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GOLER, GEORGE W.
Physician; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 24. 1864; s. Louis E. and Sarah Ht. (Keyes) Goler: ed. Brooklyn public schools, Univ. of Buffalo, M.D., 1889; m. Detroit, Mich., 1895, Lena L. Dodge. Connected with Infants' Hosp. at Charlotte, N. Y., as house physician, 1888-1889, ass't physician. 1891-1893, attending physician, 1894-1897. Engaged in gen. med. practice at Rochester, N. Y. Med. insp., 1892-1896, health officer since 1896, Roch- ester B'd of Health. Established 1597 municipal milk depots, which were used as models for similar depots In many Am. and European cities. Established Roch- ester Hosp. for Tuberculosis, 1904 and attending phy- sician of same to 1911; mem. I'd Mg'rs N. Y. State Industrial Sch., Rochester, 1896-1902. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Monroe County Med. Soc .; ex-pres. Ilosp. Med. Soc .; fellow Rochester Acad. Med- icine; mem. Am. Public llealth Ass'n, Internat. Con- gress on Tuberculosis. Nat. Ass'n for Study and Pre- vention of Tuberculosis; Congress International Goutte de Lait: Council Internat. Union for the Pro- tection of Child Life. Writer on tuberculosis, milk supply and other hygienic and medical subjects. Ad- dress: 127 East Av., Rochester, N. Y.
GOOD, BRENT
Manufacturer: b. Rochester, N. Y., 1837. Was ap- prenticed in drug trade in Canada: came to N. Y .. 1856, and found employment with Demas, Barnes & Co .; became a partner, 1863; for a period was a wine ยท Importer; in 1879 became interested in manufacture of patent medicines; pres. Carter Medicine Co .; es- tablished Franklin Nat. Bank, and at one time owned the Lyceum Theatre; member of many clubs. Resi- denee: Morris Av., Long Branch. N. J. Address: 45 Murray St., N. Y. City.
GOODCHILD, FRANK MARSDEN
d: Clergyman; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 26, 1860; s. Robert Guest and Elizabeth ( Williams) Goodchild: grad. Bucknell Unlv., Lewisburg, Pa., A.B., 1884, A.M., 1887, D.1)., 1904; Crozer Theol. Sem., Chester, Pa .; m. Philadelphia, Feb. 8, 1888, Clara H. Myers; one son: Franklin Myers, b. April 24, 1891. Pastor Baptist Ch., Amenla, N. Y., 1887-1890; Spruce St. Baptist Ch., Philadelphia, 1890-1895; Central Bapt. Ch., N. Y. City, since June, 1895. Independent Republican. Mg'r Am. Bapt. Home Mission Soc., N. Y. State Bapt. Mis- sionary Conv., N. Y. City Bapt. Mission Soc., Bapt. Union for Ministerial Id'n, Ministers' Home Soc. Bapt. Congress, Am, and Foreign Bible Soe .; pres. Perma- nent Council of Bapt, Chis. of N. Y. and Vicinity. Mem. Maniton Lodge No. 106, F. and A. M., Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Address: 2647 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GOODELL, CHARLES LEROY
Clergyman; b. Dudley, Mass., July 31, 1834; s. War- ren and Clarinda ( Healy) Goodell; grad. Boston Univ., A.B., 1877, N. Y. Univ., A.M., 1902, Wesleyan Univ., D.D., 1900; mn. Boston, June 3, 1896, Mary P. Blair; children: Earl Warren, b. 1897; Frances Dudley Blair, b. 1900; Mary Clarinda, b. 1903; Chester Corbin. b. 1905. Pastor 9 years in Providence, R. L .; 8 years in Boston, Mass .; 7 years Hanson Place MI. E. Ch., Brook-
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lyn: 1904-1913 at Calvary M. E. Ch., N. Y. City; appt'd GOODNOW, FRANK JOHNSON
to St. Paul's M. E. Ch., N. Y. City, 1913. Has traveled in Europe, Palestine and' Egypt. Anthor: My Mother's Bible, The Drill Master of Methodism, Pastoral Evangelism, Pathways to the Best, The Old Darnman, etc .; also contributions to magazines. Lecturer. Re- publican. Trustee Drew Theol. Sem, and other edn'l inst'ns. Address: 550 West End Av., N. Y. City.
GOODELLE, WILLIAM P.
Lawyer; b. Tully, Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 25, 1838; s. Aaron B. and Eleanor A. (Prevost) Goodelle; ed. Cazenovia Sem .; grad. Dartmouth Coll. (commence- ment honors), A.B .: 1863, A.M .; m. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1869, Marion H. Averill; one d., Una Mae, b. 1877. Dist. att'y of Onondaga Co., 1871-1874; dele- gate-at-large to State constitutional conv., 1894; chm'n Com. on Suffrage and 2d on Com. on Legal Powers; in 1894 was appt'd by the Court of Appeals mem. State B'd of Law Examiners, and has since been pres. of the board; mem. Onondaga Co. Bar Ass'n. (pres. 12 years); N, Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n; v .- p. Salina Square Plank Road Co., senior mem. law firm of Goodelle, Ilarding & Wiles, Syracuse, N. Y. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Delta Phi fraternities. Republican. Recreations: Hunting, fishing, riding, driving. Clubs: Beaver River (pres. 12 years), Century, University (Syracuse). Address: 1004 James St., Syracuse, N. Y.
GOODHART, SIMON PHILIP
Physician; b. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 8, 1870; s. Philip and Clara ( Phillips) Goodhart; grad. Yale, Ph. B., 1891, M.D., 1894; awarded Campbell gold medal at Yale for highest standing in class; m. 'Macon, Ga., Oct. 4, 1898, Hattic Wolff; one son, Edward, b. 1899. Took post-graduate medical studies abroad two years at Heidelberg, Vienna and Berlin; engaged in prac- tice of medicine in N. Y. City; specialist In mental and nervous diseases. U. S. pension surgeon ten years, appt'd by Pres. Mckinley; physician to several in- stitutions for nervous diseases. Author, with Dr. Sidis: Multiple Personality ( Appleton). At Yale elect- ed mem. Delta Epsilon Iota fraternity. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine; nem. various med. socs. Address: 34 W. 87th St., N. Y. City.
GOODHUE, BERTRAM GROSVENOR
Architect; b. Pomfret, Conn., April 28, 1869; s. Charles Wells and Helen Grosvenor (Eldredge) Good- hue; ed. Russell's Inst., New Haven, Conn .; m. Boston, Mass., April 8, 1902, Lydia T. Bryant. Began profes- sional career as employe, draftsman and ass't of Ren- Wlck, Asplnwall & Russell, architects, 1885-1891; part- ner, 1891, with firm of Cram & Wentworth, of whom present firm of Cram, Goodhne & Ferguson are suc- cessors. With partners, designed and executed, as architects, the reconstruction and addition to U. S. Mil. Acad. at West Point: also numerous libraries, churches, academies and other public and private bld'gs. Also did much work in book types and deco- rations, and designer of The Altar Book. Fellow Am. Inst. Architects; fellow Boston Soc. Architects; mem. N. Y. Architectural Leagne. Author: Mexican Mem- ories; contb'r to Spanish-Colonial Architecture in Mex- ico (10-vol. work by Sylvester Baxter), also to various magazines. Clubs: Calumet (N. Y. City), Tavern (Bos- ton). Address: 106 E. 74th St., N. Y. City.
J GOODHUE, ISAAC W.
Lawyer; b. Boston, Mass., Nov. 22, 1862; s. Henry A. and Emma (Burdette) Goodhue; ed. Harvard Univ., Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1901, Crozer Sem. B.D., 1890. Admitted to bar, 1901; engaged in the individual practice of law; v .- p. and dir. Alba Mineral Co. Re- publican. Mem, Alumni Ass'n Columbia Univ., Kane Lodge, F. and A. M .; mem. Lawvers' Ass'n of the County of N. Y. Clubs: Republican, Masonic. Ad- dress: 43 Exchange Place, N. Y. City.
GOODMAN, ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Physician; b. Philadelphia, Jan. 22, 1873; s. Charles and Lena (Hirschland) Goodman: ed. in public schools of Philadelphia and N. Y. City, Coll. of Pharmacy, N. . Y. City, 1891, Univ. of Wurzburg, Germany, 1891-1893; Coll. Phys. and Surg. Columbia Unlv., 1893-1895, M .! )., 1895; m. N. Y. City, 1901, Ruth Fridenberg; children: Elinor, b. 1903, Edward, b. 1905, John, b. 1908. En- gaged in practice of pharmacy, 1887-1891, practising medicine in N. Y: City since 1895, since 1897 associated in private practice with Prof. A. Jacobl, M.D., LL.D. Associated as ass't attending physician to Harlem Hosp., former house physician to German Hosp., inem. Acad. of Medicine, Pathol. Soc. Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Soc. of Greater N. Y., A.A.A.S .; chief of clinic to llarlem Hosp. Dispensary. Mem. and former sec. to Council of Ethical Culture Soc., mem. Civil Service Reform Ass'n. Address: 136 W. 87th St., N. Y. City.
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Prof. of law, author; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1859; s. A'bel F. and Janc M. (Root) Goodnow; ed. in private schs., Amherst Coll., A. B., 1879 (A.M., 1887, L.L.D., 1897), Columbia Univ., LL. B., 1882 (1.1 .. 1) .. 1904), Harvard Univ. LG.D., 1909; Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris, Univ., Univ. of Berlin; m. Brooklyn, , N. Y., June 2, 1886. Elizabeth byall. Admitted to N. Y. Bar; prof. administrative law and municipal science, Columbia Univ., since 1883. Mem. Comm'n to Revise the Charter of the City of N. Y., 1900-1901; mem. Comm'n of Nat. Civic Federation on Public Own- ership, 1905-1906, inem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Polit. Science Ass'n, Am. Econ. Ass'n. Mom. Presl- dents' Comm'n on Efficiency & Economy, 1911-1913. Appt'd, March, 1913, Expert Legal Adviser to gov't of Republic of China, to serve in Pekin, China, for 3 years. Author: Comparative Administrative Law, 1893; Municipal Home Rule, 1895; Municipal Problems, 1897; Politics and Administration, 1900; City Govern- ment in the United States, 1904; Principles of Amerl- can Administrative Law, 1906; Reform and the Con- stitution, 1910. Edited Selected Cases on the Law of Taxation, 1905; Selected Cases on Government and Administration, 1906; Selected Cases on the Law of Officers, 1906. Mem. Chi Psl fraternity. Clubs: Cen- tury, University, Barnard, City. Address: 46 River- side Drive, N. Y. Clty.
GOODRICH, ALFRED JOHN
Author, musician, composer, teacher; b. Chilo, O .; May 8, 1847; s. Luther Alfred and Dolly ( Healy) Good- rich; ed. public schools of San Francisco and Sac- ramento, Calif .; m. N. Y. City, May 20, 1874, Florence Ada Backus. Teacher of piano, singing and theory, Fort Wayne Conservatory of Music, 1876; teacher of singing and theory, Beethoven Conservatory, St. Louis, Mo., 1881; Chicago (writing text books), 1888-1899; since 1899, in N. Y. City associated with Mrs. Good- rich in conducting private music sch. Author: Music as a Language; Complete Music Analysis; Analytical Ilarmony; Theory of Interpretation; The Art of Song; Guide to Memorizing (to supersede note memorizing); Synthetic System of Strict Counterpoint (In M.S.); contrb'r of articles on the theory, practice and Esthetics of musical art for the N. Y. Musical Courler since 1894; composer of songs and chamber music and arrangements for orchestra; his orchestration of Rheinberger Tarantalla was successfully performed by the exp'n orchestra at St. Louis, 1904. Travellng abroad since 1910 Introducing new methods. Address: 20 Av. Victor Hugo, Parls, France.
IGOODRICH, ERNEST P.
Consulting eng'r; b. Decatur, Mich., May 7, 1874; s. Edward P. and Mary I. (Hall) Goodrich; ed. Mich. State Normal Coll., 1894, B.Pd., 1898, Univ. Mich., B.S., 1898, C.E., 1901; m. Detroit, Mich., May 18, 1899, Mildred Louise Weed. Comm'd by Pres. Mckinley, 1899, civil eng'r U. S. Navy, served principally at Navy Yard in Brooklyn, where he had charge of large part of reconstruction work done after Spanish-Am. War; resigned in 1903, and became chlef eng'r of Bush Terminal and affiliated companies, and in that ca- pacity had charge of construction of their $10,000,000 railroad and steamship terminal. Since then he has done gen. consulting eng'ring business In connec- tion with work all over the world, and incidental to such work has traveled extensively in Europe and America. Hlas read numerous technical papers be- fore scientific ass'ns In this country and abroad, has prepared articles for eng'ring magazines, and lec- tured at Columbia Univ. and other inst'ns on eng'ring subjects. Specialist in all water front and dock eng'ring, in mfg development enterprises and in re- inforced concrete. Appt'd. 1910, Consulting Eng'r of Public. Works, Borough of Manhattan. Mem Am. Soc. Civ. Eng's ( from which received Collingwood Prize), Am. Soc. for Testing Materials, Internat. Soc. for Testing Materials, Nat. Geog. Soc., Nat. Ass'n of Cement Users, Inst. of Consulting Engineers. Clubs: Engineers, City (N. Y. City), N. Y. Press. Address: 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
GOODRICH, HENRY WICKES
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, April 26, 1860; s. William W. and Frances A. (Wickes) Goodrich; grad. Amherst ('oll., A.B., 1980, A.M., 1883; Columbia Law Sch., 1.1 .. B., 1882; m. Belleville, N. J., June 1, 1586, Madeleine C. Lloyd; children: Constance, b. 1888; Frances, b. 1590; William Winton, 2d, b 1893; Caroline Lloyd, b. 1895; Lloyd, b. 1897. Admitted to the N. Y. State Bar in 1882, where he practised in partnership with his father, who, in 1896, was placed on the N. Y. Supreme bench, and who was presiding justice of the Appellate Division, 1897-1904; local municipal offices at Belle- ville and Nutley, N. J .; member Chi Psi fraternity. Democrat. U. S. comm'r Southern District of N. Y .;
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lecturer on admiralty law, N. Y. Law School. Clubs: Players, Reform, Yountakah Country, Nutley Field. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
+ GOODRICH, THOMAS P.
l'res. N. Y. Life Underwriters' Ass'n; b. Newton, N. H., Feb., 1844; education was cut short by opening of Civil War; enlisted at 18 in Gth N. H. Reg't and served until surrender of Lce; was engaged in nearly all Important battles on Peninsula, recelving honor- able mention by superior officers. Became connected with Provident Life and Trust Co., which has rep- resented ever since. Mem. N. Y. Life Underwriters' Ass n practically since it started, sec. 1896, chm'n Exec. Com., 1897, pres. since Feb., 1898. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GOODRIDGE, FREDERIC GROSVENOR
Physician; b. N. Y. City (203 Fifth Av.); s. Frederic and Charlotte M. (Grosvenor) Goodridge; ed. St. Paul Sch., Concord, N. H., flarvard Univ., A.B., 1897, Coll. Phys. and Surg., Columbia Univ., M.D., 1901; m., N. Y. City, June 3, 1901, Ethel May Iselin; chil- dren: Frederic, b. 1903; Ethel Gouverneur, b. 1905. Served with Peary's Expd'n of 1897. Practising med- lelne in N. Y. City since 1901. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., Med. Soc. Greater City of N. Y., Acad, of Medicine. Life mem. Am. Museum of Nat- ural History; fellow Am. Gcog. Soc .; fellow Met. Mu- seum of Art; mem. Arctic Club. Recreations: Farming at Abington, Conn .; quail shooting in N. C. Clubs: Union, University, City, Harvard, Scawanhaka-Corin- thian Yacht, Ardsley, Address: 122 E. 78th St., N. Y. City.
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GOODSPEED, HENRY S.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City; s. Henry S. and Albina E. (Stark) Goodspeed; ed. by private tutors, grad. Bates Coll., Me., A.B., 1898, N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1902, LL.M., 1903. Traveled in U. S., Canada and Europe. Mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1909-1910, Republican. Cong'l. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Brooklyn Bar Ass'n. Recreations: Mountain climbing, tennis and walking. Clubs: Crescent Athletic, Plymouth, Re- publican. Residence: 55 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 37 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
GOODWIN, EDWARD JASPER
Eductor; b. Sanford, Me., May 6, 1848; s. Charles E. and Dorcas P. (Libby) Goodwin; grad. Bates Coll., Lewiston, Mc., A.B., 1872, Litt. D., 1895, L.H.D., Amherst, 1905; m. Farmington. N. 11., July 15, 1874, Ida 1. Nute. After graduation became principal of high schools at Farmington, N. H., 1872-1881, Portsmouth. N. H., 1881-1884, Nashua, N. H., 1884-1887, Newton, Mass., 1887-1897, Morris High Seh., N. Y. City, 1897- 1904. Ass't comm'r of ed'n for State of N. Y., 1894- 1908. Appt'd principal of Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn, Sept. 1, 1908. Residence: 57 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
GOODWIN, HENRY LEAVITT
Real estate, publisher; b. Kingston, N. Y., 1862; s. Edward Clark and Matilda (Coddington) Goodwin; ed. Columbia Coll .; m. N. Y. City, 1887, Mary Osborn. Residence: 214 W. 92d St. Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GOODWIN, HENRY TIMROD
Physician and surgeon; b. Charleston, S. C .; s. George Munro and Emily (Timrod) Goodwin; nephew of late Henry Timrod, the poet of S. C .; father dc- scended from old English family of Bury St. Edmonds; paternal grandmother was Miss Munro, of Scottish birth; g .- grandfather, Henry Tlmrod, was pres. Ger- man Friendly Soc. of Charleston, S. C., organized 1766, and was a mem. German Fusilliers, a patriotic org'n, and in May, 1775, when the thrilling news from Lexington and Concord was received, was first man to sign the document pledging to take up arms against Great Britain, though in doing so he realized that in such a gathering condemnation to death might be the result; ed. in private schs., and I .. 1. Coll. Hosp., Brooklyn, N. Y., M.D .; m. Ist Baltimore, Md., Laura Wineow (deceased); 2d, Brooklyn, N. Y., Anna Moody (deceased); children: llugh M., George Munro. For about ten years was med. officer in U. S. Marine Hosp. Service; now surgcon in St. Vin- cent's Hosp., Richmond Borough, N. Y. City; exam- iner for N. Y. Life Ins. Co. Passed ass't surgeon to U. S. Marine Service up to 1906, when resigned while in command of Marine Hosp., Louisville, Ky., to take up private practice on Staten Island, where had been stationed at Marine Hosp. previous to going to Lonis- ville. Democrat. Episcopallan. Mem. Richmond Co. Med. Soc., fellow Med. Ass'n of Greater N. Y. , State Med. Soc. and Am. Med. Ass'n. Address: 360 Van Duzer St., Tompkinsville, S. 1., N. Y.
GOODWIN, JAMES JUNIUS
Capitalist; b. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 16, 1835; s. James and Lucy ( Morgan) Goodwin; ed. in private schools and at Hartford lligh Sch .; in. Philadelphia, June 19, 1873, Josephine S. Lippincott; children: Wal- ter L. (Yale, 1897), James L, (Yale, 1905), Philip L. (Yale, 1907), Dir. Erie R. R. Co., N. Y., Susquehanna & Western R. R. Co., Conn. Mutual Life Ins. Co., Hart- ford Fire Ins. Co., Holyoke Water Power Co., Conn. Trust and Safe Deposit Co., Collins Co. Episcopalian. Alem. Sons of Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union, Century, Metropolitan, City, Church (New York) ; Hartford (Hartford). Address 11 W. 54th St .. N. Y. City.
GOODWIN, WARREN F.
Fire underwriter; b. Boston, Mass., 1857; grad. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., 1873. Engaged in fire ins. business, entering N. Y. office of London Assurance; remained until 1882, when entered agency dep't of Northern of London; appt'd Jan. 1, 1887, ing'r Central Dep't (Ohio, Ind., W. Va., Ky., Tenn., and Ark.), with hdq'rs at Cincinnati, until July 1, 1893, when Central and Northwestern Dep'ts were consolidated as the Western Dep't, with headquarters at Chicago, of which he and W. D. Crooke were appt'd asso. mg'rs. In 1894, the Union of London established a Western Dep't at Chicago, to be managed by him in ass'n with Hall & Henshaw, the U. S. mg'rs; in 1901, when the Western Dep't was consolidated with gen. office at N. Y. City, came here, becoming incin. Hull & Henshaw. . Address: 49 John St., N. Y. City.
. GOODWIN, WILLIAM B.
Lawyer; b. Biddeford, Me., Jan. 4, 1864; s. John MI. and Harriet (Procter) Goodwin; grad. Yale, 1886; m. 1893, Mary Hills. Director of Adams' Dry Goods Co., C. G. Gunther's Sons, H. O'Neill & Co., and James il. Dunham & Co. Residence: 310 W. 79th St. Address: 2 Wall St., N. Y. City.
GOODWIN, WILLIAM G.
Insurance broker; b. March 2, 1879; ed. in public schools of Cincinnati and Chicago. Began insurance career in office of Goodwin, Hall & Henshaw, Chicago, 1897-1901, and of Hall & Henshaw, N. Y. City, 1901- 1903; appt'd 1903 sp'l agent Union Assurance Soc. of London; since 1906 of firm of Gilmour & Coolidge, in- surance brokers, Boston and N. Y. City. Address: 100 William St., N. Y. City.
GOODYEAR, WALTER
Publisher; b. New Rochelle, N. Y., July 23, 1866; s. Charles and Mary Henrietta (Colt) Goodyear; ed. Tiv- oli-on-Hudson, 1876-1879; Chauncey Hall Sch., Boston, Mass., 1879-1884; m. Cazenovia, N. Y., July 10, 1889, Frances E. Brown; one s., David Charles, b. May 20, 1897. Began business with the Goodyear Shoe Ma- chinery Co., Boston, Mass., 1884; treas. Canadian branch sainc, 1892-1896; see, and treas. J. B. Colt & Co., 1896- 1902; sec. of Fellowship of Solidatary, 1904-1907, joined in formation of firm of Rogers Bros., publishers, March, 1008; dir. Century Development Co., Upland Farms Al- liance; treas. Vedanta Soc .; mem. Nat. Union. Demo- crat. Club: National Umion; sec. Philalethian Soc. Address: 421 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
GOODYEAR, WILLIAM HENRY
Curator, Fine Arts Museum, Brooklyn Inst .; b. New Haven, Conn., April 21, 1846; s. Charles Goodyear, fa- mous inventor of vulcanized rubber and mos: processes of its manufacture; grad Yale, A.B., 1867 (honorary A.M., Yale, 1904); studied history and art history at Heidelberg and Berlin, 1867-1870; traveled in Southern Europe and the Holy Land, 1869-1870, taught in pri- vate schools and at Cooper Union; curator Met. Mu- seum of Art, 1881-1888; studied lotus ornament in Egypt, 1891, and architectural art in Italy and North- ern Europe on several visits, appt'd curator of the Fine Arts Museum, Brooklyn Inst .. 1899. Author: An- cient and Modern History, 1883; History of Art, 1887; The Grammar of the Lotus, 1891; Roman and Media- val Art, 1893; Renaissance and Modern Art, 1894; "Greek Refinements," 1912; also magazine articles. Corr. mem. Am. Inst. Architects; hon. mem. Edinburgh Architectural Ass'n, Architects' Soc. of Rome, Royal Aced. of Fine Arts of Milan, Royal Acad. of Fine Arts of Venice; a founder of Am. Anthropol. Ass'n, 1902; fellow A.A.A.S. Address: Museum, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y.
GORDINIER, HERMAN CAMP
Physician; b. Troy, N. Y., May 21, 1864; grad. Albany Med. Coll. M.D., 1886: honorary A.M., Williams Coll .; attended Univ. of Prague, Bohemia, 1859-1895. En- gaged in practice at Troy, N. Y .; prof. of physiology and of anatomy of the nervous system since 1895, in Albany Med. Coll. Attending physician to Protestant
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Orphan Home, Troy, N. Y., and Samaritan Home, Troy. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Ass'n Am. Physicians, Am. Neu- rol. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Ass'n. Address 89 Fourth St., Troy, N. Y.
GORDON, CLARENCE
Author; b. N. Y. City, April 28, 1835; s. George and Marie Regina (Stackhouse) Gordon; m. Jamaica Plain, Mass., May 1, 1861, Frances Gore Fessenden; children: Mrs. Roger E. Tileston, Mrs. M. Gordon Smedberg; ed. private school Savannah, Ga., Mt. Pleasant Mil. Acad., Sing Sing; grad. Lawrence Scientific Sch., Harvard Univ., S.B., 1853; special studies in civil eng'ring. En- gaged in journalism and country life until 1879; then special agent in charge of investigation of live meat stock of the U. S., especially of ranching industries west of the Mississippi (for U. S. census), 1879-1882; broker in Southern real estate investments, 1885-1890; resident mg'r (head worker) East Side House Social Settlement, 1894-1903. Independent; Episcopalian. Au- thor: Christmas at Under-Tor, a novelette, 1864; Our Fresh and Salt Tutors, 1866; Two Lives in One, 1870; Boarding School Days, 1873; contb'r to Atlantic, Knick- erbocker, Round Table, Young Folks, Riverside, Ap- pleton's, Nation, Evening Post, Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Boston Transcript, etc. Juvenile articles under pen-name "Vieux Moustache." Recreations: Literature, country life. Address: Newburgh, N. Y.
GORDON, JOHN
Clergyman, educator; b. Pittsburgh, Mar. 10, 1850; s. Alexander and Catherine (Edwards) Gordon; ed. West- ern Univ. of Pa., A.B., 1866; A.M., 1869; D.D., 1893; Yale Univ., 1867-1868; AMM., Auburn Theol. Sem., 1868-1870; Union Theol. Sem., 1870-1871; graduated 1871; m. Troy, N. Y., May 31, 1877, Emma Ward Bacon; children: Alex- ander, b. Dec. 4, 1881, Hamlin, b. Sept. 8, 1892. Pastor Presby'n Ch., Rensselaerville, N. Y., 1871-1879, First Presby'n Ch., Lincoln, Neb., 1880-1882, Fourth Presby'n Ch., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1884-1886; Westminster Presby'n Ch., Omaha, Neb., 1887-1897. Prof. eccleslastical his- tory Omaha Theol. Sem., 1891-1899; pres. Tabor Coll., Tabor, Iowa, 1900-1903; pres. Howard Univ., Washing- ton, D. C., 1903-1906. Traveled widely over Europe, 1882-1883, and in North Africa, Palestine and Italy, 1906. Author: History of the Presbyterian Church of Rensselaerville, N. Y., 1876; The Bulls Distributing America, 1891; Three Children of Galilee, 1895; also a large number of pamphlets, published addresses and review articles. Lecturer on historical and educa- tional topics. Club: Lotos (N. Y.). Address: Rens- selaerville, Albany Co., N. Y.
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GORDON, MILTON J.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 3, 1882; s. Harrls and Sara (Cossack) Gordon; grad. N. Y. Univ,, LL.B .; m. 1910, Antoinette Koscherak. Real estate and corp'n lawyer; represents many leading corp'ns and real es- tate Interests and recognized as an authority in bank- ruptcy law. The dist. attorney of N. Y. County, recog- nizing his ability in the handling of bankruptcy cases, retalned him to assist In criminal prosecution of Charles Kanter, prominent merchant in N. Y. City, charged and convicted of obtaining merchandise on a false statement of his financial resources, which con- viction was the first had In N. Y. County on such a charge. Retained at different times as counsel in fa- mous cases involving bankruptcy and real estate ques- tions. Pres. Lamont Realty Co .; v .- p. Long Island Mortgage Co .; dir. Gordon-Gallagee Co., Elmsford Water Works, Nat. Auto Lamp Works. Mem. Advisory B'd, Young Women's Hebrew Ass'n, B'd of Directors Montefiore League, B'd of Govs .. Beth-Israel Hosp. Mem. Jewish Publication Soc. of Philadelphia, Jewish Hosp. Advisory B'd of Training School for Nurses of Jewish' Hosp .; Dir. Brooklyn Talmud Toral. Address: 198 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
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