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GLENDINNING, ROBERT
Banker; h. Philadelphia; s. Robert and Elizabeth (Butcher) Glendinning; . attended Univ. of Pa .; m.
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Ellzabeth P .. F. Carpenter; children: Mary, b. 1899; Ellen, b. 1901; Robert, b. 1903. Served 10 years in Philadelphia City Troop and 7 months in Spanish- Am. War. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Clubs: Markham, Huntington Valley, Rose Tree Hunt, Kit- tenhouse, Philadelphia, Whlte Mark Hunt. Residence: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Address: 400 Central St., Philadelphia, Pa.
GLENN, GARRARD
Lawyer; b. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 17, 1878; s. John Thomas and Helen (Garrard) Glenn; grad. Univ. of Ga .; A.B., 1899; Columbia University Law Sch., LL.B., 1903; mem. B'd Editors' Columbia Law Review; m. St. Paul's Ch., Ivy, Va., Sept. 9, 1909, Rosa Aubrey Wood. Engaged in law practise, N. Y. City; dir. N. Y. Lubricating Oil Co., The Allied Co., Ltd., of Great Britain. Joint author of Elkus and Glenn on Secret Liens and Reputed Ownership (pub. by Baker, Voor- his & Co., N. Y., 1910), and articles on legal subjects In Columbia Law Review, Bench and Bar, and other publications. Sometime lecturer at Columbia Univ. Law Sch. Mem. Ass'n .Bar City of N. Y., Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi fraternities, Soc. of Colonial Wars (Ga. chapter), Order of Runnymede. Clubs:
Columbia University, Manhattan, Reforni. Address: 26 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
GLENN, JOHN MARK
General dir. Russell Sage Foundation; b. Baltimore. Md., 1858; 3. William Wilkins and Ellen Mark (Smith) Glenn; grad. Washington and Lee Univ., M.A., 1879; Univ. of Md., LL.B., 1882; m. Baltimore, 1902, Mary Willcox Brown. Engaged in law practice from 1882; formerly in Baltimore. Dir. Provident Savings Bank of Baltimore. Episcopalian; Democrat. Pres. Dep't Charities of Baltimore, Md., 1904-1907; trustee of Johns Hopkins Hosp. Clubs: City, Century. Address: 130 E. 22d St., N. Y. City.
GLORE, HARRISON C.
Lawyer; b. Covington, Ky .; s. John A. P. and Mary (Millard) Glore; ed. in public school, Coll. City of N. Y., N. Y. Law School and Brooklyn Law Sch. of St. Lawrence Univ .; m. N. Y., June 25, 1902, Carribelle Palmer; one d., Frances Mary, b. 1906. Engaged in gen, practice of law in Brooklyn; actively engaged in politics for past ten years. Mem. Assembly from the 20th Assembly Dist., from King's County, during ses- sions of 1906 and 1907; re-elected 1908. Veteran of 13th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Alumni Ass'n, Brooklyn Law Sch., Pres. Unity Repub- lican Club, mem. John K. Ncal and 20th Ward Re- publican Clubs; mem. Ridgewood Lodge, F. and A. M., Eastern Dist. Turn Verein, and numerous other B'ds of Trade, and civic, fraternal and social org'ns of Dist. Residence: 1035 Madison St. Address: 391 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Physician and surgeon, lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 12, 1877; s. William and Jennie (Wciman) Glück; cd. Public Sch. 79, N. Y. Clty, N. Y. Prep. Sch., Belle- vue Hosp., Med. Coll., Univ. of Baltimore, M.D) .. April 13, 1899, LL.B., St. Lawrence Univ., June, 1911; m. Brooklyn, June 16, 1901, Annie Whiteman; children: Walter Je- rome, b. March 6, 1902; Mildred Dorothy, b. Jan. 26, 1906; Sydney, b. May 28, 1912. Mem. of Assembly, 1907 . and 1908, and re-elected for session
of 1909; was ass't surg. of Lafayette Post, Vol. during Spanish-Am. War; was sp'l ass't examining surg. of 9th Reg't N. G. N. Y., at same time. Democrat; Hc- brew. Mem. Kings Co., Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Brooklyn Pathological Soe., Jewish Pub'n Slc. of America, Nat. Hist and Biol. Soc., Mem. F. and A. M., Foresters of America, Knights of Pythlas, Loyal Order of Moosc, Hebrew Free Burial Soc. of Brooklyn, Sch. of Biblical Instruction, Brook- lyn; Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Brooklyn; Jewish Hosp., Brooklyn Independent Order Brith Abraham, Inde- pendent Order Ahavath Israel, 21st Dlst. Democratic Club, Brooklyn. Address: 42 Humboldt St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
GLYNN, MARTIN H.
Governor of N. Y .; b. Kinderhook, Columbia County, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1871; ed. public schs., Fordham Univ., A.B. (honor man), 1894; studied law and admitted to bar; m. Jan. 2, 1900, Mary C. E. Magrane, d. P. B. Magrane, of Lynn, Mass. Entered journalism; editor and publisher of the Albany Times-Union. Democrat Elected 1898 to Fifty-sixth Congress, serving 1899- 1901: appt'd by Pres. Mckinley, 1901, mem. Nat. Comm'n of the La. Purchase Exp'n; elected v .- p. of the Com- mission; elected. 1906, Comptroller of the State of N. Y., for term 1907-1909; renomilnated In 1908, but de- feated with ticket. Elected Lleut. - Gov. State of N. Y., Nov. 4, 1912; became Gov. of N. Y. State Oct 17, 1913.
Mem. Albany County Bar Ass'n. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Un. versity, Albany, Fort Or- ange, Albany Country. Residence: 28 Willett St. Ad- dress: Albany, N. Y.
VGODDARD, CHARLES F.
Lawyer; b. Muscatine, la., Dec. 22, 1862; s. Charles Fisher and Frances E. (Pinkham) Goddard; ed Colum- bia Univ., Sch. of Arts, A.B., 1887: Sch. of Political Science, A.M., . 1888; Sch. of Law, L.I.B., 1889; unmar- ried. Engaged in the gen, practise of law at N. Y. Bar since 1889; mein. firm of Tison & Goddard. Counsel to numerous corp'ns. Republ.ean. Clubs: Quill, Colum- bia University, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Economic (N. Y.). Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
GODDARD, MORRILL
Editor N. Y. Sunday American and Journal; b. Port- land, Me., Oct. 7. 1866; s. Judge Charles W. and Rowena C. (Morrill) Goddard; grad. Dartmouth, 1885; m. 1899, Jessamine Rugg, of Hot Springs, Ark. From 1885 to 1894 was successively city editor, Washington corre- spondent, Sunday editor and mn'g editor N. Y. World; editor Sunday edition N. Y. American and Journal since 1895; has also been war correspondent, traveler, magazine writer. Mem. Maine Soc. Am. Social Science Soc., Nat. Mosquito Extermination Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., Palestine Exploration Fund Ass'n, Am. Anti-Vivisec- tion Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n, Peace Soc. of N. Y., Am. Inst. Scientific Research, Am. Soc. for Psychical Re- search. Clubs: Atlanlic Yacht, Columbia Yacht, Dart- mouth. Address: 257 W. 93d St., N. Y. City.
GODDARD, PLINY EARLE
Ethnologist; b. Lewiston, Me., Aug. 24, 1869; s. Charles W. and Elmira A. (Nichols) Goddard; grad. Marlham (oll., A. B., 1892; A.M., 1896; Univ. of Calif. Ph.D., 1901; m. Palmyra, Mich., 1893, Alice Rockwell. Instr. Univ. of Calif., 1901-1906; ass't prof., 1906-1909; ass't curator Am. Museum Natural History, 1909-1910, asso. cur for since 1910. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Mem. Folklore Ape .. Am. Anthropol. Ass'n. Am. Ethnol. Soc., Sigma Xi fraternity. Residence: Leonia, N. J. Ad - dress: Am. Museum of Natural History, N. Y. City.
GODFREY, CHARLES H.
Retired banker; b. Bangor, Me., Jan. 27, 1840; resi- dent for twenty-six years of Philadelphia, and since 1883 of N. Y. City. Formerly partner in firm of Drexel, Morgan & Co .; retired Jan. 1, 1884; latterly associated with various railroad directorates and reorg'ns. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union League, Southampton. Address: 611 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
GODFREY, FRANK N.
State senator; b. Olean, N. Y., June 29, 1852; s. David Peck and Amanda M. Godfrey; ed. in Olean schools and Chamberlin Inst .; m. Olean, N. Y., 1886, Amelia H. Van Deusen. One of first to engage in growing of thoroughbred Holstein cattle; was active in securing legislation for development of agr'l ed'n in high schs. and better supervision in common schs. Mem. Saratoga Reservation Commission since org'n. Elected to Senate, 1912; mem. Coms. on Insurance, Taxation and Retrenchinent, Public Ed'n and Ag'r. Active officer Patrons of Husbandry (master N. Y. State Grange 5 years, chm'n Exec. Com. Nat. Grange 6 years). Address: Senate Chambers, Albany, N. Y.
GODWIN, HAROLD
Editor; b. Roslyn, L. I., May 21, 1858; s. Parke and Fanny' (Bryant) Godwin; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1879, (hist. fellow); m. Matlock, Bath, England, May 31, 1884, lelizabeth Love Marquand; children: Frederick M., b. 1889, Elizabeth L. M., . b. 1891, Frances B., b. 1892. Was for years art critic on the N. 1. Evening Post, Mail and Express, Commercial Advertiser; later mu'g editor Commercial Advertiser; subsequently editor and owner of Current Literature and Short Stories; now engaged only in artistic studies; previous to newspaper work had studied sculpture under St. Gau- dens and was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Sec. and treas. Bryant Bld'g Co. Independent in pol- itles. Recreations: Golf, riding, motoring. Club: Uni- versity. Address: Bryant Av., Roslyn, I .. I., N. Y.
GOELET, ROBERT
Capitalist; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 9. 1850; s. Ogden and Mary R. (Wilson) Goelet; grad. Harvard Univ., A. B., A.M .; N. Y. Law Sch., A.B. m. Wayne, Pa., June 17, 1904, Elsie Whelan; children: Ogden, b. Jan. 17. 1907, Peter, b. June 8, 1911, Trustee Estate of Ogden Goelet; dir. Allied Real Estate Interests, City Investing Co., Equitable Trust Co., Fulton Trust Co., Metropolitan Opera Co., Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Southern Pa- elfic Co., Southern Pacific R. R. Co. of Mexico, State Investing Co., Title Guarantee & Trust Co. Address: 647 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
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GOEPEL, ADOLPH
Banker; b. Stuttgart, Germany, Feb. 8, 1846; s. Carl and Emma (Zeller) Goepel; ed. Stuttgart, cominercial course, Polytechnic Inst .; in. Brussels, Belgium, May 1, 1878, Flora Chapman; children: Percival R., b. Nov. 14, 1879; E. Muriel, b. June 19, 1885. In firm of Goepel & Trube. 30 years; built up largest export business in petroleum; introduced' tank steamer shipment in bulk. Standard Oil Co. took over business 1906. Pres. Ger- mania Savings Bank of King's Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Protestant. Clubs: Down Town Ass'n (N. Y.), Deutsch- er Verein, Hamilton, Germania (Brooklyn). Address: 113 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Col. U. S. A., chief eng'r Panama Canal; b. N. Y., June 29, 1858; appt'd cadet at U. S. Mil. Acad. from N. Y. and grad. 1880; promoted 2d lieut., June 1880; served on special duty, U. S. Mil. Acad., July 5 to Aug. 28, 1880; at Willet's Point, N. Y., with battalion of eng'rs, Nov. 1880 to Nov. 1882; promoted 1st lieut., June, 1882; eng'r officer, 1882-1884; ass't prof. civil and mil. eng'ring, U. S. Mil. Acad .: 1885-1888; principal ass't prof., 1888-1889: ass't to Lieut .- Col. Merrill, Sept .- Oct., 1889, to Lieut .- Col. Barlow, 1889; capt., Dec. 14, 1891; major, Feb. 7, 1900; lieut .- col., March 2, 1907, col. Dec. 3, 1909, chief of eng'rs during Spanish-Am. War; chieť eng'r Panama Canal since Feb, 26. 1907. Address: Care Panama R. R. Co., 24 State St., N. Y. City. GOETSCHIUS, PERCY
Music pedagogue, composer and author; b. Paterson, N. J., Aug. 30, 1853; s. John Henry and Mary Ann (Berry) Goetschius; general ed'n chiefly self-acquired; musical ed'n at Royal Conservatory of Music, Stutt- gart, Germany; Royal Würtemberg prof., Germany, 1885, Mus. Doc. hon. causa. Syracuse Univ., 1892; m. Metz, Germany, June 15, 1880, Maria Stephany; one son: Percy Perry, b. 1890. Instr. and lecturer, Stutt- gart Conservatory, 1876-1889; prof. of musical theory, piano and musical history, Syracuse (N. Y.) Univ., 1890-1892; New England Conservatory, Boston, Mass., 1892-1896; private instr. Boston, 1896-1903; prof. of musical theory and composition, Inst. of Musical Art, N. Y. City, since 1905. Author of text books; Material Used in Musical Compositions, 1882, revised 1889, re- written 1912; Theory and Practice of Tone Relations, 1892: Homophonic Forms of Musical Composition, 1898; Models of Musical Forms, 1896; Exercises in Melody Writing, 1900; Applied Counterpoint, 1902; Lessons in Music Form, 1904; Elementary Counterpoint, 1910; also Pianoforte sonata, anthems, miscellaneous pianoforte compositions, orchestral and other works in manu- script. Address: 509 W. 121st St., N. Y. City.
GOETZ, PHILIP BECKER
Teacher, author; b. Buffalo, N. Y., July 20, 1870; s. George and Catharine ( Hausauer) Goetz; ed. public schs. of Buffalo; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1893; m. Buffalo, 1897, Linda Alvord Graves; two children: Theodore, b. 1904; Esther, b. 1907. Teacher of Eng- lish and ancient classics at Nichols Sch., Buffalo, and of English at Univ. of Buffalo. Author: Kallirrhoe, a Dramatic Pocm, 1896; Poems, 1898; Interludes, 1904; The Summons of the King (A Play), 1911. Club: Uni- versity (Buffalo). Address: North Evans, N. Y.
GOETZE, FREDERICK ARTHUR
Educator, eng'r; b. Jersey City, N. J., April 17, 1870; S. Frederick A. and Sarah C. (Gee) Goetze; ed. Hobo- ken Acad. and Stevens Prep. School. Hoboken, N. J., until 1885; Cooper Union, N. Y. City, 1885-1887; Colum- bia Sch. of Mines, 1893-1895; received hon. M.Sc. from of Columbia Univ., 1895-1907; dean of schools of Mines, L. Martin. Ass't sup't and sup't buildings and grounds of Columbia Univ., 1895-1907; dean of schools of Mines, Eng'ring and Chemistry and consulting eng'r, Colum- bia Univ., since 1907. Mein. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elec. Soc., Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n. Clubs: Engineers. Columbia University, Phi Delta Theta. Address: 601 W. 110th St., N. Y. City. GOFF, JOHN W.
Jurist; b. Wexford, Ireland; came to N. Y. City in infancy; ed. in puhlic schools: studied law in the offices of Hon. S. G. Courtney, U. S, dist. atty, Admitted to bar; was ass't dist. att'y of N. Y. County In adminis- tration of Col. J. R. Fellows; counsel to Lexow Investi- gating Com; recorder of N. Y. City, 1894-1906; elected Nov., 1906, justice Supreme Court of N. Y. for the 1st Dist. for term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Democrat. Resi- dence: 319 W. 104th St. Address: County Court Ilouse, N. Y. City.
GOFFE, J. RIDDLE
Educator, physician and surgeon; b. Kenosha; Wis., Aug. 10. 1851; s. William and Betsy ( Riddle) Goffe; ed. Kenosha public sch., Univ. of Mich., Ph.1 :. , 1873, Ph.M., 1876, Bellevue Med. Sch., N. Y., 1881, Woman's Hosp.,
N. Y. City, 1883, and studied in Parls and Vienna; m. N. Y. City, 1899, Eleanor Taylor (died 1908). Prof. diseases of women, N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch. and Hosp., and Dartmouth Med. Sch .; attending surgeon, Polyclinic and Woman's Hosps. Consulting Surgeon N. Y. City Hosp., St. Joseph's Hosp., Yonkers, and Mt. Vernon Hosp., pres. Am. Gynecol. Soc. and N. Y. Co .. Med. Soc., ex-pres. N. Y. Obstet. Soc. and N. Y. State Med. Ass'n. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc .; fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine, pres. Internat. Con- gress Obstet. and Gynecol. In N. Y., 1915. Author of numerous monographs, including: Organization the Watchword of Creation, The Scope and Limitation of Vaginal Section, A New Operation for Cystocele In Women, The Menstrual Function, etc. Independent in politics. Protestant. Trustee N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch. and Hosp. Charter mem, Squadron A. N.G.N.Y .; mem. I'si Upsilon fraternity, Clubs: University, Rich- mond Hill Golf. Dunwoodie Golf. Address: 616 Madl- son Av., N. Y. City.
GOING, CHARLES BUXTON
Editor: b. Westchester, N. Y., April 5, 1863; 8. Charles Henry and Eliza (Buxton) Going; ed. public sch., N. Y .; grad. Grammar Sch. 35, MI. W. Lyon and M. R. Hooper private schs., Yonkers High Sch., Colum- bia Univ., Ph.B., 1882, M.S. (hon.), 1910; m., 1st, Glen-' dale, O., 1887, Mary Evelyn Thompson (deceased) ; 2d, Hartford, Conn., 1912, Marie Overton Corbin. Engaged in professional practise 1882-1887, dir. and mg'r va- rious mfg. cos., 1887-1896, trustce, sec. and treas. Glen- dale (Ohio) Water Works, 1892-1896, asso. editor, 1896- 1898, mn'g editor, 1898-1912, editor since 1912 of The Engineering Magazine, N. Y. and London. Author: Summer Fallow (poems), 1892, Star Glow and Song (pocms), 1909, Methods of the Santa Fe (Engineering Magazine), 1909, Principles of Industrial eng'ring, 1911; also, with Marie O. Corbin, Urchins of the Sca, 1900, Urchins at the Pole, 1901, contb'r to literary and tech- nlcal periodicals. Corr. mem. Canadian Mining Inst .; mem. Am. Soc. of Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science. Trustec Home for Old Men and Aged Couples. Special lecturer, Harvard Univ., Univ. of Chicago. Clubs: Salmagundi, Columbia University. Address: 140 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
GOING, ELLEN MAUD
Author; b, Westchester, N. Y .; d. Charles Henry and Eliza (Buxton) Going; ed. privately and at Normal College, and attended McGill Univ., Montreal. Author: With the Wild Flowers, 1894, Fleld, Forest and Way- side Flowers, 1899, With the Trees, 1903. Contb'r to magazines. Address: 130 McTavish St., Montreal, Can. GOLDFOGLE, HENRY M.
Mem. Congress, ex-justice; b. N. Y. City, May 23, 1856; s. Mayor Goldfogle; ed. in public schs .; unmar- ried. Admitted to bar, 1877; practised law until 1887, when elected justice of Fifth Dist. Court of N. Y .; re- elected. 1893; became one of judges of Municipal Court of N. Y .; retired from bench Jan. I, 1900, to resunie practise of law; eleeted to 57th Congress, 1900, and re- elected to 58th, 59th, 60th, 6Ist, 62d and 63d Con- gresses. Has been delegate to every State Dem. conv. for past 26 years, delegate to Nat. Dem. Conv., 1896. Democrat. Formerly grand pres. Dist. I, Independent Order of B'nai Brith, v .- p. Temple Rodeph Sholom, N. Y. City, master Empire City Lodge, F. and A. M. Resi- (lence: 16 Columbla St. Address: 271 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GOLDMAN, HENRY J.
Army officer; b. Germany; s. Henry G. and Eliza- beth Birwirth (Lemken) Goldman; grad. Troy (N. Y.) High Sch., 1873 (2d honor and Sheldon Prize), U. S. Mil. Acad., 1877; in. Albany, N. Y., April, 1882, Jennle M. Keenan; children: Jane E., b. 1884; Alfred M., b. 1894. Appt'd 2d lieut. 5th Cav., June 11, 1877, served on frontler on seouting duty, etc., 1877-1886, promoted to 1st lieut. 5th Cav., April 24, 1886, In Indian Territory and at Ft. Brown, etc., 1886-1896, promoted capt. 5th Cav., Troop E., June 1, 1897, on duty in Texas, 1896- 1898; during Spanlsh-Am. War established and com- manded the post on San German, Porto Rico, to Dec., 1899, commanding officer at Angeles, Pampanga, Phil- ippine Islands, 1902, Malhalaccat, P. 1., 1903, on West- ern frontier, 1903, marched over the old Santa Fé trail, from Ft. logan, Colo., to Ft. Apache, Ariz., May, 19044, commanding offleer at Ft. Wingate, New Mex. and Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., 1904-1995. promoted major. 12th Cav., April 8, 1905. lieut .- col., Mar. 3, 1911, retired, Aug. 31, 1912. Traveled in Europe, 1889, Japan. 1903. Republican. Catholic. Mem. Alumni Ass'n, U. S. Mil. Acad., Nat. Geog. Soc., Mil. Order of Foreign Wars of the U. S .; received bronze medals in bi-division com- petition, 1894, sharpshooters, senior instr, and lecturer in the officers' garrison schs. Recreations; Riding cross-country. Clubs: The Army and Navy, Ft. Orange ( Albany ). Address: 12 Lyon Av., Menands, Albany Co., N. Y.
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GOLDMAN, WILLIAM
Merchant; b. Carbondale, Ill., Sept. 3, 1868; s. Marcus and Anna ( Holzman) Goldman; ed. Southern Ill. Nor- mai Univ ..; m. N. Y. City, March 8, 1894, Leah Holz- man; children: Rose Edyth, b. 1895, Richard Silas, b. 1897, George William, b. 1905. Entered mercantile life In St. Louis, Mo., at an early age; removed to N. Y. City, and in 1899 formed the firm of Cohen, Goldman & Co., clothing mf'rs; dir. Fleischman Realty and Con- struction Co., Cooper Realty Co., pres. Nat. Ass'n of ('lothiers, treas. Council of Jewish Cominunal Inst'n's. Mem. Saturday and Sunday Hosp. Ass'n, dir. Montefiore Home. Residence: 58 E. 83d St. Address: 694 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
GOLDMARK, RUBIN
Musician, composer. lecturer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 15, 1872; s. Leo and Augusta (Stern) Goldmark; ed. Coll. of the City of N. Y. (3 years), Philosophic Faculty, Univ. of Vienna; student Vienna Conservatory of Music (Door in piano, Fuchs in composition); subsequently pupil of Joseffy and Antonin Dvorak; hon. A.M., Colo. Coll., 1899; unmarried. Insp. Nat. Conservatory of Music, N. Y. City, 1891-1893, dir. Colo. Coll. Conserva- tory of Music, 1895-1901 lecturer for H. W. Savage Parsifal Co., 1904-1905; has given about 300 public lectures and recitals in the U. S. and Can. Composi- tions Trio for piano, violin and 'cello; Sonata for piano and violin; Quartet for piano and strings, etc. Orches- tral works: Theme and variations (played by late All- ton Seidl) ; Overture Hiawatha (played by Boston Sym- phony Orchestra and Vienna Conzertverein). Address: 140 W. 87th St., N. Y. City.
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GOLDSBOROUGH, WINDER ELWELL
Elec. eng'r; b. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 10, 1871; s. Washington Elwell and Martha Pearce (Laird) Golds- borough; ed. Wright's Univ. Sch., Baltimore, Md., 1886- 1888; grad. Cornell Univ., M.E., 1892; m. Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 20, 1899, Charlotte Poole Wallace; one s .: Laird Shields, b. March 6, 1906. Traveled extensively in the Far East, China, Japan, Siam and Farther India, and in Europe- and U. S .; in charge elec. eng'ring dep't Arkansas Industrial Univ., Fayetteville, 1893-1894; prof. elec. eng'ring, 1894-1904; dir. Sch. Elec. Eng'ring of Purdue Univ., Lafayette, Ind., 1898-1904; consulting eng'r Edison Elec, Illuminating Co., Balti- more, Md., 1594-1896; chief of electricity and mem. superior jury, Univ. Exp'n, St. Louis, Mo., 1902-1905; v .- p. Internat. Elec. Cong., St. Louis. 1004; chm'n exec. com. Electric R'y Test Comm'n, 1903-1906; major corps of cadets, Cornell Univ., 1892; major 1st Reg't Ark. N. G., 1893-1894; decorated by Victor Emmanuel with Cross Order Crown of Italy. Business mg'r eng'ring dep't J. G. White & Co., Inc., 1905-1907; gen. mg'r Laramie Water Co .; pres. and dir. Public Utili- ties Co., The Goldsborough Co., eng'rs; The Golds- borough Construction Co .; v .- p. and dir. Am. Inst. of Elec. Eng'rs. Republican; Episcopalian. Present or past mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Inst. Elec. Eng'rs of Eng., A.A.A.S., Indiana Scientific Soc., Am. Ass'n for Testing Materials. Ass'n for Eng'ring Ed'n, Franklin Inst., N. Y. Southern Soc., Internat. Elec. Cong., Chi- cago, 1893; Paris, 1900; St. Louis, 1904; mem. Com. of Nat. Elec. Light Ass'n on Arc Light-Photometry, etc .; Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Contb'r papers to proceed- ings of scientific and eng'ring soes., and in selentlfic and eng'ring journals. Clubs: Lawyers, Engineers, Nat. Arts, Cornell (N. Y.), Mercantile, St. Louis (St. Louis), University, Denver and Denver Country (Den- ver). Address: 1240 Fifth Av. Bld'g, N. Y. City.
GOLDSCHMIDT, EDWARD WILLIAM
Dist. mg'r Wagner Electric Mfg Co .; b. Davenport, Iowa, 1865; s. Peter and Elise ( Hinrichsen) Gold- schmidt; ed. public schs. of Davenport, lowa; Business Coll., Davenport, lowa, and mech. eng'ring course at Univ. of Ill., class 1887; m. Champaign, Ill., 1894, Clara Maud Kimball; children: Margaret M., b. 1896; Clara E., b. 1898: Edward K., b. 1905. Sup't of Constr'n Western Electric Co., Chicago, 1890-1894; commercial dep't of same company until 1901; Wagner Electric Mfg Co. of St. Louis, and Bullock Electric Mfg Co., Chicago, 1901-1902; dist. mg'r in N. Y., 1902-1904; dist. mg'r of Wagner Electric Mf's Co., in N. Y., since 1904. Asso. mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs; Class E mem. Nat. Electric Light Ass'n; mem. Electric Vehicle Ass'n of Am. Recreations: Golf, fishing. Cluhs: Engineers, Machinery (N. Y.), Upper Montclair Country, Com- monwealth (Montclair, N. J.). Residence: 21 Norman Road, Upper Montclair. Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
GOLDSMITH, ABRAHAM
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 4, 1855; s. Meyer and Minnie (Stern) Goldsmith; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B .; Columbia Coll., ILL.B .; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 27, 1883, Christine E. Heymann; one d .: Evelyn M. Mem. firm Lachman & Goldsmith. Democrat. Mem. Ass'n
Bar City of N. Y., Am. Biblio. Soc., Bibliophile Soc., London; Malone Soc. of London, Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Biblio. Soc., Boston. Dir. N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n (ehm'n finance com.). Recreation: Book collecting. Clubs: Grolier, Harmonie, Lawyers, N. Y. Library. Residence: 50 W. 75th St. Address: 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
GOLDSMITH, MILTON
Merchant; littorateur; b. Philadelphia, Pa., May 22, 1861; s. Abrahamn and Cecelia (Adler) Goldsmith; ed. Philadelphia fligh Sch .. Unlv. of Zurich, Switzerland, M.A .; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 14. 1899, Sophie llyman; chil- dren: Rosland, Madeleine. Studied abroad 5 years, languages, sciences and music; traveled all through Europe and U. S .; resident of N. Y. City since Jan., 1903. Partner in firm of A. Goldsmith & Sons; pres. Goldsmith-Leving Co .: Israelite; v .- p. Jewish Chau- tauqua Soc. Author: Rabbi and Priest, 1885 (Jewish Publication Soc.); A Victim of Conscience, 1903 (H. T. Coates); Max Geller, 1907; also numerous short stories in magazines and papers; many poeins in Cos- mopolitan, Godey's, Life, Puck Judge, etc .; a comedy, Jay Caesar, Esq. (produced 1880); Romance of Kief, play (produced 1884); also numerous other farces, li- brettos, etc .; and several songs. Mem. Dramatists' Club. Address: 783 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
GOLDSTICKER, WILLIAM
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, May 3, 1862; s. Jacob and Anna (Banman) Goldsticker: grad. Coll. of the City of N. Y., B.A., 1882; N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1892: unmarried. Republican; Hebrew. Mem. Delta Chi fraternity. Address: 41 Park Row, N. Y. City.
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