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SORTWELL, Alvin Foye, investment banker; b. Cambridge, May 6, 1891; s. Alvin Foye Sortwell and Gertrude W. (Dailey) S .; ed. St. Paul's Sch., 1903- 10; A.B., Harvard, 1914; m. Elise Pollard of Bos- ton, Jan. 16, 1914; children-Anna, Elise, Frances A., III, Cynthia, Alvin F., Jr. In employ Esta- brook Co., 1914-17; asso. with Burr Gannett Co., investment bankers, Boston, 1919-, mem. firm 1927 -; tr. East Cambridge Sav. Bk., Forsyth Den- tal Infirmary for Children; Com. of Management, Army and Navy Y.M.C.A., Charlestown; served in U.S.N., 1917-19. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Ex- change, Myopia Hunt (Hamilton). Episcopalian. Republican, Office: 53 State St., Boston. Home: Beverly Farms.
SOSMAN, Merrill C., physician (roentgenologist) ; b. Chillicothe, O., June 23, 1890; s. Francis Asbury Sosman and Mollie (Browning) S .; ed. Chilli- cothe (O.) high sch .; A.B., Univ. Wis., 1913; M.D., Johns Hopkins Med. Seh., 1917; m. Arline Clark Adams of Chillicothe, O., June 27, 1918; ehlidren -- John Leland, Barbara Clarke. Res. phys., U.S. Soldiers Home Hosp., Washington, D.C., 1917- 1918; Army Med. Corps, 1917-1922; graduate stud- ent, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1921-1922; roentgenologist, Peter Bent Brigham Hosp., 1922 -; asst. prof. of roentgenology, Harvard Med. Sch., 1928 -; eons. roentgenologist, Collis P. Huntington Mem. Hosp., & N.E. Peabody Home; asso. roentgenologist, Chil- dren's Hosp .; It. M.C., U.S.A., 1917-1920, capt., 1920-1922; mem. N.E. Roentgen Ray Soc., Suffolk Med. Soe., Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., Radiol. Soc., Am. Roentgen Ray Soc. Clubs: Ilarvard, The Country. Author: numerous papers in the field of Roentgenology & Radiotherapy. Protestant, In- dependent. Offlee: Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston. Home: 24 Lee Rd., Chestnut Hill.
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SOULE, Audrey Jackson, artist; b. England; d. Sim- con Sehoon Jackson and Ellen (Hallam) J .; m. Roderique Francis Soule of Boston, June 15, 1921; 1 son-William Jackson. Studied fine arts pri- vately over an extended period; specializing in pastels and exhibiting in New England. Clubs: Portland Country, Copley Soe, of Boston. Episco- palian. Republican. Studio and home: 55 Bourne St., Jamaica Plain.
SOULE, Roderique Franeis, buyer; b. South Free- port, Me., Mar. 3, 1895; s. Horace B. Soule and Anne F. (Dolley) S .; ed. student Freeport (Me. ) high sch., 1908-10; Hebron Acad., 1910-12; B.S., Dart- mouth Coll., 1916; m. Audrey Jackson of Boston, June 15, 1921; children-William Jackson. Em- ployed as chemist Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Mal- den, 1916-17; chief chemist Logan Johnson, Ltd., Boston, 1919-23; prod. mgr. II. A. Johnson Co., syrups, extracts and baking powder, Boston, 1923- 26; dept. head gen. mfg. First Nat. Food Stores, Somerville, 1926-37, purch. dept. since 1937; war: sergt. 1st el. C.W.S. at Edgewood Arsenal, 1917- 18; mem. Phl Kappa Psi, Masons, American Le- gion. Club: Boston City. Desc. of Mayflower George Soule. Congregationalist. Republican, Ofllee: 1st Nat. Stores, 5 Middlesex Av., Somer- ville. Home: 55 Bourne St., Jamaica Plain.
SOUTHIWICK, Jeanie Lea, artist, writer, lecturer on art; b. Worcester, Aug. 18, 1853; d. Edward South- wick and Anne Husey (Earle) S .; ed. Leicester Acad. and Moses Brown Sch., Providence, R.I .; studied at Boston Mus. Fine Arts Seh., Art Stud- ents League (N.Y.), with George H. Smillie and others in N.Y. City ; unmarried. Teacher, Evening Drawing Sch., Worcester, till 1880; supervisor of drawing, Worcester schs., 1887-93; spent much time in travel; painted in water-colors, also in oil; pietures in all important exhbns. in U.S .; had landscape in Japanese Coronation Exhibn. by Invitation of Minister of Fine Arts, who se- lected the pieces (1st American so honored), 1916; mem. corp., Worcester Art Mus .; mem. Worcester Hist. Soc. (v.p.). Club: Art Students ( Worcester, past pres.). Travel: Europe, 1890 and every other year till 1899; Alaska, 1897; Japan, 1920, 1922; around world, 1923; traveled extensively in Europe and U.S. several yrs. before 1930. Home: 6 Home St., Worcester.
SOUTHWORTHI, Stacy Baxter, educator; b. Quincy, Sept. 22, 1878; s. Edward Southworth and Harriet (Hill) S .; ed. grad., Mather Sch., Dorchester, 1892; Adams Sch., Quincy, 1896; A.B., Harvard, 1900; student, Harvard Law Sch., 1903-04, Grad. sch., 1904-06; m. L. Jeanette Sanders of Wayland, Oct. 1906; children-Dorothy, Edward Sanders. Teacher, high seh., Quincy, 1900-1903; sub-master, Ch. Sumner sch., Boston, 1906-09; junior master, Boston Latin Sch., 1909-20; headmaster, Thayer Academy, So. Braintree, 1920 -; headmaster, Camp Marienfield, Chesham, N.H., 1912-22; pres. Thayer Pub. Lib .; chmn. Mass. Bd. of Free Public Library Commrs .; tr. and supervising prin., Thayerlands Sch .; dir. Quincy Y.M.C.A .; pres. Harvard Club of Quincy; mem. Nat. Headmasters' Assn., Nat. Prep. Sch. Com., Laymen's League (past pres. ), Mayflower Soc., Braintree Hist. Soc. (pres.), Milit. Order Loyal Legion, Masons, Clubs: Har- vard, Mass. Schoolmasters (past pres.), Friday Evening, Pi Eta. Author: artieles in Literary Digest, Readers Digest, Time, Harper's, News Week, Atlantic Monthly, Scientific Am., London Illustrated News, Current IIst., Harvard Grads' Mag., Harvard Alumni Bul. Office: Thayer Acad- emy, So. Braintree. Home: 714 Washington St., So. Braintree.
SOWLES, Horace Kennedy, surgeon; b. Barre, Vt., Sept. 25, 1890; s. John J. Sowles and Sarah Eva (Kennedy) S .; ed. Spaulding high sch., Barre, Vt .; A.B., Clark Univ., 1910; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1915; m. Avis Hooker Whecler of Barre, Vt., June 24, 1915; children-Horace K., Jr., Phebe. Interne, Mass. Gen. Hosp., 1915-17, res, surg., 1917-18; instr., surgery, Harvard Med. Seh., later Tufts Coll. Med. Sch .; now asst. visiting surg., Mass. Gen. Hosp .; surg., . Faulkner Hosp .; cons. surg., Law- rence Mem. and Robert B. Brigham Hosps., Ad-
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ams Nervine, Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary; eapt. M.C., U.S.A., with A.E.F. at Base Ilosp. #55 and 103rd inf .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Boston and N.E. Surg. Socs., A.C.S., Am. Bd. Surgery (founder), Alpha Omega Alpha. Clubs: Aescula- plan, Harvard (Boston), Lake Mitchell Trout (Vt.). Author: many scl. articles on surg. subjs .; contributions to text books on surgery. Desc. George Soule, Plymouth, 1620. Protestant. Re-
publican. Office: 330 Dartmouth St., Boston. Home: 48 Allerton St., Brookline. Summer res .: Jaffrey, N.H.
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SPALDING, Arthur Cushing, lawyer; b. Lowell, March 9, 1877; s. William Henry Spalding and Helen Porter (Cushing) S .; ed. Lowell high seh .; A.B., Harvard, 1899; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1902; in. May Leah, Eveleth of Lowell, June 1, 1911; 1 dau .- Priscilla. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1902; in general practice since; with J. B. and H. E. Warner of Boston, 1902-04; in Lowell, as member of firm, Spalding and Spalding, 1904-18, in practice alone, 1918-32, mem. firm, Spalding & Qua, 1932-, pres. and mem. bd. investment Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank; dir., Traders and Mechanics Ins. Co .; mem., Ist Corps Cadets, M.V.M., 1902-04; tr. and treas. Rogers Hall Sch. for Girls, Lowell; Old Ladles Ilome of Lowell; Lowell Visiting Nurse Assn .; dir., Lowell Community Chest; mem. Am. Bar Assn., Mass. and Middlesex Bar Assns., Ilar- vard Law Sch. Assn., Masons (K.T.). Clubs: Yorick, Vesper Country, Harvard (Lowell). Con- gregatlonalist. Republican. Office: 306 Chalifoux Bldg., Lowell. Home: 131 Holyrood Ave., Lowell. V SPALDING, Fred Maurice, physiclan; b. Pawtucket, R.I., May 31, 1870; s. Charles Hubbard Spalding and Annie Eliza (Carpenter) S .; ed. Berkeley Sch., Boston; A.B., llarvard, 1893; M.D., Harvard Med. sch., 1897; m. Adelaide Frances Lecompte of Bos- ton, Oct. 11, 1905 (d. 1906); 1 son-Francis Le- compte; m. (2nd) Elise Alice Jecko of Washing- ton, D.C., Mar. 9, 1909; children-Fred Maurice, Jr., Elise Jecko. Ophthalmologist since 1901; formerly ophthalmol. surg. Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary; formerly visiting ophthalmologist, N.E. Baptist Ilosp., New Eng. Deaconess Hosp .; mem. Am. and N.E. Ophthalmol. Socs. Club: Harvard (Boston). Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 128 Newbury St., Boston. 512 Beacon St., Boston.
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SPALDING, John Varuum, lawyer; b. Newton, Dec. 8, 1897; s. George I. Spalding and Florence A. (Faxon) S .; ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1920; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1923; m. Jacqueline Veen of Bordeaux, Fr., Sept. 24, 1930; children- Robert V., Marianne, Admitted to Mass. bar, 1923; in gen. practice of law, Boston, 1923 -; asso. with Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Dodge, 1923-24; legal advisor to Prolilbition Administrator for N.E., 1925-26; asst. U.S. atty. for the Dist. of Mass., 1926-29; mem. firm Hale, Sanderson, Byrnes & Morton 1929-36; mem. firm Harwood & Spalding, 1936 -; license commr., City of Newton, 1934 -; lecturer, Northeastern Univ. Law Sch., 1926 -; mem. Boston and Mass. bar assns. Clubs: Har- vard, Exchange. Unitarian. Republican. Of- fice: 24 Milk St., Boston. Home: 257 Dedham St., Newton Highlands.
SPALDING, Manford Root, physician; b. Pelham, Mar. 2, 1902; s. William Henry Spalding and Luch- la Eudora (Knight) S .; ed. Amherst high sch .; Carroll Coll., Waukesha, Wis .; Middlesex Coll. Med. & Surg .; D.O., Mass. Coll. Osteopathy, 1926; m. Ruth Maynard White of Auburn, Jan. 28, 1925; children-Judson Wilder, Grant Fairbanks. Gen. practice of med., Auburn, 1927 -; mcm. Bd Health, 1928 -; revolutionized Ilealth Dept., 1934; soldiers' relief phys., Auburn; mem. bd. seleetnien, By-Law Com., Auburn; mem. A.O.A., Mass., N.E., and Wor- cester Dist. Osteopathic Soes,, Auburn, Town Re- publican Com., Mass. Motorists' Mut. Liability Ins. League (pres.); Norwottuck Fish & Game Assn .; Elks; Grange. Clubs: Sportsman's (Auburn), Worcester Co. and Mass. Republican. Author: Treatment of Dlabetes; The Public Health Op- portunities of the Rural Physician; The Common Cold; Dog-Days. Desc. Jonathan Falrbanks, Ded- hamn; Gen. Artemus Ward, Shrewsbury. Congre-
gationalist. Republican. Office and home: 129 Central St., Auburn. Summer res .: Amherst St., Pelham.
SPALDING, Mary, state official; b. Lowell; d. Dr. Charles Parker Spalding and Caroline George (Livingston) S .; ed. B.S., Simmons Coll., 1908; M.A., Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1924; unmarried. Instr., Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, O., 1924- 26; child nutrition work with Nassau Co. Com. on Health and Tuberculosis, 1920-24; Pa. State Exten- sion Service, nutritionist in Phila. schs. and Na- tional Hdgrs. Am. Red Cross, 1927-31; supervisor of nutrition, Mass. Dept. Pub. Health, 1931 -; mem. Am. and Mass. Dietctie Assns., Am. Home Econ. Assn., Mass. and N.E. Home Econ. Assns. (mem. of bd.), N.E. Health Edn. Assn., Mass. Assn. Social Workers, Mass. Public Health Assn. Au- thor: professional articles and leaflets. Travel: Turkey and the Caucasus ( Orphanage Dir., 1918- 20). Unitarian, Office: Massachusetts Depart- ment of Public Health, State House, Boston. Home: 91 Mt. Vernon St., Boston.
SPALDING, Waiter Raymond, musician; b. North- ampton, May 22, 1865; s. James Field Spalding and Mary (Harper) S .; ed. A.B., llarvard, 1887, A.M. (with honors in music), 1888; studied music in France, Germany and England, 1892-95; m. Alex- andrine Macomb Stanton of N.Y. Clty, Apr. 18, 1896. Organist, 1887-88; organist and choirmaster, Emmanuel Ch., Boston, 1898-1900; master of clas- sics and music, St. Mark's Sch., Southborough, 1889-92; teacher of music, 1895 -; asst. prof. mu- sic, Harvard Univ. and Radcliffe Coll., 1903-12, asso. prof., 1912-21, prof. 1921 -; lecturer on ap- preciation of musle in nlnc French univs., under auspices of the Jamcs Hazen llyde Foundation, 1920-21; ehmn. Walter W. Naumburg Foundation for Musicians; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Scl- ences; mem. Com. on Army and Navy camp music during the War; lecturer, N.E. Edn. League; wide-spread work in music appreciation move- ment in N.E. public schools. Autlior: Tonal Counterpoint, 1904; (with Arthur Foote) Modern Harmony in its Theory and Practice; Music, An Art and a Language, 1920; History of Musie at Harvard, 1929; Music at Harvard -An Historical Review, 1935. Home: 985 Memorial Drive, Cam- bridge.
SPANGENBERG, Leonard, director, managing edi- tor; b. Plainfield, N.J., Sept. 13, 1906; s. Alfred Spangenberg and Mary Edith (Hunt) S .; ed. Wy- omissing, Pa. high sch .; Medford high sch .; B.B.A., Boston Univ. Coll. Bus. Adm., 1928, M.B.A., 1934; m. Dorothy Nottage Peavy of Watertown, June 13, 1929; 1 son-Robert Leonard. Began bus. career as pub. accountant, Hartshorn and Walter, 1927- 29; asst. treas. Babson's reports, Wellesley Hills, 1930-36; inng. editor, 1936 -; tr. Halifax Power and Pulp Co .; dir. Gamewell Co., Rockwood Sprinkler, Holtzer Cabot Co., Eagle Signal Co., Babson's Statis. Orgn. Inc .; served in R.O.T.C. at Boston, 1925-27; mem. Am. Management Assn .; tr. Eastern Nazarene Coll., Wollaston. Church of Nazarene. Republican. Office: Babson's Statistical Organiza- tion, Ine., Wellesley Ilills. Home: 178 Quinobe- quin Rd., Waban. Summer res .: 57 Harborview St., Squantum.
YSPARROW, Charles Atsatt, physician; b. Marlon, Jan. 18, 1881; s. Willlam Edward Sparrow, Jr., and Mary Sampson (Atsatt) S .; ed. New Bedford high sch .; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1906; M.D., Marvard Med. Sch., 1910; in. Marguerite E. Bowen of New Bed- ford, Oct. 19, 1912; children-Charles Bowen, Mary Lec. Gen. practice med., specializing in pediatrics, Worcester, 1917 -; chief, pediatrical staff, Worcester Mem. Hosp .; consultant, pedi- atrics, Milford and Marlborough Hosps, fellow Am. Acad. Pediatrics; mem. A.M.A., Worcester Dist. Med. Soc. (past v.p., past sec., orator 1937, past pres. N.E. Pediatric Soc., Phi Gamma Delta. Club: Tatnuck Country. Episcopalian. Office: 21 West St., Worcester. Home: 73 Sagamore Rd., Worcester.
SPAULDING, Francis Trow; b. Ware, Nov. 23, 1896; s. Frank Ellsworth Spaulding and Mary Eliza- beth (Trow) S .; ed. Newton high sch .; A.B., Har-
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vard, 1916; Ed.M., Harvard Grad. Seh. Edn., 1921, Ed. D., 1926; A.M., Columbla, 1926; m. Susan Chambers Thompson of West Newbury, June 19, 1922; ehildren-Margaret Montague, Joan Stew- art. Teacher and prin., publie sehs., 1916-24; instr. edn., Ilarvard, 1924-25, asst. prof. 1926-29, asso. prof. 1929-36, prof. 1936 -; leeturer in secondary edn., Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1928-29; specialist in school organization, U.S. Offiee Edn., 1930-32; in charge of study of sch. orgn., Nat. Survey of Secondary Edn., 1930-32; dir., Study of Seeondary Edn., N.Y. State Regents' Inquiry, 1936-38; asso. ed., Riverside Textbooks in Edn., 1936 -; elimu. Nat. Com. on Coordination in Secondary Edn., 1938 -; served in U.S.A. Med. Dept., Ednl. Serviee; en- listed Mareh 1918; hosp. sergt .; discharged June, 1919; mem. N.E.A., Nat. Soe. Study Edn., Am. Ednl. Research Assn., Dept. of Secondary-School Prin- eipals, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi. Author: numerous artieles and reports on secondary education. Address: Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cam- bridge. Home: 34 Bates St., Cambridge.
SPAULDING, Walter Levi, business executive; b. Cavendish, Vermont, Aug. 30, 1871; s. Rufus Spaulding and Ellen M. ( Lawrenee) S .; ed. Caven- dish (Vt.) pub. schs .; Bus. Coll., Springfield; Mount Hermon Sch., 1892-96; m. Wilhelmina Ogil- vie of Springfield, Oct. 14, 1903; 1 son-Lawrence Ogilvie. Started with Indian Orchard Co. (eotton mill) in 1897 as stenographer, beeame elerk in 1912, treasurer in 1928; clk., Hodges Carpet Co., 1935 -; pres. and dir. Highland Coop. Bk. sinee 1921; treas. Indian Orchard Masonic Bldg. Assn .; eorporator, Ludlow Sav. Bk .; justice of the peace, 1912-19; eleetion inspector, 1897-1903, elk., 1906-12, 1930-37, Warden, 1913-21, 1923-29, notary\/ publie, 1925 -; City of Springfield; mem. Hampden County Leg. Adv. Bd. during World War; mem. Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Masons, Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of United Workmen, S.A.R., N.E. Ilist. Geneal. Soe. Deseendant of early Am. families, as the Adams, Parkers, Prescotts, etc. Interested in genealogical research. Congrega- tionalist. Republican. Ilome: 180 Myrtle St., In- dian Orchard.
Y SPAULDING, Wickliffe Jerry, lawyer; b. Ionia, Mieh., Jan. 26, 1875; s. Jerry Spaulding and Clara M. (Everest) S .; ed. Ionia (Mieh.) high seh .; LL.B., Detroit (Mich.) Coll. Law, 1899; m. Cassie Thompson of Ionia, Mich., Sept. 19, 1900; ehil- dren-Chaneey J., Mary (d.). Practiced law, Detroit, Mich., 1899-1902; partner, Spaulding, Baldwin & Shaw, Boston, 1902 -; dir. Newton Trust Co .; v.p. Auburndale Coop. Bk .; treas. New- ton Hosp .; tr. Lassel Junior Coll., Auburndale; mem. bd. aldermen, Newton, 3 yrs .; served on Newton Constabulary, World War; mem. Boston Chamber of Commerce, Newton Taxpayers' Assn. Club: University (Boston). Travel: U.S., Eng., Ire., Fr. Desc. Edward Spaulding, Jamestown, Va., 1618, Chelmsford, 1635. Protestant. Repub- liean. Offiee: 18 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 429 Woleott St., Auburndale.
Y SPEAKS, Charles Edward, business executive; b. Washington, D.C., May 21, 1887; s. James Edward Speaks and Mary Jane (Cooper) S .; ed. pub. and pvt. schs .; m. Tatiana Tarassoff (M.D.) of Russia, June 1, 1921. In automotive and tire industry, 1911 -; with Ford Agency, Washington, D.C., 1911-12; Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., U.S., 1913- 19, European mgr., 1919-26; v.p., gen. mgr., Fire- stone Footwear Co., 1927-32, pres., gen. mgr., 1932-36; pres., dir. Fisk Rubber Corp., 1936 -; pres., dir. Fisk Tire Co., Inc., Fed. Rubber Co., Badger Rubber Works, Fisk Tire Export Co., Inc., Fisk Tire Co. of Philippines, Union Tr. Co., Van Norman Ma- ehine Tool Co .; mem. Transport Div., U.S.A., in Franee; recd. 2 eitations: D.S.M. and Offieer of Acad. des Beaux Arts (France) with silver palnı; mem. Springfield Chamber of Commerce (for. trade com.), Hon. Com. for Promoting Industrial Wel- fare of Mass., Asso. Industries of Mass. (exee. eom.), Nat. Assn. Mfrs. (employment relations com.), Council for Western Mass. (mem. Assem- bly ), Chamber of Commerce of U.S. (Northeastern
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Div. Couneil), Employers Assn. Mass., Masons; Shrine. Clubs: Rotary, Colony, Bankers, Long. meadow Country; Army & Navy (Washington, D.C.). Office: 154 Grove St., Chicopee Falis > Home: 263 Maple St., Springfield.
V SPEAR, Arthur Prince, painter; b. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 1879; s. Ellis Spear and Sarah Foster (Prince) S .; ed. George Washington Univ .; Art Students' League, N. Y. City; Julien Acad., Paris, Fr .; m. Grace Carter Chapman of Portland, Me., Oct. 19, 1905; ehildren-Arthur Prinee, Jr., Abbie Louise, Pauline Chapman. Awarded silver medal, San Franciseo Expn., 1915, Altman prize, N.A.D .; mein. N.A.D., Gulld Boston Artists; Theta Delta Chi. Club: St. Botolph. Congregationalist. Of- fiee: Fenway Studios, Boston. liome: 156 Win. . chester St., Brookline.
SPEAR, Joseph, professor of mathematics; b. Bos- ton, Aug. 25, 1891; s. Jacob Spear and Mary (Rosenberg) S .; ed. Malden high sch .; A.B., Ilar- vard, 1913; M.A., Boston Univ., 1933; m. Gertrude Mandelstam of Brookline, July 17, 1921; ehildren -Charles George, Harold Samuel. Astronomical computer with Dr. Percival Lowell, 1913; instr. math. and Ger., Univ. Me., 1913-15; asst. ed., finan- cial journal, U.S. Investor, 1915-18; U.S. Army, 1918-19; prof. math., ehmn. dept., Northeastern Univ., 1919 -; served as 2nd It. F.A., 18 mos., World War; mem. A.A.A.S., Math. Assn. Am., Am. Math. Soc., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Assn. Teachers of Math. N.E., A.F. & A.M., Mass. Civic League. Author: Mathematies to Reason; Intro- duction to Calculus. Travel: U.S., Can. Inter- ested in music. Independent. Office: Northeast- ern University, Boston. Home: 31 Matehett St., Brighton.
SPEAR, Louis Mahlon, physician; b. Monmouth, Me., Dec. 18, 1878; s. Albert Moor Spear and Helen Francis (Andrews) S .; ed. Gardiner (Me.) high Sch .; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1900; M.D., Harvard Med. Seh., 1904; m. Eliza Stickney of Boston, Oct. 10, 1919. After med. seh. interne at Mass. Gen. Ilosp., 1904 to 1906; pvt. practice, 1907 -; phys .- In- chief, Robert Brigham Hosp., 1913-35; 1st It., then capt., Oct. 1917 to June 1918, World War; fellow A.C.P .; mem. A.M.A., Mass. Med. Soc., Zeta Psi. Club: Hunnewell (Newton). Episcopalian. Re- publican. Office: 483 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 277 Park St., Newton.
V SPEAR, Stanley Gates, elergyman; b. Hartland, Vt., July 24, 1873; s. George Weeden Spear and Frances Mary (Gates) S .; ed. Goddard Sem., Barre, Vt .; B.D., Crane Theot. Sch. (Tufts Coll.), 1900; A.B., Tufts Coll., 1903; unmarried. Pastor, Univer- salist Ch., Malden, 1899-1905, Dexter, Me., 1906- 18, 1st Ch., Buena Vista St., Roxbury, 1919-30, 1st Ch., Beverly, 1930 -; Y.M.C.A. see. with 33rd Div., overseas, 1918-19. Universalist. Republican. 1fome: 20 Thorndike St., Beverly.
SPEARE, Dorothy, author, singer; b. Newton Centre; d. Edward Ray Speare and Dorothy (Simmons) S .; ed. B.A., Smith Coll .; attended Radcliffe Coll., Boston Univ .; studied musie in Boston, N. Y., Paris, Nice, Rome and Milan; m. Franklin B. Christmas, Nov. 7, 1924; m. (2nd) Charles Joseph Hubbard, May 1, 1934. Operatie debut, in Lucia di Lammer- moor, Asti, Italy, 1926; American operatic debut, as Mignon, Washington, D.C., 1928; concert debut, Boston Symphony Hall, 1928; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Author: Dancers in the Dark; The Gay Year; The Girl Who Cast Out Fear; A Virgin of Yesterday; The Road to Needles; short stories and seenarios. Home: 61 Montvale Rd., Newton Cen- tre. .
SPEARE, Edward Ray, treasurer; b. West Newton, Sept. 21, 1872; s. Alden Speare and Caroline (Rob- inson) S .; ed. Newton high sch .; Ph.B., Boston Univ., 1894; D.B.A., Univ. So. Calif., 1931; m. Doro- thy Simmons of Cambridge, Oct. 30, 1894; ehildren -Albert R., Mrs. Dorothy Speare 1lubbard, Mrs. Virginia Speare Thayer. With Alden Speare's Sons Co., oils and mill supplies, Boston, 1894-, pres., treas., 1916 -; organizer, Exolon Co., Blas- dell, N.Y., 1914, ehmn. bd., 1929 -; treas. Eeonomy Food Products Co., Cambridge; treas. Boston Univ., 1925 -; dir. Boston Arena Garden Corp.,
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Exolon Co .; treas., Student Aid Foundation (Bos- ton Univ.) ; mem. Masons. Clubs: Algonquin, Uni- versity, Boston City, Charles River Country (New- ton), Marshfield Country. Methodist. Republican. Office: 688 Boylston St., Boston. Home: 61 Mont- vale Rd., Newton Centre. Summer res .: Marsh- field.
SPEARE, Frank Palmer, college president; b. Bos- ton, Mar. 31, 1869; s. Charles Speare and Jeanette (Palmer) S .; ed. Chauney Hall Sch., Boston; Bridgewater State Teachers Coll., 1889; Harvard; M.H., Springfield Coll., 1911; LL.D., Northeastern Univ., 1931, Univ. N.H., 1934; m. May Cushing Whiting of Boston, Dec. 24, 1897 (d.); m. (2nd) Katherine May Vinton of Stoneham, July G, 1914; 1 dau .- Marjorie Vinton. After service as pub. high sch. prin. and head of depts. in pvt. schs., founded and developed Northeastern Univ., 1898 -; its 1st and only pres .; estab. Huntington Sch., 1909, Lincoln Inst., 1927, Lincoln Sch. Liberal Arts, 1931; corporate mem., tr. Northeastern Univ .; chmn. bd. trs., Chandler Sectarial Sch .; tr., dir. Boston Y.M.C.A .; estab. and maintained S.A.T.C., prepared many men, some women for am- bulance service, airplane mechanics, tech. sketch- ing, automotive upkeep and operation, training of non-comind. officers, during World War; mem. N.E.A., Masons. Clubs: 20th Century, Mass. Schoolmasters, The Neighbors (Newton), Univer- sity. Mayflower desc., John Alden, Richard War- ren; Puritan desc., Hook, Head, and Jarvis fam- ilies; father a pioncer in N.E. sea transportation development of telegraph, weather bur. service, Marine development of Calif. (1849). Episcopa- lian. Republican. Office: 360 Huntington Av., Boston. llome: 90 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Summer res .: Wingate Farm, Center Tuftonboro, N. 11,
SPELLMAN, Francis Joseph, archbishop of New York; b. Whitman, May 4, 1889; s. William Spell- man and Ellen (Conway) S .; ed. Whitman high sch .; A.B. Fordham Univ., 1911; S.T.D., Univ. of the Propaganda in Rome, 1916; LL.D., Notre Dame Univ. and Fordham Univ., 1935. Ordained to priesthood, Rome, May 14, 1916; asst., All Saints Parish, Roxbury, 1916-18; ed. staff, Boston Pilot, Archdiocese of Boston, 1918-22, asst. chancellor, 1922-25; attaché, office of Sec. of State, and trans- lator of Papal broadcasts and encyclicals, Vatican, Rome, 1925-32; auxiliary bishop of Boston, 1932- 39; consecrated bishop, Sopt. 8, 1932; appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Newton Centre, 1933-39. Translator: The Word of God, In the Footsteps of the Master. Address: 452 Madison Av., New York, N.Y.
SPELLMAN, John William, surgeon; b. Whitman, July 6, 1899; s. William Spellman and Ellen (Con- way) S .; ed. Whitman high sch .; A.B., Holy Cross Coll., 1920; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1924; m. Helen Shoughrow of Rockland, Jan. 12, 1924; children -- John W., Jr., Edward J., Marie E. In surgical practice, 1927 -; mem. surg. staff, Mass. Gen., St. Elizabeth's, and Palmer Memorial Hosps., House of Good Samaratan; reserve officer training corps, Plattsburgh, 1918; fellow A.C.S .; mem. Boston Surg. Soc. Catholic. Office: 1101 Beacon St., Brookline. Home: 45 Hallwood Rd., Brookline.
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