Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 137

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 1430

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TERRY, Charles Thaddeus:

Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1567; s. Griffith Pritchard and Eleanor ( Lasher) Terry; of old English colonial ancestry; ed. in private and public schools of Albany, Williams Coll., A.B., 1889, Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B .. 1893, Univ. of Berlin, 1890; m. New Scotland, N. Y., June 22, 1998, Katherine Lansing Hendrick ; children : James Hendrick, Katherine Hendrick. Thad- deus, Beatrice. Began practice of law as junior partner of old-established firm of N. Y. City, after two years became junior mem. of a law partnership of three, remaining in this firm for six years, after which time has practised alone. Prize lecturer on Prac- tice and Pleading Under N. Y. Code of Civil Procedure, Columbia Univ., Law Sch., 1593-5: regular lecturer, 1896-1901; prof. of law since 1901. As counsel for Nat. Ass'n of Auto- mobile Mf'rs, 1903, conducted various test cases on the N. Y. State restriction law and succeeded in having it declared uncon- stitutional; appt'd by Gov. Higgins Comm'r of N. Y. State on uniformity of laws in United States: elected see. Nat. Conf. of Uniform Law Comm'rs. 1905. Chm'n Tene- ment Shade Tree Comm'n of Tree Planting Ass'n of N. Y. City. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., AAm. Bar Ass'n. v .- p. Albany Soc. of N. Y. : mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi (ex-pres. of Nat. Council) : v .- p. Williams Alumni AAss'n of N. Y. Clubs: University, Lawyers, Gradu- ates (v .- p.), Phi Delta Theta (ex-pres. ). Phi Delta Phi (ex-pres. ). Address: Columbia University, N. Y. City.

TERRY, John Taylor, Jr .:

Lawyer: b. Tarrytown. N. Y .; son of John T. and Elizabeth Roe (Poet) Terry: grad. Vale, B.A., 1579; Columbia Law Sch., I.L.B., 1981; m. N. Y. City, June, 1955, Ber- tha llalstead: children : n son and a danghter. In active practice of law in New York City. See. and treas, Lake Superior Corporation: also sec., treas .. and director of the Algoma & Hudson && Northwest R. R. Co .. Algoma Steel Works. Trans-St. Mary's Traction Co .. Sault Ste. Marie Pulp & Paper Co., Mich .. Lake Superior Power Co. Club: University. Address: 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.

TERRY, Marshall Orlando: Physician and b. Watervliet Centre. Albany Co., N. Y., June 21. Pl; s. William Henry and Sarah (Burke) Terry: ed. Ashtabula public schools: two years in N. Y. Ophthalnie and Aural Inst., and Man- hattan Eye and Far Infirmary: special in- struction under Heitzmann on pathology his-

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tology and microscopy; physical diagnosis[ gary, where made his first electrical inte .... under Janeway at Bellevue Hosp .; surgery under Bryant; studied also abroad; grad. Cleveland Homoeopathic Hosp. Coll., 1872; m. Mamaroneck, N. Y., Dee. 12, 1905, Mrs. Ambrose B. McGregor, widow of former pres. of Standard Oil Co. of Ohio. Appt'd sur- geon (rank of major), N. G. N. Y., March 18, 1880, by Gov. Cornell; surgeon-gen., with rank of brig. gen., Jan. 1, 1895, by Gov. Levi P. Morton; reappt'd by Gov. Black, Jan. 1, 1897; appt'd by Pres. Cleveland U. S. pension examiner of which board was pres. four years; declined position as chief surgeon of division during Spanish-Am. War, offered by Pres. MeKinley, because of duties as sur- geon-gen. of N. Y. Was largely the inventor of the entire medieal and surgical equipment of the N. G. N. Y., Terry stretcher and field case taking his name by administrative suggestion. Mem. Ass'n Mil. Surgeons of U. S .; pres. Ass'n Med. Offieers Nat. Guard and Naval Militia of N. Y .; mem. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, ex-pres. Homeopathie Med. Soe. State of N. Y. Decorated with bronze medal, given by Oneida Co. War Com., in recogni- tion of patriotic services during the war between U. S. and Spain. Hon. mem. Mass. Surg. and Gynecol. Soc. Republiean ; Episcopalian. Mem. Ohio Soc. of N. Y. Author: Bromine as an Antiseptie in Sur- gery; The Oil Treatment in Appendicitis; The Single Communion Cup; The Medieated Galvanic Treatment for Cervical (Tubercu- lar) Gland Enlargements; Terry's Manual Rotary Dilatation : Can Women Eseape Pain at Childbirth? Clubs: Larchmont, American Yacht, N. Y. Yacht. Address: (summer) : Mam- aroneek, N. Y .; (winter), Fort Meyers, Fla. TERRY, Seth Sprague:

Lawyer: b. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1862; s. Seth Hall and Harriet L. (Sprague) Terry; ed. Univ. of Rochester, A B., 1883, A.M., Harvard Law School, les4-86: m. 1st. Hamilton, Ohio, April 29, 1:98, Gertrude Fen- ner (died July 5, 1900) ; 2d, Meadville, Pa., June 30, 1503, Gertrude Sackett; children: Seth Sackett, b. April 25, 1904. Ward Edgar, b. July 26, 1906. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1886; since then engaged in general practice of law in N. Y. City. Comm'r of accounts, City of N. Y., 1995-95. Trustee People's Inst. Mem. Internat. Y. M. C. A. and chm'n of Sub-Committee on Boy's work; mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Delta Psi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Club: City. Address: 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.

TESLA, Nikola:

Electrician, inventor: b. Smiljan, Lika. border country of Austria-Hungary: son of THACHER, Archibald G .: a distinguished Greek clergyman and orator, and of Georgiana Mandic, a famous woman and inventor, whose father was also an in- ventor; ed. in elementary school of native place, 4 years in public school in Gospic. Lika. 4 years in Lower Real School, Gospic. and 3 years in Higher Real School, Carlstadt. Croatia, where was grad. 1 73. Original!y destined for the clergy, but prevailed upo i his parents to send him to the Polytechnic School in Gratz, where for four years he studied mathematics, physics and mechanics. following with two years in philosophical studies at Univ. of Prague, Bohemia. Be. gan practical career, Iss1, in Budapest, Hun- - Taxedu. Address: 19 F. 31st St., N. Y City

tion, a telephone repeater, and conceived! !!- idea of his rotating-magnetic field ; thence w .. . to France and Germany, where was su". sively engaged in various branches of ther- neering and manufacture; since 1est, i :. S., of which is a naturalized citizen. Au !! ! of numerous scientific papers and address. .. Among his inventions and discoveries a. : System of arc lighting, 1556; Tesla Minor. and system of alternating current power transmission, popularly known as 2-ph. sp. 3-phase, multiphase and polyphase sysle:n .. 15:8; system of eleetrieal conversion and ui,- tribution by oscillatory discharges, 169; g ... erators of high-frequency currents and effer's of these, 1890; transmission of energy through a single wire without return. 1991 ; :.... Tesla Coil or Transformer, 1591; novel sys- tem of electric lighting by Tesla tubes. 1.1. investigations of high-frequency effects al phenomena, 1991-93; system of wireless tratin- mission of intelligence, 1993; mechanical os. cillators and generators of electrical oscill :- tions, 1891-95; researches and discoveries in radiations, inaterial streams and emanations. 1896-95; high-potential magnifying transmit- ter, 1997; system of transmission of power without wires, 1997-1905; economie transmis- sion of energy by refrigeration, 1995; art Mi Telautomatics, 1998-99: discovery of statin :- ary electrical waves in the earth, 199: burn- ing of atinospherie nitrogen, and production of other electrical effects of transcending in- tensities, 1599-1900: method and apparat.s for magnifying feeble effects, 1901-02: art . individualization. 1902-03: since 1903 chielly engaged in development of his system : world-telegraphy and telephony, and the dr. sign of a large plant for the transmission .f power without wires, to be erected at N !- agara. Address: The Waldorf-Astoria, N. Y. City.

TESTA, Stefano L .:

Clergyman; b. in Italy, May ST. 18:2: s. Stefano and Grazia Testa: ed. Bloomfield Theol. . Coll., Columbia Univ., and grad. Union Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, 1997: m. N. Y. City, June 5. 1599, Anna 1 .. Santucci. of Italy ; children: Lidia Grace, Emanuel Invid. Theophilus John, Florence Ruth. Ordain I to ministry, May 20, 1:09: called Dec., 199. to the Brooklyn City Mission, which stiil comn. ducts as general Italian missionary. Pastor of First Italian Presbyterian Ch., Brooklyn. Manager of Brooklyn Bible Soc. Comcrear- tionalist. Joined Presbytery of Brooklyn. Dec., 1906. Mem. I. O. O. F. Address: V. Pine St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Lawyer: b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 16. 1976: s. George and Isabel (Gourlie) Thacher: gr.ul. Harvard. A.B., 1-97. Harvard Law L.L.B .. 1900: m. Newport. R. L., Aux. 1902, Ethel, d. Julian T. Davies. in practice of law, and has devoted sive attention to admiralty and maritime low as to practice in the Federal cours. law firm of Wallace. Butler & Brown. > cossors to Butler, Notman & Mynders,: d rector Am. and Foreign Marine Ins 0. and Bancroft Realty Co. Moms. Marilena law Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. OIl. University, Racquet and Tennis, Hurva

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THACHER, Edwin:

Civil eng'r; b. De Kalb, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1840; s. Seymour and Elizabeth (Smith) Thacher; of English descent; moved to Her- mon, N. Y., when very young; father, a physician, practised for 45 years in St. Law- rence county, N. Y .; prep. studies at Wesleyan Sem., Gouverneur, N. Y .; entered sophomore class. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y., 1860; grad. C.E., 1963; m. April 25, 1872, Anna E. Bartolomew, of Indianapolis; one child, Bessie, wife of John C. Sample, N. Y. City. Soon after graduation engaged as ass't eng'r Cedar Rapids & Missouri River R. R., and 8 months later became ass't eng'r, on U. S. Military Railroads at Nashville, Tenn .; promoted quite rapidly until close of the war in 1865, then became principal ass't eng'r Louisville & Cincinnati Short Line; re- signed 156, to become resident eng'r Louis- ville Bridge Co., in construction of railroad bridge across Ohio River at 14th St., Louis- ville, which was completed and opened to traffic, 1570; ass't eng'r and calculating eng'r Louisville Bridge and Iron Co., Louisville, Ky, 1879-87; calculating eng'r and chief eng'r Keystone Bridge Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1879- 87; chief eng'r and receiver Decatur Iron Bridge and Construction Co., Decatur, Ala., 15$7-89; Consulting eng'r and contractor for bridges, Louisville, Ky, 1590-94; associated with W. H. Keepers, at Detroit, Mich., 1994- 99, as consulting eng'rs and bridge con- tractors, during which time they designed and built two large concrete-steel bridges for the U. S. Gov't in Porto Rico. On May 1, 1901, formed partnership with William Mueser, under firm name of Concrete-Steel Eng'ring Co., N. Y. City, which firm still continues, and has designed the greater part of the concrete-steel bridges that have been erected in the U. S. up to this time. In- ventor and patentee Thacher's Cylindrical Slide Rule, improved duplex slide rule, steel bridge trusses, combination bridge trusses, system of concrete-steel arches, steel super- structure for concrete-steel bridges. bar for reinforcing concrete, conerete-steel piles, and system for concrete steel floors. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs and has contributed several papers and discussions to that society. Resi- dence: 74 Elm St., Flushing; N. Y. Address : Park Row Bld'g, N. Y. City.

THACHER, John Boyd:

Historical writer: b. Ballston. N. Y., Sept. 11, 1847; ed. Williams Coll .. A.B., 1:09. A.M .; married Albany, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1572, Emma Treadwell. Elected to N. Y. Senate, serving in sessions of Isst and 18 5: introduced meas- ures for tenement honse reform, and also in- troduced the resolution calling on the N. Y. members of Congress to vote for placing General Grant on the retired list. Mayor of Albany Iss6-S7, 1606.97. Appt'd by Presi- dent Harrison as a Democratie member of the World's Columbian Comm'n and was chm'n Bureau of Awards, World's Columbia Exp'n. Author: The Continent of America. Its Dis- covery and Its Baptism, I'M: Charlecote, or the Trial of William Shakespeare: little Speeches. The Cabotian Discovery: Christo- pher Columbus (3 vals. ); Outlines of the French Revolution Told in Autographs: also various historical articles. Address: 5 S.

Hawk St., Albany, N. Y.

THACHER, John Seymour:

Physician; b. New Haven, Conn., 1656; s. Thomas Anthony and Elizabeth (Day) Thacher: grad. Yale, B.1., let7. Columbia, M.D., 1880: m. N. Y. City, 1902, Frances Lake: children: John Seymour. Jr .. b. 1904, Frances Lake, b. 190S. Has practised medi- cine in N. Y. City since 18-1; has been at- tending physician at Presbyterian Hosp. and Roosevelt Hosp. and prof. clinical medicine in Coll. Phys. and Surg. of Columbia Univ. Has traveled frequently in Europe. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Ass'n Am. Physicians, N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Director of -Charlton School. Clubs: Century, University, Yale. Address: $15 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.

THACHER, Thomas:

Lawyer; b. New Haven, Conn., May 3, 1850; s. Thomas Anthony and Elizabeth (Day) Thacher; ed. Hopkins Grammar Sch .; grad. Yale Univ., B.A., 1571, M.A., 1874, LL.D., 1903; Columbia Law Sch .. LL.B .. 1:75; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 1, 1880, Sarah McCulloh Green; children: Thomas Day, Louise Green, Sarah Elizabeth. Mem. successively of law firms of Simpson, Thacher & Barnum. Reed,

Simpson, Thacher & Barnum, Simpson. Thacher. Barnum & Bartlett, Simpson. Thacher & Bartlett. Republican. Mem. Ass'n of the Bar City of N. Y., Law Inst., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Clubs: University, Ce ::. tury. Yale, Midday. Address: 02 Cedar St., N. Y. City.

THAYER, Harry Bates:

Vice president Western Electric Co .: b. Northfield, Vt., Ang. 17, 1858; s. James Carey Barrell and Martha Jane ( Pratt) Thayer: grad. Dartmouth Coll .. A.B., 1979; m. Ran- somville, N. Y., April 26, 1ss7, Carrie M. Ransom; children: Dorothy, b. 199. Ruth, b. 1:93, Jolin Alden. b. 195. Has been em- ployed by Western Electric Co., continuously since Jan., ISsl. Director and v .- p. Western Elec. Co., director Tabulating Machine Co. and Mexican Telephone & Telegraph C). Mem. Chamber of Commerce, New Eng'l and Soc. Club: University. Address: 463 West St., N. Y. City.

THAYER, John B .:

Fourth vice-pres. Pa. R. R. Co .: b. Phila .. Pa., April 21. 1:62; s. John Borland and Mary Randolph (Chapman) Thayer; ed. Univ. of Pa. Entered railway service. Je-1. as clerk in auditor's office of Empire Fast Freight Line; 1>$3, clerk in freight dep't of the Pa. R. R. Co., since which he has been chief clerk in freight dep't, div. freishit ag't at Baltimore. Mid., ass't gen. freight as't. gen. freight ag't, and from June. Ins. to Oct .. 1905, fifth v.p .: since Det. I'mli fourth v .- p. and director of Pa. R. R. Co .. Philadelphia. Balto. & Washington R. R .. Northern Central R'y, West Jersey & Sea- shore R. R .. Susquehanna Coal Co., Mineral R. R. and Mining Co., Summit Branch !!! ing Co., Lykens Valley Coal C ... Bai inor ?. Chesapeake & Atlantic N'y Co .. Rosslyn (- meeting R. R. Pittsburgh Joint Stock Yards Co .. Cumberland Valley R. R., Brookville R. R .. Long Island R. R. L. I. Cons dilated Electrical Cos .. Frie & Western Transporta- tion Co., Keystone Hotel Co., N. Y. Con- meeting R. R., Girard Point Storazo Co. Lytle Coal Co. Allegheny Valley . R. R. Address: Broad St. Station, Philadelphia, Pa.

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THAYER, Nathan Pulsifer:

Physician; b. Waterville. Me., Dec. 20,

1878; s. Frank I. and Nora ( Pulsifer ) Thayer; grad. Coburn Classical Inst., 1:97, Colby Coll., A.B., 1901, Harvard Med. Sch., M.D., 1905; ni. Belgrade Lakes. Me., Sept. 16, 1903, Gertrude Mary Hill. Interne Long Island Hosp., Boston. 1905, Med. sup't Long Island Hosp., Boston, 1900-07; ass't sur- geon Swedish Hosp., Brooklyn. Democrat. Unitarian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Mass. Med. Soc., Kings County Med. Soc., Asso- ciated Physicians of Long Island. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Recreations : Golf, tennis. Address: 1433 Avenue H, Brooklyn, N. Y.

THAYER, Samuel Richard:

Lawyer; b. Richmond, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1837; s. George and Phebe ( Wood) Thayer; ed. Union Coll., A.B., 1560; LL.D., 1892: LL.D., Alfred Univ., 1907. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1864, and engaged in practice in Minneapolis, Minn. U. S. minister to the Netherlands, 1859-93. Republican. Mem. Soc. of May- flower Descendants, N. Y. Huguenot Soc., Minn. Hist. Soc. Club: Union League. Residence: Union League Club.

THAYER, Stephen Henry:

Banker, author: b. New Ipswich, N. H., Dec. 16, 1839; s. Stephen and Joanna (Pond) Thayer; ed. Appleton Acad., N. H .: m. N. Y. City, Nov. 25, 1863, Emma F. Halsted; children: Marion A., b. 1865, ,Alice E., b. 1869, Howard S. b. 1574. Was for 35 years a mem. of the New York Stock Exchange and for 30 years a mem. of the banking house of Stout & Thayer. Has been director at different times in various railway, steamship and mining companies. Author: Songs of Sleepy Hollow (poems ) : Songs from Edge- wood (poems) ; Daughters of the Revolution (novel) ; also of various critical essays pub- lished in reviews and periodicals on Tenny- son, Matthew Arnold. Lowell. Whittier. Burns, Alexander Smith, etc. Clubs: Ceu- tury, Authors; formerly mem. of Grolier, Players, National Arts, and Barnard Club. Address: 177 Roberts Av., Yonkers, N. Y., or Century Club, . W. 13d St., N. Y. City. THELBERG, Elizabeth Burr:

Physician and prof. at Vassar Coll .; b. Bangor, Me., Oct. 59, 1:60: grad. Woman's Med. Coll. of N. Y. Infirmary, 1sst. Has been resident physician of N. Y. Infant Asylum and of Nursery and Child's Hosp., Staten Island, N. Y .: since 17 resident physician and prof. of physiology and hy- giene, Vassar Coll. Mem. A. A. A. S., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soe., Dutel. ess Co. Med. Soc. Address: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

THILLY, Frank:

Prof. of philosophy: b. Cincinnati. Ohio. Aug. 18, 1865; s. Pierre and Mary (Barth) Thilly; ed. private schools in Philadelphia. Woodward High Sch .. Cincinnati: Univ. of Cincinnati. Univ. of Berlin Heidelberg Univ .. A. M., Ph. D., fellow of philosophy. 'Cornell Univ .; in. 15, Columbia, Mo .. Jessie Mat- thews: children: Gertrude. b. Isi, Margaret. b. 1-99, Frank, b. 1901. Instr. in logie and history of philosophy, Cornell Univ .. 1-92.93; prof. philosophy. Univ. of Missouri, 150 ;- 1904: prof. of psychology, Princeton Univ., 1901-06; prof. of philosophy and ethics, Cor. 1272

nell Univ., from 1906. Managing ed .. . School Review, 1.92-93; editor of Uni .. Mio. Studies, 1900-01. Author: Loi, ... Controversy with Locke, 1:91 ( Heid-1 , .... Introduction of Ethics. 1000: Translator l' sen's Introduction to Philosophy, 1- 1, Tr lator of Weber's History of Philus, .. 1896; editor and translator; Paulsen's > tem of Ethics, 1999; translator (with W. Elwang) of Paulsen's German Universi- 1906. Has contributed articles to I'h . Review. Science, Popular Science Month. Edn'1 Review, University of Missouri Sind :. Kant Studies, and Princeton Contributi .. . to Psychology. Mem. \m. Phil. Ass'n 1907), Am. Psychol. Ass'n, Western Phi! Ass'n (pres. 102-03). Address: 9 East .. v., Ithaca, N. Y.

THIRY, John Henry:

Retired merchant; b. in Belgium, Der. 30, 1522; s. Jean Baptiste and Anne Marie ( Dussart) Thiry; ed. in Normal School "! Bastogne, Belgique, receiving his diploni as teacher from that school and from 1 . Dep't of the Interior of Belgium, Dec. 5 ;. 1545; m. 1st, Mar. 24, 1553. Ernestine Desim blanc (died June 16, 1596) ; children : Ra !; 0. Ovide. b. 1554. Joseph, b. 1555; m. 21. Feb. 23, 1895, Margaret O'Conor: childre Henry, b. 1900, Henrietta, b. 1902. Francis b. 1903, Jolin. b. 1905: also adopted Aux. o. 1900, a son, George. b. April 19, 1-95 Camer to N. Y. City, 1859; was in book busi ..... until 1574, when retired. School comm'r since 15$3, and now sec. Local School Bor i of Dist. 41, Queens County: is father of ti .. European System of School savings bank> in America, in which $15.000,000 has brun saved by- the young people of the Ciitel States who have become deposit rs. 1u. thor: Early Schools in Long Island. D .r. ocrat. Catholic: trustee St. Patrick's c'h .. Long Island City. Mem. Nat. Edn'l .1%'n since 1590: Knight of Columbus. Address: 1s1 Academy St., Long Island City.

THOMAS, Allen Mason:

Physician; b. Wiekford, R. I., Sept. 26. 1856: s. Allen Mason and Charlotte Proc: r (Smith) Thomas: ed Episcopal Acad., Che- ter. Conn .: grad. Yale Univ., Shefield Sci- entific Sch., Ph.R .. 1s": Coll. Phys. and Surg., Columbia Univ., M.D., 150; m. N. Y. City, June 2, 1903. Anne O'Neill. After graduation from med. school was succes. sively interne of N. Y. Hosp. one year, ass . physician at N. Y. State Emigrant Hosp. (obstetrical service) one year, physician- in-chief Emigrant Hosp. 3 years; and physi- cian-in-chief and sup't four years. Resign- ing from the N. Y. State Emigrant Hosp .. spent a year in Enrope, visiting hospitals and studying medicine in France and ther. many. Since April, 1-90, has been in prac. tive of obstetrics and pediatrics in N. Y Chy. Is consulting physician Nursery and Childs' Hosp., N. Y. Republican. Epis pali.in. Mem. Med. and Sure. She .. N. Y Obstet. Sa., N. Y. Chanical Soc., Greater Y. Med. Soc. Lead. of Medicine N. Y., An. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State and Co. Med . Mem. Says of Revolution. Delta Psi fratern- ity. Clubs: Century. University, St. 10. thony Automobile Club of America, Hospital Graduates, Garden City Golf Summer 1.1. dence and address : Blue Hill, Maine. June

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15 to Oct. 1. Address: 35 W. 54th St., S. Y. | and Engine Building Co., Quincy Mass., summer of 1906. Pres. Thomas & Grant, bout THOMAS. Augustus: engine builders. Mem. Sic. we the Siema Xi, Am. Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Engers. irem. Jm. So. of Mechanical Engineers mem. Engineers' Club, New York City. as ... mem. Am. Soc. Naval Eng'rs. Author. Steam Turbines. 1006, 1307-05. Ad- dress : Ithaca, N. Y.

Dramatist; b. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. S. 1559- s. Dr. E. B. and Imiocene tarre:tsou) Thomas; ed. in public schools of St. Louis : m. N. Y. City, 1:00, Liste Colby. Served as page in the ilst Congress. 19 9-11. em- ployed in freight dep't of railroads: studied i law two years, then engaged in newspaper work and was for a time editor and pro- prietor of the Kansas City Mirror. Author of many well known dramas, including: Ala- bama; In Mizzoura; Arizona: The Edues- tion of Mr. Pipp; Oliver Goldsmith: Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots: The Burglar; The Et- bassy Ball; The Witching Hour: and many other successful plays. Democrat: has been candidate for the Legislature: personal and political friend of William J. Bryan: pre- sided over the great Madison Square Garden meeting which welcomed Mr. Bryan on his return from his world tour in Fall of 1910. Clubs: Century. Players. Lambs. American Dramatists. Address: New Rochelle, N. Y. THOMAS. Calvin:

Educator, author: b. Oct. 28, 1851, on farm near Lapeer, Mich .; ed. Lapeer public schools and Univ. of Mich., A.B .. Ist : after teaching three years in high school. Grand Rapid -. Mich., went to Leipzig to study philology; LL.D., Univ. of Mich., 104: m. Grand Rap- ids, Mich., June 16, 1.4. Mary Eleanor Allen. Instr. German, lsfs-SI, ass't prof., 1881-86, prof. Germanic languages and litera- tures, 1Ss6-96, Univ. of Mich .: prof. Germanic languages and literatures Columbia l'aiv., since 1896. Editor of various editions of German classics, notably Goethe's Faust. 1-92-97; A Practical German Grammar, 125; The Life and Works of Schiller, Il. Au- thor: Goethe and the Conduct of Life (a study of Goethe's ethical, lass; has al) contributed numerous essays and reviews. chiefly on German subjects, to the X. Y. Na- tion. The Open Court, the Forum and the Goethe-Jahrbuch. Since its foundation. 1$$3, active mem. Modern Language Ass'n of Am., was its pres. in 1. mi, and is well repre- sented in its proceedings. Mem. Weimar Goethe-Gesellschaft. Club: Authors (pres. 1902-03). Address : Columbia University, N. Y. City.

THOMAS. Carl Clapp:

Educator, engineer: b. Detroit, Mich., Inly 14, IST2; s. George Poseve and Caroline Melissa ( Clapp) Thomas: ed. Leland Stan- ford Jr. Univ., 1-01.94, Sibley Coll .. Corneil Univ .. M.E., 1.35; m. Pasadena, Calif., 199. Katharine Nash: children: Dorothy Grace, Alfred Randall. Roseve. Draftsman. 1:5.9% ass't enger, IsGUT, chiet ene'r. 15.599, with Globe Iron Works Co., Cleveland, Ohio, chici draftsman of marine don't, Maryland Steel Co., 1999-1901. Prof. marine one'ring and naval architecture. N. Y. Univ. 1 1: de. signer of special marie machinery, with Moran Bros. Shop.huilles, 14: instructor in thermodynamics, Univ. of Calit., 160; prof. marine engrins Cornell Univ., since 1904. Engaged in the steam turbine dep't of Westinghouse Machine Co., at Pittsburgh, in summer of Dog: in the Research Isthors- tory of the tiemral Electric Co., Schwert dr. N. Y., summer of 195; with Fore River Shop

THOMAS, Charles G. M .:

Electric and gas company oficial; b. N. Y. City, July 2. Isto: s. John J ard Mary ( Jones) Thomas; ed. in the public schonis of Y. City, and in the College of City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, June 17, 1:00, Sandee Antoinette Beach. children: Dorothy Gwen, b. 1502 (died Issi), Marjorie Beach. b. 1995. Charles Norton, b. 1900. In insurance busi- ness, ISS3-Ss: with Standard Gas Licht of N. Y. City, less-1901, having management vi com- minoreial dep'ts during gas war. In 1.all assumied minagement of Newtown & Flush- ing Gas Co., as v .- p. in which had ac- quired an interest: since then bas added other similar interests. V .- p. anl sen. mg'r N. Y. & Queens Gas Co., 1901-07, Williamsport Gas Co., 1001-06; director. v .- p. and gen. me I N. Y. and Queens Elec. Light and Power Co .: r.p. Dallas (Texas) Gas Co .; pres. Charies Thomas Mif's Co .: director Queens Investing Co., Flushing Branch, Corn Exchange Bank; director and treas. Business Men's Land Co. of Flushing. N. Y .: Trustee Flashing Hosp .; v .- p. Flushing _1ss'n; director Flushing Business Men's Ass'n. Mem. Reformed Ch. Mem. Am. Gas Institute, Ohio Gas Licht AAss'n, Illuminatius Ens'ring Soc., Empire State Gas and Electrical Iss'n, Am. Alead. Polit. and Social Science. Brooklyn Inst. Ar's and Sciences. Bunting Lodge. F. and A. M. Syivan Chapter. R. A. M., Consustine Con- mandery, K. T., Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Quill. Niantic, Bayside Yacht, Alpha. Men's of Flushing. Flushing Country. Residence : Flushing. N. Y. Address: 21 Jackson _1v., Long Island City.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 137

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1904 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 1430

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 1430