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HOWARD, LELAND O.
Chief Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dep't Ag'r; b. Rockford, Ill., June 11, 1857; s. Ossian Gregory and Lucy Dunham (Thurber) Howard; grad. Cornell Univ .. B.S., 1877, M.S., 1883; Georgetown Univ., Ph.D., 1896; George Washington Univ., M.D., 1911; Univ. of Pitts- burgh, LL.D., 1911; m. Washington, D. C., April 28, 1886, Marle T. Clifton; children: Lucy Thurber, b. April 3, 1892; Candace Leland, b. Nov. 3, 1896; Janet Moore, b. Jan. 21, 1901. Appt'd ass't entomologist, 1878, and chief, 1894, Bureau of Entomology in U. S. Dep't of Agr. Honorary curator Dep't of Inseets, U. S. Nat. Museum, since Oct. 31, 1895; consulting cnto- mologist, U. S. Publie Health Service, since 1902. Author: Mosquitoes-How They Live, 1901; The In- sect Book, 1902; The House Fly-Disease Carrier, 1911; also many Gov't publieations and monographs; contb'r entomology to Century Dietionary, Standard Diction- ary, New Internat. Encyclopedia. Permanent sec. A.A.A.S .; mem. Ass'n Economic Entomologists (pres., 1894), Biol. Soe. Washington (pres., 1897-1898), and many other home and foreign scientific ass'ns; mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: Cosmos (pres., 1909), Bannockburn (Golf), Onteora Country (Tannersville, N. Y.). Has legal (voting) residence at Ithaea, N. Y. Address: Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C.
JHOWARD, ROBERT R.
Lawyer; b. Newark, N. J., March 4, 1878; s. George E. P. and Rhoda (Robinson) Howard; grad. Yale Univ., Ph.B., 1898; Harvard Univ., LL.B., 1901; m. Orange, N. J., June 7, 1911, Jean Cassard Bulkley. Engaged in practise of law since admission to bar. Capt. Div. Staff, N. J. N. G. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Theta Psi fraternity. Clubs: University, Down Town, Essex County Country, Essex Fox Hounds. Residence: Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N. J. Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
HOWARD, WESLEY O.'
Jurist; b. Troy, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1863; s. Joel T. and Susannah M. (Sweet) Howard; eommon sch. ed'n; m. Oct. 1, 1884, Carrie A. Milllas. Admitted to bar and engaged in practice of law until ciccted, Nov., 1892, justice Supreme Court of N. Y. for Third Dist., for term expiring 1916. Republiean. Address: 131 First St., Troy, N. Y.
HOWARD-MARTIN, EDMUND
Author; b. Merriweather Co., Ga., Sept. 4, 1857; s. Dr. E. H. and Emily Caroline (Wellborn) Martin; ed. Washington and Lee Univ., Lexington, Va .; m. N. Y. City, Dee. 4, 1901, Elizabeth Agnew. Spent mnuch time in China, Japan, Corea, India, Egypt, etc. Leetured under B'd Ed'n of N. Y. City and at large en Oriental topics, languages, etc .; one of small group of dip-
lomats, first ever received by an Emperor of China, 1890. Sec. U. S. Legation in China. Mem. Chickasaw Guards of Memphis, 7th Reg't of N. Y. Demoerat; mem. St. Thomas' P. E. Ch. Mem. Soc. of Cincinnati, See. Colonial Wars, Soe. Foreign Wars, Sons of Revo- lution, N. Y. Hist. Soe., N. Y. Gencal. and Biog. Soc., Met. Muscum, Museum of Natural History, Nat. Geog. Soc., Theta Delta, Chi fraternity; mem. B'd of Mg'rs, N. Y. P. E. City Mission Soc. Recreations: Riding, athletics, theatre. Club: Riding. Address: 160 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
HOWE, ALBERT B.
Life insurance mg'r; b. in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., June 28, 1853, ed. in publie schools. Engaged in in- surance business with Ætna Lite Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn., 1877-1886; entered Syracuse office of North- western Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Milwaukee; but on org'n, 1886, of Security Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Bing- hamton, became its Syracuse agent, and has remained with same company ever sinee; appt'd field supervisor 1887, and supervisor of both field and office work at home office, 1893; since ass't gen. mg'r and dir. of company; clected third v .- p. April 7, 1908. Address: Binghamton, N. Y.
HOWE, FREDERIC C.
Author, dir. People's Inst .; b. Meadville, Pa., Nov. 21, 1867; s. Andrew J. and Jane (Clemson) Howe; grad. Allegheny Coll., A.B., 1889, A/M., 1891; Johns Hopkins Univ., Pli.D., 1892; Univ. of Berlin, Univ. of Md. Law Sch., N. Y. Law Sch .; m. Syraeusc, N. Y., Marie Jenney. In practise of law, Cleveland, 1894-1909, in firm of Garfield, Garfield & Howe; mem. City Council; pres. Sinking Fund Comm'n; mem. Ohio State Senate, Cleve- land Tax Comm'n; lecturer Cleveland Law Sch., West- ern Reserve Univ. and Univ. of Wis,, on corp'n law, taxation and finance, municipal gov't and comparative politics; comm'r U. S. Gov't to investigate municipal ownership in Great Britian. Author: Taxation and Taxes in the United States Under the Internal Revenue System; The City, The Hope of Democracy; The British City, The Beginnings of Democracy; Privilege and Democracy in America; Wisconsin, an Experiment in Democracy; European Cities at Work, and the Confessions of a Monopolist; also eontb'r to Scribner's, Harper's, Everybody's, the Outlook and the World's Work. Address: 50 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
HOWE, HENRY MARION
Consulting metallurgist, emeritus prof. metallurgy, Columbia Univ .; b. Boston, Mass., Mar. 2, 1848; 8. Samuel Gridley and Julia (Ward) Howe; grad. Boston Latin Sch., 1865; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1869, A.M., 1872, LL.D., 1905; LL.D., Lafayette Coll., 1905; in. Troy, N. Y., April 9, 1874, Fannie Gay. In 1877 went on lin- portant mission to Chile in connection With copper smelting; designed and built works of Orford Nickel and Copper Co., at Capelton and at Eustis, Can., and at Bergen Point, N. J., 1880-1882; in Boston as con- sulting metallurgist and expert In patent cases, and as leeturer on metallurgy at Mass. Inst. Technology, 1888-1897; prof. metallurgy, Columbia Univ., since 1897. In 1890 introduced into this country manu- facture of manganese steel and Hadfield projectiles: takes active part in the ing'mt of eo., which carries on this industry; juror in class of inining and metal- lurgical processes, Paris Exp'n, 1889-1900; pres. of jury of awards on mines and mining, World's Colum- bian Exp'n, 1893; has been pres. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, and 3 terms pres. Alumni Ass'n Mass. Inst. Technology; late pres. Internat. Ass'n Testing Ma- terials, and Am. Soe. for Testing Materials; Knight of Order of St. Stanislas, Russia; chevalier the Legion d'Honneur, France; hon. mem. Russian Imperial Tech (Soe., Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Na- tionale of France, British Inst'n Mining and Metal- lurgy, Dallas Hist. Soe., Royal Swedish Acad. of Science, Am. Iron and Steel Inst., Alumni Ass'n Colum- bia Sch. of Mines, Cleveland (Great Britian) Inst. of Eng'rs, Russian Metall. Soc., St. Petersburg. Non- resident fellow Am. Philos. Soc. His Metallurgy of Steel, published In 1890, and translated into Frenen, brought him recognition by selentifie socs. at home and abroad, and among other things the Cordon Bleu of metallurgists, the Bessemer Gold Medal; the 2,500 francs prize awarded by French Societe d'Encourage- ment pour l'Industrie Nationale, gold medal by Verein zur Beforderung des Gewerbfleisses of Germany and Eliot Cresson Gold Medal of Franklin Inst. of Phila. Also published Copper Smelting (Bulletin 26 of U. S. Geol. Survey); Metallurgical Laboratory Notes, first text book for metall. laboratory ever written, trans- lated into French; Iron, Steel and Other Alloys, trans- lated into Russian; besides these he has published more than 100 professional papers. Clubs: Century, Harvard, Technology. Address: Broad Brook Road, Bedford Hills, N. Y.
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HOWE, LUCIEN
Physician; b. Standish, Me., Sept. 18, 1848; grad. Bowdoin Coll., 1870; L. I. Coll. Hosp., Brooklyn, 1871; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., N. Y. City, 1872. Pror. ophthalmology, Univ. of Buffalo; surgeon in charge of Buffalo Eye and Ear Infirmary; mem. Royal Coll. Sur- geons, England; fellow Royal Micros. Soc., England; mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., Ophthalmologisclie Gesell- schaft, Société Française d'Ophthalmologie, Oplithal- moi. Soc. of United Kingdom. Author: The Muscles of the Eye (2 vols.). Address: 520 Delaware Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
HOWE, MARSHALL AVERY
Curator; b. Newfane, Vt., June 6, 1867; s. Marshall Otis and Gertrude 1. (Dexter) Howe; grad. Univ. ot Vt., Ph.B., 1890; Columbia Univ., Ph.D., 1898; m. Strat- ford, Conn., June 8, 1909, Edith Morton Packard, d. Rev. Edward N. Packard, D.D. Instr. in cryptogamic betany, Univ. of Calif., 1891-1896; curator of the herbarium, Columbia Univ., 1899-1901; ass't curator, N. Y. Bot. Garden, 1901-1900; curator of the museuni, game since 1906; editor of Torreya, 1901-1908; editor of Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1908-1911; mem. scientific expd'ns to Newfoundland and West Indies, 1901-1910; makes sp'l study of marine algac. Fellow N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, A.A.A.S .; mem. Bot. Soc. of Am., Nat. Geog. Soc .; Plii Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Theta. Has written various. papers and monographs on botanical subjects. Address: N. Y. Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. City.
HOWE, WILLIAM A.
Physician; b. Phelps, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1862; s. John Q. and Nancy A. (Griffith) Howe; ed. Phelps High Sch., 1882; grad. Hobart Coll., B.S., 1885; Coll. Physiclans and Surgeons, N. Y. City, M.D., 1888; m. May 17, 1892, Elizabeth M. Partridge; children: Margaret, b. 1893; Elizabeth, b. 1895; Frances, b. 1897; John Q., b. 1901; Lee Selden, b. Feb. 1, 1909. Has been in gen. practise at Phelps, N. Y., since graduation; was pres. Nat. Ass'n of U. S. Pension Examining Surgeons; ex-pres. Ontario Co. Med. Soc .; mem. Canandaigua B'd U. S. Pension Examining Surgeons; med, examiner N. Y. Life, N. Y. Mutual and other life ins. cos .; was coroner of Ontario Co., 6 years; heaith officer of village of Phelps, 10 years; mem. B'd Ed'n, 20 years; Deputy Comm'r of Health State of N. Y., since Oct. 1, 1910. Republican; Presby'n. Mcm. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State and Central N. Y. Med. Socs. Mason. Address: Phelps, N. Y.
HOWE, WILLIAM HENRY
Artist; b. Ravenna, O., 1846; ed. in schools of native place and pupil In art of Vuillefroy and Otto de Thoren, Paris; m. St. Louis, Mo., 1876, Julia May Ciark. Specialty is pictures of cattle; received hon. mention Paris Salon, 1886; gold medal from Salon, 1886, and; medals from the New Orleans (1885), Paris (1889), and World's Columbian (1893) expositions, and at Lon- don, N. Y. City, San Francisco and Atlanta. Officer d'Académie, 1896, cross Légion d'honneur, 1898; mem. Jury of Awards, Louisiana Purchase Exp'n, 1904. As- sociate 1894, academician since 1897, Nat. Acad. De- sign. Mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters. Clubs: Lotos (fife mem.), Salmagundi. Address: Bronxville, N. Y.
HOWELL, WILSON S.
Born New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 21, 1855; s. Martin A. and Abby S. (Stout) Ilowell; ed. Blair Acad., Blairs- town, N. J .; m. New Brunswick, N. J., Dec., 1882, Emma B. Atkinson; children: Wilson S., Jr., b. 1888; Mrs. Jos. Day Lee, Asher A., b. 1893. Banker's clerk, 1872-1875; merchandising, 1875-1877; insurance clerk, 1877-1879; laboratory of Themas A. Edison, Menlo Park, N. J., 1879-1881; Edison Elec, Light and Gen. Elec. Interests to 1896; mg'r Electrical Testing Laboratories since 1896. Independent Republican. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'r's, Am. Electro-Chem. Soc., Illuminating Eng'rs Soo., Am. Geog. Soc., N. Y. Elec. Soc. Residence: Pleasantville, N. Y. Address: Care Electrical Testing Laboratories, 80th St. and East End Av., N. Y. City.
HOWELLS, JOHN MEAD
Architect; b. Cambridge, Mass., 1868; s. William Dean and Elinor G. (Mead) Howells; grad. Harvard, 1891, and studied profession six years in Europe; re- ceived French gov't diploma, 1897. Has since prac- tised in N. Y. Mem. Société des Architects Diplomés par le Gouvernement. Club: University. Address: 100 William St., N. Y. City.
HOWELLS, MILDRED
Artist, magazine contb'r; b. Cambridge, Mass., 1872; d. William Dean and Elinor (Mead) Howells; studied with Dennis Bunker, Abbott Thayer and William Sar- gent Kendall. Made the drawings for A Little Girl Among the Old Masters; contributed verse and filus-
trations to Harper's, Atlantic, Scribner's, St. Nicholas and other magazines; exhibited watercolors at the Champ de Mars, Paris, 1896-1897, and at New York, Boston and Philadelphia exhib'ns. Address: York Harbor, Me.
HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN
Author; b. Ohio, 1837; s. William Cooper and Mary (Dean) Howells; A.M., Harvard, 1877; Yale, 1885; Litt.D., Yale, 1901; D.Litt., Oxford, 1904; LL.D., Adel- bert Coll., 1004; Litt.D., Columbia, 1905; m. Paris, 1862, Elinor G. Mead. Worked as compositor. corr. and editor in his father's and other Ohio newspaper offices; corr, of Cincinnati Gazette, 1856; news editor Ohio State Journal, 1859; U. S. consul at Venice, 1861-1865; editorial writer, N. Y. Times, and regular contb'r to N. Y. Nation, 1865-1872; sub. editor and editor Atlantic Monthly, 1872-1881; editorial contb'r Harper's Maga- zine, ISS6-1891, and was for a time editor Cosmopolitan Magazine. Contb'r poems to Ohio papers and Atlantic Monthly before war period, many of which were in- cluded in Poems of Two Friends, which was pub- lished in collaboration with John J. Piatt; also wrote Life of Abraham Lincoln. During consular residence in Italy, engaged in writing books. Author: Venetian Life, Italian Journeys, Suburban Sketches, No Love Lost, Their Wedding Journey, A Chance Acquaintance, A Foregone Conclusion, Out of the Question, A Coun- terfcit Presentment. Poems: Lady of the Aroostook, The Undiscovered Country, A Fearful Responsibility, and Other Tales, Dr. Breen's Practise, A Modern In- stance, A Woman's Reason, Three Villages, The Rise of Silas Lapham, Tuscan Citles, The Minister's Charge, Indian Summer, Modern Italian Poets, April Hopes, Annie Kilburn, A Hazard of New Fortunes, The Sleep- ing Car and Other Farces, The Mouse and Other Farces. The Shadow of a Dream, An Imperative Duty, A Boy's Town, Citicism and Fiction, The Quality of Mercy, A Little Swiss Sojourn, Christmas Every Day. The World of Chance, The Coast of Bohemia, A Trav- eler from Altrurla, My Literary Passions, The Day of Their Wedding, A Parting and a Meeting, Impressions and Experiences, Stops of Various Quills, The Land- lord at Lion's Head, An Open-Eyed Conspiracy, Stories of Ohio, The Story of a Play, Ragged Lady, Their Silver Wedding Journey, Literary Friends and Ac- quaintance, A Pair of Patient Lovers, Heroines of Fiction, The Kentons, Literature and Life, The Fight of Pony Baker, Questionable Shapes, Miss Bellard's Inspiration, London Films, Certain Delightful English Towns, Seven English Cities, Roman Holidays, Fanuel and Roc, New Leaf Mills, Familiar Spanish Travels. Editor: Choice Autobiographies, with essays (S vols.); Library of Universal Adventure. Club: Century. Ad- dress: Care Harper & Brothers, N. Y .. City.
¥HOWISON, HENRY LYCURGUS
Rear-admiral, U. S. N., retired, 1899; b. Washington, D. C., Oct. 10, 1837; s. Henry and Juliet Virginia (Jack- son) Howison; ed. private sch. of Washington, D. C., and public sehs. of Philadelphia. Appt'd from Indiana, 1854, and grad. U. S. Naval Acad., 1858; m. Washing- ton, D. C., Oct. 3, 1865, llannah Johnson Middleton. Warranted midshipman. June 11, 1858; passed midship- man, Jan, '19, 1861; master, Feb. 13, 1861; lieut., April 19, 1861; lieut-comimd'r, March 3, 1865; comnid'r, Aug. 19, 1872; capt., March 2, 1885; coinmo., March 21, 1897; rear-admiral, Sept. 30, 1898, During Civil War took active part in many of the most important engage- ments, including skirmish with Confederate Cavalry while in command of a detachment of men and howitzer from U. S. S. Pocahontas, Clouds Mills, Va., June-July, 1861. Was in battle of Port Royal, S. C .; engagements with rams off Charleston, 1802; engage- ments at Forts Moultrie, Sumter and Wagner, 1863- 1861; battle of Mobile Bay, ctc. After war, in varied duties of naval officer; inem. 1st Advisory B'd, 1881; com'd Pacific Squadron, 1887; pres. Steel Inspection B'd, 1SS8-1890; mem. Lighthouse B'd, 1890-1892; com- mandant Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., 1893-1896; com'd the battleship Oregon as her first capt., July 15, 1896; commandant Navy Yard, Boston, 1897-1898: comd'r-in-chief South Atlantic Station until retired, Oct., 1899. Republican; Episcopallan. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Naval Order of U. S. Club: N. Y. Yaclit. Address: 53 Locust Hill Av., Yonkers, N. Y.
HOWK, HORACE JOHN
l'hy sician; b. Ontario, N. Y., Aug. 20. 1878; s. John Crouch and Catherine ( Whitcomb) Howk; ed. Genesee Normal Sch., Univ. of Rochester, Univ. of Mich., M.D., Parke-Davis Fellow in Pharmacology Univ. of Mich., 1905-1906. Ass't in internal medicine, Univ. of Mich., 1907. Asso. physician Loomis Sanatorium, 1908-1911. Physician in charge Mct. Life Ins. Co. Sanatorium since 1911. Republican; Presby'n. Mem, Am. Sana- torium Ass'n, Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Inter. Congress on Tuberculosis, Internat. Congress on Hygiene, Am. Ilosp. Ass'n, Alpha Delta
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Phi, Nu Sigma Nu and Sigma Xi fraternities. Clubs: Alpha Delta Phi (N. Y.), Saratoga, Nat. Arts (N. Y.), Soc. of the Genesee. Address: Mount McGregor, Sara- toga County, N. Y.
HOWLAND, CLARENCE
Lawyer; b. Auburn, N. Y. April 29, 1861; s. Benjamin and Louise (Powell) Howland; cd. Williston Sem., Dartmouth Coll., B.L., 1884; Columbia Coll. Law Sch., 1887; m. Greenville, S. C., June 16, 1897, Caroline Louise Mauldin; children: William Slocum, b. June 1S, 1901; Louise. b. July 6, 1907. Practised law in N. Y. City, 1888-1902; at Catskill, N. Y., since 1902. Dir. Catskill Nat. Bank, 1902-1910; mem. B'd Water Comm'rs for term 1905-1910; designated by att'y gen. State of N. Y., Feb., 1906, to prosecute infraction of Pure Food Law in Greene County. Traveled in Europe, 1887-1888, and in Great Britain, 1900. Republican; Quaker. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n Dartmouth Coll. Alumni Ass'n, Columbia Coll. Alumni Ass'n. Was mem. football teams of Williston Sem., Dartmouth (capt. ) and Columbia Coll. "Union," and of the Orange Athletic football team. Address: Colewood Av., Catskill, N. Y.
HOWLAND, HENRY ELIAS.
Lawyer; b. Walpole, N. II .; ed. Yale Univ. and Har- vard Law Sch .; m. N. Y. City, 1865, Louise Miller. In active practise of law in N. Y. City. Republican; Episcopalian. Fellow of Yale Univ .; pres. Soc. for Relief of Destitute Blind in City of N. Y .; pres. Soc. for Preservation of Adirondacks, warden Ascension Ch., trustee Lawyers' Title Ins. Co., Lawyers' Mortgage Co., and Mortgage Bond Co. Clubs: University, Cen- tury, Yale, City, Midday, Meadow (Southampton), Shinnecock Hills Golf, Southampton, Adirondack League. Residence: 10 E. 10th St. Address: 37 Wall St., N. Y City.
HOWLAND, HENRY RAYMOND
Superintendent and treas. Buffalo Soc. of Natural Sciences: b. Springfield, Mass. June 1, 1844; s. Job and Emily (Alvord) Howland; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1863, A.M., " 1866. Fellow A.A.A.S., mem. Am. Micros. Soc., Am. Archaeol. Inst., Sons of the Revolution (Buffalo chapter), Soc. of Mayflower Descendants. Pres. Thomas Indian School (State in- st'n); pres. Buffalo Sem., v .- p. Church Charity Foun- dation; dir. Buffalo Hist. Soc., Buffalo Suc. Natural Sciences, dir. Am. Museums Ass'n, Clubs: University, Phi Beta Kappa (pres.) Address: 217 Summer St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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HOWLAND, REEVE BEECHER
Physician and surgeon; b. Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1870; s. Howard C. and Esther M. (Reeve) Howland; ed. Elmira public and high schools; N. Y. Homc. Med. Coll. and Hosp., M.D., Rochester Homœ. Hosp .; m. Sarnia, Ont., Can., Oct. 1, 1907, Alice E. Scott. Practising medicine at Elmira from graduation; junior partner Drs. Adriance and Howland. Late ass't sur- geon 3d N. Y. V. Inf .; late ass't surgeon 3d Battalion Inf., N. G. N. Y .; late examiner for U. S. Marine Corps at Elmira, N. Y., Manhattan Life Ins. Co., N. Y. State Civil Service Comm'n at Elmira, late med, ex -. aminer for U. S. army at Elmira. Republican, Pres- by'n. Mem. N. Y. State Home. Med. Soc. (treas.), Southern Tier Homo. Med. Soc., Ass'n Mil. Surgeons of U. S .; mem. Knights of the Maccabees, examiner N. E. Mut. Life Ins. Co .; lecturer on obstretrics, St. Joseph's Hosp., Elmira; mem. consulting staff of People's Hosp., Sayer, Pa. Club: Century. Address: 306 Lake St., Elmira, N. Y.
HOWLAND, WILLIAM B.
Publisher; b. Ashland, N. Y., June 10, 1849; s. Rev. Harrison O. and Hannah O. (Bailey) Howland; grad. Williston Seminary, 1868; m. Gowanda, N. Y., 1872, Ella M. Jacobs; children: Karl V. S., Harold J. Found- er and publisher Outing, 1882-1885; editor and prop'r Cambridge (Mass.) Tribune, 1885-1890; publisher Out- look, 1890-1913; mn'g dir. The Independent since 1913. Mn'g dir. Flying Ass'n; comm'r State Reservation at Niagara. Trustee Chautauqua Inst'n. Treas. Soc. for Italian Immigrants, Am. Civic Ass'n, Am. Scenic and Historic Preservation Soc. Progressive. Clubs: City, Nat. Arts, Nat. Soc., Royal Socs., Manor House, Bredon (England). Residence: 222 W. 23d St. Address: 119 W. 40th St., N. Y. City.
HOXIE, GEORGE L.
Elec. eng'r; b. Leonardsville, N. Y., May 14, 1872; s. Luke and Harriet E. (Parker) Hoxie; grad. Cornell Univ., M.E., 1892, Ph.D., 1902; in. Tucson, Ariz., June 29, 1896, Mary C. Osborn; children: Dorothy E., b. 1897, Robert O., b. 1902, Stephen P., b. 1005, Henry L., b., 1906. Instr. elec. cng'ring, Cornell, 4 years; prof. physics and mechanics, Univ. of Arizona, 2 years; now practising in N. Y. City as efec. eng'r; mem. Am.
Soc. Mech. Eng'rs; also fellow Inst. Eiec. Eng'ra Joint author (with Profs. Ryan and Norris) of a textbook of electrical machinery (Wiley & Co.). Address: 50 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
HOY, DAVID FLETCHER
Registrar; b. Oct. 6, 1863; s. John Robertson and Isabella Willson (Miller) Hoy; ed. Delaware Literary Inst., Franklin, N. Y., class of 1887; Cornell Univ,, IL.S., 1891, M.S. (with high distinction), 1893; m. Ful- ton, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1895, Silence Howard; one son: David Fletcher, Jr., b. March 24, 1901. Ass't regis- trar, 1891-1895; registrar since 1895, Cornell Univ. Editor of the 1898 and 1908 Ten-Year Books of Cor- nell Univ., and of the 1904, 1906 and 1912 catalogues of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Contributed to Clute's Flora of the Upper Susquehanna. Trustee Corneli Athletic Ass'n; trustee and treas. Cornell Chapter of Kappa Sigma. Republican, Presby'n. Mem. Cornell Univ. Class Sec. Ass'n, Kappa Sigina fraternity. Sigma Xi, Quill and Dagger, Cosmopolitan, Town and Gown. Address: Ithaca, N. Y.
^HOYE, STEPHEN M.
Railroad pres., lawyer; b. Mt. Carmel, July 19, 1860; ed. by private tutor and in country sch .; grad. Yale Law Sch., LL.B., ISS8; m. 1891, Rose C. Kerrin, of Brooklyn. Located for practice of law in New Haven, Conn., in office of Judge Sheldon, but after a year moved to N. Y. City, opening an office in Eve- ning Post Bld'g. A year later removed to 2 Wail St., and established a branch office in Brooklyn, carry- ing on business in both places; since then has been att'y for many corp'us and stock companies; makes a specialty of corp'n and railroad law; also does an ex- tensive business in real estate, and is connected with many large business concerns; dir. and counsel Union Bank of Brooklyn; pres. and dir. N. J. and Staten Island Junction R. R. Co .; has been actively engaged for some years in preparing gen. plans for the con- struction of a tunnel and post road under the Nar- rows, which will permit of the passage of railroad trains, automobiles, horses, carriages and foot pas- sengers under the Narrows between the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Richmond, S. I .; stockholder in M. E. Moore Bronze and Plate Co., with offices in N. Y. City and factory in Kingston, N. Y .; stockholder in Medina Mfg Co .; the John T. Hunter Co., Am. Spirometer Co .; counsel for the Bankers' Title Guarantee Co. Or- ganized and is pres, of the N. J. and Staten Island Junction Terminal Co., incorporated for $10,000,000, which is organized to construct a tunnel from the terminus of all the railroads which now reach only the eastern shore of N. J., including the Baltimore & Ohio, Lackawanna, Erie, Jersey Central. Lehigh Val- ley, West Shore, Pa., and the Philadelphia & Read- ing, nine trunk lines in all, the traffic of which will be carried to Brooklyn through a large tunnel, which will be constructed on land, of steel, in sections. After the bottom of the bay is dredged out, making a ditch, the tunnel will be sunk and the sections bolted together at the bottom of the bay. The steel tunnel will be of two large tubes, enclosed in a large steel case and filled with concrete. Its construction will require 336,000,000 tons of steel, and it will have 310,000 cubic yards of displacement, 130,000 cubic yards of concrete; a weight per lineal foot of 513.000 lbs., and 8 lbs. per foot, allowed to overcome the buoyancy of the tunnel, which will be made like a steel boat with bulkheads in the end to allow it to be towed to its place in the bay, and then sunk by adding the concrete. The total cost will be $10,- 000,000, and the cost of the land for landing tunnel $3,000,000. Has been engaged for past three years in promoting and establishing the Ellis Adding Type- writer in Europe and elsewhere. This machine revo- lutionizes the present method of bookkeeping, ac- counting, etc., and will write, add, subtract, mutliply and figure discounts. The work of the machine is all visible, and it is being used by the greatest banks, trust companies and mercantile houses of the world; mfg plant is located at Newark, N. J. . Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Internat. Bar Ass'n, Yale Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: IMontauk, Columbian, L. I. Automobile (Brooklyn), N. Y. Motor, Twilight (N. Y.). Adress: 286 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
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