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VAN KIRK, CHARLES CLARK
Jurist; b. Greenwich, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1862; s. Norman and Kate (Conant) Van Kirk; grad. Colgate Univ., A.B., 1884; m. Greenwich, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1903, Nancy Thompson. Engaged in practice since admission to bar, 1888; mem. Gibson & Van Kirk, lawyers of Green- wich, 1888-1896; Rowe & Van Kirk, Port Henry, 1896- 1897; Patterson, Bulkley & Van Kirk, Albany, 1897- 1906; when elected justice Supreme Court, N. Y., for term expiring 1919. Dir. Greenwich Knitting Co., Linen Underwear Co., First Nat. Bank. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: Glens Falls, Century (Ogdensburg), Ft. Orange (Albany), Mohawk (Schenectady). Address: Greenwich, N. Y.
VAN LAER, ALEXANDER T.
Instr., painter, lecturer; b. Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1857; s. of P. C. and Minna van Laer; ed. High Sch., Auburn, Nat. Acad. of Design, Art Students' League under R. Swain Gifford, and under George Poggen- beck, of Holland; m. 1886, Stella Stickney, of Somers- worth, N. H. Exhibited at all leading Am, exhibitions; art lecturer at Chautauqua seven years: free lecture courses, N. Y. City, 20 years; lecturer before Brooklyn Inst., Architectural League, Sculpture Soc., Nat. Acad. Schools, and leading art clubs of country; appt'd lec- turer on Art History. Smith College, Northampton, Mass., season of 1905-1906. Mem. N. Y. Jury, St. Louis World's Fair; bronze medal Charlestown Exp'n; men. Jury of Awards. St. Louis Exp'n, Nat, Acad. Design (N. A.); pres. Am. Water Color Soc. Clubs: Lotos, Salmagundi. National Arts, N. Y. Water Color, Artist Fund Soc., Rembrandt. Address: Litchfield, Conn.
VAN LAER, ARNOLD, JOHAN FERDINAND
Archivist; b. Utrecht, Holland, Oct. 21, 1869; s. Jo- hannes Renatus Eugenius (Ph.D.) and Gerardina (Neuman) van Laer; grad. Poly. Inst., Delft, Holland, M.E., 1897; N. Y. State Library Sch., B.L.S .; m. Phila- delphia, 1897, Naomi van Deurs. Archivist N. Y. State Library, since 1899. Edited Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts and other publications. Mem. Dutch Re- formed Ch. Hon. mem. Schenectady Hist. Soc .; corr. mem. N. Y. Geneal. & Biog. Soc., Soc. Dutch Archivists; mem. Am. Library Ass'n, Am. Hlst. Ass'n. Residence: 433 Western Av. Address: N. Y. State Library, Al- bany, N. Y.
VANN, IRVING GOODWIN
Lawyer, jurist; b. Ulysses, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1842; s. Sam- uel R. and Catherine H. (Goodwin) Vann; grad. Yale, A.B., 1863: Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1865; LL.D., Ham- ilton, 1882, Syracuse, 1897, Yale, 1898; m. Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1870, Florence Dillave; children: Florence Vann Fowler, b. 1871; Irving Dlllaye, b. 1875. Active in legal profession Mar. 1, 1866-Jan, 1, 1882, when ju- diclal career began; was mem. law firms, Vann & Fiske, Raynor & Vann, Fuller & Vann, and Vann, Mc- Lennan & Dillaye. Mayor of city of Syracuse, N. Y., 1879-1880; justice Supreme Court, Jan. 1, 1882-Jan. 1, 1895; judge of Court of Appeals, Jan., 1895-Jan., 1913; since then offlclal referee as a retired judge of Court of Appeals. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. (and a founder) N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Onondaga Co. Bar Ass'n; trustee Albany Law Sch .; founded 1881, and ever since pres. Woodlawn Cemetery. Recreations: Hunting, fishing. Clubs: Century, Citizens', Yale, Uni- verslty (Syracuse), Fort Orange (Albany). Summer residence: Buck Island, Cranberry Lake, N. Y. Ad- dress: 454 James St., Syracuse, N. Y.
VAN NAMEE, GEORGE RIVET
Lawyer; b. Watertown, N. Y., Dee. 23, 1877; s. Eu- gene Clinton and Adele (Rivet) Van Nance; grad. Cor- nell Univ., L.L.B., 1902; unmarried. Chm'n Jefferson Co. Dem. Com., since 1907; ass't sec. Dem. State Com .: sec. Dem. County Chairmen Ass'n. Ass't clerk Asseni- bly, 1911; clerk of Assembly, 1911 and 1913. Comm'r
N. Y. State Legislative Bill Drafting Comm'n, 1914. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Jefferson County Bar Ass'n, Elks, Chi Chapter of Cornell, Psl Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi fraternities. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Black River Val- ternitles. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Black River Val- ley, Watertown, Jefferson County Golf (Watertown), Nat. Democratic (N. Y. City). Residence: Watertown, N. Y. Address: 18 Cleveland Bld'g, Watertown, N. Y., and Assembly Chamber, Albany, N. Y.
VAN NESS, RUSSELL
Born N. Y. City, June 21, 1858; s. John Bay and Cora Minerva (Wright) Van Ness; g .- g.s. of Judge Willlam Williams Van Ness, and g.g .- nephew of Congressman John Van Ness; ed. In publle schools of N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, June 21, 1895, Katherine Reynolds; chil- dren: Marcia, b. 1897, Phyllis, b. 1899, Claire, h. 1904. Began business as a salesman, 1881, with Van Derveer & Holmes Biscuit Co., working up to head salesman In two years; assisted in placing the Manhattan Biscult Co. on the market against the National Biscuit Trust, and was a dir. and v,-p. of the company, until its dis- solution in 1907; now connected with Knickerbocker Biscuit Co. Independent in politics. Mem. Reformed (Dutch) Ch., Holland Soc. Address: 1865 62d St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
VAN NORDEN, THEODORE LANGDON
Banker; b. Feb. 26, 1869; s. Warner and Martha (Philips) Van Norden; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1890; studied at Oxford, England, 1891-1892; m. Pitts- field, Mass., 1892, Grace Campbell. Has for many years been engaged in financial affairs; is interested in agri- culture and farming, and owns Naarden Farm, Smith Salem, Westchester Co., N. Y. Has traveled in Europe and in the Orient. Progressive. Mem. Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural History, N. Y. Z001. Soc., Hakluyt Soc. of London. Westchester Hist. Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc., Holland Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon fra- ternity; varlous org'ns in northern Westchester Co. Clubs: University, Players. Address: 22 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
VAN NORDEN, WARNER M.
Banker; b. New Orleans, La., Fcb. 7, 1873; s. Warner and Martha A. (Philips) Van Norden; ed. Columbia Coll .; m. N. Y. City, 1898, Grace Talcott. Dir. Fifth Av. Estates Co. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Geog. Soc., Zool. Soc., and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Treas., trustee Rye Presby'n Ch .; mem. Advisory B'd Shantung Christian Coll., Advisory B'd Presby'n Rest for Convalescents.
Mem. Am. Blson Soc .. Am. Soc. Psychical Rescarch, Bibliophile Soc., N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, Hakluyt Soc., Holland Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum Natural History. Recreations: Automobiling, horseback-riding. Clubs: Metropolitan, Grolier, Columbia University, Fencers, Riding, Auto- moblie of America, Am. Yacht, N. Y. Yacht, Apawamis. Address: 7 West 57th St., N. Y. City.
VAN NORMAN, LOUIS EDWIN
Editor; b. Quebec, Can., Aug. 3, 1869; s. Edwin M. and Ellzabeth Eleanor ( Icaley) Van Norman; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1891, A.M., 1896; m. Cracow, Austria, Oct. 4, 1903, Danlcla Kotnowska, daughter of a Polish exile of 1863; children: Hubert, b. 1904; Stephen, b. 1906; Tekla, b. 1907; Louis Edwin, Jr., b. 1908. Engaged In newspaper work from 1890; be- came ass't editor The Voice (weekly paper of N. Y. City) and revising editor for Encyclopæedlas of So- clal IReforms, Quotations, and Classified Dates; for- eign edltor Literary Digest, 1900; went to Europe in 1900. Editor civic Improvement publications, Spring- fleld, Ohlo, 1902; asso. editor The Chautauquan, 1902; ass't editor Review of Reviews, in charge of Foreign Dep't since 1904. Writer for magazines, reviews and lectures on internat. politics and economics, and especially on Polish and Russlan subjects. Mem.
Am. Soc., Internat. Law, Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, honor fraternity, hon. mem. Pollsh Patrlotle Internat. Soc. Methodlst. Author: Poland, the Knight Among Nations, (Fleming HI. Revell, Pub.). Translator and editor: States General, from. the story of a Peasant (Erckmann-Chatrain), 1903. Reereations: Walking, canoeing. Aduress: 13 Astor Pl., N. Y. City.
VAN PELT, JOHN VREDENBURGH
Architect; b. New Orleans, La., Feb. 24, 1874; s. John Vredenburgh and Emma Louisa (Flelds) Van Pelt; ed. private schools in Germantown and Phila- delphia. Ecole des Arts Décoratifs and Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; degree of Architecte Diplomé par le Gouvernement ((Françalse); in 1895 received one flrst medal and five first-second medals; laureate of the S. A. D. G. for two years; holder of the Prix St. Agnan Boucher; holder of grand medal of the So- ciete Centrale; m. March 20, 1902, Betsy A. South-
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worth; children: Betsy Southworth, b. 1903, Margaret Vrendenburgh, b. 1905, John Vredenburgh, b. 1907, Diana, b. 1909. Studled abroad during 1888-1897; ass't prof. in charge of Design, Cornell Univ., 1897- 1900; spent 1900-1903 abroad traveling and studying, and was delegate to the Architectural Congress, Paris; prof. in charge Coll, of Architecture, Cornell Univ., 1903-1905; resigned from Cornell to practice architecture; since 1905 asso. dir. Ateller of Colum- bia Univ., Dep't of Architecture. Architect of Alumni Fields Com., Cornell Univ., for athletic fields, sta- dium. etc., at Cornell: also architect of sanatorlum at Otisville, for B'd of Health, N. Y. City; architect for improvements of Watkin's Glen, N. Y., for the Am. Scenic and Historic Preservation Soc .; architect School of St. John the Evangelist, N. Y. City, Patch- ogue Public Library, St. Gabriels, N. Y. City, St. Ambrose, N. Y. City, Our Lady of Victory, Nippon Club of N. Y., etc. Mem. Am. Inst. of Architects, Société des Architectes Diplômés, Beaux Arts Soc., Municipal Arts Soc., Architectural League, Am. Scenic and Historic Preservation Soc., Sons of the Revolution, Holland Soc., Kappa Alpha Soc. Author: Discussion and Compositions as Applied to Archi- tecture, 1902 (Macmillan). Clubs: Republican, Cor- nell University, Columbia University, National Arts, Century (N. Y. City); Country (Ithaca). Country residence: Patchogue Lake, Patchogue, L. I .; N. Y. Residence: 126 E. 80th St. Address: 381 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
VAN PELT, WILLIAM J.
Real estate dealer; b. Hoboken, N. J .; s. William J. and Mary A. (Trenor) Van Pelt; ed. in public schools; m. Florence A. Travers; children: George R., Marie A., Florence T. V .- p. and treas. Geo. R. Read & Co., treas., Roxton Realty Co. Clubs: Manhattan, St. Andrews Golf, Laurentian. Address: 20 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
VAN RENSSELAER, CORTLANDT SCHUYLER
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1859; s. Gratz and Catherine (Van Cortlandt) Van. Rensselaer; grad. Hobart Coll., Geneva, N. Y., 1880, A.B., M.A .; m. June 17, 1891 Horace Macaulay; one son: Cortlandt Schuy- Ier b. 1900. Ass't U. S. att'y, Southern Dist. of N. Y., 1886-1890. Has practised law since 1890, att'y for Am. Surety Co. of N. Y. Candidate for Congress 12th Cong. Dist. of N. Y., 1888. Dir. Omaha Water Co. and Valley R. R. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc. and Soc. of Colonial Wars. Trustee Am. Soc. for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals. Clubs: Union, Mctro- politan, University, Church. Residence: 40 E. 61st St. Address: 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.
VAN RENSSELAER, HOWARD
Physician; b. Albany, N. Y., June 26, 1858; s. Bay- ard and Laura (Reynolds) Van Rensselaer; ed. Al- bany Normal Sch., St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., Yale, Ph.B., 1881, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), 1884; Interne N. Y. Hosp., 1885-1886; studied in Eu- ropean hosps., 1887-1889. Since 1889 engaged in practice of medicine, Albany, N. Y., prof. materia medica and therapeutics, Albany Med. Coll. Attend- ing physician Albany Hosp. for Incurables, St. Peter's Hosp., Child's Hosp., and Home for Friend- less; Med. examiner, for leading ins. companies. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., Albany County Med. Soc., Am. Therapeutics Soc. Contb'r to med. journals; for- merly editor Albany Medical Annals. Pres. of Charity Org'n Soc. pres. Boys' Club. Clubs: Fort Orange, Albany County, Racquet, Camera, Calumet. Ad-
dress: 123 State St., Albany, N. Y.
VAN RENSSELAER, MRS. SCHUYLER (Mariana Griswold)
Author; b. N. Y. City; d. George and Lydla (Alley) Griswold; ed. N. Y. City and Germany; Litt.D. from Columbia Univ., 1910; m. Schuyler Van Rensselaer. School insp. for two years in N. Y. City; pres. for seven years (until 1906) of the Public Ed'n Ass'n of . N. Y. Author: Life of H. H. Richardson, Architect; English Cathedrals; Art Out of Doors; Six Portraits; One Man Who Was Content, Poems, and History of the City of New York in the Seventeenth Century. Honorary mem. Am. Inst. of Architects. Address: 9 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.
VAN RENSSELAER, WILLIAM S.
Capitalist; b. N. Y. City, April 7, 1886; s. Kiliaen and Olivia Phelps (Atterbury) Van Rensselaer; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1908; N. Y. Law Sch. Clerk of Anier- ican Legation, Lisbon, Portugal, 1908; one of the in- corporators of The Equitable Safe Deposit Co. of N. Y., 1909; sec. Gerard, Barney and Willard Construc- tion Co. of N. Y., 1910; Atlas Portland Cement Co.,
1913. Designated by Pres. Taft for Diplomatic Ex- amination, 1912. Mem. Nat. Progressive Party; Pres- by'n. Mem. Zeta Psi fraternity, Holland Lodge, No. 8, B'd of Mg'mt Army Branch Y. M. C. A. of N. Y. Clubs: Union (N. Y. City), Country ( Westchester County). Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
VAN SANT, HOWARD D.
American consul; b. Camden, N. J., April 13, 1865; s. Rev. Samucl and Susanna (Hays) Van Sant; ed. State Model and Normal Sch., Trenton, N. J., and Toms River, N. J .; m. Trenton, N. J., Oct. 31, 1907, Ar- villa Harper; one d. Gretchen Howard, b. 1908. Mayor of Deland Heights, N. J., several terms; held office of city councilman and justice of the peace; consul at Guelph and Kingston, Can., now at Dunfermline. Scot- land. Scottish Rite Mason. Address: Am. Consulate, 4 Abbey Park, Dunfermline, Scotland.
VAN SANTVOORD, SEYMOUR
Lawyer, mfr, banker, author; b. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1858; s. George (lawyer, author) and Elizabeth (Van Schaack) Van Santvoord; grad. Union Coll., 1878; Albany Law Sch., 1880; m. 1888 Caroline Hart Shields of Va., d. Capt. Hamilton LeRoy Shields. U. S. A. Ad- mitted to bar, 1880. Pres. and treas., Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Co., 1896-1907; one of organizers Security Trust Co., Security Safe Deposit Co., of Troy, 1902; pres. of each until 1912; pres. N. Y. State Trust Companies Ass'n until 1912; counsel to Gov. of N. Y., 1912; dir. Troy Public Library, Troy Or- phan Asylum, Emma Willard Sem., Samaritan Hosp .; trustee Union Coll .; v .- p. Albany Law School. Author: The House of Cæsar and the Imperial Disease; The Excavation of Herculaneum and various pamphlets on archæology. Mem. Holland Soc. of N. Y., St. Nicholas Soc. Club: University. Address: Troy, N. Y.
VAN SCHAICK, EUGENE
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 15, 1864; s. Henry and Charlotte Sargent (Gray) Van Schaick; ed. Heidel- berg and Oxford Univ., Columbia Coll., grad. LL.B., 1887; m. Hackensack, N. J., June 2, 1903, Minnie Dela- mater Haulenbeck. Senior mem. Van Schaick & Brice, corp'n lawyers; pres. and dir. Knickerbocker Oil and Gas Co., gen. counsel and dir. Bankers Life Ins. Co., Union Life Ins. Co., Knickerbocker Investment Co., Manhattan Bond and Underwriting Co., Essex Copper Co., Lafayette Copper Co., dir. Patent Tile and Guar- antee Co. Mem. Zeta Psi fraternity, Holland Soc. Clubs: Union, Manhattan, Strollers, N. Y. Yacht. Ad- dress: 30 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
VAN SICLEN, JAMES C.
Jurist; elected justice Supreme Court State of N. Y., for 2nd dist. for term expiring Dec. 31, 1925. Address: Highland Av., Jamaica, N. Y.
VAN TUYL, GEORGE C., JR.
Sup't of Banks, State of N. Y .; b. Albany, N. Y., April 3, 1872; s. George C. and Angeline E. (Hawley) Van Tuyl; of Holland Dutch descent; ed. public sch. of Albany; in. Oct. 14, 1903, Sengena Birch. Started 'work as messenger in Nat. Exchange Bank, Albany, 1888; advanced through various grades, until forma- tion of Albany Trust Co., 1900, where accepted posi- tion as sce. and treas .; became v .- p. 1906, and was pres. from 1908, until appt'it as sup't of Banks, State of N. Y., 1911. Formerly pres. and dir. First Nat. Bank of Albany; trustee Albany Exchange Savings Bank; dir. First Nat. Bank, Ravena. Niagara Falls Trust Co., Adirondack Trust Co., Saratoga Spa and Mutual Fire Ins. Co., resigning 1911. Clubs: Albany, Fort Orange, Calumet, Recess, N. Y. Athletic (N. Y. City). AAddress: State House, Albany, N. Y.
VAN VLIET, DEUSE M.
Cotton broker; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 25, 1862; s. I. N. and Louise (Cornwall) Van Vliet; cd. in schools of N. Y. City and San Francisco; in. Plainfield, N. J., Jan. 19, I888, Charlotte Groendyke; children: Ruth G., Janet C., Barbara if. Engaged in grain and cotton business since 1880 in N. Y. City; mem. both of N. Y. Cotton Exchange and N. Y. Produce Exchange. Served full term in Tth Reg't, N.G.N.Y .: mem. 7th lieg't Veteran Ass'n. Independent Democrat; Presby'n. Recreations: Fishing, riding. Mem. Holland Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Plainfield Country, Forest Lake (Pike Co., Pa.). Res- idence: 59 Washington Av., Plainfield, N. J. Address: 69 Cotton Exchange, N. Y. City.
VAN VOORHIS, EUGENE
Lawyer; b. Rochester, N. Y., Mar. 11, 1864: s. John and Frances A. (Galusha) Van Voorhis; ed. public schs. of Rochester; grad. Univ. of Rochester. A.B., 1885; m. Washington, D. C., Feb. 18, 1596, Allis M. Sherman; one son. John, b. 1897. Admitted to N. Y.
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Bar, Oct., 1887; pres. Rochester Bar Ass'n, pres. Ga- lusha Stove Co. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon frater- nity, Irondequolt Grange, Holland Soc. Club: Gene- see Valley ( Rochester). Residence: Coerte Farms, Irondequoit, N. Y. Address: 500 Powers Block, Roches- ter, N. Y.
VAN WAGENEN, JOHN RICHARD
Banker; b. Oxford, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1841; s. William and Ursula (Glover) Van Wagenen; cd. Oxford Acad .; m. Binghamton, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1872, Clara L. Lester; children: Helen M., William I., Henry T., Florence, Harold W., Ursula. Pres. First Nat. Bank of Oxford, N. Y .; v .- p. Am. Bankers' Ass'n, treas. Chenango County, N. Y. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Hol- land Soc. Warden St. Paul's Ch., Oxford; trustee Van Wagenen Missionary Fund, and Oxford Public Library. Address: First Nat. Bank, Oxford, N. Y.
VAN WINKLE, EDWARD
Consulting patent eng'r; b. Jersey City, N. J., Aprll 24, 1878; s. Edward and Mary Jane (Wandell) Van Winkle; cd. public schs. of Jersey City, Stevens High Sch., Stevens Inst. of Technology, and Columbia Univ., E.E., PL.M .; m. N. Y. City, Aug. 15, 1900, Sama Le Roy Batdorf; one d .: Sama Gertrude, b. July 30, 1904. Em- ployed in eng'ring dep't of Otis Elevator Co., N. Y. City, until 1902; in charge of estimating dep't Marine Engine & Machine Co. until Jan. 1, 1903, when re- signed to devote time to perfecting coln-counting ma- chine, superintending construction of tools, glgs, dies and gauges, to manufacture coin machine automat- ically. Principal incorporator, formerly v .- p. and gen. mg'r, now dir., Lonsdale Novelty Co., mi'rs of lace novelties; also v .- p. and gen. mg'r Nat. Coin-Counting Machine Co .; pres. and dir. Security Automatic Signal Co., Theta Delta Chi Press; sec. Twentieth Century Window Cleaning Co. of N. Y. and N. J. Republican; mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Canadlan Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Eng'ring Soc. of Columbia Univ. Pres. Grand Lodge of Theta Delta Chi fraternity; recording sec. and trustee Holland Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Engincers, Columbia Univ., University of Hudson County (sec. 9 years). Residence: The Stuyvesant, 483 Park Pl., Brocklyn, N. Y. Address: 90 West St., N. Y. City.
VAN WINKLE, WILLIAM MITCHELL
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 5, 1885; s. Edgar B. and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Van Winkle; attended Harvard Univ. and N. Y. Law Sch .; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 28, 1911, Mary Laird Busk; one son: William Mitchell, Jr., b. Jan. 17, 1913. Admitted to practise, N. Y. City, 1911. Mem. firm Mitchell & Mitchell since 1913 Republican; Episcopallan. Recreation: Hunting. Clubs: Harvard, Apawamis. Residence: Harrison, N. Y. Address: 44 Wall St., N. Y. City.
VAN WYCK, AUGUSTUS
Lawyer; b. Oct. 14, 1850; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad. and Unlv. of N. C., A.M. Practices law in N. Y. City; Judge Superior City Court of Brooklyn, 1884-1896; Judge Supreme Court of N. Y., 1896-1898; Dem. candi- date for gov. of N. Y., 1898, against Theodore Roose- velt. Democrat; pres. Kings County Gen. Com., 1882; mem. of numerous Nat., City and Dist. convs. of Den. party. Grand Master Zeta Psl fraternity of N. America, 1882; pres. Holland Soc. of N. Y., 1892; North Carolina Soc. of N. Y., 1898; N. Y. Southern Soc., 1902; South Carollnians In N. Y., 1909; Univ. of N. C. Alumnl Ass'n of N. Y., 1900-1913; N. Y. Ass'n of Zeta Psl, 1913; trus- tee N. E. Soc. of Brooklyn. Mem. L. I. Hlst. Soc. Mem. Standing Com. of Episcopal Ch., 'Diocese of L. I. Clubs: Lincoln, Brooklyn, Hamilton, Montauk, Cres- cent Athletic, Lawyers, Nat. Democratle, Manhattan, Brooklyn Episcopal Church. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
VAN WYCK, FREDERICK
Lawyer; b. New Utrecht, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1864; s. Jeffrey and Martha (Ketcham) Van Wyck; ed. Poly. Inst., Brooklyn, class 1884; Columbia Coll. Law Sch., 1886. Mem. Bar Ass'n City of N. Y., Holland Soc. Clubs: Down Town Ass'n, Brooklyn, 'Montauk. Resi- dence (summer) : Oak Neck Road, West Islip, L. I. (winter) : The Montauk Club, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad- dress: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
VAN WYCK, ROBERT ANDERSON
Ex-Mayor of Greater N. Y. Clty; b. N. Y. Clty, July 20, 1849; grad. Columbla Coll. Law Sch. (valedictorian of a class of 124), 1875; m. Kate E. Hertle. Admitted to bar soon after graduation, practising until 1889, when elected judge of City Court, and Ibecame presid- ing judge. Elected mayor Greater N. Y. at first clec- tlon held under new charter, 1897, serving until 1902. Mem. and one of founders lolland Soc., of which has
been pres. Clubs: Manhattan, National, Democratic, Automobile of America, N. Y. Athletic. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
VAN ZILE, EDWARD SIMS
Novelist, playwright; b. Troy, N. Y., May 2, 1863; s. Oscar E. and Sarah M. (Perry) Van Zile; ed. Troy Acad. and Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., A.B., 1884; A.M., 1887; hon. LH.D., 1903; m. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 8, 1886, Mary Morgan Bulkelcy; children: Mary (Mirs. Gerald A. Cunningham), b. 1887; Edward B., b. 1888; Sally (Mrs. Walter F. Scott), b. 1890; Harriet Lee, b. 1892. Editorial writer, N. Y. World, 1886-1890; later mg'r Literary Bureau, United Press, and editor Cur- rent Literature. Author: Wanted a Sensation, 1886; The Last of the Van Slacks, 1889; A Magnetic Man, 1890; Don Miguel, 1891; The Manhattaners, 1895; Kings In Adversity, 1897; The Dreamers and Other Poems, 1897; With Sword and Crucifix, 1899; Defending the Bank, 1903; A Duke and Ilis Double, 1903; Perkins the Faker, 1903; Into the Sunset, 1913. Plays (produced) : Champagne (Felix Morris); Mrs. Van Veckten's Di- vorce Dance (Mrs. George J. Gould and Kyrle Bellew) ; Campaign Lies; The Brink of the Preclplce. Progres- sive (mcm. N. Y. County Com.); Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Psl fraternity, Am. DramatIsts Soc. Clubs: Players, Authors (N. Y.), Authors (London). Resi- dence: Hotel Irving. Address: 26 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
VAN ZILE, HARRY LEE
Eng'r, mf'r; b. Troy, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1864; s. Oscar Edward and Sarah M. (Perry) Van Zile; grad. Rens- selacr Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., C.E., 1884; unmarried. Pres. Franklin Boiler Works Co., N. Y. City; . v .- p. Washington Co. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Delta Phi fraternity, Rensselaer Poly. Inst. Alumni Ass'n, Rensselaer County Soc. Clubs: Engineers, St. Elmo, Machinery, Amateur Billiard of N. Y. Address: 39 Cortlandt St., N. Y. City.
VAUGHAN, C. WHEATON
Real estate broker; b. Providence. R. I., Aug. 16, 1877; s. Henry Wheaton and E. J. (Potter) Vaughan; ed. Cutler Sch., N. Y. City, class 1895; Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1895-1897; m. Philadelphia, Pa., June 6, 1907, Elcanor Lewis Formed real estate brokerage firm Harris & Vaughan, Oct., 1906, which firm has had charge of much property for estates. Episcopalian. Former mem. Linnæan Soc. of N. Y., and Am. Orni- thologists Union. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Auto- inobile of America, Columbia Univ., Badminton, Rac- quet (Philadelphia), Meadow (Southampton). Resl- dences: 105 E. 53d St., N. Y. City, and 30 S. 22d St., Philadelphia, Pa. (summer) : Easthampton, L. I. Ad- dress: 569 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
VAUSE, WILLIAM BARNARD
Lawyer, capitallst; b. N. Y. City; s. John and Mary Vause; ed. Elmwood Acad., Conn .; Barnard Sch., N. Y .; Columbia and N. Y. Law Schs., M.A. Has been Identi- fied with many financlal inst'ns; was identified with Vanderbilt Cup racc. Scc. Brunswick Realty Co .: sec. and dir. McAdoo & Co., also connected with other com- panies. Recreations: Automobiling, hunting. Clubs: Constitution, Long Island Automobile. Residence: 1 Virginla Pl., Brooklyn. Address: 15 Broad St., N. Y. Clty.
VEDDER, HARMON A.
Physlelan; b. Flushing, L. I., N. Y., Jan. 16, 1868; S. Maus R. and Sarah (Cutwater) Vedder; ed. private schools of N. Y. City; grad. Columbia Coll., 1888, B.A .; Coll. Phys. and Surgs., M.D., 1891; m. Dec. 12, 1894, Effle Turner Boultbec, of Toronto, Canada; children: Harmon Boultbec, James Cutwater, Glen Turner. After an interneship of eighteen months at N. Y. Hosp., and three months at Sloane Maternity Hosp., went abroad and pursued course of study at Edinburgh Unlv. and Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1893 began practice of medicine in N. Y. City. Mem. Alumni Ass'n of Columbla Coll., Alumni Ass'n, N. Y. Hosp., Alumni Ass'n of Sloane Maternity Hosp., Greater N. Y. MIcd. Soc .. lolland Soc. Cinbs: Delta Phi, Quiz. Address: 44 1. 76th St., N. Y. City.
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