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GARFEIN, RAPHAEL
Contractor, inf'r. Made sp'l study of polit. economy and natural philosophy, and traveled extensively over U. S. and Europe, and devoted much time to investi- gation in Europe, Elected mem. Assembly on Repub- lican ticket, 1910, and advocated establishment of system of compulsory ins, and full compensation for industrial injuries to workmen. Address: 1216 Boston Road, N. Y. City.
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GARLAND, HAMLIN
Novelist, lecturer; b. West Salem, Wis., Sept. 16, 1860; s. Richard Hayes and Isabel (Mcclintock) Gar- land; ed. Cedar Valley Sem., Osage, Iowa, and at Bos- ton; m. Hanover, Kan., Nov. 18, 1899, Zulime Taft; children: Mary Isabel, b. July 16, 1903; Constance, b. June 15, 1907. Taught sch. in Ill., 1882-1883; took up claim in McPherson Co., Dak., 1883; went to Boston in 1884; began to write storles, 1887; went to Klondike by trail in 1898; has summer home at birthplace. Has traveled extensively from Alaska to Central America; spends several months trailing in Rocky Mountains every summer. Author: Main-travelcd Roads, 1890- 1898; Jason Edwards, 1891; A Little Norsk, 1891; Prairie Folks, 1892; A Spoil of Office, 1892; A Mem- ber of the Third House, 1892; Crumbling Idols (es- says), 1893; Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, 1895; Wayside Courtships, 1897; Ulysses Grant (biography), 1898; Prairie Songs, 1894; The Spirit of Sweetwater, 1898; The Eagle's Heart, 1900; Her Mountaln Lover, 1901; The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop, 1902; Hesper, 1903; Light of the Star, 1904; The Tyranny of the Dark, 1905; Money . Magic, 1906; The Shadow World, 1908; Other Main Traveled Roads, 1910. Clubs: The Players (N. Y. City) ; The Cliff Dwellers (Chicago). Address: The Cliff Dwellers, Michigan Boul., Chicago, Il1.
GARNSEY, ELMER ELLSWORTH
Artist, mural painter; b. Holmdel, N. J., Jan. 24, 1862; s. John C. and Louisa J. Garnsey; ed. Cooper Inst. and Art Students' League; pupil of George W. Maynard and Francis Lathrop; m. Redbank, N. J., Oct. 6, 1886, Laurada Davls; children: Helen L., Julian E., Laura, Arlo E. Has painted mural decorations in U. S. Capitol and Library of Congress, Washington, D. C .; Boston Public Library, Bowdoin Coll., Yale Univ. Me- morial Hall, State House, Providence, R. I .; Minne- sota Capitol, St. Paul; Provident Bank, Baltimore; Riggs Nat. Bank and Evening Star Bld's, Washington, D. C .; Prudential Ins. Bld'g, Newark, N. J .; Carnegie Inst., Mechanics Nat. Bank, and Farmers' Nat. Bank, Pittsburg, Pa .; Columbia Univ. Library, Stock Ex- change, N. Y. Life Ins. Co., Equitable Life Assurance Soc., University, Unlon and Yale Clubs, Bowery Bank, N. Y. Savs. Bank, Greenwich Savs. Bank, N. Y. City, Electricity Bld'g, Music Hall, Fine Arts Bld'g, N. Y. State Bld'g, at Columbian Exp'n (bronze medal) ; U. S. Pavllion, Paris Exp'n (silver and bronze medals); State Capitol, Des Moines, Ia., State Capitol, Madison, Wis., Public Library, St. Louis, Mo., Guaranty Trust Co., N. Y. City, U. S. Custom House, N. Y. City. Hon- orary mem. Am. Inst. Architects; v .- D. Nat. Soc. Mural Painters. Club: Century. Address: White Plains, N. Y.
GARRELS, ARTHUR
Consul; b. St. Louis, Mo., 1873; s. William and An- tonie (Wiebe) Garrels; ed. publie schs., Smith Acad., Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo .; unmarried. For- merly engaged in banking, and bond and stock brok- erage business; circumnavigated globe 1900-1903. Appt'd Consul of U. S. at Zanzibar, Nov. 27, 1907; con- sul at Catanla, Italy, Jan. 11, 1910; consul at Alexan- dria, Egypt, since Aug. 22, 1912. Unitarian. Clubs: Union, Khedivial (Alexandria, Egypt). Residence: Consulate, Alexandria, Egypt.
GARRETSON, GARRET JAMES
Jurist; b. Newtown, N. Y., 1847; ed. at private schs. and Flushing Inst., L. I., N. Y .; m. 1st, Roslyn, N. Y., 1876, Eliza L. Eastman (died 1888); children: Lydia Macy, Mary Lloyd, Grace Eastman, James; m. 2d, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1897, Sara Wilson. Admitted to bar, 1869; sch. comm'r, Queens Co., N. Y., 1873-1875; sur- rogate, 1880; county judge of Queens Co., 1886-1896; mem. Greater N. Y. Charter Comm'n, 1896; justice Supreme Court, 1897-1910; re-elected 1910 for term ex- piring Dec. 31, 1917. Address: Elmhurst, N. Y.
GARRETT, JOHN WORK
Diplomat; b. Baltimore, May 19, 1872; s. Thomas Harrison and Alice Dickenson (Whitridge) Garrett; grad. Princeton Unlv., B. S., 1895; m. Washington, D. C., Dec. 24, 1908, Allce Warder. Mem. firm Robert Garrett & Sons. Sec. Am. Legation at The Hague, 1901-1903, to Netherlands and Luxemburg, 1903-1905; 2nd sec. Am. Embassy at Berlin, 1905-1908; 1st sec. Am, Em- bassy at Rome, 1908-1911; envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Venezuela, Dec. 1910-Nov., 1911, and to Argentina, Nov. 1911. Delegate 5th and 7th Nat. Irrigation Congresses, 1896, 1898; sec. Am .- Russian sealing arbitration, The Hague, 1902; sec. Arbitral Tribunal in Venezuela Preferential treatment case, The Hague, 1903-1904; Delegate Hosp. Shlp Conf., The Hague, 1904, and signed Hospital Ship Conv., Dec. 21, 1904; was 11 times charge d'affaires ad interim at The Hague, 7 times at Luxemburg, 3 times at Ber- lin, and 4 times at Rome. Mem. Am. Soc. Internat.
Law, Archæol. Inst. of America, Am. Forestry Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington), Princeton (Philadelphia), University, Princeton, Nat Arts, Grolier, Strollers (New York), Baltimore, Mary- land, Elkridge Kennels, Country, Merchants, Bach- elors' Cotillion, University, Charcoal (Baltimore). Residence: "Evergreen," Govans. Md. Address: Gar- rett Bld'g, Baltimore, Md., and Am. Legation, Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic.
GARRETT, ROBERT
Banker; b. Baltimore County, Md., June 24,. 1875; a Thomas Harrison and Alice Dickinson ( Whitridge) Garrett; grad. Princeton Univ., B. S., 1897; student in history and economics at Johns Hopkins Univ., sev- eral years; m. Baltimore, Md., May 1, 1907, Katharine Barker Johnson; children: Harrison, b. April 27, 1911; Johnson, b. Oct. 26, 1912. Partner in banking firm of Robert Garrett & Sons; dir. Western Nat. Bank, Provi- dent Savings Bank, Safe Deposit & Trust Co., MId. Trust Co., Md. Casualty Co., Davison Chemical Co., Re- Roland Park Co., and Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co .; prop'r Unlon News, weekly county newspaper. publican candidate for Md. House of Delegates, 1903- 1905, and for Congress, 1904, 1906, 1908. Mem. Repub- lican State Central Com. of Md., Troop A, Md. N. G., 7 years; now mem. Gov. Goldsborough's staff with rank of brig .- gen. Presby'n. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Oriental Soc., Am. Acad. Polit, and Social Science, Md. Hlst. Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n, Am. Geog. Soc .; trustee Princeton Univ., Peabody Inst .; dir. Federated Charl- ties, Baltimore; Y.M.C.A., Baltimore; pres. Social Ser- vice Corp'n; mcm. Johns Hopkins Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Tiger Inn ('Princeton), Grolier, Uni- versity (N. Y.), Metropolitan (Washington), Baltimore, Maryland, and others (Baltimore). Residence: Ro- land Park. Address: German & South Sts., Baltimore, Md.
GARRISON, JOHN BOGGS
Physician and surgeon; b. Blawenburgh, Somerset Co., N. J., Jan. 8, 1849; s. Peter S. and Hannah De- weese (Boggs) Garrison; ed. public schools and Hope- well Scm., Hopewell, N. J., N. Y. Homc. Med. Coll. and Flower Hosp., M.D., 1882; m. Kingston-on-Hudson, April 18, 1883, Emma J. Hill; cirildren: Hannah, b. 1884 (deceased); Hilda, b. 1887; and John B., Jr., b. 1888 (deceased). Dir. Drug Proving N. Y. Home. Med. Coll. and Flower Hosp. Mem. visiting staff Hahnemann Hosp. and scc. Med. B'd; laryngologist, staff Laura Franklin Hosp. (exec. officer); Soc. Sons of Revolution of N. J .; Faculty of N. Y. Home. Med. Coll. and Flower Hosp. Old School Baptist. Mem. Am. Inst. of Homeopathy, Homc. Med. Soc. of N. Y. (ex-pres.), laryngologist to N. Y. State Dep't of Health; ex-pres. Am. Homce. Ophthal., Otol, and Laryngol. Soc. Clubs: Meissen, Unanimous. Republican. Country home: Hopewell, N. J. Address: The Sydenham, 616 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
JGARRISON, LINDLEY MILLER
Secretary of War; b. Camden, N. J., Nov. 28, 1864; s. Rev, Joseph F., D.D., and Elizabeth V. (Grant) Garrison; ed. public schools; later attended Episcopal Acad., Philadelphia; Phillips Acad., Exeter; one year Harvard Univ .; grad. Univ. of Pa. LL.B,, 1886; m. Jersey City, N. J., June 30, 1900, Margaret Hildeburn. Admitted to Philadelphia bar 1886, N. J. Bar 1888; in active practice of law until appt'd , vice chan- cellor of State of N. J., June 15, 1904; resigned this office March 5, 1913, when appt'd sec. of war. Dem- ocrat. Clubs: Harvard (N. J.), Lotos, Lawyers (N. Y. City). Address: Washington, D. C.
GARVER, JOHN A.
Lawyer; b. 1854; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1871; Yale, A.B., 1875; Columbla Law Sch., LL.B., 1877; m. New Haven, Conn., Rebecca C. Brewster; one son: Chauncey Brewster Garver, b. April 4, 1886 (Yale, 1908, Harvard Law Sch .; 1911). Mein. since 1884 of law firm of Shearman & Sterling, formed in 1874 by the late Thomas G. Shearman and by John W. Sterling, the present partners being John W. Sterling, John A. Garver and James M. Beck; the firm of Shearman & Sterling Is one of the oldest In N. Y., and is counsel for many banks and other large corp'ns; the firm represented the Consolidated Gas Co. in the elghty-cent gas litigation, and Mr. Garver was senior counsel. Was counsel for de- fendants in recent Brazilian Coffee Case brought by U. S. to reach and dispose of so-called "Valoriza- tlon Coffee"; and has acted as counsel In many im- portant cases in courts of N. Y. and other States, as well as In Federal Courts. Men. Ass'n Bar Clty of N. Y., N. Y. Law Inst. Clubs: University, Yale,
City Lunch, Piping Rock. Address: 55 Wall St., N. Y. City.
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GARY, ELBERT HENRY
Chm'n U. S. Steel Corp'n; b. Wheaton, Ill., Oct. 8, 1848; s. Erastus and Susan A. (Vallette) Gary; an- cestors settled (in New England, 1640; ed. Wheaton public schools, Wheaton Coli., and Chicago Univ., Law Dep't, LL.B., 1867 (LL.D. McKendree Coll., Ill., 1906); m. 1st, June 23, 1869, Julia E. Graves, of Aurora, Ill. (died June 21, 1902); children: Gertrude (Mrs. Dr. Harry Willis Sutcliffe), Bertha (Mrs. Robert W. Campbell); m. 2d., N. Y. City, Dec. 2, 1905, Mrs. Emma Townsend Scott. Admitted to bar of Ill., 1867, of Supreme Court of U. S., 1878. Pres. Village of Wheaton, Ill., three terms; first mayor City of Wheaton, two terms; county judge Du Page Co., Iil., two terms; practised law in Chicago for 25 years, and was general counsel for many large corp'ns; pres. Chicago Bar Ass'n, 1893-1894. Took a leading part in org'n of Consolidated Steel & Wire Co., 1890, Am. Steel & Wire Co., of Iil., 1898, and Federal Steel Co., 1898; retired from practice of law to become pres. of the latter, Oct., 1898, in which position continues; prominently connected with org'n of U. S. Steel Corp'n, in which is chm'n of the B'd of Dirs. and of Finance Com., and chief executive officer, also dir. in vario is railroads, banks, etc. Trustee Northwestern Univ. Clubs: Metropolitan, N. Y. Yacht, Union League (Chicago)). Residence: 856 Fifth Av. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GASTON, CHARLES ROBERT
Teacher, editor; b. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 6, 1874; s. Charles Henry and Mary Beatrice (Warren) Gaston; ed. Brooklyn Boys' High Sch .; grad. Cornell Univ., Ph.B., 1896, Ph.D., 1904; m. Sept. 28, 1907, Edith Gertrude Fales, of Detroit, Mich .; children: Edith Gertrude, b. Aug. 6, 1908; Robert Stephen, b. Jan. 9, 1911. Teacher of English, Cornell Univ., 1896-1900; same Richmond Hill High Sch., since 1900; Sec. Ass'n of High Sch. Teachers of English, N. Y. City, since 1905. Passed First Assistants' examination in Eng- fish for high schs. of N. Y. City, Nov., 1907. Has twice made the tour of Scotland, England and the Continent, also of Colorado, California and the
Yellowstone. Pres. Federation of Grad. Clubs, 1899- 1900. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Ass'n of N. Y. City. Editor: Hawthorne's Twice Told Tales; Shakespeare's As You Like It; Irving's Life of Goldsmith; Wash- ington's Farewell Address; Webster's Bunker Hill Oration; Defoe's Robinson Crusoe; Poe's Raven; Whit- tier's Snow-Bound; Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standlsh; Ruskin's Sesame .and Lilies; Macaulay's Essays on Lord Clive and Warren Hastings; Lin- coin's Cooper Institute Speech; Macaulay's Copyright Speeches; Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice; Steven- son's Treasure Island (for Macmillan's Pocket Classics Series, Ginn & Co., Standard Classics Series, Heath's English Classics, and Merrill's English Texts). Recrea- tion: Gardening. Address: Richmond Hill High School, N. Y. City.
GASTON, GEORGE H.
Second v .- p. Met. Life Ins. Co .; b. Newark, N. J., April 11, 1858; ed. in public sch. Entered at age of 16, the service of the Prudential of Newark; be- came idenilfied with Met. Life Ins. Co., 1879; elected sec. Jan., 1891, elected dir. 1892, and at next regular meeting of board of directors, April 26, 1892, was elected second v .- p., holding offices of sec. and sec- ond v .- p. until May 17, 1894; then resigned secre- taryship,, and has since continued as second v .- p. Address: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. Clty.
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GATES, FREDERIC TAYLOR
Business mg'r, financier; b. Maine, Broome Co., N. Y., July 2, 1853; s. Rev. Grenville and Sarah J. (Bowers) Gates; grad. Univ. Rochester, 1877, A.M., 1879; Rochester Theol. Sem., 1880; LL.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1911; m. Racine, Wis., 1886, Emma L. Cahoone. Was pastor Central Bapt. Ch., Minneapolis, 1880-1888; corr. sec. Am. Bapt. Ed'n Soc., 1888-1893; as such established Univ. of Chicago. Since 1893 business and benevolent mg'r for John D. Rockefeller; chm'n Gen. Ed'l B'd; chm'n Rockefeller Sanitary Comm'n for Eradication of Hookworm Disease; officer and mem. of b'ds of various corp'ns and inst'ns. Residence: 66 Mountain Av., Montclair, N. J. Address: Broadway, N. Y. City.
GATES, MILO HUDSON
Clergyman; b. Gardner, Mass., 1865; s. Samuel Gerry and Eliza (Ray) Gates; grad. Amherst, A.B., 1886; Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, 1889; m. Stock- bridge, Mass., Oct. 4, 1892, Pauline Gavit. Ordained In Episcopal ministry; ass't minister Ch. of the As- censlon, N. Y. City, 1889-1892; rector Ch. of the As- cension, Ipswich, Mass., 1892-1899; St. Stephen's Ch., Cohasset, Mass., 1899-1904; rector Ch. of the Inter- cession, N. Y. City, 1904-1907; since 1907, vicar Chapel
of the Intercession, Trinity Parlsh, N. Y. Warden N. Y. Training School for Deaconesses. Mem. Hispanic Soc., Numismatic Soc. Address: The Vicarage, Broad- way and 155th St., N. Y. City.
GATLING, RICHARD HENRY
Lawyer, broker, real estate operator; b. Indian- apolis, Ind., March 7, 1870; s. Dr. Richard Jordan . (inventor of Gatling Gun) and Jemima T. (Sanders) Gatling; ed. public schools, Hartford, Conn., N. Y. Law Sch., and law office of late Col. Robert G. Inger- soil, 1889-1892; m. N. Y. City, Jan., 1895, Winifred Waters; children: Addison Barnes, b. 1896; Rosalind, b. 1897; John Waters, b. 1905. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1892, and practised law in N. Y. City until 1896; shortly after entered real estate business as broker and dealer in mortgages and operator in real estate, buying and selling in N. Y. City. Sec., treas. and dir. Meyer-Gatling Investing Co., operating real estate. Baptist. Recreations: Automobiling and country life. Residence: 318 W. 84th St. Address: 49 Liberty St., N. Y. Clty.
GATTI-CASAZZA, GUILIO
Operatic singer; b. Udine, Italy, Feb. 5, 1869; s. Stefano and Ernestina Gatti-Casazza; ed. Univs. of Ferara and Bologna and Naval Eng'ring Sch. of Genoa; m. April 4, 1910. Frances Alda. Gen., Mg'r Met. Opera Co. Address: Care Metropolitan Opera House, N. Y. City.
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GAVEGAN, EDWARD JAMES
Jurist; b. Windsor, Conn., April 5, 1863; s. Mathew M. and Helen J. (Barry) Gavegan; grad. Rockville Acad., Rockville, Conn., 1884; Yale Univ. A. B. 1889; Yale Law Sch., LL.B., 1891 m. N. Y. City, Oct. 14, 1897, Anna Walters O'Mara. Admitted to N. Y. Bar. 1892; practised law until Jan. 1, 1910, when became justice of Supreme Court of N. Y. State for term expiring Dec. 31, 1923. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyer's Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Internat. Law Ass'n, Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Polit. Science Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Soc. of Friends of the Medallion, Soc. of Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Knights of Columbus. Xavier Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Yale, Manhattan, Nat. Arts, Catholic, Oakland Golf. Residence: 303 West End Av. Address: County Court House, N. Y. Clty.
N GAVIN, MICHAEL, 2D.
Lawyer; b. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 2, 1873; s. Michael and Margaret (Turner) Gavln; grad. Yale, A.B., 1895. LL.B., 1897. After leaving coll, travelled abroad for a year; afterwards became associated with firm Reed, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, of which late ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed was head; since 1901 associated with firm Moore & Schley, bankers and brokers, looking after thelr legal affairs. Pres. and dir. Howe Sound Co .; v .- p. and dir. Holly Beet Sugar Co .; sec., treas. and dir. Coal Creek Mining and Mfg Co., Tintic Co .; dlr. Breece Mining Co., Chasmar-Winchell Press, Mer- cedes Mining Co., Poplar Creek Coal & Iron Co., West Mountain Tramway Co., Lenoir City Co. Became mem. Squadron A, N. G. N. Y., during Spanish-Am. War and served 7 years. Mem. Phi Delta Phi, Psi Upsilon. Recreations: Cross-country hunting, golf. Ciubs: Yale, Recess, Metropolitan, Riding, University, Piping Rock, Nassau, Rumson. Address: 80 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GAVIT, JOHN PALMER
Newspaper man; b. Albany, N. Y., July 1, 1868; s. Joseph and Fanny Breese (Palmer) Gavit; paternal grandfather was John E. Gavit, pres. Am, Bank Note Co., microscopist and man of science; maternal grand- father was Erastus Dow Palmer, famous Am. sculp- tor; ed. Albany public schools and Albany High Sch .; m., Kingston, N. Y., May 8, 1890, Lucy Lamont; one s .: Joseph Lamont, b. Dec. 8, 1898. In newspaper busi- ness in Albany and Hartford, Conn., except 1893-1902, .during which time . he was in soclal settlement work in Hartford, Chicago and Pittsburgh; 1904-1909 Al- bany Correspondent The Associated Press; 1909 Al- bany Correspondent New York Evening Post; chlef of staff. Washington Bureau The Associated Press, 1909-1911; Sup't Central Div. Associated Press at Chl- cago, 1911-1912; now Washington Correspondent N. Y. Evening Post. Founder and first editor (1896-1900) of The Commons, organ of Social Settlements of the world, now combined in The Survey. Author: The Reporters' Manual (hand-book for newspaper men), essays, short storles and several plays. Served In Conn. Nat. Guard (Signal Corps), 1890-1895. Indepen- dent in politics. Mason; Odd Fellow. Address: Mun- sey Bld'g, Washington, D. C.
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Capltaiist; b. N. Y. City; s. William M. and A. E. Gawtry; m. E. Louise Brown. Chm'n of B'd of Dir.
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Consolidated Gas Co. of N. Y .; Pres. N. Y. Carbide & Acetylene Co .; v .- p. Astorla Light, Heat and Power Co .; N. Y. Mutual Gas Light Co .; director Central Union Gas Co., Consolidated Telegraph & Elec. Sub- way Co., N. Y. & Queens Elec. Light & Power Co., N. Y. Edison Co., N. Y. and Queens Gas Co., Northern Union Gas Co. Mem. Sons of Revolution, N. Y. Hist. Soc., Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Union League, Union, Midday, Tuxedo. Residence: 33 E. 57th St. Address: 4 Irving Pl., N. Y. City.
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3 GAWTRY, LEWIS BROWN
Capitalist; b. N. Y. City; s. Harrison E. and E. Louise (Brown) Gawtry; grad. Yale, Ph.B., 1889; m. N. Y. City, 1899, Olive Van Rensselaer. V .- p. Consoli- dated Gas Co. of N. Y .; trustee and sec. Bank for Sav- ings of City of N. Y .; dir. N. Y. & Queens Elec. Light and Power Co .; dir. and sec. N. Y. Carbide and Acety- lene Co., N. Y. Edison Co .; dir. N. Y. Mutual Gas Light Co., N. Y. and Queens Gas Co .; v .- p. Nat. Coal & Coke Co; sec. and dir. Astoria Light, 11eat and Power Co .; dir. Consolidated Telegraph and Elec. Subway Co .; dir. County Trust Co.,' White Plains, N. Y., and First Nat. Bank, White Plains, N. Y .; sec. and dir. United Elee. Light & Power Co. Mem. Sons of Revolution, N. Y. Hist. Soc. Clubs: Union, University, Riding, Yale, Sleepy Hollow Country. Residence: 70 E. 55th St. Address: 4 1rving Placc, N. Y. City.
GAY, EDWARD
Artist; b. Dublin, Ireland, 1837; s. Richard and Helen (Kilduff) Gay; ed. Albany, N. Y., then went to Carls- ruhe, Germany, and studied art; m. 1862, Martha Feary. Opened studio in N. Y. Clty, and has attained a place among foremost American landscape artists. Has painted Mountain Stream, 1860; Swabian Home, 1869; Late Afternoon, near Albany, 1870; Ready for Reapers, 1875; A Quiet Hour, 1876; The Slopes of the Mohawk, 1877; Eastchester, N. Y., 1878; The Last Load, Harvest Time, 1878; Gathering the Leaves, 1880; Old Estates, 1881; Banks of the Thames, 1882; On the Sogue Fjord, Norway, 1883; Norwegian Scene, 1884, etc. Water colors: Foggy Morning by the Lake, 1876; A Spring Morning, 1877; Waving Grain, 1884; River- side, 1884; Haymaking, 1884; Rye Fields in Early June, 1885; Hillslde, 1885; Oyster Beds In Pelham Bay, 1883; Salt Marshcs, 1885. Took Met. Mus. of Art pilze of $2,000 in 1887 for picture, Broad Acres, presented to Met. Mus .; was awarded Shaw prize of Soc. of Am. Artists for painting entitled Mianus River, Connecti- cut, 1903; and at 18th annual Exb'n of Nat. Acad. of Design, 1905, was awarded Inness gold medal for the best landscape in the exb'n. Elected an asso. of Nat. Acad. of Design, 1886, and an academician, 1907, and mem. Am. Water Color Club, and made life mem. Lotos Club for achlevements in art In 1901. Address: Mount Vernon, N. Y.
GAYLEY, JAMES
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Manufacturer; b. Lock Haven, Pa., Oct. 11, 1855; grad. Lafayette Coll.,' M.E., 1876; m. Julia Gardner; children: Mary T., Agnes M., Florence. Began as chemist for Crane Iron Works, Catasauqua, 1877-1880; sup't furnaces, St. Louis and Birdsboro, 1880-1885; sup't 1885, Edgar Thompson Blast Furnaces, where in 1887, and again In 1890, obtained maximum yield on lecord; dir. Carnegie Steel Co., 1889-1901; since 1901 first v .- p. U. S. Steel Corp'n. Inventor of many im- provements in blasting furnaces and Bessemer steel plants; has written papers In various periodicals. Clubs: University, Riding. Metropolitan, Ardsley, En- gineers. Residence: 555 Park Ave. Address: 71 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
GAYLEY, OLIVER C.
Civil eng'r; b. W. Nottingham, Cecil Co., Md., 1860; s. Rev. Samuel A. (D.D.) and Agnes (Malcolm) Gay- ley; ed. West Nottingham Acad., Franklin Inst., Phil- adelphia; unmarried. Was employed In eng'ring dep't, Pa. R. R. Co .; division eng'r, Philadelphla & Reading R. R. Co .; now 2d v .- p. Pressed Steel Car Co .; dir. The Safety Car Heating and Lighting Co. Democrat. Presby'n. Mem. St. Andrews, Burns, Pennsylvania, Southern and Maryland Societies. Clubs: Lawyers, En- gineers, Ardsley. Residence: 117 West 58th St. Ad- dress: 24 Broad St., N. Y. City.
GAZZAM, JOSEPH M.
Lawyer; b. Jersey City, N. J., May 7, 1877; s. Maj. Audley W. and Isabella (Rogers) Gazzam; ed. publlc and private schools and Coll. City of N. Y .; grad. from Law Dep't., N. Y. Univ., LL.B. 1898, receiving first prize for best written examination; m. New London, Conn., 1903, Mary Perkins Lewis. Admitted to N. Y Bar In 1898, and since engaged In gen. practice. In- dependent Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Bar Ass'n., Soc. of Medical Jurisprudence, N. Y.
County Lawyers' Ass'n, Municipal Gov't Ass'n, Acad Polit. Seience, Brooklyn League, Young Republican Club (Brooklyn), Sons of Veterans. Residence: Brook- lyn. Address: 37 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
GEER, EDWARD FRENCH
Transportation official and mfr; b. Brooklyn, N. Y. 1872; s. Oliver J. and Eliza ( Raymond) Geer; ed. Adel- phi Coll., Brooklyn; m. Brooklyn, 184, Blanche R. Bryant; one d .: Rosalic, b. 1895. Sce., treas. and dir. At- lantic and Mexican Gulf Steamship Co .; pres. and dir. Commercial Lighterage Co .; treas, and dir. Henry A Kessel Co .; v .- p. and dir. Harper Paper Co .; treas., mg'r. and dir. The Carey Printing Co. Republican, Presby'n. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., S.A.R., Trustee Lafay. ette Av. Presby'n Ch. Clubs: Crescent Athletie, At- lantic Yacht, Riding and Driving, City Midday, St. Maurice Fish and Game, Sigma Psi fraternity. Ad- dress: Westhampton Beach, L. I., N. Y.
GEER, WALTER
Lawyer; infr; ib. Willlamstown, Mass., Aug. 19, 1857; s. Asahel Clark and Helen Augusta (Danforth) Geer; ed. Greylock Inst., S. Williamstown, Mass., Williams Coll., A.B., 1878, A.M., 1881; National Univ. Law Sch., Washington, D. C., LL.B., 1881, LL.M., 1882; m. N. Y. Clty, Sept. 26, 1883, Mary Potter; children: Olin Potter, Walter, Jr., Joseph White, Helen Danforth. Ass't mg'r Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Co., Chicago, 1882-1886; since 1886 pres. and dir. N. Y. Archi- tectural Terra Cotta Co., N. Y. City; v .- p. and dir. N. Y. Knife Co., Wallkill River Co., dir. Brunswick Site Co. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n for Protection of Adirondacks, Am. Museum Natural History, Genea- logical and Biog. Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Municipal Art Soc., Nat. Sculpture Soc., New England Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Sons of Revolution, Colonial Wars, Founders and Patriots of America, Williams Alumini Ass'n of N. Y. Clubs: University, Manhattan (N. Y. City), Sleepy Hollow Country, Scarboro, Art ( Philadelphia), Metropolltan (Washington). Residences: 246 W. 72d St., N. Y. Clty, and "Crow's Nest," Ossining, N. Y. Address: 401 Ver- non Av., Borough of Queens, N. Y.
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