Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 39

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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MCCOOEY, John H .:


Deputy comptroller, City of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, June 15, 1864: s. Patrick H. and Ann E. (Hanlon) McCooey; ed. public schools, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1871-72; public and high schools, Chester, Pa., 1872-77; m. Brook- lyn, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1599, Catherine I. Sesnon ; children: John, b. 1:99, Herbert, b. 1901, 0. Adele, b. 1903, Everett, b. 1906. Sup't of P. Station S., Brooklyn, 1888; ass't postmaster of Brooklyn, 1893-98; deputy county treas. Kings Co., N. Y., 1898-99; sec. Civil Service Commission, N. Y. City, 1899- 1903; pres. same; collector of assessments and arrears, Borough of Brooklyn, 1905; deputy comptroller City of N. Y., from Jan. 1, 1906. Trustee Nassau Trust Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Democrat (regular) ; Roman Catholic. Mem. Emerald Soc., Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Brooklyn, Brooklyn League. Clubs: Brooklyn, Hanover, Madison, Sey- mour, Kings County Democratic, Municipal Club of Brooklyn. Address: 1426 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N. Y.


McCOOK, Anson George:


Brig.gen., U. S. V .; b. Steubenville, O., Oct. 10, 1:35; s. Dr. John McCook and Cath- arine Sheldon MeCook; ed. public schools, New Lisbon, O .: m. N. Y. City, 1556, Hettie B. McCook; children: Katharine, George Anson. Admitted to Ohio Bar, 1861; served in Civil War, participating in first battle of Bull Run, as capt. Ed Ohio Inf .; served in Army of Cumberland and in Atlanta capi-


paign under Sherman; brevetted brig. gen., 1866-72; U. S. assessor internal revenue at Steubenville, Ohio. Mem. Congress, 1977. 83, 8th N. Y. Dist .; sec. U. S. Senate, 1884. 93; city chamberlain, N. Y., 1655-97. Pres. and director N. Y. Law Publishing Co .; di- rector Iron Silver Mining Co., Public Ac- countants Corp'n. Mem. Ohio Soc .. Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Ath- letic, Hardware, Republican. Residence : 33 W. 54th St. Address: 319 Broadway, N. Y. City.


McCOOK, John James:


Lawyer; b. Carrolltown, O., May 25, 1845; entered Kenyon Coll., but left at end of first year to serve in Civil War; enlisted in 52d Ohio Inf .; subsequently commissioned 1st lieut., 6th Ohio Cav., and capt., and aid-de- camp, U. S. Vols .: served in campaigns of Perryville, Stone River, Tullahoma, Chicka- mauga and Chattanooga, with Western arm- ies, and in Gen. Grant's campaign with Arms of the Potomac; severely wounded battle Spottsylvania Court House; mustered out as brevet-col. Vols .; reentered Kenyon Coll., grad. A.B., 1866; Harvard, LL.B., 1869; re- ceived honorary A.M. from Princeton Univ .. 1873: LL.D., from Univ. of Kansas, 1890, and Lafayette Coll., 1593. Senior mem. Alexander & Green; counsel for railroad, financial and insurance corporations. Was invited to place in President MeKinley's first cabinet; chmin Army and Navy Christian Commission during war with Spain; trustee of Kenyon College, Ohio, and director Princeton Theol. Sem. Pres. Ohio Soc. of N. Y., of Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'n, and of Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of N. Y. Clubs: University, Union. Union League, Somerset (Boston), Metropoli- tan (Washington). Residence: 10 W. 31th St. Address: 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.


McCORD, George Herbert:


Artist; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 1. 1848; 8. George and Matilda McCord; ed. Quackenbos Collegiate School and N. Y. and Hudson River Inst. at Claversack, N. Y .; studied art under Prof. Moses Morse, N. Y. City, and in England. Scotland, Canada, France and Hol- land. Painter of landscapes and marine sub- jects; many of his pictures are in prominent public and private collections: received sil- ver medal and diploma from the Charleston Exp'n, bronze medal and diploma from Mass. Charitable Mechanics' Ass'n, Shaw prize of the Salmagundi Club, N. Y. City, for black and white drawing and medal of La. Pur- chase Exp'n, 1904; made life mem. Lincoln Club, Brooklyn. for his picture The Haven Under the Hill. Associate National Acade- mician. Nat. Acad. Design: mem. Artists' Fund Soc., Am. Water Color Club. Black and White Club, Brooklyn Art Club. Clubs: Lotos, Salmagundi (ex-pres.). Address: 114 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.


McCORD, James Benney:


Civil eng'r; b. Pittsburgh, Pa .. May 12, ISTS; s. Walter Lowrie and Annie Kidd (Ben- ney) McCord; student in civil eng'ring course, Allegheny Coll., Meadville, Pa., class of 1897: m. Elizabeth, N. J .. Feb. 3. 1903. Adelaide Louise Paterson. Was draftsman with Sterlingworth R'y Supply Co. of N. Y. City and Easton. Pa .; draftsman and con- structing eng'r, N. Y. Filter MMf's Co., and


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had charge of the construction and testing of a water purification system of 3,000,000 daily capacity for Macon, Ga .; in 1900 drafts- man with H. L. Thompson, consulting eng'r, of Waterbury, Conn., on design of brass mills for Scovill Mf'g Co .; ass't eng'r for N. Y. Continental Jewell Filtration Co., on de- sign of Little Falls purification plant for East Jersey Water Co., 19,0-02; with General Con- struction Co. of N. Y. as resident eng'r in charge of water-supply system for the Gov- ernment at Ft. Greble, R. I., and sec. and treas. of the company, April-Oct., 1902; with Jersey City Water Supply Co. of Paterson, N. J., on inspection of construction of 72- inch riveted steel pipe-line from Kingsland to Jersey City, 1902-03; after that with N. Y. Continental Jewell Filtration Co., as resi- dent eng'r of construction of three miles of 48-inch cast-iron pipe-lines and connections to reservoir in Brooklyn, N. Y., until Oct., 1904; since then in private practice in N. Y. City. Engaged in 1906 on survey and location of the Nashville & Huntsville R'y in Tennessee, 120 miles; built pumping stations for additional water supply for Brooklyn, N." Y., 1906, and sewerage system at Interlaken, N. J., 1906-07. Sec. and treas. Gen. Construction Co., N. Y. City; pres. and chief eng'r Suburban Eng'r. ing and Contracting Co., N. Y. City. As- sociate mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; mem. N. Y. Elec. Soc. Republican. Mem. Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Club: Elizabeth Town and Country. Residence: Elizabeth, N. J. Address: 42 Broadway, N. Y. City.


McCORD, Joseph:


Fire insurance; b. in Cumberland Co., Pa., 1847; ed. Hughes High Sch., Cincinnati, Ohio, Came to N. Y. City in 1869; entered service of Hanover Fire Ins. Co .; is now v .- p. and sec. Residence: 170 St. John's Pl., Brooklyn. Ad- dress : 34 Pine St., N. Y. City.


McCORMICK, Benjamin Bernard:


Lieut .. comd'r. U. S. N .; b. N. Y .; appt'd naval cadet, May 19, 1S&S; ensign, July 1, 1894; lieut. (junior grade ), Mar. 3, 1:00; lieut., Dec. 26, 1900; lieut .- comd'r, July 22, 1906. Served in Baltimore, 1992; Marblehead, 1894- 98; Katahdin, 1898; branch hydrographic of- fice, 1899; commanding Potomac, Dec., 1599- 1903; commanding U. S. T. B. Worden, 1903- 05: inspection duty, Bureau of Ordnance, since Feb. 12, 19:6. Address: Care Navy De- partment, Washington, D. C.


MacCOUN, Townsend:


Author; b. Troy, N. Y., 1845; s. John Town- send and Angelica Rachel Douw (Lane) MacCoun ; grad. Williams, A.B., 1866, A.M., 1869; m. Quebec, Can., 1999, Annie Dean. Was bookseller and publisher, 1969-93; after- ward in literary work. development of patent machinery and handling real estate; now again in publishing business. Devised the system of using in maps identical on colors for each nationality in successive maps, there. by teaching history by color, first introducing the color system in Labberton's Historical Atlas and General History, 1857. Author: MacCoun's Historical Geography of the United States, 18:9: Historical Geography Charts of the United States, 1800: Histori- cal Geography Charts of Europe, 1895: Holy Land in Geography and History (2 vols.), 1897; Maps of Berkshire Co., Mass., 1903; His.


torical Geography Charts of English History, 1903. Mein. Am. Hist. Soc .; fellow Am. Geog. Soc., Chi Psi fraternity. Address: 225 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.


MacCRACKEN, Henry Mitchell:


Chancellor of N. Y. Univ .; b. Oxford, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1810; s. Rev. John Steele and Eliza Hawkins (Dougherty ) MacCracken : ed. Miia. mi Univ., A.B., 1857, LL.D., 1sss; Wittenberg Coll., D.D., 1878; studied at United Presby n Theol. Sem., Xenia, Ohio, 1:60-62; Prince. ton Theol. Sem., 1862-63: Tübingen and Ber- lin Univs., 1867-68; m. Columbus, Ohio, 1972, Catherine Hubbard: children: Mrs. Freder- ick Stockwell, John Henry, George Gere. Henry Noble. Teacher of classics and school sup't, 1857-60; pastor Westminster Ch., Column- bus, O., 1863-67; Ist Presbyterian Ch., Toledo, O., 1568-81; chancellor Western Univ. of Pitts- burg. Pa., 1>81-84; vice-chancellor and proi. philosophy, N. Y. Univ., 1884-91; deputy to Gen. Assembly, Free Ch. of Scotland, 1967: and to Irish Presby'n Gen. Assembly, 1551; chancellor N. Y. Univ. since 1:91. Author : Tercentenary of Presbyterianism; Kant and Lotze; A Metropolitan University; Leaders of the Church Universal (3 vols.). Address :


University Heights, N. Y. City.


MacCRACKEN, John Henry:


Educator; b. Rochester, Vt., Sept. 20, 1875; s. Henry Mitchell and Catherine ( Hubbard) MacCracken; ed. Lyons Collegiate Inst., N. Y. City, N. Y. Univ., B.A., 1:04, M.A., 1997; Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, Ph.D., 1899; Westminster Coll., LL.D .. 1903; unmar. ried. Butler philosophical fellow, N. Y. Univ., 1891-95; instr. philosophy, same 1996-99: ass't prof. philosophy, same, 1899; pres. and prof. philosophy, Westminster Coll., Fulton. . Mo., 1899-1903: syndic N. Y. Univ., and prof. politics since 1903. Trustee New York Univ .; director College B'd Presby'n Church, Soc. for Prevention of Crime. Republican in na- tional politics. Presbyterian. Mem. A. A. A. S., Nat. Edn'l Ass'n, Nat. Civic Federa- tion, College Entrance B'd, Am. Hist. Soc., Am. Acad. Pol. and Soc. Sci., Phi Bets Kappa Alumni, Psi Upsilon, etc. Club: City. Address: Washington Sq., N. Y. City.


MCCRARY, Alvin Jasper:


Lawyer; b. in Van Buren County, Iowa. March 20. 1814; s. Abner Harrison and Nar- cissa (Mangum) Mccrary; ed. in public schools of Iowa, Oskaloosa Coll. (now Drake Univ.), and Central Univ. of Iowa. from which received degree of A.M .; served in Civil War as private and corporal 47th Iowa Vols. : studied law at Keokuk, Iowa. and was admitted to bar, 1sc6. Practiced law in Iowa until 1895, when was elected on the Republican ticket judge of the First Judicial Dist. of Iowa: at expiration of term moved to Binghamton, N. Y .; engaged in practice as counsel for corporations. Pres. Iowa State Bar Ass'n, 1995.96. Mem. Am. Bir Ass'n (fowa mem. Gen. Council, 1821-97. chm'n Com. on Judicial Administration, 1999- 1905; since 1905 N. Y. mem. Com. on L'ai- form State Laws). Pres. Baptist State Con- vention of Iowa, 1583.93; now president of the Baptist. Social Union of Broome County, N. Y. Clubs: Broome County Country, Bing. hamton (Binghamton). Address: Bingham. ton, N. Y.


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McCREA, James Alexander:


General sun't L. I. R. R .; b. Philadelphia, May 26, 1875; s. James and Ada (Montgom. ery) McCrea; grad. Sheffield Scientific Sch., Yale, Ph.B., 1895; m. Pitsburgh, Pa., Dec. 15, 1897, Mabel Clarke; children: James A., b. 1899, Charles Clarke, b. 1001. Civil eng'r by profession; has been with Penn. R. R. and Pennsylvania lines since 1995, first eng'r- ing and later in operating departments; now gen. sup't L. I. R. R., Ocean Elec. R'y, Huntington R. R., Nassau County R. R., Northport Traction Co., Glencore R. R. ; v .. p. Montauk Water Co. Republican. Episco- palian. Asso. mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; mem. Delta Psi fraternity. Clubs: Ritten- house (Philadelphia ) ; Rockaway Hunting, St. Anthony (N. Y. City). Address: Care Long Island R. R., Long Island City, N. Y.


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McCREA, Nelson Glenn:


Educator; b. Sept. 18, 1863, Brooklyn, N. Y .; s. Robert Glenn and Mary Jane (Turner ) McCrea; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., Co- lumbia Univ., A.B., 1885, A.M., 1886, Ph.D., 1888; eleeted to Phi Beta Kappa, and appt'd at graduation univ. fellow in classical philo- logy for three years. Since 1958, an officer of instruction in the Dep't of Latin, Columbia Univ., as tutor, instr., adjunct prof., and, since 1903, prof. of Latin; was a student at Univ. of Berlin, 1894. Contb'r to The Book- man, The Educational Review, New Inter- national Encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Ameri- cana (edition of 1905). Republican. Episco- palian. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n since 1891; sec. N. Y. Soc. Archivol. Inst. of America since 1998; mem. Alumni Ass'n of Columbia Coll .; sec. Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in N. Y. since 1903; acting sec. Coll. Entrance Exam. B'd, 1907-OS; mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity. Address: 417 W. 115th St., N. Y. City.


McCREA, Roswell Cheney:


Economist, educator; b. Norristown, Pa., July 30, 1876; s. William H. H. and Frede- ricka McCrea; ed. Haverford Coll., A.B., 1897, Cornell Univ., fellow in political economy and finance, 1899-1900, A.M., 1900, Univ. of Pa., Harrison fellow in economics, 1900-01, Ph.D., 1901; m. June 19, 1901, Marion I. Grater. Acting head Dep't History and Civics, East- ern Ill. State Normal School, 1901-02; instr. in economics, Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn .. 1902-03: prof. economics and sociology, Bow- doin Coll., 1903-07; associate director N. Y. School of Philanthropy since 1907. Bond lec- turer on economics Bangor (Me. ) Theol. Sem., 1906: prof. economics Columbia Univ., Summer Session, 1906-1908: investigator on Henry Bergh Foundation, Columbia Univ., 1908-09. Contb'r of articles and reviews on economic subjects to various publications. Mem. Am. Econ. Ass'n, Am. Acad. Political and Social Science. Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Resi. dence: Roselle, N. J. Address: 105 E. 22d St., N. Y. City.


McCREADY, Charles:


Catholic clergyman; b. in Ireland. 1937: came to this country, 1864; grad. Mt. St. Mary's Sem .. Emmitsburg. Md., 1866. Rector Ch. of the Holy Cross since 1877. Created, by Pius X domestic proiate, 1901, Address: 829 W, 42d St., X, Y City,


MCCREADY, Robert H .:


Clergyman; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 12, 1953; s. Robert and Margaret ( Houston) Jic- Cready; grad. West Geneva Col. and West- ern Univ. of Pa., A.B., 1578: N. Y. Univ., Ph.D., 1890; m. Isabelle Hamilton Beattie; d. Rev. David Beattie, of Scotchtown, N. Y .: children: David B., b. 1899 (now a student in Princeton), Isabelle C., b. 1591, Robert H., b. 1893, Paul B., b. 1696, William B., b. 1509. Pastor Presby'n Ch., Chester, N. Y., 14 years. Has written for numerous publications. Aided in launching the Christ- ian Nation of N. Y. City; has published His- tory of Chester Presbyterian Church. Tra- veled in the Holy Land. Egypt, Turkey and Europe, 1902, with party of 830 tourists, and published The Cruise of the Celtic Around the Mediterranean, 1902. Lectures on many subjects. Pres. Floral Heights Realty Co. and has been connected with The American Real Estate Co. and the Monaton Investment Co., both of which handle real estate only in Greater N. Y. Financial sec. Bethesda Or- phanage and Industrial School of Limestone, Tenn. Republican. Presbyterian. Resi- dence: Ridgewood, N. J. Address: Presby- terian Bld'g, 156 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.


MCCREERY, Forbes R .:


Physician; b. Belleville, N. J., 1964; s. James and Elizabeth ( McAtavey) McCreery; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1855: Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1983; m. Saratoga, N. Y., 1991, Susan McQuade. Has practiced medicine in N. Y. City since 1SSS. Address: 123 E. 40th St., N. Y. City.


McCRUM, Lloyd Garrison:


Manufacturer; b. Ohiopyle. Fayette Co .. Pa., 1877; s. Robert S. and Nancy ( Spronl) McCrum; ed. Ohio Normal Univ., Ada. O., and Pa. State Coll., Bellfont. Pa .: m. Phila- delphia, Jan. 10, 1900. Iola M. Reid; children : Myra Schell and Reid. Court reporter on News Standard. Uniontown, Pa., at age of Is; appt'd ass't postmaster, Uniontown, Pa., at age of 21: organized Uniontown Acme Radia- tor Co., 1899; in 1904, organized The MeCrum- Howell Co., N. Y. City, mf'rs of radiators, steam and water heaters, bath-tubs. etc .. with plants at Uniontown, Pa., and Norwich, Conn., and is pres. of that company. Also director Thompson Connellsville Coke Co., Tower Hill Connellsville Coke Co., The Campbell-Hath- away Co., Uniontown, Pa., Greco- American Current and Supply Co., Fayette Laundry Co. Republican. Mem. M. E. Church. Recrea. tions: Golf, baseball. Mason. Clubs: Aldine (N. Y. City), Duquesne ( Pittsburgh). . \d. dress : 342 West End Av., N. Y. City.


McCULLOCH. Champe Carter, Jr .:


Major, Medical Corps, U. S. A .: b. Waco. Texas. Sept. 10. 1809: s. Champe Carter Mc- Culloch (mayor of Waco) and Emma Bas. set McCulloch : descended from Rev. Rodler- ick Macculloch. of the Church of England and of the ancient Scotch family of Mine- culloch who emigrated to Virginia in Sept .. 1727; also descended from the Virginia fom- ilies of Carter, Champe, Henry, Winstun. Cabell, Armistead, Dabney, Horsley, etc : ed. Baylor Univ .. Tex., A.B., 1583, Columbis College, N. Y. City. 1992. A.M .. Columbia, 1901: m. Oct. 23, 1859. Mary Azalete Gurley. d. Davis Gurley, Esq., of Mclennan Co. Texas ; children ; Mary Guriey.


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Champe Carter 3d, b. 1892, Louisa Earle, b.


1895, Roderick Roy, b. 1900, Sarah Champe, b. 1907. Executive officer Geol. Survey of Texas, 1888-90; appt'd ass't surgeon U. S. Navy, Mar. 26, 1892, Ist lieut. and ass't sur- geon U. S. A., May 5, 1892, captain ass't sur- geon, 1897; major, Medical Corps, U. S. A., Jan. 19, 1905. In 1908, exec. officer, Sanitary Dep't, Isthmian Canal comm's, with tem- porary address at Ancon, Canal Zone. Dem- ocrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, fellow Am. Acad. Medicine, mem. Soc. Co- lonial Wars, N. Y. City, Kappa Sigma fra- ternity; Sons of the Revolution (life mem. Virginia Soc.). Mason, 323, and Knight Templar, also Elk. Club: Army and Navy (N. Y. City). Temporary address: Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama. Address: Army and Navy Chib, N. Y. City.


McCULLOH, Walter:


Civil eng'r; b. Ossining, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1862; s. James W. and Isabella S. (Walker) McCulloh; ed. in private schools at Engle- wood, N. J., and one year in Sch. of Mines, Columbia Coll., 1880-81; m. Niagara Falls, N. Y., April, 1896, Carrie M. Wright. In en- g'ring corps, West Shore R. R., 1881-84, N. Y., Aqueduct and Reservoirs, 1884-93: since 1893, at Niagara Falls on following work: recon- struction of two steel arch and suspension bridges over Niagara River, construction of Wheelpit No. 2 and tunnel for Niagara Falls Power Co., and many other smaller works; now consulting eng'r, Albany, N. Y., for N. Y. State Water Supply Comm'n. City eng'r of Niagara Falls. 1902-05. Republican (Inde- pendent). Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Eng'rs Soc. of Western N. Y., Frontier Hist. Soc., director and v .- p. Niagara Falls Memorial Hosp. Address: 319 Jeffer- son Av., Niagara Falls, N. Y.


MCCURDY, Richard Aldrich:


Ex-pres. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, 1835; s. late Robert H. McCurdy, many years a prominent director of the com- pany; grad. from Law Sch. of Harvard Univ., LL.B., 1866; m. Saralı E. Little; one son, Robert H., b. May 26, 1859. Practiced law in N. Y. with Lucius Robinson, afterward governor of N. Y .; appt'd attorney for the Mutual Life, 1860; elected v .- p., 1865; pres., 1885, on death of President Winston, until 1906, when resigned. Clubs: Metropolitan, Lawyers, Morristown, Morris County Golf. Address: Morristown, N. J.


MCCURDY, Robert H .:


Banker: b. N. Y. City, May 26, 1839: grad. Harvard Coll., 1981: entered service of Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1881; appt'd sup't Foreign Dep't of Company, 1856-1903, and from 1903- 1905 gen. ing'r and a trustee of the Company. Director Windsor Trast Co., First Nat. Bank of Morristown, Casualty Co. of America, O'Rourke Engineering Construction Co., In- ternat. Bell Telephone Co. Address : 21


Nassau St., N. Y. City.


MCCUTCHEN, Charles Walter:


Merchant : b. Williamsburgh, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1845; s. William M. and Eliza (St. John) Mccutchen ; ed. Poly technic Inst., Brooklyn ; m. Annapolis, Md., April 2s, 1990, Mary Isa- bella Simpson; children: Margaret Wilson, h 1882. Bruson Simpson, b. 1-92. Since 199 mem. firm of Holt & Co., a firm of 100 years standing in the flour and grain business, SCS


Also special partner of w.


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fried; director Plainfield


Trust Co ..


People's Nat. Bank of Westfield, N. J .; di-


rector, sec. and treas. the Adironack Co. Independent Republican; Baptist. Has tra- veled in Europe and Egypt, as well as in the West Indies, west coast of U. S., etc. Mem. Produce Exchange, Maritime


Exchange. Chamber of Commerce, Met. Museum of Art. New England Soc. Recreations: Sailing.


golf, riding, driving. Clubs : National Ar's.


Union League, Jolly Mariners. Atlantic Yacht, Plainfield Country, Lake Placid Yacht, Plainfield Riding and Driving. Residence: 21 Rockview Av., Plainfield, N. J. Ad- dress: 95 Broad St., N. Y. City.


MCDERMOTT, Charles J .:


Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, June 15, 1967; s. James W. and Mary E. (Hill) McDermott : ed. Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B .; m. Nov. 25. 1965. Mary Elizabeth Thornton; children: Marian Thornton, b. 1893, Charles J. Jr., b. 1905. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City and Brooklyn; mem. law firm James W. and Charles J. McDermott. Appt'd mem. Com. on Character of Candidates for Admission to Bar by Appellate Division Supreme Court. 2d Dep't, Jan., 1906. Independent Democrat : Protestant. Sec. Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. Brooklyn League. Dwight Alumni Ass'n. Recreations: Athletic, trap shooting, tennis, etc. Clubs: Crescent Ath- letic of Brooklyn (v .- p.), City Atlantic Yacht, Hardware, Phi Delta Phi. Residence : Brooklyn; summer home; Sea Gate. N. Y. Harbor. Brooklyn office: 1$9 Montague St. Address : 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.


MCDERMOTT, George Robert:


Prof. naval architecture: b. Glasgow, Scot- land, Oct. 28, 1860; s. Neil and Jane ( Camp- bell) McDermott ; ed in public schools, aca- demy and technical inst., Glasgow: m. Glas- gow, July, 1880. Janie Lennox Rolland. Em- ployed in shops and draughting offices, 1550-$3: chief of scientific and designing staff, 18st-so, naval architect and ass't to shipyard mg'r Clydebank Shipbuilding Co., Clyde, Scotland. les7-9; naval architect and ass't to ren. ms'r Southampton Naval Works, England. 1:00-91; ass't prof. 1992-1904, and prof. naval architec. ture since 1904, and in charge Dep't Naval Architecture and Marine Eng'ring, Sibley Coll., Cornell Univ. Member of the Techni- cal Com., U. S. Standard Registry of Ship- ping, N. Y. City since 1.95. Author: Screw Propeller Computer and Text Book on Screw Propellers, 1903. Republican. Also mem. Am. Soc. Naval Eng'rs; mem. Inst. Naval Architects, London: Inst'n Ens'rs and Ship- builders of Scotland, Glasgow Soc. Naval Ar- chitects and Marine Eng'rs; men. Som. of Sigma Xi; Royal Arch Mason and Knight Templar. Address: Sibley College, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.


MacDONALD, Carlos Frederick:


Physician. writer: b. Niles, O., Aug. 29. 1843: s. John and Caroline MacDonald: ed. public schools and Iron City Coll. Pints- burgh: grad. Bellevue Hospital Medien! Col- lege, 1869: honorary A.M., Union College: :11. 1971, Alice M. Hardy, Brooklyn Served in 6th Ohio Vol, Cav, during Civil War.


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Prof, mental diseases and med. jurisprudence, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med Coll .; some years lecturer on insanity, Albany Med. Col- lege; consulting physician, Manhattan State Hosp .; consulting alienist. Hackensack City Hosp. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Am. Medico-Psychol. Ass'n, N. Y. Psychiatric. Soc., G. A. R. Author of numerous papers on insanity, including The Trial, Execution, Autopcy and Mental Status of Leon F. Czol- gosz, alias Fred Nieman, the assassin of Pres- ident Mckinley, Am. Journal of Insanity (Jan., 1902). Club: Lotos. Residence: 353 Riverside Drive. Address: 70 W. 46th St., N. Y. City.


McDONALD, Ellice:


Surgeon; b. in Canada, 1876; s. Archibald and Ellen (Inkster) McDonald; ed. St. John's Coll. and McGill Univ., Montreal, B.A., M.D., C.M .; m. Philadelphia, 1907, Ann Heebner. Surgeon of diseases of women; instr. Coll P. and S., Columbia Univ., and in N. Y. Post-Graduate Med. Sch. Eminent author upon surgical subjects connected with diseases of women. Mem. Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., State Med. Soc., Am. Ass'n of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Am. Med. Ass'n. Clubs: Pilgrims, Canadian, McGill Graduates, Canadian Soc., British Public Schools and Universities. Address: 294 Central Park West, N. Y. City.


MACDONALD, George Alexander:


Lawyer, capitalist, author; b. N. Y. City; s. Alexander Forbes and Janet ( Campbell-Ers- kine) Macdonald: ed. in public schools, Co- lumbia Coll. School of Political Science and Columbia Coll. Law School, under Theo- dore W. Dwight, N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1891, N. Y. Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1892. Admitted to bar of N. Y. State, 1892, and to U. S. Court, 1899; makes a specialty of the law of corporations, real estate and wills; attorney for several large corporations and estates and correspondent of many out of town law firms. Author: How Successful Lawyers Were Edu- cated, 1896 (Temple Publishing Co., N. Y.) ; a work addressed to law students, which im- mediately met with a large sale in the United States and Canada; also of a History of the University of New York, and of various ar- ticles in the Scientific American and other periodicals. Republican. Presbyterian. Rec- reations : European travel and golf. In 1903 took extensive trips through Europe, vis- iting Scotland, England, Ireland, France, Ger- many, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland; again visited Europe, 1904, 1906; Canada and Nova Scotia, 1905, 1907, 1905. Mem. Com on Legal Ethics, N. Y. County Lawyers As. s'n, Delta Upsilon fraternity, Delta Chi (law fraternity), Kane Lodge F. and A. M., Jerus- alem Chapter R. A. M. Clubs: Essex County Country, Delta Upsilon. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.




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