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Lawyer; b. Jersey City, N. J., 1864; s. John and Susan C. (Johnstone) Herriman; grad. Columbia Coll. (Sch. of Arts), B.A., 1887; m. Rye, N. Y., May 23, 1901, Alice M. Ward. In gen. practice in N. Y. City. Dem- ocrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Psi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: University, Columbia University, Apawamis. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
HERRING, WILLIAM P.
Manufacturer; b. Rodman, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1844; s. Hlram and Pauline (Prosser) Ilerring; ed. public schools; m. Watertown, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1866, Imogene C. Adams; one d .: Mrs. Pauline H. Dillenback. Mf'r of leather until 1864; served in Civil War, 1864- 1865, as mem. 186th Reg't, N. Y. Vols .; resumed mf'g business until 1878, since then engaged in cattle rais- ing in the Southwest. Also engaged in railroad work and in the manufacture of paper; pres. Jefferson Paper Co .; dir. Agr'l Ins. Co., Northern N. Y. Trust Co., of Watertown. Clubs: Black River Valley, N. Y. Yacht. Address: Watertown, N. Y.
HERRMAN, CHARLES
Physician; b. N. Y. City, May 16, 1873; s. Herr- man and Deborah (Fox) Herrman; grad. Grammar School No. 68, N. Y. City, 1885, College City of N. Y., B.S., 1890, post-grad. course Harvard Univ., 1890-1892, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, M.D., 1895; sp'l work in diseases of children at Univs. of Vienna and Ber- lin, 1895-1898. Since then engaged in practice in N. Y. City. Attending physician in diseases of children, Le- banon Hosp. and Beth David Ilosp., N. Y. City, Dis- eases of clilldren, Columbia Univ., N. Y. City. Mem. N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, Am. Pediatric Soc., County Med. Soc., Harlem Med. Soc., Bronx Med. Soc., N. Y. Phys. Ass'n. Address: 250 W. 88th St., N. Y. City.
HERRMAN, MOSES
Justice, Court of Special Sessions; b. N. Y. City, April 30, 1868; S. Gerson N. and Celia (Moses) Herr- man; ed. public schools and Coll. City of N. Y .; grad. Univ. of N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B. Mem. State Assembly, 1894; ass't dist. Att'y, 1898-1901; pres. Park B'd, N. Y.
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City, 1906-1907; city magistrate, 1907-1912. Justice Court of Special Sessions since Feb., 1913. Democrat; Hebrew. Dir. Purim Ass'n. Clubs: Democratic, Os- ceola, Address: 135 E. 60th St., N. Y. City.
HERSCHEL, CLEMENS
Hydraulic eng'r; b. March 23, 1842; grad. Harvard Unlv., Lawrence Scientific Sch., S.B., 1860; in. Boston, May 12, 1869, Grace D. Hobart; children: Arthur Ho- bart, b. 1870, Winslow Hobart, b. 1873, Clementine, b. 1883. Hydraulic eng'r Holyoke (Mass.) Water Power Co., 1879-1889; eng'r and sup't East Jersey Water Co., 1889-1900; has been consulting eng'r of several Nia- gara Falls power cos. since 1884; R. R. comm'r, Mass., 1881-1883; inventor of Venturi meter. Mem. Boston and Am. Socs. of Civil Eng'rs, inst'n of Civil Eng'rs of London, etc .; was awarded the Elliott Cresson gold medal of Franklin Inst., Phila., for his Venturi meter. Author: Continuous Revolving Drawbridges, 1875; 115 Experiments, 1897; Frontinus and the Water Supply of the City of Rome, 1899; is a contb'r to many tech- nicai journals. Clubs: Union (Boston), Century As- sociation (N. Y.), etc. Residence: Glen Ridge, N. J. Address: 2 Wall St., N. Y. City.
HERTS, BENJAMIN RUSSELL
Editor, author; b. N. Y. City, May 27, 1888; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1908; co-editor: Moods, 1908- 1909; editor-in-chief, 1909; editor The Forum, 1909- 1910, and The Tourist Magazine; co-editor with Rich- ard Le Gallienne, The International, 1910-1913, and at present contributing editor to same; literary editor, The Intercollegiate; compiler and editor (with Edwin Markham) of the Younger Cholr, and contributor to Current Literature, The Forum, The Independent, The Theatre Magazine, Med. Review of Reviews, The Book News Monthly, The New Age (London), The Mirror (St. Louis), and other magazines. Was one of five Judges of Hudson Maxim Poetry Contest. V .- p. and dlr. Herts Bros. Co. (established 1846); treas. and dlr. Inter-Publishing Co .; dir. The Moods Publishing Co. Mem. Fabian Soc. (London), The Vagabond, Am. Soc .- of Med. Sociology, Intercollegiate Socialist Soc., gov. Bernard Shaw Fellowship, speaker for Men's League for Woman Suffrage and the Woman Suffrage Party; mem. Architectural Soc. of Columbia Univ., Peitholo- gian Soc., etc. Public lecturer for B'd of Ed'n. Rec- reatlons: Chess, swimming, canoeing, writing. Ciubs: Socialist Press (chm'n Exec. Com.), Authors (London), Liberal, Vagabonds. Residence: 542 W. 112th St. Ad- dresses: 34 W. 38th St. and 134 W. 29th St., N. Y. City. 4 HERTS, HENRY B.
Architect, b. N. Y. City, Jan. 23, 1871; s. Henry B. and Esther (Morse) Herts; ed. Sch. of · Mines, Columbia Univ., Ph.B .; Coll. City of N. Y., Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris, France; Heidelberg Univ., Germany; Nat. Sch. of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy; m. Mamaroneck, N. Y., April 22, 1901, Cynthia Frances Harris; children: Henry B., Jr., b. 1901; Jack 1., b. 1907. Practising ar- chitecture in N. Y. City and Paris, France; was mem. Herts & Tallant, now in business alone, in N. Y. City, and Paris, France. Mem. Soc. Beaux Arts Architects, Columbia University Architectural Soc., N. Y. chapter Am. Inst, of Architects, N. Y. Soc. of Architects. Clubs: Architectural League, City Athletic. Addresses: 42 Faubourg, Poissonniere, Paris, France, and 35 W. 31st St., N. Y. City.
HERTZ, ALFRED
Musician; b. Frankfurt-am-Maln, Germany, July 15, 1872; s. Leo and S. (Koenigswerther) Hertz; ed. Frank- furt-on-Main, Raff Conservatorium; unmarried. Con- ductor of the German operas at Metropolitan Opera House. N. Y. City, since 1902; conducted first perform- ance of Parsifal outside of Bayreuth, Dec. 24, 1903; was with Conried Opera Co. in San Francisco at tiinc of earthquake, 1906; was conductor at Hoftheatre, Alten- burg, Saxony, 1892-1895; Stadtthcatre, Barmen-Eiber- feid, 1895-1899; in Spring of 1899 conducted concerts in London; at Stadttheatre, Breslau, 1899-1902; conducted only performances in America of Richard Strauss's Sa- lome, Jan., 1907. Decorated with the order for Art and Science of Saxony. Address: Metropolitan Opera House, N. Y. City.
HERTZOG, WALTER SYLVESTER
Educator, historian; b. Shamokin, Pa., March 20, 1881; s. Theodore Burr and Fayetta (Van Schminkey) Hertzog; g.g.g.grandson of Capt. Philip Hertzog of Revolutionary Army and French and Indian War; g.g. grandson of Theobald Hertzog, soldier of Am. Revolu- tion, Pa. Reg't; attended Lafayette Coli., 1900-1902; grad. Harvard,. A.B., 1995; Columbia Univ., Grad. Sch. of Polit. Science, 1907-1909; Columbia Law Sch., 1909- 1910; m. N. Y. City, April 21, 1906, Sadle Rosselle Din- ger; children: Walter Sylvester, Jr., b. May 29, 1907; Dorothy Beatrice, b. March 31. 1909. Travelled exten-
sively U. S. and foreign countries; was instr. French and Latin, Mt. Pleasant Mil. Acad., N. Y .; Instr. French and German, Mercersburg Acad., Pa .; instr. Greek and Latin, N. Y .; head of English Dep't, Cutler Sch., N. Y .; Dep't of History, Hollywood High Sch., Los Angeles, Cai. Author of several historical works. Sociologlcai expert for Coin. of One Hundred, N. Y .; sec. and one of organizers of Progressive Party, 23d Assembly Dist., N. Y. Progressive; Episcopalian. Mem. Alpha Sigina Phi fraternity (Columbia); Pa. Soc. of N. Y., Am. So- ciol. Soc., P'a. German Soc., Am. Numismatic Soc., Pollt. Science Ass'n of America, and numerous State and county hlst. socs. Recreations: Golf, tennis, blg game shooting, fishing, orange culture and fruit ranching. Club: Harvard. Addresses ( Winter): Rancho Verdugo, Glendale, Cal., and Seal Beach, Cal .; also Harvard Club, 27 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
HERVEY, WALTER LOWRIE
Examiner, writer, lecturer on edn'i topics; b. Mount Vernon, O., Sept. 28, 1862; s Rev. Dwight B, and Mary E. (Reeder) Hervey; grad. Princeton, 1886, hon. Ph.D., 1892; m. 1887, Antoinette Bryant. Taught in secondary schs., 1886-1889; dean and prof. history and Institutes of ed'n in N. Y. Coll. for Training of Teachers, 1889- 1891; acting pres., 1891-1892; pres. Teachers' Coll., 1892-1897; dean Chautauqua Sch. of Pedagogy, 1893- 1898. Author: Picture Work, 1896; The Preparation of the Teacher in Principles of Religious Education, 1900; articies on education in New International Encyclo- pædia, 1903. Editor Horace Mann Readers; mem. Nat. Council of Ed'n, 1898; Sunday Sch. Comm'n of Diocese of N. Y., since 1898, and B'd of Religious Ed'n since 1913; mem. com. of mg'mt and chm'n edn'l com. of West Side Y. M. C. A., since 1901; mem. Exec. B'd and Council, Religious Ed'n Ass'n, 1903-1910; trustee Soc. for Pre- servation of Adirondacks, 1909-1912; mem. Exec. Com. Child Welfare Com., since 1909; mem. N. Y. B'd of Ex- aminers since 1898. Residence; 351 W. 114th St. Ad- dress: Hall of Board of Education, Park Av. and 59th St., N. Y. City.
HERZOG, FELIX BENEDICT
Elec. eng'r, artist, patent att'y; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 27, 1859; s. Philip and Henrietta (Benedict) Herzog; grad. Columbia, A.B. 1881, LL.B. 1882, A.M., Ph.D., 1883. Wrote for press, and The Railroad Transportation Problem; engaged in practise as patent attorney and elec. eng'r since 1883. Also inventor of elec. devices, telephone accessories, automatic switchboards, the teleseme, po- lice call systemis, elevator signals, chemical annunci- ator, as well as other devices (medais at Paris Exp'n, 1000, and Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo, 1901). Active in art matters; painter (pupil of Rondel), and Art Students' League; especially interested in photography, technical and artistic; inventor of photographic appliances; ex- hibitor with Photo Secession in London, Vienna, Ber- lln, The Hague, Brussels; exhibited independently Lon- don, World's Fair (Portland), Corcoran Gallery. ( Wash- ington) and Architectural League, N. Y., where his Tale of 1solde established precedent in U. S. as first pic- torial photograph admitted by an art society on fuli equallty with paintings. Work reproduced and re- vlewed by leading art critics in Century, Cosmopolitan, Current Literature. Wilson's, British Journal of P'ho- tography, Camera Work and inany other standard pub- lications. Mem. Am. Inst. Eicc. Eng'rs (5 years mnem. Council), Electrochem, Soc., A. A. A. S .; mem. Elec. Congress; Internat, Jury of Award (electricity), La. Purchase Exp'n; fellow Am. Gcog. Soc., Art Students' League, Met. Museum of Art, Municipal Art Soc. (for several years active trustee and treas.), Nat. Sculpture Soc., Columbla Univ. Alumni and Columbia Univ. Ph.D. Ass'ns. Republican (frequent delegate to local Rep. conventions). Ciuby: National Arts (ex-gov.), Camera (gov. and ex-pres.). Address: 45 E. 31st St., N. Y. City. \HERZOG, PAUL M.
Lawyer b. N. Y., Aug. 21, 1874; s. Dr. Max and Louise ( Biucn) Herzog; grad. N. Y. Law Sch., B.A .; m. N. Y. City, March 1, 1990, Eisie Lowenstein. Admitted to bar, Oct,, 1895; v .- p. Hosp. for Deformitles and Joint Dis- rases; mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar AAss'n. Clubs: Century, Country, Grolier, Harmonie. Address: 233 Broadway, N. Y. City.
HESS, FRANK JUDSON
Manufacturer; b. Wayland, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1863; s. S. N'. and Helen Mar Chichester (Olmstead) Hess; ed. pub- lie and hlgh schs., Rochester; grad. Cayuga Lake Mil. Acad., Aurora, N. Y., 1883; Corneli Univ., class of 18s7 (Glee Club, navy dir., class poet, Freshman Crew) ; Rochester Business Univ., 1885-1886; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 30, 1895, Anna A. Olrick. Treas. S. F. Hless & Co .. mf'rs of tobacco and cigars, 1887-1904; v .- p. and gen'l mg'r 1907 to Sept., 1913, at which time became sole owner; dir. Hess Co., mf'rs of perfume and cosmetles, Oct .. 1894, v .- p. and sec. 1901, treas, and gen'l mg'r 1907. which office he still holds; mem. firm Healey & Hless
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(Player Piano Patent). Served in Rochester Cadets as private; serg't, N.G.N.Y., 2d lieut., 1st lieut., cap't; appt'd lieut .- col. 1897. Served in Spanish-Am. War; re- signed Sept. 7, 1898; past pres. 202d Reg't, N. Y. Vol. Inf. Ass'n. Republican-Progressive. Mem. Alpha Chi Sigma, Alpha Delta Phi, Theta Nu Epsilon fraterni- ties; Royal Arch Mason (Royal and Select Master) : Knight Templar, Shriner (32º). Mem. Rochester Com- mercial Travellers' Mutual Benefit Ass'n, S. A. R., Em- pire State Soc. (registrar of Rochester Chapter), Soc. War of 1812 (v .- p. N. Y. State Soc.), Olmstead Family Soc., Naval and Military Order Spanish-Am. War, Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (past cap't-gen'l of Nat. Soc.), L. Boardman Smith Camp, U. S. W. V .; Veteran Ass'n of Rochester Cadets, Received gold medal from Cayuga Lake Mil. Acad. for gentlemanly conduct, medal from N. G. for long and faithful service, medal from Nat. Soc., S. A. R., for service in war with Spaln, 1898. Clubs: Army and Navy (N. Y. City), Masonic, Cornell (Rochester), College Men's Union. Residence: 245 Plymouth Av., South Rochester. Address: 140 Edinburgh St. and 31 Exchange St., Rochester, N. Y.
HESS, JEROME S.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, June 17, 1882; s. Charles A. and Ida (Doctor) Hess; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1903, Law Course Col. Univ., 1906. Formerly mem. firm ot Hardin & Hess, lawyers, now Hardin, Hess & Fergu- son. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Ass'n, Zeta Psl fraternity. Clubs: Yale, Railroad (N. Y.), Canoe Brook Country. Address: 50 Pine St., N. Y. City.
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Publisher; b. Bernburg, Germany, Nov. 26, 1847; s. Moritz and Rosalie (Fabian) Hess; ed. comm'l high sch., Bernburg; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 16, 1873, Josephine Solomon; children: Dr. Alfred F., b. 1875; Mrs. A. I Flkus, b. 1873; Ruth Josephine, b. 1890. Became mem. firm McMenamy, Hess & Co., Phila., 1870; established in N. Y. City, Aug., 1871; branches, 1875-1880, in Bos- ton and other cities; located in present quarters in Manhattan, 1910; has traveled in Europe and the Orl- ent, 1905-1906. Hebrew; Mem. Met. Museum of Art, Am. Geog. Soc., N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, N. Y. Zoöl. Soc., N Y. Botanical Garden, Am. Museum of Natural History, N. Y. Hist. Soc., A. A. A. S., Scientific Alliance of N. Y .; was dir. Montefiore Home and Hosp. for Chronic Diseases; much interested in floriculture and in promotion of science and art; has collection of fine paintings. Recreation: Horseback riding. Clubs: Al- dine, Harmonle. Residence: 956 Madison Av., N. Y. City; (summer) : Rumson Road, Seabright, N. J. Ad- dress: 151 W. 25th St., N. Y. City.
HESSBERG, ALBERT
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1856; s. Simon and Hannah (Westheimer) Hessberg; ed. publlc and high schools; m. Albany, June 19, 1889, Frederlka Cohen; children: Rufus Rosendale, b. 1891; Ruth Cone, b, 1893. Has practised before all courts of the State and the Federal courts; has made four trips abroad; ass't corp'n counsel under U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ru- fus W. Peckham and ex-Att'y-Gen. S. W. Rosendale, 1881-1885; comm'r to draft Albany City laws and ordl- nances, 1886; recorder of city, 1886-1896; mem. firm Rosendale & Hessberg; dir. Nat. Commercial Bank of Albany; trustee Niagara Falls Trust Co .; trustee Al- bany City Savings Inst'ns; dir. City Safe Deposit Co., local b'd of Am. Surety Co. Democrat; Hebrew. Pres. Albany Co. Bar Ass'n; mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n (treas. 16 years, former v .- p.); delegate to Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904; mem. Albany Soc. of N. Y., Am. State, N. Y. and Albany Co. Bar Ass'ns; gov. Albany Hosp .; trustee South End Dispensary; pres. Jewish Home Soc. Recreations: Travellng, fishing. Clubs: Albany, Adelphi, Racket, Polo, Reform (N. Y.). Address: Albany, N. Y.
HESSBERG, SAMUEL
Banker, broker; b. Albany, N. Y., June 13, 1859; s Simon and Hannah (Westhelmer) Hessberg; ed. pub- lic sch., Albany Hlgh Sch .; m. Feb. 5, 1896, Rose Grant Brilleman. Entered telegraph dep't of N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R., 1876; became sup't, 1879, of telegraph lines between Albany and Buffalo; resigned 1881, and entered employ of a banking and brokerage house. Opened branch of J. S. Bache & Co. in Albany, 1889, and became its mg'r; mem. of firm since 1893. Active in reorg'n of Distillers' & Cattle Feeding Co. Trustee Union Trust Co. of Albany. Mem. Democratic Gen. Com., Albany, 1884. Mem, Perpetual Care Trust Fund Com., Congregation Beth-Emeth. Mem. Albany Hist. Soc., Independent Order Bnai Brith, B. P. O. E. Mg'r many years, formerly v .- p. Young Men's Ass'n, Albany; mg'r many years Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Albany « (life mem.), Albany Automobile, Adelphl (ex-pres.). Residence: "Rosemonte," Cedar HI11, N. Y., and 38 Willett St., Albany. Address: 78 State St., Albany, N. Y.
HESSELMAN, LEO WILLIAM
Comptroller Lackawanna Steel Co .; b. Germany, Feb. 27, 1879; s. Henry and Henriette (Schurmann) Hessel- man; ed. schs. of Chicago and N. Y .; unmarried: Of- ficer and dir. in various subsidiaries of Lackawanna Steel Co. Veteran of West Indlan Naval Campaign in 1898. At present a lient. in Naval Milltla State of N. Y. Mem. U. S. Naval Inst., and various rallroad ac- counting ass'ns. Received U. S. Gov't decorations for participation in West Indian Naval Campaign and Bat- tle of Manzanillo, 1898. Clubs: Army and Navy (N. Y.); Buffalo, Park, Transportation, Automobile (Buffalo). Residence: 49 Johnson Park. Address: Care Lacka- wanna Steel Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
^HESTER, WILLIAM VAN ANDEN
Publisher; b. Brooklyn, Dec. 1, 1858; s. William and Theodosia (Ward) Hester; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; m. Aprll 28, 1896, Ada Louise Gibb; one son: William Van Anden, Jr. Sec. and treas. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Co .; dir. Long Island Trust Co. Democrat. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Clubs: Hamilton, Heights Casino, Brooklyn, Riding and Driving, Nassau County Country, Automobile of America, Metropolitan. Resi- dence: 158 Remsen St., Brooklyn. Address: Office Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y.
HEUEL, EMIL
Physician; b. N. Y. City in the early sixties; s. Dr. Franz and Adele (Rheinhard) Heuel; ed. N. Y. City schools, Coll. City of N. Y., N. Y. Coll. Pharmacy, Med. Dep't Univ. of City of N. Y., M.D., 1883 (received Val- entine Mott medal, 1882); post-graduate work in clinles of Med. Dep't Unlv. of City of N. Y., Bellevue Hosp., Charity Hosp., N. Y. Lying-in Hosp., N. Y. ' Orthopedic Hosp. and Dispensary, Manhattan Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hosp., and St. Joseph's Hosp .; also the hospitals of Moabit, La Charite and St. Au- gusta Spital, Berlin, and in the hospitals of London and Paris; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 29, 1887, Elizabeth Jo- sephine Stein. Engaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City; specialist in treatment of diseases of the ear, nose, lungs and throat. Was ass't to surgical and orthopedic lectures, to Orthopedic Dispensary and Surgical Clinic, N. Y. Univ. Med. Coll .; ass't attend- ing surgeon N. Y. Orthopedie Hosp. and Dispensary, dist. visiting physician N. Y. Lying-in Hosp .; ambu- lance surgeon Bellevue Hosp., ass't attending surgeon. Throat Dep't, Manhattan Eye, Ear, Nosc and Throat Hosp., and visiting surgeon to St. Joseph's Hosp., 1889-1904. Fellow of the Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Electro- therapeutic Ass'n (former sec., treas. and mem. Exec. Council, v .- p. and pres.); N. Y. Acad. Medicine, A. A. A. S .; mem. N. Y. Electrle Soc, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Med. Soc. State of N. Y., N. Y. County Med. Ass'n, N. Y. County Med. Soc., Harlem Med. Ass'n, Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, N. Y. Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n, Med. Soc Greater City of N. Y .; Medico-Surg. Soc., Med. Ass'n Borough of the Bronx (former sec.), Order of Military Surgeons, Valentine Mott Med. Soc., Otol., Rhinol. and Laryngol. Sections of the N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Was honorary med. delegate for gov't of Honduras to Internat. Congress of Hygiene, Wash- ington, D. C .; hon. medical mem. Internat. Ass'n for Suppression of Wars; hon. mem. Internat. Congress of Physic-therapy, lieut. Medical Corps. N.G.N.Y. Is an electrical expert and a licensed master and pilot of steam vessels of the United States. Mem. Soc. Am. Magicians, Thomas Hunter Ass'n of Grammar School, Am. Ass'n Masters and Pilots of Steam Vessels. Alumni Ass'n Univ. of City of N. Y., 32d degree Scot- tlsh Rite Mason, Mecca Temple. Life mem. Chapter Rose Crolx, Lodge of Perfection N. Y. City, Consistory of New York, Council of Princes of Jerusalem of N. Y. City. Received from Venezuelan Gov't the decoration of 2d class, Order of the Bust of Bolivar, 1902. For- merly chm'n Com. on Fire, Health and Police Protec- tion of the North Side B'd of Trade; late miem. N. Y. Turn Verein and the Arion Soc. of N. Y. Recreations: Yachting, athletics. Clubs: Commodore N. Y. Athletic Club, N. Y. Yacht, Nassau Boat (former trustee). Country house: Cedar Crest, Davenport Neck. New Rochelle, N. Y. Address: 151 West 87th St., N. Y. City. HEWETT, WATERMAN THOMAS
Educator, author; b. Mlami, Saline Co, Mo., Jan. 10, 1846; s. Waterman Thomas and Sarah Woodman ( Parsons) Hewett; ed. Maine State Sem., Lewiston, Me., 1862-1864; Amherst Coll., B.A., 1869; M.A., 1871; Ph.D., Cornell Univ., 1879; studied in Athens and lleidelberg, 1869-1870; Univ. of Leipzig and Leyden, 1877-1878; Unlv. of Berlin, 1887-1888; m. Ist, June 22, 1880, Emma McChain (dled Sept. 18, 1883); 2d, Dec. 18, 1889, Katherine Mary Locke (died Mar. 20, 1910): one d. Gladys Mathilda, b. Sept. 14, 1890 (died Dec. 7, 1904). Ass't prof. North European Languages, 1870- 1883; prof. German language and literature since 1883, head of German dep't Cornell Univ., prof. emeri-
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tus since 1910. Author: The Frisian Language and Literature, a Historical Study, 1879; The University of Leyden, 1881; University Administration, 1882; The Aims and Methods of the Collegiate Study of the Modern Languages, 1884; The Present Condition of Instruction in the Modern Languages In American Colleges, 1885; The House of Orange, 1885; Introduc- tion to the Life and Genius of Goethe, 1886; Wilhelmn Scherer, 1887; The Mutual Relations of Colleges and High Schools, 1887; The Revised Constitution of the Netherlands, 1887; The Study of Modern European Literature in America, 1887; Ministers and Sovereign in Germany, 1888; Homes of the German Poets, 1889; The History of Cornell University, 1894; Matthias de Vries and His Contributions to Netherland Philology, 1895; University Life in the Middle Ages, 1898; Sources of Goethe's Printed Text, 1898; Frederick W. Robertson, 1902; The Historical Usc of the Relative Pronouns in English Literature, 1904; Corneil Uni- versity-its Founders, Benefactors, Officers, Instruct- ors and Students, a History, 3 vols., illustrated, 1905; Goethe's Private Library as an Index of his Studies and Literary Interests, 1908; Bibliography of Goldwin Smith's writings, 1913. Editor: Goethe's Hermann and Dorothea, 1901 (18th edition, 1908); Uhland's Poems, 1896; A German Reader, 1899; Goethe's Her- mann and Dorothea for Colleges and High Schools, 1908. Has contributed many articles on literature and the history of ed'n to the leading magazines and periodicals; he initiated the annual bibliography of Goethe literature in England and America published in the Goethe Jahrbuch, and conducted it from 1880 to 1885. His writings on philology of Netherland languages led to election as foreign mem. of Soc. of Frisian Language and Literature, Soc. of Frisian His- tory, Antiquities and Philology, also Soc. of Nether- land Literature. Mem. Am. Philol. Soc., Goethe Soc. of Weimar, Modern Language Soc. of America, etc. Representative of Cornell Univ. to Univ. of Bologna, 1907, and guest of honor at Three Hundredth Anni- versary of Foundation of Univ. of Giessen, 1907, and delegate of Am. Philos. Soc. to celebration of Three. Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of founding of Univ. of Geneva, and Five Hundredth Anniversary ~ of Univ. of Leipzig, 1909. Address: Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
HEWITT, CHARLES J.
Merchant, State senator; b. Navarino, N. Y., July 15, 1867. When a child removed with parents to Locke, Cayuga Co., N. Y .; ed. graded sch. at Locke and Moravia High Sch. Early life was passed upoit a farm. When 21 years old engaged in the produce business, in company with father and brothers and continues still at the same business. Elected Super- visor on Republican ticket, 1898. In 1901 Republican nominee for Assembly from Second Assembly District of Cayuga County, and elected. Re-elected 1902; re- nominated and re-elected in 1903. In 1908 nominated State Senator and elected; re-elected 1910 and 1912. Mem. Senate Coms. on Ins., Miscellaneous Corp'ns, Affairs of Villages and Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties and chm'n Public Printing Com. Address: HIBBARD, OMRI FORD Locke, Cayuga County, N. Y.
HEWITT, ERSKINE
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, 1871; s. Abram S. and Sarah A. (Cooper) Hewitt; grad. Princeton Univ., 1891 (cum laude; sp'l honors in polit. science); M.A., 1893; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1893. Scc. to the special embassy sent to London, 1897; served in the Spanish-Am. War as capt. and ass't adj .- gen. U. S. Vols .; dir., officer or trustee in many corp'ns, among them being tlie Union Sulphur Co., Westboro Realty Co., Hewitt Realty Co., Ringwood Co., the Lehigh & Oxford Min- ing Co., the N. Y. & Greenwood Lake R'y Co., the Basic Iron Ore Co., Gauley Mountain Coal Co., Met- ropolitan Trust Co., Internat. Banking Corp'n, Nat. Reserve Bank, St. Louis, Rocky Mountain & Pacific R. R .; St. Nicholas Skating & Ice Co., Cuban Eng'ring & Contracting Co., Shelby Iron Co., Fifth Nat. Bank, Lincoln Trust Co., Hewitt Co., Electro Chemical Rub- ber Co., Andean Commercial Co., Midvale Water Co., Pequest Co., Soho Park and Land Co., Andean Trading Co., Lehlgh Coal and Navigation Co., Internat. Bank. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Sons of the Revolu- tion, Vet's of Foreign and Spanish-Am. War, St. Nicholas Soc .; trustee Winifred Masterson, Burke Foundation and Sheltering Arms Socs. Clubs: Man- hattan, Union, University, Down Town, Tuxedo, Rac- quet and Tennis, Players. Residence: Ringwood Manor, Passaic, N. J., and 9 Lexington Av. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
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