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BLISS, WILLIAM HENRY.
Lawyer; b. Cuyahoga Falls, O., Oct. 27, 1844; S. Philemon and Martha W. Bliss; ed. public schs .; m. 1st, St. Louis, Mo., April 6, 1874, Annie Louise Woods; 2d, N. Y. City, April 14. 1894, Mrs. Anna Blakesley Barnes; children: Robert Woods (sec. Am. Embassy, Paris); Annie Louise (Mrs. Charles Warren, of Bos- ton). Admitted to bar, 1871; ass't U. S. att'y, 1872- 1876, and U. S. att'y, 1876-1887, St. Louis, Mo. After- ward v .- p. and gen. solicitor of St. Paul and Duluth R. R. Co., and asso. counsel of Northern Pacific R. H. Co., St. Paul, Minn .; has been practising at N. Y. City since 1893. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Bar Ass'n State of N. Y., Met. Museum of Art, Municipal Art Soc., Am. Geog. Soe., Soc. of Bibliophiles, Ohio Soc., Am. Civic Alliance, Acad. Polit. Science, Am. Peace Soc. Clubs: Union League, Metropolitan, Grolier, Players, Down Town, Automobile of America (N. Y. City), Metropolitan, Chevy Chase (Washington), St. Botolph (Boston). Residence: 6 E. 65th St. Address: 62 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
BLISS, WILLIAM LORD
Elec. Eng'r; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 16, 1871; s. John and Francis E. (Lord) Bliss; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1880-1886; Poly. Inst., Brooklyn, B.S., 1891; Cornell Univ., M.M.E., 1893; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1896, Grace Lawrence Kip. Inventor of Axle Lighting System of electrically lighting steam rail- road cars, known as Bliss System, used by the Pull- man Co., chief eng'r U. S. Light & Heating Co. Re- publican. Mem. Am. Inst. of Elec. Eng'rs, Soc. of Automobile Eng'rs. Am. Electro-Chemical Soc., Chi Psi Fraternity, 32" Mason, Shriner. Clubs: New York R. R., Central R. R., Western R. R., Niagara, Resi- dence: 142 Buffalo Av. Address: Highland Av., Niagara, Falls, N. Y.
BLOCH, LESTER W.
Lawyer; 'b. Albany, N. Y., June 19, 1880; s. Emanuel and Helen (Wolfshcimer) Bloch; grad. Grammar Sch. J BLOOMINGDALE, HIRAM C.
No. 14, 1894; Albany High Sch., 1898; Union Coll., Ph.B., 1902; Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1904. In active practise sinee graduation, specialty being Federal and corp'n law; mem. bar of Commonwealth of Mass., U. S. comm'r tor Northern Dist. of N. Y., 1905-1913. Republican; Jewish religion. Mem. Albany County Bar Ass'n, Albany Law Sch. Alumni Ass'n, Washing- ton Lodge 85, F. and A. M. (past master), Loyal Order of Moose (Dictator of Albany Lodge 909 and supreme trustee of the Order), Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Nat. Legal Fraternity of Gamma Beta Gamma, Modern Woodmen of America, Eastern N. Y. Beta Theta l'1
Alumni Ass'n, Albany High School Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: City, Adelphi, Capital City, Unconditional Republican, Young Men's Republican. Residence: 522 Morris St. Address: 57 State St., Albany, N. Y.
BLODGETT, THOMAS H.
Publisher; b. Bedford, Ia., Dec. 27, 1877; s. Charles Wesley and Louisa ( flector) Blodgett; grad. Knox Coll., B.S., 1899; m. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 16, 1907, Mar- garet Carroll Kendrick; one d .: Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14, 1909. Pres, Outing Publishing Co. Mem. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Clubs: The Players, Essex County Country (W. Orange, N. J.), University (Chicago). Residence: E. Orange, N. J. Address: 141-5 W. 36th St., N. Y. Sity.
BLODGETT, TILDEN
Life insurance mg'r; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 6, 1853. Be- gan business career as junior clerk in Equitable Life Assurance Soc., 1869, and has continued with it ever since, advancing to present position as Metropolitan mg'r of the N. Y. office. One of organizers and pres. 1892, of Life Underwriters Ass'n of N. Y .; chm'n com. of four which organized the Nat. Ass'n of Life Under- writers in 1890 at Boston, and was the first v .- p. of that ass'n. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BLOOD, CHARLES H.
Lawyer; b. Ithack, N. Y., April 7, 1866; s. Charles Farrar and S. Estella (Hazen) Blood; grad. Cornell Univ., Ph.B., 1888, and UL.B., 1890; m. Greenville, S. C., Oct. 11, 1905, Louise Macbeth. Admitted to bar, 1890, and engaged in practise; dist. att'y Tompkins Co., three terms, 1895-1904; county judge and surro- gate, Tompkins Co., elected in 1904. Dir. in local corp'ns. Held comm'n as eapt. in Cornell Corps of Cadets. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Trustee Cornell Univ .; dir. Ithaca Trust Co .; trustee Ithaca Savings Bank; mem. Kappa Alpha Soe. of Cornell Univ., Mason, Knight of Pythias; mem. B. P. O. Elks, and Maccabecs. Clubs: Town and Gown, City, Country ( Ithaca). Address: 1 Fountain Pl., Ithaca, N. Y.
BLOOD, SYLVESTER L.
Stockbroker; b. Ballston Spa., N. Y., June. 1844; S. Albert P. and Margaret Jane (Thurber) Blood; m. Ballston, Jan., 1869, Elizabeth M. Squires. Began busi- ness career 1867; stockbroker in N. Y. City; now mem. S. L. Blood'& Co. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Lotos, Atlanta Yacht, Hamilton (Brooklyn), Crescent. Athletic. Resi- lence: 273 Henry St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BLOODGOOD, ROBERT FANSHAWE
Artist; b. N. Y. City; s. Simeon DeWitt and Eliza (Van Schaick) Bloodgood; ed. N. Y. public schs., Coll. City of N. Y., Nat. Acad. Design Schs., Art Students' League: in. Trinity Chapel, N. Y. City, Jan. 22, 1889, Eloise Pirsson; children: John Van Schaick. b. 1890; Eloise Pirsson, b. 1891. One of founders Art Students' League of N. Y., and v .- p. and business dir. several years. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Mus. of Nat. Hist., Bronx Park Zool. Soc., Sons of Revolution. Recreations: Tennis, motoring, golf. Clubs: Century. Nat. Arts, N. Y. Athletic. Salinagundi, N. Y. Etching. Address: 67 E. 56th St., N. Y. City.
BLOOMINGDALE, EMANUEL WATSON
Born Rome, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1852; s. Benjamin and Hannah (Weil) Bloomingdale: grad. Columbia. LL. B., 1877; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 3, 1887, Adele Bernheimer; one d .: Marion 11. Practised law until 1883; in large dep't storc until 1905. Has acted as receiver of many corp'ns and firms; dir. and mem. Insurance Com., Equitahle Life Assurance Soc. of the U. S .. pres. Pa- vonia Trading Co. Republican. Presidential elector, 1900 (McKinley and Roosevelt); Interstate Bridge comm'r; mnem. Hudson Ter-Centenary Com .; Com. of Seventy (1894); treas. Election Laws Improvement Ass'n. Mem. Columbia Coll. Alumni Ass'n; trustee Me- Kinley Nat. Memorial; mem. B'd of Mg'rs and on Exec. Com., House of Refuge, N. Y. Clty; honorary pres. Re- tail Dry Goods Ass'n. Clubs: Lotos, Republican. Rail- road. Residence: 42 W. 69th St. Address: 115 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, 1875: s. Lyman G. and Mattie (Collenberger) Bloomingdale; ed. Columbia Coll .: married. Mem. firm of Bloomingdale Bros., con- ducting dep't. store at Lexington to 3d Av .. and 59th to 60th St., N. Y. City; sec. and dir. Erhard Piano Co .; dir. Arcade Realty Co, and identified with other busi- ness interests in N. Y. City. Address: Bloomingdale Bros., 59th St. and 3d Av., N. Y. City.
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Merchant; b. N. Y. City, June 17, 1873; s. Lyman G. and Hattie (Collenberger) Bloomingdale; grad. Co-
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lumbia Coil. (Sch. of Architecture), B.S., 1901. Mem. firm of Bloomingdale Bros., department store; dir. Hudson Oil Co., Hudson Realty Co., Arcade Realty Co., Woodmere Reaity Co., Erhard Piano Co., Syden- ham Hosp., N. Y. City; Bloomingdale Bros. Mutual Aid Soc. Clubs: Saimagundi, City Athletic, Criterion, Harmonie, Hollywood Goif, Address: Bloomingdale Bros., 3d Av. and 59th St., N. Y. City.
BLOSSOM, HENRY
Author, playwright; b. St. Louis, Mo., May 10, 1866; s. Henry Martyn and Susan (Brigham) Blossom; ed. Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo. Democrat; Presby'n. Author: The Documents in Evidence; Checkers, a Hard-Luck Story. Plays: Checkers (dramatized from book of same name); The Yankee Consul; M'lle Mo- diste; The Red Mill; Miss Philura. Ciubs: Lambs, Players, Larchmont Yacht; also St. Louis Club (St. Louis, Mo.). Address: The Lambs Club, 128 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
BLUM, EDWARD CHARLES
Merchant; b. N. Y. City; s. Adolph and Ida Blum; ed. colleges in Germany and France; m. Florence Abraham; children: Alice I., b. 1895; Robert Edward, b. 1899. Mem. firm of Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn, N. Y. V .- p. Abrast Realty Co .; treas. Flatbush Av. Realty Co .; trustee Kings County Trust Co., Security Safe Deposit Co., Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sci- ences. Republican. Pres. Jewish Hosp. of Brook- lyn; dir. Juvenile Probation Ass'n, Brooklyn Feder- ation of Jewish Charities, Brooklyn League. Mem. N. Y. State Probation Comm'n, Fire Island State Park Comm'n, N. Y. Chamber of Commerce: Clubs: Brook- lyn (dir.), Montauk (dir.), Islip Polo (dir.), Riding and Driving (Brooklyn), South Side Yacht, South Shore Field, and City Club of N. Y. Address: Carc Abrahanı & Straus, 422 Fuiton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BOARDMAN, ALBERT B.
Lawyer; b. N. Y .; grad. Yale, 1873; m. N. Y. City, Gertrude Bonner; one son, Philip W. (Yale, 1907). Admitted to N. Y. Bar, and formed, with Benjamin F. Tracy and Thomas C. Platt, firm of Tracy, Board- man & Platt; later firm of Boardman, Piatt & Soley, and now O'Brien, Boardman & Platt. V .- p. and dir. Central Hudson Steamboat Co .; dir, Davies Textile Co., Thompson-Starrett Co. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Ciubs: Union League, University, Down Town, N. Y. Athletic, Garden City Golf, Manhattan. Residence: 40 \V. 53d St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
BOARDMAN, FRANCIS
Civil eng'r; b. Rutiand, Vt., Aug. 15, 1875; s. Will - iam H, and Henrietta Frances (Hali) Boardman; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1893; Yale Univ., A.B., 1897; took post-grad. course in civil eng'ring Coium- bia Univ .; in. Boston, Mass., June 8, 1910, Anne Calef. children: Elizabeth, b. Aug. 16, 1911; William Hall, b. Oct. 22, 1912. Div. eng'r of Electric Div. of N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R .; was employed with Detroit & Mackinac R'y, and West Virginia Store Line. Dir. Simmons Boardman Publishing Co. Epis- copalian. Mem. Am. R'y Eng'ring Ass'n; pres. River- dale Health League; sec. and mem. Boy Scouts. Recre- ations: Golf, fishing. Residence: Riverdale-on-Hud- son. Address: Grand Central Terminal, N. Y. City.
BOAS, FRANZ
Anthropologist; b. Minden, Westphalia, July 9, 1858; ed. Univ. of Heidelberg, Bonn and Kiel, 1877- 1881 (Ph.D., Kiel, 1881); LL.D., Clark Univ .; Sc.D, Oxon; made voyage to Baffin's Land, 1883-1884; ass't Royal Ethnol Museum, Berlin; docent geography, Univ. of Berlin, 1885-1886; ass't editor Science, 1885- 1888; docent anthropology, Clark Univ., 1888-1892; chief ass't Dep't of Anthropology, World's Columbian Exp'n, 1892-1894; lecturer anthropology, 1896-1899; prof. anthropology since 1899, Columbia Univ. Ass't curator, 1895-1900; curator anthropology, 1900-1905, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist .; honorary philologist, Bureau Am. Ethnology. Directed operations and publications, Jesup North Pacific Expd'n. Mem. Nat. Acad, Sci- ences; fellow A.A.A.S. (v .- p. 1894, 1907), Am, Eth- \ BOGART, JOHN BION nol. Soc., Am. Psychol. Ass'n, Am. Philos. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Sciences; hon. fellow Anthropol. Inst., Great Britain and Ireland; hon. mem. Anthropol. Soc. of Vienna; corr. mem. Anthropol. Socs. of Berlin, Stock- holm, Moscow, Paris, Romc, Washington and Am. An- tiquarian and Numismatic Soc. Author: Baffin's Land, The Central Eskimo (6th Annual Report Burcau Eth- nology); Idianische Sagen von der Nordwestküste Amerikas (Berlin); Chinook Texts; Social Organiza- tion and Secret Societies of the Kwakiuti Indians: Kathlamet Texts; The Eskimo of Baffin's Land and Hudson Bay, 2 vols .; Kwakiutl Texts; Kwakiutl Eth- nology; Tsimshian Texts; The Growth of Children; Handbook of American Indian Languages; Changes in the Bodily Form of the Descendants of Immigrants;
also various reports to British Ass'n Advancement of Science, and Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Editor Journal of American Folk-Lore, Publications of the American Ethnological Society; Columbia University contb'na to Anthropology. Residence: Grantwood, N. J. Ad- dress: Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.
BOAS, HARRIET B. STERNFELD
Born Boston; d. Adolph and Chariotte Sternfeld; ed. in N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, March 20, 1888, Emil Leopold Boas; one son, Herbert Allan. Meni. Sorosis, Nat. Soc. N. E. Women, Nat. Alliance Unitarian Wom- en. Has translated over forty songs from German and French into English. Specially active in civic work and devoted to musical interests. Clubs: Mac- Dowell, N. Y. City History (trustee). Country resi- dence: Bonniecrest, Greenwich, Conn. Address: The Wyoming, Seventh Av. and 55th St., N. Y. City.
BOCK, FRANKLIN WILLIAM
Physician; b. Boston, Mass., Nov. 15, 1870; s. Valen- tine and Angeline (Wohlforth) Bock; ed. Boston pub- lic schis., prepared for college by private tutor; grad. Med. Dep't Univ. of Pa., 1899; m. Churchville, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1898, Alice C. Savage; children: Margaret, b. July 11, 1900 (died April 7, 1908); Robert Savage, b. Oct. 27, 1902; Clara L., b. June 27, 1912. House physician and ear, nose and throat specialist of the Jackson Health Resort of Dansville, N. Y., 1899-1903; chief clinical ass't Golder Square Throat Hosp., Lon- don, Eng., 1903-1904; in private practise at Rochester, N. Y., since 1904, Dir. in United Charitics. Fusion candidate (Dem. and Progressive) for Sch. Comm'r, 1913. Progressive; Presby'n; eider Third Presby'n Ch. Mem. Am. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Monroe Co. Med. Soc., Rochester Acad. Medicinc; v .- p. Roch- ester Ass'n of Workers for the Blind. Club: City. Recreation: Golf. Address: 27 Rowley St., Rochester, N. Y.
BODMAN, HERBERT L.
Grain merchant; b. Toledo, O., Nov. 18, 1880; s. Ed- ward C. and Ida M. (Berdan) Bodman; removed to N. Y., 1885; grad. Hill Sch., Yale Coli., A.B., 1905. Mem. firm Milmine Bodman & Co., grain merchants. Active in Citizens' Union; mem. Squadron A. V .- p. Honest Ballot Ass'n. Ciubs: City, Yale, Metropolitan. Address: 401 Produce Exchange, N. Y. City.
BOEHM, HAROLD D.
Importer wall papers; b. Snow Hill, Md., May 15, 1878; s. Lewis Edward and Louisa Anne (Hack) Boehm; grad. Snow Hill High Sch .; married; has traveled all over Engiand, France, Germany, Italy, Moxico and the U. S. Pres. Boehm & Brown Corp'n and Associated Importing Co. Episcopalian. Mem. Mid. Soc. of N. Y. Address: 320 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
BOEHM, WILLIAM HENRY
Mech. eng'r; b. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 30, 1868; s. Henry W. and Mary (Condron) Boehm; grad. Rens- sclaer Polytechnic Inst., B.S., 1891; Cornell Univ., M.M.E., 1893; m. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1894, Addie E. Thurston. Instr. mech. eng'ring, Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1894-1897; ass't mech. eng'r, St. Louis Water Works, 1897-1898; prof. mech. eng'ring and dir. Dep't Eng'ring, State Agr'l and Mech. Coll. of S. C., Clem- son Coll., S. C., 1898-1901; sup't Dep't of Fly Wheel Ins., Fidelity & Casualty Co. of N. Y. (organizer of dep't), 1901-1907; since 1907 sup't Dep'ts of Steam Boiler and Fly Wheel Ins. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Address: Fidelity & Casualty Co., 92 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
BOESE, QUINCY WARD
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 29, 1865; s. Thomas and Rebecca E. (Bamman) Boese; ed. Columbia Grammar Sch., Columbia Sch, of Law; m. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 29, 1894, Louise Korval. Engaged in practise of law since graduation, Traveled through various parts of U. S. and Europe. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City" of N. Y. Clubs: Calumet, Automobile, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
Surgeon; b. Lower Granville, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Sept. 19, 1859; s. Capt. John Henry and Caroline Elizabeth (Croscup) Bogart; ed. Horton Acad. and Acadia Univ., Wolfville, N. S., M.A. (lIon.), 1909; Pro- vincial Normal Sch. Fredericton, N. B .; principal King's St. Public Sch., St. Stephen, N. B., 1879-1SS1; grad. Med. Dep't N. Y. Univ. 1884; interne New Haven (Conn.) Hosp., 14 months, receiving Hosp. diploma, 1885; m. 1st, Montreal, Can., 1889, Maud Lewis (died Jan. 13, 1905), 2nd, Brooklyn, 1912, Marion Corbit Ricketts. Practising medicine in Brooklyn since May, 1885. Surgeon to Out-patient Dep't, 1855-1888; ass't demonstrator of anatomy, 1886-1891, L. I. Coli. Hosp .; "ass't surgeon, 1SS7-1892; surgeon since 1892, Methodist Episcopal Hosp .: attending surgeon Kings Co. Hosp.
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since 1996; Jewish Hosp., Brooklyn, since 1896; con- sulting surgeon, Bushwick Hosp., since 1890, and Home for Consumptives since 1906; Fellow Am. Coll. of Surgeons, 1913. Cont'b'r of surgical papers to pro- ceedings of med. societies. Mein. . Med. Soc. County of Kings, Associated Physicians of L. I., Med. Soc. State of N. I .; Am. Mcd. Ass'n, Brooklyn Surg. Soc. (ex- pres.), Brooklyn Soc. for Clinical Surgery; Holland and Canadian Socs. of N. Y. Recreations: Fishing, golf. Clubs: University (Brooklyn), Mastigouche Fish and Game (Quebec, Can.). Summer residence: Lower Granville, Nova Scotia. Address: 463 Clinton Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. .
BOGART, JOSEPH H.
Physician; b. Roslyn, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1846; s. Daniel and Jane R. (Hegeman) Bogart; ed. Flushing Insti- tute; grad. Amherst Coll. A.B., 1869; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. M.D., 1872; m. Mineola, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1884, Ethelena T. Albertson; children: Jennie, b. 1885, Eth- elena, b. 188S. Health officer, N. Hempstead. Pres. Bank of Hempstead Harbor, Roslyn; trustee Roslyn Savings Bank; dir. Nassau-Suffolk Bond and Mortgage Co. Mem. Queens-Nassau Med. Soc. Associated Physi- cians of L. I., State Med. Soc. N. Y. and New England R'y Surgeons, Ilolland Soc. Mason. Pres. B'd of Ed'n, Roslyn, N. Y. Address: Roslyn, N. Y.
BOGERT, MARSTON TAYLOR
Prof. organic chemistry; b. Flushing, N. Y., April 18, 1868: s. Henry A. and Mary Bowne (Lawrence) Bo- gert: ed. Flushing Inst. and Columbia Univ. (many prizes and honors at both inst'ns), A.B., 1890: Ph.B., 1894. Columbia; LL.D. (honoriscausa), Clark Univ .. 1909; m. Flushing, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1893, Charlotte E. Hoogland; children: Annette H. and C. Elise B. Ass't, 1894-1897; tutor, July-Oct., 1897; inst., 1897-1901; ad- junct prof., 1901-1904; prof. since 1904; mem. Univ. Coun- cil, Columbia Univ., since 1908; mem. B'd of Editors, Columbia Univ. Quarterly. 1904-1905; Columbia Coll. Alumni Ass'n. (Standing Com., 1904-1906); Grad. Ad- visory Com., Columbia Univ., Y. JI. C. A., since 1907. By invitation of Pres. Roosevelt, mem. Conf. on Con- servation of Natural Resources, held at White House, May 13-15, 1908; also of Second Conf. on same subject with Govs. of our States and Territories, Washington, Dec., 1908. Mem. Am. Advisory Com. of Honor for Seventh Internat. Congress of Applied Chem., London, May 27-June 2, 1909. Mem. Com. of Fifteen, through whose efforts Sir Wm. Perkin was induced to visit this country in 1906, and by whom the Perkin Jubilee in this country was planned and carried out. Pres. Am. Chem. Soc .. 1907-1909; librarian, 1898-1899; Ex .- Com. of its N. Y. Section, 1900-1901; v .- chm'n., 1900-1901: chin'n., 1901-1902; councilor-at-large, 1904-1907; B'd of Dirs. since 1909; mem. of its Council since 1904. Nichols medalist of Am. Chem. Soc. 1904-1903. Mem. B'd of Editors, Journal of Am. Chem. Soc. since 190S; pres. Chemists' Club of N. Y., 1908 (one of its found- ers); sec. 1898-1901; trustee, 1901-1902 and 1909; v .- p. Soc. Chem. Industry (England), 1902-1904, pres. 1912- 1913 (exec. com. of its N. Y. Soction, 1901-1902). Fel- low Chem. Soc. of London (F. C. S.), and of A.A.A.S .; (mem. Gen. Com., 1900; mem. Com. on Conservation of Natural Resources, since 1908). Mem. Deutsche Chem- ische Gesellschaft, Société Chimique de France, N. Y. State Science Teachers' Ass'n, Am. Philos, Soc. Alumni Ass'n Schs. of Science of Columbia Univ .; (mem. B'd of Mg'rs, 1897-1898; v .- p. Flushing Inst. Ass'n, 1909- 1910; mem. Delta Phi Fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi (charter mem .; its pres., 1905); honor socs. Independent; mem. Reformed (Dutch) Ch .; Consistory of Hamilton Grange Reformed Ch., N. Y. City (its pres., 1909). Mem .- at-large for Particular Synod of N. Y. on B'd of Sup'ts of Theol. Seminary of Ref. Ch., New Brunswick, N. J., since 1903. Mem. B'd of For. Missions of Reformed Ch., 1905-1906; mem. Reformed Ch. Union. Recreation: Outdoor sports. Clubs: Camp Fire of America, Chemists, Adirondack League, Au- thors, Royal Societies (London). Summer home: Char- lanalisc Camp, Belgrade Lakes, Maine. Address: Co- lumbia Univ., N. Y. City.
BOGERT, WALTER LAWRENCE
Musician; b. Flushing, N. Y .; s. Henry A. and Mary Bowne (Lawrence) Bogert; ed. Flushing Inst., 1878- 1884; Columbia Coll., A .- B., 1888; Columbia Coll., Sch. Polit. Science, A.M., .1889; Columbia Law Sch., 18SS- 1890; Nat. Conservatory of Music, 18944-1898 (harmony, counterpoint, canon, orchestration, under Max Spick- er); Inst. of Musical Art, 1905-1909; studied singing with P. A. Rivarde, George Henschel, W. N. Burritt and A. Freni; and violin with Edward Mollenhauser; piano with Aug. Fræmcke. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1890; practiced law in N. Y. City, 1890-1894. Became instr. of harmony at Nat. Conservatory, 1898-1901, and at Inst. Musical Art, N. Y. City, 1907-1909. Lecturer on music for N. Y. City B'd Ed'n, since 1900, and at Metropolitan Coll. of Music, 1908-1911. Appt'd lecturer
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on music for Univ. Extension Soc., 1904-1906; conduc- tor of Millbrook (N. Y.) Choral Soc., 1902-1909; of Flushing Choral Soc., 1905-1906; musical dir. at Pan- Am. Conf. of Bishops Protestant Episcopal Ch., Wash- ington, D. C., 1903, and at open-air services (attended by over 30,000 people) held in honor of the Archbishop . of Canterbury, Washington, 1904. Chm'n of Program Com, of N. Y. State Music Teachers' Ass'n, 1912, and pres. 1913; pres. Fraternal Ass'n of Musicians, 1910- 1912; v .- p. Nat. Ass'n of Teachers of Singing, 1912- 1914; treas. Nat. Soc. for Promotion of Grand Opera in Ienglish, 1910-1912; musical dir. of Peoples Inst., N. Y. City, since 1909. Independent in politics. App't by Mayor Van Wyck, trustee Queens Borough Library, 1900-1905; reappt'd by Mayor McClellan, 1906; resigned 1907; since 1901, mem. com. of three in charge of erec- tion of Carnegie Libraries in Borough of Queens. Mem. Delta Phi Fraternity. Recreations: Reading, athletic sports and travel. Clubs: Century, Barnard, MacDowell (dir.), Musicians (gov.), Bohemians. Ad- dress: 130 Claremont Av., N. Y. City.
BOGUE, VIRGIL GAY
Civil eng'r; b. Norfolk, N. Y., July 20, 1846; s. George Chasc and Mary (Perry) Bogue; grad. Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y .; C.E., 1868; m. Kansas City, Mo., March 1, 1872, Sybil Estelle, d. Hon. John L. Rus- sell; children: 'Samuel Russell, b. 1879; Virgilia. b. 1887; Malcolm, b. 1889. Ass't eng'r Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1869; locating and constructing eng'r, of Oroya R'y, S. America, 8 years; mg'r Trujillo R'ys Co., Peru, one year; principal ass't eng'r Northern Pacific R. R., 1880-1886, while thus employed dis- covered Stampede Pass, 1880; chief eng'r Union Pa- cific R. R., 1886-1891; in independent practice as con- sulting eng'r since 1891; consulting eng'r Western Md. R'y Co., 1903-1906; v .- p., chief eng'r and dir. Western Pacific R'y, 1905-1909, also dir. in subsidiary co's. Made examination and report on cost of re- producing lines of Southern Pacific in Oregon; prepar- ation of plans of Tide Lands and waterfront of Seattle, Wash., 1894, for Tide Land Comm'n; mem. comm'n appt'd by Pres. Harrison to investigate and report on methods for improving navigation of Co- lumbia River at Dalles and Celilo Rapids; examina- tion and report on cost of revisions and improvements of Tehuantepec Nat. R'y of Mexico, and its port facil- itics and comparison of route when improved with Panama R'y; examination and report on economics of Denver, Western & Pacific R'y: examination and report for Gov't of New Zealand on comparative merits of tunnels of varying lengths of route for r'y across South Island, resulting in recommendation of 5-mile tunnel now under construction. Consulting eng'r Dep't of Public Works of N. Y. City. Mem. Comm'n appointed by Mayor Strong of N. Y. to de- termine feasibility of operating surface cars on Brooklyn Bridge; examination and testimony in U. S. Court on cost of reproducing lines of Southern Pacific Co. west of Ogden, Utah, and north of El Paso, Calif. Nem. comm'n appt'd by Pres. Baldwin of L. I. R'y Co. to report on feasibility and cost of tunnel beneath East River; preparation of plans and report for Mu- nicipal Plans Comm'n of Seattle, Wash., for Port Comm'n of Grays Harbor, Wash., for Commercial Club of Tacoma, Wash .; investigation and report to Cana- dian Pacific N'y Co., on n'y economies of existing line from Calgary to' Vancouver, B. C., as compared with proposed revised line and with other routes; examina- tions, plans and report relating to harbor. waterfront improvements and ry terminals of Prince Rupert, B. C. Made many ry investigations and reports on lines in U. S., Mexico, Central America and Nova Scotia. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Western Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. R'y Maintenance Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Con- gregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Engineers (N.
Y. City), Pacific Union (San Francisco). Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
BOILEAU, PHILIP
Artist; b. Quebec, Canada, June, 1868; s. Charles and Susan T. (Benton) Boileau: cducated in England: studied art abroad; m. 1907, Emily Gilbert. Address: Douglaston. L. 1., N. Y.
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