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WHAPLES, MEIGS H.
Banker; b. New Britain, Conn., July 16, 1845; s. Curtis and Eizabeth Meigs (Lusk) Whaples; attended New Britain High Sch .; m. New Haven, Coun., May, 1878. Harriet Atwater Hotchkiss; children: lleywood Hotchkiss, b. March 30, 1879; Mary Atwater, b. April 6, 1880. Pres. Conn. Trust & Safe Deposit Co .; v .- p. Soc. for Savings; treas. and dir. McCoilins Co .; dir. Pickering Governor Co., Portland; Conn. Mutual Ilfe Ins. Co., Hartford Fire Ins. Co .; trustee Scottish Union Inst., Liverpool, State Ins. Co., Liverpool. Chm'n of Police B'd, Hartford, 12 years; chm'n Finance B'd, Hartford, 3 years; treas. and comm'r Conn. River
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Bridge & Highway Dist. Comin'n, v .- p. Common Coun- cil, 1888. Adj. 1st Reg't Com., 3 years; scc. to Rear- Admiral Glisson and Rear-Admiral Boggs, U. S. Euro- pean Fleet, U. S. N., 1869-1872. Republican; Cong'l Presby'n. Dir. Hartford Hosp., B'd of Trade. Recrea- tions: Golf, shooting, fishing. Clubs: Hartford Golf (ex-pres.). Farmington Country, Hatchetts Reef. Resi- dence: 955 Asylum Av. Address: 777 Main St., .Hart- ford, Conn.
WHARTON, EDITH
Novelist; b. N. Y., 1862; d. George Frederic and Lu- cretia Stevens ( l'hinelar.der) Jones; ed. at home; m. 1885, Edward R. Wharton, of Boston. Author: The Greater Inclination, 1889; A Gift from the Grave; The Touchstone, 1900; Crucial Instances, 1901; The Valley of Decision, 1902; Italian Villas and their Gardens, 1904; Sanctuary, 1903; The Descent of Man, 1904; The House of Mirth, 1905; Italian Backgrounds, 1905, Madame de Treymes, 1907; The Fruit of the Tree, 1907; The Hermit and the Wild Woman, 1908; Motor- flight Through France, 1908; Artenis to Actæon, 1909: Tales of Men and Ghosts, 1910. Address: Care Charles Scribner's Sons, N. Y. City.
WHEAT, ALFRED ADAMS
Lawyer; b. Nashua, N. H., June 13, 1867; s. George E. and Addie (Adams) Wheat; ed. public schs. of Nashua; Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 1889 (Phi Beta Kappa) ; Columbia (now George Washington), Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1891; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 17, 1912, Gertrude Luther. Admitted to bar in N. Y., 1893, since which time has engaged in practise in N. Y. City. Mem. firm Rollins & Rollins. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Acad. Polit. Scienec, N. H., Soc. Alpha Delta Phi fra- ternity. Clubs: Union League, Dartmouth, Alpha Delta Phi, St. Andrew's Golf, Corinthian Yacht, City Lunch. Residence: 9 East 39th St. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
WHEELER, CHARLES BARKER
Jurist; b. Poplar Ridge, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Dec. 27, 1851; s. Hon. Cyremus Wheeler, Jr., and Jane (Barker ) Wheeler; ed. Auburn High Sch .; grad. Williams Coll., 1873 (hon. LL.D., Williams Colf., 1913); m. Buffalo, N. Y., June 28, 1883, Frances Munro, d. Thomas F. Rochester; children: Thomas Rochester, Jane Barker. Admitted to bar, 1876; engaged in practise of law, Buffalo, N. Y., since 1876; formerly associated with Hon. Sherman S. Rogers and Franklin D. Lock in law practise. Mem. Buffalo Civil Service Com., 13 years; pres. under Rep. and Dem. administration, 10 years; appt'd June, 1906, mem. State Comm'n to Revise Tax Laws; appt'd Nov. 28, 1906, by Gov. Higgins, Justice of Supreme Court, State of N. Y., and elected, Nov., 1907, Justice to succeed himself for full term (expir- ing Dec. 31, 1921), having recelved the nomination of the Rep. party and been endorsed by both the Dem. and Independent League polit. parties. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Alpha
Delta Phi fraternity, Williams Alumni Ass'n for Western N. Y. (pres.). Club: University (Buffalo). Address: Supreme Court Chambers, Buffalo, N. Y.
WHEELER, CLAYTON L.
Merchant, state senator; b. Hancock, N. Y, Manch 30, 1876; s Louis H. Wheeler; ed. public and high schs. of Hancock; m. 1901, Flora B. Gould. Entered hardware store of father, and, 1899, with father and brother founded firm of S. N. Wheeler & Sons; incorporated S. N. Wheeler & Sons Co., 1909. Elected town clerk 1898, 1899, 1900; supervisor 1903-1911; mem. Assembly 1910, 1911; nominated state senator from 39th sena- torlal dist., 1912. Demoerat. Address: Hancock, N. Y. WHEELER, DAVID E.
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 20, 1872; s. Everett P. and Lydia Lorraine (Hodges) Whecler; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H .; Williams Coll., Mass .; grad. Co- lumbia Coll., A.B., Columbia Coll., Phys. and Surg., M.D .; m. Boston, June 10, 1898, Mabel B. Whitney; one son: Everett P. Wheeler II., b. 1900. Genito-urinary surgeon Erie Co. Hosp. and Grant Hosp .; instr. genito- urinary anatomy, Univ. of Buffalo; clinical Instr., genito-urinary surgery, Univ. of Buffalo. Mem. Erie Co. Med. Soc., Acad. of Medleine, Am. Med. Ass'n. Am. Urologists' Ass'n, Soe. Alumni Bellevue Hosp. Clubs: Saturn, Country. Address: 519 Franklin St., Buf- falo. N. Y.
WHEELER, EDWARD JEWITT
Editor; b. Cleveland, O., Mar. 11, 1859; s. Alfred and Lydia P. (Curtis) Wheeler; grad. Ohio Wesleyan Unlv., Delaware, O., A.B., 1879, A.M., 1903, Litt.D., 1906; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1887. Jennie Lon Fleming; one son: E. Curtis, b. 1889. MIn'g editor The Volce, N. Y. City, 1884-1896; editor The Literary Digest, 1895-1905: mn'g editor The Homiletic Review. 1904-1905; editor
Current Opinion (formerly Literature) since 1905. Author: Stories in Rhyme for Holiday Time; Prohibi- tion-The Principle, The Policy, The Party. Mem. Exec. Com. Funk & Wagnalls Co., and in charge of literary dep't of house, 1890-1905. Pres. Citizens' Union, Richmond Borough, 1904; v .- p. Citizens' Union, N. Y. City, 1905-1906. V .- p. Current Literature Publishing Co .; pres. Poetry Soc. of America. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Clubs: Nat. Arts, The Players (N. Y. City), Dunwoodie Country. Address: 134 W. 29th St., N. Y. City.
WHEELER, EVERETT PEPPERRELL
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, March 10, 1840; s. David Everett Wheeler; ed. public schs. of N. Y. City, Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1856. A.M., Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1859; A. M., Dartmouth; m. 1st, Nov. 22, 1866, Lydla Lorraine Hodges (died Jan. 18, 1902); 2d, April 26, 1904, Alice Gilman. Admitted to practise N. Y. City, 1861. Was mem. B'd of Ed'n, 1877-1879; one of founders of Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., and served on its Exce. Com. and as v .- p .; was for five years pres. N. Y. Free Trade Club, and one of first to take an active part in renewal in 1880 of movement for civil service reform which finally resulted in adoption of Federal Civil Service Act and in N. Y. Act on this subject now in force. Was 17 years ehm'n Exec. Com. N. Y. Clvil Service Reform Ass'h; now pres. of Ass'n; chmn' City Civil Service Comm'n for seven years; was in 1893 mem. Com. of Seventy and took active part in campaign for cleetion of Mayor Strong; in 1894 was candidate of Dem. Party Reform Org'n for Gov. State of N. Y .; in 1891 took an active part in founding, and was until 1909, pres. of East Side House, one of Social Settie- inents in N. Y. City. Mcm. N. Y. Hist. Soc., and Soc. Colonial Wars. Author: Modern Law of Carriers, Harter Act; The Tariff and Wages; Rcal Bimetallism; Knowledge of Faith; Daniel Webster Expounder of the Constitution; article on Daniel Webster In Eneyclo- pædia Britannica. Delegate to Gen. Conv. of Episcopal Ch., 1907, 1910, 1913. Was chm'n Com. Internat. Law of Am. Bar Ass'n, 1895-1907; now chm'n Com. of Law Reform. One of founders of Citizens' Union; chm'n Exec. Com. N. Y. Men's Anti-Suffrage Ass'n. Clubs: Century, Reform (pres. 2 years), City, Down Town, Church (pres. 2 years), City College (pres.), Barnard. Residence: 735 Park Av. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.
WHEELER, HERBERT LOCKE
Dentist; b. Corry. Pa .; s. Lyman A. and Mary M. (Rogers) [Whecler; ed. publie schs. of Pittsfield, Mass., and Hammonton, N. J., Phila. Dental Coll., and Medico- Chirurg. Med. Seh., Phila., D.D.S., 1890; m. Springfield, Mass., June 10, 1891, Gertrude M. Slater; children: Clifford iS., b. 1892, Arthur C., b. 1901, Catherine A., b. 1906. Began practice in Warren, Mass., 1890; removed to Worcester, Mass., 1893, and N. Y. City, 1901, becoming associated with Dr. J. Morgan Howe, in dental firm of Howe & Wheeler; prof. prosthetlc dentistry, Coll. of Dental and Oral Surgery of N. Y. Author of various professional treatlses. Pres. of N. Y. Inst. of Stomatology, First Dist. Dental Soc. of N. Y .; mem. Exec. Council N. Y. State Dental Soe .; dir. of Dental Dep'ts of Bellevue and Allied Hosps .; con- sultant of N. Y. State Dep't of Health. Mem. Com. on Oral Hygiene of Internat. Dental Federation; chm'n of Journal Com. of Nat. Dental Ass'n; fellow Am. Acad. of Dental Surgery of N. J .; asso. fellow Ani. Acad. of Dental Seience of Boston. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n. Nat. Dental Edn'l Council. Clubs: Wee Burn Golf, Stamford Yacht, Republican (N. Y. City). Ad- dress: 560 Fifth Av., N Y. City.
WHEELER, JENNIE PEARL MOWBRAY
Author; b. Minneapolls, Minn .; d. Alfred George and Amelia (Carpenter) Mowbray; attended Northwestern Univ .; m. Andrew Carpenter Wheeler; one son: Paul Mowbray. Author (in collaboration with husband) : A Journey to Nature, The Making of a Country Home, Tangled Up in Beulah Land, The Conquering of Rate. Methodist Episcopalian. Address: Monsey, N. Y.
WHEELER, NELSON PLATT
Lumber merchant, r'y official; b. Portville, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1811; s. William French and Flora (Atkins) Wheeler; ed. Olean and Deposit Acady., N. Y .; m. Cin- cinnati, O., June 12, 1877, Rachel A Smith; children: Nelson P'., b. 1885; Alexander R. b. 1889; William Regi- nald, b. 1889; Rachel F., b. 1879. Active senior partner, Wheeler & Dusenbury; pres. Rogue River Lumber Co., Manistique Lumber Co., Nelson Lumber Co., Hickory Bridge Co., Hickory Valley R. R. Co .; v .- p. Lagoon Lumber Co .; dir. Warren Nat. Bank. Forest County Nat. Bank, Pa. Mem. of Assembly, 1878-1879; mem. of Congress, 1907-1911. Republican; Presby'n. Trustee Randolph Home, N. Y., Anti-Tuberculosis League of North Western Pa., Pa. Conservation Ass'n. Address: Endeavor, Pa.
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WHEELER, SCHUYLER SKAATS
Manufacturer; elec. eng'r, author, inventor; b. N. Y. City, May 17, 1860; s. James Edwin and Annie Wood (Skaats) Wheeler; ed. private schs. and Columbia Coll., class 1883; hon. D.Sc., Hobart Coll., 1898; M.Sc., Column- bia Univ., 1912; m. 1st, 1891, Ella Adams, d. Richard N. and Henrictta (Brewster) Peterson; 2nd, 1898, Amy, d. John J. and Alice (Brewster) Sutton, descendants of Elder William Brewster. Became one of Edison's eng'ring staff, 1882. Invented many of devices and methods used, and subsequently erected Edison plants at Fall River, Mass., and Newburgh, N. Y. Organized with Charles G. Curtis and Francis B. Croker, 1886, the C. & C. Electric Motor Co., which produced first electric motor industry as a commercial business; organized Crocker-Wheeler Co., 1888, now one of fore- most electric mf'g companies in U. S., of which is pres. Inventor of electric elevator, clectric fire engine, parallel coupling of dynamos, series-multiple motor control, and electric buzz fan, for which received medal from Franklin Inst. Established and named town of Ampere, using .name universally given to the unit of . electric current; organizer United Eng'ring Bld'g. Mem St. Nicholas Soc., Chamber of Commerce, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs (presented inst. with Latimer Clark Library, 1900). Organized movement for United Eng'ring Society's bld'g, in which library is now housed; as pres., delivered address entitled "Engineer- ing Honor," dealing with . desirability of ethical pro- fessional conduct on part of eng'rs, corr. to customs in that respect, of physicians and clergymen. This brought about formation of com. of which was appt'd chm'n, and resulted in adoption by the Elec. Eng'rs of its Code of Ethics. Clubs: University, Automobile of America. Residence: Bernardsville, N. J. Address: Ampere, N. J.
WHEELER, SETH
Manufacturer; b. Chatham, N. Y .; s. Alonzo and Harriet H. (Bishop) Wheeler; ed. Albany Acad .; m. Hamilton, N. Y., 1860, Elizabeth Boyd; children: Edgar, Harriet, Elizabeth, William A., Sarah Boyd, Seth, Jr. Pres. Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co., Albany County Savings Bank, Wheeler Rent & Power Co .; v .- p. Cheney Piano Action Co. of Castleton, N. Y. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Address: Albany Per- forated Wrapping Paper Co., Albany, N. Y.
WHEELOCK, CHARLES F.
Second ass't comm'r of Ed'n, N. Y. State Ed'n Dep't; b. Litchfield, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1849; s. Danford and Mar- garet (Cummings) Wheelock; grad. Cornell Univ., 1873; St. Lawrence Univ. LL.D., 1906; m. Canajoharie, N. Y., Mar. 31, 1885, Mary E. Finehout; children: Mar- garet, b. May, 1886, Willard E., b. Aug. 29, 1889; teacher, 1873-1876; elected by Democrats as sch. comm'r Herki- mer Co., N. Y., serving 1876-1879; principal of high school, 1880-1891; insp. Regents' Office, Albany, N. Y., 1891-1904; chief of Examinations Div. Ed'n Dep't, N. Y. State, 1904-1910; second ass't comm'r of ed'n, since Sept., 1910. Democrat. Mem. Nat. Edn'l Ass'n and various other edn'l socs. Mem. Utica Commandery K. T., Utica, N. Y., University Club, Albany, N. Y. Ad- dress: State Edn'l Dep't, Albany, N. Y.
WHEELOCK, EDWIN DWIGHT
Investment broker; b. Bedford, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1853; s. Bloomfield J. and Adeline C. Wheelock; ed. in com- mon and high schs., Bedford, O., and Hanover Coll., Hanover, Ind .; m. March 15, 1876, Harriet C. Sheldon; one d .: Florence. Began business life in chalr factory, and was successively mf'r, country merchant, auditor, real estate dealer, and now dealer in investment se- curities, Socialist, and an occasional writer on Social- ist themes. Founder Christian Socialist movement in U. S. Organized, in Chicago, 1893, and pres. Christian Socialist League of America, formerly the Nat. Christian Citizenship League. Mem. Exec. Com. Am. Inst. of Social Service; mem. Com. of 100 of the Re- ligious Citizenship League. Address: 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WHEELOCK, WILLIAM HAUXHURST
Real estate; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 5, 1876; s. George G. and Alice (Townsend) Wheelock; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1898; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 17, 1905, Catharinc Mor- gan, d. late Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, rector Trinity Ch .; one d .: Alice, b. Dec. 20, 1905; one son : Morgan Dix, b. Jan. 10, 1909. In real estate business since 1898. V .- p. and dir. Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown & Co .; dir. Lincoln Trust Co., Church Extension Com. of N. Y. Presbytery; treas, Five Points House of Industry; trustee Children's Aid Soc. Republican in nat. elec- tions; Presby'n. Recreations: Shooting, fishing. Clubs: Harvard, University, N. Y. Athletic, Residence: 100 E. 39th St. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WHELAN, CHARLES A.
Pres. United Cigar Stores Co .; b. Syracuse, N. Y., March 28, 1863; s. Martin and Elizabeth (Keefe) Whe- lan; ed. Syracuse public sechs .; m. Syracuse, N. Y., June 4, 1890, Sarah Louise Duplessis; children: Clara Louise, b. May 21, 1891; Charles Duplessis, b. June 18, 1893; Edward Davis, b. July 18, 1895; J. Francis, b. July 30, 1897; Albert J., b. June 18, 1900; Anna Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1903. Started in wholesale cigar business, 1890, in Syracuse, with George J. Whelan and H. S. Collins; organized United Cigar Stores Co., with George J. Whelan, 1901. Republican; Catholic. Recreations: Golf, fishing, hunting. Clubs: Aldine, Automobile of America, Essex County Country, Beaverkill, Lakeside. Residence: 106 Washington St., East Orange, N. J. Address: 44 W. 18th St., N. Y. City.
WHELAN, GEORGE JOSEPH
Founder United Cigar Stores Co .; b. Syracuse, N. Y March 27, 1865; s. Martin Whelan; ed. public schs., Sy racuse, N. Y .; m. Syracuse, N. Y., Harriet E. Smith one son: Sidney. Address: 3 E. 81st St., N. Y. City.
WHELAN, MICHAEL W.
Merchant; b. Egremont, England; s. Martin and Elizabeth (Keefe) Whelan; ed. public schools, Syra- cuse, N. Y .; in. Syracuse, N. Y., Katherine I. Dolphin; children: Frederick D., b. 1878, Elizabeth L., b. 1882, James D., b. 1884, Robert J., b. 1886. In U. S. Navy, 1863-1866; city treas., Syracuse, N. Y., 1886-1889. For. merly treas. United Cigar Stores Co .; trustee Internat Postal Supply Co .; now pres. Whelan Bros., of Syra. cuse. Republican; Roman Catholic. Mem. G.A.R., Knights of Columbus (Syracuse, N. Y.). Club: Citi- zens (Syracuse, N. Y.). Residence: 614 E. Genese( St., Syracuse, N. Y.
WHERRY, WILLIAM MACKEY, JR.
Lawyer; b. West Point, N. Y., 1878; s. Brig .- Gen. William M. Wherry, U. S. A., and Alice (Grammner) Wherry; grad. Univ. of Mich., B.S., 1898; Law School Univ. of Cincinnati, and Columbia Coil .; sec. Philos. Soc. while at Univ. of Mich .; Phi Beta Kappa; m. Pittsburgh, April 17, 1902, Rhoda Edwards Zug; one d .: Gretchen, b. 1904. Partner in law firm of Wherry & Mygatt; dir. Zug Iron & Steel Co. of Pitts- burgh. Sp'l lecturer at Amos Tuck Sch. of Finance, Dartmouth, on Regulation of Public Utilities and other subjects. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Phi Delta Phi, Plainfield Country, Railroad, Am. l'ol. Sci. Ass'n, Am. Ec. Ass'n. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WHINERY, SAMUEL
Civil eng'r; b. near Salem, O., Nov. '10, 1845: of Quaker parentage; moved to Jennings County, Ind., in 1853, and grew up on father's farin; cd. in common schools, followed by two terms in Indiana Univ .; m. 1875, Elizabeth Crawford, of Somerset, Ky. Taught school three years, beginning at age of 18; employed in 1868, in eng'ring corps, locating Indianapolis & Vincennes R. R., and becoming interested in work adopted civil eng'ring as profession and later was promoted to resident eng'r in charge of construction of 13 miles of road; appt'd, 1869, resident eng'r in charge of construction of indianapolis & St. Louis R. R. at Terre Haute, Ind., and later built the railroad shops at Mattoon, Ill., and other buildings on the road; 1st ass't eng'r 2 years on location and construction of Cincinnati, Rockport & Southwestern R. R. in Southern Indiana; connected, 1873-1878, with location and con- struction of Cincinnati Southern R. R., first as topo- graphical eng'r and later as div. eng'r Chattanooga Div .; U. S. ass't eng'r in charge of improving the Upper Div. of Mussel Shoals, Tennessee River: had charge of locating and constructing Northern Div. of New Orleans & Northeastern R. R., acting also as sup't during first year of its operation; then in private eng'ring practice until 1887. Among other things com- pleted first incline railroad up Lookout Mountain at Chattanooga, Tenn., which rises 1200 feet in about three-quarters of a mile; with Warren-Schraft As- phalt Paving Co., 1887-1901, one year as ass't mg'r, 12 years as v .- p. and gen. mg'r and 6 months as pres. until co. was merged in Asphalt Trust: during connec- tion with that company was also in private practice as consulting eng'r. Mem. eng'r comm'n to report on new water works for Cincinnati. Ohlo; pres. Water Comm'n and ing'r water works at Wyoming, suburb of Cincinnati; since March, 1901, engaged in practice as eonsuiting eng'r in N. Y. City. Has lectured before Eng'ring Dep'ts of Univ. of Cincinnati. Univ. of Ill. and Corneli Univ. Author: Municipal Public Works, 1903 (Macmillan), Specifications for Street Roadway Pavements (MeGraw Hill Co.), 1913, and numerous papers and discussions in transactions of societies and
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in technical press. Mem. B'd of Expert Eng'rs on Man- hattan Terminal of Brooklyn Bridge, reporting'in Oct., 1901; ehm'n Com. on Eng'ring and Sanitation, Mer- chants' Ass'n of N. Y., on transportation problems of the city, report published Aug., 1903; reported to comm'r of docks on extension of pierhead line North River, Manhattan, Oct., 1903. Consulting eng'r for street pavements, Borough of Manhattan, 1905; mem. Comm'n on Street Cleaning and Waste Disposal, re- porting Jan., 1905; consulting eng'r (1908-1909) to the Finance Comm'n of Boston. Chm'n (1909) State B'd to Reappralse Railroads and Canals, N. J. Consulting eng'r Street Dep't Chicago Comm'n on Clty Expendi- tures; mem., dir. 4 years, and v .- p. 2 years Am. Soc. Civll Eng'rs; mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Am. Soc. for Testing Materials, Am. Public Health Ass'n. Residence: East Orange, N. J. Address: 95 Liberty St., N. Y. Clty.
WHIPPLE, GEORGE CHANDLER
Sanitary engineer; b. New Boston, N. H., March 2, 1866; s. Joseph K. and Sarah A. (Chandler) Whipple; grad, Inst. of Technology, Boston, Mass., B.S., 1899; m. June 29, 1893, Mary E. Rayner; children: Marion. b. 1900, Joseph Rayner, b. 1905. Biologist, Boston Water Works, 1889-1897; Brooklyn and N. Y. Water Works, 1897-1904; dep't eng'r, Comm'n on Additional Water Supply, N. Y., 1903. Prof. sanitary eng'ring Harvard Unlv. since 1911. Mem. Soc. of Am. Bacteriologists, Am. Public Health Ass'n, Am. Water Works Ass'n, N. E. Water Works Ass'n; Soc. for Promotion of En- g'ring Ed'n, Soc. for Municipal Improvements, Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, A. A. A. S .; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. Clubs: Brooklyn Engineers, Technology (N. Y.), Engineers ( Boston), Colonial (Cambridge). Address: Pierce Hall, Cambridge, Mass., and 30 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
WHIPPLE, GUY MONTROSE
Phychologist; b. Danvers, Mass., June 12, 1876; s. John F. and Cornelia E. (Hood) Whipple; grad. Brown Univ., A.B., 1897; student at Clark Univ., 1897-1898, Cornell Univ., 1898-1900, Ph.D .; m. Sept. 4, 1901, Clarlee J. Rogers. Ass't in psychology, Cornell Univ., 1898- 1902; lecturer in science of ed'n, 1902-1904; ass't prof., 1904-1911; ass't prof. edn'l psychology, since 1911. Mem. B'd of Editors, Journal of Edn'l Psychology; editor Ein'l Psychology Monographs: asso. editor Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Author: Guide to High School Observation, Questions in Gen- eral and Educational Psychology, Questions In School Hygiene, Manual of Mental and Physical Tests, and contb'r of numerous articles in psychol. and cdn'l papers. Translator: Mental Fatigue (from German), 1911. Republican. Mem. Ain. Psychol. Ass'n, A. A. A. S., Phi Delta Theta, Phi Delta Kappa and Sigma Xi fraternities. Address: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
WHITAKER, EDWARD G.
Jurist; b. N. Y. Clty, 1853; s. George W. Whitaker; ed. public sch., Southampton Acad., German Univ .; in. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1884, Sadie K. Inness; children: In- ness, b. 1886, Kathleen, b. 1890. Appt'd deputy att'y gen., 1883, served eight years; comm'r to codify game laws, 1887; candidate for mem, of Legislature, 1883; mem. B'd of Ed'n, N. Y. City, 1900-1903. Now practic- ing law in N. Y. City; appt'd justice in Supreme Court, 1912, term expiring Dec., 1926. Democrat; Episcopa- lian. Pres. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, 1897-1898. Recrea- tions: Shooting, fishing, golf. Clubs: Manhattan (gov.), Long Island Country (pres.), Oakland Golf, Nat. Golf of America. Residence: 443 West End Av. Address: Supreme Court, Chambers St., N. Y. City.
WHITAKER, MORRIS M.
Naval architect; b. Boston, Mass., (Feb. 24, 1873; s. Ezra Jabez and Cornelia Sophia (Clark) Whitaker; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N. Y .; Yale Unlv., A.B., 1896; Cornel! Univ. (post-grad.); m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1898, Mary Louise Southard. Started as Ironworker at Newport News Shipbld'g & Dry Dock Co., later In drafting room; was technical editor Motor Boat; in business alone since 1907. Travelled extensively in Europe and U. S. Independent; Unitarian. Formerly mem. Soc. Naval Architects & Marine Eng'rs, and Soc. of Naval Eng'rs; now mem. Ass'n of Engine & Boat Mf'rs, Am. Power Boat Ass'n (sec.), and Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Recreations: Motoring, golf. Clubs: Yale (N. Y.), Motor Boat of America and others. Ad- dress: Nyack, N. Y.
WHITCOMB, IDA PRENTICE
Author; b. Brooklyn, N. Y .; d. Moses and Calista Prentice, grad. Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn. Teacher of Miss Whitcomb's Sch., Brooklyn, for many years. Author: A Bunch of Wild Flowers for the Children, Students' Topical History Chart, Heroes of History, Young People's Story of Art, Young People's Story of Music, Young People's Story of American Literature (all published by Merrill & Co. and Dodd,
Mead & Co.). Presby'n. V .- p. Woman's Union Mis- sionary Soc. Club: Mrs. Field Literary. Address: 103 Joralemon St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
WHITE, ANDREW CURTIS
Educator, librarian; b. Kirkland, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1854; S. Joseph and Susan E. ( Beebe) White; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1881, Cornell Univ. (special studies, classical philology), Ph.D., 1885; m. Utica, N. Y., 1890, Minnie Langworthy; children: John Langworthy, b. 1892, Mar- ion Langworthy, b. 1895, Ruth Langworthy, b. 1899. Instr., Cornell Univ., 1885-1889; ass't librarian In charge of classification and reader in Biblical Greek, Cornell Unlv., since 1889. Trustee, First M. E. Ch., Ithaca. Emerson Literary Soc. of Hamilton Coll. Re- publican; Methodist. Mem. Am. Philol. Soc., Am. Dla- lect Soc., Am. Library Ass'n; Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Address: Ithaca, N. Y.
WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON
First pres, Cornell Univ., diplomat; b. Ilomer, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1832; s. Horaco and Clara (Dickson) White; ed. Hobart Coll. and Yale, A.B., 1853 (editor Yale Literary Magazine, Yale Literary gold medal, De Forest gold medal, first Clark Senior prize essay), A.M., 1856; LL.D., Yale, Univ. of Michigan, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, St. Andrew's (Scotland), Ph.D. (Jena), L. H.D. (Colum- bia), D.C.L. (Oxford); m. 1st, 1859, Mary A. Outwater (died 1887); 2d, 1900, Helen Magill. Travelled in Eu- rope and studied at Univs. of Berlin and Paris, 1853- 1856; returned to America, 1857, and became prof. Eng- lish literature and history, Univ. of Mich .; resigned from 1Jniv., 1862; elected to N. Y. Senate, 1863; pres. of Cornell, 1867-1885. One of presidential electors of State of N. Y., 1872; delegate to Nat. Rep. Conv., 1872, 1884; chm'n jury of public instr'n at Phila. Centennial, 1876. Pres. Am. Hist. Soc., 1886; Am. Social Science Ass'n, 1890-1891; attache and sec. Am. Legation, 1854- 1855; hon. comm'r to Paris Exp'n, 1878; U. S. Minister to Germany, 1879; Am. Minister to Russia, 1892-1894; mem. Venezuelan Comm'n, 1897; Am. ambassador to Germany, 1897-1902; appt'd mem. Peace Comm'n and pres. Am. Legation at The Hague, Feb. 6, 1890. Regent of Smithsonian Inst'n, trustee Carnegle Inst'ni for Re- search, Carnegie Peace Comm'n at Washington and of Cornell Univ. Mem. Royal Soc., Berlin, and reelplent of its gold medal for science and literature, 1902: mem. Mass. Hist. Soc .; officer Legion d'honneur, France; pres. Am. Social Science Ass'n. Author: History of the Warfare of Science with Theology, 1895, 1906; Paper Money Inflation in France (varlous editions) : Syllahus of Lectures on the French Revolution; Autobiography, 1905; Seven Great Statesmen In the Warfare of Hu- manity with Unreason, 1910; also addresses, pamphlets and contb'ns to Atlantic Monthly, MeClure's Magazine, Century Magazine. The Forum N Am. Review, etc. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington, D. C.), Unlon League, Century (N. Y. City). Address: Ithaca. N. Y.
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