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LORILLARD, PIERRE
Treas. and director Continental Tobacco Co .; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 28, 1860; s. Pierre and Emily (Taylor) Lorillard; n. 1881, Caroline J. Hamilton; children: Pierre, Jr. (llarvard, '04), Griswold. Clubs: Tuxedo Union, Grolier, Riding, Knickerbocker, Turf and Fleld, The Brook, Down Town, Westminster Kennel, Rac- quet and Tennis (N. Y. City), Metropolitan (Wash- ington, D. C.). Address: Lookout Rd., Tuxedo Park, N. Y.
LOSEE, JOSEPH T.
Lawyer; b. Far Rockaway, N. Y .. Aug. 28. 1873; s. H. Clay and Adella (Jaycox) Losee; ed. Patchogue High Sch .; grad. Lafayette Coll., Easton, Pa., C.E .; studicd law with Supreme Court Justice Walter HI. Jaycox and at N. Y. Law Sch .; m. Patchogue, N. Y., June 4, 1901, Lida Frank Price; children: John Price. b. July 18, 1904; Walter Clay, b. Jan. 17. 1908. Ad- initted to bar and began practice of law in 1901; In ins. business prior to taking up study of law; was
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transfer tax appraiser from time office was created until Jan. 1, 1908, when resigned; clerk village of Patchogue 9 years; corp. counsel, 1907-1908; confiden- tial clerk to Justice Jaycox; dir. Suffolk Co. Telephone Co .; v .- p. and dir. Patchogue Elec, Light Co .; dir. The Patchogue Bank. Republican. Mem. Suffolk County Republican Com., 6 years. Mew. South Side Lodge 493, F. and A. M. (past master), Suwasset Chapter 195, R. A. M., High Priest, 1909-10; mem. Patchogue Commandery and Kismet Temple, Theta Deita Chi Address: Patchogue, Suffolk Co., N. Y.
LOTH, BERNARD
Manufacturer, retired; b. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 21, 1858; s. Joseph and Fanny (Popper) Loth; ed. N. Y. City public schs., Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1877; Co- lumbia Coll., LL.B., 1879; prizes in languages and oratory, made special studies abroad; unmarried. Moved to Salt Lake City, Utah; admitted to bar; practised for several years; returned to N. Y. City in early 80's; made inany trips to foreign lands with special reference to sericulture and the development of silk industry in U. S .; became mem. firm of Joseph Loth & Co., mirs 'of silk ribbons, retiring in 1900. Active for 25 years in development of upper western section of Manhattan (Washington Heights), and re- sponsible for much legislation relating to same; pres. Fort Washington Ridge Ass'n; mein. Advisory B'd Corn Exchange Bank; v .- p. Alunini Ass'n Coll. City of N. Y. Republican. Mem. many scientific and quasi-scientific ass'ns;' mem. (past master) Masonic order. Recreations: Along literary and scientific lines, travel, chemical research. Address: 408 W. 150th St., N. Y. City.
LOTT, EDSON SCHUYLER
Casualty insurance underwriter; b. in Yates Co., N. Y., Nov. 10, 1858; s. Jesse T. and Sarah M. (Wheeler) Lott; ed. in public schools and Peun Yan (N. Y.) Acad .; m. Emma A. Cowl; one son, Frederick Bar- num, b. 1880. Engaged in newspaper work in early life; later became interested in Insurance business; upon org'n of U. S. Casualty Co. was made ass't scc .; later sec., gen. mg'r and dir .; pres. since 1908. Elected pres. Internat. Ass'n of Accident Underwriters, 1903, re-elected 1904; pres. of the B'd of Casualty & Surety Underwriters, 1908; pres. Casualty and Surety Social Club of N. Y., 1909; writes and lectures on casualty insurance topics. Mem. Editorial B'd Internat. In- surance Encyclopedia, Chamber of Commerce State of N. Y., Chamber of Commerce Westchester Coun- ty N. Y.). Clubs: Down Town Ass'n, Underwriters, Lawvers, Republican. Address: 80 Maiden Lane, N Y. City.
LOTZ, GEORGE CARL
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 19, 1873; s. George William and Fredericka (Figge) Lotz; grad. Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., 1896; m. N. Y. City, March 31, 1907, Marie Cecilia Scheid; children: Cecilia Fredericka, b. July 6, 1908, (died July, 1910.), Carl Edwin b. Dec. 24, 1910, Beatrice Frances, b. Dec. 8, 1912; specialty gynecology and electro-therapeuties. Republican; Lutheran. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Tri-Professional Med. Soc., Nat. Red Cross Soc., Generai Alumni Soc. Mason 32°. Address: 36 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
LOUGEE, WILLIS EUGENE
Treas. Internat. Com. Y. M. C. A .; b. Chelsea, Vt., May 2, 1857; s. of John C. and Marcla H. Lougee; ed. Gilmanton Acad., N. H .; A.B., Bates Coll., Me., 1911; m. Eau Claire, Wis., Mar. 17, 1885, Eila J. Reed Formerly pres. Presby'n Union, Manhattan; trustee McAuley Mission, sec. and trustee Madura Coll., India; treas. and chm'n finance com. N. Y. Christian Home for Intemperate Men; mem. B'd Governors White Plains Hosp. Ass'n and Jennie Clarkson Home for Children; closely identified with Mr. Moody In North- field work; raised a large amount of money for Y. M. C. A. work in army during Spanish-Am. War (was sec. Internat. Com., 1895-1897, asso. sec., 1907- 1910, treas., since 1910); sec. Cong'l Home Mission- ary Soc .; sec. Grenfell Ass'n of America. Has raised about $5,000,000 for various religious purposes for past 15 years. Republican. Address: White Plains. N. Y.
LOUGH, JAMES EDWIN
Educator; b. Eaton, O., June 24, 1871; s. William Henry and Esther G. (Stubbs) Lough; grad. Mlami Univ., A.B., 1891, A.M., 1894, Ph.D. (hon.), 1913; Har- vard Univ., A.B., 1894, A.M., 1895, Ph.D., 1898; m. Somerville, Mass., June 27, 1900, Dora Albonetta Bailey; children: Edwin Bailcy, Barbara Esther, Rich - ard Colburn. Teacher public schools in Ohio, 1891- 1893; Inst. psychology, Radcliffe Coll., 1894-1898; Wellesley College, 1897-1898; prof. psychology, State
Normal Sch., Oshkosh, Wis., 1898-1901; Sch. of Peda- gogy, N. Y. Univ., since 1901. Sec. Sch. of Pedagogy and of Washington Square Collegiate Division; dir. Summer Sch. N. Y. Univ. Presby'n. A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Psychol. Ass'n, Am. Philos. Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phl Beta Kappa. Address: University Bid'g, Washington Sy., N. Y. City.
LOUGH, WILLIAM HENRY
Economist; b. Dayton, O., May 11, 1881; s. William H. and Esther G. (Stubbs) Lough; grad. Oshkosh (Wis.) State Normal Sch., 1899; A.B. Harvard, 1901. A.M., 1902; m. De Perc, Wis., Aug. 24, 1907, Elizabeth Howe Shepard. With traffic dep't, Baltimore & Oblo R.R., 1902-1904; on editorial staff Wali St. Journal. 1904-1905; instr., ass't prof., and prof. finance and transportation, N.Y. Univ., Sch. of Commerce, Ac. counts and Finance, since 1905. A founder, 1910, now v .- p. Alexander Hamilton Inst., a corp'u engaged in collecting. organizing and transmitting business in- formation. Also pres, and dir. Business Book Bureau. Author: Lectures on Panies and Depressions, 1907; Corporation Finance, 1909. Mem. 1st Co. Signal Corps, N. G. N. Y. Progressive. Mem. Am. Economie Ass'n, Efficiency Soc. Ciubs: Aldine, Harvard, Advertising Men's League of N. Y. Residence: 2293 Sedgwick Av. Address: 13 Astor Pl., N. Y. City.
LOUGHRAN, FRANK E.
Lawyer; b. Ilensonville, Greene Co., N. Y .; s. James and Mabel ( Bailey) Loughran; grad. N. Y. Law Sch, LL.B., cum laude, 1894 (Law Sch. prize); m. Lake George, N. Y., 1900, Gertrude Loveland. Before ad. mission to bar was associated with father in N. J. in commercial business; practised law in N. J. un- til 1901, when moved to N. Y. City, where has been In practise since. Director W. J. Farrell Co., Enter- prise Land Co., Land and Homestead Co., Maplehurst Estates. Episcopallan. Meni. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Address: 220 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LOUNSBURY, PHINEAS CHAPMAN
Banker, ex-governor; b. Ridgefield, Conn., Jan. 10, 1844; ed. in public schools; received LL.D. degree from Wesleyan Univ. Served in the Civil War as private in 17th Conn. Vol. Inf., but was compelled to retire from service by serious ilincss. After war engaged in business, and for many years has been pres. Mer- chants' Exchange Nat. Bank of N. Y. City; v .- p. Pre- ferred Accident Ins. Co. of N. Y .; trustce Washington Trust Co .; treas. and dir. Union Typewriter Co .; trus- tee Am. Bank Note Co .; dir. First Nat. Bank of Ridge- field, Conn., Worcester Salt Co., The Crestwood Co. and the Kensico Cemetery. Aiso prominent in pol- itics as a Republican; mem. and speaker House of Representatives of Conn .; gov. of Conn., 1887-1889. Mem. New England Soc. In N. Y. Clubs: Union League, Republican. Address: 257 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LOUVOT, EDWARD
Auditor; b. Besaucon, France, May 16,- 1865; s. Hu- bert and Cecile Marie Cierc de Landresse Louvot; grad. Coll. Stanislas, Paris, France, Sc.B .; m. Brook- lyn, N. Y., June 18, 1890, Delia F. Raftery; children: Cecile M., b. March 24, 1891; Marguerite It., b. May 28, 1895; Madeleine, b. Feb. 12, 1901. Connected 20 years with leading ins. cos., Ins. Co. of N. America and The Greenwich Ins. Co. Temporarily engaged as expert accountant for City of N. Y. under Comptroller Metz to put in operation new system of municipal accounting. Engaged during 1907, 1908, as Ins. ex- pert and accountant by Sen. N. A. Lisberg, receiver of N. German Ins. Co. of N. Y., which was forced into liquidation by San Francisco disaster. Dir. Ohio Se- curities Corp'n. Capt. C. A. C., N. G. N. Y., and as- signed as commissary, May 31, 1911, to 9th Art'y Dist. of N. Y .; attached to Pay Dep't, Adj .- Gen.'s office, Albany, 4 years, until 1913. More recently on staff of Major J. E. Normoyle, chief q .- m. 50th Anniver- sary Battle of Gettysburg; only militia officer in U. S. connected with this enterprise. Democrat: Roman Catholic. Address: 128 S. 1st St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LOVE, WILLIAM LATHROP
Physician; b. N. Y. City. July 27, 1872; ,s. Rev. Dr. John and Lilla (Dowling) Love; grad. Philadelphla Central fligh Sch., A.B., 1891; A.M., 1896; N. Y. Honœ. Med. Coll. M.D., 1894; Univ. State of N. Y., State ex- amination passed with honor, 1895; in. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1898, Florence Genevieve Simmons: chil- dren: Fiorence Genevieve, b. 1900: Beatrice Dowling, b. 1905; Theodora, b. 1910. Asso. editor North Amner- ican Journal of Honoropathy; visiting physician and dermatologist Cumberland St. Ilosp., Brooklyn, and to Jamaica Hosp. Mem. N. Y. State and Kings Co. Homo. Med. Socs, Empire State Soc., S. A. R., Soc. of the Mayflower Descendants, by virtue of being of tweifth generation in direct descent from Mary Chll-
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ton, first woman to step from Mayflower to Pilgrim Rock. Mem. Cumberland St. Hosp. Alumni Ass'n.
Clubs: Dunham, Inter Nos.
Address: 857 Lincoln
Piace, Brooklyn, N. Y.
LOVEJOY, OWEN REED
Gen. sec. Nat. Child Labor Com .; b. Jamestown, Mich., Sept. 9, 1566; s. Hiram Reed and Harriet (Rob- inson) Lovejoy; grad. Albion Coll., Albion, Mich., A.B., 1891, A.M., 1894; m. Albion, Mich., June 30, 1892, Evalyn Campbell; children: Robert Campbell, b. 1896; Evalyn, b. 1899; Owen Campbell, b. 1905; Ashley Campbell, b. 1907; Graham Campbell, b. 1909, Minister in churches of Mich. and 'N. Y., 1891-1904; field sec. National Child Labor Cont. 1904-1907, gen. sec. since 1907. Has visited nearly every state in U. S., in interest of child labor reform; has directly partici- pated in legislative campaigns in over thirty states. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Sclence, Nat. Ed'n Ass'n, Nat. Ass'n for Promotion of Industrial Ed'n; Nat. Conf. Charities and Correction; Southern Sociol. Congress, Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Recreations: Gardening, motoring. Clubs: City, N .- tional Arts. Residence: Colonial Heights, Bronxville, N. Y. Address: 105 E. 22d St., N. Y. City.
LOVELACE, FREDERICK LAURENS
Lawyer; . b. Geneva, N. Y., 1859; grad. Cornell Univ., Ph.B., 1880; m. Utica, N. Y., 1900, Ida Crane Mather (Mrs. Charles W. Mather). Engaged in gen. practice since graduation, making a specialty of public ser- vice corp'n law. Counsel and gen. att'y for Niagara Fails Power Co., Niagara Junction R'y Co., and sev- eral allied corp'ns. Clubs: Buffalo, Niagara, Univer- sity, Country. Residence: 730 Main St., Niagara Falls, N. Y. Address: Niagara Falls, N. Y., and 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
LOVELAND, JOHN WINTHROP
Lawyer; b. West Pittston, Pa., Oct. 1, 1866; s. John and Helen M. (Strong) Loveland; ed. Pa. Mil. Coll., Yale Univ., Columbia Law Sch .; m. Elmira, N. Y., June 5, 1890, Florence Lee Partridge; children; John W., Jr., b. 1891; Florence Lee, b. 1893; Helen Marion, b. 1899. Specialist in patent trade-mark and copyright causes. patent counsel for Linen Thread Co., Harrison Safety Boiler Works, Charles Sooysmith, Barbour Bros. Flax Co., Naval Electric Co. Mem. Squadron A, N. G. N. Y .; Troop A, U. S. Vols .; served in Porto Rico campaign, 1898, Spanish-Am. War; 2d lieut., 4th Reg't N. J .; 1st lieut. and adj. 5th Reg't N. J. Inft .; major 2d. Batt. 5th N. J. Inft. Republican; Presby'n. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Nat. Geog. Soc. U. S. Inf. Ass'n, Pa, MII Coll. Alumni Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Yachting, canoeing, automobiling, riding. In 1889 mem. Berkeley Athletic Club and anchored the lightweight tug-of-war team that won the cham- pionship of the U. S .; expert military rifle and revol- ver shot. Clubs: Yale, Lawyers, Englewood Fleld, United Service. Residence: Englewood, N. J. Ad- dress: 2 Rector St .. N. Y. Clty.
LOVELL, HERBERT MARLOW
Lawyer; b. Marathon, Cortland Co., N. Y., 1858; s. Ransom Marlow and Dorcas E. ( Meacham) Lovell; ed. Marathon Union Sch., Cortland Normal Sch., Michigan Normal Sch., Cornell Univ., A.B., 1887; m. Dryden, N. Y., 1883, Lilian Louise Truesdell; one d., Dorothy Taleott, b. 1898. Was principal of Elmira Free Acad., City High Sen., 1887-1895; admitted to bar, N. Y. State, 1893; in active practice of law since 1894; mem. law firm Lovell, Bogart & Gardner. Mcm. Chemung Co. Repub- liean Com., 1898-1901; Senatorial Com., 40th Dist., 1902- 1906; was city att'y Elmira, 1900-1901; referee in bank- ruptcy, Dec. 26, 1912. Republican. Episcopallan. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Am. Soc. Inter- nat. Law, Empire State Soc., S. A. R., and all Masonic bodies of York and Scottish rltes. Recreations: Walk- Ing, riding, driving. rowing. Clubs: Masonic, Cen- tury (Elmira). Address: Elmira, N. Y.
LOVELL, ROSS MEACHAM
Lawyer; b. Marathon, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1871; s. Ransom Marlow and Dorcas Elizabeth (Meacham) Lovell; cd. Marathon Acad., Cornell Univ., A.B., 1893; special men- tion In history and political science; unmarried. Ad- mitted to bar 1895; was mem. law firm of Reynolds, Stanchfield & Collin until 1910, when firm name was changed to Stanchfield, Lovell, Falck and Sayles, at head of which is Hon. John B. Stanchfield. Democrat. Clubs: Elmira City, Corning, Albany and Elmira Country. Address: Chemung Canal Bank Bld'g, El- mira, N. Y
LOVETT, ELDON H.
Clergyman; b. Lincoln, Penobscot Co., Me., 1852; s. Alfred L. and Julia A. (Jordan) Lovett; grad. Colgate Univ., 1877, Hamilton Theol. Sem., 1885, D.D., 1900; m. Alton, Ill., 1871, Martha G. McGiauflin; children: WII]-
iam P., b. 1873; Alfred H., b. 1876; Rose, b. 1881; Lena D., b. 1883. Pastor West Baptist Ch., Oswego, N. Y., 5 years; Calvary Ch., Davenport, Ia., 6 years; since 1898 engaged in evangelistle work in ralsing money for Baptist edn'l Inst'ns. Sec. Colgate Univ., 2 years, and of various philanthropic institutions; has traveled ex- tensively. Raised $65,000 for Cook Acad., large sums for colleges at Des Moines, Ia., and Sioux Falls, S. D., $85,000 for Ottawa Univ. and $30,000 for Hiawatha Acad., in Kansas, $50,000 for Colby Acad., New London. N. 1I., over $125,000 for Colgate Univ., $30,000 for South Jersey Inst., Bridgeton, N. J., etc., and in much demand to-day for this kind of work. Has baptized 1,000 candidates in pastorate. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Beta Theta Pi. Recreations: Fishing, hunting. Address: 146 South Portland Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LOVETT, ROBERT SCOTT
Railway official, lawyer; b. San Jacinto, Tex., June 22, 1860; s. William and Susan (Hardy) Lovett; ed. Houston (Tex.) High Sch .; m. Huntsville, Tex., Oct. 29, 1890, Lavinia Abercrombie. Admitted to Texas Bar 1882. In 1884 became local att'y at Houston for the Houston, East and West Texas R'y Co., and has since continued in railway service as, consecutively, gen. att'y and gen. counsel Southern Pacific lines in Texas; since 1904 gen. counsel Union Pacific R. R. and South- ern Pacific Co. and affiliated lines (Harriman system). Suceceded E. H, Harriman as chm'n, and pres. Union Pacific R. R. Co .; Southern Pacific Co. and numerous affillated corp'ns, on death of Mr. Harriman, Sept., 1909, Democrat; Baptist. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Lawyers, Metropolitan, Nassau Country, Piping Rock. Residence: Locust Valley, L. I., N. Y. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LOW, CHARLES E.
Physician, surgeon; b. Pulaski, N. Y., March 2, 1873; s. Frank S. and Mary Frances (Fifield) Low; grad. Pulaski Acad. (honor man), 1892; attended Syracuse Univ. Med. Coll, 1892; grad. Univ. of Buffalo Med. Coll., M.D., 1896; m. Pulaski, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1896, Charlotte Gunnell Paul; children: Katherine Eliza- beth, b 1895; Gertrude Louise, b. 1899. Engaged in practise of medicine since 1896; candidate for coroner, Oswego Co., Dem. ticket, several times, but belng of minority party was defeated. Associated with Fuller & Warren Heating and Ventilating Co., Syra- cuse, N. Y., as heating, ventilating and sanitary ex- pert. Mem. Pulaskl B'd of Ed'n; health officer, village of Pulaski, several years. Democrat; Episcopallan; warden St. James' Ch., Pulaskl. N. Y. Mem. Oswego Co. Med. Soc., Central N. Y. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc. Mason ( Royal Arch). Recreations: Fiy fishing, boating, tennis. Club: Citizens. Address: Pulaski, N. Y.
LOW, FREDERICK R.
Editor; b. Chelsea, Mass., Aprll 3, 1860; s. James L. H. and Martha H. (Rollins) Low; ed. in publle schools; m. Chelsea, Mass., Sept. 24, 1881, Adeline F. Giles; chil- dren: Martha E .. b. Sept. 21, 1882; Alice A., b. June 1, 1884; Frederick H., b. Sept. 13, 1890; Giles J., b. Sept. 11, 1894. Editor Power since 1888 (Ilill Publishing Co.). Councilman, 1901-1903; pres. City Council, Pas- saic, N. J., 1905-1906; mayor of Passaic, 1908-1909. Re- publican; Unitarian; treas. Passale Boys' Club. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Ohio Soc. Mech. Steam and Elec. Eng'rs, Nat. Ass'n Stationary Eng'rs. Mason (lodge, chapter, commandery, shrine); mein. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Arkwright, Engineers (N. Y. City). Residence: 256 llarrison St., Passaic, N. J. Address: 505 Pearl St., N. Y. City.
LOW, SETH
Ex-mayor of N. Y. Clty; b. Brooklyn. Jan. 1850; s. Ablel Abbot and Ellen (Dow) Low; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., Columbia, A.B., 1870; LID, Amherst Coll., 1889, Univ. of N. Y., 1890; Univ. of Pa .. Harvard, Trinlty, 1890; Princeton, 1896; Yale, 1901; Univ. of Edinburgh, 1910; in. Dec. 9, 1880, Annie, d. Judge B. R. Curtis. Clerk and later partner In firm of A. A. Low & Bros. Mayor of Brooklyn, 1881-1885; elected on Independent and Republican ticket; pres. Columbia Unlv., 1890- 1901 (it was mainly through his efforts that the univ. was removed to its present commanding site on Morn- ingside Heights; for the erection of the University library as a memorial of his father contb'd $1,000,000). Unsuccessful Independent candidate for mayor of Greator N. Y .. 1897; delegate from U. S to Peace Conf., The Hague. 1899; mayor of Greater N. Y., clected on F'uslon ticket, 1901-1903. Has been pres. Archæol. Soc. of Am., Geog. Soc. of N. Y., N. Y. Acad. Polit. Science, N. E. Soc., v .- p. N. Y. Acad. Sciences; hon. men. Chamber of Commerce; mem. Soc. Mayflower Descend- ants; pres. Nat. Civic Federation. Clubs: Century, Metropolitan. City, Republican, Down Town, Authors, Barnard, Columbia Unlv., Hamilton (Brooklyn). Ad- dress: 30 13. 64th St., N. Y. City.
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LOW, WILL HICOCK
Artist; b. Albany, N. Y., May 31, 1853; studied art under Gérôme and Carolus Duran, Paris; m. Paris, 1875, Berthe Eugenie Marle Julienne; m. Paris, 1909, Mary Louise Fairchild. In charge of life classes in schools of Cooper Union, 1882-1885, in Nat. Acad. De- sign, 1889-1892; visiting instr. Chicago Art. Inst., 1902. Delivered Scammon Lectures, Art Inst., Chicago, 1910; published "A Chronicle of Friendships," 1907; Painter's Progress-The Scammon Lectures," 1910 (Scribner's). His work Includes, besides portraits and Illustrations, mural paintings in Hotel Waldorf, Essex Co. Court House, Newark, N. J .; Luzerne Co. Court House, Wilkes-Barre, Pa .; U. S. Custom House, Cleve- land, Ohio, and many private residences and public buildings. Awarded medals at various expositions; Paris, 1889; Chicago, 1893, etc. Academician Nat. Acad. Design since 1890. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists (a founder), Fine Arts Federation, Nat. Soc. Mural Painters, Cen- tury and Lotos clubs. Address: Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N. Y.
LOW, WILLIAM GILMAN
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, April 9, 1844; s. William Henry and Anne Davison (Bedell) Low; grad. Columbia Univ., 1865, A.M .; Columbia Law Sch., 1867; read law in office of Benjamin D. Silliman; m. Boston, 1873, Lois Robbins Curtis, d. Judge Benjamin R. Curtis; children: William G., Jr .; Mrs. Herbert A. Grant Watson, Lois C., Mrs. John H. Chapman, Harriette, Benjamin R. C., Mrs. Francis K. Little. Officer of reform associations, philanthropic and charitable in- stitutions, including Legal Aid Soc., Hosp. Saturday and Sunday Ass'n of Brooklyn, Missionary Soc. of Protestant Episcopal Ch., Nat. Civil Service Reform League, Nat. Municipal League; prcs. N. Y. Tax Re- form Ass'n; pres. Coal Run Land Co., Rush Creek Land Co .; trustee Franklin Trust Co .; dir. Continental Ins. Co., Fidellty and Casualty Co., Old Dominion Land Co. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Long Island Hist. Soc., Archæol. Soc. Author: The Balance of the Geneva Award, 1881 (Internat. Review). Clubs: Lawyers, N. Y. Yacht, Riding and Driving of Brooklyn, Hamilton (Brooklyn). Residence: 58 Remsen St., Brooklyn. Address: 30 Broad St., N, Y. City.
LOW, WILLIAM GILMAN, JR.
Public utilities; b. Rockaway, L. I., June 24, 1875; s. William G. and Lois Robbins (Curtis) Low; grad. Brooklyn Latin Sch., 1893; Yale Unlv., A.B., 1897; Sch. Polit. Science, Columbia Univ., A.M., 1899; Sch. of Law, Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1900; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Aprll 19, 1902, Rhoda Howe; children; William Gilman, 3d, b. Jan. 23, 1903; Rhoda, b. Nov. 2, 1905. Admitted to bar, State of N. Y., 1901, and practised law some years; later v .- p. Trust Co. of America; resigned and became pres. and dir. Public Utility Debenture Corp'n, with which is still connected. Dir. The Home Life Ins. Co. Engaged in philanthropic activities; formerly chm'n finance com. and one of originators of Child Welfare Exhibit held in N. Y. and contributing, largely toward commencement of Child Welfare Movement in State of N. Y. Repub- iican; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Phi Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon fraternities, Acad. Polit. Science, Soc. Colonial Wars (for some years mem. of council of this soc.), Sons of Revolution. Trustec Naval Y. M. C. A., Brooklyn; mem. N. Y. State Com. Y. M. C. A .; trustee Bristol, R. I., Y. M. C. A .; dir. Vacation Sunday Sch. Ass'n; trustee Church Bld'g Fund Ass'n, Episcopal Ch. Recreations: Sailing, fish- ing. Clubs: University, Down Town, Yale. Resi- dence (summer): Bowlder Cottage, Bristol, R. I .; (winter), 107 E. 78th St. Address: 45 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LOWELL, ABBOTT LAWRENCE
Pres. Harvard Univ .; b. Boston, Dec. 13, 1856; s. Augustus and Katharine Bigelow (Lawrence) Lowell; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1877; LL.B., 1880; LL.D., Wililams Coli., 1908; LL.D., Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Lourain and Dartmouth Colls., 1909; Ph.D., Frederick Wilhelm Univ., Berlin, 1910; m. June 19, 1879,. Anna Parker Lowell. Address: 17 Quincy St., Cambridge, Mass.
LOWELL, ORSON
Painter, illustrator of books and perlodicals; b. Wyoming, Iowa, Dec., 1871; s. Milton Horace and Frances M. (Kinney) Lowell; ed. Chicago public schs. to 1887; Chicago Art Inst., 1887-1893 (honorable men- tion 1892), since which time has lived and worked in N. Y .; m. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 20, 189S, Jessle M. Haw- ley; children: Kathryn Van Duzer, b. 1900; Horace Edwin, b. 1902. Has illustrated for leading maga- zines and The Court of Boyville (William Allen White); Love in Old Clothes (H. C. Bunner); The Choir Invisible (James Lane Allen); Saracinesca (F. Marion Crawford), the result of a sp'l sojourn in
Italy for the purpose; The Brass Bowl (Louis Joseph Vance); Jerry Junior (Jean Webster); A Bicycle of Cathay (F. R. Stockton); Lady Betty Across the Water (The Williamsony); The Street Called Straight (Basil King), and for standard editions of James Whitcomb Riley, Eugene Ficid, Bret llarte. Francis Parkman, Madison Cawein. Since May, 1907, con- nected with Life, N. Y., as cartoonist. Mem. Art Stu- dents' League (Chicago), Soc. of Illustrators (N. Y.). Independent Republican; Episcopalian. Clubs: Players, Dutch Treat, McDowell, Cliff-Dwellers (Chicago). Residence: Rochelle Park, New Rochelle, N. Y. Ad- dress: 489 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
LOWELL, SIDNEY V.
Lawyer; b. Newburyport, Mass., June 27, 1844; ed. common schs. Newburyport, and N. Y. City common schs. and Cooper Union Inst .; m. June 9, 1565, Josephine, d. Samuel T. Champney. Admitted to bar; ass't corp'n counsel City of Brooklyn six years; regis- trar of arrears of taxes; mem. B'd of Ed'n. Con- ducted the proceedings (for chiefs) as to taking Pros- pect Park and creating parkways and boulevards of Brooklyn during formative period; successfully de- fended Viela, tried for noted park murder; has had charge of much litigation as to taxes and assessments, mostly successful; drafted many public acts for legis- lature for Dem. party, afterward for Reformers; has operated in real estate all over Brooklyn and in other places. Residence: 164 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. Address: 189 Montague St., Brooklyn.
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