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Shrine; formerly master. True Craftsman's Lodge or Masons. Dir. Harlem B'd of Commerce. Residence: 45 E. 82d St. Address: 144 W. 125th St., N. Y. City.
I FUESS, CHARLES WOERNER
Real estate and insurance; b. near Waterville, N. Y., May 10, 1860; s. Jacob and Johanna V. ( Woerner) Fuess; ed. dist. sch., Waterville (N. Y.) High Sch. and Acad., and Lowell's Commercial Coll., Bingham- ton, N. Y., ciass of 1881; m. Waterville, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1883, Edith Adell Seymour; descendant of John and Priscilla Alden. Owned and operated large hop farm at Waterville, and in 1889 engaged by real estate in- tercsts in Utica, N. Y., to go to New York, and take charge of their property, being mg'r for 18 years, of high-class real estate in N. Y .; took charge of Shel- don Hotel, Occan Grove, N. J., for five years, return- ing to N. Y., to enter into real estate and ins. busi- ness. Pres. Oneida Owning & Construction Co., pres. and treas. Co-operative Controlling Co., sec. Nat. Properties
Co. Prohibitionist (for years one of staunchest supporters, and is known as one of most logical and convincing speakers). Mem. Official B'd of M. E. Ch. Pres. Mct. Federation of Epworth Leagues; mem. representing City Ch. Extension and Missionary Soc .; lay mem. to Lay Members' Conv .; charter mem. and dir. of Epworth flouse (charitable home for working girls). Address: 110 W. 34th St., N. Y. City.
FUHRMANN, LOUIS P.
Mayor of Buffalo; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1868; s. Philip J. and Eliza (Sheiss) Fuhrmann; ed. Buffalo public schs .; m. July 3, 1900, Alice S. Meahl; two children. Alderman City of Buffalo, 5 years; mem. Dem. State Com .; elected mayor of Buffalo, Jan., 1910, terin expiring Dec. 31, 1913; re-elected Nov. 4, 1913, term expiring Dec. 31, 1917. Address: 438 Oak St., Buffalo, N. Y.
FULD, LEONHARD FELIX
Lawyer, examiner, author; b. N. Y. Clty, Aug. 12, 1883; s. Bernhard and Helene (Schwab) Fuld; grad. Columbia Univ., B.A., M.A., LL.B., LL.M., Ph.D. Awarded Toppan Prlze in constitutional law and six other prizes; admitted to bar. Examiner of the N. Y. Municipal Civil Service Comm'n since Oct., 1907. Ed- itor Sabin's Dictionary of Books Relating to Amer- ica (for Carnegie Inst. of Washington, D. C.), Mem. Civil Service Reform Ass'n, Pni Beta Kappa Soc., Amn. Acad. Physical Ed'n. Wrote a 600-page iilus- trated monograph entitled "Police Administration" ((. P. Putnam), 1909; monograph entitled "Kings College Alumni," 1913. Address: 299 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FULLER, CAROLINE
Author, composer; b. Bangor, Me., Sept. 10, 1873; d. Henry D. and Julia ( Muzzy) Fuller; grad. Smith Coll., LL.B., 1895. Mem. Phi Kappa P'si Soe., Leader Glee Club. Author: Across the Campus (Scribner, IS99), The Alley Cat's Kitten ( Little, Brown). Puss Pan- dora (Little, Brown, 1906), Brunhilde's Paying Guest (Century, 1907), The Bramble Bush (Appleton, 1911); musical comedy: The Old Songs, Songs, The Shepherd of the Day, The Quality of Mercy, Three Songs from Robert Browning. Club: Women's University. Resi- denee: Lakewood, N. J. Address: Women's University Club, 99 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
J FULLER, CLARA MCLEAN HEATH
Genealogist, philanthropist; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 8, 1853; on father's side comes from Holland-Dutch an- cestry, conspicuous in early Am. history and Coloniai and Revolutionary wars; ed. at private French schs. of Miss Constock, Madame Prevost and Mrs. Macauley, N. Y. City. Studied art in Art Students' League, N. Y. City, under instr'n of C. Y. Turner, Wm. M. Chase and others; was first student in Sch. of Applied Design for Women, founded in N. Y. City by Mrs. Dunlap- 11opkins, 1892; in. 1st, H. Courtney Manning, of N. Y. City; m. 2d, 1903, William E. Fuller, ass't att'y-gen. U. S. Actively Interested in patriotic, philanthropic, geneal. blog. and hist. work, and has won distinction in various dep'ts of art; widely known throughout country by her geneal. column In Sunday edition N. Y. Herald. Was for many years registrar Sve. Daugh- ters of Holland Dames of N. Y .; also recording sec .- gen. D. A. R. during administration of Mrs. Charles IV. Fairbanks (wife of ex-v .- p. of U. S.). Mem. N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc., Soc. Mayflower Descendants. Daughters of Holland Dames, D. A. R., Daughters of 1812, Nat. Soc. New England Women, Amn. Scenic- Historic Preservation Soc., Stony Woide Ass'n for Con- sumptives; ing'r N. Y. Home for Convalescents. Club: Congressional, of Washington, D. C. (one of incor- porators). Address: Carc N. Y. Genenlogical and Bio- graphical Soc., 226 W. 58th St., N. Y. City.
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FULLER, EUGENE
Surgeon; b. Wayland, Mass., May 8, 1858; s. Richard F. and Addie ( Recvcs) Fuller; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1SS0; M.D., 1SS4. Prof. venereal and genito-urinary surgery, N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch; visiting genito- urinary surgeon, City Hosp. and Post-Grad. Hosp. Author: Diseases of the Genito-Urinary System, 1901 (Macmillan); contb'r to medical publications. Ad- dress: 252 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
V FULLER, GEORGE WARREN
Sanitary eng'r; b. Franklin, Mass., Dec. 21, 1868; s. George Newell and Harriet (Cralg) Fuller; ed. Mass. inst. Technology, S.B., 1890, and at Univ. of Berlin. Served under Mass. State B'd of Health at Lawrence Experiment Station, 1890-1895, and was in charge there 1893-1895; in charge of tests for Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, on most available method for purification of water; practising since 1899, as sanitary and hydraulic eng'r. Hlas acted in advisory capacity In connection with filtration plants of N. Y. City, Washington, New Orleans, Baltimore, Columbus, etc. Clubs: Engineers, Technology. Residence: 160 Boule- ward, Summit, N. J: Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. ) City.
V FULLER, ROBERT HIGGINSON
Mg'r Publicity Bureau Merchants' Ass'n; b. Deer- field, Mass., Sept. 14, 1864; s. George and Agnes Gor- don (Higginson) Fuller; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1888; m. Boston, June 13, 1905, Elizabeth Adams Clagett. En- tered newspaper work, 1888, as a reporter on Wor- cester Spy; went to Albany as editor of Albany Sun- day Express, 1889; on staff of Albany Evening Journal; as asso. editor and political writer, 1SS9-1895; po- lltleal reporter and Albany legislative corr. N. Y. Herald, 1895-1907; sec. to Gov. Chas. E. Hughes, Jan. 1, 1907-July 1, 1910. Mem. State Water Supply Comm'n, July 1, 1910-July 1, 1911; asso. editor Albany Knickerbocker Press, July 1, 1911-Feb., 1912; ing'r Publicity Bureau Merchants' Ass'n of N. Y. While on N. Y. Herald attended nearly all Nat. and IState Convs., and reported the Albany Legislative sessions from 1903 to and including 1906. Occasional contb'r to maga- zines. Author: The Golden Hope, 1905 (Macmillan), a historical romance of the times of Alexander the Great, Gov't by the People, 1908 (Macmillan). Ad- dress: Merchants' Ass'n, 233 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FULLER, WESTON EARLE
Civil eng'r; b. Phillips, Me., July 27, 1879; s. William F. and Dora A. (Howard) Fuller; grad. Cornell Univ., G C.E., 1900. Instr. in civil eng'ring, Cornell Univ., 1900- 1902; m. Ogdensburg, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1907, Bertha J. \GABRIEL, MGRDITCH SIMBAD
Palmer. Mem. firm of Hazen & Whipple. consulting eng'rs. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Water Works Ass'n, N. E. Water Works Ass'n. Mem. Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Club: Cornell University. Resi- dence: Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Address: 30 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
FULLERTON, GEORGE S.
Educator; b. Fatehgarh, India, Aug. 18, 1859; s. Robert Stewart and Martha (White) Fullerton; grad. Univ. of Pa., A.B. (Phl Beta Kappa), 1879; A.M., 1882; Yale Univ., B.D., 1883; hon. Ph.D., Muhlenberg Coll., 1892, hon. LL.D., 1900; m. 1st, Alexandria, Va., Rebekah Daingerfield Smith (died May 5, 1892); 2d, Philadel- phia, March 8, 1897, Julia Winslow Dickerson. Instr., 1883-1885; adjunct prof., 1885-1887, prof. philosophy, 1887-1904, at Univ. of Pa. (dean dep't philosophy, 1889- 1890, dean of coll. and v .- p. Univ., 1894-1896; v .- p. of Univ., 1896-1898); prof. philosophy Columbia Univ., since 1904; Am. Exchange prof. to Austrian Univs., 1913-1914. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Philos. Soc., Am. Philos. Ass'n, Am. Psychol. Ass'n. Author: Prellm- inary Report of the Scybert Commission on Spiritual- ism (part author), 1887; The Conception of the In- finite, 1887; A Plain Argument for God, 1SS9; On Sameness and Identity, 1890; The Philosophy of Spi- noza, 1894; On Spinozistic Immortality, 1899; A Sys- tem of Metaphysics, 1901; An Introduction to Phil- osophy, 1906; The World We Live In, 1912. Address: Columbia University, N. Y. City.
FURMAN, JOHN MYERS
Educator; b. Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1866; s. Henry Alonzo and Catherine (Myers) Furman; grad. Schenectady High Sch., 1885; A.B., Union Coll., 1889. A.M., 1892; m. Sept. 5, 1889, Anna Cuyler Rector, of Schenectady. Began teaching at Cambridge, N. Y., 1889; owner and headmaster Irving Sch. (for boys), Tarrytown, N. Y. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Address: Tarrytown, N. Y.
V FURNISS, HENRY DAWSON
Physician and surgeon; b. Selma, Ala., March 25, 1STS; s. John Perkins and Elizabeth Matthews (Daw- son) Furniss; ed. Univ. of Alabama, Univ. of Va., M.D., 1899. Interne N. Y. Post-Grad. Hosp., 1899-1901; post-
grad. med. course, Berlin, Germany, 1901-1902. Since then practising medicine and surgery in N. Y. City Adjunct prof. in gynecology and ass't attending gyne- cologist, N. Y. Post-Grad. Hosp., ass't attending sur- geol City IIosp. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, N. Y. County Med. Soc., Ain. Med. Ass'n. N. Y. Acad. Medi- cinc, N. Y. Obstet. Soc., hon. life mem. Dallas County (Ala.) Med. Ass'n; pres. N. Y. Post-Grad. Hosp. Alumni Ass'n; men. l'i Mu med. fraternity (Univ. of Va.), Phi Delta Theta, Univ. of Va. Alumni Ass'n, Ala. Soc., Southern Soc. Clubs: Columbia Yacht, N. Y. Athletic. Address: 393 West End Av., N. Y. City.
FURST, CLYDE
Educator; b. 1873; grad. Dickinson Coll., Ph.B., 1893; A.M., 1895; Litt.D., 1911; grad. student Johns Hopkins, 1893-1897, and Columbia Univ., 1899-1900; m. 1900, Mary Louise O'Neil. Lecturer Ain. Soc. for Extension of University Teaching, 1807-1899; dir. Secondary Sch., 1900-1902; sec. Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., 1902- 1911; lecturer and asso. prof., 1903-1911; see. Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching, since 1911. Address: 576 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
FURST, MICHAEL
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, July 15. 1856; s. Solomon and "Bertha (Jaffe) Furst; ed. Public Sch. 6, Brooklyn, Poly. Inst., Yale, A.B. (commencement orator), 1876; .Columbia Law Sch., LL. B., 1878; unmarried. Admitted to bar May, 1878, and has practised profession con- tinuously since in Brooklyn; ass't eorp'n counsel City of Brooklyn during 1591-1898, had charge of street opening bureau; appt'd by Justice Gaynor, a comm'r to widen Livingston St .; Croton Aqueduct Comm'r, 1910. First v .- p. Kings Co. Mortgage Co .; dir. Mon- tauk Bank. Republican; Hebrew; pres. Temple Is- rael; trustee Brooklyn Bar Ass'n; mein. Character Com., since 1911; Yale Alumni Ass'n of L. 1., Soc. of Old Brooklynites, Brooklyn Young Republican Club, Gilbert Council Royal Arcanum, Eagle Council Loyal Addition; Montague Conelave, IIeptasophs; Brook- lyn League, S. Brooklyn B'd of Trade, Ilebrew Edn'l Soc. of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities; dir. Young Men's Hebrew Ass'n of Brook- lyn; trustec Brooklyn Ilebrew Orphan Asylum Soc. Clubs: Brooklyn, Montauk, Republican (dir.). Resi- dence: 115 Prospect Park W. Address: 215 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Physician, writer; b. Eghin, Armenia, Dec. 15, 1856; s. Gabriel and Serma; ed. Am. Normal Sch., Harpoot, Armenia, 1875-1876; Central Turkey Coll., Aintab, Turkey, 1878-1881; M.D., Univ. of Paris, France, 1SS3- 1885; student in Columbia Univ. (Sch. of Polit. Sci- ence), 1895-1897; m. Eghin, , Armenla, 1877, Moriam Jamgochian; one s .: Ooshim, b. 1882. Consulting phy- sician and prof. practlsc of medicine in Azaria-Smith Hosp., Alntab, Turkey, 1885-1886; came to U. S., 1886; since then practising physician in N. Y. City; charter fellow Med. Ass'n of the Greater N. Y. Author: The Regeneration of the Armenians (in Armenian), 1879 (Constantinople) ; The Haik, semi-monthly review (Armenian), 1891-1898 (N. Y. City) ; Facts About Ar- menia, 1895 (N. Y. Clty); Bleeding Armenia (in col- laboration with A. W. Williams), 1896; Principles of Clinical Medicine (translated from French), 1901 (Ap- pleton & Co.); Infections Discases (translated from French), 1903 (Lea Bros. & Co.); Manquat's Prin- ciples of Therapeutics, translated from French (D. Ap- pleton & Co.); The Armenian Crisis and Regeneration (in Armenian). 1905 (Boston); The Armenian Race (Armenian), 1911 (Boston); The Armenian Dialect of Eghin, and the Modern Armenian Language, 1912, Vienna, Austria (honored with Izmirlian Prize of Ar- menian Patriarchate of Constantinople). Pres. Arme- nian General Progressive Ass'n, and Anı. Section of Ot- toman Red Crescent Soc. Address: 410 W. 23d St., N. Y. City.
GADE, JOHN ALLYNE
Architeet; b. Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 10, 1875; s. Gerhard and Helen Rebecca (Allyne) Gade; ed. An- derssens Sch,, Christiania, Norway; Royal Ducal Gym- nasium, Brunswick, Germany; Lycce Ste. Barbe, Paris, France; Harvard Univ., S.B., 1896; m. Rochester, N. Y., Nov., 1907, Ruth Sibley; children: Fredrik ilerman, b. 1908; Margaret Durbin, b. 1910. Architect of Roch- ester Art Gallery, Strong and Anthony Halls, Roch- ester Unlv .; various residence in N. Y. City and coun- try estates throughout enstern States, factories and public bld'gs. Partner in firm Foster & Gide. Lu- theran. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects: Knight of Arst class of Order of St. Olaf (Norway); dir. Norwegian Lutheran Deaconesses' Home Hosp., Brooklyn, trustee
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Am. Scandinavian Foundation. Author: Cathedrals of Spain (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.), 1911, and constant contb'r to various periodicals. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, University, Harvard, Genesee Valley, Roch- ester. Residence: 107 E. 71st St. Address: 15 W. 38th St., N. Y. City.
GAFFNEY, THOMAS ST. JOHN
U. S. consul-gen .; b. Limerick, Ireland, May 17, 1864; s. Alderman Thomas Gaffney, J.P., and Agnes Mary (Clune) Gaffney; ed. Clongowes Wood Coll. and Royal Univ. of Ireland; m. Mrs. Fannie Humphreys. Be- came active in all patriotic efforts of his time in sup- port of Irish nationality, and was especially identi- fied with movement under leadership of late Charles Stewart Parnell. In 1882 came to U. S. and studied for N. Y. Bar, to which was admitted, and, subse- quently, became strong advocate of the principles of the Republican party. Was sec. Mckinley League of State of N. Y. in campaign of 1896. Has been frequent contb'r to magazines and newspapers on national and internat. subjects. Has been an extensive traveler in European countries, and was decorated with Cross of the Legion of Honor by Pres. Loubet, 1902, and King of Belgians made him an officer of Order of Leopold the Second, Feb., 1906. Presented to German Kaiser, 1907. Appt'd consul-gen. to Dresden, Saxony, by Pres. Roosevelt immediately after his election, and consul- gen. to Munich, by Pres. Wilson, 1913. Mem. Am. Irish Hist. Soc., Knights of Columbus, Gaelic Soc., Irish Texts Soc. of London. Clubs: Republican (N. Y. City), Royal Saxon Automobile, Dresden Golf, Ger- mal. Touring (Munich), Touring (France), Royal Sax- on Aviation. Address: Am. Consulate-Gen., Munich. Bavarla, Germany.
GAGE, SIMON HENRY
Educator; b. Otsego County, N. Y., May 20, 1851; 8. Henry van Tassel and Lucy Ann (Grover) Gage; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1877; m. Morrisville, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1881, Susanna Stewart Phelps; one s .: Henry Phelps, b. Oct. 4, 1886. Ass't and instr. in vertebrate zoology, 1878-1881; ass't prof. 1881-1889; asso. prof. 1889-1896; prof. histology and embryology, Cornell Univ., since 1896, Co-editor Am. Journal of Anatomy; chm'n Section Embryology, Internat. Congress of Arts and Sciences, St. Louis, 1904. Author: The Micro- scope; Anatomical Technology (with Prof. Burt G. Wilder); also contb'r to scientific journals on com- parative histology and embryology. Fellow A.A.A.S. (v .- p., 1885, 1892, 1899); mem. Am. Soc. Naturalists, Am. Soc. Zoologists, Ass'n Am. Anatomists, Am. Mi- croscopical Soc. (pres., 1895, 1906); asso. mem. Am. Med. Ass'n; mem. N. Y. State Science Teachers' Ass'n (pres., 1896) ; hon. mem. N. Y. State Veterinary Med. Ass'n. Mem. Delta Upsilon, Omega Upsilon Phi (hon. mem.) fraternities. Address: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
GAGE, SUSANNA PHELPS
Biologist; b. Morrisville, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1857; d. Henry S. and Mary (Austin) Phelps; ed. Cazenovia Sem. and Cornell Univ., Ph.B., 1880; m., 1881, Prof. Simon Henry Gage. Has made investigations and published numerous papers in embryology, especially in reference to the structure of muscle, comparative anatomy of the nervous system, comparative mor- phology of brain and development of the human brain. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Soc. Zoologists, Ass'n Am. Anatomists, Am. Micros. Soc., Sigma Xi, German Anatomische Gesellschaft; also asso. mem. Alpha Epsilon Iota (med. sorority); trustee George Washington Memorial Ass'n. Address: 4 South Av., Ithaca, N. Y.
GAGER, C. STUART
Dir. Brooklyn Botanic Garden; b. Norwich, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1872; s. Charles C. and Leora Josephine (Darke) Gager; grad. Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1895; N. Y. State Normal Coll., Albany, Pd.M., 1897; Corneil Univ., Ph.D., 1902; m. Rensselaer, N. Y., 1902, Bertha Woodward Bagg; children: Benjamin Stuart, b. 1904; Ruth Prudence, b. 1910. Laboratory ass't in biology, Syracuse Univ., 1894-1895; vice-prin. Ives Sem., 1895- 1896; prof. biol, sciences and physiography, N. Y. State Normal Coll., 1897-1905; ass't botany, Summer Sch., Cornell, 1901-1902; instr., 1904; laboratory ass't N. Y. Bot. Garden, . 1904-1905; acting prof. botany, Rutgers Coll., 1905; teacher of botany, Morris High Sch., N. Y. City, 1905; instr. botany, N. Y. Univ. Sum- mer Sch., 1905-1906; dir. the laboratories, N. Y. Bot. Garden, 1906-1908; prof. botany, Univ., Missouri, 1908- 1910. Mem. N. Y. Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi; fellow A.A.A.S., Bot. Soc. of America, Soc. Experimental Bi- ology and Medicine, Am. Soc. Biol. Chemistry, Brook- lyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, Am. Soc. for Planting and Preservation of City Trces (v .- p.), Nat. Geog. Soc .;
fellow N. Y. Acad. Science, N. Y. State Forestry Ass'n (v .- p.), Columbia Univ. Biochem. Ass'n. Club: Torrey Botanical. Address:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y.
GAGGIN, EDWIN HALL
Architect; b. Erie, Pa., Nov. 12, 1866; s. Richard F. and Gertrude P. (Hall) Gaggin; ed. Syracuse Univ., Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. Jan. 11, 1911, Eva G. Roe. Mem. firm Gaggin & Gaggin, architects. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsiion fraternity, Am. Inst. of Archi- tects. Mason. Shriner. Residence: 846 Ostrom Av. Address: 920 University Block, Syracuse, N. Y.
GAILLARD, EDWIN WHITE
Librarian; b. Louisville, Ky., June 14, 1872; s. Ed- win Samuel and Mary Elizabeth (Gibson) Gaillard; ed. in schs. of N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 1, 1906, Clara Sackett; onc s .: Edwin Gibson, b. 1907. Mem. editorial staff Independent, 1888-1895; traveled ex- tensively in the West, Nova Scotia, Mexico, West In- dies and Islands of South Pacific, contributing mean, while to various periodicals. Librarian Webster Free Circulating Library, N. Y. City, since 1897; super- visor of work with schs. and colleges, N. Y. Public Library, since 1903; appt'd sp'l investigator N. Y. Public Library, May 1, 1913. Pres. N. Y. City Library Club; treas. N. Y. State Library Ass'n. Mem. Advis- ory Council Internat. Com. on Moral Training, Y.M. C.A .; trustec East Side House Settlement. Pres. Li- 'brary Section, Nat. Ed'n Ass'n; treas. Chinese Literary Soc .; mem. N. Y. State Museum Ass'n, 1910; B'd of Govs., Metropolitan Debating League, 1912-1913; pres. Port Washington Free Library, 1913; sp'l lecturer, vocational guidance, Teachers' Co!l .; mem. Port Washington B'd of Trade, 1913; mem. Volunteer Fire Dep't Port Washington, 1913, and Vocational Guid- ance Ass'n, N. Y., 1913. Club: Knickerbocker Yacht Address: N. Y. Public Library, 476 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
GAILLARD, WILLIAM EYRE GIBSON
Real estate operator; b. Louisville, Ky., March 1, 1877; s. Edwin S. (M.D., LL.D., Ph.D.) and Mary Eliz- abeth (Gibson) Gaillard; ed. Trinity Sch., N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, 1906, Mary S Bateson; one d .: Mary S. Bateson. Entercd office Stephen van Rensselaer Cruger & Co., 1893, founded 1896, for purpose of mn'g land grants and developing farm holdings of Killiaen van Rensselaer, who received property from Crown, 1629; admitted to partnership, 1897, firm changing to McVickar & Co .; with partner, organized McVickar Realty Trust Co., 1902, becoming 1st v .- p .; co. merged with Empire State Trust Co., 1904, later with Em- pire Trust Co., the realty and mortgage business con- tinuing under McVickar-Gaillard Realty Co., and ins. business under Gaillard & Co. Resigned as v .- p. of Empire Trust Co. and became v .- p. N. Y. Real Estate Security Co., 1908. Pres. and dir. McVickar-Gaillard Realty Co., Gaillard & Co .; v .- p. and dir. Ccdartown Knitting Co .; dir. Josephine Knitting Mills Co., Wal- mita Knitting Mills Co. Mem. Real Estate B'd of Brokers, Real Estate Auctioneers' Ass'n, .S. C. Hist. Soc., N. Y. Southern Soc. (gov.). Clubs: N. Y. Ath- letic, City Lunch, Lawyers, City Midday, Knollwood Country, Sea Bright Lawn Tennis and Cricket, Vir- ginia, South Carolina. Residence: Hotel Gotham. Ad- dress: 42 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GAINES, CHARLES KELSEY
Educator; b. town of Royalton, Niagara Co., N. Y., Oct. 21, 1854; s. Absalom Graves and Emma Clara (Hurd) Gaines; grad. St. Lawrence Univ., B.A., 1876; M.A., 1879; Ph.D., Lombard Univ., 1892; m Canton, N. Y., July 2, 1878, Campbellina Pendleton Woods; one s .: Clarence Hurd, b. June 1, 1879. Prof. St. Lawrence Univ., 1876-1896, and since 1900 (chairs Greek and English literature). Engaged in journalism, N. Y. City, 1896-1900, and for several years v .- p. Bachel- Icr Newspaper Syndicate. Traveled in England, Italy, Greece and Egypt, 1892-1893. Author: Gorgo, a Ro- mance of Old Athens, 1903 (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard); The New Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Prac- tice, authorized revision, 1912 (E. P. Dutton & Co.); also various short stories and poems. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Address: St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, N. Y.
GAINES, CLEMENT CARRINGTON
Business educator; b. Mossingford, Chariotte Co., Va., March 15. 1857; s. Richard Venable and Jane Vir- ginia (Watkins) Gaines; ed. Hampden-Sidney Coll., A. B., 1875, A.M., 1896; Univ. of Va .. B.L., 1882; Eastman Business Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1882, Syracuse Univ., LL.D., 1910; m. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1884, Mrs. M. M. Eastman. Instr. mathematics and Latin in high sch. at Fincastle, Va., 1875-1876; prin-
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cipal of Elmwood school near Walton, Ky., 1876-1877; Oakland Inst., Pembroke, Ky., 1877-1878, and of High School at Charlotte C. H., Va., 1878-1880, admitted to lil. Bar, and began practice of law at Chicago, 1883; teacher in banking dep't Eastman Business Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1884; pres. Eastman Coll., since Nov. 24, 1884; also pres. Eastman-Gaines Sch., 123d St. and Lenox Av., N. Y. City, which he established in 1892. Author: The Farmer and His Future; Sim- plifled Shorthand; Practical Bookkeeping; Boys and Business; Arithmetic for Business; How to Write a Good Hand. Was organizer, 1898, and first pres. N. Y. Ass'n Registered Business Schools; one of organizers 1896, and mem. of first Exec. Com. Harlem B'd of Commerce; mem. N. Y. Ass'n Academic Pricipals. Re- publican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Inst. Civics. Am. Soc. Christian Philosophy, Va. Hist. Soc., Va. Soc. In N. Y., S. A. R., Society of Cincinnati (Virginia Chapter) ; Southern Soc. Clubs: Dutchess Golf and Country, Uni- versity (Poughkeepsie) Lotos (N. Y.), Westmoreland, Richmond, Va. Address: Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
GAINES, RICHARD HEYWARD
Chemist; b. Mossingford, Va., Feb. 10, 1862; s. Major Richard V. and Virginla (Watkins) Gaines; ed. pri- vate schs., Bethel Mil. Acad .; grad. Univ. of Va. 1883; unmarried. In charge of private analytical and re- search laboratory, Norfolk, Va., 1884-1888; chief chem- Ist State Laboratory of Va., 1888-1899; in private busi- ness 1899-1906; chief chemist N. Y. B'd of Water Sup- ply, since 1906. During past ten years, made numerous researches bearing on chemistry of materials of con- struction, results of which were published in various eng'ring and chemical journals, or in transactions of eng'ring and chemical socs. Research work included waterproofing concrete, the corrosion of metals and matallurgy of same, the new alloys notably monel metal. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Electro-Chem. Soc., Soc. Industrial Chemistry of England, Internat, Soc. of Testing Materials, Am. Soc. of Testing Materials, Am. Public Health Ass'n, N. Y. Soc. of Municipal Eng'rs. Va. Soc. of Cincinnati, South- ern Soc., Soc. of Virginians. Recreations: Horse-back riding, fox hunting, partridge shooting, golf, yacht- ing. Clubs: Lotos, MacDowell, Chemists. Residence: 61 W. 55th St. Address: 147 Varick St., N. Y. City.
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