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DOOLITTLE, EDWARD BURDICK
Clergyman; b. Preble, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1859; s. Edward Doolittle and Sarah Jane (Burdick) Doolittle; ed. St. Andrew's Divinity Sch., 1892-1893; m. St. Paul's, Paris, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1883, Augusta Charlotte Henkle. Or- dered deacon, 1893, and ordained priest, 1895, in min- istry of Episcopal Ch. by Bishop Huntington .. Mis- sionary St. Timothy's, Brookfield, Christ Ch., Bridge- water, and St. John's, Clayville, 1893-1896; in charge St. Matthew's Cit., Horsehead, and St. John's, Big Flats, N. Y., 1896-1898; rector Trinity Ch., Lowville, N. Y., 1898-1906; missionary at St. Andrew's, Trenton, and reetor St. Paul's, Holland Patent, 1900-1907; since Oct. 15, 1907, rector St. John's Ch., Marcellus, N. Y. Address: St. Jolin's Church Rectory, Marcellus, N. Y.
DOOLITTLE, JULIUS T. A.
Lawyer; b. Utica, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1861; s. Charles H. and Julia T. (Shearman) Doolittle; ed. Yale Univ., elass of 1884; m. Utica, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1893, Sophia Mann; 3 children. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1887; since then engaged in practice at Utica, N. Y. Clubs: Fort 'Schuyler (Utica), University (N. Y. City). Address: Utica, N. Y.
Patent lawyer; b. Plantsville, Conn., Dec. 9, 1868; s. Joseph R. and Cornelia H. (Paddock) Doolittle; grad. Cornell Univ., M.E., 1893, N. Y. Univ. Law Sch. Ad- mitted to bar, 1902, and since then practising as spe- cialist in patent and trade-mark law. Vicc-pres. and director Hygienic Soap Granulator Co. Director U. S. Alloy Co., L. L. L. Elevator Controller Co., Elevator Operating Controller Co., Universal Safety Car Con- troller Co .; Philipsburg-Manhattan Realty Co .; for- merly pres. and dir. Manhattan Switchboard Co. and N. Y. Switchboard Co. Served in Conn. N. G. (now on retired list as 1st lieut.); served in Span .- Am. War as 1st lieut. with 1st Conn. Inf. U. S. Vols .; served on Gen. Court Martial at Canip Alger, 1898. Independ- ent in politics. Mem. Cornell Univ. Ass'n of Brook- lyn, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Pres. of Province Beta and N. Y. Alumni Ass'n, same. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
DOOLITTLE, WILLIAM SHEARMAN
Lawyer, clerk U. S. Circuit and Dist. Courts; b. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1855; s. Charles H. and Julia (Shearman) Doolittle; grad. Yale. A.B., 1876: Hamil- ton, LL.B., 1879; m. Nov. 25, 1885, Esther Warnick. Admitted to bar and practised in Utica, until appt'd to present position. Appt'd clerk U. S. Circuit Court, 1883, U. S. Dist. Court, 1900. Clubs: University (N. Y. City), Genesee Valley (Rochester), Fort Schuyler, Re- publican, Sadaquada Golf (Utica).
Address: 300 Gencsee St., Utica, N. Y.
NDOREMUS, ARTHUR LISPENARD
Manufacturer; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 3, 1869; s. Robert Ogden and Estelle E. (Skidmore) Doremus; ed. Mac- Mullen's Sch .; Coll. City of N. Y., class 1890. Entered employ Crocker-Wheeler Co. and Crocker- Wheeler Electric Co., mf'rs and elec. eng'rs, 1892; became ass't to gen, sales mg'r, later gen. sales mg'r; sec. in charge of sales div., 1896; elected 2d v .- p. and dir. 1904, hav- ing full charge of sales div. and has established 19 branch offices. Traveled extensively in England, Scotland, France, Germany. Republican; chm'n of dist., 5 years. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. in America. Mem. N. Y. Elec. Soc., Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Railroad of N. Y., Machinery. Residence: 31 E. 30th St. Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
DOREMUS, CHARLES A.
Consulting chemist; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 6, 1851; s. R. Ogden and Estelle E. (Skidmore) Doremus; ed. schs. of N. Y. and Paris; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1870; hop. A.M., Ph.D .. Heidelberg: hon. M.D .. Univ. of Buffalo; m. Washington, D. C., Aug. 4, 1880, Elizabeth Johnson Ward; one d .: Katherine Ward (Mrs. Park Benjamin, Jr.). Ass't in chemistry Belle- vue Hosp. Med. Coll., 1875-1879; adjunct prof. chem. toxicology and med. jurisprudence, Bellevue. 1879-1897; prof. chemistry and toxicology, Med. Dep't Univ. of Buffalo. 1879-1882; prof. chemistry, Am. Veterinary Coll., N. Y. City, 1882-1892; emeritus prof. chemistry, 1892-1898; ass't in chemistry and physics, Coll. City of N. Y .. 1892-1897; ass't prof. chemistry and physics, 1897-1903; acting prof. chemistry, 1903-1904. U. S. re- porter Vienna Exp'n, 1873; del. Paris Congress. Acted as chem. expert in many poison cases in N. Y. and other States, and expert in patent causes and consult- ing chemist. Contb'r to scientific papers and author of med. books. Collaborator Century Dictionary. Re- publican; mem. Dutch Reformed Chi. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Sciences, mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. Chemists at Paris, Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft, Soc. Chem.
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Industry, Am. Electro-Chem. Soc., Medico-Legal Soc., Am. Inst. Eiec. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elec. Soc., trustce Am. Museum of Safety. Clubs: University, Chemists, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Address: 55 W. 53d St., N. Y. City.
DOREMUS, CORNELIUS
Banker, lawyer; b. Arcola, N. J., Jan. 22, 1862; s. Jacob W. and Sophia E. (Van Dien) Doremus; ed. pub- lic sch., Stevens High Sch., 1878-1880; Law Dep't Univ. City of N. Y., LL.B., 1883; m. Monsey, N. Y., Dcc. 2, 1885, Jennie M. Lake; children: Florence (died in in- fancy), Mabel, Nellie B. In practice of law, N. Y. and N. J., since 1883; trustec, and counsei for many estates; counsel to Ridgewood Bld'g & Loan Ass'n, Fort Lee Bid'g & Loan Ass'n, Gien Rock Bld'g & Loan Ass'n, Saddie River Township Bld'g & Loan Ass'n. Pres. Ridgewood Trust Co., First Nat. Bank of Gar- field; counsel and dir. First Nat. Bank of Ridgewood, First Nat. Bank of Fort Lee, Prospect Land and Im- provement Co., Ridgewood Development & Construction Co., Fairview Land Co., Fairview Realty Co., Ridgewood Gas Co., Ridgewood .Park Co., Paramus Land Co., Ridge- wood Estates, Bergen Estates. Sp'l master in chancery of N. J., also Supreme Court comm'r; judge 3d Judicial Dist. Court of Bergen County, N. J., 1909; counsel of Bergen County, 1894-1898; corp'n counsel to Ridge- wood, Fort Lee and Oakland. Republican; mem. Re- formed Ch. of America. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, N. J. State Bar . Ass'n (mem. Com. on Legisia- tion), Bergen County Bar Ass'n (mem. Court House Com., see., ex-pres.), Bergen County Hist Soc. (v .- p.). Mason, Knight of Honor, mem. Junior Order United Am. Mechanics, Royal Arcanum, Voters' League. Prcs. Ridgewood B'd of Trade, Y. M. C. A. Clubs: Repub- lican, Union League of Bergen County (v .- p.), Ham- iiton, White Star Athletic, Ridgewood Golf, Ridge- wood Country. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
DORSETT, ROBERT CLARENCE
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 30, 1853; s. Robert and Eliza A. (Marshall) Dorsett; grad. Columbia Gram- mar Sch., 1868; Columbia Coll., A.B., 1872; A.M., 1875; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1877; m. Newark, N. J., April 11, 1893, Eliza D. Macknet (died July 5, 1902) ; one d .: Carolyn H. Admitted to N. Y. bar, 1877; since then practising in N. Y. City; v .- p. East Bay Land & Improvement Co. Republican; Presby'n. Mem, Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Delta Kappa Ep- silon Ass'n, Presbyterian Union. Clubs: Union League, Lawyers. Residence: 53 \V. 70th St. Office: 25 Pine St., N. Y. City.
DORSEY, VERNON M.
Lawyer; b. Washington, D. C., Dec. 1, 1869; s. Ver- non and Katherine (Costigin) Dorsey; ed. Georgetown Univ., and Nat. Univ., LL.B .; m. Portland, Mc., Aug. 30, 1889, Sarah Alden; children: Vernon A., b. 1890; Charlotte B., b. 1893; Katherine C., b. 1895; Mary Hammond, b. 1897; Albert I., b. 1905. Mem. firm Dor_ sey & Cole, lawyers. Democrat. Mem. Patent Law Ass'n. Clubs: Graduates (N. Y. City), University, Dunbarton, Washington County (Washington). Resi- dence: Graduates Club. Address: 67 Wall St., . Y. City, and 629 F St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
J DOS PASSOS, JOHN R.
Lawyer; b. Philadelphia, Pa., July 31, 1844; at- tended law lectures Univ. of Pa .; served in militia of Pa. during Civil War; practised profession in Phila- delphia, and later in N. Y .; in early practice counsel in many notable criminal cases; secured acquittal of Edward S. Stokes for murder of James Fisk, and in case of Emil Endre; of late years has made a specialty of law of corp'ns and stock brokers' practice; with John E. Parsons formed Sugar Trust, receiving for same largest fee on record at that time. Author: The Inter-State Commerce Act, Commercial Trust; Anglo- Saxon Century; A Treatise on the Law of Stock Brok- ers and Stock Exchanges; and during one Presidential campaign wrote an address to mems. of Bar entitled: The Trend of the Republican Party. Charter mem. Pa. Soc. Owner of large plantation in Virginia, where is deeply interested in farming, etc. Clubs: Lawyers, Manhattan, Strollers, Am. Yacht (N. Y. City) ; Metro- politan (Washington, D. C.); Eastern Yacht (Boston). Residence: 18 E. 56th St. Address: 20-22 Broad St., N. Y. City.
DOSSERT, DEANE (MRS. FRANK G. DOSSERT)
Prof. of singing; b. Brooklyn, N. Y .; on mother's side direct descendant Rev. Jonathan Edwards, and related to Aaron Burr; also descendant Marquis of Waterford, which claims great poet Edgar Allan Poe; attended French convent; studied singing under scv- eral famous masters in U. S. and abroad; m. N. Y. City, June 23, 1892, Frank G. Dossert, prof. of music. Associated with husband in professional work; sang
with success in concert and recital in Paris and throughout Europe, and taught for 6 years in Paris. Prof. of singing at Conservatoire Internat. Address: 2 W. 88th St., N. Y. City.
DOSSERT, FRANK G.
Musician; b. Buffalo, N. Y .; grandfather was Mil. Gov. of Nancy, France; musical ed'n was completed at Leipzig; student with great theorist Jadassolin; m. N. Y. City, June 23, 1892. As a composer has won distinction and world-wide recognition; works have been produced throughout England, Paris, Vienna, Rome. Organist for Buffalo Cathedral at age of 15; for past 30 years specialist in vocal teaching; taught in Paris 7 years. Dir. Conservatoire Internat., Paris, of which Massenet was hon. pres. Address: Carnegie Hall, 57th St. & 7th Av., N. Y. City.
DOTY, DOUGLAS ZABRISKIE
Literary adviser, sec. Century Co .; b. N. Y., Oct. 15, 1874; s. S. W. and Charlotte G. (Zabriskie) Doty; Ed. Stevens Prep. Sch., Hoboken, N. J .; Columbia Grammar Sch. and Sch. of Mines, Columbia Univ .; m. June 25, 1903, Josephine Whiting. On editorial staff of Boston Journal, 1898-1899; of N. Y. Sunday Herald, 1899-1901; McCiure Syndicate, 1901-1902; has been with The Century Co, as book editor and reader since 1902. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: The Players. Ad- dress: 16 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
DOUBLEDAY, FRANK NELSON
Publisher; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1862; ed. Poly. Sch. at Brooklyn; entered employ of Charles Scrib- ner's Sons, where, during an apprenticeship of 20 years, acquired a full knowledge of publishing busi- ncss. Revived The Book Buyer, in 1884, which grew to be a wcii-known periodical, and when Scribner's Magazine was issued, 1886, was appt'd its mg'r; in 1897, joined the S. S. McCiure Co., and shortly after- ward a partnership with Mr. McCiure was formed, under name of Doubleday & McClure Co .; during its first year published some very successful book's, notably Mr. Kipling's, The Day's Work; in 1900, firm of Doubleday, Page & Co. was formed, with Walter H. Page, HI. W. Lanier, H. S. Houston and S. A. Everitt as partners, and within a year a new magazine, The World's Work, was founded, the first number of which was issued in Nov., 1900; afterwards, Country Life in America (1901), The Garden Magazine (1905), and Farming (1906), were founded; early in 1904, Double- day, Page & Co. was incorporated with Mr. Doubleday as pres .; firm aiso acquired, Nov., 1908, the book busi- ness of S. S. McClure Co; business removed to Garden City, L. I., 1910. Address: Garden City, L. I., N. Y.
DOUBLEDAY, NELTJE DE GRAFF ("NELTJE BLANCHAN")
Author; b. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 23, 1865; d. Liverius and Alice (Fair) De Graff; ed. St. John's Sch., N. Y. City, and The Misses Masters Sch., Dobbs Ferry, N. Y .; m. Plainfield, N. J., June 9, 1886, Frank Nelson Double- day; children: Felix Doty, b. 1887; Nelson. b. 1889; Dorothy, b. 1892. Author: Bird Neighbors; Birds that Hunt and Are Hunted; Nature's Garden; How to At- tract the Birds; Birds Every Child Should Know; The American Flower Garden; also magazine and news- paper articles on agr'l training, nature study, garden- ing, North Am. Indians, primitive industries, antique furniture, critical essays and reviews of books, de- scriptions of travel. Episcopalian. Club: Nat. Arts. Address: 'Effendi Farm, Locust Valley, L. I., N. Y.
DOUGHERTY, J. HAMPDEN
Lawyer, author; b. N. Y. City; s. Charles H. and Elizabeth (Taylor) Dougherty; grad. Coll. of City of N. Y., 1871, and Columbia Law Sch., 1874; m. May 25, 1876, Alice Hiil; children: Paul (artist); Walter H. (actor); Alice D. (wife of Arthur Goodrich, author and mf'r, Middletown, Conn.); J. Hampden, Jr. (lawyer); Malcolm T., Eleanor (student at Bryn Mawr Coll.). Engaged in active practise of law in N. Y. City since graduation. For several years pres. Law Dep't, Brook- lyn Inste three times pres. Brooklyn League; nine years dir. The Merchants' Ass'n of N. Y. In 1899 ob- tained mandamus for completion of purchase of L. 1. Water Supply Co., by the city; comm'r of Water Supply, Gas and Eicctricity under Mayor Low; counsei for Merchants' Ass'n in its inquiry into alleged de- fective work of Jerome Park Reservoir; chin'n of Sp'l Com. for Legislative Investigation into gas and elec- tric light conditions in N. Y. City in 1905; represented Ass'n In conv. to promote forcign commerce of U. S. held at Washington, 1906; appeared as counsel before congressional coms. in opposition to subsidy bilis, and before Sec. of War to oppose pollution of N. Y. Harbor. Has instituted many taxpayers' actions in public interest, enjoined award of asphalt paving con- tracts aggregating severai millions of dollars, 1901-
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1902 (the result being a change in clty specifications for asphalt paving); stopped bld'g of slaughter house on Wallabout Market lands, and of construction of Patterson Reservoir on east branch of Croton River; also prevented acquisition by N. Y. Clty of magnetic Iron ore mine at enormous cost. Mem. N. Y. City Charter Revision Comm'n, 1907, N. Y. City Charter Comm'n, 1908, and author of series of articles pub- lished in N. Y. Tribune explanatory of charter. In August, 1911, vigorously attacked the so-called Gaynor charter before City Club (copies of this address were disseminated throughout State and widely used In successful campaign against Gaynor charter). Author: The Constitutions of New York (Polit. Science Quar., 1588-1889); Ten Years of Municipal Vigor (a chapter In Volume III., Memorial History N. Y. City); Electoral System of the United States (G. P. Putnam's Sons) ; Power of Federal Judiciary over Legislation (G. P. Putnam's Sons); Constitutional History of New York State (published by Nat. Americana Soc.). Has contb'd numerous articles upon legislative and constitutional toples to magazine and other publications, and spoken upon various polit. reforms before various important ass'ns. Independent In politics. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Acad. of Polit. Sclence, Am. Acad. of Polit. and Social Science, Civil Service Reform League, N. Y. State Hlst. Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Gamma Delta frater- nities. Clubs: Reform, Hamilton. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.
DOUGHERTY, PAUL
Artist; b. Brooklyn, Sept. 6, 1877; s. J. Hampden and Allce (Hill) Dougherty; B.S., Brooklyn Poly, Inst., 1596; LL.B., N. Y. Law Sch., 1898. Traveled and studied art alone, 5 years at Paris, London, Florence, Romc, Venice, Munich; m. Jan. 12, 1907, Marthe Wisner, of Paris, France. Exhibited Paris Salon 1901, Nat. Acad. Design, Soc. Am. Artists, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Carnegie Inst., Pittsburgh; Venice Internat., 1909; Berlin In- ternat., 1910; Rome Internat., 1911; awarded Osborn prize, 1905; silver medal Carnegie Internat. Exb'n, 1912; Inness gold medal Nat. Acad. Design, 1913; repre- sented In permanent collections of Met. Museum, N. Y .; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C .; Car- negie Inst., Pittsburgh; Chicago Inst .; Allbright Gallery, Buffalo; Can. Nat. Museum, Toledo Museum, Brooklyn Inst., Ft. Worth (Texas) Art Gallery, Port- land, Oregon (by public subscription); Hackley Art Gallery, Nat. Gallery of Art, Washington, etc .; Lotos, Engineers', Salmagundl Clubs, N. Y .; Union League Club, Chicago, and many private collections in U. S. and abroad; specialty marines and coast subjects and the Alps. Asso. Nat. Acad. of Design, 1906; Nat. Academician, 1907; mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters. Clubs: Century, Lotos (llfe), Salmagundi, Manhattan Chess, MacDowell, Chelsea, Arts (London, Eng.). Ad- dress: 33 W. 67th St., N. Y. Clty.
DOUGLAS, ARCHIBALD
Lawyer; b. Tarrytown, N. Y., 1872; s. Henry L. and Hortense Pauline (Armstrong) Douglas; ed. Columbia Univ .. class of 1894; grad. Columbla Law Sch., 1896; m. Spuyten Duyvll, N. Y., 1901, Edith Douglas. Admitted to bar, 1896; since then practising in N. Y. City; now mem. law firm of Douglas, Armitage & McCann. Con- nected with numerous corporate enterprises as eoun- sel and dir. Republican on National, Independent on municipal questlons. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Psi Upsllon fraternity, Columbia Alumni Ass'n. Recre- ations: Golf, tennis, fishing. Clubs: Unlon League, City (chm'n Bronx Com.), Ardsley. Columbia Univer- sity (sec.), Adirondack League. Residence: Spuyten Duyvil. Address: 233 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DOUGLAS, CURTIS NOBLE
Lumber merchant; b. Watertown, N. Y., May 28, 1856; s. John Petit and Henrietta (Hughson) Douglas; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1877; m. June 24, 1886, Nancy Sherman Thompson, of Albany; children: Thom- son, b. Feb. 26, 1889; Dorothea (Mrs. George C. W. Low); Gertrude. Pres. L. Thomson & Co., Inc. Traveled extensively in Europe and West Indies. Mem Assembly, 4th Dist., Albany County, 1894; State Senator, 1899. 1900; public service comm'r, 2d Dist., State of N. Y., appt'd Nov. 15, 1912. Democrat. Mem. Delta Psl fraternity, St. Andrew's Soc. of Albany, Sons of Revolution. Clubs: St. Anthony, Adirondack League, Calumet, Nat. Democratic (N. Y.); Fort Orange. Country (Albany). Residence: 4 Elk St. Ad- dress: Public Service Comm'n, Albany, N. Y.
V DOUGLAS, EDWARD DONALDSON
Sugar commission merchant, steamship official: b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1867; s. George B. and Henrietta L. (Scott) Douglas; ed. Brooklyn Schs .; m. Anne B. Smart; one son: Donaldson, b. 1898. After 14 years as boy and clerk with sugar and general commission house, joined firm of Williams, DImond & Co., of San
Francisco and New York, 1898, of which Is still a mem. Treas. Am. Hawaiian S. S. Co. Traveled in S. America and Atlantic and Pacific Islands. Veteran 23d Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Presby'n. Mein. of church and sugar trade org'ns. Clubs: New York, Down Town Ass'n, 'Whitehall, Am. Yacht, Apawamis ( Rye, N. Y.), Resi- dence: Rye, N. Y. Address: & Bridge St., N. Y. City.
DOUGLAS, GEORGE WILLIAM
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, July 8, 1850; s. William Bradley and Charlotte Cornelia Dickinson (Ferris) Douglas; descendant Deacon
William and Ann (Mattle) Douglas, who with two children, emigrated from Ringstead, Northamptonshire, England, and landed at Cape Ann, removing to New London, Conn., in 1640; g.s. of Alanson Douglas (Ib. Stephentown, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1779) ; s. Wheeler and Martha ( Rathbone) Douglas; m. Anna, d. Hon. Solomon and Tamma (Thompson) Sutherland; of Dutchess Co., N. Y .; lawyer, subsequently cashier Chem. Bank and late ing'r Merchants and Mechanics Bank, Troy, N. Y .; de- clined offer from Pres. Van Buren of Secretaryship of Treasury in latter's Cabinet; assisted in organizing Mercantile Bank, N. Y. City, of which son, William Bradley Douglas, became first pres., 1850. George Wllllam Douglas, grad. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., 1868; Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., B.A. (valedictor- ian), 1871, M.A., 1874, D.D., 1895; received degree S.T.D. from Hobart Coll .. 1885, and from Univ. of South, 1899; grad. Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, 1874; studied at Oxford, England, and Univ. of Bonn, Ger- many, 1874-1876; m. Sept. 3, 1884, Cornelia de Koven, d. Hon. Hugh T. Dlekey, of N. Y. City. Ordered deacon by Bishop Horatio Potter, 1874; ordained priest, 1878, becoming ass't minister to Rev. Edward A. Washburn, D.D., at Calvary Ch., N. Y. City; ass't minister of Trinity Parish as vicar of Trinity Ch., 1879; resigned In 1886 on account of Ill health, and spent two years in Europe. Rector St. John's Ch., Washington, D. C., 1888-1891, Trinity Ch., New Haven, Conn., 1895-1898: select preacher at Grace Ch., N. Y. City, and instr. in Training Sch. for Deaconesses, 1898-1904; in 1904 be- came senlor canon of Cathedral of St. John the Dl- vine, N. Y. City. Author: Sermons Preached in St. John's Church, Washington; Prayers for Children; Hints to Sunday School Teachers; also various ser- nions, addresses, magazine articles and Essays in Ap- preciation. Clubs: Century, Groller, Tuxedo, Univer- sity, Union League (N. Y. City), Chicago (Chicago). Address: 5 E. 88th St., N. Y. Clty.
DOUGLAS, JAMES
Metallurglst; b. Quebec, Can., Nov., 1837; s. James (M.D.) and Ellzabeth (Ferguson) Douglas; ed. 1858, Edinburgh Univ., Scotland, and Queen's Univ., King- ston, Can., A.B., 1858; hon. LL.D., by McGill Univ., 1899; m. Frankfort, Germany, 1860, Naomi Douglas; 4 chll- dren living. Was prof. chemistry, Morrin Coll., Quebec; came to U. S., 1875, and was placed In charge of the copper works at Phoenixville, Pa., later connected with copper industry of Arlzona; pres. of El Paso & Southwestern R. R. Co., and F. Phelps Dodge & Co., a large mining corp'n; with late Dr. T. Sterry Hunt did much work in hydro-metallurgy of copper. Author: Canadian Independence; Old France in the New World; New England and New France; A Sketch of life of Dr. T. S. Hunt, and numerous technical articles and reports (biographical). Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs (twice pres.), Am. Philos. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc .; mem. and gold medalist of the Inst. of Mines and Metal- lurgy (London), Iron & Steel Inst. (of Great Britain), Franklin Inst., North of England Inst., Mining Eng'rs, Royal Soc. of Arts, 1909. Clubs: Century, Adirondack League, City, Engineers. Residence: Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y. Address: 99 John St., N. Y. City.
DOUGLAS. THEODORE
Consulting eng'r; b. Washington, D. C., March 2. 1869; s. James and Theodora (Carroll) Douglas; Yale Univ. class 1894: In. Greenwich, Conn., Oct. 7, 1908. Mrs. Eugene H. Lewis (née Amy Busby); children: Amy Lewis, b. 1902; Rosamond Lewis, b. 1904; Eugenia Lewis, b. 1906; Theodora, b. 1909; Ruth, b. 1913. Spent three years in Italy in archæol. and sanitary research work; metallurgist and eng'r for numerous metallur- gical and mlging companies, and in professional work traveled all over U. S. and Central America countries: Pres. and dlr. Cia, Metalurgica y Refinadora del Pacl- fico, Duplex Engine-Governor Co., Inc., and Hudson Equipment Corp'n. Republican; mem. Ch. Disciples of Christ. Mem. Inst. Mining Eng'r, A.A.A.S. Recrea- tions: Golf, tennis, trap shooting. Clubs: Engineers', Sleepy Hollow Country. Residence: Scarborough-on- Hudson, N. Y. Address: 80 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.
DOUGLAS. WALTER
Artist; b. Cincinnati, Ohio; s. John Gale and Mary (Vandeventer) Douglas; ed. in schs. of Cincinnati, and studied art at the Nat. Acad. of Design, Art Students'
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League, and with William M. Chase, N. Y. City, and in Paris. Exhibits in all the prominent art exb'ns of the U. S .; represented in the Salmagundi Club, N. Y. City, and several museums Pictures of fowl owned by many prominent art collectors of N. Y. and other citics. Mem. Am. Water Color Soc. Club: Salmagundi. Ad- dress: 122 West 23d St., N. Y. City.
N DOUGLAS, WILLIAM PROCTOR
Capitalist; b. N. Y. City, Oct., 1842; father owned a large estate at Douglaston, L. I .; ed. in Edinburgh, Scotland, and inherited L. I. estate from father; m. 1879, Adelaide L. Townsend; children: Miss E. S. and J. Gordon. Dir. North River Ins. Co .; is stockholder in several banks; is known all over world for his de- fence of America's Cup against British challenges. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc. Clubs: Union, N. Y. Yacht, Westminster Kennel, Tuxedo. Address: 12 W. 76th St., N. Y. City.
DOUGLASS, HARLAN PAUL
Clergyman; b. Osage, Iowa. Jan. 4, 1871; s. Truman Orville and Maria (Greene) Douglass; grad. Iowa Coll., A.B., 1891; A.M., 1896; D.D., Drury Coll., 1905: Chicago Theol. Sem., Andover Theol. Sem (grad. 1894); Har- vard Univ., 1895-1896 (on Williams fellowship); Sum- mer Sch. of Harvard; Chicago Univ. and Columbia, also N. Y. Sch. of Philanthropy; in. Cedar Rapids, Ia., June 25, 1895, Rena Sherman; one d .; Dorothy, b. Feb., 1898. Pastor Cong'l Ch., Manson, Ia., 1894-1895; Ames, Iowa, 1896-1900; Springfield, Mo., 1900-1906; instr. Drury Coll., 1900-1904; prof. philosophy, 1904- 1905; supt. ed'n Am. Missionary Ass'n, 1906-1910; corr. sec. since Apr., 1910. Author: Christian Reconstruc- tion in the South, and various pamphlets on Am, race problems. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Beta Chapter of Iowa; pres. Iowa Coll. Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. and vi- cinity. Trustee Atlanta Theol. Sem., Piedmont, Ga .; Talladega and Tillotson (Tex.) Colls .; Tougaloo (Miss.) and Howard (D.C.) Univ., and American and Foreign Christian Union. Clubs: Upper Montclair Country. New York Cong'l, Kappa Chi Ministerial. Residence: 129 Cooper Av., Upper Montclair, N. J. Address: 287 4th Av., N. Y. City.
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