11, 1869; s. Abraham Soliday and Elizabeth ( Meyers) S. Pres. Franklin Sav. Bk., 1920 -; dir. State St. Trust Co .; Dedham & Nor- folk Mut. Fire Ins. Co .; dir. Fed. lome Loan Bk., Boston, Boston Elevated Ry. Co. Office: 6 Park Sq., Boston, tlome: 141 Highland St., Dedham.
SOLLER, Theodore, asst. professor physics; b. Youngstown, O., Aug. 27, 1899; s. John F. C. Soller and Dorothea (zum Mallen) S .; ed. The Rayen Sch., Youngstown, O .; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1922; M.A., Univ. Wis., 1924, Ph.D., 1931; m. Nina C. Fannin of Phoenix, Ariz, Jan. 3, 1928; children -Nancy Elizabeth, Cynthia Catherine. Instr. physics, Univ. Wis., 1925-28; Amherst Coll., 1928- 31, asst. prof. physics, 1931 -; served as pvt., S.A.T.C., Sept .- Dec., 1918; mem. Am. Phys. Soc., Acoustical Soc. Am., Optical Soc. Am., Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Alpha. Author: papers on emis- sion of secondary electrons, magnetization of sin- gle crystals, and scientific instruments. Travel: Ger., Switz., It. Lutheran. Republican. Office:
Amherst College, Amherst. llome: 20 Kendrick Place, Amherst.
SOLLING, Marie Elisabeth, newspaperwoman; b. Copenhagen, Den., 1909; d. Erik Solling and Ragna Holmboe (Michelsen ) S .; ed. Lillehammer Gymna- sium, Norway; Litt.B., Columbia Sch. of Journal- ism, 1931. 'Was reporter and feature writer, Ber- gen Evening Record, Hackensack, N.J .; art critic and reporter, The Villager, Greenwich Village, N.Y. City, now, editor of the social pages, Wor- cester Telegram and Evening Gazette, Worcester; mem. Am. Assn. Univ. Women. Clubs: Woreester College, Worcester Ski, Worcester Players. Bap- tist. Office: 20 Franklin St., Worcester. Home: 16 West St., Worcester.
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SOLOMON, Harry Caesar, physician; b, Hastings, Neb., Oct. 25, 1889; s. Jacob C. Solomon and Lena (Fist) S .; ed. Los Angeles (Calif. ) high sch .; S.B., Univ. Calif., 1910; M.D., Harvard Med. . Sch., 1914; in. Maida Herman of Boston, June 27, 1916; chil- dren-Peter H., Joseph Il., Babette, H. Eric. Began practice 1914; work limited to psychiatry and neurology; asso. with Boston Psychopathic Hosp., 1914-, now chief of therapeutic research; asso. prof. psychiatry, Harvard Med. Sch .; spl. instr. elin. psychiatry, Simmons Coll. Sch. Social Work; neurologist, mem. med. exec. com., Beth Israel Ilosp. since its organization; asst. neurol- ogist, Mass. Gen. llosp., 1920 -; consultant for nervous and mental diseases, Boston Dispensary, Charitable Eye & Ear Infirmary, Faulkner Hosp., formerly for U.S. Vets. losps .; mem., advisory com., Dept. Pub. Welfare, Mass .; 1st It. M.C., U.S.A., 1918-19, 15 mos .; fellow A.M.A., mem. Am. Neurol. Assn., Boston Soc. Neurology & Psychiatry (pres., 1928-29), Am. Psychiatrie Assn. (council- lor), N.I. Soc. Psychiatry, Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Epsilon, etc., etc. Clubs: University, Harvard (Boston), B'nal B'rith. Author: (with E. E. Southard) Neurosyphilis; (with Maida II. Solo- mon) Syphilis of the Innocent; more than 100 med. articles in journals and textbooks of med. Jew- ish. Republican. Office: 270 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 55 Lochstead Av., Jamaica Plain. Summer res .: Harrison, Me.
V SOLOMONT, James, banker; b. Vilna, Poland, Jan. 4, 1882; brought to Am. 1888; s. Solomon Solomont
and Esther (Richmond) S .; ed. Phillips gram. sch .; grad. Burdett's Bus. Coll .; student, North- eastern Univ., Boston; m. Frances M. Kohn of Boston, Nov. 11, 1903; children-Myrtle, Sylvia Marion. Began in wholesale and retail jewelry bus. as James Solomont & Bros., 1901; continued as partner but not active until 1920; v.p. Hub Trust Co., 1920-22; pres. Bk. of Commerce & Trust Co., 1922-32; pres. U.S. Trust Co., 1932-35; pres. and dir. Mass. Realty-Commercial Co., 1912 -; tr. and mem. exec. com., Assoe. Jewish Philanthropies of Boston. Jewish. Oflice: 19 Milk St., Boston. Home: 429 Washington St., Brookline. Summer res .: Allerton.
SOMES, Andrew Jackson, insurance broker; b. Somesville, Me., Mar. 3, 1888; s. John J. Somes and Leonice Holly (llooper) S .; ed. Fryeburg (Me.) Acad .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1911; student, Harvard Grad. Sch., 1911; m. Vianna E. Bridgman of Bel- chertown, Sept. 3. 1914. Life ins. broker, Boston, 1912 -; v.p., W. 1. Cowlishaw, Inc .; dir. Kimball llat Co .; tr., N.E. Bapt. losp., Fryeburg Acad .; mem. Mass. N.G., 1912-17; Mex. Border service, 1916; sergt. Cavalry, Plattsburg Tr. Camp, 1917; 1st It., capt. Inf .; served with 102nd Machine Gun Un., 304th Inf., etc., World War; mem: Boston Life Underwriters Assn., Am. Legion, Delta Upsilon, Masons (P.M., 1925-26), Fryeburg Acad. Alunni Assn. Boston (pres.). Club: Mt. Desert Island (past pres.). Family settled in Gloucester 1630. Somesville, Me., 1761. Baptst. Republican. Of- fice: 80 Federal St., Boston. Ilome: 64 Crescent Av., Newton Centre.
] SOMES, Dana, architect; b. Boston, Dec. 12, 1885; s. Byron Somes and Althea White (Barry) S .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1908; grad. work, 1912; m. Clementine Allen of Boston, June 1, 1909 (div.) ; m. (2d) Ethel Louise Maple of Boston, Dec. 26, 1936; children-Nancy Allen Bradley (Mrs. Stephen Bradley . Williams), Mrs. Melville F. Heath, Jr. Archtl. draftsman, 1908-15; in own bus. as architect, Boston, 1915 -; mem. prof. group in charge slum clearance and housing study, Boston City Planning Bd., 1933; Mass. State supervisor of reconditioning Home Owners Loan Corp., 1934- 36; pres., dir., Small House Archtl. Assos, Mass .; v.p., dir., Certified Homes, Inc .; mem., Bd. Zoning Adjustment, Boston, 1924 -; served with A.E.F. in Foyer du Soldat, Mar .- Dee., 1918; mem., Am. Inst. Architects, Nat. Assn. Housing Officials, Boston Soc. Architects, Executive Assn. Episcopalian. Ind. Democrat. Office: 234 Boylston St., Boston. Home: "Windyhill", Shirley. 1
*SOMMERFELD, Martin, professor; b. Angerburg, Ger., May 2, 1894; s. lleinrich Sommerfeld and Bertha (Klein) S .; ed. Prinz Heinrich Gymnasium, Berlin, Ger .; Univ. Berlin; Ph.D., Univ. Munich, 1916; m. Helen Schott of Frankfort, Ger., Apr. 14, 1919; children-Marianne. Nicholas Ulric. Prof., Univ. Frankfort, Ger., 1922-33; visiting prof. Ger- man, Columbia, 1933, N.Y. Univ., 1934-36; prof. German, Smith Coll., 1936 -; dir. Goethe Soc. Am .; mem. Modern Lang. Assn. Am. Author: several books in German and in Eng .; articles in Am. and European periodicals. Office: Smith College, Northampton. Home: 235 Crescent St., Northamp- ton. Died July 26, 1939.
SOMMERVILLE, Stuart Brown, teacher; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 2. 1905; s. William Boyd Sommerville and Mary Hermione ( Hughes) S .; ed. Horace Mann Sch. for Boys, N. Y. City; Berkshire Sch , Sheffield; A. B., Harvard, 1927; lharvard Grad. Sch. Arts & Sci- ences, .1926-27. Instr. freshman math., Harvard, 1926-27; Berkshire Sch., Sheffield, 1927 -; mem. Assn. Math. Teachers N.E. (Conn. Valley Br.). Travel: Calif., Gt. Brit., Europe. Congregational- ist. Republican. Address: Berkshire Sch., Shef- field.
SONNABEND, Abraham M., real estate owner, trus- toe; b. Boston, Dec. 8, 1896; s. Joseph Sonnabend and Esther (Seelenfreund) S .; ed. Boston Latin sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1918; m. Esther Lewitt of Bos- ton, Aug. 30, 1920; children-Roger, Paul, Stephen. Pres., Apartments, Inc., Embassy Apartments, Inc., Webster Properties, Ine .; treas. Hotel Ambassador, Cambridge, Hotel Preston, Swampscott; ensign,
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U.S. Naval Flying Corps, Miami and Pensacola, 1918-19. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Kernwood Country, Nat. Vets. Squash Racquets Champion, 1938; Mass. Doubles Squash Racquets Champion, 1931-38; mem. Boston Nat. Championship Squash Racquets team, 1937; U.S. Internat. Championship Squash team, 1938. Republican, Office: 1870 Bea- eon St., Brookline. Home: 252 Kent St., Brookline. Summer res .: Marblehead.
SOROKIN, Pitirim Alexandrovitch, professor orV sociology; b. Village of Touria, Russia, Jan. 21, 1889; s. Alexander P. Sorokin and Pelageia V. (Rimskych) S .; ed. Teachers Coll., Kostroma Prov- ince, Russia, 1903-06; evening sch., St. Petersburg (now LenIngrad), Rus., 1907-09; Psycho-Neurol. Inst., St. Petersburg, 1909-10; Univ. St. Petersburg, 1910-14; Magistrant of Criminal Law, 1915; Dr. of Sociology, 1922; m. Elena Petrovna Baratynskaia of St. Petersburg, May 26, 1917; children-Peter, Sergei. Came to U.S. in 1923, naturalized citizen 1930; 'privat-dozent, Psycho-Neurol. Inst., 1914- 16, Univ. St. Petersburg, 1916-17, prof. sociology, 1919-22; prof. sociology, Agrl. Acad. 1919-22, Univ. Minn., 1924-30, Harvard, 1930 -; co-ed., New Ideas in Sociology, 1913-15; ed .- in-chief, Volia Naroda, newspaper at Petrograd, 1917; mem, exec. com. All-Russian Peasant Soviet, Council of Russian Republie, 1917, sec. to Prime Minister, 1917; mem. Russian Consti. Assembly, 1918; condemned to death and finally banished by Communist Govt., 1922; came to U.S., 1923; mem. Roumanian Royal Academy, Int. Inst. Sociology, Czechoslovak Acad. Agr., German Sociol. Soc., Ukrainian Sociol. Soc., Am. Acad. of Arts and Sciences, A.A.A.S., Am. Sociol. Soc., and many others. Club: Faculty (Harvard). Author: in English: Leaves from a Russian Diary, 1924; Sociology of Revolution, 1925; Social Mobility, 1927; Contemporary Socio- logical Theories, 1928; Principles of Rural-Urban Sociology, 1929; A Source Book in Rural Sociology (3 vols.) 1930-32; Social and Cultural Dynamics (3 vols.), 1937; Time-Budgets of Human Behavior, 1939; in Russian: Crime and Punishment, 1914; Leo Tolstoi as a Philosopher, 1915; Elements of Sociology, 1919; System of Sociology (2 vols.), 1920-21; General Theory of Law, 1920; Today's Russia, 1923; Essays In Social Polities, 1923; and many articles in Am. and for. journals. Greek Orthodox religion. Ilome: 8 Cliff St., Winchester.
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