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LEWIS, ROBERT
Physician (otologist and rhinologist); b. N. Y. City, Mar. 8, 1862; s. Robert and Catherine (Monks) Lewis; ed. private and public schs. N. Y. City, Coll. City of N. Y., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Med. Dep't Columbia Univ., M.D., 1885; m. N. Y. City, 1892, Lillie B. Graham; chil- dren: Robert Graham, b. 1901; Hallett Nixon, b. 1903; Gwendolyn, b. 1906. Surgeon N. Y. Eye and Ear In- firmary. Prof. clinical otology, Coll. Phys. and Surg., Med. Dep't of Columbia Univ., N. Y. City. Associated with Dr. Albert H. Buck (who retired 1902), in 1892, and engaged since then in sp'l practise of otology and rhinology. Consulting otologist to Flushing and St. Francis Hosps. Contb'r to The Reference Handbook of Medical Sciences; articles on: The Mastoid Opera- tlons (Volume V); Affections of thic Auricle (Volume III); Anatomy and Physiology of the Auricle (Volume Il); conti'r to Am. Practise of Surgery of "Surgical Diseases and Wounds of the Ear" ( Volume V); contb'r to med. journals on otol. subjects. Men. N. Y. Otol. Soc., Am. Otoi. Soc., Am. Rhinol. Laryngol. and Otol. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Aend. Medicine, N. Y. Co. and State Med. Socs., Am. Soc. of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Soc. for Suppression of . Unnecessary Noises, Hospital Graduates' Club, Xi Graduate Chapter, Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: Columbia University, Lau- rentian. Country home: Northport, I. I. Address: 48 W. 40th St., N. Y. City.
LEWIS, WILLIAM E.
Editor; b. Cleveland, O .; s. I. J. and Harriet ( Traey) Lewis; attended Cleveland and Painesville (O.) high schs; m. Cleveland, O., Frances Oviatt; children: Ethel (Mrs. Waldo Gross) and Tracy Hammond. Mn'g ed- itor Kansas City News, Chicago Times. Philadelphla N. American; editor and publisher Morning Telegraph, N. Y. Pres. Morning Telegraph Co., Lewis Publishing Co .; v .- p. Arnold Woodenware Co, Cleveland; dir. Con- tinental Syndicatc. Sec. B'd of Improvements, Cleve- land. Dir. Newsboys' Home, N. Y. Clubs: Lotos, Oak- land Golf, Great Neck Golf. Residence: Great Neck. L. I., N. Y. Address: 203 Putnam Bld'g, N. Y. City.
LEWISOHN, ADOLPH
Capitalist; b. Germany, 1819; ed. Hambugh, Germany; married; five children. After coming to U. S. engaged In mercantile business. Now mem. hmmm of Adolph Lewisohn & Sons; pres. and dir. General Development Co., Miami Copper Co .; v .- p. Utah Consolidated Mining Co .; dir. Kerr lake Mining Co, and other mining com- panles; Importers' & Traders' Nat. Bank, U. S. Mort- gage & Trust Co., Mechanics' & Metals Nat. Bank. Crocker-Wheeler Co .; pres. Hebrew Sheltering Guar- dian Orphan Asylum; v .- p. Hebrew Teclinical School for Girls; dir. in number of other charitable and edn'l inst'ns. Residence: 9 W. 57th St. Address: 12 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
LIBBEY, WILLIAM
University prof., banker; h. Jersey City, N. J., March 27, 1855; s. William and Elizabeth (Marsh) Libbey; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., A.M., Sc.D., and in Berlin- and Paris; in. Princeton, N. J., Dec. 10. 1880. Mary E. Green; children: Elizabeth M., b. 1883; Amy M .. b. 1890. Prof. physical geography, Princeton Univ. Made expd'n in West and Southwest, Alaska, Mexico, Hawaii, Cuba. Greenland and Syria; also traveled abroad. V .- p First Nat. Bank, Princeton, Princeton Savings Bank, McKin- ley Hosp., Trenton. Capt. Co. 1, 2d Reg't. N.G N.J., 1900-1906: It .- col. ass'n insp. Gen. Rifle Practice. N. J., since 1907: adjutant Olympic Rile Team, 1912, and Am. Team. 1913: aide-de-camp on staff Gov. Wilson. Gov. Fielder. Independent Democrat. Presby' Mem, and
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foreign sec. Am. Geog. Soc., N. Y .; corr. mem. Am. Phil. Soc. and Acad. of Natural Sciences, Phila., N. Y. Acad. of Science, Boston Soc. Natural History; fellow Royal Geog. Soc., Geol. Soc. of London, Société de Geographie, Société de Geologic, Paris, A.A.A.S., Geol. Soc. of Amer- ica, Soc. Am. Naturalists .; v .- p. Nat. Geog. Soc., Geog. Soc., Phila., N. Y. Hist. Soc., Hist. Soc. of N. J .; hon. mem. Geog. Soc. Liverpool, Eng .; corr. mem. Geog. Soc., Geneva; officier d'Academie, France, Gov. Soc. Colonial Wars, N. J .; Gen. Sec. Sons of Revolution; Councilor Order of Founders & Patriots of America. Recreation: Rifle shooting. Clubs: Princeton, Army & Navy, Century '(N. Y.); Hamilton (Brooklyn), Nassau (Princeton). Address: Princeton, N. J.
LIBMAN, EMANUEL
Physician; b. N. Y. City. 1872; s. Fajbush and Hulda (Spivak) Libman; ed. public schs .; grad. City Coll., A.B., 1891; Coll. Phys. and Surgs., M.D., 1894; post-grad. work at Berlin, Vienna, Graz, Munich and Prague; post-grad. study at Berlin, 1903, and at Johns Hopkins Univ., 1906. House physician Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1894-1896; ass't pa- thologist 1898; asso. visiting physician, 1903; consult- ing physician Har Moriah Hosp., prof. Clinical Medi- cine, Columbia Univ., fellow N. Y. Acad. of Medicine; mem. Am. Ass'n of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Pathol, Soc., Harlem Med. Soc. of N. Y .; Am. Soc. for Advancement of Clinical Investiga- tion, Harvey Soc., Internat. Med. Museums Ass'n, Am. Ass'n of Physicians. Author of a number of med. papers appertaining to clinical medicine, pathology and bacteriology. Address: 180 E. 64th St., N. Y. City.
LIEB, JOHN WILLIAM
Electrical eng'r; b. Newark, N. J., Feb. 12, 1860; ed. Newark Acad., Stevens High Sch., Hoboken, N. J .; Stevens Inst. Technology, M.E., 1880. Entered employ of Edison Electric Light Co., N. Y., 1881, and in 1882 was put in charge by Mr. Edison of installation of elec. equipment of historic Pearl St. Sta .; sent by Mr. Edison, 1882, to superintend installation of Milan (Italy) Edison plant, and became dir. and chief eng'r of Italian Edison Co .; returned to service of Edison Elec. Illuminating Co. of N. Y., 1894. On the consolidation of various lighting interests in N. Y. City, under the cor- porate name of N. Y. Edisor Co., appt'd 3d v .- p. and asso. gen. mg'r; now v .- p. Pres. Elec, Testing Labora- tories and dir. in several elec. corp'ns; ex-v .- p. Am Soc. Mech. Eng'rs; past pres. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Ass'n of Edison Illuminating Co.'s and N. Y. Elec. Soc .; Am. Soc. for Promotion of Industrial Ed'n; hon. mem. Ital- ian Soc. of Eng'rs and Architects; mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, A.A.A.S., Associazione Electrotecnica Italiana, British Inst'n of Elec. Eng'rs, Franklin Inst., Philadel- phla and many other eng'ring and civic socs. Has been decorated by King of Italy knight commander Order Crown of Italy. Clubs: Engineers. Automobile, Delta Tau Delta. Address: 55 Duane St., N. Y. City.
LIEBER, HUGO
'Chemist, mf'r; b. Belecke, Germany, May 19, 1867; s. Emanuel and Fanny Lieber; ed. Lippstadt, Dortmund, Strassburg (Germany), Phar.D .; m. 1898, Dora Gold- berg. Came to U. S., 1891; founded firm H. Lieber & Co., manufacturing and importing chemists. Founded and edited several years incandescent Gaslight Jour- nal "Light." Author of several books, inventor and patentee of several chemical technical products and processes, also many radium patents. Pres. and dir. H. Lieber & Co., Atlantic Blaugas Co., Gas & Oil Combus- tion Co., Compressed Gas Mf'rs Ass'n, Gen. Transmis- sion Co .; v .- p., treas. and dir. Blaugas Co. of America; treas. and dir. Radium Inst. of America. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. of Chem. Industry, Verein Deutscher Chemiker, Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft, Franklin Inst., A.A.A.S. Clubs: Manhattan. Drug, Chemists, Fac- ulty (Columbia Univ.), Automobile of America, Royal Automobile (England), Imperial German Automobile. Residence: 272 W. 90th St., Address: 25 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
LIEBMANN, WALTER HENRY
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1874; s. Henry and Emma (Dellevie) Liebmann; ed. Sach's Collegiate Inst., Columbia Coll:, A.B., 1894 (winner of Chanler Historical prize); Columbia U'niv. Law Sch., LL.B., . 1897; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 27, 1901, Lulu Waxelbaum; children: Henry, b. 1902; Eleanor, b. 1905; Walter H., Jr., b. 1906. Mem. firm Liebmann & Tanzer. Mem. Assembly from 29th Assembly Dist. Borough of Man- hattan, 1908. Dir. Auto-Strop Safety Razor Co. Dem- ocrat. Trustee United Hebrew Charities and chm'n its exec. com. Mem. Soc. for Ethical Culture and treas. its Fresh Air Fund. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Asy'n, Jewish- Am. Hist. Soc., Am. Polit. Science Ass'n. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: City, Reform, Harmonie, Century, Coun- try, Hollywood Golf. Address: 32 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LIGON, WILLIAM DANIEL
Elec. and mech. cng'r; b. Shipman, Nelson Co., Va, 1879; s. William and Julia Anne (Conner) Ligon; ot old Va. family; ed. private schs. and Va. Poly. Inst, Blacksburg, Va., B.S., M.E., 1899; m. Lynchburg, Va, Dec. 9, 1903, Anne Elsie de La Tour; children: Juliette Anne, b. Feb. 1, 1906; Marguerite Elsie, b. April 5, 1907; William Daniel, Jr., b. May 31, 1908; Threse de La Tour, b. May 2, 1910. Ass't prof. Eng'ring Dep't, Miller Manual Labor Sch., Miller Sch., Va .; ass't elec. eng'r for United R'ys & Elec. Co. of Baltimore; de. signing eng'r for Ohio Brass Co., Mansfield, O .; de. signing and elec. eng'r for Westinghouse Elec. and Mfg Co., Syracuse, N. Y .; factory mg'r for D. & W. Fuse Co., Providence, R. I .; elec, eng'r for H. W. Johns-Manville Co., N. Y. City. Pres. United Electric Supply Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. Enlisted with V. P. L corps of cadets as 2d lieut., Va. Vols., during Spanish- Am. War, detailed to garrison Fortress Monroe, Va .; consulting eng'r The Potomac River Power Co., Wash- ington, D. C. Democrat; Baptist. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs (N. Y. City), N. Y. Southern Soc., N. Y. City; The Virginians, N. Y. City. Royal Arch Mason Knight Templar, Shriner. Mem. Y. M. C. A., Mansfield, O. Address: 33 Marion Road, Upper Montclair, N. J.
LILLIBRIDGE, RAY DOWNS
Advertiser; b. Hinckley, Minn., Aug. 8, 1878; s. John. > Raymond and Elizabeth (Downs) Lillibridge; ed Brooklyn (N. Y.) public schs. Founded advertising business now conducted as Ray D. Lillibridge Inc., 1899; evolved system of rendering advertising (agency) service with comm'ns eliminated, all customers or clients paying a fixed retainer for service. Pres. and dir. Ray D. Lillibridge, Inc., Clancy Metals Process Co., Moore Filter Co. of N. Y., Pacific & Northwestern R. R. Co .; dir. Knickerbocker Importation Co. 'Mem. Nat Electric Light Ass'n, Am. Electric R'y Ass'n, asso. mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'ra Clubs: Engineers, Drug & Chemical, Columbia Yacht Atlantic Yacht, Racquet (St. Louis). Residence: 316 W. 97th St. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LINCOLN, ARTHUR
Retired; b. Providence, R. I., June 5, 1849; s. John Larkin and Laura Eloisc (Pearce) Lincoln; grad. Brown Univ., A.B., 1870. Sec., treas. and dir. Jewell . Export Filter Co. Clubs: University, National (Lon- (on). Residence: 101 W. 55th St. Address: 7 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
LINCOLN, CHARLES Z.
Lawyer; b. Grafton, Vt., Aug. 5, 1818; s. Pratt and Harriet (Whitcomb) Lincoln; ed. public schools of Vt. and East Otto, N. Y .; Chamberlain Inst., Randolph, N. Y .; m. East Otto, Nov. 12, 1874, Lusette Bonsteel; one son: Leroy A. Lincoln, b. Aug. 18, 1SSO. Teach- ing, 1807-1872; began study of law first, 1871, with Joseph R. Jewell, at Little Valley, N. Y .; later with lion. Charles S. Cary, at Olean, N. Y. Admitted to bar at Rochester, April 10, 1874; practised at Little Val- ley, 1874-1894; following 6 years was chin'n N. Y. Statutory Revision Comm'n and legal adviser to Govs Morton, Black and Roosevelt; practised in Albany, 1901-1904. Appt'd editor of governor's messages un- der new law providing for annotated edition of gov- ernors' communications to legislature from org'n of Colonial Assembly. 1683 to 1904. Author: Constitu- tional History of New York (5 vols.), 1906; Funda- mentals of American Government, 1907; Annotated Messages (11 vols.), 1009; prepared notes for a third edition of Abbott's Brief on Civil Jury Trials, and also for a third edition of Ahbott's Brief on Proving Facts; wrote History of the Bench and Bar of Cat- taraugus Co., 1893; contb'r to legal and other perlodi- cals. Lay delegate M. E. Gen. Conf .. Los Angeles, Calif., 1901, and Baltimore, Md .. 1908. Has been pres., trustec and att'y Village of Little Valley; 7 years mcm. B'd Ed'n; supervisor, 1886-1SS9; delegate to N. Y. Constitutional Conv., 1894, serving as mem. Com. on Apportionment, Privileges and Elections, and Civil Service. Address: 201 Norwood Av., Buffalo. N. Y.
LINCOLN, JULIUS
Clergyman; b. Lindsborg, Kan., Sept. 20, 1872; s. Andrew and Anna C. (Johnson) Lincoln; grad. Beth- any Coll., Linsborg, Kan., A. B., 1891, A.M., 1895; Au- gustana Theol. Sem., Rock Island, 11l., 1893; post-grad. work at Yale, 1895-1896; unimarried. Ass't pastor Bethany Ch., Lindsborg, 1893-1895; prof. Greek lan- guage and literature, Bethany Coll., 1893-1895; pastor Swedish Lutheran Ch., Merlden, Conn., 1895-1896; First Lutheran Ch., Jamestown, N. Y., since 1896; has trav- eled in England, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany and Switzerland; alternate delegate to Rep. Nat. Conv., Chicago, 1901; mem. Park Comm'n. James- town; pres. Jamestown Realty Co .; dir. Swedish-Am. Nat. Bank. Republican; elector from 37th Cong. Dist.,
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1908. Pres. B'd Directors Gustavus Adolphus Orphans' Home, Jamestown; pres. Jamestown B'd Ed'n, 1903- 1909. Contb'r to papers and periodicals; editor of monthly ch. paper. Author: Catechetical Instruction for the Young. Elected mem. of Assembly, 1910, and 1911, v .- p. N. Y. Conf. Address: 116 Chandler St., Jamestown, N. Y.
LINCOLN, LOWELL
Merchant; b. Boston, June 28, 1836; s. Ezra and Chastine (Hartwell) Lincoln; grad. English High Sch., Boston, medal scholar; m. Boston, Dec. 22, 1863, Clara A. Lothrop; children: Lowell. b. 1865 (died Sept. 19, 1906); Ezra, b. 1871 (died Aug. 16, 1907); Mrs. Clara Lincoln Lee (wite of James Parrish Lee), b. 1874. Mem. firm Catlin & Co .; v .- p. Greenwich Savings Bank, Am. Aslatic Ass'n; dir. Mechanles' and Metals Nat. Bank, German-Am. Ins. Co., German Alliance Ins. Co., mem. Met. Museum of Art. Museum of Natural His- tory, N. Y. Zool. Soc., New England Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., Chamber of Commerce, Am. Forestry Ass'n. Clubs: Union League, Merchants. Residence: 55 W. 37th St. Address: 345. Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
LINDENTHAL, GUSTAV
Civil eng'r; b. Brunn, Austria, May 21, 1850; s. Dominik and Franciska (Schmutz) Lindenthal; selen- tific studies at colleges in Brunn and Vlenna, 1864- 1870, E.D. (honoris causa), Poly Sch., Dresden, 1911; m. 1st, N. Y. City, July 10, 1902, Gertrude Weil (died Oct. 21, 1905); 2nd, Feb. 10, 1910, Carrle Herndon of N. C. Employed on surveys and construction of rail- roads and bridges in Austria and Switzerland till 1874, when came to U. S .; eng'r Centennial Internat. Exb'n, Philadelphia, 1874-1877, thereafter consulting eng'r in construction of Western railroads, with main office at Pittsburgh; removed to N. Y. City 1892. Orig- inator, chief eng'r and architect of proposed bridge over North River with a single span of 3,100 feet. Contb'r of papers and essays, mostly on eng'ring sub- jects, to scientific journals and eng'ring socs. Comm'r of Bridges, Clty of N. Y., 1902-1903; completed con-l struction of Williamsburg Bridge and made plans for the Blackwell's Island and Manhattan bridges; pre- pared plans for reconstruction of Brooklyn Bridge and for a great monumental bridge terminal and municl- pal bld'g combined; was mem. of b'd of six consulting eng'rs which planned the tunnels and terminals of Pa. R. R. under the North and East Rivers and in N. Y. City. Eng'r and architect Flell Gate Bridge over East River for N. Y. Connecting R. R., which, when completed, wlil be boldest and longest steel arch bridge in the world. Pres. North River Bridge Co .; mem. British Inst'n Clvil Eng'rs, London, Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Canadian Soc. Clvil Eng'rs; fellow A.A A.S .; mem. Verein Deutscher Mashinen Ingenleure In Berlin, corr. mem. Oesterreichischen Ingenieur-und- Architeken Vereins in Vienna, clected Jan., 190S, mem. Arion Soc .. Liederkranz; awarded Rowland prize, Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs, 1884. Clubs: Manhattan, City, Reform. Address: 68 William St., N. Y. City.
LINDNER, WALTER
Lawyer; b. Germany, Sept. 17, 1865; s. Isldor and Esther (Freyer) Lindner; ed. N. Y. City public schs .. Coll. City of N. Y. and N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., LL.B. (valedictorian class 1885); m. N. Y. City, Jan 19, 1889, Minnie Bachman; children: Clarence R., b. 1890, Nan- ette (Mrs. Walter S. Redelsheimer), b. 1892; Esther, b. 1895; Bertha, b. 1900; Dorothy and Marian (twins), b. 1905. Admitted to practise of law, N. Y., 1886; practised in N. Y. City until 1889, then became mem. law dep't Title Guarantee & Trust Co., solicitor of Titie Guarantee & Trust Co., since 1905. Appt'd lec- turer on real estate in N. Y. Unlv. Sch. of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, 1905-1913. Dir. and mem. Exec. Com. Realty Notice Corp'n; dir. Municipal Mortgage Co. Mem. Com. of 107, N. Y. City. 1913; mem. Law com. and com. on org'n Clty Economy League, 1913; dir. and chm'n Law Com., Allied Real Estate Interests of N. Y., and counsel to its com. on Height of Bld'gs; mem. Com. on Legislation, Citizens' Union, Advisory Com. of Lawyers to N. Y. Factory Investigation Comm'n. Author: Real Estate in Modern Business (Al- exander Hamilton Inst.), N. Y. City. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Law- yers Ass'n. Clubs: City, Underwriters. Residence: 250 W. 91st St. Address: 176 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LINDSAY, C. SETON
Retired ins. official; b. near Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 25, 1843; s. William H. and Jane S. (Seton) Lindsay; ed. at Rugby, and private schs. in this country; m. N. Y. City, 1878, Mary Lewin Bell; children: Lewin Seton, b. 1879; Harvey Bell. b. 1880. Formerly resi- dent mg'r for N. Y. Life Ins. Co. in West Indies, India, China, Japan and other Orlental countries; later for Great Britain and Ireland. Eniisted Clvll War, 1861; subsequently became 1st lieut., later acting ass't adj.
gen. on Brigade and Div. staffs; . wounded at Fair Oaks. Progressive; Episcopalian. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, London; Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Nat. Geog. Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Navy League, Japan Soc. Clubs: Merchants, Pilgrims, Country, Army and Navy. Residence: Sheen Farm, near Cold Spring, N. Y. Address: 346 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
LINDSAY, JESSE W.
Merehant; b. Rochester, N. Y .; s. Alexander M. and Adelaide (IIatch) Lindsay; attended Westminster Sch., Univ. of Berlin, Germany, and Williams Coll .; m. St. Margarets, Westminster, London, Grace C. Cur- ticc. Dir. Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. Clubs: Genesee Valley, Country (Rochester). Address: Rochester, N. Y.
LINDSAY, JOHN D.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 31, 1805; s. Dr. William Franeis ard Sarah A. (Vrendenburgh) Lindsay; ed. Public Sch. 35; N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., 1887; m. St. Louis, Mo., June 3. 1895, Stella, d. Elisha Ilall Gregory, M.D., LL.D. Entered dist. atty's office as clerk, 1882; admitted to N. Y. Bar 1887; was made deputy ass't dist. att'y 1887, serving as such till 1893; ass't dist. att'y 1893-1898; in practice since as mem. firm of Nicoll, Anable, Lindsay & Fuller. Democrat. Pres. N. Y. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; v .- p. N. Y. State Conv. of Soes. for the Prevention of Cruelty; v .- p. Am. Humane Ass'n. Mem. Am. Soc. of Internat. Law, Am., N. Y. City and State Bar Ass'ng, A. A. A. S., St Nicholas Soc., Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Am. Inst. of Criminal Law and Criminology, Acad. of Polit. Science of Columbia Univ. Clubs: Manhattan, Down Town Ass'n, Calumet (N. Y. City), Fort Orange (Albany), Knoliwood Country. Residence: 34 W. 11th St. Ad- dress: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
LINDSAY, SAMUEL MCCUNE
Educator, sociologist; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., May 10, 1869; s. Daniel Slater and Eleanor Elizabeth (Eng- land) Lindsay; grad. Univ. of Pa., Ph.B., 1889, and pursued post-grad. courses in European univs., re- celving Ph.D., Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg, 1892; LL.D., Univ. of Pa., 1909; m. Philadelphia, April 9, IS96, Anna Robertson Brown; delegate to Internat. Conf. Y. M. C. A. at The Hague, 1891; London, 1894; sp'l ag't U. S. Senate Finance Com. to report on wholesale prices in Europe, 1892; expert ag't U. S. Industrial ('ommm'n to report on railroad labor, 1899-1900; comm'r of ed'n in Porto Rico, 1902-1904; prof. sociology, Univ. of T'a., 1994-1907; prof. social legislation, Columbia Univ., since 1907. Pres. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, 1900-1902, v .- p. since 1902; pres. N. Y. Acad. P'olit. Sci- onee, since 1911. Sec., 1904-1907, now vlee-clim'n Nat. Child Labor Com., N. Y. City; dir. N. Y. Sch. of Phllan- thropy, 1907-1912; Fellow A.A.A.S .; inem. Am. Economic Ass'n, fellow Royal Economic Soc., Great Britain. Author: Die Preisbewegung der Edelmetalle, 1893; Social Aspects of Philadelphia Relief Work, 1895; Railway Labor in the United States, 1902; Education ' in Porto Ilco, three volumes, 1903-1905; Inauguration of the American Public Sehool System in Porto Rico, 1905; also miscellaneous monographs; three annual reports of Nat. Child Labor Com., 1904-1907, etc. Ciubs: Century, City, Beta Theta Pi (N. Y. City), Cosmos ( Washington). Residence: 501 W. 120th St. Address: 611 Kent Hali, Columbia Unlv., N. Y. City.
LINEN, HERBERT MURRAY
Publisher; b. Columbus, O., May 21, 1877; s. Robert Walker and Sarah (Burdeil) Linen; ed. Public Schs., attended Ohlo State Univ., 1 year; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1905, Mrs. F. 1 .. Schafuss (née Ilicks). Clerk in lire Ins office, 1898-1909, employed in publishing reference books;
1909 began compilation of The Cyclopedia of Am. Biography, revised edition of Ap- pleton's Cyclopedia of American Blography. Episco- palian. Member Ohio State University Ass'n of N. Y., New York Press Club. Residence: 685 Putnam Av., Borough Brooklyn. Address: 17 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
LINGLEY, RICHARD TURNER
Certitled public accountant; b. London, Eng., May 9, 1873; s. James A. and Frances H. (Chipchase) Ling- ley; ed. London, Eng., board sch's, Univ. of State of N. Y., accountancy degree, C.P.A .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 9, 1897, Clara Feltham. Until May 1, 1906, was partner in Patterson, Teele & Dennis, certified public accountants, of Boston and N. Y. City; assisted in the accounting work relativo to the consolidation of Greater N. Y. Treas. Am. Real Estate Co. of N. Y. Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. State Soc. Publlc Accountants, the Am. Ass'n Publie Accountants. Clubs: Transportation, Faculty (Columbia Univ.), Salem (Salem, Mass.); The Ledges (Mc., sec.). Ad- dress: 527 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
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LINN, WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Banker, author; b. Sussex, N. J., Sept. 4, 1846; s. Alexander and Julia (Vibbert) Linn; grad. Yale, A.B., 1SUS (editor Yale Literary Magazine, 1868, class poct) ; m. N. Y. City, 1871, Margaret A. Martin. Reporter and night editor N. Y. Tribune, 1868-1871; on editorial staff N. Y. Evening Post, 1871-1900; resigned to devote himself to literary work; admitted to N. Y. Bar 1883. Mem. Comm'u appt'd by gov. of N. J., 1899, to report on a scheme for the preservation of the Palisades, which comm'n framed and secured passage of the law under which the Interstate Comm'n (of which was member until resigned, Nov., 1912) was appt'd and which has rescued the Palisades from destruc- tion. Pres. People's Nat. Bank, Hackensack, N. J., First Nat'l Bank, Ridgefield Park, N. J .; Hackensack . Mutual Building and Loan Ass'n. Author: The Story of the Mormons, 1902 (Macmillan); Rob and His Gun, 1902 (Scribners); Horace Greeley, 1903 (Appleton). Republican. Trustee Johnson Public Library, Hacken- sack, N. J. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., N. J. Hist. Soc. Club: Authors (N. Y. Clty). Address: 164 Clinton Pl, Hackensack, N. J.
LINSON, JOHN J.
Lawyer; b. Mongaup Valley, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1850; s. John J. and Emily Fidelia (Jordan) Linson; ed. Mon- ticello Acad., State Normal School, Albany; m. Mon- tieello, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1872, Ida Maplcdoram (died Feb. 23, 1902); children: Ernest J., b. 1873; Harold M., b. 1878; Kenneth K., b. 1880; John J., b. 1882. Ad- miited to bar, Jan., 1872. Corporation counsel Kings- ton, 1883-1887; State Senator, 1888-1891; comm'r statu- tory revision, 1892-1895; comm'r to recommend changes in legislative procedure, 1895; v .- p. and att'y Nat. Ulster Co. Bank; trustee , and att'y Kingston Sav- ings Bank. Democrat. Mem. Am., N. Y. State, N. Y. City and Ulster Co. (Bar Ass'ns; trustee and treas. Kingston City Library; mem. Masonic Order, Knight Templar, Knights of Pythias. Clubs: Reform (N. Y. City), Kingston (Kingston).
Address: Kingston, N. Y.
LIPMAN, CLARA
Actress; b. Chicago; d. Abraham and Josephine Lip- man; ed. in public and private schs. in Chicago; m. Louis Mann, actor. Acquired taste for the stage by success in amateur theatricals in Chicago; first pro- fessional appearance with Mme. Modjeska in Odette, also in Camille, Frou-Frou and As You Like It, foi one season; joined German stock co., in Chicago: starred one season in German comedles; reappeared on English stage as the Laughing Girl, in Incog; later with Palmer Stock Co., in Jim the Penman and other comedies; leading role in The Strange Adven- tures of Miss Brown, with husband, Louis Mann; afterward in The Girl from Paris, The Telepiione Girl and The Girl from the Barracks; starred three seasons in All on Account of Eliza, The Red Kloof, and Master and Pupii; temporarily retired from stage because of a fall by which arin was paralyzed; during retirement wrote play of Pepi and comedy of Julie Bonbon, in which she starred with husband. In col- laboration with Samuel Shipman: Elevating a Hus- band (Louis Mann starred 2 years), Children of To- day (husband at present starring), The Royal Maid, It Depends on the Woman, Flames and Embers; also author of short stories. Address:
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