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SPENCE, William G., business executive; b. Lowell, Aug. 8, 1885; s. James Spence and Sarah Ann (Hart) S .; ed. Lowell high sch .; b. Lillian E. Sal- mon of Lowell, June 9, 1909. With J. C. Ayer Co., 1900-05; asst. to W. T. Simpson, pub. accountant, 1905-14; with Courier Citizen Co., 1914-, cashier, 1914-25, treas. and dir., 1925 -; treas., dir. and gen. mgr., Courier Citizen Newspaper Co .; treas. and dir, Stockton Profile Gauge Co .; dir. Union Old Lowell Nat. Bk. ; v.p. Lowell Five Cents Sav. Bk .; treas. Old Ladies Home of Lowell; tr. Battles Home for Aged Men, Lowell Gen. Hosp .; mem. Asso. Press, N.E. Newspaper Pubs. Assn., Masons. Clubs: Yorick, Vesper Country (Lowell). Con- gregationalist. Ollice: 15 Kearney Sq., Lowell. Home: 54 Raven Rd., Lowell.
Y SPENCER, Carl Mason, banker; b. Wallingford, Conn., Oct. 29, 1881; s. John W. Spencer and Einma J. (Mason) S .; ed. Reading high sch .; m. 19.
Bertha Beaudry of Reading, Dec. 11, 1909; chil- dren-Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer Lane, Katherine. Clk. Boston Lead Mfg. Co., 1899-1901; White Star S.S. Co., 1901-04; Ilome Sav. Bk., Boston, 1904-13, asst. treas., 1913-19. treas., 1919-23, pres., 1923 -; dir. Nat. Shawinut Bk., Reading Coop. Bk., United Mut. Fire Ins. Co., Boston Better Bus. Bur. Clubs: Meadow Brook Golf, Boston City. Episcopalian. Republican. Office: 75 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 217 Woburn St., Reading.
SPENCER, Carlton Wentworth, lawyer; b. Berwick, Me., July 30, 1906; s. Fred Alvan Spencer and Armine L. (Foss) S .; ed. grad., Berwick (Me.) high sch .; 1923; B.S., Boston Univ., 1927; LL.B., Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1930; m. Helen C. Christie of Dover, N.II., Oct. 17, 1931; 1 dau .- Ann Christie. Practiced law, Worcester, 1930, Boston, 1931 -; with Friedman, Atherton, King & Turner 1931 -: mem. Boston Bar Assn., Masons, Kappa Phi Alpha, Delta. Dese., in 9th generation, Thomas Spencer and Patience, d. William Chadbourne. Episcopal- ian. Republican. Office: 30 State St., Boston. Home: 121 Valentine St., West Newton. Summer res .: Wakefield, N.H.
SPENCER, Edua Isbester, sculptor; b. St. John, N.B .; d. Oswald Isbester and Phoebe ( Perry) I .; ed. Sch. Mus. Fine Arts, Boston; studied under Robert Aitken, sculptor, at N.Y. Acad. Design; m. Col. Harry L. Spencer. Won Kimball prize ($100) for best composition in sculpture; finished four yr. Sculpture course at Mus. Fine Arts, Boston, in three yrs .; modeled Mrs. Frank Fitzpatrick; head of Capt. Fried, while crossing on way to Paris, where it was exhibited in Paris Salon; portrait busts made of several distinguished people, late Wm. H. Todd, Mrs. Charlotte Content Slater, Augustus L. Thorndike, Guy Robertson, Vincente Checa, John N. Robbins, etc .; made bronze foun- tain for garden of Mr. Ashley Day (Newton resi- ยท dence), specializes in portrait busts, fountains, heroic figures. Author: Careers for Women, sub- jeet of sculpture. Interested in pen and ink draw- ing, water color and oil painting. Address: 53 Allen Av., Waban; 737 N.W. 46th St., Miami, Fla. SPENCER, George Carl, chemist (retired); b. Or- ange, Dec. 18, 1870; s. Joseph Spencer and Susan M. (Carpenter) S .; ed. B.S., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1898; Ph.D., Goettingen Univ., 1913; m. Lucy E. Whitney of Gardner, Aug. 9, 1894; 1 dau .- Doro- thy E. (d.). . Instr. gen. and analytical chem., Lowell Textile Sch., 1898-1907; asst. chem., Bur. Chem., U.S. Dept. Agr., 1907-10, 1913-17, organic chem., Bur. Soils, 1917-19, asso. chem,, 1919-31; retired for disability, 1931; research work on distillation by-products from kelp (U.S. potash recovery), methods of moisture estimation in flour (devising an efficient method), qualitative test for traces of chromium, chemical reagents, traces of metals in foods, etc .; town councillor, Somerset, Md .; mem. bd. lib. tr., Pelham; fellow A.A.A.S. Travel: U.S., Can., Europe. Congregationalist. Republican. Home: R.F.D #2, Amherst (town of Pelham).
SPERRY, Willard Learoyd, clergyman, professor; b. Peabody, Apr. 5, 1882; s. Willard Gardner Sperry and Henrietta (Learoyd) S .; ed. A.B., Olivet (Mich.) Coll., 1903; B.A., Queen's Coll., Oxford Univ., Eng., ( Rhodes scholar, Ist Class Honor in Theology), 1907, M.A., 1912; A.M., Yale, 1909, 1). D., 1922; 1). D., Amherst Coll., 1923, Brown Univ., 1928, Williams Coll., 1935; m. Muriel Bennett of Dub- lin, Ire., Dec. 15, 1908; 1 dau .- Ilenrietta Bennett (Wilson). Asst. pastor, Ist Ch. (Cong.), Fall Riv- er, 1908-13, pastor, 1913-14; pastor, Cent. Ch., Bos- fon, 1914-22; lecturer, prof. practical theol., An- dover Theol. Sem., 1917-25; dean, prof. practical theol., Harvard Div, Sch., 1922-, mem. bd. preach- ers, 1921-, climn. bd., Plummer prof. Chr. morals, 1929 -; dean, Nat. Council on Religion in Higher Edn., 1927-31; Upton lecturer, Manchester Coll., Oxford, Hibbert lecturer, Eng., and Essex Hall lecturer, London, 1927. Clubs: Harvard Faculty (pres. 1937-9), Century (N.Y.), Concord Country. Author: The Disciplines of Liberty, 1921; Reality in Worship, 1925; The Paradox of Religion ( Hib- bert Lectures), 1927; The Divine Reticence, 1927;
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Signs of These Times, 1929; "Yes, But", 1931; What You Owe Your Child, 1935; Wordsworth's Anti-Climax, 1935; We Prophesy in Part, 1938; Strangers and Pilgrims, 1939; many articles in Atlantic Monthly, Yale Review, etc. Home: 11 Franeis Av., Cambridge.
V SPIEGEL, Edward, lawyer; b. Russia Dec. 27, 1898; s. Max Splegel and Jennie (Drosd) S .; ed. LL.B., Boston Univ. Schr. Law, 1922; unmarried. Prae- ticed law, Boston, 1922 -; dir. Beacon Participa- tions, Inc., State Gen. Corp., Siegel's, Inc., Arlace, Inc., Community Ch., Boston; mem. exec. com., Mass. Civil Liberties Com .; ehin. Poor Richard Assos .; mem. Nat. and Mass. Lawyers' Guilds. Independent in politles. Office: 53 State St., Bos- ton. Home: 233 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.
SPIERS, Harry, water color landscape painter; b. Privett Hants, Eng., Oct. 15, 1871; s. William Spiers and Elizabeth (Gunn) S .; cd. Brighton gram. sch., Sussex, Eng .; Royal Coll. Phys. & Surg., 1887; studied under F. W. L. Foster, por- trait painter, Toronto, Can., 1890; Julian Acad., Paris, Fr., 1892; m. Charlotte McCaul, June 27, 1893; ehildren-llarry, Hope, Muriel, Leighton, Edna, Walter, Perey. Painter, 1892 -; exhibited at Royal Soc. Brit. Artists, London, several yrs .; represented in Boston Mus. Fine Arts, Ontario Art Gallery (Toronto, Can.), Framingham Ilist. Soc .; mem. Ontario Soc. Artists for a number of yrs .; mcin. Boston Soc. Water Color Painters, Dedham Soc. Artists. Studio and home: 101 Oakdale Av., Dedham.
V SPILLANE, Maurice P., lawyer; b. Quincy, Feb. 26, 1875; s. Cornelius Spillane and Mary (Dean) S .; prep. ed. Adams Acad., Quincy; LL.B. Boston Univ. Sch. Law, 1896; in. Honora G. Forrest of Quincy, Feb. 8, 1906. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1896; prac- ticed law, Boston, 1896 -; claims atty. Boston Elevated Ry. Co. beginning Oct. 1902, later asst. gen. atty., gen. atty., 1932 -; pub. administrator for Norfolk Co .; dir. Transit Mut. Ins. Co .; v.p. Index Bureau, Inc .; mem. exec. com., Am. Transit Assn .; mem. Am. Bar Assn., Bar Assn. of Boston, Quincy Hist. Soe. (pres.). Club: University of Boston. Offiee: Park Sq., Bidg., Boston. Home: 55 Elm St., Quincy.
SPINNEY, Frank Caswell, manufacturer (retired) ; b. Lynn, Dec. 14, 1864; s. Benjamin F. Spinney and Sarah Stetson (Caswell) S .; ed. Chauncey Hall sch., Boston; spl., one term, M.I.T .; m. Josephine Lee Cady of Cleveland, O., Feb. 21, 1889; 1 dau .-- Celia Mae (d). Shoe mfr., Lynn, 1888-1918; mem. Faunce & Spinney; retired 1918; pres. Lynn Hosp. Corp .; Lynn Asso. Charities; v.p. Lynn Instn. Sav .; mem. S.A R. Clubs: Eastern Yacht, Tedesco Country (Swampscott), Boston City, Mass. Repub- Ilcan. Travel: U.S., Europe. Universalist. Re- publiean. Home: 270 Ocean St., Lynn.
V SPORFORD, Charles Milton, professor, civil en- gineer; b. Georgetown, Sept. 28, 1871; s. George Milton Spofford and Sarah Peabody (Hood) S .; ed. Georgetown high sch .; Putnam Sch., Newburyport; S.B. (civil engring.), M.I.T., 1893; m. Florence Cor- win Swalm of Middletown, N.Y., Feb. 5, 1896; m. (2nd) May Washburn Pearson, May 19, 1931; 1 dau .- Mrs. Walter Gay Beadle. Draftsman, Phoe- nix Bridge Co., Plroenixville, Pa., 1895-96, sum- mers 1897-99; asst. in civ. engring., M.I.T., 1896-97, instr., 1897-1903, asst. prof., 1903-05; prof. Brooklyn (N.Y.) Poly. Inst., 1905-09; Hayward prof. civ. engring., M.I.T., 1909-, chmn. faculty, 1925-27; mem. Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, cons. engrs., Boston, 1914 -; with partners designed and supervised constrn. of Boston Army Supply Base, World War; fellow, Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; mein. Amn. Soc. C.E. (dir., 1925-27), Inst. Civ. En- gring., Boston Soc. C.E. (past pres.), Internat. Assn. Bridge & Structural Engrs., Am. Soc. of MIl. Engrs., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Am. Ry. Engring. Assn., Am. Assn. Univ. Profs., S.C.W., Alpha Chi Rho, Tau Beta Pi, Chi Epsilon, Sigma Xl, Spofford Family Assn. (pres.), Old South Soc. In Boston (standing com.). Club: Country (Brookline). Congrega- tionalist. Republican.
Oflice: 11 Beacon St., Boston. Home: 136 Marlboro St., Boston.
SPOONER, Laurence Whipple, research chemist; b. Brimfleld, Oct. 12, 1908; s. Willlam Silas Spooner and Almira Lillian (Farr) S .; ed. Hitchcock Free Acad., 1926; B.S., Mass. State Coll .. 1930, Ph.D., 1934; M.S., Lafayette Coll., 1931; student, Harvard, 1931-32; m, Gertrude Keith Pierce of Shelburne Falls, Aug. 27, 1936. Edward Hart fellow, Laf- ayette Coll., 1930-31; asst. in chem., Harvard, 1931-32, asst. in qualitative analysis, Summer Sch., 1932; asst. in phys. and gen. chem., Mass. State Coll., 1932-34; phys. chemist, Pittsfield Works Lab., Gen. Elec. Co., 1935 -; specialized in viscom- etry, molecular association, semi-conducting ma- terials and Rescons; mem. Am. Inst. Physics, Am. Chem. Soc., Alpha Sigma Phi, Alpha Chl Sigina, Soc. Rheology. Clubs: Rifle (Gen. Elec. Athletic Assn.), Orpheus Male Cholr of Pittsfield. Author: articies on fluidity method for determination of assiciation, polymerization, focal Isolation in the ultraviolet, and other tech. subjs, with various co- authors in Jour, of Rheology and other-tech. jours. Oflee: 100 Woodlawn Av., Pittsfield. Home: 57 Sadler Av., Pittsfield.
SPOONER, Ralph Stevens, lawyer; b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Nov. 27, 1893; s. Willard F. Spooner and Cor- rilla Augusta (Stevens) S .; cd. St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1916; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1918; m. Madeline E. Sturgis of Pittsfield, May 24, 1919; 1 son-Robert Sturgis. Practiced law with Warner, Stackpole & Bradlee, Boston, 1918-20; Gardner, Gardner & Baldwin, Springfield, 1920-24; private practice, 1924 -; spl. justice, Dist. Ct., Springfield, 1925 -; instr., Springfield Div., Northeastern Univ. Sch. Law., 1924 -; tr. Spring- field Five Cents Sav. Bk .; men., exce. bd., Hamp- den Co. Council, Boy Scouts; mem. Mass. and Hampden Co. Bar Assns., Masons, Elks, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Longmeadow Country, Uni- versity (Springfield), Conn. Valley Harvard. Epis- copalian. Republican. Office: 31 Elm St., Spring- field. Home: 85 Greenacre Av., Longmeadow.
SPRAGUE, Atherton Hall, asso. professor of mathe- matics; b. Amherst, Dee. 19, 1897 ; s. David Sprague and Anna (Gardiner) S .; ed. Clinton high sch .; B.A., Amherst Coll., 1920; M.A., Princeton, 1923; Chicago Univ .; m. Mary Ann Whittemore of New- port, N.H., 1925; 1 dau .- Rosemary. Instr. math., Amherst Coll., 1920-26, dean of freshmen, 5 yrs., assoc. prof., 1926 -; did grad. work at Princeton, Univ. Chleago; served as pvt., S.A.T.C., Amherst Unit, 3 mos., World War; mem. Delta Upsilon. Author: Essentials of Plane Trigonometry; Es- sentials of Plane Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry; Algebra, Analytical Geometry and the Calculus. Travel: Brit. Isles. Episcopalian. Of- fice: Amherst College, Amherst. Home: 67 Col- lege St., Amlierst.
SPRAGUE, Howard Burnham, physician; b. Swamp- scott, Nov. 3, 1895; s. Henry B. Sprague and Laura Loring (Brown) S .; ed. Swampscott high sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1918; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1922; m. Lucy E. Sprague of Lexington, June 14, 1919; children-Priscilla B., Elizabeth H., Howard B., Jr. Interne, Mass. Gen. Ilosp., 1922-23, now asso. phys .; instr. discases of the heart, Harvard Mcd. Sch., 1926 -; speclalist on diseases of heart, 1925 -; consultant, various Boston hosps .; pvt. Med. Res. Corps, U.S.A., 1918-19; now It. eomdr. M.C., U.S.N.R .; mem. Am. Heart Assn. (sec.), N.E. Heart Assn. (chmn. exec. com.), Am. Clin. Assn. Clubs: Harvard (Boston), Country (Brookline). Author: inany articles on heart disease. Family settled in Mass. 1628. Protestant. Republican. Oflice: 270 Commonwealth Av., Boston. Home: 27 Laurel Rd., Chestnut Hill.
LSPRAGUE, Oliver Mitchell Wentworth, professor of banking and finanee; b. Somerville, Apr. 22, 1873; s. William Wallace Sprague and Miriam (Went- worth) S .; ed. St. Johnsbury Acad .; A.B., Harvard, 1894, A.M., 1895, Ph.D., 1897; Lltt.D., Columbla, 1938; m. Fanny Knights Ide of St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 21, 1905; children-Katherine Ide, Theodore Wentworth. Instr. eeon., Harvard, 1900-04, asst. prof. banking and finance, 1908-13, Edmund Cogs- well Converse prof. banking and finance, 1913 -; econ. adviser (under leave of absence), Bank of
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England, 1930-33; financial and exec. asst. to Sec. of Treasury (U.S.), June-Nov., 1933; resigned and returned to Harvard; eeon. adviser, Gen. Motors Export Co .; dir. Nat. Shawmut Bk. of Boston; mem. council of Nat. Defense and War Trade Bd., July to Dec., 1918; mem. Am. Econ. Assn. (pres. 1937), Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Am. Philos. Soc. Clubs: Algonquin (Boston), Harvard (N.Y.). Au- thor: History of Crises under the National Bank- ing System; Banking Reform in the United States; Theory and History of Banking; Recovery and Common Sense. Oflice: Morgan 228, Soldiers Field, Boston, Home: 13 Follen St., Cambridge. Sum- mer: Greensboro, Vt.
V SPRAGUE, Seth, banker; b. Hlingham, Dec. 8, 1892; s. Seth Mellen Sprague and Sarah Ann (Gardner) S .; ed. Hingham high sch .; m. Evelyn Frances Cush- ing of Hingham, June 16, 1914; children-Seth, Jr., Ann. Clk., Nat. Shawmut Bk., Boston, 1911- 13; Hingham Trust Co., 1913-19, treas., sec., 1919- 31, v.p, treas., sec. dir., 1931 -; tr. Loring Hall, Hingham; treas., dir. Fort Hill Cemetery; pvt. 5th Regt., M. V.M., 1912-15; chief, Hingham fire Dept., 1938; mem, Hingham Chamber of Commerce (past pres.), Masons (past Master, Old Colony Lodge), Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Rotary, Wompa- tuck (past pres. ) (Hingham), Fire Chiefs of I'ly- mouth Co., Brewster Country. Episcopalian. Republican. Oflice: 115 North St., Ilingham. Home: 33 Lafayette Av., Hingham.
V SPRAGUE, Willard Hatch, banker; b. Marshfield, Nov. 19, 1876; s. Albert Tilden Sprague and Ro- sella Ford (Hatch) S .; ed. Marshfield high sch., 1891-94; Burdett Bus. Coll., Boston, 1894-95; m. Sarah V. Humes of Washington, Me., Nov. 10, 1909. Bank elk., 1895-1914; treas. Charles River Trust Co., Cambridge, 1914-21; v.p. Harvard Trust Co., 1921 -; dir. Reliance Coop. Bk .; mem. Masons. Ciubs: Rotary, Economy (Cambridge). Desc. John Alden, Peregrine White. Congregationalist. Of- fice: 1408 Mass. Av., Cambridge. Home: 131 Pine St., Belmont.
SPRING, Romney, lawyer; b. Fitchburg, Oct. 22, 1871; s. Leverett W. Spring and Elizabeth (Thonp- son) S .; ed. Chauney Hall Sch., Boston; Boston Latin sch .; tutors; A.B., Willianis Coll., 1894; LL B., Harvard Law Sch., 1897; mi. Elizabeth M. Marsh Sept. 10, 1916 (d. Mar. 11, 1923); m. (2d) Mary F. Nearing Dec. 18, 1927. Gen. practice law, 1897 -; mem. Thompson, Spring & Mears, and its predecessors, 1900 -; dir. Y.M.C.A .; treas. Mass. Soc. Mental Hygiene; mem. Am., Mass., and Boston Bar Assns. Clubs: Union (Boston), St. Botolph, Union Boat, Harvard (N.Y.). Desc. John Spring, Boston, 1634; gt.gt.g.s. first settler, Grafton, Vt. Unitarian. Republican. Office: 73 Tremont St., Boston. Home: 21 Charles River Sq., Boston. Summer res .: Boxford.
Y SQUIRES, Charles Willlam; clergyman; b. Harbor Grace, N.F., Jan. 23, 1877; s. John Squires and Amelia D. (Ilippisley) S; ed. grad., Methodist Acad., St. John, N.F .; Mt. Allison Acad., Sack- ville, N.B., Can .; B.A., Mt. Allison Univ., 1900, M A., 1902, B.D., 1905; M.A., Harvard, 1905; B.D., Wesleyan Theol. Coll., Montreal, 1918, S.T. D., 1920, B.D., Princeton, 1919; D.D., Pres. Coli., Mont- real, 1923; m. Ethel May Hoyle of E. Thompson, Conn., July 6, 1905; children-Cedric Wilmot H., Virginia Laura Sibyl, Arieen, Evelyn. Ordained to Meth. ministry at Carbonear, N.F., 1900; served Meth. Ch. of Newfoundland at St. Anthony, Pil- ley's Island, Sound Island; transferred to Meth. Ch. in Can. (N.B. and P.IS.J. Conference, 1905) ; pastor, Andover, N.B., 1905-07, Carmarthen, St. John, N.B., 1907-10, Campbellton, N. B., 1916-18; entered Presb. Ministry in Can., 1918, Princeton Theol. Sem., Princeton, N.J., 1 yr .; calied to Presb. Ch., Lehighton, Pa., 1919-23; pastor, Lynn, 1923-33; accepted supply in a Limerick, Me. Ch. Oct. 1934; moderator, Boston Presbytery, 1925-26, del. to Presb. Gen. Assembly, Pittsburgh, 1925; chmn. com. to investigate conditions in Lynn shoe-shops, 1926-27; tutor at Harvard and at Princeton; mem. Odd Fellows, Masons; mem. Canadian Club, Lynn, Philosophical Club while at Harvard, Lynn Inter- Church Union (ehmn., 1926-27, League of Nations
Assn. (Lynn, chmn., 1927), Ministerial Assn. (Bos- ton, elimn.). Author: Muensterberg and Militar- ism Checked, Is God a Personality?, Religion in Twenty-first Century (in M.S.), articles in Ex- positor, Boston Ideas, Boston etc. Travel: St. Anthony, N.F. (missionary 1 yr. ). Herald, Presbyterian, mem. of Boston Presbytery. Re- publican. Office: Limerick, Me. Home: 56 Snell Av., Brockton. Summer res .: temporary, Limer- lek, Me.
STABLER, Howard Parker, educator; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 26, 1903; s. Edward L. Stabler and Elizabeth (Tubby) S .; ed. Brooklyn Friends Seh .; S.B., Harvard 1925, Ph.D., 1931; m. Mar- garet Anderson Van Alstyne of Kinderhod, N.Y., Apr. 5, 1932; children-Elizabeth, Robert Cole- man, Instr. and tutor in physics, Harvard. 1930- 31; instr. physies, Williams Coll., 1931-36, asst. prof., 1937 -; mem. Am. Phys. Soc. Independent. Office: Thompson Physical Laboratory, Williams- town. Ilome: Williamstown.
STACKPOLE, Joseph Lewis, lawyer; b. Boston, Nov. 16, 1874; s. Joseph Lewis Stackpole and Martha (Parsons) S .; A.B., Harvard, 1895; L.L.B., Har- vard Law Sch , 1898; m. Katharine Brown of High- land Park, Ill., Oct. 16, 1899; children-Joseph Lewis, Elizabeth, Richard. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1898; practiced since in Boston as mem. firm Fish, Richardson & Neave; mem. Suffolk Co. Bar Assn. Clubs: Somerset, Harvard (Boston), The Country, New York Yacht, Beverly Yacht. Ofliee: 84 State St., Boston. Ilome: 292 Beacon St., Boston.
STACY, John D., electrical engineer; b. Hume, N.Y., Sept. 14, 1895; s. William N. Stacy and Harriet R. (Doud) S .; ed. Pike Sem. high seh., Pike, N.Y .; E.E., Rensselaer Poly. Inst., 1917; m. Ruth L. Whitaker of Dalton, Oct. 5, 1935. Instr., . Rensse- laer Poly Inst., 1917-18; lab. engr., Gen. Elee. Co., 1918-19, designer-capacitor, Engring. Sect., 1919-29, designer, Radio Engring. Dept., 1929-30; div. engr., R.C.A. Victor Co., 1930-34; seet. design- ing engr., Gen. Elec. Co., 1934 -; private, Chem. Warfare Service, 5 mos., in World War; mem. Am. Inst. E.E. Club: Stanley. Protestant. Re- publican. Office: Care of Gen. Electric Co.,
Pittsfield. Home: 46 Revilla Ter., Pittsfield. STACY, Philip Huntley, lawyer; b. So. Hadley, July 13, 1897; s. Frank Eugene Stacy and Myrtle Lu- cretia (Magison) S .; ed. Holyoke high sch. ; A.B., Amherst Coll., Amherst, 1919; m. Elizabeth H. Woodman of Haverhill, Dec. 1, 1932; children- Arthur Woodman, Robert Edward. Admitted to Mass. bar, 1923; inem. Mass. Ho. of Rep., 1929-34; alderman, City of Haverhill, 1937-38; pvt., un- attached, Piattsburg eamp, 1918, later. at Field Artillery C.O.T.S., Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., commd. 2d lt. F.A. Res. Corps, Feb. 1, 1919; prae- ticed law, Haverhill, 1923 -; mem. Am. Legion, Chi Phi. Congregationalist. Republican. Ofliee: 191 Merrimack St., Haverhill. Home: 19 Webster St., Haverhill.
STAFFORD, Clara Anna Bennett, occupational ther- apist; b. Manchester, Vt., June 30, 1868; d. George Walter Bennett and Julia Frances (Ronald) B .; ed. Burr & Burton Sem., class of 1888; Teachers Coll., Columbia, 1903-05; m. Fayette B. Staf- ford of Wallingford, Vt., June 16, 1892. Estab. dept. occupational therapy, Adams Nervine, Ja- maica Plain, Jan. 1906, made supt. of that dept. Jan. 2, 1906, remaining in that office until res- ignation, Apr. 30, 1939; town clk., Notary pub., Wallingford, Vt. Desc., on Bennett side, Anna Beard, whose mother, Anna Dunster, was in dir. line from Henry Dunster, 1st pres. of Harvard. Episcopallan. Republican. Home: Manchester, Vt.
VSTAFFORD, Russell Henry, clergyman; b. Wau- watosa, Wis., Apr. 4, 1890; s. Charles Mason Stafford and Jennie T. (Russell) S .; ed. Univ. Calif .; B.A., Univ. Minn., 1912; M.A., N.Y. Univ., 1915; B.D., Drew Theol, Sem., 1915; D.D., Chi- cago Theol. Sem., 1924; Colby Coll., Waterville, Me., 1931; LL.D., Oglethorpe Univ., 1929; S.T.D., Columbia Univ., 1934; m. Lillian Mae Crist of
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Minneapolis, Minn., Apr. 23, 1921; children-Anne, Thomas Russell. Asst. pastor, Central Cong. Ch., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1912-15; ordained to Cong. min- V STALLIDAY, Clarence J., insurance agent; b. Sommer- istry, 1914; pastor, Open Door Cong. Ch., Min- neapolis, Minn., 1915-19, 1st Cong. Ch., 1919-23; Pilgrim Cong. Ch., St. Louis, 1923-27; minister, Old South Ch., Boston, 1927 -; served as 1st lt. chaplain, U.S.A., 1918, 1st lt. chaplain, O.R.C., 1919-24; tr. Drury Coll., Anatolia Coll., Pied- mont Coll., Emerson Coll. of Oratory; chmn. Prudential Com., A.B.C.F.M .; fellow Am. Acad. Arts & Sciences; mem. Soe. Mayflower Deses., S.C.W., S.A.R., Soc. War of 1812, Boston Cham- ber of Commerce, Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Uni-
versity, Authors, Ministers, Winthrop (Boston); Missouri Athletic Assn. (St. Louis). Author\ Finding God, 1924; Christian Humanism, 1928; Religion Meets the Modern Mind, 1934; A Religion for Democracy, 1938. Congregationalist. Re- publiean. Business address: 645 Boylston St., Boston. Ilome: 474 Chestnut Hill Av., Brookline. Summer home: South Berwick, Me.
STALEY, A. Eugene, professor of international economie relations; b. Friend, Neb., July 3, 1906; s. Alvah Il. Staley and Helen T. (Brown) S .; ed. Hastings high sch., Hastings, Neb .; A.B., Hastings Coll., 1925; Ph.D. (economies), Univ. Chicago, 1928; m. Phyllis E. Parker, Dec. 19, 1936. Travelling fellow of Social Sci. Research Council, 1929-31; asst. prof. econ., Univ. Chicago, 1931-37; teacher, Grad. Inst. Internat. Studies, Geneva, Switz. (on leave of absence), 1934-35; asso. prof. internat. econ. relations, Fletcher Sch. of Law and Diplomacy, 1937 -; mem. Am. Delegation to Internat. Studies Conf. on Peaceful Change, Paris, 1937; mem. Council on For. Rela- tions, For. Policy Assn., Am. Econ. Assn., fellow Am. Geog. Soc., etc. Author: History of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, 1930; War and the Private Investor, 1935; Raw Materials in Peace and War, 1937; War Losses to a Neutral, 1937, World Economy in Transition, 1939. Protestant. Independent. Office: Fletcher School of Law and Diplomaey, Medford, Home: 121 Traincroft, Medford.
STALEY, Delbert Moyer, founder and president of Staley College of the Spoken Word; b. Canajo- harie, N.Y., May 2, 1872; s. Benjamin B. Staley and Sarah E. (Moyer) S .; ed. Fairfield (N.Y.) Mil. Acad .; Curry Sch. of Expression, Boston; B.A., Oskaloosa Coll., Iowa, 1916, M.A., 1917, Ph.D., 1918; LL.B., Suffolk Law Sch., Southern Law Sch. LL.B., (Athens, Ga.), 1933; m. Emily IS. MacGonagle, Sept. 25, 1933. Founded Staley Coll. of Spoken Word, Boston, 1900, only coll. of its kind; empowered to grant degrees of B.A. Oratory, also M.A. and Dr. of Art of Oratory; life-long research and lecturer in field of ora- tory; formerly pro. of Expression, Fairfield Mil. Acad., Fairfield, N.Y .; prof. forensie oratory, Suffolk Law Sch., prof. voice, pub. speaking and Bible reading, St. John's Eceles. Sem., Bos- ton, and Novitiate Ilouse, Tewksbury, dir. speech training, summer Oblate Novitiate Camp, Essex, N.Y .; prof. training for platform, radio, screen, stage, bar, and pulpit Staley College; graduates include James M. Curley, Alvan T. Fuller, Charles F. llurley (Mass. Govs.), Francis E. Kelly (L.t. Gov.), etc .; prof. in day and director of evening classes, Curry Sch. Expression; dramatic coach, Komians Soc., Brown Univ., Curry Summer Sch., Asheville, N.C .; ednl. dir., Cambridge Y.M.C.A .; on air, WBZ, WNAC, WMEX, 1921 -; summer dir. St. Bernard's Seminary and St. Elizabeth's Convent, Rochester, N.Y .; mem. sch. com., Bil- lerica; mem, Home Guard, Brookline, World War; mem. Masons, Ancient & Ilon. Arty. Co. Boston, Dickensonian Soc., Pi Gamma Mu (nat.); Nat. Assn. Teachers of Speech. Author: Psychology of the Spoken Word; Psycho-Gymnastics; Voice and Vocabulary of the Spoken Word. Travel: Eu- rope, Can., U.S. Dese. first settlers with Stuyve- sant in N.Y. State, town now ealled Staleyville; early settlers in Middle West; ancestors in Revo- lution, father in Civil War. Protestant. Repub- lican. Office: 162 Babcock St., Brookline. Home:
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