Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 1, Part 30

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 810

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Univ. of Freiburg (Baden); m. Grace Church, N. Y. City, June 14, 1899, Loulse Dudley Davis. Ass't demon- strator of anatomy, Univ. of Mich., 1894; prof. clinical medicine, N. Y. Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., and visiting physician City Hosp. and Montefiore Hosp. Served in 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., as capt. and ass't surgeon, 15 years; civilian surgeon, U. S. A. (1898-1899). Demoerat. Mem. N. Y. Acad, Med., Soe. of Experimental medicine and Biology, Ass'n Am. Baeteriologists and Pathologists, Am. Ass'n Phys., Harvey Soe., Phi Alpha Sigma fraternity. Trustee N. Y. Pathol. Soc. Recreations: Big game hunting, geog. explorations, pistol and rifle shooting. Clubs: Cana- dian Camp, N. Y. Athletic, Camp Fire of America, Sal- magundi, Century. Address: 44 W. Ninth St., N. Y. City.

BROOKS, HENRY STANFORD, JR.

Lawyer, gen. commercial mg'r Am. Telephone & Tel- egraph Co .; b. Chinese Camp, Calif., Aug. 28, 1864; 6. Henry S. and Margaret Armstrong (Gibson) Brooks; grad. Yale, A.B., 1885; Columbia, LL.B., 1888; m. N. Y. City, May 27, 1902, Clara Warren Vail, d. Henry Ho- bart Vail; children: Henry Vail, b. 1903; Margaret Vail, b. 1905; Thomas Vail, b. April, 1911. Admitted to bar, 1888, and engaged in practise; now, gen. com- mereial mg'r Am. Telephone & Telegraph Co. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Yale class agent, 1885, and dir. Yale Alumni Fund Ass'n. Alem. Skull and Bones, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Eta Phi. Dir. and sec. The Boys Club. Recreations: Golf, tennis, court tennis, squash fives, riding, driving. Clubs: University, Racquet and Tennis, Yale, Ardsley (gov. and v .- p.). Address: Ards- ley-on-Hudson, N. Y.

BROOKS, JAMES BYRON

Dean Coll. of Law of Syracuse Univ .; b. in town of Rockingham, Windham Co., Vt., June 27, 1839; s. Na- thaniel and Emily (Cutler) Brooks; cd. Newbury (Vt.) .Sem .; Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 1869, A.M., 1886; Albany Law Seh., LL.B., 1871; Syracuse Univ., D.C.L., 1895; m. Sept. 7, 1873, Caroline Lucelia Jewell, of East Orange, Vt. Entered Union Army as private Ist Vt. Inf., 3 months' service, April, 1861, becoming, under re-enlist- ment, 2d lieut. Co. H, 1st lieut. Co. 1, 4th Vt. Inf., and capt. Co. H, same reg't, but discharged before being mustered as capt. On detached service as signal officer, 1861-1863; wounded in Battle of the Wilder- ness, May 6, 1864, and discharged on account of wounds, Aug. 5, 1864. Has practised legal profession at Syracuse, N. Y., since 1872; mein. firm of Ruger, Jenney, Brooks & Marshall, 1874-1889, with some vari- ance in firm name, partners being William C. Ruger (late ehiet judge), Col. Edwin S. Jenney (now de- ceased), Hon. Louis Marshall (now of Wall St., N. Y. City), Porter M. French, of Rochester, and late Pros- ser Ruger. Elected in 1895 dean of the College of Law in Syracuse Univ., organizing college in Sept., 1895, and still holding office of dean; trustee Syracuse Univ. sinee 1885. Alderman city of Syracuse, 1884-1885; School Comm'n, 1886-1888; mem. B'd of Water Comm'rs, 1888-1901 (the Board supplying the city with water from Skaneateles Lake). Republican. Methodist; pres. Y. M. C. A., Syracuse, 1886-1896. Mem. Onondaga Co. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n. N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. (Syracuse Unlv.), Psi Upsilon (Dartmouth), Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity (honorary). Nat. Geog. Soc. Spends July and August in country life at E. Orange, Vt. AAddress: 403 E. Fayette St., Syracuse, N. Y.

BROOKS, WILLIAM ROBERT

Astronomer, lecturer; b. Maidstone, Eng., June 11, 1844; s. Rev. William and Caroline (Wickings) Brooks; ed. private and pub schs. of England and America, academic education with honors in mathematics and physics; M.A., Hobart Coll., D.Sc., Hamilton Coll .; m. Edwardsburg, Mich., Oct. 15, 1868, Mary E. Smith; one daughter, Anna Caroline, b. 1879. Made journey to Australia and return to England, 1853-1854; came to America with parents in Sept., 1857; constructed first telescope, 1858; early worker in photography. En- gaged as mech. eng'r and draftsman, 1860-1870: de- livered first astronomical leeture at age of 17, illus- trated with charts and paintings of own preparation. Founded, 1874. and until 1888 conducted, Red llouse Observatory, Phelps, N. Y., where discovered eleven comets; since 1SSS dir. Smith Observatory, Geneva, N. Y., where has discovered 16 additional comets, making. 27 in all, a larger number than any other living astronomer. Prof. astronomy, llobart Coll., since 1900. Winner of over $1,000 in astronomical prizes, ten medals from Astron. Soc. of Pacific, including first medal awarded by soe .; Lalande medalist, Paris Acad. of Science, "for numerous and brilliant astronomical discoveries;" sp'l gold medal from La. Purchase Exp'n, St. Louis, for charts and photographs of cometary dis-

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coveries; gold medal and diploma from Astron. Soc. of Mexico for discoveries of 25 comets. Fellow Royal Astron. Soc., A.A.A.S .; mem. British Astron. Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Recreations: Fishing and boating. Address: Smith Observatory, Geneva, N. Y.

BROTHERS, SAMUEL F.

Physician; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 29, 1863; s. Charles and Mary (Eidelfeld) Brothers; ed. public schs., Evening High Sch., Trade Sch., grad. N. Y. Coll. of Pharmacy (with honor) 1885, Ph.G .; Coll. Phys. & Surgs. of Co- lumbia Univ., M.D., 1890; in. N. Y. City, April 3, 1892, Fannie Ciner; children: Bertram S., b. 1893 (died 1895); Sylvia H., b. 1896 (died 1897). Acted as ass't to Prof. Charles W. Parsons in laboratory of analyti- cal chemistry, Coll. of Pharmacy; ass't in ophthalmol- ogy to German Hosp. Dispensary, Manhattan; ass't in pediatrics to Bellevue Hosp. Dispensary; ass't in sur- gery to Mt. Sinai Hosp. Dispensary. Active organizer and incorporator of Columbus Dispensary, and served as gynecologist; dir. of and gynecologist to former Zion Hosp. and Dispensary; gynecologist to Met. (now the Beth David) Hosp. and Dispensary, Manhattan, and to Beth Israel Dispensary. About 1898 gave course of lectures to young women in first aid to in- jured at N. Y. Hebrew Alliance. Organizer of N. Y. Post-grad. Midwifery Sch., being prof. of anatomy. Was a founder of Am. Medicine (journal); owned and edited Medico-Pharm: Journal, 1898-1907. Author:

Thesis, The Volume of Water, as Influenced by Differ- ent Solids in Solution (published in Prof. Bedford's "Pharm. Record"), 1885. Obtained a caveat for silver plating, paste and oils, many years ago; produced an improvement on Prof. O'Dwyer's intubating instru- ment; improved return-flow glass uterine irrigator; and urethral catheter (Phil. Med. Journal, 1898) ; water-motor storage battery (Phil. Med. Journal, 1898); in Medico-Pharm. Journal, 1900, a dirigible balloon for invalids was described. Read a paper

before Med. Progress Soc. on Septic Endometritis, witlı a Recovery After a Temperature of 113 deg. F. (1896); on Chronic Phthisis-a Case Treated with Koch's Im- proved Tuberculin (1897); on Hypnotism and Sugges- tion, with Case of Spasmodic Stricture of the Oeso- phagus (Med. Record, 1896). Delivered post-graduate lecture on med. co-operation before the Am. Ass'n of Progressive Medicine, in Poughkeepsie, 1913. Mem. Am. Med. Editors' Ass'n; Alumni, N. Y. Coll. of Pharmacy; Soc. for Instr'n of Eugenics; Nat. League for Med. Freedom; active founder and corr. sec. Am. Medico-Pharm. League; hon. life mem. Internat. Asso. of Pan-Pathic Physicians and Greater N. Y. Pharm. Asso .; active organizer and incorporator Eastern Med. Soc. of N. Y. Was mem. Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence of N. Y .; Am. Mer. Ass'n; Miss. Valley Med. Ass'n; N. Y. State Med. Ass'n; N. Y. County Med. Ass'n (mem. Com. on Legislation one year); mem. former Med. Progress Soc. of West Side German Dispensary; former Med. League; Medico-Legal Club; Nat. Geog. Soc., etc .; was for short periods examining physician for local lodges Ancient Order of United Workmen; Independ- ent Order Brith Abraham. Mem. Woodrow Wilson Coll. Men's League, Kings County Com. Ilearst Inde- pendence League (mem. Com. on Resolutions); mem. Campaign Com. of 1912; 1st v .- p. 22d Assembly Dist. League, capt. 18th Election Dist .; delegate to last State Conv., and mein. Platform Com. Mem. Citizens' Union; enrolled with Municipal Gov't Ass'n of N. Y. State. Nominated for Assembly, 1898, in 4tlı Assembly Dist. (Manhattan), on Good Gov't ticket, with en- dorsement of regular Rep. org'n and Independent Labor Party; appt'd, Jan., 1906, chief clerk Municipal Court, City of N. Y., Borough of Brooklyn, 7th Dist., for term of six years. Nominated for Assembly, 1913, in 22nd Assembly Dist., Kings Co., on Independence League ticket. Mem. Independence League City Com. (1912)'; Judicial, County, Congressional. Senatorial, Assembly and Aldermanic Com. (1913). Mem. Execu- tive Com. (1912-1913). Mem. Brotherhood of Common- wealth; Mason (ex-mem. order of Chinese Masons) ; was mem. N. Y. Typographical Union No. 6 (compos- itor). Interested in Brothers Chem. Co., Fraternity Fruit Farm Co., and in contracting and bld'g. Recrca- tion: Amatenr photography. Clubs: Ex-mem. L. I. Automobile, Neversink Fishing, etc. Address: 96 New Jersey Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.

V BROUGH, ALEXANDER

Lawyer, Senator: b. Glasgow, Scotland; ed. publie schs., Providence, R. I .; grad. Amherst Coll., 1887, and Columbia Univ. Law Sel., 1889. Admitted to bar, N. Y. City, and has been engaged in practice of Inw ever since. Elected to Assembly, 19th Assembly Dist., 1907, and served on Coms. of Taxation, Gas, Water Supply and Electricity and Revision. Elected to U. S. Senate,

1908; Republican candidate for Congress, 19th Cong. Dist., 1912. Chm'n Com. on Public Ed'n. Address: 160 Broadway, N. Y. City.

U BROUNER, WALTER BROOKS

Surgcon; b. N. Y. City, March 11, 1869; s. Rev. John J. and Martha W. (Hall) Brouner; ed. public sch., Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1888; Coll. Phys. and Surg., Colum- bia Univ., M.D., 1891; m. at N. Y. City, 1896, Stella Wood of Ottawa, Can. Now attending Genito-Urinary Surg. l'eoples Hosp, and Deputy Surg. N. Y. Hosp. O. P. D. Mem. Soc. of Am. Wars, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, N. Y. Acad. Medicines, N. Y. County Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Urological Ass'n, Medico- Surgical Soc., West Side Clinical Soc., St. Luke's Hosp., Sloane Ilosp., Alumni Ass'n, and Coll, of Phys. & Surgs. Alumni Ass'n. Dir. Jennie Clarkson Home for Children, Valhalla, N. Y. Author (with Fung Mow): Chinese Made Easy (Macmillan Co.), 1904. Clubs: Salmagundi, Med. Progress. Address: 27 W. 9th St., N. Y. City.

BROWER, GEORGE V.

Lawyer; b. Paterson, N. J., 1842; s. Richard and

Margaret (Van Buskirk) Brower; prepared for Princeton Coll. at Paterson, N. J .; m. Oct, 1870, Mary E. Tompkins; children: Genevieve L., Edith B., George E., Ernest C. Since 1866 in practice of com- mercial and real estate law in City of N. Y., and in many important litigations; appt'd by Pres. Cleve- land and served 1885-1889, general appraiser Port of N. Y .; appt'd comm'r parks of Borough of Brooklyn by Mayor Chapin, 1899, and elected pres. of board; comm'n made single-headed one in 1901, when was appt'd as comm'r by Mayor Boody, and again appt'd by Mayor Van Wyck on first comm'n appt'd for parks after con- solidation with City of N. Y., which position held 4 years. Dir, and counsel Kings Co. Trust Co .; trustee Nassau Ins. Co .; trustee and v .- p. U. S. Title Ins. Co .; trustee and treas. Brooklyn Central Dispensary; mem. St. Nicholas Soc., Long Island (High Steward); trustee and pres. Am. Ass'n for the Planting and Preserving of City Trees; mem. Am. Scenic and Historic Preserva- tion Soc., N. Y. Zool. Soc. Clubs: Brant Island (pres.), Lawyers of Kings. Co., Montauk, Brooklyn, Democratic of Brooklyn and N. Y. City, Atlantic Yacht, Brooklyn Riding and Driving. Residence: 1084 Park Place. Address: 44 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

BROWN, ALFRED JEROME

Physician and surgeon; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 27, 1878; s. Edward Flint and Elcanor (Bonney) Brown; ed. Yale School, N. Y. City; Yale Unlv., A.B., 1899; Coll. Phys. and Surgs. (Columbia), M.D., 1903 (First Harsen prize for excellence in examination and First Harsen Clinical Prize); m. Plainfield, N. J., July 11, 1906, Grace Elting Overton; children: Eleanor Bonney, b. July 30, 1907; Katherine Frances, b. Aug. 25, 1913. Interne at Presby'n Hosp., N. Y. City, for 2 years; practised in N. Y. City until May, 1906; removed to Rome, N. Y., Oct., 1906. Ass't surgeon, with rank of licut. (junior grade), 1st Naval Battalion, N. M. N. Y., one year, re- signed May, 1906. Appt'd instr. in Anatomy Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y., June, 1909, and returned to N. Y. City, 1909. Appt'd Adjunct ass't. Visiting Surgeon to Belle- vue Hosp., N. Y. City, May, 1913. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Presbyterian Hosp. Graduates Soc. of N. Y. City. Fellow N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, Quiz Med. Soc., Bibliophile Soc. Club: Grolier (N. Y. City). Address: 156 D. 64th St., N. Y. City.

BROWN, ARTHUR JUDSON

Clergyman; b. Ilolliston, Mass., Dec. 3, 1856; s. Ed- win T. and Elizabeth R. (Marsh) Brown; grad. Wa- bash Coll., 1880; Lane Theol. Sem., 1883 (D.D., Lake Forest Univ.), 1891; Yale University, 1913; m. Fond- du-Lac, Wis., July 10, 1883, Jennie E. Thomas; chll- dren: Arthur J., Jr., b. 1884; DeWitt E., b. 1SS6: Agnes M., b. 1891; Elliott R., b. 1893; Eleanor M., b. 1893. Ordained to Presby'n ministry by Presbytery of Win- nebago, 1883. Pastor: First Presby'n Ch., Ripon, Wis., 1883-1884; First Presby'n Ch., Oak Park, Ill., 1884- 18SS; First Presby'n Ch., Portland, Ore., 1888-1805. Sec. Presby'n B'd of Foreign Missions, N. Y. City, since 1895. In 1901-1902 and again, 1909, traveled around the world, visiting Japan, Korea, China. Philippine Islands, Siam, Laos, Straits Settlements, Burmah, In- dia, Egypt, Syria and Palestine. Progressive Repub- lican. Mem. Phi Gamma Delta (coll. fraternity). Au- thor: The New Era in the Philippines, seven edi- tions; New Forces in Old China, six editions; The For- eign Missionary, six editions (all published by Re- vell) ; The Why and How of Foreign Missions. 52,000; The Missionary Education Movement: The Nearer and Farther East (joint author), Macmillan, 48,000; The

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Chinese Revolution; The Student Volunteer Movement, 12,000; also articles in varlous periodicals. Address: 156 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.

BROWN, AUGUSTUS CLEVELAND

Lawyer; b. York, Livingston Co., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1839; ^BROWN, CHARLES F. s. Rev. Silas Clark and Mary (Cleveland) Brown; grad. Williams Coll., A.B., 1861. Served as capt. Co. H, 4th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, in Civil War. Admitted to bar, June, 1863; successively mem. law firms of Rapallo & Spencer, Rapallo, Daly & Brown, Beach, Daly & Brown, and Beach & Brown; since July 1, 1884, practising alone. Independent in politics; I'res- byterian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Kappa Alpha fraternity, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U. S. Clubs: University, Lawyers, St. Andrew's Golf. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.

BROWN, BENJAMIN WEST BONNEY

Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 13, 1870; s. late Edward F. and Eleanor (Bonncy) Brown; grad. Williston Sem., East Hampton, Mass., 1SS7; Yale Univ., class 1891; Co- lumbia Law Sch. Counsel for Northern Dispensary, also North-Eastern Dispensary, having charge of per- manent funds of both inst'ns; executor and trustce in numerous estates, and during 20 years praetise, has tried many important cases in courts. Elected to B'd of Aldermen, 1905, 1907, 1909 (declined election) where through his efforts, Codes Com., of which was niem., codified and published Municipal Ordinances, and sub- sequently submitted to B'd a revised Code of Ordi- nances. Also served on Finance Com. and on Com. on Laws and Legislation. Introduced theatre ticket ordinance abolishing speculators, and ordinance reg- ulating speed and charges of taxicabs, and for Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Candidate of Republican Party for Justice of Supreme Court, fall of 1913. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Sons of Revo- lution, Soe, Colonial Wars; life mem. St. Nicholas Soc., mem. Military Soc. War 1812, N. E. Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc. (mem. Exec. Com.). Clubs: Metropolitan, Down Town, Ardsley, Yale. Address: 52 Wall St., N. Y. City.

BROWN, BOLTON COLT

Artist; b. Dresden, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1864; s. Edmund Woodward and Martha (Day) Brown; grad. Syracuse Univ., 1885, with degree of Bachelor of Painting; Mas- ter of Painting, 1888; m. Palo Alto, Calif., June 10, 1895, Lucy Heines Fletcher; children: Eleanor, b. 1896; Marian, b. 1899; Robert, b. 1902. Senior instr. in free- hand drawing Cornell Univ .; principal Parkdale (gov't) Art Sch., and registrar of Toronto (gov't) Art Sch., Toronto, Can. In charge of Art Dep't, Buchtel Coll., Akron, O. Organized at foundation of Univ., the Art Dep't of the Leland Stanford, Jr., Univ., and was for ten years its head. Student of and lecturer and writer upon Japanese art; also writer and lecturer on art in gen. Landscape and figure painter. Represented in Brooklyn Inst. Museum, Indianapolis Art Museum and various private collections in N. Y. and Chicago. Also at the Nat. Arts Club. Recreation: Mountaineer- ing. Club: Nat. Arts (life mem.). Address: National Arts Club, N. Y. City.

BROWN, BURDETTE BOARDMAN

Clergyman; b. Andover, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1871; s. Anson D. and Esther J. (French) Brown; ancestors came from England in 1636; grad. Alfred Univ., A.B., 1890; A.M., 1891; diploma from Chautauqua Sch. of Physical Ed'n, 1893; Yale Univ., B.D., 1898; graduate student in phi- losophy, N. Y. Univ .; Alfred Univ., D.D., 1913; m. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 14, 1899, Antoinette F., d. N. A. Fullerton. Prin. Andover High Sch., 1893-1895; pas- tor St. Paul's Ch., Hartford, Conn., 1902-1904; took tour of Western Europe, 1905; pastor First Ch., Port Washington, N. Y., 1905-1908; pastor M. E. Ch., Mam- aroneck, N. Y., 1909-1913. Author articles in various publications; sermons and addresses before several religious and edn'l inst'ns. Gen. sec. Methodist Child Welfare Soc. Sup't St. Christopher's Home, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Mcm. N. Y. East Conference M. E. Ch. Recreation: Automobiling. Address: Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., and 150 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.

BROWN, CHARLES F.

Chemist, assemblyman; b. Homer, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1858; ed. State Normal Seh., Cortland, academic course. Became pharmacist, 1880, and entered into partner- ship with M. Maybury, 1881. In 1893 purchased lat- ter's interest, and condueted business alone since that time. Mem. B'd of Ed'n of Cortland for 9 years; treas. Cortland County Agr'l Soc. since 1902. Elected mayor of Cortland when village became a city, 1901, serving two terms (4 years). Dlr. First Nat. Bank of Cort- land. Eleeted Assemblyman on. Republican ticket, 1907, carrying every election dist. in the county; re- 'elected 1908, and again 1909. Chm'n Com. on Federal

Relations; mem. Com. on Banks, Com. on Publle Health, 1909; re-elected mem. Coms. Banks, Labor and Industrics and Public Health, 1910, 1911; chm'n Public Health, 1911. Address: Cortland, N. Y.

Lawyer; b. Newburgh, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1844; s. John W. and Eliza (Reeve) Brown; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1862; Yale Coll., A.B., 1866 (LL.D., Yale, 1896); m. Newburgh, N. Y., June 27, 1876; chll- dren; Florence Eighmie (Mrs. E. J. Jova), Nanna Hig- ginson (Mrs. Dudley S. Harde). Admitted to bar, May, 1868; practised law at Newburgh in firm Cassedy & Brown, until 1882; dlst. att'y Orange County, 1874-1877; county judge, 1878-1882; justice Supreme Court of N. Y., 1882-1896; assigned by Gov. Hill to Court of Ap- peals, 1889-1892; presiding judge, Gen. Term, Supreme Court, 1894-1895, by assignment of Gov. Flower; appt'd by Gov. Morton, 1896, presiding judge Appellate Div., 2d Dep't; renominated at close of term, but declined to be candidate for re-election; gen. counsel Met. IStreet R'y Co., 1897-1901; since then in general prac- tise N. Y. City. Delegate to Nat. Dem. Convention, Baltimore, 1872; see. Dem. State Com. of N. Y., 1874 and 1880-1882. Independent Democrat; Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Natural History Museum, Associated Charities of New- burgh, N. Y., Zool. Soc., N. Y. City. Recreations: Driv- ing, horseback riding, boating,. yaehting, automobil- ing. Clubs: University, Yale, Century Ass'n, Down Town Ass'n. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.

BROWN, CHARLES H.

Jurist; b. West Winfield, N. Y., July 20, 1858; s. Hiram Clark and Alice Ann (Stuart) Brown; ed. West Winfield (N. Y.) Acad., 1870-1875; Hungerford Collegi- atc Inst., Adams, N. Y., 1875-1877; m. Adams, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1881, Alice C. Smith; children: Charles H., Jr., b. 1883; ITarold Stuart, b. 1886; Dorothy Alice, b. 1897. Admitted to bar, 1880; district attorney Allegheny Co., N. Y., 1889-1897; ass't U. S. attorney Northern Dist. of N. Y., 1897-1899; U. S. attorney (same dist.), 1899-1900; U. S. attorney Western Dist., N. Y., 1900-1906. Mem. firm Brown, Reynolds & Ackerman, attorneys, Bel- mont, N. Y .; justice Supreme Court, Belmont, N. Y., for term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Republican; Episco- palian. Mason. Clubs: Buffalo, Ellicott (Buffalo, N. Y.). Address: Belmont, Allegheny Co., N. Y.

BROWN, CHARLES PAUL

Lawyer; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 13, 1873; s. Gen. Charles Elwood and Anna Elizabeth (Hussey) Brown; attended Miami Univ., class 1892; Cincinnati Law Sch., LL.B., class 1897; unmarried. Partner in' firm Brown & Cooksey, lawyers. Formerly associated with James C. McReynolds, present U. S. Att'y Gen. Quaker. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Bar Ass'n, State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n (Ohio). Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Union Soc. Civil War. Clubs: Queen City (Cincinnati), Beta Beta Pi (N. Y. City). Resi- dence: 1 Gramercy Park. Address: 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.

BROWN, DICKSON Q.

Engineer; b. Picasantville, Pa., April 2. 1873: S. \ Samuel Q. and Nancy (Lamb) Brown; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1891; Princeton Univ., A.B., 1895; Mass. lust. Technology, B.S. (Elcc. Eng'ring), 1898; one year Royal Technical Hoch Schule, Charlottenberg, Berlin, Germany; unmarried. Pres. and dir. Assoei- ated Producers Co., Okla. Oil Co .; v .- p. and dir. 'Tide Water Oil Co .; dir. The Tide Water Pipe Co. (Ltd.), Am. Oil Co., Campbell Art Co., Magnetic Iron Ore Co., etc. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elcc. Eng'rs, Sigma Chi fraternity. Recreations: Automobiling, hunting. Clubs: Univer- sity, Princeton, Technology, Camp Fire, Automobile of America, Engineers, Apawamis (golf). Tiger Inn (Princeton). Address: 11 Broadway, N. Y. City.

BROWN, EDWARD FISCHER

Soclologist, lecturer, lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 2, 1889; s. Samuel and Bertha (Fischer) Brown: at- tended pub, sch. East Side Evening High Sch., N. Y. Univ. Law Sch .; m. N. Y. City, June. 1910, Lillian Bar- enkopf. Ag't for N. Y. State Immigration Comm'n 1908-1909; appt'd by Pres. Taft, mem. Staff of Tarif B'd, 1911; investigator N. Y. State Factory Investi- gating Comm'n, 1912; sp'l ag't Nat. Child Labor Com., 1909-1913; at present dir. Bureau of Welfare of School Children; sp'l Comm'r representing N. Y. State at Congress of Internat. Ass'n of Factory In- spectors. Traveled approximately 50,000 miles in three years reporting first-hand conditions of em- ployment of children in U. S .; mg'r Polit. Exhibits of Com, of One Hundred, N. Y. City. 1909. Author: Night Messenger Service, a Child Labor Problem;

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Mining of Anthracite Coal; Child Labor in New York Canning Factories; Industries and Immigra- tion; Enforcement and Administration Child Labor Laws; Dramatica Biographica, Toiling Children of Gulf Coast Canneries. Mcm. eonf. Internat. Ass'n of Factory Inspectors; eonf. of National Child Labor Com., conf. of Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation; Fourth Internat. Congress on School Hygiene; dir. and acting Exec. Sec. N. Y. School Lunch Com. Resi- dence: 836 Whitlock Av. Address: 105 E. 22nd St., N. Y. City.

V BROWN, ELMER ELLSWORTH

Educator; b. Kiantone, Chautauqua County, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1861; s. Russell Mccrary and Electa L. (Sherman) Brown; grad. Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1889; Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg (Prussia), Ph. D., 1890; LL. D., Columbia 1907, Wesleyan 1909, George Wash- Ington 1911, Rutgers, 1913; m. June 29, 1889, Fanny, youngest d. of Rev. Zachary Eddy, D.D. Acting ass't prof. Univ. of Mich., 1891-1892; asso. prof. 1892- 1893, prof. 1893-1906, and head of dep't of ed'n Univ. of Calif .; honorary prof. same, 1906; Federal eomm'r of ed'n, 1906-1911; Chancellor N. Y. Univ. since

1911. Congregationalist. Mcm. Phi Betta Kappa Soc., life dir. Nat. Ed'n Ass'n; fellow A.A.A.S. Trustee Phelps-Stokes Fund. Clubs: Cosmos ( Wash- ington), Century (New York). Residence: 2201 Lor- ing Pl. Address. 32 Waverly Pl., N. Y. City.

BROWN, ELON ROUSE

State Senator, lawyer; b. Orleans, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 7. 1857; s. Elon G. and Lucretia (Rouse) Brown; grad. Brown Univ., 1878; m. Ettella K. Greene; children: Ethel M., Rena I., Phillip H. Ad- mitted to bar, 1880. 'Mem. Constitutional Conv., 1894; author, of apportionment and anti-pass amendments. Senator of N. Y. State from 35th Dist., 1898-1904, re- elected in 1912. Republican. Clubs: University (N. Y. City), Fort Orange (Albany), Genesee Valley (Rochester), Black River Valley (Watertown). Ad- dress: Watertown, N. Y.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 1, Part 30

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1914 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 810

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 810