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VEEDER, Ten Eyck De Witt:
Commander, U. S. N .: b. N. Y .; entered Naval Acad., Is; grad. 173. Promoted en- sign, July 16, ISft; master, Jan. 1. I>>1; heut. 1327
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(junior grade), Mar. 3. 15$3; lieut., Oct. 7, | 1886: Tuscarora, deep-sea sounding, Pacific Station, 1973-75; Vandalia, European Station, 1876-77: Alliance, European Station. 1877-88 : Torpedo Station, 1:80-s1: Richmond, Palos, and Ashuelot, Asiatic Station, les1-84; on board Ashuelot when wrecked on Lamrock Rocks, Formosa Channel: Navy Yard, Wash- ington, 1Se4: special duty, electric lighting. Bureau of Navigation. 19:5.89: Bureau of Equipment, electric lighting, 1890; Enterprise, July 1, 1890; Yorktown. Squadron of Evolu- tion, 1800-93; Bureau of Equipment, 1$93-96: and went to European Station. returning to Boston, April 4, 1998. where Bancroft fitted to join Admiral Sampson's squadron; ship reported for duiy at Key West. May 9, 1:2s. Promoted lieut .- commander, Mar. 3, 1899; Bu- reau of Equipment, 1599-1903. Promoted com- mander, Dec. 2. 1902; comd'g U. S. S. Hart. ford, 1903-07, comd'g Alabama since Oct. 17, 1907, making the trip around Cape Horn and San Francisco, thence around the globe via Guam, the Malaccan Straits, and Suez Canal. Address Care of Navy Dep't, Washington, D. C.
VENABLE, James Anderson:
Gen. manager and treas. N. Y. Car Wheel Co .; b. in Kentucky, March 9, ISCS; s. Thomas S. and Sallie Quicksall ( Anderson) Venable: ed. in public school; unmarried. Treas. and gen. mg'r N. Y. Car Wheel Co .; treas: Clear Creek Mining and Reduction Co .. Golden, Colo .; director Beals & Selkirk Trunk Co., Wyandotte, Mich. Clubs: Park (Buffalo ), Detroit Boat (Detroit). Address: 327 Dela- ware Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
VERNON, Howard W .:
Paper dealer: b. Brooklyn, Junt, 1867; s. Thomas and Ianthe (Steele) Vernon; ed. Adelphi Acad., and Yale Univ. (honor First Dispute). Mem. of firm of Paul E. Vernon & Co .; ex-director Champerico Northern R. R. of Guatemala. Has visited principal European Countries, Mexico and Central America. Republican. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, and Chi Delta Theta. Recren- tions: Skating, snowshoeing, mountain climb- ing. Club: Crescent Athletic. Address: 22 Reade St., N. Y. City.
VERNON, Philip Harwood:
Lawyer: b. Ctica, N. Y., Mar. 31, 1934: s. Edward and Anna ( Clarke) Vernon; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., A.M. (Latin salutatorian, first prize mathematics). 1:53: m. U'tica, N. Y .. June 26, 1-67, Sophia Helena Dutton ; chil. dren: Harwood, Grace (widow of Norman W. Dodge). Mem. General Assembly of State of N. J., 1979-1-0. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Law Inst .; Psi Upsilon fraternity : N. Y. Univ. Alumni Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Ass'n. Residence: 73 New England Av .. Summit, N. J. Address: 32 William St .. N. Y. City.
VERNON, Russell Montgomery:
Lawyer: b. Florida, N. Y., April 23. 1573: s. Montgomery Hale and Mary Alice (Goble) Vernon: ed. Washington Aend., Florida. V. Y., Wallkill Free Lead., Middletown, N. Y., Cornell Univ., School of Law. IL .. B .. 1:01: m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 2. 1001, Elizabeth Gill: one son: Clinton Montgomery, h. Der. 1, 1902. Engaged in general practice of law
since 1994. Is sergeant Co. I. First Inf .. N. G. N. Y. Republican. Universalist. Mem. Delta Chi College fraternity. Royal Arcanum Club, and various fraternal organizations. gun clubs, ete. Address: Middletown, N. Y.
VER PLANCK, William Gordon:
Lawyer; b. Geneva, N. Y., April 15. 1.61: s. Samuel Hopkins and Mary G. (Vough!) Ver Planck: grad. Hobart Coll., B.S., 192: Columbia Coll. Law Sch .; m. N. Y. City. June 16, 1901, Harriet A. Clark: one daughter. Margarita Schuyler, b. Oct. I .. 1902. Admitted to bar. 1-83. Inspector public schools under Mayor
Strong. Partner Young, Ver Planck & Prince: director auml v .- p. Geneva Nat. Bank. Genera. N. Y., N. Y. Labelling Machine Co. Democrat. Episcopalian. Trustee Ass'n for Protection of Adirondacks; vice-chancellor Colonial Order: mem. Bar As,'n. St. Nicholas Sc .. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Holland Soc. Clubs: St. Nicholas (pres. ), Down Town. St. Andrew's Golf. Residence : 321 W. 90th St. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
VIBBERT, William H .:
Clergyman: b. New Haven, Conn .. Oct. 1. 1539; s. Rev. Dr. William E. and Mary Esther (Couke) Tibbert: ed. Episcopal Acad. Conn., Trinity Coll., Hartford, B .. A., 1>>: Berkeley Divinity Sch., Middletown, Coln. (S.T.D .. Racine Coll., Wis., 1953) ; m. 1svi. Julia Newbold, d. William Welsh. of Phil- adelphia (she died Dec. 15. 1ss;). Ordered deacon. June 4. 1502: ordained priest. O.". 25. 1863, by Bishop Williams. Rector Chris! Ch., Middle Haddam, Conn., and at saime time prof. Hebrew in Berkeley Divinity Sch .. Middletown, Conn., 1963 -; 3; rectur !. Luke's Ch., Germantown, Pa., IST3-3. st. James' Ch., Chicago, 1 3.00; St. Peter's Ch .. Philadelphia. 1890-91: since 1sal vicar of Trinity Chapel. N. Y. City. Pres. N. Y. Protestant Episcopal Public School (Triviry Sch.), House of the Iloly Comforter. Trinity Chapel Home. St. Agatha's School, Home ior Old Men and Ared Couples, St. Luke's Ine for Aged Women, House of Mercy: V .!. N. Y. Bible and Prayer Book Soe .: trustee Trinity Coll., Hartford, Gen. Theol. Som .. Soc. for Promotion of Religion and Learn- ing. Clergymen's Retiring Fund Soc .: me'r B'd of Missions. Author: Guide to the Real- ing of the Hebrew Text, 2 editions, Is22. 1.75; A Plain Catechism of Church Priser ples. AAddress : 116 E. : 9th St., N. Y. City.
VIELE, Herman Knickerbocker:
Author: b. N. Y. City. Jan. 31. 1-5: s General Egbert Ludovicus (distinguished eng'r and volunteer officer) and Tores. (Grifin ) Viele: studied engineering in father's office: m. Washington, D. C., Sept. 1-7. Mary Wharton, of Philadelphia. I'ma ... tised as civil oug'r and was professionsUs connected with the work of extension of the city of Washington: also artist, eshilite_ pictures in N. Y. City and other Am hibitious. Anthor: The Inn of the silver Moon, DO: The Last of the Knickerlockers. 1001: Myra of the Pines, Pro: Random Vers 18: Heartbreak Hill, Is; also play, The House of Silence, and verse and short stories in leading inneammes. Mem, Artists' Purul Sor. Aztor Soen Sops of the Resultin. St. Nicholas Soc. Clubs: Century, Una,
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Players, Salmagundi. Address: 146 E. 35th ; St., N. Y. City.
VIELE, Sheldon Thompson:
Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1947; s. Henry Knickerbocker and Laetitia Porter ( Thompson) Viele. His father was a sen of a prominent lawyer and statesman during the early part of the nineteenth century, and descendant of Cornelius Viele, a native of Holland, who settled at Fort Orange, now Albany, about 1630; on the mother's side descended from Jabez Thompson, an officer in the French and Indian War, and also in the War of the Revolution, who was killed. while in command of his reg't in the re- treat from N. Y., Sept., 1776, and from Anthony Thompson, who settled in New Haven, 1638; ed. Yale College, A.B., in 1868 and A.M. in course 1st1; m. June 5, 1877, Anna Porter Dorr: children: Grace, Dorr, Anna, Laetitia, Sheldon K. Studied law in office of E. Carlton Sprague, Buffalo; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1869, and in May. 1871, began practice on own account, and has since practised in Buffalo. Vestryman of St. Paul's Ch., trustee St. Margaret's Sch .; has served as curator Buffalo Library, 1SSG-89; pres. Yale Alumni Ass'n of Western N. Y., 1895-96, pres. Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'n of Western N. Y., less, again in 1896, has been v .- p. for Buffalo of the Holland Soc. of N. Y., served two years as pres. Buffalo Ass'n, Sons of Revolution. Mem. of N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Lawyers Club of Buffalo, Soc. Colonial Wars, Soc. War of 1812, Mil. Order Loyal Legion; was first sec. of the first Dist. Com. of original Charity Organization Soc. of the U. S. and a trustee from its incorporation, was mem. of the first Exce. Com. of Civil Service Reform Ass'n of Buffalo. Was appt'd in June, 1906, by Gov. Iliggins, State comm'r in lunacy, to succeed the late Daniel N. Lockwood, and reappointed by Gov. Hughes in March, 1907. Clubs: Saturn (dean, Is9), University (of which he was the first presi- dent, 1594-97), Lawyers. .Address: 254 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
VIERECK, George Sylvester:
Author, editor; b. Munich, Germany, Dec. 31, 1884; s. Louis and Lanra Viereck; chme to America at age of 12; ed. in public schools in Germany and N. Y. City, and Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1906. While at college published book of German verse (Gedichte, 1001), subsegreatly embodied in Nineveh und andere Gedichte, published at request of Ludwig Fulda in 196 by Goethe's former publishers, Cotta. The English and American editions, published 1907 by Brown, Langham & Co., London, and Moffat, Yard & Co., N. Y. City, contain the most ini- portant of the German poems. Englished by the author, in addition to numerons poems originally written in English. Other works; A Game at Love and Other Plays, 199 ( Brentano) : The House of the Vampire. 1907 ( Moffat, Yard): America. \ Litany of Nations, 1906 (Viereck Publishing Co.). Asso, editor Current Literature and literary editor of Der Deutsche Vork imufer since 1906. V .. p. and see. Viereck Publishing Co. Recre- ations: Swimming, lunching and poetry. Mom. Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity. Club: The Vagabonds. Address: Care of Current Lit- erature, 11 W. 25th St., N. Y. City.
VILI.ARD, Oswald Garrison:
Editorial writer, b. Wiesbaden, Germany, 1872: s. H'y and Fannie ( Garrison) Villard. d. William Lioyd Garrison; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1893, A.M., 1826; Washington. and Lee Univ., Litt.D., 1906: m. Athens. Feb. 1>, 1203, Julia B. Sandford. Editorial writer, N. Y. Evening Post. Pres. N. Y. Evening Post Co : director Home Trust Co. Pres. Dobbs Ferry Hosp., Manassas (Va. ) Indus- trial Sch. for Colored Youths. Independent in politics. Clubs: City (trustee), Harvard. University, Reform. Address: N. Y. Even- ing Post, N. Y. City.
VINCENT, John . Heyl:
Bishop M. E. Church; b. Tuscaloosa, Ala., Feb. 23, 1832; s. John Himrod and Mary (Raser) Vincent; ed. Lewisburg, (Pa.) Acad .. prep. dep't Univ. at Lewisburg, Pa. : Newark (N. J.) Wesleyan Inst., D.D .; Ohio Wesleyan Univ., D.D. ; Harvard Univ., Washington and Jefferson Coll .: m. Portville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Nov. 10, 1858, Elisabeth Dusenbury ; one son, George Edgar, b. Mar. 2. 1.04. Taught country school at Chillisqauque, Pa., 1850; traveled circuit as Methodist ass't preacher in Luzerne Co., Pa., 1-51: Newark (N. J.) City Mission, as ass't. 1952: joined Newark (N. J.) M. E. Conf., 1553; stationed at North Belleville, 1853-54: at Irvington. 1855-56; transferred to Rock River (Ill. ) Conf., 1557: stationed at Joliet. Ill .. in 1-57- 78; MIt. Morris, 1858; Galena, 1:58-59: Rockford, 1-61. Traveled in Europe and Palestine, 1SP; pastor at Rockford, Ill., 1-63: Trinity Ch .. Chicago, 1864. Established Sunday School Magazine and the Lesson Leaf System in Chi- (ago, in connection with the Sunday School Teacher, 1564: entered the Sunday School Union of Methodist Episcopal Church as agent, then as corr. sec. and editor. Isj.s. Elected bishop, Jess: resided in Buffalo. N. Y., 1-9.92; in Topeka, Kan .. 1593-19/0; resi- dent bishop of Europe, at Zurich. Switzer- land, 1900-04; retired from active episcopacy, 1904. Author: The Modern Sunday School; A Study in Pedagogy: Better Not: Our Own Church; and several volumes of Lesson Notes. Question Books, etc. Mem. Alpha Tau Omega. Associated with Lewis Miller, of Akron, in the organization of the Chautauqua S. S. Assembly, 17% Suggested, organized. and named the Chantanqua Literary and Scientific Cirele, in 1-2, and served from the beginning as superintendent of instruc. tion in the Chantangna AAssembly; and from its founding, as chancellor of the Chautau- qua Literary and Scientific Circle, with head- quarters at Chautauqua, N. Y. Address: Indianapolis, Ind.
VINCENT, Marvin Richardson:
Clergyman; b. Ponshkeensie, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1584: s. Leonard M. (Rev. ) and Names M. (Richardson) Vincent: grad. Columbia Coll., N. Y., B .A., 1-54, MA .. 1:57. Union Coll., Schenectady, D.D .. Ii: m. Brooklyn. children: Helen à, Katherine Storm. I'dich. Mory leonard Instr Grammar Sch. of Columbia Coll., Isini: prot. I'm Truy Univ., 150; pastor Ist Presby n th .. Trav. N. Y .. PER: pstor Ch. Covenant. V. Y. City. 1; prof. Sacred Literature. Union Theol. Sem .. N. Y., siner Iss. Has pub- lished es vols. besides numerous pamphlets and addresses. Trustee Columbia U'niv.
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Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc. Club : Century. Address: 20 E. 92d St., N. Y. City.
VINCENT, Wesley Grove:
Surgeon; b. Oak Bluff's, Mass .. Dec. 6, 1871; s. Francis P. and Minnie E. ( Killian) Vin- cent; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1:02, Yale, A.B., 1896, Yale, M.D., 1900; m. N. Y. City. Oct. 12, 1904, Ethel Boornm Gresham. Ass't attending surgeon N. Y. Post Grad. Hosp. (babies wards) ; ass't surgeon N. Y. Post Graduate and Presbyterian Dispensaries. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. County Med. Soc. and N. Y. State Med. Soc., Med. Soc. Greater N. Y., Soc. Alumni Post Graduate Hosp. Instructor in surgery N. Y. Post- Graduate Med. School. Republican; Epis- copalian. Address: 172 W. 79th St., N. Y. City.
VINEBERG, Hiram N .:
Surgeon: s. Alexander and Hannah Vine- berg; grad. MeGill Univ., Montreal, M.D., C.M. (Holmes gold medallist for best written and oral final examination for the degree in medicine and surgery ) ; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 9, 1891, Lena Bernheim. Settled in practice of medicine in N. Y. City since 19 6, and has made a specialty of gynecological dis- eases. Has made several trips to European medical centers and one around the world : a year's residence in the Hawaiian Islands. Author of numerous medical papers and of several original operations in gynecology : one of contributors to The Practice of Obstetrics. by American Authors. Gynecolo- gist to St. Mark's Hosp .. Monteflore Home for Chronic Invalids, adjunct attending gyne- cologist Mount Sinai Hosp. Independent in politics. Fellow Am. Gynecol. Soc .: mem. Am. Med. Ass'n; fellow N. Y. Obstetrical Soc .; mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc .; fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Recreations: Horse- back riding, golf, rowing, etc. Mem. Cana- dian Society. Clubs : Harmonie, British Schools and Universities. Address: 751 Mad- ison Av., N. Y. City.
VINTON, Thomas MacIntire:
Civil eng'r: b. Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. 5, 1874; s. Merrick Eugene and Susan Vander- poel' ( MacIntire) Vinton ; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., Butler Univ., Irvington. Ind., Mass. Inst. of Technology. Boston: mn. Pawl- ing, N. Y., June 25. 1902, Mary Tetley Wheeler. Built filtration plants for city of Ithaca, city of Yonkers and Cornell Univ .; the reinforced concrete dams at Ithaca and Trionda, N. Y .; reinforced concrete bridge at Derby, Conn., each .at time of construction being largest in this country. Pres., treas. and director Tucker & Vinton (Inc.), Theker & Vinton (Corp'n). Ro publican; Presbyterian. Director Beta Cor- poration. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs. Canerete Ass'n, Building Trades Employers' Ass'n, Master League of Cement Workers, Chi Phi fraternity .. Indiana Soc. Chus: Technology, Engineers, Chi Phi. Building Trades. Address: 103 Park Ave., N. Y. City. VIOLETT. Atwood:
Born New Orleans, La., 1817; s. William A. und Penelope A. (Oldham) Violett; ed. in private schools: m. at New Orleans, Olga. d. William Quentell: two daughters and three sons. Enlisted in the Confederate Army as member of Pelham Battalion, at Mobile. Ala., Jan., Isit. Later was transferred to 1230
the Military Univ. of Alabama. at Tuscaloosa, where, in April, 1:65, the battalion of ca- dets had an engagement with a brigade of Wilson's Cavalry, a famous command of the Federal Army, and one that figured very con- spicuously in the closing events of the Civil War. He later surrendered as a member of the Army of General Richard Taylor, of the Confederacy, and was paroled by Major-Gen. Cauby of the Federal Army. May, 1:05. He then entered his father's office at New Or- leans, and succeeded him in 1:09 under the name of Violett, Black & Co. The firm of Atwood Violett & Co. was inaugurated there in 1$90, and established, under the same name. in New York City, in 1593. They have memberships in the New York Stock, Cotton and Coffee Exchanges. Democrat. Mem. Soc. of the Cincinnati. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Southern Soc. Clubs: Union. West-
chester Country. Residence: 150 W. 59th St. Office address: 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.
VITALE, Ferruccio:
Landscape architect; b. Florence, Italy, Feb. 5, 1875; s. Lazzaro and Giuseppina Countess Barbaro Vitale; ed. in Florence, classical schools, Modena Royal Mil. Acad .. grad., 1903. Florence Acad. of Arts. Land- seape architect in N. Y. City since 1904. Served as Ist lieut. Italian Army up to 1904, military attache to Italian Embassy in Washington, 1998-99, in Philippines as representative of Italian Army, 1.99. Fel- low Am. Soc. of Landscape Architects; mem. Municipal Art Soc. of N. Y., Knight of the Crown of Italy; honorary mem. Army of the Philippines Soc. , Address: 1133 Broadway, N. Y. City.
VIZETELLY. Frank Francis Horace:
Author, editor; b. London, England. April 2, 1501; s. . Henry Richard and . Elizabeth Anne (Ansell) Vizetelly : ed_ Ecole des Frères Chrétiens, Passy; Lycée Baudard, Nogent-sur-Marue, France: and Arnold Coll .. Eastbourne, England; m. N. Y. City. June o. 1594, Bertha Marie Krebbiel; one dau_liter. Norma, b. 1597. Ass't editor Standard Die- tionary, 1891; associate revising editor, same. 1891-99: managing editor, 1902.0>: projector of Encyclopedia of Wines. Author: Prepara- tion of Manuscripts for the Printer, I'mi: A Desk Book of Errors in English, 190; A Desk Book of Mispronounced Words, D": The Correct Use of English Words, 19us: Practical Punetuation, lops: Revising editor. Columbian Encyclopedia, Cyclopedia of Classi- fied Dates, Hoyt's Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations, 1891-97: mgr editorial don't and see. Editorial B'd Jewish Encyclopedia. 15- 1905: editor don't of pronunciation and typography ou The New Schaff. Herzog En- cyclopedia of Religions Knowledge (12 vol- umes), 1905-09; collaborator on The New Encyclopedia of Social Reform (16). Com. tributor to Appleton's Annual Cvelgen. The Jewish Envelonodia. The Knevelmed of Temperance. The Illustrated London Vous. The Independent. N Y. Sun. N. Y. Times. The Bohemian, etc. Hobby is Bermuda, about which has written: Balmy Bermuda: Ber muda, the Riviera of the Atlantic: Summer. ing in Bermuda: The Boers in Berrinda: The Boer as a Prisoner of War: Where American History Was Made (Bernnuda). Protestant. Mem. Soc. for the En
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couragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, London, 1903-05. Address: 2460 Seventh Av., N. Y. City.
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VOGELIUS, Joseph Francis:
Publisher; b. Brilon, Germany, Sept. 19, 1848; s. Franz and Mary ( Nolte) Vogelius; ed. Trinity Seh., and public schools., Phila .; m. Bloomfield, N. J., April 27, 1995, Ella V. Holmes; children: Charles, b. 1570, Josella, b. 1896, Francis. b. 1599, Edmund. b. 1900, Lela, b. 1902, Beatrice, b. 1907. Treas. and director Henry Holt & Co .; has been con- nected with this company or their predeces- sors since 1961. Is also president of Jersey Plate Co. Trustee Bloomfield ( N. J.) public schools. Recreation : Automobiling. Ad- dress: 34 W. 33d St., N. Y. City.
VOGT, Von Ogden:
Sec. Presby'n B'd Home Missions: b. Altamont, Ill., 1579: s. Ezra W. and Mary Elizabeth ( Stair) Vogt; grad Beloit Coll., B.A., 1901. Secretary to president, Beloit College, 1901; gen. sec. United Soe.
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Christian Endeavor, Boston, 1902-07; sec. World's Union of Christian Endeavor, 1907. Lecturer on Christian nurture in all States of America. Presbyterian. Sec. for Young People, Presby'n Board of Home Missions. Trustee Young People's Missionary Move- ment, National Bible Inst., World's Christian Endeavor Union, Nagasaki Seamen's Home, Japan. Mem. Sigma Chi fraternity. Club : Twentieth Century (Boston). Address: 156 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
VOISLAWSKY, Antonie Phineas:
Physician; b. N. Y. City, June 5, 1872; s. Silas P. and Antonia (Scharles) Vois- lawsky; ed. N. Y. public schools, N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1994, Dartmouth Med. Coll., M.D., 1996; m. Belleville, N. J., June 4, 1902, Margaret Rutgers Van Rensselaer; chil- dren: Van Rensselaer Schuyler, b. 1903, Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, b. 1906. Engaged in practice limited to ear, nose and throat. Consulting otologist and laryngologist, St. Vincent's Hosp. and The S. R. Smith In- firmary, Staten Island; ass't aural surgeon, Manhattan Eye and Far Hospital: head of the Dep't of Rhinology of the Angle School of Orthodontia. Mem. Soe. of Alumni of St. Luke's Hosp., N. Y. Acad. Medicine. fellow Am. Laryngological. Rhinological and Otological Soc., N. Y. State and County Medical Societies, etc. Mem. Tth Reg't N. G. N. Y., Benevolent Lodge No. 2s F. and A. M., Sylvan Chapter. Constantine Commandery, Mecca Temple Mystic Shrine. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic. Graduates, Phi Gamma Delta. Summer home : Rensselaerswyck, Katonah, N. Y. Address: 12> W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
VOLK, Douglas:
Artist, painter: b. Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 23, 1:56; s. leonard W. and Emily C. (Bar- low ) Volk : ed. Rome, Italy, Ecole des Beaux Arts. Paris, under J. l. Girome. 1.73-75: m. Chicago, June 25, 1 ~~ 1. Marion B. Larra- bee: children: Leonard, b. 1.8 (deceased ) ; Wendell, b. 1-5. Marion. b. 200, Gerome. b. 1-94. Traveled in Europe. FEST, 1:45.04. also in U. S. and Bahama Islands. Organ- ized the Minneapolis Sch. Fine Arts (director. 15-6-93) ; mem. Nat. Art Jury. Columbian Exp'n, 1593; mem. Nat. Art Jury. St. Louis Exp'n, 1904; mnem. Nat. Acad. Design, Soc.
Amı. Artists; prof. 4 years at Art Students' League for drawing and portrait painting; prof. 10 years Cooper Inst., N. Y. City. Has lectured on art instruction and handi- crafts in public schools; organized a handi- craft , movement in Lovell, Me .: published morsgraphs on some subjects. Pictures pur- chased by the Carnegie Museum ( Pittsburgh ) Corcoran Gallery ( Washington), Pittsfield Mivsepm and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N. Y. Painted: Father Henepin Dis- covering Falls of St. Anthony, and Battle of Missionary Ridge, in St. Paul Capitol Building, Minnesota. Received medals for paintings. World's Columbian Exp'n. St. Louis Exp'n, Buffalo Pan-Am. Exp'n, Charles- iown Exp'n, Boston Colonial Exp'n. Shaw Prize, $1,500 Soc., Am. Artist, 1899. Carnegie Prize for best figure composition by an American artist, 1901. Democrat. Mem. Soc. Ethical Culture. Mem. Artists' Fund Soc., Artists' Aid Soc. Club: National Arts. Address: Center Lovell, Maine.
VOM BERGE, Henry de Rutte:
Chemist and mf'r: b. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 4. 1574; s. George Benjamin and Marie (de Rutte) vom Berge; ed. Buffalo public and normal schools, tutors, Canisius Coll .. B.A., 1592, Georgetown Univ .. and in Ger- many; m. Buffalo. Sept. 26, 1907, Genevieve C., d. Louis and Myra Lee ( Horton ) Schoell- kopf. Since 192 with Schoellkopf & Co .. tanners, of which is now me'r: also v .- p. Wegner Machine Co .; director Central Nat. Bank, Internat. Brewing Co .. Schoellkopf. Hartford & Hanna Co., all of Buffalo, Ni- agara Falls Hydraulie Power and Mi'g Co .. and the J. and A. MeKechnie Co. of Canan- daigua, N. Y. Was mem. 65th Reg't Cadet Corps, trooper Troop B, N. G. N. Y. : ROW Ist lient. and ass't insp. small arms practice. 65th Reg't. N. G. N. Y. Mem. Exec. Com. and ebi'n Finance Com., Municipal League of Buffalo: mem. State Com. State Publicity League. Buffalo Civil Service Reform Ass'n: pres. Buffalo Fresh Air Mission, Charity Organization Soc. (chm'n Com. on Mem- bership and Appeals), Am. Nat. Red Cross. Nat. Conf. Charities and Correction, Erie Co. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Chamber of Commerce of Buffalo, Buffalo Credit Men's Ass'u. Democrat; Protestant. Mom. Am. Chem. Soc. (treas. Section of Western N. Y. ), Soc. Chem. Industry ( Lon- don), Am. Leather Chemists Ass'n, Internat. AAss'n Leather Trades Chemists. Mil. Service Inst'n, U. S. Inf. Ass'n, N. Y. State Rille AAss'n. Nat. Ritle Ass'n of America, Buffalo Ilist. Soc .. Butfalo Soc. Natural Sciences. She. for Beautifying Buffalo, Am. Forestry Ass'n, Nat. Geng. Soc. A. A. A. S., Deutsche Adels-tienossenschaft : see .- treas. Deutsche Jung- Maenner Gesellschaft ; financial sei. Deutsche Gesellschaft vou Buffalo. Chibs: Buttarlo Orpheus (see.). Guido Chorus, Phil. harmonie Chorus (secretary), Westminster. Socrates, Saturn, Park, Ellicott. Democratic (see. Membership com.) Fencers, Buffalo Kennel, Boston Terrier of Buffalo, Boston Terrier Club, Boston, Budalo Yacht {Bnf. falo) : N. Y. Athletic, Army and Navy, Am. Kennel (N. Y. City), Chemist's Club (N. Y.): Wanderers' Cricket and Athletic ( Chicago ) : Missouri Athletic (St. Louis). Address: Perry and Mississippi Sts., Buffalo, .V. Y.
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