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ADAMS, WILLIAM CRITTENDEN
Real estate operator, financier; b. San Francisco, Cal., Apr. 11, 1863; s. Samuel and Allce (White) Adams; grad. Sch. of Applied Science, Columbia Univ., C.E .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1889, Grace Fair- " child James; children: Crittenden Hull, James Fair- child, Darwin James. Engaged in real estate opera- tlons, N. Y. City, making a specialty in mortgage loans. Pres. Rutgers Realty Co., S. F. Adams Realty Co .; v .- p. Fairchild Co .; v .- p. and trustee U. S. Savs.
Bank. Served In 7th Reg't N. G. N. Y. 7 years; in Troop 2, Squadron A, 6 years; service medal of State of N. Y. Republican; Presby'n, mem. Alumni Ass'n, Columbia Sch. of Mines . Clubs: Adirondack League, Union League, Columbia Univ., Barnard, Nassau Country. Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Lawyers. Address: 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Fire comm'r; was sec. to the late Willlam J. Gaynor, Mayor of New York. Appt'd fire comm'r, City of New York by Mayor John Purroy Mitchel Jan. 1, 1914. Ad- dress: 151 E. 67th St., N. Y. City.
ADDISON, CHARLES L.
Vice-pres. and dir. Atlantic Av. Elevated R.R. Co., Huntington R.R., L. I., Consolidated Electrical Com- panies, Montauk Steamboat Co., Limited; Montauk Water Co., Nassau County R'y, N. Y. and Rockaway Beach 'R'y Co .; N. Y., Brooklyn & Manhattan Beach R'y Co., Northport Traction Co. Ocean Electric R'y, Prospect Park & Coney Island R.R. Co .; pres. Long Island Elec. R.R. Co .; N. Y. & L. I. Traction Co. Ad- dress: Pennsylvania Station, N. Y. City.
ADDY, ARTHUR ROCKWELL
Physician; b. Marietta, O., Aug. 18, 1870; s. Wllllam (D.D.) and Frances Augusta (Barnes) Addy; grad. Marietta Coll., A.B., 1892 (cum laude, sp'l cum laude in Greek); Coll. Phys. & Surg. (Columbia Med. Dept.), N. Y. City, M.D., 1899. Interne Gen. Memorial Hosp., N. Y., Feb., 1901-June, 1902; surg. Out Patient Dep't. Presby'n Hosp., 1902-1907. Capt. Med. Corps., N. G. N. Y., May 25, 1907, attached to 71st Inf., N. Y. City. Independent; Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Ass'n, Med. Ass'n of Greater City of N. Y .. Ass'n of Mil. Surg. of U. S., Phi Beta Kappa and Delta UpsIlon fraternities. Club: Graduates (charter mem.). Resi- dence: 808 Lenox Road, Brooklyn. Address: Cor. Lenox Road & E. 51st St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ADLER, FELIX
Educator, lecturer; b. Alzey, Germany, Aug. 13, 1851; s. Samuel and Henrietta (Frankfurter) Adler; ed. Columbia Grammar Sch., N. Y. City; grad. Colum- bia Coll. A.B., (Phi Beta Kappa), 1870; Heidelberg, Ph.D., 1873; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 24, 1880, Helen Goldmark; five children. Prof. Semitic languages and literature Cornell Univ. 1873-1876; prof. social and polit. ethics, Columbia Univ., since 1902; Theo- dore Roosevelt prof. at Univ. of Berlin, 1908-1909. Founder (1876) and leader of the Soc. for Ethical Culture; Mem. Tenement House Comm'n, 1886; Com. of Fifteen, 1898; Com. of Fifty on Drink Question; chm'n Nat. Child Labor Comm'n. Independent in politics. Founder and leader of N. Y. Ethical Culture Soc. since 1876; founder of Ethical Culture Sch. and dir. since 1878; trustee Tenement House Bld'g Co., 1883; first to introduce trained nurses for the poor, in 1877; mem. Co-operative Colonization Soc., 1878- 1SS5. Author: Creed and Deed, The Moral Instruc- tion of Children, Life and Destiny, Marriage and Di- vorce, Religion of Duty, Essentials of Spirituality. Clubs: City, Authors, Century. Residence: 152 W. 77th St. Address: 33 Central Park W., N. Y. Clty.
ADLER, LEON N.
Manufacturing chemist; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 20, 1858; s. Solomon and Charlotte (Steiner) Adler; ed. Columbia Graminar Sch., Columbia Univ., A.B., 1880 (Phi Beta Kappa); Univ. of Heidelberg, Ger- many, A.M., Ph.D .; Unlv. Strassbourg, Germany; Polytechnikum, Stuttgart, Germany; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 14, 1889, Rose Lissauer; one son: Stanley L., b. 1890. Engaged in chemical mfg since 1884; prop'r Adler Color and Chemical Works. Independent. Mem. Soc. Chem. Industry, Chemists' Club, Am. Chein. Soc. Vereinigung alter deutscher Studenten in Amer- ika, A.A.A.S., Verein Deutscher, Chemiker, Har- monie Club, Deutscher Liederkranz, Drug and Chem- ical Club. Recreations: Horseback riding, golf. Resi- dence: 306 West End Av. Address: 100 William St., N. Y. City.
ADLER, SIMON LOUIS
Lawyer; b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1867: s. Lewis and Anna (Zallnskl) Adler; grad. B.L., Cor- nell Univ., 1889; Harvard Univ. Law Sch. Dir. J. N. ·Kersburg Realty Co. (treas); Sandia Mining Co. (sec). Mem. of Assembly from 2d Assembly Dist., Monroe County, 1911, 1912, 1913. Address: S11 Wilder Bid'g, Rochester, N. Y.
ADRIANCE, HARRIS ELY
Clergyman and social worker; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1861; s. John P. and Mary Jane Ruthven (Platt) Adriance; grad. Williams Coll., 1883, A.M .; m. Albany, N. Y., June 12. 1SS9, Sarah McClellan Holmes: children: Harris Ely, Jr., b. 1891; Edwin
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prof. and librarian Auburn Theol. Sem. since 1907. ADAMSON, ROBERT
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Holmes, b. 1893; Francis Van Cranken, b. 1904; James Ruthven, b. 1910. Ordalned in Preby'n ministry and served in the pastorate; now minister of Church of the Son of Man (undenominational), 227 E. 104th St., N. Y. City; Mem. Holland Soclety. Clubs: University, Williams. Address: Englewood, N. J.
ADSIT, CHARLES
Banker; b. Hornell, N. Y., May 20, 1843; s. Martin and Esther J. (Charles) Adslt; ed. at Walnut Hill Sch., Geneva; at Patterson Sch., Detroit; m. St. Louis, Mo., June 4, 1878, Susan G. Larkin; children: Dr. H. Adsit, b. 1880; Lynn M., b. 1882; May E., b. 1889. En- tered business life as clerk in country store; became teller of First Nat. Bank, Hornell, N. Y., 1863; cashler, 1865-1900; has been pres. since 1900. Pres. Adsit Realty Co., Hornell Traction Co., v .- p. Merrill Silk Co., Merrill Hosiery Co .; pres. and founder N. Y. State Bankers' Ass'n; at one time mayor of Hornell. Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, trustee Mercy Hospital, Hornell Library. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Y. M. C. A. Recreations: Golf and au- tomobiling. Address: - 19 Center St., Hornell, N. Y.
AGAR, JOHN GIRAUD
Lawyer; b. New Orleans, La., June 3, 1856; s. Will- iam and Theresa (Prlce) Agar; grad. Georgetown Univ., A.B., 1876; A.M., 1888; Ph.D., 1889; LL.D., 1910; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1880; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 18, 1892, Agnes Louise Macdonough. Admitted to bar, 1880; ass't U. S. Att'y Southern Dist. of N. Y., 1881-1882; now mem. law firm Agar, Ely & Fulton. Chm'n Campaign Com., People's Municipal League, 1891. Served as lieut. comd'r and paymaster, also judge-advocate on staff of capt. of naval milltia, N. Y. Mem. B'd Ed'n, N. Y. City, 1896-1898; v .- p. Nat. Civle Federation, 1905. Mem. Southern Soc., N. Y. Pres. Municipal Art Soc., 1908-1911. Clubs: Union, Univer- sity, Metropolitan, Lawyers', National Arts (pres. since May, 1911), Reform (pres. 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909), City, N. Y. Yacht, Turf and Field, Catholic, Riding (N. Y. City), Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.). Resi- dences: Fair Oaks, Premium Point, New Rochelle, N. Y., and 19 E. 66th St. Address: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
AGASSIZ, RODOLPHE LOUIS
Mine owner, capitalist; b. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 3, 1871; s. Alexander and Anna (Russell) Agasslz; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1892; m. Philadelphia, Pa., March 27, 1894, Maria Dallas Scott; children; Maria Dallas, b. April 7, 1895; Anna, b. Sept. 19, 1896. Pres. and dir. Osceola Consolidated Mining Co., Ahmeek Mining Co., Tamarack Mining Co., Isle Royale Copper Co .; dir. State Street Trust Co., Am. Trust Co., Wal- ter Baker Co., Ltd. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Harvard (N .. Y.), Harvard (Boston), Myopia Hunt, Country (Brookline), Somerset, Chicago, University (Chicago). Residence: Hamilton, Mass. Address: 12 Ashburton Pl., Boston, Mass.
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AGNEW, GEORGE B.
Former State Senator; b. N. Y. City, 1868; s. A. G. Agnew; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1891. In business in N. Y. City since 1891. Mem. Nat. Guard State of N. Y. for 15 years (two years a.d.c. on staff of Gov.' Mor- ton). Republican, elected for four terms as repre- sentative of 27th Assembly Dist. of N. Y. Co .; in 1906 elected to State Senate from new 17th Senatorial Dist .; mem. special com. appt'd 1905 to Investigate the gas and electric situation in N. Y. City. Mem.
Republican Co. Com. of N. Y. Co. Address: 22 Will- iam St., N. Y. City.
VAHEARN, JOHN FRANCIS
Born N. Y. City, April 18, 1853; ed. public schools N. Y. City and College City, N. Y. After holding clerkshlp in several well-known houses, entered pub- lic life as mem. Assembly from 4th Dist. (N. Y.), 1889; chief clerk Essex Market Court same year; mem. State Senate (10th Senatorial Dist.), 1889-1905; mem. Fassett Investigating Com. Has been the spe- cial champlon of the Fire Dep't and the author of many measures for its improvement; author So- called Mothers' bill, which has effected great reform in treatment of dependent children; advocated pass- age of laws relating to welfare of public school teachers, and succeeded in providing pension for them; has taken great interest in providing means for summer outings for indigent and invaild women and children. Pres. Borough of Manhattan, 1900. Mem. B'd Sachems Tammany Soc. Address: 290 E. Broadway, N. Y. City.
AHERN, JOHN LOUIS
Lawyer; b. in town of Fenton, Broome Co., N. Y., April 15, 1870; s. Patrick M. and Johanna (Bresnihan) Ahern; ed. In dlst. sch., Whitney's Polnt (N. Y.) Acad., Ithaca (N. Y.) High Sch. one year; Cornell Univ., Ph.B., 1894; Cornell Univ. Coll. of Law, LL.B.,
1895; during coll. course was asso. editor college daily paper, the Cornell Sun, for three years, and Its mg'r for two years; unmarried. Advertising mg'r Buffalo Evening News, 1895-1896; clerk in law office of Humphrey, Lockwood & Hoyt, 1896-187; admitted to bar, 1896; has practised law independently since May 1, 1897. Democrat (Independent). Mem. Knights of Columbus (grand knight Buffalo Council); lieut. Co. F, 74th Reg't N. G., N. Y., mem. Rifle Team .; Mem. Erie County Bar Ass'n, Cornell Univ .; Alumni Ass'n for Western N. Y. Recreations: Military work, rifle shooting, athletics, social and fraternal work. Clubs: Lawyers, Unlon, Motor Boat (Buffalo). Ad- dress: 307 D. S. Morgan Bld'g, Buffalo, N. Y.
AIKEN, E. CLARENCE
Lawyer; b. Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 6, 1856; . s. Ira and Ellen (Olney) Aiken; ed. Auburn schools and Univ. Rochester, A.B., 1877; m. July 13, 1881, Frances Baker. Engaged in practice of law at Au- burn, N. Y., from 1879. Dir. and counsel The New York, Auburn & Lansing R.R. Co. Mayor of Au- burn, N. Y. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Cayuga Co. Hist. Soc., Geog. Ass'n, B.P.O. Elks. Cluub: City (Auburn). Address: 141 Genesee St., Auburn, N. Y.
AITKEN, JOHN WILLIAM
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 31, 1850; s. John and Anne (Anderson) Aitken; grad. Princeton Univ., B.A., 1869; A.M., 1872; m. Rochester, N. Y., 1877, Helen F. l'owers; children: Helen Jean, John. Mem. firm Ait- ken, Son & Co., dry goods merchants. Dir. 2d Nat. Bank; trustee Bowery Savings Bank. Mem. Am. Fine Arts Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Nat- ural History, Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. Zool. Soc. Clubs: University, Union League, Metropolitan, Princeton. Residence: 28 W. 54th St. Address: 417 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.
AITKEN, WILLIAM BENFORD
Bank pres., lawyer; b. N. Y. City, 1867; s. Wllllam B. and Catherine (Beckman) Aitken; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1888; A.M., 1889; Ph.D., 1890; m. 1st, Edith Colfax (deceased); 2d, Nora Hamilton Coote: children: Edith, b. 1897; Beckman, b. 1905. Pres. The Bronx Savings Bank, Aitken Construction Co. and The Bronx Safe Deposit Co. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n. Bar, City of N. Y .; Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc. Club: N. Y. Athletic. Address: 312 W. 78th St., N. Y. City.
ALBEE, ERNEST
Educator; b. Langdon, N. H., Aug. 8, 1865; s. Solon and Ellen Lucillia (Eames) Albee; grad. Univ. of Vt., A.B., 1887; fellow In psychology, Clark Univ., 1891; fellow in philosophy. Cornell Univ., 1892; Ph.D. (Cor- nell), 1894; m. Dec. 23, 1911, Emily Humphreys Manly. Prof. of philosophy, Cornell Univ. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Co-editor: Philosophical Review, 1903- 1908. Author: History of English Utilitarianism, 1902 (Macmillan), and various articles. Mem. Am. Philos. Ass'n, Am. Psychol. Ass'n. Clubs: Town and Gown (Ithaca). City (N. Y. City), Authors' (London). Ad- dress: The Circle, Ithaca, N. Y.
ALBEE, FRED HOUDLETT
Surgeon; b. Alna, Me., April 13, 1876; s. F. Huysen and Mary Charlotte (Houdlett) Albee; attended Lin- coln Acad., New Castle, Me., 1895; Bowdoln Coll., Brunswick, Me., A.B., 1899; Harvard Univ., Med. Sch., M.D., 1903; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 2, 1907, Louella Mai Berry. Studied in clinics of Vlenna, Berlin, Paris. Liverpool and London, 1908-1909; prof. orthopedic surgery Univ. Vermont; adjunct prof. Post-Graduate Med. Sch. Formerly ass't prof. Cornell Med. Coll .; visiting surgeon Post-Graduate Hosp .; consulting sur- geon Waterbury and Muhlenberg Hosps. Pres. Corp'n of Colonia, McAbee Realty & Construction Co. Lieut. Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. A. Independent. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Orthopedle Ass'n, Am. Roentgen Ray Soc., N. Y. Acad. of Medicine (ex-chm'n Orthopedic Section), Harvard Med. Soc .; mem. Kappa Sigma and Phl Chi fraternitics. Recreations: Tennis, golf. trav- eling. Clubs: Harvard, Colonia County (v .- p.). Resi- dence: Colonia, N. J. Address: 40 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
ALDEN, CARLOS COOLIDGE
Lawyer; legal educator and author; b. Wilmington, Will Co., Ill., June 4, 1866; s. Edward and Adelaide (Cousens) Alden; grad. N. Y. Univ. LL.B., 1892; LL. M., 1893; J.D. (Honorary), 1904; m. Unadilla, N. Y., June 29, 1898, Sue L. Wiesmer; children: John, b. 1900; Ruth, b. 1905; Carlos Coolidge. Jr., b. 1911. In active legal practice in N. Y. City, 1893-1904: prof. law N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., 1896-1904; dean of Buffalo Law Sch. since 1904. Appt'd counsel to Gov. llughes of N. Y .. 1909; Comm'r on Uniform State Laws, since 1910.
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Mem. Phi Delta Phi fraternity. Author: Handbook of N. Y. Code of Civil Procedure; Second Edition of Ab- bott's Forms of Pleading, Second Edition of Abbott's Practice and Forms. Mem. Soc. Mayflower Descend- ants, tracing ancestry to John Alden. Club: University (Buffalo). Address: 27 Ashland Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
ALDEN, CYNTHIA WESTOVER
Editor and publisher; b. Afton, Ia., May 31, 1862; d. Oliver S. and Lucinda (Lewis) Westover; grad. State Univ. of Colo., A.B .; M. Litt., Alfred (N. Y.) Univ., 1905; m. N. Y. Clty, 1896, John Alden. Taught in public schools at Boulder, Colo .; later private sec. of street cleaning comm'r, N. Y. City; was editor Woman's Page, N. Y. Recorder; Woman's Page, N. Y. Tribune. Founder and pres-gen., Internat. Sunshine Soc. (Inc.), largest philanthropic society in U. S., membership over 300,000, with, about 3,000 branches. Treasurer and founder of the Blind Babies' Home (only place in Empire State for blind babies). Au- thor: Bushy (tale of child-life in Far West); Man- hattan, Historic and Artistic; Women's. Ways of Earn- ing money. Address: 96 5th Av., N. Y. City.
ALDEN, HENRY MILLS
Editor, author; b. Mt. Tabor, near Danby, Vt., Nov. 11, 1836; grad. Williams Coll., A B., 1857; A.M., 1860; L.H.D., 1890; LL.D., 1907; grad. Andover Theol. Sem., 1860, but never took orders; m. 1st, 1861, Susan Frye Foster, of N. Andover, Mass .; 2d, 1900, Ada Foster Murray, of Norfolk, Va .; three daughters by first marriage. Lowell Inst. lecturer, 1863-1864, on The Structure of Paganism; mn'g editor Harper's Weekly, 1863-1869; editor Harper's Magazine since 1869. Au- thor: God and His World, 1890; A Study of Death, 1895; MMagazines, Writing and the New Literature, 1908; Harper's Pictorial History of the Great Rebel- lion (with A. H. Guernsey). Club: Authors. Resi- dence: Metuchen, N. J. Address: Care Harper & Bros., 325 Pearl St., N. Y. City.
ALDRICH, CHARLES S.
Lawyer; b. Wethersfield, Vt., April 1, 1871; s. Charles F. and Abbie L. (Spaulding) Aldrich; ed. Vt. Acad., Saxton's River, Vt .; Brown Univ., A.B., 1894; A.M., Wesleyan Univ., 1896; m. Manchester, N. H., Sept. 9, 1897, Helen P. Drake; one daughter, Adeline, b. 1902. Traveled in Europe summer of 1896; has practised law ever since; now mem. firm of Shaw, Bailey & Murphy. Dir. Pioneer Bld'g Loan Sav. Ass'n of Troy, Union Nat. Bank of Troy, Illium Realty Co .; sec. and treas. Collar City Land Co. Served 5 years in 6th Separate Co. N.G.N.Y. (Troy), Citizens' Corps, Republican (Independent); Baptist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Delta Upsilon frater- nity. Trustee 1st Baptist Ch., Troy, N. Y. Recrea- · tions: Gymnasium, tennis, whist. Club: Pafraets Dael. Address: Troy, N. Y.
Y ALDRICH, CHESTER HOLMES
Architect; b. Providence, R. I., June 4, 1871; s. Elisha S. and Anna (Gladding) Aldrich; grad. Colum- bia Univ. (Ph.B.), 1893; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, Diplome par le Gouvernement Francais. En- gaged in practice as architect since 1900; mem. of firm of Delano & Aldrich, architects, of Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Md .; Philadelphia Orphanage, residences for John D. Rockefeller at Pocantico Hills. N. Y .; W. B. O. Field, Bronson Winthrop, Harry Payne Whitney, etc. Mem. Am. Inst. of Architects; Soc. of Beaux Arts Architects, Société des Architects Diplomes, etc. Address: 4 E. 39th St., N. Y. City.
ALDRICH, HERBERT L.
Publisher; b. East Blackstone, Mass .; s. Andrew J. and Auretta (Roys) Aldrich; ed. Cornell Univ., 1880- 1883; m. Oct. 10, 1893, Mary Grace, one of the Clark- son family. Was mn'g editor Cleveland Plain Dealer, western editor Scientific American. - Engaged since 1893 in publication of technical periodicals. Pres. and treas. Aldrich Publishing Co., Marine Eng'ring, Inc., and The Boiler Maker, Inc .; publisher and prop'r Internat. Marine Eng'ring, published simultaneously in N. Y. City, and at 31 Christopher St., London, E. C., England. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs; Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs; Mil. Order of Loyal Le- gion; Mason. Has traveled extensively in Europe, N. America, East'n Siberia and Alaska; has written many articles. Author: Arctic Alaska and Siberia. Clubs: Engineers, Machinery, Army and Navy (Wash., D. C.). Address: Hotel San Remo, N. Y. City.
ALDRICH, RICHARD
Journalist; b. Providence, R. I., July 31, 1863; s. Elisha Smith and Anna Elizabeth (Gladding) Aldrich; ed. Providence High Sch., Harvard Univ., A.B., 1885. Became reporter on Providence Journal, Aug., 1885; then musical and dramatic editor and editorial writer; private sec. U. S. Senator Dixon, 1889-1891. , In 1891
joined staff of N. Y. Tribune as reporter; then be- came telegraph editor, ass't day editor, ass't literary editor. Since Oct., 1902, on staff of N. Y. Times as musical editor. Author: A. Guide to Parsifal, 1904 (Oliver Ditson); A Guide to the Nibelung's Ring, 1905 (Oliver Ditson). Translator of Lilli Lehmann's book, "How to Sing" (Macmilian); contrib'r to magazines, periodicals, etc. Clubs: Century, University, Harvard, St. Botolph (Boston). Address: Care New York Times, Times Square, N. Y. City.
ALDRIDGE, DARWIN R.
Merchant; b. Paterson, N. J .; s. Volney and Harriet (Huli) Aldridge; m. St. Louis, Mo., May 27, 1891, Clara Billon. Treas. and dir. China & Japan Trading Co., Lt'd. Ex-Captain 23rd Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Sec. and trus- tee Gates Av. Homeopathic Disp. Mem. N. Y. Cham- ber of Commerce, N. E. Soc., Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Down Town Ass'n, Union League, Hamilton, Dyker Meadow Golf, Scarsdale Golf & Country, Shel- ter Island Golf & Country. Residence: 19 Mouroe Pi., Brooklyn. Address: 32 Burling Slip, N. Y. City.
JALDRIDGE, FREDERICK THURSTON
Banker; ib. Brooklyn, N. Y .; s. Volney and Harriet E. (Hull) Aldridge; ed. in Brooklyn schs .; m. Brook- lyn, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1884, Bessic Jones Lowrey (died 1909); one d. Marguerite, b. 1890. With firm of Bow- ring & Archibald, exporters, N. Y. City, 1877-1884; sec. Long Island Loan & Trust Co., Brooklyn, 1888- 1913; sec. Brooklyn Trust Co., since Feb., 1913; pres. and dir. Excelsior Hygienic Ice Co. Served 12 years
in 23d Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Episcopalian. V .- p. and trus- tee Brooklyn Heights Sem .; trustee Sheltering Arms Nursery, Brooklyn Home for Aged Men. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, New Eng. Soc. of N. Y., sec. New Eng. Soc. of Brooklyn, Huil Family Ass'n. Clubs: Crescent Athletic Hamilton, Brooklyn. Address: 471 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ALDRIDGE, GEORGE WASHINGTON
Contractor; b. Michigan City, Ind., Dec. 28, 1856; ed. public schools of Rochester, N. Y., and Carey Collegi- ate Sem., Oakfield, N. Y. Pres. American Clay & Ce- ment Corp'n, Rochester; dir. Lincoln Nat. Bank of Rochester, N. Y. Chm'n Rochester B'd of Public Works, 1883-1894; elected mayor of Rochester. 1894; of Appt'd. N. Y. State Supt. Public Works,
1895, by Gov. Morton, reappt'd by Gov. Black. 1897. During term had charge, and brought to coni- pletion, State Capitol at Albany. Appt'd N. Y. State railroad comm'r by Gov. Higgins, 1905, and during part of term was chm'n of comm'n. Mem. Rep. State Com. since · 1888, and during all of which time has been mem, of its Exec. Com. Delegate to Rep. Nat. Conv. 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912. Mem. Rochester Hist. Soc., Empire State Soc S.A.R .; Mason, Odd Fel- low, Elk. Clubs: Rochester, Genesee Valley, Roches- ter Athletic, Rochester Whist (Rochester), Oak Hill Country; Lotos, Lawyers, Republican (N. Y. City). Address: Rochester, N. Y.
ALEXANDER, CHARLES BEATTY
Regent Univ. State of N. Y., lawyer, capitalist; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 6, 1849; s. Henry Martyn and Susan Mary (Brown) Alexander; g. s. late Rev. Archibald Alexander, D.D., one of founders and first prof. Princeton Theol. Sem .; on mother's side of Rev. Matthew Brown, D.D., formerly pres. Jefferson Coll., Pa., and Mary W. Ferguson, d. Maj. Ferguson of Rev- olutionary Army, later of First U. S. Art'y, killed at St. Clair's Defeat. Ed. collegiate sch. of M. W. Lyon. and by private instr'n, entered Princeton Univ., 1866, grad. A.B., 1870; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1872; A.M. Princeton Univ., 1873, and honorary LL.D., 1895; LL.D., 1902 from Washington and Jefferson Coll .: Litt. D., 1913, from Washington and Lee Univ .; m. San Francisco, Calif., April 26, 1887, Harriet, d. Charles Crocker of Calif .; children: Harriet, Janetta, Mary Crocker. Admitted to bar N. Y. City, June 17, 1872; Calif. bar, Dec. 19, 1888; bar Supreme Court U. S., Nov. 5, 1884; since admission to bar has been continuously in practice; mem. firin Alexander & Green until end of 1912. Has been concerned in many of the largest litigations during past forty years; eminent as adviser of corp'ns and estates. Dir. and ineni. Exec. Coni. Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U. S. (counsel many ycars); trustee Equitable Trust Co .; dir. and mem. Exec. Comn. Internat. Banking Corp'll; dir. Mt. Morris Bank, Internat. Bank, Tri-State Land Co., Rocky River Coal & Coke Co .; pres. and dir. Zwoyer Fuel Co. Formerly dir. Mercantile Trust Co., Windsor Trust Co., Hocking Valley R. R. Author of legal treatise 011 N. Y. Law of Life Insurance, and Memoirs of Major William Ferguson. Has delivered numerous addresses on various academic, patriotic and other occasions: among others, the annual address on July 4, 1908, be-
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fore R. I. State Soc. of the Cincinnati, another at Princeton Theol, Sem. Centennial, May 6, 1912; and commencement address at Washington and Lee Univ., May 11, 1913. Delegate to Nat. Dem. Conv., Baltimore, June, 1912; elected by concurrent vote of Legislature State of N. Y., regent Univ. of State of N. Y., Feb. 12, 1913, terni expires 1925; chm'n State Science Work and State Museum; Higher Ed'n; State Library; Law; and Legislation. Engaged with wife in large philan- thropic affairs; presented with Sevres Group, as ac- · knowledgment of thanks from French Gov't, for reception given to French Champlain Comm'n, 1912. Trustee Princeton Univ. many years (Alexander Hall' was built and presented by wife, 1892); trustee 5th Av. Presby'n Ch. Hereditary mem. Soc. and treas. Pa. State Soc. of Cincinnati; mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, S. A. R., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Pilgrims of U. S., Pan-A.m. Soc. of U. S. Clubs: Union, University, Riding, Tuxedo, Met- ropolitan, Army and Navy, N. Y. Yacht, Lawyers, Auto- mobile of America, Princeton (N. Y.), Princeton (Phila), Nat. Democratic, Saabright Beach, Seabright Lawn Ten- nis and Cricket, Tuxedo Golf (pres.), Burlingame Country, Pacific-Union (Calif.). Residences: Tuxedo Park, N. Y., 4 W. 58th St., N. Y. City, 80 Av. du Bois de Boulogne, Paris. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ALEXANDER, DE ALVA STANWOOD
Lawyer; ex-mem. Congress; b. Richmond, Me., July 17, 1846; s. Stanwood and Priscilla (Brown) Alex- ander; entered Union Army at age of 15, serving for three years as private soldier, 1862-1865; prepared for college at Edward Little Inst., Auburn, Me .; grad. Bowdoin Coll., A.B., 1870; A.M., 1873; later LL.D .; m. 1st, Sept. 21, 1871, Alice Colby; 2nd, Dec. 28, 1892, Anne L. Bliss. Located at Indianapolis, Ind., where engaged in law practice as partner of Hon. Stanton J. Peelle, now chief justice of Court of Claims, Washington, D. C. Delegate Nat. Rep. Conv., 1872; sec. Ind. Rep. State Conv. 1874-1878; appt'd, 1881, fifth auditor of the Treasury, and while in Washington was for one term comd'r Dept. of Potomac, G. A. R .; removed to Buffalo and became law partner of college classmate, Hon. James A. Roberts, formerly comptroller State of N. Y. U. S. attorney for Northern District of N. Y., 1889- 1903; mem. of Congress from 33d N. Y. Dist .. 1897- 1903; from 36th N. Y. Dist., 1903. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Overseer Bow- doin Coll. Author: Political History of the State of New York, 2 vols. (Henry Holt & Co.). Clubs: Buffalo, University, Liberal. Address: 31 North St., Buffalo, N. Y. ALEXANDER, GEORGE
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