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SLATER, Samuel Scott:
Lawyer: b. N. Y. City, Jan. 24. 1570: s. Samuel McLean and Jane ( Scott) Slater: ed. public schools, N. Y. Univ. Law Sch .. 1ss8 (1 year) ; grad. Cornell Univ., belles lettres, B.L., and law, LL.B. (editor, junior speaker; Commencement Day orator; L ... School debater; Law Thesis prize). Ilas practised law in N. Y. City since 1-95. Joint author of Alger & Slater's Employers' Liability Law. Mem. N. Y. Assenbly. 199-1900, N. Y. Senate, 1901-02: in .1>sem- bly. was author Franchise Tax Law. While at university, newspaper correspond- ent for Chicago Tribune. Boston Journal. Philadelphia Press, N. Y. Worid. N. Y. Press. Director Cold Process Co .. . N. Y .: director and treas.
United Cotton Giu Co .: director The Millington Co. : pres. and director Broadway Hotel Co. Republican : Methodist. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .: life mom. Soc. Prevention Cruelty to AAni mals: Phi Gamma Delta. Phi Delta Phi, Al- pha Zeta fraternities. Chibs: Republican. Harlem Republican, Cornell. Phi Gamma Delta. Address: 76 William St., N. Y. City. 1195
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SLAUSON, Edward V .:
Lawyer, mf'r; b. Waterloo, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1863: s. Darwin E. and Elizabeth Slauson; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1886 (Phi Beta Kappa), Columbia Law Sch. 1888; in. Nov. 12, 1890, Kate M. Webster; one daughter, Margaret M., b. 1892. Pres. and treas. Fed- eral Brewing Co .: v.p. Eastern Parkway Co. Mem. Manufacturers of N. Y. Club: University (Brooklyn). Residence: 86 Third Ar., Brooklyn, N. Y. City. Address: 277 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SLEICHER, John Albert:
Editor; b. Troy, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1848; S. William and Christina ( Miller) Sleicher; ed. public schools of Troy and Troy High Sch., English and Latin classical course di- ploma; m. Troy, N. Y., 1573, Ella S. Peck- ham; children: Mary, George, Reuben, Paul. Successively city editor of Troy Whig, Troy Press and Troy Times; agent at N. Y. of N. Y. State Associated Press, prop'r Schen- ectady Union; editor-in-chief and part owner Albany Even. Journal; editor in chief N. Y. Mail and Express. Editor Leslie's Weekly since 1598. Delegate to a number of Re- publican State Conv .; chm'n Platform Com., 1904; delegate to Republican Nat. Conv. at Chicago and Minneapolis. Civil Service Com'r of N. Y. State, 1989; at present mem. State Water Supply Comm'n, N. Y. Pres. and director Judge Co., N. Y .; director Am. Ice Co. Republican. Organized the Nat. Republican Editorial Ass'n of the U. S. in 19.0, and was pres. two terms; also organ- ized Republican State Editorial Ass'n of N. Y. State, in 1893: was Ist pres. Protest- ant. Meni. Civil Service Reform Ass'n of N. Y. City; 'director N. Y. B'd of Trade and Transportation; mem. Rensselaer County Soc., Nat. Civic Federation, N. Y. City, Al- bany Soc. Clubs: Union League, Republi- can, Quill, Sphinx, (N. Y. City) ; Fort Or- ange, Aurania (Albany N. Y.). Address : Holland House, N. Y. City.
SLICER, Thomas Roberts:
Clergyman; b. Washington, D. C., April 16, 1847; s. Henry and Elizabeth Coleman ( Roberts) Slicer; ed. schools of Baltimore, MId., Baltimore City Coll. (hon. A.M. Dick- inson College) ; m. April 5, 1s71, Adeline E. Herbert. In Meth. Episcopal ministry 10 years in Maryland, Colorado and N. Y .; en- tered Unitarian ministry, 1ssl, and has filled pastorate, Providence. Buffalo and N. Y. City: since 1897 minister All Souls' Church. N. Y. City. Author: Great Affirmations of Religion, 1900; One World at a Time, 1902; Shelly, on Appreciation, 1904; Way to Happi. ness, 1907. Lectures on civie and literary topics. Has held various editorial positions, civic, literary and religious. Ilas done work for civic reform in Buffalo and with City Club in N. Y. City; chum'n Welfare Dep't N. Y. Civic Federation ; mem. Council, Lib- eral Immigration League : trustee People's Inst. Life member New York Shakespearean Society. Life mem. Providence Light fantry (chaplain ). Director Society for Study of Comparative Literatures. Clubs : Authors, City, Barnard. Address: 156 E. 3sth St., N. Y. City.
SLICHTER, Walter Irvine:
Electrical eng'r; b. St. Paul, Minn., 1573: ed. publie schools of N. Y. City, Coll. of City of N. Y .; spent two years in travel and 1196
studying abroad; grad. Columbia Univ. Sch of Mines in elec. eng'ring course, E.E., Is. Entered employ of Gen. Electric Co. at Sche nectady, served one year in shops and then as ass't to Prof. C. P. Steininetz; spent six years in design and development of alternat- ing current apparatus, particularly in its ap plication to railway work. Asso. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, 1889, full member, 1903; junior inem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, 1902; con- tributed papers to these societies and to technical press. Pres. Gen. Electric Eng'r. ing Soc., 1903. Clubs: Columbia University, Theta Delta Chi (N. Y. City). Address: Schenectady, N. Y.
SLINGERLAND, Mark Vernon:
Educator; b. Otto, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Oct. 3, 1864; s. Jacob A. and Mary ( Ballard ) Slingerland; prepared at Chamberlain Inst .. grad. Cornell Univ., B.S. in Agriculture, 1892; m. Clifton Springs, N. Y., Sept. 11. 1891, Effie B. Earll; one daughter, Katlıryn Lillis, b. 1896. Ass't prof. economic ento- mology, Cornell. Univ. since 1999; entomol- ogist Cornell Agr'l Experiment Station since 1906. Mem. Holland Soc. of N. Y. Sigma Xi, Entomol. Soc. Washington, Ass'n Eco- nomie Entomologists. Fellow A. A. A. S. Address: 109 Summit Av., Ithaca, N. Y.
SLOAN, Benson Bennett:
Banker; stock broker; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 29, 167; s. Samuel and Margaret (Elmen- dorf) Sloan; grad. Columbia Coll., 1.B., Isss; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 27, 1589, Anna L. Worth. Mem. 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 1984-89. Mem. firm of Post & Flagg; mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange; director Fort Wayne & Jackson R. R. Valley R. R. Co. Republican. Mem. South Reformed Ch. Mem. Com. of Man- agement Y. M. C. A., 23d St. Branch; life mem. N. Y. Zool, Soc., Y. M. C. A .; mein. 1. A. A. S., N. Y Acad Sciences, Met. Mu- seuni of Art, Am Museum of Natural History. Delta Psi fraternity. Clubs: University, Racquet and Tennis, St. Anthony, Automo- bile of America, Knollwood Country, Bal- tusrol Golf. Address: 141 E. 36th St., N. Y. City.
SLOAN, John:
Financier; b. Steilacoom, Wash., June 30, 1864: s. Rev. George W. and Rebecca (Co- kain) Sloan: ed. Harvard College (Law School) ; m. Brady's Bend, Pa., Mar., Isso. Emma E. James; children: Genevieve K., b. 1>>9, George J., b. 1591, John Sloan, Jr., b. 1898. Pres. and director New York & Pitts- burgh Coal Co. : v .. p. San Toy Mining Co., The Blanchite Company of N. Y., Latouche Extension Mining Co., and Coast Range Min- ing Co., director Palmier Creek Mining Co., Bear Creek Mining Co .; v .- p. of the Graham Island lamber Co .; v .- p. Port Dick Min- ing Power Co., director .Etna Indemnity Co. of Hartford, Conn. Has traveled in Eu- rope and North and South America. Repub- lican : Presby'n. Recreations: Antomobil- ing and shooting. Clubs: Harvard (N. Y. ('ity), Pittsburg Country. Address: Harvard Club, N. Y. City.
SLOAN, Robert Sage:
Ex.naval officer: b. Oswego, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1:59: s. George Beale and Alvira C. Sloan: grad. U. S. Naval Acad., 179; m. Baltimore. IS:3. Ethel Donaldson. Appt'd to Asiatic Station, U. S. S., Alert and U. S. dagship
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Richmond, 1879-81; U. S. S. Jamestown, 1882, in cruise from San Francisco to Newport, U. S. Coast Survey steamer Gedney, Iss2; resigned Sept. 11, 1882. Comm'd lieut. com- mander and chief of staff of commanding officer, Naval Militia, State of N. Y., April 29, 1898; commn'd lieut. C. S. N., June 17, 189S, and ordered as executive officer of U. S. S. Stranger, West Indian Blockading Squadron, off Havana, Cuba; honorably dis- charged Oct. 4, lets. Trustee Am. Surety Co .; pres. Fitzgibbons Boiler Co. Address: Woodmere, L. I., N. Y.
SLOAN, Samuel:
Banking; s. Samuel Sloan; grad. Columbia Univ., 1887; m. Katharine S. Colt. V .- p. and director Farmers' Loan and Trust Co .; sec., treas. and director Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern R. R., Fort Wayne & Jack- son R. R. Co .; director Hanover & Newport R. R. Co., Nat. City Bank, Manhattan Co., Consolidated Gas Co., Cayuga and Susque- hanna R. R. Co., N. Y. Lackawanna & West- ern R'y, Oswego & Syracuse R. R. Co., Syracuse, Binghamton & N. Y. R. R. Co., Valley R. R. Clubs: University, Metropol- itan, St. Anthony, Racquet, Down Town. Residence: 45 E. 53d St. Address: 22 Wil- liam St., N. Y. City.
SLOANE, A. Baldwin:
Composer of music; b. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 28, 1878; s. Francis James and Emma (Baldwin ) Sloane; ed. by private tutors and in public schools; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 15, 1900; Mae Auwerda; one daughter: June Augusta, b. 1901. Composer: Jack and the Beanstalk; Excelsior, Jr., Broadway to Tokio; King's Carnival; Sergeant Kitty; The Mocking Bird; Lady Teazle (starred in by Lillian Russell), Coming Thro' the Rye; The Gingerbread Man, etc. Episcopalian. Mem. Playwrights' League .. Clubs: Lambs, Baton. Address: The Lambs Club, N. Y. City.
SLOANE, T. O'Conor:
Chemist; physicist, etc .; b. N. Y. City; grad. St. Francis Xavier, A.B., A.M .; Column- bia Univ., E.M., Ph. D .; m. Ist is77, Isabel Mitchell; 2d 1884, Alice Eyre; children: T. O'Conor, Charles O'Conor, John E., Alice M. Chemist, N. Y. Gas Light Co., Is2; eng'r (chief) Citizens' Gas Light Co. (Brooklyn) ; 1577; prof. of natural science and higher mathematics, Seton Hall Coll., N. J., 1-85, editor Scientific American for many years; lecturer in B'd of Ed'n Series for several years; inventor of recording gas photometer, 1878. Mem. State B'd of Ed'n for N. J. Author: Home Experiments in Science; Rnb- ber Hand-Stamps and the Manipulation of India Rubber; Arithmetic of Electricity: Electricity Simplified. Standard Electrical Dictionary, Electric Toy Making for Ama- teurs; How to Become a Successful Elee. trician ; Lignid Air and the Liquification of Gases: Electrician: Handy Book, etc .; con- tb'r to Catholic Encyclopedia. Mom. State B'd of Eden for N. J. Gold Democrat. Roman Catholic. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc .: Modern Language .1ss'n of America. Rec- reations: Antomobiling, yachting. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Manhasset Bay Yacht, Antomobile of America. Address: S. Orange, Essex Co., N. J.
SLOANE, William:
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 1S, IST3; s. Jolin and Adela ( Berry) Sloane; grad. Yale Umv., 1835: m. N. Y. City, 1944, Frances C. Crocker. Pres. and director W. & J. Sloane; v .- p. and director Nairn Linoleum Co. (Kear- ney, N. J.); trustee Bank for Savings in City of N. Y., Provident Loan Soe .; director Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Co. (Yonk- ers), Bigelow Carpet Co., Bank of Man- hattan Co., Northern Pacific R'y Co., North- ern Securities Co .; trustee Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co., Robert College (Constantinople) ; treas. Archaeological Inst. of America; di- rector Second Nat. Bank, Westchester Trust Co. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: University. Met- ropolitan, Union League, Yale. Residence : Mount Kisco, N. Y. Address: 884 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SLOANE, William Douglas:
Merchant; m. Emily T. Vanderbilt. V .- p. and trustee Fifth Av. Trust Co .; trustee Greenwich Savings Bank, U. S. Trust Co .; director W. & J. Sloane, Central & South Am. Telegraph Co., Eastern Steel Co., Mahoning Coal R. R. Co., Nat. City Bank of N. Y. Clubs: Republican, Racquet and Ten- nis, Metropolitan, Union League, Union, Tuxedo, Riding, N. Y. Yacht, Turf and Field, Garden City Golf. Residence: 2 W. 52d St. Address: 884 Broadway, N. Y. City.
SLOCUM, George Fort:
Lawyer. Principal at Mount Morris (N. Y. ) Acad., 1STS-79: school comm'r Second Dist. Monroe Co., Isso; lawyer, Rochester, N. Y., since 1882. Ass't city att'y, Rochester, 19:3- 86. Address: 58 Brighton St., Rochester, N. Y.
SLOCUM, Joel Byron:
Clergyman; b. Mt. Hanley, Nova Scotia; s. Joel 'and Irene ( Huntington) Slocum; family formerly of Massachusetts, &wo great- great-uncles in Continental Army in Revolu- tionary War; ed. Boston School of Languages, Colby Coll., A.B., 1893, A.M., 1:97, Newton Theol. Inst'n, 1996; in college was editor of college publications, class poet, class his- torian, elass chaplain, speaker at Freshman. Sophomore and Junior appointments and commencement speaker at graduation : nat- uralized citizen of U. S., 1892: m. Boston, Mass., Feb. 3, 1897, Jean Irene Bergland : children : Lorimer Bergland, b. 1-9s. Jameson Sadler, b. 1900. Ordained in Baptist min- istry; now pastor of Greenwood Baptist Church, Brooklyn. In 199 spent summer in Japan, going via San Francisco, acting as special correspondeut of Beston Daily Trav- eler. Served as chaplain of New Hampshire Legislature, 1901-02; appi'd chaplain. Jan. 19.8, of First Brigade United Boys' Brigade of America: el'n Exec. Com. L. I. Baptist Ministers Conference: trustee L. I. Baptist Church Extension Soc .; mem. Manhattan Baptist Ministers' Conference. Republican. Recreations: Lawn tennis and long walks. MMrm. 1. 0. 0. F., Delta Upsilon fraternity, Colby Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. City. Anthor of several fraternity songs and other poems. Address: 65 Tenth St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
SLOSS, Robert:
Editor, writer; b. Indianapolis, Ind .. Feb. 7. 1 2: s. Rev. Robert (D.IL ) and Mar, F. (Wiggins) Sloss: grad. public schools in Indiana and N. Y. City; attended Coll. City 1197
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of N. Y., 1987-88; grad. Princetou Coll., A.B., [ A. A. S., Soc. Am. Zoologists, Phi Kappa 1893. Editor and publisher John-a-Dreams | Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi; v .- p. N. Y. Magazine, 1895-97; miscellaneous literary State Science Teachers' Ass'n, 1908. Methy dist. Address: Syracuse, N. Y. work, 1895-1902; editor of Truth, 1902-03; ass't editor Pierson's Magazine, 1903-05; ass't edi- SMART, Isabella Thompson: tor Appleton's Magazine, since 1905. Author: The Book of the Automobile, 1905. Address: 436 Fifth Av., care D. Appleton & Co., N. Y. City.
SLOSSON, Edwin Emery:
Literary editor, The Independent; b. Al- bany, Kan., June 7, 1865; s. William Butler and A. Louise ( Lilly) Slosson; grad. Univ. of Kansas, B.S., 1890, M.S., 1892; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D., 1902; m. Centralia, Kans., 1891, May Preston (Ph.D., Cornell) ; one son, Preston. Professor chemistry, Univer- sity of Wyoming, and chemist of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, 1801-1903. Author of many papers on organic and agricultural chemistry; magazine writer on scientific and literary topics. Republican. Congregationalist. Fellow A. A. A. S .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Address: 130 Fulton St., N. Y. City.
SMALLEY, Frank:
Educator; b. Towanda, Pa., Dec. 10, 1846; s. Isaac and Sarah (Compton) Smalley ; ed. Susquehannah Collegiate Inst., Towanda, Pa .; grad. Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1874, A.M., 1876, Ph.D., 1991 (Latin), ( Phi Beta Kappa) ; m. Rushville, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1876, Jennie Mather; children: Frank Mather, b. May 25, 1877, Carrie Elizabeth, b. Oct. 19, 1879 (de- ceased). Instr. Syracuse Univ., 1874-77, ad- junct prof., 1877-si, prof. Latin since 1991; dean, Coll. Liberal Arts since 1900; acting Chancellor Univ., summer, 1903, and year 1908-09; lecturer on Roman
Law, of Syracuse Univ., 1595-1902. Latin Stu- 'Law, Coll. dent of epigraphy and Roman archeology
in Rome and Naples, summer of 1893. . Republican: Methodist Episco- palian. Mem. Am. Inst. of Archeology, Managing Com. of Am. Sch. of Classical Stu- dies at Rome, Delta Upsilon fraternity. Au- thor: Latin Analysis, 1879; Latin Verse, 1884; Lucretius; Philosophier and Poet; Re. port University Convocation, 1881; Latin Etymology, 1982; Introduction and Notes to the Fifth Book of Cicero's Tusenlan Dis- putatious, 1802; Selections Illustrating Ro- man Literature. 1594; Libretto Plauti Tri- ummus, 1895: Syllabus of Lectures in Roman History, 1995; Latin Hymns, Translations, ete .; Alunni Record, Syracuse Univ., 1835- 1899, Vol. I, 1899: same, 1899-1904, Vol. HI, 1901. Address: 607 University Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
SMALLWOOD, William Martin:
Educator; b. Warsaw, N. Y., April 30, 1573; s. W. W. Smallwood and Eloise ( Mar- tin ) Smallwood: ed. Syracuse Univ., A.B. magna cum laude, A.M .; Harvard, Ph. D .; m. Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1-99, Mabel Sarah Coon: children: Harold Stephen. b. 1502. Mary Lovett. b. 1900. Prof. biology and geology, Allegheny Coll., Meadville, Pa., 1995.
Physician; b. Jersey City, N. J .; ed. James Fraser and C. Louisa (Green) Smar. of Beotch, English and Dutch ancestry, tra: ing descent back to the Covenanters in Sen ;. land, of clans Campbell, Fraser and Leslie : descendant in direct line of Capt. François Janson Bloodgood, 1635-76; chief military ofi- cer and privy councillor to the governor of New Amsterdam, 1635-76; ed. in public and private schools of Jersey City and Monmouta County, N. J., College Preparatory, West Chester, Pa .; graduate and post-graduate di- ploma N. Y. School of Expression (honor student), Columbia University and Teach. ers Coll., N. Y. University, M.D., N. Y. Med. Coll. and Hospital' for Women, Univ. State of N. Y. (honor student-med. jurisprudence) ; post-grad. med. study in Vienna, Zurich and London, and in Yala Univ. Teacher of science, Coll. Prep. Schools for Girl's; supervisor physical train- ing, N. Y. City; licensed supervisor Evening Recreation Centres, N. Y. City: lecturer Y. Hosp .; lecturer on physical diagnosis, N. Y. Med. Coil. for Women; special lecturer N. Y. Normal Sch. of Physical Ed'n; med. examiner and lecturer, Vale Univ. Summer Sch., 1905-06; med. examiner of mentally fee- ble children Dep't of Ed'n, City of N. Y. : examiner in lunacy, State of N. Y. Has traveled in Europe for study of social prob- lems. Presbyterian; mem. Marble Collegiate Dutch Reformed Ch. Mem. Alumna Ass'his N. Y. Med. Coll. for Women and N. Y. School of Expression; mem. m. Physical Ed'n Ass'n, Playground AAss'n of America, Inter- nat. Congress of School Hygiene, Internat. Congress on Tuberculosis, Soc. Moral and Sanitary Prophylaxis, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Nat. Ass'n for the Feeble- Minded ( England ), Nat. Ed'l Ass'n, Am. Hygiene Ass'n, Epsilon Tau fraternity, Amn. Nat. Red Cross. Address: 101 W. soth St., N. Y. City.
SMELZER, Baxter T .:
Physician ; b. Lodi, Seneca County, N. Y., 1852; s. Philip and Matilda ( Bedell) Smel- zer; grad. Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D .. 1374; m. Havana, Cuba, 1576, Lucy Hunting- ton Tracy. Engaged in practice of medicine at Albany, N. Y. Mem. N. Y. State Senate, 1894-95; see. State B'd of Health of N. Y. 1-95-1901; med. expert N. Y. State B'd of Health, 1901-07. Address: 50 Chestnut St., Albany, N. Y.
SMILLIE, Charles Francis:
Banker, merchant: h. N. Y. City, June 4. ISIS; s. James Smillie, the noted landscape engraver, and Catharine (Vau Valkenburgh ) Smillie; prepared for college in N. Y. public schools, but entered business instead; un- married. After leaving school spent two years in rudimentary study of architecture. but finally devided upon a mercantile course : for 12 years, 1-t.96, was largely identified with the cattle industry on the Westera Plains, being pres. of one of the very few successful cattle companies of Wyoming. Has traveled very extensively in every par! of North America. from the Isthmus to the
1002: asso. prof. zoology, 1902-07: prof. com. parative anatomy since June, 1907. Syracase Univ. Scientific contb'r to American Natu- ralist, Biological Bulletin, Bulletin Musenm. Comparative Zoology of Harvard College, Journal of Neurology, Morphologische Jalir. buch, natomischer Anzieger, especially ou the embryology of mollusca, ete, Fellow A. Iwilds of British Columbia, and in central Eu-
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rope, including cruises in Arctic Ocean up | N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. to 79° north latitude. Mem. firm of Winter Soc., N. Y. Clinical Soc., N. Y. Practitioners Soc, N. Y. Med. and Surg. Soc., Zeta Psi fraternity. Presbyterian. Clubs: Century, University, Grolier, Princeton. Address: 15 W. 51st St., N. Y. City. & Smillie; director and incorporating mem. Standard Trust Co .; v .- p. and one of in- corporators \m. Adhesion Traction Co .; di- rector Gerard Ozone Process Co. Fellow Met. Museum of Art; mem. Am. Museum of SMITH, Alanson Page: Natural History, Am. Geog. Soc,, Soc. of Municipal Art, N. Y. Zool. Soc., N. Y. Botanical Garden. Recreations: Travel, mu- sic, art, books, and very extensively inter- esied in the artistic side of photography, his photographic work having been well and favorably known in artistic circles for the past 25 years. His brothers, James D. and George H., are well known artists. Clubs: Century, Union League (N. Y. City) ; also several clubs in Boston and other cities. Address: 50 Wall St., N. Y. City.
Lawyer; b. Northampton, N. Y., Dec. 12. 1869; s. James Henry and Jennie ( Fairehild ) Smith; ed. Clinton Grammar School (college preparation), and Albany Law School: un- married. Director Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Albany, N. Y .; a trustee of Mechanics and Farmers Savings Bank of Albany. Dear- crat; mem. Dutch Reformed Church. Pres. Albany Y. M. C. A., treas. Albany Hosp .; trustee Albany Law Sch., treas. Home for Aged Men. Clubs: Fort Orange, University, Albany Country. Address : 51 State St., SMILLIE, George Henry:
Landscape painter; b. N. Y. City, 1810; s. James (N. A., engraver) and Catharine (Van Valkenburgh) Smillie; ed. N. Y. City; m. N. Y., 1Sol, Nellie Sheldon Jacobs; children : Sheldon, b. 1882, Chas. Van V., b. 1ss6, Gor- don S., b. 1:88. Studied painting in N. Y. under Jas. M. Hart, N.A .; painted and stu- died in Europe, Rocky Mt., California, Fia., New England, etc. ; pictures in many public and private collections in Europe and Amer- ica. Independent Republican. Academician of Nat. Acad. of Design, 1882, (recording sec., 10 years) ; early mem. of Am. Water Color Soc. (treas. four years). Over 3) years mem. Century Club, life mem. Lotos Club. Summer home: Ridgefield, Conn. Address: (studio) 156 E. 36th St., N. Y. City. SMILLIE, James D .:
Artist; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 16. 15$3; s. James and Catharine ( Van Valkenburgh) Smillie: ed. private schools N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, May 7. 1ss1, Anna C. Cook (died Jan. 27, 1:95) ; children: James C., b. 1ss2, Ralph I., b. 1886. Trained as landscape en- graver by father; studied in schools of Nat. Acad. of Design, and later abroad; studied landscape painting and abandoned engraving, 1564; associate Nat. cad. of Design, 1st5; academician, 1876. Treas. Nat. Acad. of Design, 1-91-99; one of founders of Am. Water Color Soc., 1866 (treas. 1s06-71, pres. 1871-77; one of founders, sec., and later pres. N. Y. Etching Club; elected an Orig- inal Fellow of Painter-Etcher Soc. of Lon- don, England. Patron Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Club: Century. Residence: 410 West End Av. Address ( studio ) : 156 E. 36th St., N. Y. City.
SMITH, A. Alexander :
Physician: b. Wantage, N. J., Mar. 25, 1847; s. James Alexander and Mary Ann (Corbin ) Smith; grad. Lafayette Coll., A.B., 156S. A.M., 171 (honorary A.M. Princeton, 1892). Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1:71; m. Easton, Pa., 1973. Sue L. Bender; chil- dren: Wilson Schuyler and Howard Alex. ander (twins), b. 100; two others died in infancy. Practising medicine from gradua. tion. Prof. practice of medicine in l'hiver. sity and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. : visiting
physician to Bellevue Hosn. : consulting physician to Minturn Hosp .. Hosp. for Rup- tured and Crippled. and Columbus Hosp. Trustec and mem. Council, N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. City: mem. Am. Med. s'n, Ass'n Am. Physicians, Am, Climatol. Ass'n,
Albany, N. Y.
SMITH, Albert William:
Teacher of mechanical eng'ring; b. West- moreland, Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 30, 1-50; s. William and Caroline G. (Strong) Smith : grad. Rome, N. Y., Acad., 1874; Cornell Univ., B.M.E., 1878; M.M.E., 1886; m. Stan- ford Univ., Cal., Aug. 16, 1905, Mrs. Ruby G. Bell. Was foreman Straight-Line Engine Co., 1580-83: sup't Kingsford Foundry nad Machine Works, Oswego, N. Y., Is>3-96; ass't prof. mech. eng'ring, Sibley Coll., Cornell Univ., 1887-91; prof. machine design, Univ. of Wis., 1891-92; prof. mech. eng'ring. Leland Stanford Univ., 1892-1904 : director Sibley Coll., Cornell Univ., since 1904; spent two years, 1900-02, in eng'ring works with Westing- house, Charch, Kerr & Co., during leave of absence from professorship. Mem. Am. Mech. Eng'rs. Author: Materials of Ma- chines: Machine . Design. Address: Sibley Coll., Ithaca, N. Y.
SMITH, Alexander Rogers:
Writer; specialist on maritime and commer- cial matters; b. Lenox, Mass .. Feb. 1, Iso1; s. Alexander and Margaret Catherine (Rog- ers) Smith: ed. N. Y. public schools; m. Isi, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 6. 1985. Jessie H. Rog- ers (died Feb. 2, 1901) ; 2d, N. Y. City. In .. 10, 1906, Adelaide Pugh; children, by first marriage : Alexander Rogers, Jr. : Helen Mar- garet, Sidney Kimball. Herbert Pelham, Wil- liam Rogers, Laurence L., Jessie 1. Began seafaring career at 14: entered U. S. Steam- boat Inspection Service in Isso; retired. 1992: became part owner and editor of the marine weekly newspaper. Seaboard, in less, and sold interest in 1998; appt'd mem. N. Y. Com- merce Comm'n by Gov. Black in 199; wrote the report on shipbuilding for the Twelfth Census, and has practically devoted his life to the upbuilding of American shipping in the foreign trade, in which wurk he is now engaged; sun't N. Y. Maritime Exchange. 1901-05. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs. Club : Republican. : 251 Aqueduct Av., Borough of Bronx, N. Y. City.
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