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whooping cough. Mem. Am. Pediatric Sor .. Ass'n Am. Physicians, N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Author: Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, and numerous medical monographs 011 diseases of infancy and childhood. Address: 30 E. 62d St., N. Y. City.
KOPPELMAN, Harris:
Lawyer; b. Lublin, Russia, Aug. 22, 1894; s. Joseph and Gussie (Kolberq) Koppelman : ed. Public School No. 22, N. Y. City, DeWitt Clinton High School, N. Y. Univ. Law School. 1906, LL.B .: unmarried. Special deputy at- torney general in 1907 to prosecute complaints against the commission of crimes against the elective franchise (assigned to courts in N. Y. City). Republican. Jewish religion. Ad. dress : 60 Suffolk St., N. Y. City.
KORNFELD, Alfred E .:
Gen. mg'r Engineering News Publishing Co .; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 24, 1s69; s. Charles and Julia ( Gregor) Kornfeld: ed. pubhe schools of N. Y. City and Coll. City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, June 21. 1991, Hennie Eisenberg; one daughter : Muriel Gregor Kornfeld. Was five years with Electrical World; since 1992, with Engineering News; nov and director Engineering News Publishing Co. Republican. Associate Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Mason, 220 Broadway, N. Y. City. 3:2°. Address : KOST, Frederick W .:
Artist; b. N. Y. City; ed. in schools of that city: studied art in schools of Nat. Acad. Design. Specialty is landscapes : re. ceived hon. mention at the Pari- Exp'n. 1200. Academician Nat. Acad. Design, 1906. Men. Artists' Fund Soc., Soc. Landscape Painters. Brooklyn Soc. Arts and Crafts Residence : 5555 Fifth Av. Address: 146 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
KOSTER, Charles F.
Sec. Phemx Ins. Co .: b. N. Y. City, Dec. 11, 1867; ed. public schools of Hoboken, N. J. Entered in 1:83 Hoboken local agency of Phenix Ins. Co. of Brooklyn, went to the home office in 1-st and was transferred from the underwriting to the accounting don't. and became ass't sec .. 197, and sec., 1904, of that company. Address: 68 William St., N. Y. City.
KOUNTZE, Augustus Frederick:
Banker: b. Omaha, Neb., March 4. ISTO: s. llerman and Elizabeth Kountze; grad. Shef. field Scientific Schoot, Yare, Ph.B., 1991; un.
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married. Engaged in banking business in N. | 1894, Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1999; un-
Y. City since 1892; mem. firm of Kountze
Bros., bankers. Clubs: University, Metro-
politan, Yale, Lawyers. Residence: 1 E, 60th St. Address: 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KOUWENHOVEN, Harry Williamson:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1883; s. Peter W. and Sarah E. (Ryder) Kouwen- hoven; grad. Columbia Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1905: m. Brooklyn, N. Y., April IS, 1906, Margaret T. Van Siclen. Has prac- tised law in City of N. Y. since 1905; mcm. firm of Wyckoff, Clark & Frost, and mg'r of the firm's Real Estate Dep't. Has travelled in all of the New England States, Canada and some parts of the West. Rc- publican. Mem. First Reformed Dutch
Church. Recreation : Automobiling. Resi- dence : 305 Shelton Av., Jamaica. Queens County, N. Y.
Address : 215 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
KOYL, Charles Herschel:
Physicist, consulting eng'r; b. Amherst- burg, Ont., Aug. 14, 1855; s. Rev. Ephraim Lillie and Frances (Culp) Koyl; grad. Vic- toria Coll., Cobourg, Ont., 1977; post-graduate student Johns Hopkins, 1579-83. fellow 1881-83; m. 1st 1885, Georgiana Thatcher Washburn; 2d, 1901, Adele T. Sanford. Head dep't mathematics and physics, High School, Wash- ington, D. C., 1885-87; prof. physics Swarth- more Coll., 1987-89; v .- p. Nat. Switch and Signal Co., 1589-91: pres. Nat. Drving Co., 1891-93; scientific ass't to Col. Waring, com- m'r street cleaning, N. Y. City, 1895-96; mg'r Automatic Banjo Co., N. Y. City. 1896-99, Industrial Water Co., 1999-1902. Contb'r to scientific journals on physics and engineer- ing. Was a delegate to the International Congress of Electricians, held in Philadel- phia, 1884. Residence: 102 W. 93d St. Ad- dress: 18 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KRACKE, Frederick John Henry:
Naval officer, Port of N. Y., merchant; b. N. Y. City, July 11, 1968; s. Henry and Henrietta (Hoffman) Kracke: educated pub- lic schools and Collegiate High School, N. Y. City; m. Brooklyn, 1890, Florence Tayntor; children: Frederick T., b. 199S, Helen T., b. 1905. Is produce merchant in Washington Market under own name; also in granite con- struction for cemetery and memorial pur- poses. Formerly ass't comm'r ag'r State of N. Y. for 10 years. Mem. Republican State Exec. Com. and Gen. Com .; also Exec. Com. of Kings Co. R.p. Com. Has represented State of N. Y. in Nat. Agr'l Conventions by comm'n from various governors in States from Maine to Calif., and South to Texas. Pres. Tayntor Construction Co .: director Tayntor Granite Co. Republican. Mem. (Dutch ) Reformed Ch. Mem. N. Y. Mer- cantile Exchange, Kings Co. Masonic Lodge, K. T. and Kismet Temple Mystic Shrine, Clinton Commander .: mom. Patrons of Hus- bandry (Granger). Clubs: Union League, Midwood, Cortelyou. Mercantile, Roosevelt, Republican. Address: 11 Kenmore Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
KRAFFT, Herman Frederick:
Instructor in English and law, U. S. Naval Acad .: b. N. Y. City, April 7, 1872; s. Herman and Maria Katherine (Gommel) Krafft; grad. Johns Hopkins Univ., A.B.,
married. Mem. N. Y. Bar, managing clerk in office of Baldwin & Boston. N. Y. City; tutor in family of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Sr. Traveled in Europe, 1899-1900; mem. of Rhode Island Bar, 1902; lecturer on English Liter- atare, Shakespeare. etc .; lecturer N. Y. Dep't Education. Private tutor in Newport, R. I., and Morristown, N. J. Mem. Johns Hopkins Alumni Ass'n, Baltimore, Md., Co- lumbia Alumni Assin, N. Y. City, Phi Delta Phi ( Columbia) Law fraternity. Summer residence: 81 Baldwin St., Glen Ridge, N. J. Address: U. S. Naval Academy, Annapaolis, MId.
KRAFT, John E .:
State civil service comm'r; b. Kington, N. Y., 1865; of German parentage; ed. local schools. Learned printing trade in office of Kingston Press; became clerk in office of B'd of Supervisors and read law with Judge Alton B. Parker. Before his admission to the bar purchased, with John W. Searing, The Kingston Leader, of which he is still the principal proprietor, and which has daily and weckly issues and is the Democratic or- gan for the City of Kingston and for Ulster County. Appt'd, Jan., 1901, by Gov. Odell, one of the Democratic members of the B'd of Civil Service Comm'rs of the State of N. Y. Formerly mem. Company H, 20th Bat- talion, N. G. N. Y. (now disbanded ) ; alder- man Common Council of Kingston and in 1:90 was elected mayor of Kingston, being the youngest man who ever heid that office. Ac- tive Democrat ; has served on the State Dem- ocratic Committee; has been delegate to State and Nat. conventions. Senior warden of the Episcopal Mission of the Holy Cross; mem. and has been presiding officer of the different orders of the Masonic fraternity. Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Patrons of Husbandry; mem. Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, and of the Elks order. Address: Kingston, N. Y.
KRAMER, George Washington:
Architect; b. Ashland. Ohio, July 9, 1847; s. Daniel and Susan (Baughman) Kramer; family of German-Swiss extraction, the earl- iest American ancestor having been George Kramer, who settled in Eastern Pa. early in Isth Century; ed. in common and high schools; professional education obtained in offices and otherwise self acquired: m. Lis- bon, Ind., Jan. 4, 1570, Harriet Estelle Black- inan, (died 1904) children: Ella Estelle Mar. shall (died 1904), George Lee, b. les2. Lora Odessa Kramer Mitchell, b. 1s-5. Engaged in business as contractor, los-73: practised as architect, Ashland. Ohio, 1-73-79. then enter- ed into partnership with JJacob Snyder. a well-known architect and originator of Akron. S. S. Plan., until 18-5; then of firm of Kramer & Weary until 1594, when came to N. Y. City where has since been in practice. With associates has designed and built many public buildings in various States, all the new build- ings of Oberlin Coll., original buildings of Ohio Agr'l Coll .. college buildings at Akron. Ashand. Marietta, Mt. Union and Fostoria, Ohio, Meadville. Pa .. and elsewhere, the Ducher-Hampden Watch Co., buildings. Can- ton, O., and many buildings at Akron, Ohio, ote. ; originated the combination and the ding. oual or "pulpit-in-the-corner" plan of church
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building (usually called the "Akron" plan) ; [ at Jefferson City, 1877-86; at Kansas City, architect of over 1800 churches in nearly | Mo., 1836-99. Pres Mo. State Bar Ass'n. 1890-91; Missouri mem. Nat. Democrat: every State and in foreign lands, the Union Methodist Ch., Manhattan, and the Baptist (Gold Standard) Com., 1890-1900; general counsel Armour & Co. and allied interest s. 1509-1905. Since 1995, in general corporate and financial practice at N. Y. City bar; spo- cial judge Supreme Court of Missouri in Lackland v. Welker (case of Shaw's Botani- cal Garden, St. Louis, 151 Mo. Rep., p. 210), 1899. Author of paper on MIalice, Am. Bar Ass'n, 1898. Mem Am. Bar Ass'n, Bar \s- s'n City of N. Y. Residence; 787 Fifth Av. Address : 60 Wall St., N. Y. City. Temple in Brooklyn being among the mum- ber. Received first award in Nat. competi- tion for Sunday School building at World's Columbia Exp'n, 1893, expert on heating and ventilation; originator of the Fan Furnace System; constructional and sanitary eng'r; specially known for improved ideas in heat- ing, ventilation and sanitation of public build- ings. Author: The What, How and Why of Church Building. Residence: 77 N. 17th St., East Orange, N. J. Address: 1 Madison Av., KRECH, Alvin W .: N. Y. City.
KRANS, Horatio Sheafe:
Author, literary adviser G. P. Putnam's Sons; b. Boston, 1872; s. Rev. Edward H. and Charlotte (Sheafe) Krans; ed. in pri. vate schools, N. Y. City, Columbia, A.B., 1894, Ph.D .; unmarried. Engaged in literary work for magazines and reviews and in editorial work. Author: Irish Life in Irish Fiction, 1903 ( Macmillan) ; William Butler Yeats, 1904 ( McCiure, Phillips) ; Goldsmith, A Critical Biography (in Vol. I of The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Turk's Head Edition), 1908 ( Putnam). Associate editor Library of the World's Wit and IIumor (10 vols.). Recreation : Tennis. Clubs: Colum- bia University, Authors. Address: Care G. P. Putnam's Sons, 27 W. 23d St., N. Y. City. KRAUSS, William C .:
Physician; b. Attica, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1863; grad. Attica Union Schi., 1880 (valedictorian ), Cornell Univ., B.S., 1884, with 2-year certifi- cate for extra work done in med. prep. course; grad. Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1886 (second in honor class) ; studied in European Univs., 1886-89 (M.D., summa cum laude, Berlin, ISSS) ; m. Salamanca, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1890, Clara Krieger. Has prac- tised medicine in Buffalo since 1890, eontin- ing his work to diseases of the mind and nervous system. Prof. pathology, 1890-95; prof. nervous diseases since 1595, Med. Dep't Niagara Univ. Delivered course of lectures at Cornell Univ., 1:90. Associate editor Buf- falo Medical Journal, and contb'r to other Am. and European med. journals, and author of 100 scientific papers. Fellow Royal Mic- ros. Soc., London; Am. Neurol. Ass'n; mem. Am. Micros. Soc. (sec., 1895; pres., 1998) Buffalo Micros. Soc. (pres., 1892-93), N. Y. State Med. Soc., Med. Ass'n Central N. Y. (pres. 1897), Lake Erie Med. Soc., Erie Co. Med. Soc .; one of founders, 1892, Buffalo Acad. Medicine (sec. several years) : mem. Buffalo Obstet. Soc. (sec. 1590.92). Neurolo- gist to Erie Co. Hosp., Buffalo Gen. Hosp., and Asylum and Hosp. Sisters of St. Fran- cis; pres. B'd Mg'rs Buffalo State Hosp .; med. sup't Providence Retreat. Mem. Buf. falo Ass'n of Cornell Alumni. Clubs: Medi- cal, Buffalo, University. Address: 479 Dela- ware Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
KRAUTHOFF, Louis C .:
Capitalist; m. Angeline S. Jackson; one son, Shepard. Pres. and trustee Equitable Trust Co. of N. Y .; v .- p. and director Wheel- ing & Lake Erie R. R. Co .; trustee Am. Surety Co., Commercial Trust Co. of Phila. delphia; director City Investing Co., Colo- rado Fuel and Iron Co., The Coney Island & Brooklyn R. R. Co., The Distilling Co. of America, The Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of the U. S., Mercantile Trust Co., Nat. Bank of Commerce, Union Exchange Bank, West Va., Central & Pittsburgh R'y Co. Clubs : Metropolitan, Down Town. N. Y. Ath- letic, Riding, Garden City Golf, Country, Ardsley, Grolier, Lawyers. Residence : 26 W. 58th St. Address: 15 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
KREHBIEL, Henry Edward:
Editor, musical critic, lecturer; b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Mar. 10. 1834; s. Rev. J. and Anna Maria Elizabeth ( Haake) Krehbiel; ed. in public schools of Ohio; m. Ist. Bir- mingham. Conn., 1877, Helen Virginia Os- borne; 2d, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1896, Marie Van: one daughter, Helen, b. 18:3. Musical critic Cincinnati Gazette, 1874-80; musical critic New York Tribune since Nov. Isso. Mem. Internat. Jury, Exposition Universelle, Paris. 1900 (musical section). Editor: Musical Re- view, N. Y. City, 1850-SI. Mem. Beethoven Ilaus Verein, Bonn, Germany: decorated by France with Cross Legion d'honneur ( Chev- alier ), Jan., 1901. Author: An Account of the Fourth Musical Festival Held at Cincin. nati, 1980: Notes on the Cultivation of Choral Music, 1884; Review of the New York Mus- ical Season (5 vols., 1853-90) ; Studies in the Wagnerian Drama, 1991; The Philharmonic Society of New York-a Memorial. 1:32: How to Listen to Music, 1597: Music and Manners in the Classical Period, 199s. Re- viser and continuator of Lavignac's Music and Musicians, 1877; editor and translator of The Technics of Violin Playing (Cour- voisier), Isso: translator and annotator of Mozart : The Man and Musician; Beethoven, the Man and Musician ( Kerst). 1905. Amer- can editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition) : consulting editor Music of the Modern World, etc. Spends summers at Blue Hill, Maine. Chibs : Authors. Address: 152 W. 105th St., N. Y. City.
KREMER, William N .:
Lawyer; b. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 18. 1558; s. Louis and Sophia ( Riseck) Kranthoff: ed. Pres. German-Am. Ins. Co. of N. Y .; b. Carlisle, Pa., 1851. Identified with German- Am. Ins. Co. over ten years as gen. agent for middle dep't: pres. Underwriters' Ass'n in 1-92; appt'd to secretaryship of company public schools of JJefferson City, Mo. Studied law in office of Ewing & Smith, Jefferson City, Mo., 1 74-76: admitted to bar (aged 18), 1876; ass't att'y.gen., Mo., 1577.1; mem. Gen. Assembly, Mo., les3-85; practised law 'in 1506, and on death of Mr. Allen, in June,
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1898, succeeded him as president. Pres. and director German Alliance Ins. Co .: director . Underwriters' Salvage Co. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Garden City Golf, Larchmont Yacht, Apawamis Golf, Baltusrol Golf. Residence: 145 E. 37th St. Address: 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
KREUGER, Ivar:
Civil eng'r; b. Kalmar, Sweden, Mar. 2, 1876; s. Ernst and Jenny (Forssman) Kreu- ger; grad. Royal Technical College, Stock- holm, Sweden, C.E .; unmarried. Practising civil engineer in Sweden, United States, and other countries; since coming to U. S. has been connected with George A. Fuller Co., Milliken Brothers and Consolidated En- gineering and Construction Co., of which lat- ter is now chief eng'r. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Awarded gold medal for sav. ing of life. Club: Graduates (N. Y. City). Address: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
KRUSE, Frederick W .:
Jurist; b. in Germany, June 25, 1832; brought to this country when one year old; ed. in common schools and Griffith Inst., Springville, N. Y .; m. 1878, Julia V. Engle. Worked on farms and in mills and at age of 17 taught school; admitted to the bar, 1877; practiced law in Arcade and Olean, N. Y .; mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1554-&7: mem. of various State commissions, including one in 1887 to revise the general excise laws, and one in 1895 to prepare charters for third- class cities. In 1890 was special comm'r to investigate the Federal census frauds, and * reenumerated the city of Minneapolis, Minn. County judge of Cattaraugus County, 1897- 1900; appt'd by Governor Roosevelt justice of the Supreme Court, Jan. 1. 1900, and elected in the general election, 1901, justice of the Supreme Court of N. Y. for term ex- piring Dec. 31, 1914: assigned to Appellate Division, Fourth Dep't, Jan., 1906, the desig- nation expiring Jan. 3, 1911. Republican. Ad- dress, Olean, N. Y.
KUHN, Arthur K .:
Lawyer; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 11, 1876; s. Herman and Caroline (Loeb) Kuhn; ed. Columbia University, A.B., 1:95; A.M., 1896; LL.B., 1897 (Bennett medal 1595; Sons of Am. Revolution medal, 1895) : Univ. Zurich 1903-04; Univ. of Paris, 1904-05; m. Nice, France, March 24, 1903, Jennie Schoenfeld ; one son, Kenneth C., b. 1904. Admitted to Bar in 1998; specialty, international private law. Author: International Civil and Com- mercial Law, 1905 ( Macmillan). Director Coplay Cement Mf'g Co .; sec. H. Kuhn & Sons Inc .; sec. Loeb & Schoenfeld Co. Mem. Am. Soc. of Internat. Law, Internat. Law Ass'n; Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .. Am. Polit. Science Ass'n, Alumini Ass'n of Columbia Coll. Director of Soc. for Ethical Culture. Recreation: Golf. Club: Harmonie. Resi- dence: 308 W. 92d St. Address: 42 Broad- way_ N. Y. City.
KUHN, John Joseph:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 7, 1877; s. John R. and Henrietta M. ( Rabitte) Kuhn ; ed. Cornell Univ., course in arts and law, LL.B., 1998; unmarried. Admitted to N. Y. State Bar, July, 1-94; since then, active prac- tice of law in Brooklyn, N. Y., engaged mostly in trial and appellate work. Mem.
law firm of Dykman, Oeland & Kuhn. Demo- crat. Roman Catholic. Mem. Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, Delta Chi fraternity (treas., 1905-00; pres. 1906-07), S. A. R., Soc. Colonial Wars. Franklin Literary Soc., Catholic Benevolent Legion, Knights of Columbus, Royal Arca- num, Improved Order Heptasophs, B. P. O. Elks; pres. Emerald Ass'n. Clubs: Crescent Athletic, Brooklyn Riding and Driving, Law- yers ( Brooklyn ) ; Cathedral, Juanita, Delta Chi Alumni, Cornell University (N. Y. City). Residence: 63 S. Oxford St. Address: 189 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
KUHNE, Percival:
Banker; b. N. Y. City, April 6, 1861: s. Frederick and Ellen Josephine (Miller) Kuhne; ed. Coll. City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City. Jan. 31, 1893, Lillian Middleton Kerr; d. Hamilton Robinson Kerr; one daughter: Gwendolyn, b. July 13, 1809. In 1654, entered banking house of Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, founded by his father, to whose interests both in N. Y. City and Leipzig succeeded in 1893, now being senior partner of the N. Y. house. Trustee and mem. exec. com. Em- pire Trust Co., Palisades Guaranty and Trust Co. of Englewood, N. J., Lincoln Safe Deposit Co., Citizens Savings Bank, Colonial Safe Deposit Co .; mem. Advisory B'd Corn Exchange Bank, 28th St. Branch; director and v .- p. Regina Music Box Co. Veteran 10th Co., Tth Reg't, N. G. N. Y .; mem. Am. Mu- seum of Art Zool. Gardens, Botanical Gar- den, Holland Lodge, No. 8, F. and A. M. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, Union League, Calumet, Down Town. Residence: Plaza Hotel. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
KUICHLING, Emil:
Consulting civil and hydraulic eng'r; b. Kehl, Germany, Jan. 20, Ists; s. Dr. Louis and Marie (von Saeger) Kuichling: brought by parents to Rochester, N. Y .. 1949: grad. University of Rochester, B.A., 186S ( Phi Beta Kappa). scientific and post-graduate course, C.E., 1869: further post-graduate course in Polytechnic Sch., Carlsruhe, Germany, 1870- 72, as C.E .; m .- Rochester. N. Y., Jan. 28, 1570, Sarah L. Caldwell. Before entering col- lege. was subordinate in canal eng'rs and city eng'rs office in Rochester. and continued work therein during all vacations; ass't eng'r on Rochester Water Works, 1873-55: consult- ing eng'r N. Y. State B'd of Health, 1881-92; designed extensive sewerage system for Rochester, 1887-1900. and other large works for water supply sewerage and water power in many other places: chief eng'r Rochester Water Works, with construction of new con- duit and enlarged distributing system, 1590- 1900; eng'r of water supply New York State Barge Canal, 1900-01. Since 1901. consulting eng'r in N. Y. City, engaged in minierous extensive municipal water supply and sewerage projects and water power de. velopments of private corporations. In 1$$5 was elected by voters of Rochester. N. Y .. to position of member Executive Board (cor- responding to B'd Public Works), Rochester. N. Y., serving biss. Frequently engaged as eng'ring expert in important litigations. particularly in water supply and sewerage cases. Mem. Am. Soc. City Eng'rs. Am. Water Works Ass'n, New England Water Works Ass'n, Am. Public Health Ass'n, Rochester Academy of Science, Masonic fra- 797
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ternity (all branches), Delta Upsilon fratern- ity. Club: Engineers. Address: 52 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
KUMPF, John E .:
Physician; b. N. Y., May 8, 1873; ed. pub- lic schools, Columbia Grammar Sch., 2 years Columbia Coll. Sch. of Mines, Coll. Phys. and Surg., M.D .; m. Mrs. Hugh Doherty. Instr. in medicine N. Y. Post-Grad. Hosp. Med. Sch., visiting physician St. Bartholomew's Clinic and De Milt Dispensary. Club: N. Y. Playgoers. Address : 10 Livingston Place, N. Y. City.
KUNITZER, Robert:
Physician; b. Szegedin, Hungary, Feb. 18, 1866; s. Emanuel and Johanna (Englander) Kunitzer; ed. Gymnasium, Vienna, Univ. Vi- enna, A.B. and M.D., lées; m. N. Y., 1900, Cora Rosenstraus; one son, Edwin. Mem. Co. Med. Soc. City of N. Y., Am. Med. Ass'n; at- tending physician Sydenham Hosp., chief of Med. Dep't Sydenham Hosp. Dispensary; v .- p. Sydenham Post-Grad. Course and Hosp. Mem. Adelphiia Lodge, I. O. O. F., Humboldt En- campment, Deutsche Geseelig Wissenschaft- liche Verein. Clubs: Thirteen, Clairmont. Address: 7 W. 121st St., N. Y. City.
KUNZ, George Frederick:
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Gem expert, scientist: b. N. Y. City, Sept. 29, 1856; s. J. G. and Maria Ida (Widmer) Kunz; ed. public schools and Cooper Union; received degree of A.M. from Columbia Univ., 1898, Ph.D. Univ. of Marburg, 1903, Knox Coll., D.Sc., 1907; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 29, 1881, Sophia Leore Handforth: one daughter: Ruby H. (now Mrs. Hans Zinsser). Third v .- p. and gem expert, Tiffany & Co .; special agent U. S. Geol. Survey, 1582-1905. Mein. and former v .- p. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs; pres. N. Y. Mineralogical Club; honorary curator of precious stones in Am. Museum of Natural History. Active in efforts for the protection of the Palisades and other scenic objects; pres. Am. Scenic and Historic Pre- servation Soc. Was juror of the Nashville Exp'n; juror Jamestown Exp'n, 1907. Hon- orary mem. Uralian Natural History Soc. of the Ural Mountains: chevalier Lesion d'IIon- neur and officier d'Instruction l'ublique de France; honorary mem. Chamber of Com- merce of Precious Stones, Paris; honorary mem. Columbia Alumni Ass'n; Knight of Saint Olaf, Norway; fellow N. Y. Acad. Sciences, A. A. A. S., and Am. Geol. Soc .; v .- p. City History Club. Mem. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs : Union League, Grolier. National Arts. Residence : 601 West 110th St. (Ca- thedral, Parkway.) Address: 401 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.
KURTH, Henry A .:
Physician; b. in Germany, Sept. 4, 1863; s. Frederick and Anna Kurth; grad. Union Coll .. A.B., 1887, A.M., 1890: Coll. of Phys. and Surgeons ( Colmbia Univ.), M.D., 190; 11. Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1898, Mary E. Hawkes. After graduation, served one year as interne in the German Hosp., N. Y. City; then began practice of medicine in Schenec- tady, N. Y .: in 1903, went to Dresden. Ger- many, for advanced work in Royal Maternity Hosp. ; in 1906, appt'd on staff of Ellis Hosp .. at Schenectady, to organize the Obstetric Dep't of that institution. Republican. Epis. copalian. Mem. Schenectady Co. Med. Soc., 798
N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n. Club: Mohawk Golf. Address : Schenec- tady, N. Y.
KURTZ, Charles M .:
Director Buffalo Fine Arts Acad .; b. New Castle, Pa .; s. Davis B. and Julia M. (Wild- er) Kurtz; grad. Washington and Jefferson Coll. Pa., B.S., 1876, M.S., 1579, Ph.D., 1902: was 3 years student Nat. Acad. Design, N. Y. City; m Harrodsburg, Ky., Oct. 1, 18-5, Julia Stephenson; children: Elizabeth Ste- phenson, b. 1856 (died 1:97) ; Julia Wilder. b. 1889; Isabella Starkweather, b. 1901. Was connected for several years with N. Y. Tri- bune; editor 9 years of National Acad. Notes, and in 1884, edited Art Union Magazine. Di- rector Art Dep't Southern Exp'n at Louis- ville, Ky., 1883-S6; art editor, 1:59, and later also literary editor N. Y. Daily Star, and editor of Sunday Star until 1891; appt'd, 1891, ass't chief Dep't of Fine Arts of World's Columbian Exp'n; acted in advisory capacity for Art Committee of St. Louis Al- nual Exp'n, 1893, and at close of World's Co- lumbian Exp'n was tendered position of art director St. Louis Exp'n; visited, annually, the art centers of the U. S. and Europe, 1994- 99, in interests of that exp'n which attracted wide attention for its advanced representa- tions of contemporary art, including the first organized exhibit made in this country of works by painters of the "Glasgow school,"' Munich " Secession," and other important systematic exhibits of contemporary art. Sometime ass't director of fine arts for U. S. Commission to Paris Exp'n of 1900, and appt'd Aug., 1901, ass't chief Dep't of Art, La. Purchase Exp'n, and, with Prof. Ives, visited Europe that year in interest of the Exp'n; served on Internat. Jury of Award for Section of Fine Arts and chm'n Jury of Award for photography in Dep't of Liberal Arts. Since Jan. 1, 1005, director Buffalo Fine Arts Acad., Albright Art Gallery, Buffa- lo. for which organized exhibits of Scottish paintings, 1905: contemporary German Art, 1906; French - Impressionists, 190 ;. Editor Academy Notes (monthly art publication of Buffalo Fine Arts Acad.). Awarded mnedal by Trans-Mississippi Internat. Exp'n. of Omaha, and two gold medals by authorities of La. Purchase Exp'n. for services in art ex- hibits; commemorative bronze plaque, Ger- many. 1907. Created Officer Order of Merit of Bulgaria by Prince Ferdinand for services in interest of Bulgarian Art. Mem. Nat Seulp- ture Soc., Nat. Soc. Mural Painters, Munici- pal Art Soc., N. Y., St. Louis Artists' Guild Japan Soc., London, Phi Gamma Delta fra- ternity; honorary mem. Soc. Western Artists. Clubs: Lotos, National Arts. (N. Y. City) ; St. Louis, (St. Louis) : Buffalo. University, (Buffalo). Address: Albright Art Gallery, Buf- falo, N. Y.
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